Chapter 486

Stelle: "Haha, it's a long story."

Lumine: "Silver Wolf, did you see that?"

Lumine: "The final script direction... was actually written by Elio?"

Silver Wolf: "I saw it. Not really surprised."

Silver Wolf: "After all, besides Elio, no one else would write a script like this....."

The video continues.

The scrolling subtitles begin to fade,

and Black Swan's gentle voice comes through once more.

【Countless meteors streak across tonight's sky.......】

【If you choose the right one, it will carry your wish to thousands upon thousands of worlds.】

【You feel very relaxed right now, don't you?】

【Then......】

【Now, it's time to tell you a little bedtime story.】

【Let me give the conclusion first: in the confrontation with Sunday, every member of the Trailblaze crew, and indeed everyone in Penacony, failed — no one survived.】

Stelle: "Holy shit shit shit!!!"

Stelle: "For real?!"

Stelle: "We got wiped out?!"

March 7th: "How could that be?!"

March 7th: "Didn't the Lord of the Sunday get cleaved in half by General Jing Yuan and Brother Dan Heng working together?!"

March 7th: "Everyone saw it with their own eyes, right?"

Furina: "Mm-hmm, indeed saw it with our own eyes."

Furina: "That dazzling, brilliant slash — it felt like it could even cleave the stars from the sky."

Hu Tao: "Miss Black Swan drops a bomb like this right off the bat."

Hu Tao: "Not even a little buildup......"

Hu Tao: "Could she be joking, trying to scare Young Lady Stelle?"

Huang Quan: "That is not the case."

Huang Quan: "Her attitude right now is very serious."

Welt: "As expected..... the worst-case scenario has still come to pass."

Miss Qingque: "But, our General is so powerful — how could he possibly lose?"

Diviner Fu Xuan: "Qingque, you fool!"

Diviner Fu Xuan: "Haven't you caught on yet?"

Diviner Fu Xuan: "The General never went at all."

Miss Qingque: "Huh???"

Miss Qingque: "What my lord the Diviner means is......"

Miss Qingque: "Everything we saw was fake?!"

Black Swan: "That's right, it really was fake....."

Black Swan: "More precisely..... these images are still within the sacrificial dreamscape."

Paimon: "Huh? How can that be?"

Paimon: "Such a realistic scene, and it's still a dream...."

Paimon: "This.... this is even scarier than the Sumeru Flower Festival!!"

Lumine: "Aside from being grander and more realistic than the sacrificial dreamscape of the Flower Festival, everything happening right now is essentially the same in nature."

Lumine: "But being this realistic still makes one's scalp tingle."

Lumine: "We don't even know when exactly Young Lady Stelle and the others fell into another layer of the dream."

Stelle: "Let alone you not knowing — even I, the person in this video, have absolutely no idea."

The video continues.

【But don't be nervous — although the truth is terrifying, it has not yet reached the point of no return.】

【Everyone still has a slim chance of survival, and that is precisely why I am here.】

【Next, I will use this empty lightcone that has recorded all your memories to retell everything that happened before.】

【And when the story's finale arrives, I believe the clever you will surely discover.......】

【In the story you personally experienced, there exists a fatal flaw — and that slim chance of survival is hidden behind that flaw.】

【So, are you ready?】

Paimon: "Yay, there's st... still a chance!!"

Paimon: "Everyone still has a chance!"

Paimon: "Miss Black Swan is truly our great savior!!"

Black Swan: "Great savior?"

Black Swan: "Hehe, I can't really be called a great savior."

Black Swan: "If I'm not mistaken, the real great savior is someone else."

Stelle: "Tch, I thought Sunday was the one who ended up looking like a clown — his plan had barely begun before it was over."

Stelle: "But now it seems the clown was us all along."

Stelle: "He actually managed to take control of all of Penacony without anyone realizing."

Stelle: "I have to admit now, Sunday is way more impressive than Phantylia!"

Stelle: "At least Phantylia never made us feel this helpless."

Stelle: "But with Sunday, we don't even know how we lost."

Welt: "Should have seen it coming. As an emanation of Harmony, even if stolen, he should possess tremendous power."

Welt: "How could he be so easily defeated?"

Welt: "Moreover, with the power of the Stellaron, the will of everyone in Penacony is now being used by Sunday."

Welt: "That is a considerable force."

Himeko: "The spiritual Adam...."

Himeko: "Welt... don't you think what Sunday is doing right now is very much like that spiritual Adam you mentioned before?"

Welt: "The methods are similar, but the purpose is different."

Welt: "Still, perhaps with our efforts, we can bring about a similar outcome?"

Boothill: "Holy shit, an opponent like this is really a tough one!"

Boothill: "Got screwed over without you even knowing."

Boothill: "Not even room to perform."

Hu Tao: "No wonder Sunday isn't coming out to talk. Turns out he's the winner now, so he's in no rush."

Aventurine: "These tactics are indeed formidable, but in this current dream, heroes have gathered."

Aventurine: "I don't think he'll be laughing at the end."

Dr. Ratio: "Destruction, The Hunt, Remembrance, even Abundance...."

Dr. Ratio: "With so many factions here, it's destined that this so-called Dreamscape of Joy cannot contain them all."

Dr. Ratio: "Although the process was twists and turns, the ending was already destined."

The video continues.

【Remember? When the clock's hands turned back to the start, the train initiated a leap, sending you into an unfamiliar dreamscape.】

【Although confused, that Xianzhou Luofu swordsman Huang Quan pointed the way for you.】

【You arrived at the Dreamscape Hotel, where you met the bellhop Little Misha, and also clashed with the IPC envoy Aventurine.】

【Fortunately, Huang Quan once again passed by, allowing you to escape in time.】

【Afterwards, you saved Miss Firefly in the dreamscape, and toured Penacony with her.】

【You encountered Sparkle disguised as Sampo midway, and accidentally fell into the Child's dream......】

【I saved the two of you from the hands of death, but Miss Firefly couldn't return to reality.】

【She sensed the truth, wanted to invite you into the game, but instead caused an accidental death.】

【And what's worse, you soon stumbled upon another homicide.】