Chapter 354

Nastasja: "A paradise without an end... does that mean a dreamscape without an end?"

Ying: "Huh?"

Ying: "Without an end... could this be another endless cycle?!"

Paimon: "No way, Mr. Sunday is also trying to stage a Flower God Festival?!"

Paimon: "Trapping people in the dreamscape, forcing them into endless reincarnation?!"

Stelle: "Wow, this Flower God Festival you're talking about is pretty sinister."

Sunday: "You misunderstand—I've never had the intention to make anyone reincarnate."

Sunday: "Because that would amount to stripping them of their future within the dreamscape."

Nilou: "Phew... good, I never thought Mr. Sunday would do something like that."

The video continues.

【........】

The Bird and Sunday now approached an old man quietly gazing at the scenery.

【The scenery in this patch of dreamscape is truly beautiful, isn't it?】

The Bird spoke to the old man.

【Oh? It's Miss The Bird... what an honor.】

【You're right.】

【Though time does not flow in the dreamscape, the view never grows stale... I find new feelings each time I look.】

The old man's face bore a look of deep reflection.

【A thoughtful philosopher...】

【I hope I haven't disturbed you.】

The Bird spoke politely.

【No, my days are few—I'd welcome anyone to keep me company...】

【Especially someone as noble as yourself.】

【If it's convenient, would you care to chat?】

The old man very much wished to speak with The Bird.

【Of course, let's simply talk.】

【You mentioned just now that your days are few...】

【Forgive my boldness, did you come to Pinoconny for this reason?】

The Bird asked curiously.

【Heh, yes...】

【I fought on the front lines; when I crawled out of the Sukwu mothership, I somehow ended up with a few radioactive lumps of iron in my skull.】

【And?】

【My comrades are all gone; my homeland melted away under several neutron radiation bombardments.】

【Hmph, everything's gone—I simply couldn't go on living...】

【But I heard this place still had people who could help, so I came.】

The old man recounted his story.

【How tragic... I hope the family can ease your suffering.】

The Bird felt sympathy for the old man's plight.

【The family has helped me greatly—I owe them my deepest gratitude.】

【They arranged for me a comfortable room, the most advanced life-support system in the galaxy—Model 0.3—and a full reinforced platoon of nurses.】

【Now my body is fixed in the Dream Pool, sustained by the life-support system.】

【The version of me you see is whole, mentally clear, no different from a normal person...】

【But the version of me in the hotel is not like this.】

【My true form...】

【Heh, Miss The Bird, I hope you never see it.】

The old man shook his head,

and sighed as he explained to The Bird.

"So........"

【You'll live forever in this patch of dreamscape, won't you?】

The Bird hesitated,

and asked.

【Heh, just being alive is Wan Xing.】

【Whether it's a dream or not doesn't matter—I had no choice.】

【My world was already broken; it might vanish in the next instant, so even if this dreamscape is false, to me it's a paradise.】

【I cherish every moment here.】

【Ha... I truly envy these eternal, unchanging things.】

The old man's eyes gleamed with longing,

then turned again to admire the scenery.

Seeing this, The Bird and Sunday left in silence.

【That old man's story... was terribly sad, but fortunately, this beautiful dream has left him with Yu Sheng filled with happy memories.】

After leaving,

Robin couldn't help but say to Sunday.

【This is the meaning of Penacony's Dream's existence.】

Sunday felt that the old man just now

had perfectly interpreted the meaning of the Dream's existence.

【But dreams ultimately have their limits.】

【They are merely a harbor for the downhearted to take shelter from the wind, and cannot eradicate suffering at its source in reality.】

Robin felt a little lost.

【There will always be a way—Aventurine has already set foot on the right path.】