Chapter 626: A Final Farewell to Huang Quan — Feelings That Cross Time and Space!

【The answer is not important — what matters is what we ourselves can gain from other people's answers... right?】

March 7th seemed to have understood what Himeko meant.

【Mm, this is what it means to pioneer.】

Himeko nodded heavily.

Mavuika: "Young Lady Himeko truly lives up to her reputation as the navigator of the Astral Express."

Mavuika: "Your comprehension of the Path of Pioneering can be called profound."

Mavuika: "But in those few words, I too have tasted the flavor of inheritance."

Himeko: "Indeed. The Path of Pioneering is also a manifestation of inheritance."

Himeko: "It is precisely because countless nameless travelers pressed forward one after another, recklessly linking the stars, that the spirit of pioneering could be passed down without cease."

Himeko: "This is why, even though the Path of Pioneering once plunged into the abyss — the train wrecked, the silver rails shattered."

Himeko: "The Path of Pioneering, however, was never severed."

Himeko: "For the spirit of pioneering had long since, along with the laying of the silver rails, been branded into the hearts of countless living beings."

Himeko: "Therefore, we yearn for the starry sky; therefore, we walk the road of pioneering!"

Pom-Pom: "Well said, Pom!"

Pom-Pom: "Anyone who can say something like that — Passenger Himeko is sure to become the legendary navigator of this generation!"

March 7th: "Hey, if that's the case, then this Miss is the legendary member of the legendary navigator!"

Stelle: "Pfft, what's so great about being a member?"

Stelle: "I'm going to be the legendary conductor!"

Stelle: "Uh... forget it, I won't fight the conductor for the position."

Stelle: "I'll be the Akivili of a new era instead!"

Stelle: "Now that fits my grand ambitions!"

Herta: "Diagnosis: played too much of the Simulated Universe."

Herta: "But no matter how powerful you are inside the Simulated Universe, it's fake, not real."

Stelle: "Impossible!"

Stelle: "If I'm Akivili inside the Simulated Universe, then I'm Akivili outside too!"

Stelle: "Just you wait — once I ascend to the throne of the God of Pioneering, the universe will usher in a true Pioneer Epoch!"

Firefly: "Mm-mm, I believe you!"

Silver Wolf: "Firefly you dummy, can you stop believing everything, please!"

The video continues.

【... Mm.】

【Sorry, sorry, for making the mood so heavy — Brother Dan Heng, quick, tell a cold joke to lighten things up!】

Seeing the somewhat subdued atmosphere around her, March 7th hurriedly put on a smile and cracked a joke.

Seeing this, Dan Heng could only shake his head helplessly.

【Thinking ahead is never a bad thing.】

【One day, we will all have to face parting.】

Welt spoke up.

【But before that, we still have a long road to walk together.】

Dan Heng continued.

【Right, so the most important thing right now is to bring our experiences in Penacony to the conductor.】

【Then get ready, and set off for the next stop of pioneering.】

Stelle: "Time to go, time to go."

Stelle: "I hereby declare the Penacony trip officially concluded!"

March 7th: "Hey wait, I feel like there are still people we haven't said goodbye to."

March 7th: "What about Miss Robin and the others?"

Miss Qingque: "Judging by how you all look, you probably already said goodbye to them before coming to the Dreamscape Reef."

Miss Qingque: "This is the last stop."

Furina: "Then that only leaves Miss Huang Quan."

Furina: "By the way, where did Miss Huang Quan go?"

Furina: "Wasn't she nearby just now?"

The video continues.

【Time to head back to the train... or, I could still say a final farewell to Huang Quan.】

Stelle thought for a moment, then temporarily parted ways with her companions,

preparing to go find Huang Quan for a final goodbye.

A moment later, she found Huang Quan by the railing.

【Do you remember when we first arrived at Penacony?】

【Back then, none of us could have imagined our journeys would intersect in this way.】

Seeing Stelle walk over, Huang Quan spoke first.

【By the way, who exactly are you?】

Even now, Stelle still didn't know Huang Quan's specific details.

【Come to think of it, I never even got to make a proper self-introduction...】

"To put it simply, I am a self-annihilator cursed by Nihility."

"My homeland, long ago, suffered an utter catastrophe; the entire world perished beneath Its reflection."

"To fight against the ending of self-annihilation, I set out on a journey, seeking a way to sever Nihility."

"And after a long search, I am certain that my destination lies deep within the Black Net that divides reality from Nihility."

"There, hidden, is a secret known as Chapter IX."

"One day, I will reach where it is."

Stelle: "Damn, sis Quan is still that badass!"

Stelle: "She actually found a way to sever Nihility?"

March 7th: "Chapter IX??"

March 7th: "Just hearing that name, it sounds insanely mysterious!"

Furina: "The question is, is that really a place you can enter?"

Hu Tao: "It must be incredibly hard to get into, otherwise Miss Huang Quan would have gone in long ago."

Herta: "If every self-annihilator were this absurd, Nihility might really get wrecked."

Firefly: "Miss Huang Quan's will is more resolute than ever before."

Firefly: "I believe that in the end, she will surely achieve her heart's desire."

Huang Quan: "Thank you for your blessing."

Huang Quan: "I know just how difficult the thing I am doing truly is."

Huang Quan: "But I think, as long as I keep going, I will surely gain something."

Huang Quan: "And if one day I can sever the existence of Nihility, perhaps by then, everything that was swallowed and denied by Nihility will be able to return to reality."

Paimon: "So, can Nihility and death really be equated?"

Paimon: "After a person dies, do they enter Nihility?"

Miss Qingque: "I don't think they can be equated."

Miss Qingque: "Because after a person dies, their soul isn't necessarily swallowed by Nihility."

Miss Qingque: "On our Luofu Xianzhou, after a person dies, their soul is gathered into the Ten Courts of Hell."

Lumine: "That amazing?"

Lumine: "There's actually a place that can house souls."