Chapter 167

Zhongli: "Hmm... by universal rationality... this possibility might be great."

Stelle: "I understand, Miss Lumine, maybe I am your sister from another mother!!"

Stelle: "Don't say anything else, sister come quickly, let's dominate the universe together!!"

Lumine: "B-but my journey in Teyvat hasn't ended yet..."

Stelle: "Is that so... then you speed up, I'll wait for you on the Express!"

Lumine: "Hmm, definitely!"

Silver Wolf: "Heh, looking forward to your historic meeting."

Furina: "Speaking of which, is this a bit off-topic?"

Furina: "Mr. Sunday has rebelled, aren't you curious about how Mr. Welt and Miss Robin are doing now?"

Xiangling: "Yeah, these two... won't they have been harmed already?!"

Stelle: "Tsk, based on Sunday's previous performance, he would rather have something happen to himself than his sister."

Stelle: "So don't worry."

March 7th: "What about Uncle Yang?!"

March 7th: "Could Uncle Yang have fallen into the Dreammaster's poison hand?!"

Stelle: "Don't worry about Uncle Yang even more!"

Stelle: "Because he can do the Yang Sit-up!!"

Stelle: "Eh?? Why would I say that?"

Stelle: "Could it be that I really connected with the thinking of high-dimensional creatures?"

Welt: "Cough cough cough..."

Welt: "Stelle, what you said... I don't understand..."

Welt: "I don't know what a Yang Sit-up is..."

The video continues.

【... s expected.】

Regarding Sunday's rhetoric,

Firefly does not feel surprised.

【We agree with the Nameless's viewpoint: Penacony needs change, but certainly not in the way you demand.】

【The Planet of Festivities must not, and will not, return to being a chaotic, lawless land of dreams where the weak are prey to the strong.】

【Having fought your way through, you should have felt, to some extent, a microcosm of that era...】

【The vulnerable were ruthlessly eliminated, and equality was non-existent.】

【In the cruel competition, people lived precarious lives, struggling to survive...】

【In the end, only heroes like you could achieve success.】

【But let me ask—Stelle, if you didn't have the special identity bestowed upon you by the Stellaron, if you were just a fragile member of the masses...】

【Which kind of Penacony would you prefer?】

【A savage land of survival of the fittest, or a paradise of dreams where everyone can be happy?】

Silver Wolf: "The 'special identity bestowed by the Stellaron'?"

Silver Wolf: "Is it possible that even if she didn't have a Stellaron in her body, her identity would be just as special?"

Kafka: "Hehe, what's important isn't the Stellaron, but the person she is."

Kafka: "Even without the Stellaron, she would still have other special qualities."

Sunday: "Therefore, she was born to be a hero; this is a result long destined by fate."

Sunday: "From this perspective, she is undoubtedly fortunate."

Stelle: "Tch, I don't believe in fate."

Stelle: "I only believe in my own choices!"

Stelle: "The opportunity I had to become a hero was entirely because I chose to do so."

Stelle: "I don't believe that if I hadn't boarded the train back then, but had chosen to stay on the Herta Space Station, I would have achieved what I have now!"

Himeko: "Well said. One cannot attribute everything to fate."

Himeko: "Making the right choice is equally important!"

Sunday: "Hmm, I agree with your statement."

Sunday: "But those who can make the right choice are, after all, in the minority."

Sunday: "And most of these people have become heroes."

Sunday: "Therefore, please answer my question."

Sunday: "If you were truly just one of the masses, which kind of dreamscape in Penacony would you prefer?"

Stelle: "Hmm, thinking from the perspective of an ordinary person, I would prefer the latter."

Furina: "Uh... survival of the fittest is indeed too cruel. If it were me choosing, I'd also pick the latter..."

Paimon: "If you can live happily, why would you choose the unhappy option?"

Paimon: "In Paimon's view, this is more like a single-choice question..."

Zhong Li: "By universal reason, based on human nature, the vast majority of people would choose the latter option."

Dr. Ratio: "But liking is one thing, reality is another."

Dr. Ratio: "The fact is, in reality, such a perfect place will never exist."

Acheron: "Where everyone can be happy... In my view... this grand wish is perhaps even more unreachable than making Nihility disappear."

Sunday: "..."

The video continues.

【I don't know, why are you asking this?】

Stelle does not answer Sunday's question.

【That's not the point!】

【Stelle, don't let him lead you in circles.】

March 7th reminds Stelle.

【Mr. Sunday, even if the Oak Family cannot fully agree with the arrangements regarding the Stellaron, I'm afraid now is not the time to talk grandly about the past and future of Penacony, is it?】

【The Stellaron issue concerns the life and death of everyone in Penacony.】

【If you have a better proposal, the Astral Express crew is willing to listen.】

【Why not tell us the whole story of that meeting—】

【—so that we can know what exactly happened to Welt and Miss Robin that prevented them from arriving as promised.】

March 7th: "Oh right, almost forgot, now is not the time to discuss this philosophical question."

March 7th: "The urgent priority now is to seal the Stellaron!"

Fu Xuan: "The power of the Cancer of All Worlds is something everyone has witnessed."

Fu Xuan: "No matter who it is, as long as they want to use the power of the Stellaron to achieve their own goals, they will eventually suffer severe backlash."

Dr. Ratio: "The Family is far too arrogant, thinking their research on the Stellaron is deep enough that they can easily harness this power."

Dr. Ratio: "Little do they know... this is merely burying the seeds of disaster for themselves."

Welt: "The Stellaron matter is no small thing."

Welt: "No matter what Penacony wants to do, as long as it involves the Stellaron, there is no room for turning back!"

Furina: "Stellaron... this thing is truly terrifying."

Furina: "Just mentioning it seems to make everyone turn pale."

Hu Tao: "It's a disaster that can destroy an entire planet at any moment, who wouldn't be afraid?"

Lumine: "Afraid... yet it makes some ambitious people flock to it..."

Lumine: "I always feel... this is a bit like that forbidden knowledge?"

Alhaitham: "The nature is similar, but the essence of the two is vastly different."

Robin: "Brother, I feel you have lost your original intention."

Robin: "I understand your urgent desire to realize a paradise."

Robin: "But is a paradise built with the help of a Stellaron truly a paradise?"