Chapter 499

【"The weaknesses of human nature can never be overcome in a single day. Can efforts like these truly make everyone turn from darkness to light?"】

The plan does sound good,

but Black Swan did not believe it could be carried out successfully.

Stelle: "I bet ninety percent of the people here don't want to wake up from the Dream of Taichi."

Dr. Ratio: "Ninety percent?"

Dr. Ratio: "Still too conservative."

Dr. Ratio: "In my view, it's at least ninety-nine percent."

Dr. Ratio: "At this moment, Penacony has roughly over a million people."

Dr. Ratio: "But those still sober are no more than a handful of you."

Dr. Ratio: "The temptation of the Dream of Taichi for them is far greater than you imagine."

Hu Tao: "Understandable."

Hu Tao: "Who can blame them, when this dream is sweeter than words can say?"

Hu Tao: "If no one even realizes it's a dream, then waking up becomes all the harder."

Furina: "Then what should we do?"

Furina: "No one wants to wake up."

Furina: "Won't this Dream of Taichi just grow more and more solid?"

Paimon: "Mmm... the Sabzeruz Festival only needed finding one person and waking them to break it."

Paimon: "But the Dream of Taichi needs everyone to wake up..."

Paimon: "Compared like this... Lumine, I suddenly feel the Sabzeruz Festival wasn't so bad."

Lumine: "Paimon, you're right."

Lumine: "After seeing this Dream of Taichi, I also feel the Sabzeruz Festival was nothing."

The video continues.

【"Indeed so, Miss Black Swan."】

【"So the most important part of the plan is not making everyone turn from darkness to light......"】

【"—but making everyone choose to save themselves."】

Huang Quan suddenly spoke up.

【"So... in the end, it comes back to you, doesn't it?"】

Black Swan looked at Huang Quan and smiled faintly.

【"The power of the Choir of Equals is no different from that of an Emanator. It must be opposed with equal power."】

【"The final step to overturning this sweet dream... will be carried out by me."】

Stelle: "Emanator-level power can only be matched by an Emanator."

Stelle: "Damn it, if I'm not an Emanator, I'm still just a small fry!!"

Stelle: "Quick, tell me, which Path still needs an Emanator? I'm going to apply!!"

March 7th: "You think this is job hunting?"

March 7th: "Applying, no less..."

March 7th: "Being an Emanator is something only happens when an Aeon takes a liking to you."

Stelle: "Isn't there a single Aeon who finds me pleasing?"

Stelle: "If not, then I'll just throw myself into the embrace of Nihility."

Stelle: "At least Nihility became an Emanator through her own ability."

Dr. Ratio: "You think you have that ability?"

Stelle: "I think I might."

Silver Wolf: "I think you think wrong."

Stelle: "I don't care what you think. I care what I think."

Furina: "Uh... well, that said..."

Furina: "Once you step onto the Path of Nihility, there's no turning back, right?"

Furina: "I feel the risk here is still pretty big."

Sparkle: "Tch, little gray-hair, why not just join the Tavern?"

Sparkle: "As long as you keep stirring up big laughs, maybe the Aeon of Elation will be so pleased she'll make you an Emanator?"

Stelle: "Emanator of Elation?"

Stelle: "Goodness, I've never even seen what an Emanator of Elation looks like."

Stelle: "Sigh, forget it. Becoming an Emanator is too much trouble."

Stelle: "I'll just leave it to fate."

Hu Tao: "So in the end, we're counting on Miss Huang Quan to carry the weight again?"

Miss Sushang: "I'm curious how Miss Huang Quan will carry it out?"

Miss Sushang: "One slash and split Sunday in two?"

Guinaifen: "Sushang, Sunday is an Emanator now, for goodness' sake. One slash won't cut it, right?"

Miss Qingque: "True. The Shajin Society getting sent flying by one slash doesn't mean Sunday would get sent flying by one now."

Lumine: "Speaking of which, is Shajin still in the Asdana system?"

Lumine: "He hasn't already left, has he?"

Topaz: "The Company's fleet has been anchored outside the system. He went off to recuperate, presumably."

Stelle: "Docking outside the star system?"

Stelle: "Interesting. You're quite cautious."

The video continued.

{Hearing you say that is truly reassuring. }

The Black Swan nodded.

{Now that our roles are assigned, let's head to our respective battlefields! }

{Get ready—let's make a grand show! }

Botio gave the order,

and everyone began to scatter,

preparing to act.

{Stelle, could we speak alone? }

{There's one more thing I'm obligated to explain to you. }

{This grand banquet is nearly over. }

{This is where the final stage begins... and also where all of Pinoconny's stories began. }

Huang Quan suddenly called out to Stelle, who was about to leave,

wanting to tell her something.

{Liu Ying discovered the truth right here. }

Stelle looked at the familiar hotel lobby,

recalling the scene Liu Ying had endured.

{Yes. }

{It was she who first discovered that the other side of death held another world, and passed this information on to all of us. }

{You should know this: In the boundless dreamscape, the reason we found you, the key to breaking the deadlock, all rests on the sacrifice and effort of one person... }

{Young Lady Liu Ying was the first to awaken from the dreamscape, found the train amid the starry sea, and brought us everything concerning the remnants of the Order. }

{Perhaps the script aided her, but the cost... }

{You know that as a stowaway, her method of entering the dreamscape differed from ours. }

{Without the hotel's dream-entry device, without family aid, the only way she could awaken from the dreamscape was one... true death. }

Stelle: "There's no such thing as peaceful days—Liu Ying has been bearing the burden for us, unseen!"

March 7th: "Wait!"

March 7th: "True death?!"

March 7th: "Ah! Young Lady Liu Ying didn't—?!"