Chapter 336

Stelle: "That's right, maybe the Emperor Bow sits in a wheelchair."

Furina: "So does the Emperor Bow sit in a wheelchair or not?"

General Jing Yuan: "Cough, cough, everyone, let's drop this..."

General Jing Yuan: "The Emperor Bow is not something us mortals can fathom."

Potio: "Haha, sorry, sorry, it's my fault."

Potio: "Next time I take notes, I'll write down everything!"

The video continues.

【Lun Yin, proclaiming her Lun Yin.】

Brother Dan Heng corrected Potio on one phrase.

【It doesn't matter, as long as you get my meaning.】

【Regardless of how long the Patrol Sea Rangers have vanished, we've been watching this universe all along.】

【Many fools would rather offend the Minmie Gang than anger the Rangers.】

【But that Huang Quan... at least from what she's done, she doesn't seem like a madwoman.】

【On the contrary, she's logical and methodical—knows when to hold back, and when to strike decisively without mercy.】

Potio felt this Huang Quan was no fool,

and that was problematic.

【Do you think someone like this is using the Patrol Sea Rangers' name for some hidden purpose?】

Brother Dan Heng asked in return.

【I haven't concluded that—just find it suspicious. Maybe she truly knows the Patrol Sea Rangers, or maybe she's trying to lure us out for some reason... I don't know.】

Potio speculated briefly,

then shook his head.

【I'm more concerned about the family's odd behavior.】

【Because of this Changsheng Society, travelers from over a dozen Paths have been summoned to Penacony.】

【No matter how tolerant the family is, they wouldn't act so aberrantly.】

【Unless the invitations weren't sent by them—if the family still insists on holding the Harmonic Grand Ceremony under these circumstances... it becomes even more intriguing.】

Brother Dan Heng felt the family's actions

were simply too aberrant.

【Maybe all this is under Himeko's directive.】

【You think it's unreasonable because humans couldn't do it.】

【Humans act on irrational impulses, abandon principles when their interests are threatened, and believe things they know they shouldn't...】

【Hell, humans even break their own newly-made rules!】

【But the Star Gods won't.】

【The Star Gods walk one path to the end, never turning back—even if they smash into a wall, they won't turn back!】

Potio had a different understanding of this matter.

Asta: "Haha, Mr. Potio's analogy of the Star Gods is quite amusing."

Stelle: "Never turn back until hitting a wall—even after smashing into it."

Stelle: "Got it. Star Gods are all ironheads!"

March 7th: "Tsk, but the Star Gods' heads aren't just ordinary iron, are they?"

March 7th: "I think for them, smashing through walls is effortless."

Furina: "But why would the Star Gods be so rigid?"

Zhong Li: "It's not rigidity—they embody the will of their respective Paths."

Zhong Li: "If they weren't practicing their own will, that would be the real problem."

Truth Doctor: "Correct. The Star Gods forever uphold their Paths—there is no compromise for them."

The video continues.

【Do you believe the will of Himeko is driving this event?】

Brother Dan Heng's expression turned solemn.

【It might not be him—but some metaphysical consciousness is certainly at work.】

【Don't say I'm pessimistic, but if human free will were reliable, why would we need the Patrol Sea Rangers at all?】

【Attributing everything to the Star Gods and their Paths makes things far simpler.】

【Just as Lan forever walks the Path of the Hunt, just as Arkivi, though vanished, still has his train rolling on the Path of Exploration, never derailing.】

Potio did not affirm that the Star Gods were behind this.

He merely speculated.

{... }

【But I believe Arkivi's fall is also a precious legacy he left for the Nameless.】

Brother Dan Heng said after a moment of reflection.

【Oh, I guess it's because, after losing an absolutely correct leader, the Nameless must now bear responsibility for their own choices?】

Potio grasped Brother Dan Heng's meaning.

【Yes.】

【I believe the meaning of the journey isn't to walk an absolutely correct path...】

【But to choose, with one's limited knowledge and judgment, the path most suited to oneself among countless possibilities.】

Brother Dan Heng nodded,

his tone carrying a hint of emotion.

【Although I don't know what you've been through, people have to be responsible for themselves — I agree with that. No one else can do it for you.】

【And precisely because of that, the Sea-Exploring Ranger must personally find that impostor.......】

【And figure out what exactly she wants to do.】

Stelle: "Dan Heng, I didn't expect you to have so many insights?"

Stelle: "Why don't we ever hear you say this stuff normally?"

March 7th: "What else could it be?"

March 7th: "Of course it's to maintain your aloof image!"

Dan Heng: "Ahem..... I just happened to be talking about this, so the feelings came out on their own."

Dan Heng: "It's not really any deep insight."

Welt: "But I have to say, what you said in the video was spot on."

Welt: "The meaning of a journey is absolutely not about some so-called correct path."

Welt: "In fact, I don't believe there's any absolutely correct path in this world either."

Himeko: "Or rather, for each person, there should be a different correct path deep in their own heart."

Himeko: "And these different correct paths will bring about different results."

Nahida: "But these results may not all be correct, or perfect....."

Nahida: "If that's the case, can it still be called a correct path?"

Paimon: "I guess..... it can't, right?"

Huang Quan: "People can't change that much. Whether the outcome is good or bad, sometimes it's already been decided long ago."

Huang Quan: "As long as you hold firm in your heart that what you're doing is the correct path, then no matter the outcome....."

Huang Quan: "Then it should be correct!"

Silver Wolf: "Mind over matter, huh?"

Silver Wolf: "It really is a good way to stay firm in your own beliefs."

Stelle: "Thanks for the enlightenment, Master Huang Quan — I've been enlightened!"

Stelle: "From now on, as long as I sincerely believe staying up late is correct, then even if I drop dead from it, that must be correct too!"

Stelle: "This way, I can comfortably stay up late with zero guilt!"

March 7th: "???"

March 7th: "Hey, didn't you get the wrong idea?!"

Huang Quan: "Uh.... although it's a bit strange...... but it does kind of make sense?"