Chapter 942: line with translation of chapter title

NO．65：S? S

"Aomo-san, what did you just say about Miss Qian's condition?"

"Having lost Bajak's internal support, and relying solely on the dream in which Bajak exists as the entity upholding reality, it is slowly collapsing."

"Moreover, it can be foreseen that in the reality where Sai Luo, Gulite, and others are prepared, Bajak is extremely likely to be killed on the spot once it materializes."

"So they don't have much time left to stay here."

"And Aomo also had to admit that he might have overestimated Black Qian's psychological endurance."

"How could he not even say hello and just pull the switch?"

"As for screaming in fear?"

"What's up with this mental fortitude?"

"What exactly did Little Qian do to provoke her over there?"

"Looking at his own fingertip, half cut off by space 'cut', Aomo, who did not need to maintain this form, dissipated his power, and also caused Ma Zhongpeng, who could only sense presence and hear sounds before, to reappear beside him."

"The two stood on the high ground of the ruins, which were rainy-cleared yet flooded with standing water; Aomo lowered his head to gaze at the water surface reflecting the blue sky, while Ma Zhongpeng was obviously still concerned about the previous situation."

"After dealing with Bajak, the series of actions Aomo took were unilateral decisions he hadn't mentioned to him; although he didn't hinder them and even gave some support, he wasn't clear on exactly what had happened."

"It was merely sharing Nigikaris's behavior and field of view, seeing that in the narrow crack the room actually seemed to have two Miss Qians."

"Even on the wall there was something that looked very dangerous… a creature?"

"Or a machine?"

"It should be a machine, right?"

"Recalling the brief few seconds when he saw that head, with the part resembling teeth flashing indicator lights, this boy who had been trapped here for a long time and had not received much information like his real-world self, felt problems popping up one after another, finding it hard to be as leisurely as Aomo-san, lowering his head to look at the water."

"But he didn't know that in the water surface Aomo was seeing now, what was reflected was not a clear sky, but rather rows resembling an inverted circuit city."

"The current ruler of this universe had once exiled him, while the past ruler had granted him the qualification to return; after he finally managed to steady himself with difficulty, he still retained that abnormal vision of looking from the outside in."

"That is the vision of a higher-dimensional being, enough to see through the illusory stage prepared by the stage designers for the insiders."

"But the reality currently seen is still far from enough to change the situation."

"\"Aren't you concerned about yourself rather than her condition? \" Aomo, turning back from that special scene, looked at the astonished Apeng."

"\"Myself...? \""

"Ma Zhongpeng's reaction was like that of an oblivious guy; he subconsciously thought a bit, then realized: \"Probably not needed? If this world is destroyed, I should be able to come out normally? \""

"\"Come out? Worth mentioning is that there's already a Ma Zhongpeng in the real world, and you… have been trapped here for two months, right? \""

"\"Eh? Then I…\""

"\"We appeared here after entering the dream. \" Aomo said."

"\"…I became another me's dream? \""

"Extremely absurd."

"This is obviously a hard-to-accept fact; the voice of the boy in military uniform trembled slightly."

"Aomo understood his fear."

"Things photographed in the dream cannot be reproduced in reality."

"Likewise, things saved in the dream may also be hard to bring to reality……"

"\"If this world is destroyed, will I disappear? Aomo-san? \""

"The possibility is quite high, but obviously we can't answer like that."

"After a brief silence, Aomo raised his index finger: \"Actually, this dream world is also an electronic world constructed based on computer world rules. \""

"\"Then…\""

"\"In other words, this place is both a dream and not a dream. \""

"Not intending to give him time to panic, Aomo directly cut off his opening, domineeringly continuing the conversation: \"So, in such ambiguous, vague, fragile code, there should be room to regain a foothold on the boundary. \""

"As he spoke, he flicked his hand, and a labor model gradually turning into a warehouse manager was caught between his dangling fingers."

"【Galatron】"

"After his superior substitute appeared, Aomo hardly needed to use it anymore."

"\"Ma Zhongpeng, have you ever driven a car? Four-wheeled. \""

"\"Eh? I, haven't driven. \""

"\"Haven't driven, \" Aomo, seeing that even that level of reassurance wasn't possible, bluntly changed his tone: \"Then just control it with your own strength. \""

"As he said, he raised his hand and lifted the card; Ma Zhongpeng saw the card suddenly release continuously expanding and rising black mist."

"That black mist instantly turned into a towering, massive column tens of meters high, and the silver dragon that had once had several encounters also appeared within the mist's tint."

"In a single-knee kneeling standby posture."

"But its head's main camera lens remained a dull, mirror-like surface as if not activated."

"\"Control, fusion, assimilation, integrating into this world's rules, then seeking the border that connects to reality—this is your true chance to independently manifest on the other side's field; otherwise, you'd have to gamble on the possibility of merging with your other self. \""

"\"To be honest, that's not very safe and would also be inconvenient, after all he walks a different path from you, and even has a girlfriend. \""

"\"Eh? \""

"\"Don't let the word 'girlfriend' distract you, you pubescent brat, \" Aomo, after giving Ma Zhongpeng's shoulder a strong pat to snap him back, said speechlessly, \"Haven't you watched that electric light machine king? The point isn't there; it's your current decision. \""

"\"Will you leave it to fate, or take a chance yourself? \""

"\"I... \""

"\"To be honest, both options seem unlikely, so Ma Zhongpeng finds it hard not to hesitate. \""

"\"Just thinking about before coming here, returning to his class, thinking about those classmates, also thinking about his grandmother and mother… no, actually there's no need to think so much; the Ma Zhongpeng with a muddled mind just wants to break free from this state. \""

"\"Just for the sake of pure freedom, his eyes could burst forth with the red glow belonging to a monster controller. \""

"\"Aomo-san! I want to choose my own result! \""

Then control it, feel its presence, and shout out its name.

In the accelerating collapse of the city and even the world, Aomo stepped aside, allowing Ma Zhongpeng to confront the slumbering white silver dragon, and quietly recited the special code that originally belonged to Gu Lite.

We already have Aomo. Ma Zhongpeng might be a person's name; if so, we should romanize it using pinyin. Since there's no existing glossary entry, we need to add it to the glossary with its pinyin and the original Chinese characters.

But we need to decide on spacing: Usually pinyin without tone marks, with space between syllables? The instruction: Use Hanyu Pinyin ONLY for a person's actual NAME. It didn't specify formatting, but typical is to write as "Ma Zhongpeng". We'll follow that.

We also have Gu Lite, which might be a person's or entity's name. It appears in the phrase 'special code originally belonging to Gu Lite'. As a proper noun, we romanize it.

We need to decide on spacing: Usually we keep each syllable separated: "Gu Li Te". But many translations keep as "Guli Te" or "Gulite". The instruction didn't specify spacing; but we need to be consistent with typical pinyin: separate syllables with space. So "Gu Li Te". However we need to check if any other names appear.

We also have the white silver dragon, which is a descriptive term, not a proper name, so we translate its meaning.

「SpecialSignaturetoSaveaSoul。」 This is English already; we keep as is.

Abbreviation: S. S. S. S.

That is a special signature capable of saving souls, but placed on the battlefield of Bu Ru Gui Tai, it is another matter:

Let's see later lines for more context.

ScarredSoulsShinelikeStars / Wounded souls shine like stars.

Aomo had no intention of stopping Ma Zhongpeng from turning back onto that road, and felt that the first option was more suitable for a monster user.

—— (just a dash line). We need to output translation? It's a line with just "——". Should we output same? Probably we output the dash as is. Keep as "——". It's a single line.

Woke from the dream.

When Aomo suddenly opened his eyes, he saw the still-familiar stairwell, and beside it, someone leaning against the wall and playing on a phone on the lower step, leaving a silhouette for his raccoon dog.

There was also Chen, watching the online stream on the other side.

What is that? Night watch?

What kind of night watch team are you two?

Aomo, whose expression was inevitably subtle, coughed and said, "I'm awake."

Eh? Ah!

Even though he had deliberately fake-coughed as a warning, the raccoon dog was still startled, lost footing, almost fell, and Aomo grabbed its scruff, saying, "Why does the one trying to stop me from falling almost fall himself?"

Um... uh, I'm steady now, you can let go first.

The energetic big sister, whose face was flushed from embarrassment and shame, almost couldn't muster any energy.

Chen paid no attention to the atmosphere here, merely raising his phone to show the live stream to Aomo, saying, "You just happen to be able to catch the corpse explosion of the Ba Jia Ke monster."

"Don't make what Hei Qian says sound like a necromancer who can unleash corpse explosions," the demon looking at the screen said, somewhat speechless. "Ah, the live stream has been cut off; it seems Gu Lite has also released a restorative beam."

"Hmm," Chen said, taking back his phone and glancing at it, then nodding. "Where are you going?"

Since the days when Aomo was 'skipped over,' this person, the monster controller of monster controllers, has generally grown accustomed to seeing uncontrollable monsters being blown up, after which Gu Lite would finish with restorative beams and cleanup.

But he still wasn't used to Aomo's operation of using the phone recursively to move downward.

He thought, "Is there no need to welcome them?"

It's already late; although he who shared energy with monsters didn't feel tired, those who aren't monster users are different.

They will come back to rest on their own.

"Go greet another companion."

He said this, walked to the hall, stood in front of the Junk computer, and watched the screen that might soon display Xiang Yuta.

In his hand, he was gripping the card case for holding monster cards.

As he had expected, the cards were vibrating.

The amplitude of the trembling gradually increased, and just as it was about to reach its peak—a rustling sound.

Two beams of white light flew out from within, and then they gazed at each other.

He hadn't expected that someone would appear following the same path as him.

Of course, the veteran would have an additional layer of doubt.

He wondered why it would be that senior who should have been outside, fighting side by side with his former self, and moreover wearing……

"Peng?" Chen, dressed in the white robe, was the first to speak.

He instantly recognized who the other person was, realizing they were in a similar situation.

A monster hides inside his body.

That uncommon wavelength is the most direct proof.

"Eh? Is that Peng?"

The raccoon dog, having finally composed himself, also came out from the stairway, saw Ah Peng still lying on the ground, and exclaimed in surprise:

"Where have you been these past two months? Chen has been steady, and that Gui She guy even initially claimed Chen was the one who got you into trouble, and Aomo hit him with two sticks."

"?" Aomo, who had been just watching for fun, couldn't help but type a question mark.

After all, he has no memory of that.

After all, those words finally gave Ma Zhongpeng, who was aware of his surroundings, a sense of reality; he turned to look at Aomo and shouted excitedly:

"Aomo-san! I succeeded!"

"Of course, I believe you can succeed."

Amid the surrounding doubts, Aomo nodded with an approving smile and extended his hand.

However, from now on, you may need some mental preparation to face another self.