Chapter 451: with translation of chapter title

"Moreover, this isn't something that can be settled by simply making a wish; it requires considerable knowledge, plus a large amount of manpower and time, to be done so flawlessly. Having said this much, you should understand by now..."

"Jia La He turned his gaze to the sky, let out a deep sigh: 'Nowadays, the 【Star of the Gala】 is the star-core disaster of a si de na.'"

"San Yue Qi covered their mouth, hadn't reacted yet after a moment: 'Star of the Gala... is it the star-core disaster?'"

"——"

"One-Punch Man."

"I've wanted to ask this for a while: Pinokangni is clearly a dream, so why do things in the dream need to be produced? Shouldn't things in a dream be readily available?"

"Facing the sexy prisoner's question, Tong Di lowered their head slightly to think for a moment: 'If you find it troublesome to understand, you can also avoid likening Pinokangni to a dream, and instead regard it as a... distant-from-reality other-dimensional space. Everything inside, whether food and drink or dwellings, is composed of memory-substance and does not appear out of thin air.'"

"Ah..." the sexy prisoner stroked their stubble, showed a regretful expression: "I thought that in Pinokangni's prison, I could conjure up a hundred boyfriends at any time and break out together."

"Tong Di's mouth twitched slightly: 'Prisoner, your dream is probably something even Pinokangni cannot realize...'"

"Beside, Yuanzǐ Wushi earnestly gazed at the sky curtain: 'No wonder Jia La He said that; it seems building Pinokangni is no easy feat. But maintaining such prosperity isn't good, is it? Why, from what he said, does this beautiful dream seem like a disaster?'"

"Could the star core and the beautiful dream's collapse be related?"

"If sealing the star core could stop the beautiful dream's collapse, then the problem would actually be easy to solve. Just have the family hand over the star core to professionals to seal it, and all problems would be readily resolved—or perhaps the family also wants to learn from the Astral Express, initially not allowing the train crew to involve themselves in star core affairs?"

"——"

"\"The story starts long ago, even before the clockmaker liberated the frontier prison. Faced with construction from scratch and endless internal and external troubles, someone began to eye the star core. The star core fell during the war era; originally, under the nameless guest's urging, people had dismissed the idea of it. \""

"\"But not fearing thieves but fearing their covetousness, after Tie Ernan sacrificed, the two nameless guest companions passed away one after another, forcing the clockmaker to rush to the frontier; his rival also seized this opportunity, and when the family representatives of the Mengtuoer Xixi system responded to the clockmaker's call and arrived, the star core had already been activated, seeping into the primal synesthetic dream. \""

"\"I guess the family just happens to possess the knowledge to seal the star core? \" Ji Zi asked."

"\"More than that! Their understanding of the star core surpasses that of ordinary people; they quickly helped Mi Ha Yi Er quell the rebellion, and then, under the banner of Harmony, joined the construction of Pinokangni. This was the three ages known as the Era of Chasing Dreams, during which the clockmaker, kept in the dark, sent out invitations to the whole universe, sparking a craze for the Land of Dreams. \""

"\"Then later... how did they turn against each other and become enemies? \""

"\"Do you still remember the metaphor of reclaiming land from the sea? The truth is that the star core was never sealed; it merely changed form and exists within the dream. Think carefully: what is the cost of constructing and maintaining such a vast 【Beautiful Dream】? \""

"Jia La He took a deep breath, spoke solemnly: 'It is life, little girl. The splendid beautiful dream is built upon the death of the spirit; the poisonous wine named 【Joy】 flows through the dream, causing us to become immersed in it, our minds slowly flowing toward the same endpoint, eventually becoming the placenta of the beautiful dream.'"

"——"

"Pirate King."

"Using the spiritual death of commoners to exchange for a beautiful dream—how unjust this is..."

"Flowing light across the sky curtain casts shifting shadows on Teng Hu's face, crossed with knife scars; as Jia La He gradually explains past history, his fingers gripping the sword-hilt have turned white, veins bulge on his forehead, as if he were about to draw his blade and cleave the enemy in two in the next second."

"How can such a family represent Harmony? Could it be that the Star Gods are not watching over them?"

"At least before Jia La He made that statement, Teng Hu still held some fondness for Harmony, after all the family's creed is to aid the strong and help the weak, and they also built Pinokangni... but if the cost of the beautiful dream is countless lives, then that's another matter."

"Hehe, guess what the traits of Harmony are?" Lu Niu chuckled from the side."

"\"What? \""

"... Tolerance. You can see from the invitation the family sent to the Extinction Gang that Harmony's tolerance is not simply broad-mindedness. All goodness, evil, ugliness... are all encompassed in Harmony's radiance; the so-called 'spiritual death'—maybe Xi Pei doesn't care at all."

It's truly absurd.

The Star God itself is an existence so absurd it's beyond comprehension. Lǜniú shrugged his shoulders, 'Even if the Annihilation Gang wants to destroy everything, to destroy Pinokangni, 【Harmony】 can still love him dearly and even extend an invitation to him. Under this tolerance, the family's actions might hardly count for anything; rather, through the Clockmaker, they will draw more and more people into the dream realm, merging them into Harmony... Xipe might therefore still appreciate them.'

——

Confusion, laziness, cowardice... these weaknesses inherent in human nature were amplified and nurtured by the family, turning Pinokangni into another kind of prison, and far more impregnable than the previous one.

Jialahè shook his head regretfully: 'We discovered it too late. By then the family already had eyes and ears everywhere, and opponents were quickly brought under control and expelled.'

With no other recourse, I had to rely on the power of 【Mysterious】 to flee into this chaotic memory realm, and spent several years in the dream constructing a meme for our use—【Slumber】, which is its true name. Ordinary people cannot fall asleep again in the dream realm, giving us a chance to exploit this loophole.

Jizi gradually understood: 'So this is the true meaning of "the impossible." Therefore, by sending out invitations in the name of the Clockmaker, you sought to find a faction capable of resolving the stellar core crisis, luring them to Pinokangni to uncover the truth?'

Not only that, but I also want to see the major factions constantly fighting over the inheritance, and with the Clockmaker making his first public appearance after more than a decade of silence, any traitor within the family will surely reveal himself.

So the inheritance is really just a facade... March Seven cautiously confirmed.

Jialahè spread his hands: 'If you want to treat the stellar core as an inheritance, I have no objection.'

Then where is that stellar core now?

Jialahè looked at the two siblings conversing in the distance: 'That winged-headed kid is the one to ask. The stellar core has always been under the family's control, and as the face of the Oak lineage, he surely knows it inside out.'