Chapter 326

Collective consciousness. Friday said, "Transforming different voices into one, serving a common harmony. Dissonant voices are either eliminated or assimilated."

Translate: "Collective consciousness." Friday said, "Transform different sounds into the same, serving a common chorus. Either eliminate or assimilate discordant sounds."

We need to keep quotes? The Chinese includes quotes marks. We should preserve meaning but not necessarily the typographic quotes. We'll translate naturally.

Thus: "Collective consciousness." Friday said, "Transform different sounds into the same, serving a common chorus. Either eliminate or assimilate discordant sounds."

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—— (just a separator line). We need to output 【2】 with translation of that line. The line is just "——". Probably we should output an em dash? The translation of that line is just "——". We'll output exactly that? Probably we should keep the same characters? The instruction: translate faithfully. The line is just two em dashes? Actually it's "——". We'll output the same: "——". So 【2】 ——

Zhigengniao welcomed Xing's arrival, but Xing was still curious what she had just done.

Don't worry. She just used Harmony's resonance to tune you, so you can control your body more freely in the dream. Xingqiri explained elegantly from the side: "Pinokangni's beautiful dreams are fundamentally a world made of Memory Essence. Only by grasping its nature can you move freely within it."

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After briefly explaining the principle to Xing, the siblings went off to do their own things. Xing also received a message from March 7, who was currently shopping spree at dusk, and asked Xing to first check in at the Dream Bazaar for her.

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In the dream, people came and went; it seemed any fantasy could become reality here. She even saw an advertisement billboard promoting itself, and it even reached out and stopped her.

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"What are the benefits of Suleda? Whoever says they got it gets it for free!"

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"Uh... if I don't drink it for a day, I feel awful all over." Xing blurted out a random line.

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The Suleda advertisement billboard was very pleased with Xing's answer; it bounced up and down, enthusiastically stuffing a bottle of Suleda into her hand.

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Xing marveled at the dream's wonder and quickly arrived at the Dream Bazaar that March 7 had pointed out.

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"Welcome to the Dream Bazaar, Pioneer of the Astral Express!"

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To Xing's surprise, the shop's owner turned out to be a giant eyeball, slowly protruding from a wooden door panel, as big as half an adult.

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It called itself Dr. Edward, saying it could let Xing experience all kinds of strange and wonderful dreams. At a glance it saw Xing was a first-time visitor to Pinokangni, and enthusiastically helped her pick the first Dream Bubble.

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It came from a private anonymous donation, and supposedly its memories… belong to the fallen Star God Akivili!

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—— (separator). Output same.

OVERLORD。 (Note there is a period after OVERLORD). Translation: "OVERLORD."

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Sebas pushed open the heavy obsidian door; the metal ring in his hand let out a low hum.

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Before his eyes unfolded a magnificent hall—obsidian pillars rose straight to the ceiling, bearing a huge mural of the Holy Kingdom. This was inviolable noble territory of the Holy Kingdom, yet Sebas walked through it as if strolling.

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The demonic beings feasting on drink turned their heads in unison——

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"Envoy of Abundance!" a little demon with tattered wings flew over, asking, "Are you also paying attention to this Pinokangni trip?" Its sharp claws pointed at the sky, "This time it's the Star God's perspective!"

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「……」 Translation: ""……"" (just ellipsis in quotes). We'll output: ""……""? Actually Chinese line is a pair of quotation marks with ellipsis inside. We'll translate as ""……""? Probably just ""……"".

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Sebas didn't answer directly, but instead gazed with disgust at the demons inside the palace—half a month ago they were still human nobles of the Holy Kingdom, but Demiurge had used Demonic Transformation to turn them all into low-ranking demons. Though they were initially unhappy with their appearance, they at least believed the excuse of Demonic Shadow.

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"Why are you so concerned about Akivili?" Sebas frowned, "Could it be that you're no longer loyal to Abundance?"

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"Absolutely, absolutely not!"

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Within the Holy Kingdom's upper echelons, not everyone believed they were Abundance's envoys; according to Demiurge, at least the Holy Princess and her Holy Knight Order had not accepted their so-called Abundance Blessing, while those who did were nothing but worthless nobles.

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But Demiurge said not to worry—he would take care of the Holy Princess himself; all Sebas needed to do was keep this group of Abundance-believing demons in line, and they could pose as Abundance's envoys behind the scenes, remotely controlling them to become the actual rulers of the Holy Kingdom.

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"Is that so… then let's prove it."

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As the words fell, Sebas's body twitched slightly.

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In the blink of an eye, his hands swept across all the demons' faces, palms opening to reveal that he now held more than a dozen demon eyes.

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Almost instantly, agonized screams erupted from within as the demons clutched their bloody eye sockets, wailing uncontrollably.

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Sebas contemptuously tossed the eyeballs from his hand, calmly walked out of the hall, and Shirouka stood obediently outside, offering him a clean pair of white gloves.

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"Lord Sebas, why did you take their eyes?" the girl asked.

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"The screen is about to show the Pioneer Star God's image; perhaps we'll soon see the Pioneer Star God display its might."

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Sebas coldly glanced back at the wailing demons: "Their recovery is strong; they'll heal on their own after a moment. I won't allow them, after witnessing the Pioneer's might, to develop any disloyalty to Abundance."

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The Star God's power can effortlessly destroy countless star systems; even if one is the supreme Lord Ainz, they're hardly more than a speck of dust in the Star God's hand.

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"I'll use pain to seize their attention, and incidentally show them Abundance's regenerative power."

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"The girl still worried: "But… what's the risk of posing as an Abundance Envoy? That Sea Ranger…"

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Thinking of the Yellow Springs, the girl's heart gave a thump, as if plummeting from a height, feeling like falling into an ice cellar.

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"If a Sea Ranger like the Yellow Springs came after us, I'd follow Lord Ainz's plan and retreat immediately. As for those demons who think they're Demonic Shadow…"

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Sebas nonchalantly adjusted his gloves.

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"... just leave them to be slaughtered at will by the Sea Rangers."

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Xing pressed her forehead against the Dream Bubble, and the dream inside appeared in her mind.

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"The scene showed……"

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"Pioneer of the Astral Express, do you plead guilty, Pam?" Pam looked at Xing with a stern face.

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"What are you doing?" Xing completely didn't understand.

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Dr. Edward: "I won't offer any explanatory or suggestive commentary on this Dream Bubble's contents. In this Dream Bubble, you will share the owner's memories, personally experiencing what they saw and heard."

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"Pam: "Your crimes are unforgivable, but the Conductor respects everyone's right to compulsory labor……"

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"——Do a thorough cleaning, Pam!"

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Xing discovered that this Dream Bubble required her to dub it herself, so she chose a male voice of herself to voice Akivili.

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"Pam: "Then, you and the other passengers, do you admit responsibility for the following malicious incident——"

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"You drove a snowmobile into the Tekamun Grand Arena, disrupting the event's order, causing the match to halt, and forcing twenty Pioneers and you to work unpaid for three months to repair the arena's exterior's severe damage——"

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「「——You! Are you guilty, Pa? 」」