Chapter 277

【And its meaning, too, is interpreted by us who come after.】

【The answer isn't important; what's important is what we ourselves can gain from the answers of others... isn't that so?】

March 7th seemed to understand what Himeko meant.

【Mm, this is Trailblazing.】

Himeko nodded heavily.

Mavuika: "Miss Himeko is truly worthy of being the navigator of the Astral Express."

Mavuika: "Her insight into the Path of Trailblaze is profound indeed."

Mavuika: "But in these few sentences, I also sensed the flavor of legacy."

Himeko: "Quite right. The Path of Trailblaze is also a manifestation of legacy."

Himeko: "It is precisely because countless Nameless have followed one after another, fearlessly linking the stars, that the spirit of Trailblazing can be continuously passed down."

Himeko: "This ensures that even if the Path of Trailblaze once fell to rock bottom, with the train derailed and the Silver Rails severed,"

Himeko: "the Path of Trailblaze has still not been extinguished."

Himeko: "Simply because the spirit of Trailblazing has long since been imprinted in the hearts of countless living beings, along with the laying of the Silver Rails."

Himeko: "Therefore, we yearn for the starry sky; therefore, we walk the path of Trailblazing!"

Pom-Pom: "Well said, Pom!"

Pom-Pom: "To be able to say such things, Passenger Himeko will surely become a legendary navigator of this generation!"

March 7th: "Hey, in that case, I'm the legendary crew member of a legendary navigator!"

Stelle: "Pfft, what's so great about being a crew member?"

Stelle: "I'm going to be a legendary conductor!"

Stelle: "Uh... never mind, I won't fight the conductor for the position."

Stelle: "I'll just be the Akivili of the new era instead!"

Stelle: "That fits my grand ambitions!"

Herta: "Diagnosis: You've played too much Simulated Universe."

Herta: "But no matter how powerful you are in the Simulated Universe, it's fake, not real."

Stelle: "Impossible!"

Stelle: "If I'm Akivili in the Simulated Universe, then I'm Akivili out here too!"

Stelle: "Just you wait and see. Once I ascend the throne of the Aeon of Trailblaze, the universe will usher in a true era of Trailblazing!"

Firefly: "Mm-hmm, I believe in you!"

Silver Wolf: "Firefly, you silly goose, can you stop believing everything!"

The video continues.

【... m.】

【Sorry, sorry, for making the atmosphere so heavy—Dan Heng, hurry up and tell a cold joke to lighten the mood!】

Seeing the somewhat somber atmosphere around them, March 7th hurriedly put on a smile and cracked a joke.

Dan Heng, seeing this, could only shake his head helplessly.

【Thinking ahead is never a bad thing.】

【One day, we will all have to face parting.】

Welt spoke up.

【But before that, we still have a long road to walk together.】

Dan Heng added.

【Yeah, so the most important thing right now is to bring what we've seen and heard in Penacony to the conductor.】

【And then get ready to set off for the next stop of the Trailblaze.】

Stelle: "Time to go, time to go."

Stelle: "I declare the Penacony trip officially concluded!"

March 7th: "Wait, hold on, I feel like there are still people we haven't said goodbye to."

March 7th: "What about Miss Robin and the others?"

Miss Qingque: "Looking at you guys, you probably already said your goodbyes to them before coming to the Reef of Flowing Dreams."

Miss Qingque: "This is the final stop."

Furina: "Then that only leaves Miss Huang Quan."

Furina: "Speaking of which, where did Miss Huang Quan go?"

Furina: "Wasn't she just nearby?"

The video continues.

【Time to head back to the train... or, I could still have a final farewell with Huang Quan.】

Stelle thought for a moment, temporarily parting ways with her companions,

preparing to find Huang Quan for a final farewell.

A moment later, she found Huang Quan by the railing.

【Remember when we first arrived in Penacony?】

【Back then, no one could have imagined that our journeys would intersect in this way.】

Huang Quan saw Stelle walking over and spoke first.

【By the way, who exactly are you?】

Even now, Stelle didn't know the specific details about Huang Quan.

【Come to think of it, I didn't even get to give a formal introduction...】

【Simply put, I am a Self-Annihilator cursed by Nihility.】

【My homeland suffered a cataclysm long ago, and the entire world perished under His shadow.】

【To resist the fate of self-annihilation, I embarked on a journey to find a way to sever Nihility.】

【And after a long search, I am certain that my destination lies deep within the black web that divides reality from Nihility.】

【There lies the secret known as the IXth Pass.】

【One day, I will reach it.】

Stelle: "Whoa, Sister Quan is still as badass as ever!"

Stelle: "She actually discovered a way to sever Nihility?"

March 7th: "The IXth Pass??"

March 7th: "That sounds incredibly mysterious just hearing the name!"

Furina: "The question is, is that really a place one can enter?"

Hu Tao: "It must be extremely difficult to enter, otherwise Miss Huang Quan would have gone in long ago."

Herta: "If all Self-Annihilators were as outrageous as her, then perhaps Nihility really might be finished."

Firefly: "Miss Huang Quan's will is unprecedentedly firm."

Firefly: "I believe that in the end, she will surely achieve her wish."

Huang Quan: "Thank you for your blessing."

Huang Quan: "I know how difficult this thing I am doing is."

Huang Quan: "But I think that as long as I persist, I will surely gain something."

Huang Quan: "And if one day I can sever the existence of Nihility, perhaps then, everything swallowed and negated by Nihility will be able to return to reality."

Paimon: "So, can Nihility and death be equated?"

Paimon: "After people die, do they enter Nihility?"

Miss Qingque: "I don't think they can be equated."

Miss Qingque: "Because after a person dies, their soul isn't necessarily swallowed by Nihility."

Miss Qingque: "In our Luofu Xianzhou, after people die, their souls are collected by the Ten-Lords Commission."

Lumine: "That amazing?"

Lumine: "There's actually a place that can collect souls."