Chapter 129

"Sorry, I didn't pay attention."

Firefly shook her head.

"Even if you selectively ignore it, their fate will not change."

Blade guessed why Firefly didn't read the script.

"..."

Firefly was silent.

"I said, this is a bad habit."

Blade added.

"Then what about you?"

"This time, can you get the death you want?"

Firefly didn't talk too much about this issue,

but asked back directly.

"As always, a blank slate."

"It's not on this planet."

"Why ask this suddenly?"

Blade was a bit puzzled.

"Because I'm in a car with a tired driver... I hope it can arrive safely."

Firefly explained the reason seriously.

"..."

"This car has autopilot; I'm just putting my hands on the steering wheel, okay?"

Blade was silent for a moment, and said speechlessly.

"Ha, just kidding."

"...Elio always says there is only one fate, and no one can bypass it."

"He can see the future, and we... also know our predetermined ending."

"But before that moment arrives, people can still choose to do something for themselves..."

"We all have this right, right?"

Firefly asked this question inexplicably.

"After today, the name Ye Pela will disappear from galactic history, and the Eternal Fire Mansion will take its place, receiving an invitation letter in the near future..."

"That is your next stop."

Blade didn't answer Firefly's question directly,

but stated the content of the script.

"The land of dreams, Penacony."

Firefly murmured.

"I wish you find the answer you want there... or, liberation."

March 7th: "Laughing to death."

March 7th: "The conversation between Miss Firefly and Blade is inexplicably funny."

Stelle: "Firefly's serious look is cute!"

Welt: "Ye Pela Brotherhood..."

Welt: "It seems this is the scene where the Stellaron Hunters launched the Ye Pela rebellion."

Furina: "By the way, did they know about the subsequent future so early?"

Furina: "That mysterious Elio is truly amazing!"

Dr. Ratio: "At that time, the Eternal Fire Mansion didn't even exist."

Dr. Ratio: "But it had already been designated by them as an indispensable~ pawn..."

Dr. Ratio: "Heh, worthy of being the Stellaron Hunters who stir up trouble in the universe; this is indeed not simple."

Lumine: "Uh... looking at it this way... this Duke Inferno is just a tool person through and through?"

Lumine: "The meaning of his existence... seems to be just to receive the invitation letter, and then give this invitation letter to Miss Acheron?"

Miss Sushang: "Not just the invitation letter, he even gave his life to Miss Acheron."

Sparkle: "Hahahaha, buy one get one free, right?"

Sparkle: "This is truly laughing me to death~"

Sparkle: "I have to say, this Duke Inferno also knows how to create fun~"

Sparkle: "It's just a pity that I didn't get wind of it beforehand."

Sparkle: "Otherwise, I would have had to go to the scene to observe it no matter what~"

Sampo: "This brother is using his own life to create fun."

Sampo: "Regarding this point, I, old Sampo, can only bow down!"

Aventurine: "Ha, in my opinion, this final experience of Duke Inferno's life is already qualified to enter the Tavern."

Stelle: "Amazing!"

Stelle: "If Duke Inferno knew that he was destined to be a tool person all along,"

Stelle: "he'd probably be so angry he'd come back from the dead!"

Acheron: "Rest assured, he died thoroughly; he won't come back from the dead."

Amber: "Pfft, Miss Acheron's serious explanation is really interesting."

Boothill: "He, my foot, your words are really making even me unable to hold it in."

The video continues.

The scene shifts,

back to Stelle.

"Stelle, I'm glad to see you safe and sound."

Stelle followed Firefly to a strange Dreamscape,

and met Welt head-on.

"Mr. Yang, you're here too?"

Stelle was a bit surprised to see Welt.

"[Close your eyes]... this is the answer."

"It's incredible, isn't it? The monster we've always regarded as death is actually the guardian of the Exile's Path."

"It follows a certain specific pattern, abducting people from the sweet dream and bringing them here."

Firefly explained to Stelle.

"We were confused before about whether there was true death in the Dreamscape; now it seems it was completely a mental trap set by the mastermind to cover up the truth of people's disappearances..."

"And... this stronghold called the Dreamflux Reef."

"Every appearance of that meme is related to the Clockmaker. Since the Dreamflux Reef is the destination where it abducts everyone, I imagine many problems that have troubled us for a long time can be enlightened here."

Welt also said to Stelle.

"The atmosphere here is completely different from the sweet dream; people live extremely loosely, there are no managers like the Family, and their mental state is also a bit subtly dazed."

"But from the fragments of the residents' words, I got a familiar name... Gallagher."

Firefly said a key clue she had inquired about before.

"This man again, always appearing at every key place just in time... it also saves us the trouble of searching for people."

"Himeko and March have already set off first."

"Stelle, adjust your state, we're setting off now."

Stelle: "Oh?"

Stelle: "We actually arrived at another strange Dreamscape!"

Stelle: "Confirmed, that memory zone meme is a bus!"

Stelle: "But I want to ask, which genius came up with this idea?"

Stelle: "To let a hideous and terrifying memory zone meme be a bus?"

March 7th: "Who else could be the genius?"

March 7th: "It must be Penacony's dog!"

March 7th: "Mr. Gallagher!!!"

Gallagher: "What?"

Gallagher: "Is this not trendy enough, or not fast enough?"

Gallagher: "Since it's in the Dreamscape, this mode of transport naturally shouldn't follow the rules."

Hu Tao: "A good 'shouldn't follow the rules'."

Hu Tao: "But your method... is a bit too much, isn't it?"

Furina: "Such a terrifying monster, just seeing it would make people faint from fear!"

Furina: "You actually use it as a mode of transport!!"

Gallagher: "Is it really that scary?"

Gallagher: "I usually look at it and think it's quite cute."

Topaz: "The aesthetic of a Memokeeper... isn't it a bit different from ordinary people?"

Aventurine: "Probably."

Aventurine: "Otherwise, there's no way to explain why he thinks that thing is cute."

Gallagher: "Sigh, you get used to it after looking at it for a long time."

Himeko: "So Mr. Gallagher, what exactly is your intention in using this method to pull people into the Dreamflux Reef?"

Robin: "This is also what I want to know!"

Robin: "Outside of the Family's sweet dream, there actually lurks such a place..."

Robin: "Does the Family really not know about it?"

Gallagher: "Don't be anxious."

Gallagher: "Since the video has reached this point, I suppose it's almost time to reveal the answer."

Gallagher: "So, you guys just watch slowly."

The video continues.

"The real Dreamscape, the Exile's Path..."

"Before we set off, let's talk to everyone again."

After Stelle calmed her mood,

she decided to talk to Firefly and Welt again.

"I'm very sorry, I could only tell you everything I knew until now."

Firefly watched Stelle walk towards her,

and spoke first.

"Why didn't you reveal your true identity before?"

Stelle was still brooding over this question.

"There are two reasons. The first is the script—in the future Elio saw, the opposition between Sam and the Astral Express was unavoidable."

"I tried to break the shackles of the prophecy, but I could only do this much."

"Besides that... it was my own selfishness."

"I wanted to walk with you as Firefly... not as Sam."

Facing this question,

Firefly explained sincerely.

"It's okay, I didn't take it to heart."

Stelle accepted Firefly's explanation.

"...Thank you."

Firefly smiled.

"Stellaron Hunter... do you also want the legacy?"

Stelle asked curiously.

"Elio's only instruction to me was—let the Astral Express chase the 'Grand Legacy' together."

"This means the Clockmaker's legacy is of extraordinary significance to the journey of Trailblazing, and to you."

"In the past, Elio's scripts were all centered around a specific Stellaron."

"But after you appeared, this rule didn't seem to apply anymore."

"Perhaps, he also saw the impossible in the future."

Firefly said in detail.

"So what exactly is Sam?"

Stelle was still thinking about Sam.

"Do you remember the medical bay I told you about?"

"That is Sam—the Glamoth Iron Cavalry of the Firmament Front, the Firefly IV Strategic Assault Armor."

"It is the cradle of my life, the meaning of my birth into the world, and for a long time, it was what the world saw... what I should look like."

Lumine: "Medical bay???"

Lumine: "Is this the medical bay Miss Firefly mentioned earlier?!"

Lumine: "I thought..."

Miss Qingque: "Thought it was a cold, big cover, lying inside unable to move, right?"

Miss Qingque: "That's what I thought too!"

Miss Qingque: "Who knew this medical bay was actually a handsome mecha?!"

Miss Bailu: "Broken, the concept of a medical bay has been shattered in my mind!"

Stelle: "That... if I unfortunately get injured one day!"

Stelle: "Please make sure to give me a medical bay like this, let me recover in peace!"

Dan Heng: "The Glamoth Iron Cavalry of the Firmament Front... as far as I know, they basically don't exist anymore."

Firefly: "That's right... I am the only... survivor..."

Furina: "The only survivor?"

Furina: "Suddenly feel... this seems to be another tragedy?"

Welt: "According to rumors, the final ending of the Glamoth Empire was quite miserable."

Welt: "So... this is indeed a tragedy..."

Acheron: "Miss Firefly also carries an unbearable past."

Acheron: "Therefore, she embarked on a new journey, just to find her own rebirth."

Firefly: "Mm... this is also the main reason I joined the Stellaron Hunters."

Black Swan: "Sigh, adding Miss Firefly, there are now three people with sad pasts."

Nahida: "Miss Firefly, Mr. Aventurine, and Miss Acheron, right?"

Sparkle: "Hehehe, worthy of being the Planet of Festivities, Penacony!"

Sparkle: "This is really lively!"

Sparkle: "It actually gathered the Glamoth Iron Cavalry of the whole universe, Avgin people, and..."

Sparkle: "Uh, right, Acheron, where are you from?"

Acheron: "..."

March 7th: "???"

March 7th: "What kind of hellish joke is this?!"

March 7th: "Miss Sparkle, can you not speak so harshly!"

Stelle: "Looks like it's because I haven't spanked her yet!"

Stelle: "You just wait, sooner or later I'll make you cry your eyes out!"

Paimon: "Miss Sparkle's speech is really as always... without a filter..."

The video continues.

"Mm, let's talk until here for now."