Chapter 426

Paimon: "Ugh... the pain of death—just thinking about it makes Paimon's skin crawl."

Paimon: "And Young Lady Liu Ying has to go through it twice!"

Paimon: "This is just too heartbreaking..."

Liu Ying: "Don't worry— for me, as long as it's not true death, I can accept anything."

Liu Ying: "But... how can one welcome true dawn unless one faces death head-on?"

The video continues.

【The worst possible scenario—that would be...】

When it comes to the worst possible scenario,

March 7th suddenly flinched.

【True death... everyone in Pinnacoli will forever sink into the beautiful dream of order.】

Himeko sighed.

【That is a future we must avoid at all costs.】

Liu Ying added.

【Young Lady Liu Ying... have you made your resolve?】

Himeko's gaze toward Liu Ying was complex.

【Yes. If I hadn't, I wouldn't have come here.】

Liu Ying nodded.

【Thank you again for your help to the Star Rail.】

【I wish us to meet again in reality.】

This journey is riddled with dangers,

Himeko didn't know what to say,

and could only offer her blessings.

【Yes, goodbye, everyone.】

【May your journey of exploration—never end.】

Furina: "This scene of mutual farewells feels strangely unlucky."

Gui Naifen: "According to some movie tropes, such farewells are often final!"

Miss Qingque: "Then the question arises."

Miss Qingque: "If this really is a movie trope,"

Miss Qingque: "who among them is going to meet their end?"

Miss Sushang: "Normally, it would surely be Young Lady Liu Ying, right?"

Miss Sushang: "After all, everything she says is full of knives."

Furina: "But Star and the others are about to fight the Jidafan Sect—they're also riddled with dangers."

Furina: "So maybe it's them who'll meet their end?"

Huo Huo: "Aww, you're all so rigid~"

Huo Huo: "Why must you obsess over who'll get stabbed?"

Huo Huo: "Why not just have them all meet their end~"

Hu Tao: "Miss Huo Huo, you must be a demon, right?"

Hu Tao: "If you directed the plot, you'd probably make people depressed..."

The video continues.

The scene shifts,

Liu Ying had already arrived outside the Resha Society venue stage.

She gazed for a while at the stage built from giant soda bottles,

then turned silently,

pulled out her transformation device,

and began whispering softly.

Meanwhile,

on the Resha Society venue stage,

only Star, Yu Liu, and three others remained.

The dome above the stage opened,

revealing an exit leading upward.

【Everyone, ready?】

On the stage,

as Liu Ying moved outside,

Himeko sensed vibrations of gas beneath the stage,

and thus gave the two a warning.

Seeing this, the two nodded firmly.

【I dreamed of a scorched wasteland...】

【A new sprout breaking through the earth.】

【It bloomed toward the rising sun, whispering to me...】

Intense flames gradually enveloped Liu Ying's entire body,

Beneath the Resha Society stage, it was like a volcano erupting,

spewing forth liquid.

The powerful force hurled the three trainees toward the dome,

until they burst completely through,

emerging outside,

where the three saw Lumina's transformed figure silently watching them.

Then, without speaking, they all turned to gaze at Sam, wreathed in flames,

at her,

burning with fierce fire,

flying toward the distance,

resolutely heading west.

【Fireflies fly into flames, born from death.】

【May we meet again in the sober reality.】