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Chapter 386

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【Amidst the chanting, Himeko, March 7th, and Stelle walked to the center of the stage, and Sunday had already been waiting here.】

【March 7th looked at Sunday's figure ahead and said, "Look! He's right there!"】

【Sunday looked at the arrival of the three from the Astral Express and said calmly, "Everything regarding 【Order】 ends here. I wonder what your thoughts are?"】

【Looking at the silent trio, Sunday continued, "However, this is just a trivial interlude in the history of the galaxy, it is not important. What is important is where this long river will head in the future..."】

【"You have come at just the right time. The Charmony Festival is about to open. It would be a great pity if the prelude to 【Harmony】 (Order) were missing your presence."】

【Sunday smiled and said with an elegant and dignified posture, "Please allow me to welcome you again—welcome to the 【Penacony Grand Theater】—the center of the sweet dream, the location of the Stellaron, the absolute stage of the Charmony Festival..."】

【Pausing slightly, Sunday said with his usual smile, "And also... the place of the deathmatch where we decide the future of Penacony."】

【Stelle looked at Sunday and asked, "Why did you send us a duel invitation?"】

【Sunday nodded with a smile and said, "Because our goals are the same, and the beliefs we fight for have equal weight."】

【"Only by holding onto our beliefs can we bring true well-being to this world."】

【Himeko heard this, stepped forward, and said, "Please allow me to point out that falling into an eternal slumber can never be equated with happiness, especially when people have to be at the mercy of others in their dreams."】

【Sunday looked at Himeko and asked in return, "Miss Himeko, even now, do you still think 【Order】 only wants to turn the whole universe into His marionettes?"】

【Himeko stared at Sunday, the firmness and determination in her eyes like a raging fire: "No matter how perfect the paradise you depict is, a cage is still a cage."】

【March 7th also retorted: "In that kind of world, people can't achieve true happiness at all! They are just toys of the Aeon!"】

【Sunday sighed deeply and said helplessly, "It seems you have always misunderstood my intentions. Let me formally state: my ideal is not to resurrect the Aeon, nor to ascend to godhood—"】

【"The only thing I want to do is to create a paradise that belongs only to us humans, without Aeons, only with 【Order】, that can accommodate everyone's dignity and happiness."】

Livestream chat.

"So, Sunday's plan is not to resurrect the Aeon of 【Order】, Tayzzyronth, but to use Tayzzyronth's power to build a dream that accommodates everyone's happiness?"

"Sigh~ I don't know how many times I've sighed for Sunday's breadth of mind and ideals. He is truly a person worthy of respect, but why don't they understand? Such a paradise is too fragile."

"Yeah, just like what Following Dan Heng, Huang Quan, Black Swan, and Boothill said earlier, this is making an enemy of the entire galaxy. If those powerful forces really enter the scene, Sunday's dream paradise will eventually end in destruction."

0 Seeking flowers

"The IPC's fleet is already on its way to Penacony. Since Sunday doesn't intend to resurrect the Aeon, without the power of an Aeon, with only his current strength, even if he reaches the level of an Emanator, he probably won't be able to save anything."

"And even Aeons can fall. Sunday, who only stole the power of Tayzzyronth, at most has the strength of an Emanator. But even so, facing the blades of all the forces in the galaxy, the ending is already doomed."

"Sunday is probably making his last stand. For a person like him, seeing the weak being oppressed, his own pain won't be any less."

Where the Astral Express crew is.

Welt Yang sighed in a deep voice: "It seems this battle is unavoidable."

Following Dan Heng's expression was also a bit complex: "This time's opponent is different from the past. If it weren't for this matter, Sunday would undoubtedly be an outstanding person worth befriending. However, the difference in ideals destined that we must have a battle."

March 7th patted her cheeks and said: "No matter what, we cannot let Sunday's plan succeed. Otherwise, everyone in Penacony will be swallowed by Sunday's dream, and the consequences will definitely not be underestimated."

Stelle also nodded vigorously and said: "And there are seniors like Mikhail, Tiernan, Razalina, everyone in the Dreamjolt Reef, everyone who fought and sacrificed for Penacony, as well as the will of the Trailblaze, we must defeat Sunday."

The Xianzhou Luo Fu.

In the teahouse where players gathered.

"I knew it, this battle couldn't be avoided."

"As long as Sunday doesn't give up the plan to pull everyone into the dream paradise, this battle must be fought."

"And don't forget, Mr. Welt is still in Sunday's hands. Whether for the ideal of the Trailblaze, the last wishes of the predecessors, or the comfort of companions, the Nameless of the Astral Express will definitely not avoid the battle."

"Sigh~ It's just that for this battle, I always feel a bit uncomfortable in my heart."

"Sunday is not a bad person; on the contrary, he is an extremely noble and kind person. He wants to build a paradise for the weak in the world where they can live happily and peacefully without being oppressed. But ironically, in the end, such a paradise can only be sought in dreams."

"Hahaha, who says it isn't? In reality, such a paradise might not really exist."

"But a dream is just a dream after all. It's fine to stay and rest for a short while, but if you really sink completely into the dream, even if you get a moment of joy, wouldn't the result you have to face after the dream shatters be even worse?"

The Divination Commission.

Lieutenant Yanqing sighed: "I sincerely admire Sunday's ideals, but what value does this dream paradise that is destined to collapse have? Is it really worth paying so much for a whole illusory dream?"

General Jing Yuan looked at Sunday in the game plot, his eyes filled with admiration, sighing, and then helplessness.

Hearing Lieutenant Yanqing's doubt, General Jing Yuan shook his head slightly and said: "Perhaps, Sunday is also a bit confused in his heart, which is why he let the people of the Astral Express come before him to have a collision of their respective ideals."

Lieutenant Yanqing's eyes flickered, and he said in surprise: "So, Sunday has already prepared for the consequences of his eventual failure?"

"Sigh~ This really makes me not know what to say. Doesn't he know that in this way, his ending will be beyond redemption..."

【Himeko retorted: "You are wrong. If people want to live with dignity, then no person or thing should ever be above them."】

【"And in your so-called paradise, that person is you."】

【Sunday said regretfully: "It seems we cannot convince each other no matter what. Fate has destined us to fight each other. Since things have come to this, let us use our respective Paths to show the universe a righteous path."】

【"However, before the prelude to the future officially plays, please take some time to think about the question I raised—"】

【After entering the cutscene, Sunday turned his back to the crowd and said slowly: "Are day and night equal?"】

【"Are the righteous and the sinners equal?"】

【"If people are born weak—"】

【"From which god should the weak find peace?"】

【Sunday's voice rose high under the spotlight of the stage. The three monsters that appeared in the previous pre-curtain play, named Past, Present, and Future, fell from the void in front of the three from the Astral Express.】

【The battle, from this moment, was on the verge of breaking out.】

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