Chapter 1030: Weng Faluos 3.0 (76)

Well, that's obviously… uh, wait! This kind of thing absolutely couldn't happen! Ailuka shrugged, but quickly found her train of thought: "The key is for the train crew to gather! As long as they gather, there's no difficulty they can't overcome—just a Titan!"

What a 'just a'… Looks like you completely haven't noticed how strange things are inside Weng Faluos.

Jiadaizi looked back at her own bowl, silently sipping the noodle soup: "Just Fuli's sudden glance is already strange enough, let alone the 'mother' and 'heavenly father' mentioned by Mimi and Oulonisi… This planet really has a pile of problems."

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Back in the room, Xing only felt her upper and lower eyelids locked in battle, a wave of drowsiness enveloping her… At this moment, no god of Weng Faluos could pull her away from this recliner.

"Oh dear… sleepy? I can see you, your eyelids are about to not open." Although Mimi kept repeating that monotonous syllable, the meaning of her words fully appeared in Xing's mind.

"Just go to sleep if you're tired, huff, huff… but is there no night in this city? I'm having a bit of trouble sleeping…"

Wait… something seems off…

Xing stared at Mimi without blinking, taking a hard look.

"Ah—being stared at like that, I'd get shy too?" Mimi flicked her ears, then lowered her head to glance at her own pink fur: "Is my fur tangled? Or are my ears… my ears are fine, right? Look, they're still twitching."

"So you can actually practice speaking in full sentences now!"

Mimi seemed to realize it too, unaware of her own change: "…Ah, right! I actually managed to spit out a full sentence!"

"Hey hey hey—hey hey hey—what a great feeling to speak fluently! But… has my way of speaking become this mature? My first-person pronoun is actually… 'I'?"

"Disgusting!"

Mimi crossed her arms angrily: "It's not like I wanted to be like this—you're not allowed to judge!"

"Can you tell me about yourself now?"

"Well, speaking of which… I still can't recall anything about myself. My head hurts." Mimi spun a circle in the air, "But I have a feeling! —As long as we keep gathering the scattered memories in Weng Faluos, something really good will happen. How to put it… anyway, I just feel that this world is very important to me."

"Starting off with one person and one dog…"

"I'm not a dog! Not a pet either… uh, what am I? Never mind, I'm definitely an important role!"

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Honkai 3.

"Hmm…"

Yidian narrowed her eyes, carefully examining Mimi in the sky.

"Aili, seriously, I think Mimi's way of speaking is actually quite like yours."

"Huh? Really? I think so too—maybe that's just a common trait of cute pink‑clad girls." Ailixiya smiled and blinked, "But my isotope has long since appeared—namely, the little girl standing in the wheat field. Although it's a shame, my isotope can't possibly be both Mimi and a human, right?"

Meibiwusi fell silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "Ailixiya, why are you so certain that the girl standing in the wheat field is your isotope? She's much thinner than you."

Ailixiya's smile deepened: "Really? Maybe that's just what my isotope looked like as a child. After all, I also want to stay a perpetual kid—no worries, no responsibilities… Perhaps the 'me' in the sky is answering my wish."

"When she grows up, she might turn out like me—too bad she hasn't shown up yet; I really look forward to meeting her someday."

"……"

Seeing that the attack had absolutely no effect, Meibiwusi simply stopped attacking; the feeling of punching a cotton ball really annoyed her.

"All right, Aili, Mimi's way of speaking is so similar to yours that I don't think it's just a coincidence." Yidian ventured further: "I suspect this rabbit‑like creature is related to your isotope—maybe they've even met before. Mimi has recorded your manner of speech in that little notebook she carries around, and over time she's learned it herself."

"That makes perfect sense, Yidian. But since Mimi is a creation of Fuli, she must have come from outside Weng Faluos. When she passed through that chaotic substance in the train car, she must have followed Xing into the world of Weng Faluos, right?"

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Xing closed her eyes, and in the dream she suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"Open this book, and I'll wait for you in the past."

In the vague beyond, a totem resembling Weng Faluos suddenly appeared in the sky; Xing reached out and touched it, and a book suddenly appeared in her hand.

Xing opened the book's first page, and Mimi's figure leapt onto the paper.

"Oh dear, your expression is so serious!"

"How did you turn into a paper cutout?"

"A paper cutout? No way, I'm still fluffy! Go ahead and feel." Mimi wandered across the front page, "What's going on? I was just snoring, and the moment I opened my eyes I was here. Since you're here too, could it be… that we met in our dreams, heart to heart?"

Xing: "Exactly, that's it."

"How cute! Heart to heart!!" Mimi grew even more excited, her two fluffy hands coming together: "People say dreams are the curtain lowered by Oulonisi—could this be a gift from it? After all, that Titan likes you just as much as I do."

"Although… but is there a reward?"

"Of course, not only is there a reward, but also plenty of my encouragement! Praise you! I have a feeling that the beautiful star we just saw might be the treasure that brings the story. In our future journeys, we'll meet many more good things."

"So open your eyes wide, let's read together! We'll gather lots and lots of bedtime stories—then—Xing, you read them out loud for me to hear!"

While Xing was in that strange dream, another part of Aohema…

"You should take this opportunity to rest well, Your Excellency Bai'e… the ceremony to return the fire seed is tomorrow." Xiadie reminded.

"What's the difference between today and tomorrow? Anyway, under KefaLe's protection, Aohema is always dawn. As long as the light stays this strong, I can't sleep soundly; instead of forcing myself to close my eyes, I might as well calm my thoughts—this too counts as rest."

"So, have you sorted things out?"

Bai'e wore a bitter expression: "…Not at all. It's still a tangled mess, and I don't even know where to start."

Bai'e opened his palm, the fire seed hovering serenely in his hand: "The fire seed in my palm was initially scorching hot, but now it's completely cooled down… I can barely sense its presence anymore."

"Miss Xiadie, do you think… this means I'm highly compatible with Nicadoli?"