Star Railway: The Pioneer's Journey

Chapter 284 Dream Master: Am I the link between you?

There's a saying that goes something like that.

Most of the world's "heroic journeys" are just dice thrown by the gods.

Who said that? It doesn't matter.

Importantly, within this "Dream of Taiyi," some chose to succumb to it, some thought they had broken free but were actually falling into a deeper dream, and others...

To bolster his courage, he pretended to be dreaming and dragged everyone else into the dream as well.

They've lost all sense of shame!

Xing seemed to see several small crosses appearing on the black swan's head.

Although he doesn't have mind-reading abilities, Xing has reason to suspect that the Black Swan is actually the mind-hunting Star God Lan.

Although Xing knew very well that Lan and Zhi had no intention of hiding anything, otherwise Zhi would not have given Mr. Walter a hint so early on.

But for some reason, none of them mentioned these things again later.

So, is Arashi really not using this opportunity to pretend to be dreaming?

Hoshino couldn't help but begin to doubt Arashi's motives.

The only one who was still somewhat conscious, Huang Quan, thought: "...I feel like these two have shifted their thoughts to a very strange place."

"【Hunter】 and Zhenjun are outside now, let's go find them."

Huang Quan felt that it was best not to follow their line of thinking and criticize anyone right now.

Not really suitable.

Xing nodded.

Let's set off to find the head of the family.

Running through the chaotic corridor, I saw people lost in their dreams, their mental clocks locked, impenetrable even by the tricks of clocks.

In a dream as deep as the ocean, Xing finally ran to the hotel lobby.

Here, Xing saw the head of their train crew.

Yun Zhi was facing away from her, talking to Lan beside her.

Ah, Daddy's back view makes me feel at ease.

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When Yunzhi woke up, she was also in the same room, but Lan didn't really "wake up".

He never slept at all; he simply used a trick to enter a deep dream, where he could leave whenever he wanted without any hindrance.

Yunzhi and Lan exchanged a glance.

--Dream?

whatever.

Yun sighed.

"Let's go, let's wait for someone in the lobby."

Lan remained calm: "Should we go tell Hippe? His authority has been stolen. Even if he finds it amusing, in the end, it's us who will be hindered."

"You know what... I always thought that as long as I was here, Pinocchio would be fine, but I was too confident and underestimated the brains of these idiots."

Attacking the Immortal Boat Alliance is one thing, but with everyone here, they still continue to carry out their plans.

Yunzhi didn't know whether to praise their courage for "knowing it was impossible but still doing it", or to secretly regret and reflect on his own overconfidence.

As they spoke, the elevator descended, and after passing through the corridor, they arrived at the lobby of the Daydream Hotel.

There are also many people here who are lost in the dream of Taiyi and unwilling to wake up.

Yun raised his hand and waved it in front of one of them.

The person did not react at all.

"It seems my mind has completely fallen into a dream; there's no hope."

Lan sighed, "Even the most beautiful dreams must be kept in mind, because the world we live in is still reality."

"Who can distinguish between reality and dreams?" Yun Zhi laughed. "It's just a necessary part of being alive, because life is about working, and working is how you make life vibrant."

"If everyone is dreaming... physiologically speaking, who will sustain the energy expenditure of dreams, who will reproduce, and who will be able to continue living?"

"This kind of one-off deal shouldn't exist."

Yun was joking.

Lan nodded: "We've had enough of this mess. Let's get everyone here to their senses and then deal with the culprit."

"Um......"

Yunzhi wanted to say something more.

Suddenly, a joyful voice came from behind: "Zhi! Zhi!"

That's the voice of the Star Core Spirit.

Yunzhi turned around and met the gaze of the raccoon that was happily running towards her.

Xing was so excited that she wanted to rush into the patriarch's embrace.

But at the last second, he used his last bit of reason to stop himself from acting irrationally.

"True Lord, and also, the Emperor Bow Master of Fate."

Huang Quan nodded to the two of them: "In this narrow space between dreams and reality, many people have already awakened."

Yun waved his hand: "Not many, at most a dozen or so."

Xing scratched her head: "What should we do next?"

The Black Swan pondered, "This dream of the One is built upon the power of [Harmony], and it can only manifest when the powers of all beings in Pinocchio unite as one..."

"Yes, because people's desires have become unbreakable, the lucidity of a mere few dozen people simply cannot shake such a vast dream."

Yun smiled strangely: "The best way is to make everyone want to wake up from their dream."

Xing silently looked at Lan.

The Emperor's Bow Master, send forth an arrow.

The black swan smiled gently as before: "For the sake of all our acquaintances being here, please spare their lives, okay?"

It's not that I don't believe in the [Hunter] Star God's control over my power, it's just that... I'm not too willing to gamble on that possibility.

"We cannot stand idly by, no matter what."

Danheng's voice came from the other side: "To awaken the free will of millions..."

Huang Quan continued, "With external assistance, Asdna already had a strange phenomenon called 'synesthetic dreams,' where many people would appear in each other's dreams and share the same dream. Now, Pinocone only has one dream."

Dan Heng understood: "You mean, as long as Arang can send a large number of interstellar travelers to the Asdna system, their free will will be mixed into this dream and shake its foundations."

The Black Swan cautioned, "Those who come simply to answer the call may also succumb to their dreams and become the cornerstones of 'order.' The real challenge lies in how to quickly gather a large group of people with the same unwavering will as you all."

Otherwise, it would be a case of one person coming and another being lost, with these casualties supporting the other side's economy.

Seeing that they had completely excluded Lan, Yunzhi silently took out her phone.

"That's easy! Come on, let's bring my starship over for a spin."

A large number of passengers?

My starship alone has hundreds of billions of people; any one of them could easily turn the Asdna system into dust.

Go for it, kids. Anyway, Hippe has already given us a heads-up. What if other "families" have objections?

Hipper agreed. Is there a problem?

No problem.