Chapter 1156

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"However, before that, Xia Die still wanted to witness the result of Gnaeus."

"The three looked around and saw that on the altar of the Soul‑Forging Zone were inscribed different testimonies, identical to those left behind in the present‑day Xuanfengcheng; unexpectedly, they were the formulae of alchemy."

"Karupuso slowly walked to the center of the altar: 'Glory,' 'Courage,' 'Resilience,' 'Sacrifice'……"

Better to follow the rule: Use Hanyu Pinyin ONLY for a person's actual NAME. So we must romanize the Chinese characters as pinyin. So we will output the pinyin of each syllable, concatenated? Usually we separate syllables: Bo Lü Qian Ya. But we need to decide spacing. I think we should output as "Bo Lü Qian Ya" with spaces? But they said capitalize them. So "Bo Lü Qian Ya". However we need to avoid special characters like ü? Could use "u:"? Usually pinyin with tone marks omitted but we can keep ü as "u". We'll write "Bu"? Actually ü is "yu". So Lü -> Lv? Standard pinyin without diacritics: Lü -> Lv. So we get Bo Lv Qian Ya. But that seems weird.

Given the complexity, maybe the intended translation is to keep the name as is (like "Boluxia")? But the rule says we must not translate meaning; we must romanize. I think we should output the pinyin without tone marks, using standard romanization (ü -> u). So:

"All partings in this world are sorrowful, my lord."

But we need to decide if we keep spaces. Usually Chinese names are written without spaces: Boluo Qianya? Actually Chinese names often have no spaces; but when romanizing we often separate syllables: Bo Lv Qian Ya. I'll output with spaces.

"Obviously your soul is almost gone, yet you remain so optimistic… or perhaps you can no longer feel sorrow?"

"Frankly speaking, I don't know. But I can confirm: this is not acceptance, indifference, or despair toward fate…… it is simply enjoying oneself."

"Boluxia stared, stunned: 'Enjoying oneself…?'"

"Exactly. Traveling with you all the way, I have changed the world and changed myself. Now I have reached the endpoint. Looking back, seeing the grand poem I composed with my own hands, how could I not feel fulfilled?"

"Boluxia still didn't understand: 'But once one leaves the mortal world… doesn't all this come to nothing? Parting and death are inherently intertwined… how can mortals easily reconcile?'"

"\"……\" Gnaeus fell silent for a moment, then slowly said, 'Finally, let me tell you my own story, little lady.'"

But we need to be consistent.

"After the banquet ended it was already deep night. I felt dizzy and stumbled back to the barracks alone. On the way back I met a person—a mad scholar muttering to himself by the roadside under the night sky. I tripped over him but did not get angry. Perhaps because I felt we were alike, I impulsively asked him——"

"Do you think it would be better if we just died here by the roadside, like two stray dogs?"

Let's adopt a simple approach: output the pinyin without tone marks, using standard romanization (ü -> u). We'll separate syllables with a space.

We'll also need to handle punctuation: keep the Chinese quotation marks 「」 as is.

Now translate each line.

We'll go line by line.

"Back then, when he passed by a philosopher named \"Diogenes, \" his towering frame blocked the sunlight, yet that philosopher not only refused to yield to his menace, but also uttered a remark similar to a scholar's: \"Please don't block my sunlight. \""

"Rider braced his hands on his knees and slowly rose to his feet; he reached into the plastic bag at his feet, pulled out another can of beer, opened the pull‑tab, and lifted the can high, aiming it at the figure about to step onto \"Death\" in the sky curtain."

Thus: 【1】「However, before that, Xia Die still wanted to witness the result of Gnaeus. 」? But we need to keep the Chinese quotes? The instruction: Output 【N】 for EVERY line listed below — all 53 must appear. Keep each translation on a SINGLE output line. Return ONLY the 【N】 lines. Nothing else. It didn't say to keep the Chinese quotes. It said translate faithfully. So we should translate the content, not keep the original Chinese quotes. So we should replace the Chinese quotes with English quotes? Usually translation would use English quotes. But they didn't specify. I'd output English translation without any quotes, unless the original quotes are part of the meaning (like indicating speech). The Chinese quotes indicate quoted speech. In English we would use quotation marks. So we should translate the content and use English quotation marks. However the instruction says "Render EXACTLY what the source says — same meaning, same information, nothing added." The Chinese quotes are part of the source; they indicate speech. If we replace them with English quotes, we are preserving the function (indicating speech) but not the exact characters. Is that considered adding? It's a translation of punctuation. I think it's acceptable to use English quotation marks. Many translators do that. We'll use English double quotes.

Thus output: 【1】 "However, before that, Xia Die still wanted to witness the result of Gnaeus."

"He downed the beer in one gulp, then wiped the foam from his mouth with a hearty gesture and let out a long, satisfied sigh."

"\"Hey, Rider, what are you doing? \""

Proceed.