Chapter 1635: with translation of chapter title

No. 249: Voicing Awareness

When something has already happened and you cannot go back to the past, what will you do?

Naturally, you should look forward, after all life must go on.

In the Holy Terra Federation, time has long been regarded as a man-made concept; even if one could, using some power, extract that concept and manipulate the foundation of others' existence, it is still extremely difficult to apply it in a way that covers the entire universe to reverse the whole world.

You can only cover yourself, act upon yourself, rather than bear the terrifying pressure fed back from the whole world.

On this basis, the superiority of science over source energy lies in science being able to easily let machinery replace life in bearing burdens, whereas source energy always requires great effort.

Those early scholars who sought to know whether humanity was evolution or divine creation, their cross-temporal verification was precisely the arduous journey to a higher-dimensional conceptual narrative layer, scraping the pages of cosmic history, to let the machinery they produced by combining source energy and science take their place in bearing all that cost.

In the end they arrived at a subtle conclusion that both were true.

Thus there was no time to delve into which was superior, divine-created humans or evolved humans, and they had to face the outcome of millions of years of interbreeding fusion.

Now that even gods, demons, and monsters have joined the bio-hybrid discipline, there is no longer a premise of tracing purity; only a utilitarian motive remains: to use gene-testing machines to check how many biological components are in one's body and which cultivation method they might aid.

Of course, Aomo discarded this utilitarian mindset early on, after all he won a puzzling Mediocrity Award that one didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and it was announced early that his aptitude deviation values for all talents did not exceed 15.

It is no longer a hexagon; it is basically a circle.

Xiao Aomo

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Central Tiresen Popularity Ranking, Ludaofu Xiangzheng, Qianming, JunChuan JiangSheng, Honey Special Drink, Hajimi's Song, Umastagram

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Even if you feel unwilling about some past events, you should realize that present anguish is meaningless.

All you can do is decide not to let history repeat itself, or simply stay away from that stage that only brings negative feelings.

The latter is a kind of avoidance; avoidance is not necessarily hard—if you can get past it in your heart, everything can pass, but if you cannot, time often grinds it away.

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You must take action, because you know deeply that it is not time that wears away that moment's thought; wearing away those thoughts has always been oneself, a mind that gradually dulls and flees from everything.

horse girl

Therefore, when facing repeated failures, facing the classic Triple Crown still flowing through two rounds, even if she had once gained industry recognition with clear strength, she likewise had to face the fact of having lost twice in the championship contention.

At such times, she is always in a daze.

She will gaze out the window, at the falling rain, at the moonlight, lost in thought.

In fact, she is always like this, regardless of time or situation, making her appear dull or mysterious to others, and exuding a strong aura that keeps strangers away.

This aura deepens both impressions, makes her heart hard to reach or understand, and accustoms her to being alone in an environment filled with many souls.

Empty corridors do not scare her; ghostly appearances only bring kindness, and if they are evil spirits they are even a chance to vent, reasonable and lawful, no need to worry about bothering anyone—under this condition she even rather looks forward to their appearance, except she does not want trainers to appear.

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"I think what you want is not understanding, so let us strip away the phrase 'I understand' and speak plainly, Chazuo."

demon

At first acquaintance, he always suppressed that side, showing only his human aspect, even his eyes being nothing more than ordinary brown; now, after efforts and expectations from many including himself, he has begun to grow accustomed to revealing those scarlet eyes.

And the pair of black slits that are not pupils but occupy the center of the eyes like pupils.

That is an inner void that presents itself directly without concealment.

To an ordinary glance, it often seems merely that the snake-like pupils have some character, and meeting their gaze brings an inexplicable pressure, even if you have seen more distinctive, non-human eyes in reality and online.

Manchester Chazuo

One can always see another pair of eyes, lacking luster, within the dark slit.

They are a pair of eyes that are always unusually calm and indifferent, only rarely showing a lava-like blaze.

But Chazuo is not a super radish chef, nor can she blurt out like Bi Ze a remark such as "Now I get it."

Rather, she does not much like trainers at such times.

She likes the darkness that is eternally tranquil as night, indifferent as moon, deep and pure, rather than the ferocity like a demon, solemnity like a god, utterly devoid of free fantasy.

But occasionally, there will also be this intermediate state before her eyes.

This intermediate state, devoid of free fantasy yet equally calm and indifferent, always manifests in his work condition.

Observing from the side still feels somewhat okay, but facing it directly inevitably invites rejection.

Everyone who faces this intermediate state inevitably has this reaction; even if they are not consciously aware, their instincts will emit this discomfort feedback.

Because it is a blade more brutal than reading someone's mind without permission.

From the depths of the eyes, one sees ever deeper into the interior.

Seeing your heart, which is always hard for others to touch or understand, makes you tense and restrained, even traumatized.

As if baseless vigilance, baseless rejection, baseless feeling that this person harbors ill intent.

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Chazuo often finds the attitude of 'friends' toward trainers overly sharp and headache-inducing, yet she does not mind the friends' vigilance toward trainers, because she sees clearly that she never thinks the friends are overreacting.

Being overly sharp is not appropriate, after all these days have passed, 'friends' should regardless realize that the trainer harbors no malice—

—and she at this moment is precisely facing the same words.

"You should also understand that I mean you no harm, so let go of those outdated thoughts, and also let go of the premature targeting of Suzi and everyone."

"You still have one chance, that is the October Chrysanthemum Viewing. There are still five months from now, with a long summer training camp in between that requires you to maintain your usual condition."

"Don't let urgency crush your original heart, Chazuo."

"Compared to Suzi, you are the one who cares more about all this in the present, right?"

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Actually, there is an even more important point; I hope each of you understands.

"Huh?"

When those hands pressed on their shoulders, Chazuo finally truly lifted their head, gazing at the solemn Aomo.

"The classic Triple Crown is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime honor, but for a horse girl's career, it's merely a forward outpost."

Your goal cannot be only at the outpost.

Just as Suzi's goal is to pursue the ultimate speed, I hope you will be undoubtedly strong, but when the strong of you gather together, there will be winners and losers, which is inevitable—so do you still remember the Senlinbaoxue I emphasized to you?

"... Huh?"

Watch her more, observe that mindset and obsession.

That is precisely the quality you all need right now.