Chapter 1460: NO．76：It's not that there was no foreboding

NO．76：It's not that there was no foreboding.

"Don't think wildly; in front of your long-standing goal, worrying about others' experiences is just wasting time."

He put away the good news on the screen that could also lift his spirits, the demon assumed a serious-working demeanor, and warned the overly curious horse girl.

"Not to mention whether yesterday's strengthening was truly without worry; even if willpower training achieved unprecedented success through that method, the problem facing us is still huge."

"Ah, practice, right?"

Tian Lang Xing also understands symbolism.

Although the topic shift is unusually stiff and suspicious, Aomo's words are rough but reasonable. Tian Lang Xing, who had countless times thought about returning to the battlefield, never put it into practice precisely because they have self-awareness.

Never mind others' bluntness; her own expressive ability isn't refined either.

"Yes, practice, or rather, the manifestation and linkage of will."

Aomo calmly adjusted her garbled speech.

"You've probably also heard, more or less, that in the trainers' circle there has always been a sect that claims purity through ancient methods."

"What?" Tian Lang Xing rarely pays attention to the trainers' circle, but upon hearing of ancient methods, she can recall some of the annoying harassment from back then.

"Just make them practice running?"

The Symbol Family's initial training team, although mostly consisting of people who couldn't last long, also mostly struggled with all their might.

Although in the end none of them could stay.

Even more than half couldn't 'die well'; during either passive or active resignation, there were varying degrees of mental abnormality, causing mental health insurance to flourish while also sparking a period of industry gossip.

But at least Lu Dao Fu will remember them, and Tian Lang Xing will remember them too.

Although the latter often dismisses those failures as uninteresting and not worth mentioning, she indeed remembered what those trainers said.

Although she usually is too lazy to recall and has no interest in doing so, her few advantages in competing with Lu Dao Fu include her memory.

And this is precisely a trait that Aomo has noticed to some extent, so he merely nodded.

"Yes, normally speaking, trainers' training methods for horse girls are quite free."

"Many trainers would consider training methods other than running to seek more pronounced results, but that group just keeps making the horse girls run over and over."

Indeed…… listening to him say that brings to mind a guy who always clung to a little notebook, making Tian Lang Xing's whole face fall.

Even in the Symbol Family training team that she had no interest in recalling, that little runt was also the one she found most ill-omened.

All they do is make people run, run, run— which horse girl could endure that kind of training?!

That guy's Mei Pu Bo Fang, huh?!

"Such a rude look," Aomo asked, meeting her gaze, "You don't think I'm going to train you like this, do you?"

"No."

"Then you don't think I'm training Bourbon like this, do you?"

"Uh..."

"If it were Lu Dao Fu, she could confidently retake geography."

"Why bring her up," Tian Lang Xing frowned, "and this doesn't sound like a good thing to say."

What does 'she could confidently retake' mean? This sounds weird, and the more I think about it, the weirder it gets—this kid is provoking me while also taking a dig at Lu Dao Fu.

"Just stating the facts, how to interpret it is the next step's idea," Aomo said evenly, "I hope you can show your own attitude, but instead you care more about my opinion?"

"That's really vague, I'm just affected by your daring to speak ill of Lu Dao Fu!"

"Reactions made at the first moment are often the most convincing," Aomo, too lazy to re-explain his wording, merely looked at the woman letting the topic drift away with some helplessness, "All I want to say isn't this; I think I should just ask you directly: how do you view Lu Dao Fu's different response to my question compared to yours?"

"You really asked her?" Tian Lang Xing raised an eyebrow, "Can you be certain she'd react as you said?"

"I haven't asked, and I can't be certain; she could have more varied responses—this is just a speculation based on what you can't do, implying she can do what you cannot."

"Then you're just trying to say I'm not as good as her?"

"... I hope you can come up with another solution."

"Then you should have said so earlier!" Tian Lang Xing walked off a few steps in annoyance, then turned back, "Do you also train those high schoolers in such a roundabout way?"

"It depends on the person, but that's enough." Aomo, unusually impatient, clapped his hands.

"It's time to hear your answer."

He's grown tired of the topic's repeated expansions, turning what was once a few simple sentences into this drawn-out discussion, and the conclusion is already quite clear.

In this conversation that at first glance seems like he's playing the riddle master while Tian Lang Xing lacks the wit to keep up, he has already figured out Tian Lang Xing's state.

After all, he isn't really speaking in riddles, and Tian Lang Xing isn't truly lacking in intelligence.

There's only one reason for this current mismatch: some people simply aren't prepared yet.

That person hates lying and also dislikes makeshift solutions; they should simply shatter the assumption that 'lying is not as good as others,' but they were stumped by his first remark, falling into the hesitation of 'that's not admitting to one's wild thoughts.'

And just as she hesitated, unsure what to say, Aomo clapped his hands again.

"Let's run, using the skills you've learned."

He said it indifferently, yet it caused those rose-red eyes to reveal a hint of rare emotion.

That was unease.

In Tian Lang Xing's view, Aomo's reaction was practically like giving up, essentially meaning 'whatever, just jog a bit,' which immediately brought to mind faces she'd never before thought of.

The Symbol Family's training team—referred to in this way precisely because she doesn't want to remember every individual, even though she actually does remember them, especially the two or three who happen to suit her wishes.

Just as Aomo initially speculated: 'a more obedient, listening small-to-medium dog with a low-profile demeanor'—'hand over the initiative, then let her regain the lead through affection and trust feedback.'

Those days looked ideal, beautiful, and smooth, and they had indeed existed.

But in the Symbol Family, during the prime of her career, such times were neither long-lasting nor complete.

Not only incomplete, but they could even decay.

It makes it hard for her to accept the ease with which people's hearts decay when she doesn't know the full picture, and yet, once she knows the full picture, it's hard for her to accept that people's hearts ultimately fail to withstand the test.

Because it's hard to accept, she must struggle.

In the darkness she had been accustomed to since childhood, she only remembered what her name symbolized.

"Sirius is the brightest star," someone once said, and ever since she was a child she never yielded.

Then, as she grew older, she also learned that all the stars in the sky shine, and the light of Sirius is not the ultimate; even within the solar system there is Gold Star as a formidable rival.

But she had also heard words like this:

"Sirius is truly the brightest star, she will prove it!"

She was willing to strive for such words, and also willing to seek an existence that could walk alongside her and resist the darkness together; naturally, the first she sought was the Ludaofu Xiangzheng she had played with, studied with, and made vows with since childhood.

Of course, when they were still young, she more often used the other's nickname.

Luna/Luna

That is a name related to the moon, originating from the birth mother of her childhood friend, and it also carries her hopes.

Like Sirius, they are both celestial moons that shine in the darkness.

Children's simple hopes were merely to be of the same kind, standing together, undertaking a small rebellion against their family.

But as time passed, she began to know that the moon does not emit light.

She began to see that her childhood friend had not betrayed her expectations, yet far exceeded them.

Luna was like becoming a sun, and without realizing it had gone to a distance she could not reach.

Couldn't keep up……

She wanted to chase, she was chasing, yet in the chase she discovered something.

The closer she got to the moon, the more insignificant Sirius's brilliance became, especially since the moon was pretending to be a sun.

This shouldn't be the case.

She knew this very well.

That childhood friend was never truly a sun.

A moon with sparse stars is merely a choice of the mediocre; true Sirius ought to be clearly visible even with the moon beside it.

But why can't I do that?

But why can't I catch up?

When she had in her heart an answer that could tentatively solve this problem, she finally felt a thorough exhaustion.

Perhaps all along her pursuit has been wrong.

The sun is false, the moon is also false, Sirius's brilliance is also limited, and from the very beginning her future has been destined by the endless darkness of the universe.

——

"Could there really be a clue?"

"What do you want to ask?"

The muttering beside the track of the specialized training field comes from the dialogue between a person and an unseen goat beside them.

Both are gazing at the figure running on the track, having the same expressionless face.

"If we set aside the initial explanation and let her run a lap first, isn't that just to find the yarn ball?" the goat said, "I'm not her, and you're not her either, so there's no need for us to speak in riddles."

"My condition isn't any better either; you can also be a little lenient with me."

"…" In the brief silence, the goat clicked its tongue and said, "Isn't this self-inflicted? For a fleeting thought of understanding, sacrificing the present—how important is the future?"

"As long as no one interferes, and as long as we can control the variables, this problem that's still within our tolerance is nothing."

"You don't need to think they'll all do bad things, especially Linghe Yishamala."

"A goat will say anything," the young man twitched the corner of his mouth, "Do you understand the concept of the Beast King?"

"... So that's the reason; speaking rashly was my mistake."

"Why apologize? I'm actually looking forward to seeing how he reacts when you meet him."

"... You can't figure out his reaction?"

"Even if you share the same nature, you can't claim to understand everything about the other; with Sirius's appearance before you, you shouldn't ask such a question."

"Do you already have a conclusion?"

"A lucky mindset needs luck, and her luck has never been good, right?"

"Meeting you could be considered good luck, right?"

"Hard to say."