Chapter 70

The video continues.

The scene returns to deep in the Memory Zone,

the scene where Sam and Huang Quan confront each other.

【...】

【I will still dream.】

【Stop, your time has not yet come.】

Huang Quan faced Sam,

and ultimately did not choose to draw her sword.

【...My time?】

Sam did not understand Huang Quan's meaning.

【I have seen many seemingly clever disguises that can cover the appearance, but cannot hide the heart.】

【You are no exception.】

【Stelle, you didn't want to kill her.】

【You made a move just to disperse me and that Memokeeper... why?】

Huang Quan asked.

【...】

Sam was silent.

【Did the slave of destiny let you do this?】

Huang Quan asked back.

【You know Elio?】

Sam was somewhat surprised.

【I thought this matter would be written in your script.】

Huang Quan explained.

【My script has always only had a few lines.】

【Anything beyond that is unnecessary and not needed.】

【He knows my personality: there is only one destiny, which no one can bypass—and before that, I have the right to choose.】

【But you seem not to know, so it's my turn to ask: who exactly are you?】

Sam looked at Huang Quan,

somewhat guarded.

【Perhaps not your enemy.】

Huang Quan shook her head.

【Non-responsive.】

Sam was not satisfied with this answer.

【I am not worth your curiosity.】

【People who walk the galaxy alone always have some secrets; I have also been wanted by the IPC, so it's not strange that I know about the Stellaron Hunters... and that's all.】

【Perhaps I can help you.】

Huang Quan walked around,

while saying to Sam.

【What reason do you have to do this?】

Sam asked suspiciously.

【I often forget some things, so compared to memories, I am more accustomed to using feelings to capture something.】

【So...】

【I know who is inside that cold armor.】

Huang Quan looked at Sam,

her tone inexplicable.

【...】

Huang Quan's words,

made Sam silent again.

【How about it, are you willing to take off the armor and talk?】

Huang Quan said sincerely.

【It is not yet time.】

【I don't need help, but I can give you a suggestion, which is better for both you and me.】

【If your goal is the Clockmaker's inheritance, go investigate the Family.】

【They not only covered up the existence of death, but also buried the past and truth of the dream.】

Sam shared some intelligence with Huang Quan.

【I am already doing so.】

Huang Quan nodded.

【—And...】

【The Astral Express is not your enemy!】

Sam added.

【I know this too...】

【Just never thought I would hear it from you.】

【What next?】

【Stelle was taken away by Black Swan, are you going to find her?】

Huang Quan asked.

【There is no need for that...】

【It doesn't hurt to tell you, Elio's instruction to me is only one...】

【Let the Astral Express pursue the grand inheritance together!】

【I tried a simpler and more direct way to end this matter.】

【But as you can see, I am standing here confronting you.】

【I failed.】

【The script cannot be defied.】

Sam's tone was somewhat regretful.

【The so-called impossible thing is just something that hasn't arrived yet...】

【...Never mind.】

【Before we part, can I ask you one more question?】

【Does your script have any part about me?】

【I want to know, in the future seen by destiny, what kind of footnote did I leave?】

Huang Quan suddenly asked an inexplicable question.

【Unfortunately, not a word mentioned.】

Sam said straightforwardly.

【...Not surprised.】

Huang Quan had expected this result,

and after nodding gently,

she turned and left.

【Wait—】

【I won't.】

Sam suddenly called out to Huang Quan,

and said three words.

【What?】

Huang Quan didn't understand.

【Your initial question...】

【Whether I still dream, dream of those who died because of me.】

【I won't. Never.】

【I was born without the function to dream.】

【I live for the cold reality, for a little light, burning... burning continuously, until I turn into dead ash.】

【So, I envy you.】

Sam's electronic synthesized voice sounded,

with a bit of low tone.

【Is that so...】

【Then you are already living in a clear world.】

Huang Quan left the last two sentences,

and then left silently.

Furina: "Eh?"

Furina: "After Stelle and Black Swan left, they actually stopped fighting?"

Eula: "Seeing them fight so fiercely before, I thought it would at least be a life-and-death ending."

Eula: "As a result, these two actually stopped fighting just like that."

Lumine: "Because Miss Huang Quan saw that Sam was just trying to disperse her and Miss Black Swan from Miss Stelle's side."

Lumine: "Looking at it this way... Sam seems to be intentionally protecting Miss Stelle?"

Venti: "That's not wrong to say."

Venti: "After all, Miss Huang Quan's identity is mysterious, suspected to be an Emanator."

Venti: "And Miss Black Swan has many designs on Miss Stelle."

Venti: "These two staying by Miss Stelle's side would indeed pose a great risk to Miss Stelle."

Collei: "But isn't Sam a member of the Stellaron Hunters?"

Collei: "Why help Miss Stelle?"

Silver Wolf: "What's strange about that."

Silver Wolf: "Who says the Stellaron Hunters have to fight the Astral Express people to the death."

Nahida: "Actually... I'm more curious about what the script is?"

Nahida: "Listening to Sam, all his actions are actually following the script."

Nahida: "And that Elio, who is called the slave of destiny..."

Nahida: "Does this have any meaning?"

Dr. Ratio: "Elio, the leader of the Stellaron Hunters, is quite famous in the galaxy."

Dr. Ratio: "But he himself is mysterious and rarely shows his face."

Dr. Ratio: "Only know that he seems to have the ability to see through the future and has been trying to change something with some kind of script..."

Zhong Li: "Hmm... sounds like a very mysterious character."

Raiden Shogun: "As a slave of destiny... but wants to change destiny?"

Raiden Shogun: "Can this really be done?"

Black Swan: "Hehe, regarding this, I'm afraid no one can give a definitive answer."

Black Swan: "But borrowing a sentence from Duke Inferno..."

Black Swan: "The so-called impossible thing is just something that hasn't arrived yet."