Chapter 459

【All matters of order end here—what are your thoughts?】

【But this is merely a trivial footnote in galactic history, not serious; what matters is where this great river will flow next....】

【You have arrived at the perfect moment.】

【The Harmony Grand Ceremony is about to begin; how regrettable it would be if the dawn of harmony lacked your presence.】

【Allow me to welcome you once more—welcome to the Pinochini Grand Theatre—the heart of dreams, the seat of the Star Core, the absolute stage of the Harmony Grand Ceremony....】

【And also.... the battleground where we decide Pinochini's future.】

Xing: "Also.... the final resting place for the three of us on this train.... (Big cry. jpg)"

March 7th: "???"

March 7th: "Here we go again, here we go again!"

March 7th: "Your defeatism is kicking in again, isn't it?"

March 7th: "We're about to fight—can you stop saying such gloomy things?!"

Furina: "Evil cannot triumph over justice!"

Furina: "Young Lady Xing must believe this!"

Hu Tao: "Uh... the problem is right here."

Hu Tao: "It's hard to say whether Mr. Sunday is absolutely evil."

Brother Dan Heng: "This is a clash of ideologies."

Brother Dan Heng: "It has little to do with good and evil."

Brother Dan Heng: "But it is equally dangerous."

Xing: "By the way, where are you, Brother Dan Heng?"

Xing: "You've been gone this long and still haven't shown up."

Xing: "Uncle Yang is already unaccounted for—he's already checked out early."

Xing: "If you don't come soon, I feel like the three of us are about to be gone too."

Silver Wolf: "Didn't you just sound so confident a moment ago?"

Silver Wolf: "Now why have you lost your confidence?"

Xing: "What can I do?"

Xing: "Look, all three of us are already deep inside their territory."

Xing: "This is the inside of the Star Core, under their control."

Xing: "Isn't this just like being trapped in a jar with no way out?"

March 7th: "You're the turtle—I'm not some turtle!"

Xing: "It's just a metaphor, just a figure of speech!"

Himeko: "From the current situation, our chances of victory are indeed slim."

March 7th: "Ah, then what should we do?"

Xing: "What else can we do? Charge straight ahead!"

Xing: "Don't panic—I'll ignite my potential. Even if I can't, if you push me too far, I'll just self-destruct with him!"

Hu Tao: "Don't be so pessimistic!"

Hu Tao: "Maybe Mr. Sunday has no combat power at all?"

Hu Tao: "Maybe Young Lady Xing could knock him out with one swing."

Paimon: "Uh... is that even possible?"

The video continues.

【Where is the Star Core?】

【I can't see it at all.】

Xing glanced around.

She found no sign of the Star Core Sunday had mentioned.

【It lies behind the curtain—or you may consider it to be the theater itself.】

【But to see it, you must also show me a belief worthy of the Star Core's power.】

【Only with unwavering belief can we bring true well-being to this world.】

Sunday explained.

【Allow me to point out that eternal slumber cannot be equated with happiness, especially when people are manipulated while asleep.】

Himeko rebutted firmly.

【Miss Himeko, even now, do you still believe Order seeks to turn the entire universe into its puppets?】

Sunday countered.

【No matter how perfect the paradise you envision, a cage remains a cage.】

Himeko shook her head.

【In such a world, true happiness is impossible!】

【It is merely the Star God's toy!】

March 7th launched a fierce rebuttal.

Xing: "Um... hearing March 7th say that, I suddenly remembered a philosophical question."

Xing: "What exactly is true happiness?"

March 7th: "Ah, this..."

March 7th: "You suddenly ask me that and I'm left speechless."

Paimon: "Happiness is... is just things that make people feel happy, right??"

Paimon: "Sorry, Paimon's understanding is a bit shallow, that's all I can think."

Black Swan: "A sense of fulfillment, a sense of pleasure... the so-called happiness, in my view, is a kind of aggregate built up from various positive feelings toward people."

Dr. Ratio: "... Happiness is essentially a kind of human feeling. I agree with that view."

Furina: "Then from this angle, as long as something can make people feel happy, it can all count as true happiness!"

Hu Tao: "Isn't that just agreeing with Sunday's paradise in a roundabout way?"

Robin: "I have always believed that happiness manipulated by others is false happiness."

Aventurine: "But what if we add a premise?"

Aventurine: "You... don't know it's false!"

Aventurine: "As long as you don't know, then it can't be counted as false."

Nahida: "People forever lost in beautiful dreams will forget everything, unable to tell reality and the dreamscape apart."

Nahida: "In time, the notion of 'false' ceases to exist, because everyone doesn't know..."

Nahida: "And those people really did obtain a sense of happiness."

Nahida: "It's just... this still gives people a bad feeling."

Miss Qingque: "Oh no, feels like the more we chat, we're all about to defect, huh?"

Stelle: "Actually... chatting about whether this happiness is false or not seems a bit off-topic."

Stelle: "In my view, this happiness isn't false, because happiness is essentially a kind of subjective feeling!"

Stelle: "Of course, like Aventurine said, the premise is you must not know it's false."

Stelle: "Only then does it count as true happiness in a roundabout way."

Stelle: "And once you know, you'll feel it has no meaning."

Stelle: "It's just that, although I do acknowledge Sunday's beautiful dream can bring a sense of happiness, I don't endorse this model."

Stelle: "Because this kind of paradise is simply too close to nihility."

Stelle: "Sunday, don't you think so?"

Huang Quan: "I once said that Penacony has already deviated."

Huang Quan: "If it continues to cling to its delusion, the Kong Society be completely shrouded by the shadow of nihility."

Huang Quan: "When that time comes, there really will be no saving it."

Sunday: "...."

The video continues.

【.....】

【It seems everyone has always misunderstood my intention.】