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[Gold Sand: Now we're in this together.]
[Gold Placer: It's a pleasure doing business with you. Here's a small gift for good luck.]
[Transfer 100000 credits to the recipient]
[Star: Okay, okay, okay]
[Star: Boss is so generous, thank you so much]
[Gold Sand: Oops, my hand went too fast and I made a typo]
[Gold Placer: Here's some more for you, good luck on your first day of work]
[Transfer 100000 credits to the recipient]
[Gold Sand: Just as I thought, the family plans to keep the robin's affair a secret, so this case is between you and me.]
[Gold Sand: But in the other case... it depends on what excuse they're going to use against you.]
[Gold Sand: Excuse me, I look forward to your wonderful performance!]
"...I'm gradually getting used to the extravagance of gold dust." (The last part is a poetic expression and doesn't directly relate to the preceding sentence.)
"This is a stark contrast to that of a certain miser." Xia Ling, from the world of Zhenhun Street.
"Mr. Gold Sand, Mr. Gold Sand! Do you need someone to run errands? I'm very nimble on my feet!" Wang Qinian, from the world of Joy of Life.
"...They're becoming more and more alike." (From the world of Joy of Life, Fan Xian)
"No, we still have integrity." —Xiao Yan, from the world of Battle Through the Heavens.
"...Difficult to evaluate." Shen Qingqiu in the world of the Scum Villain's Self-Saving System.
The screen went dark again.
Immediately afterwards, an announcement came over the loudspeaker.
"...Recently, Interstellar Peace Corporation officially announced—"
[“Under the guidance of the Department of Market Development, Tsigania-IV, in accordance with the Interstellar Peace Charter, has established an independent and autonomous United Emirates and obtained a legitimate seat at the Interstellar Peace Conference—”]
"The establishment of the United Arab Emirates is of great historical significance to Tsigania: it marks the end of the planet's long and bloody history, and the horrific [Katika-Evikin extermination case] will become a distant memory—"
[“The no-man's-land at the junction of the Tsigania-IV and Transnistria-Prussian-Danube star systems is known for its extremely harsh climate and is constantly threatened by impacts from small celestial bodies—”]
"Therefore, the number of intelligent races that have settled on this planet is now very small. They have diversified into several clans, mostly nomadic, struggling to survive in the arid and rain-scarce deserts, and have developed a folk religion completely independent of the star god system..."
"Interstellar peace broadcast? What year was this news from? I don't seem to remember it." (From Gui Naifen in the Collapsed Starry Sky Railway World)
"This news is from over a decade ago, Miss..." Collapsed Starry Sky Railway World, Sand Gold.
“Katika-Eviekin? I remember Sand Gold is…” Xia Ling suddenly covered her mouth in the Soul Street world.
"Waaaaah~ Sand Gold, if I ever see you, I'll give you a gentle hug!" So what if I'm reincarnated as a spider in this world, Spider Child.
The world of Collapse Star Railway.
Sand Gold stopped looking at the barrage of comments on the screen; the broadcast seemed to pull him back to that era once more.
That sorrowful era...
As if the sky knew what Sand Gold was thinking, the next moment, a gentle and sorrowful female voice rang out, and Sand Gold suddenly opened his eyes wide!
"...Tzigania, Tzigania. The thirsty eye of the storm, the land forsaken by the gods..."
"This is……"
Sand Gold was stunned, staring at the sky for a long time, unable to calm down. Although his memory was blurred, he knew that it was his mother's voice!
[In the scene, a golden light shines down! A delicate infant is being gently soothed in swaddling clothes.]
"There are stones but no water, thunder but no rain, blood but no tears. You hammer us with falling stars, temper us with wind and thunder, and chew us with cracked earth..."
"You gave us the name of honey, yet you placed us under the bitter knife. Earth Mother with three eyes, if you can hear me, please open your eyes and look at this child..."
"When you took his father away, my child was still sleeping soundly in the amniotic fluid. Now, wherever my husband is, I will soon be going..."
"Amniotic fluid? Aren't babies usually picked up from trash cans by adults? How come this baby is soaking in water? What if it drowns!" Big-Eared TuTu World, Hu TuTu.
"Ah? Your Majesty, spare my life, Lü Xiaoyu."
"Huh?" Xia Ling from the Soul Town Street world.
"Excuse me, excuse me, TuTu! Come home right now!" TuTu World with Big Ears, Zhang Xiaoli.
"I do not ask for a peaceful departure, but only that you tell me, does the child sleeping soundly in his swaddling clothes dream of his mother's heartbeat, of the sound of rain falling on the earth? Please tell me, is life just a fleeting dream...?"
"...Otherwise, why would this child be born to face death...?"
The woman's voice was filled with sorrow and despair. She looked at the child in her arms, her voice choked with emotion. They... really couldn't hold on any longer...
【Sudden!】
"Mommy...! Mommy...!"
"...Mom—it's raining! It's raining!"
[Accompanied by the excited voice of a young girl approaching from afar, a series of deafening thunderclaps suddenly resounded!]
[Then, the sound of countless raindrops falling to the ground filled the air!]
["Rain...? Rain..."]
The woman's voice sounded somewhat dazed, as if she hadn't quite grasped the situation, until the constant patter of rain outside pulled her back to reality.
"It's raining! It's true! Those strangers didn't lie to us, they really did summon rain... Mom, we can leave here... We can go home...!"
The girl exclaimed excitedly, seemingly brought back to reality by the word "home."
"Going home... Ah... Earth Mother Goddess with the Triple Eyes, it's you. Can you hear me? Thank you... Thank you..."
The woman thanked them profusely, then looked at the child in her arms and said in a joyful tone.
"Baby, listen... this is the sound of rain. On the day you were born, the heavens also showered down Mother Goddess's blessings in this way."
"You are a lucky child, a blessed child... just like your name, a gift from Him to Evgeny... my child..."
"May the Mother Goddess close her eyes thrice for you..."
"May your blood forever beat..."
"Always face the journey with equanimity..."
"...the trick will never be exposed."
"...A scheme that will never be exposed." Collapsed Starry Sky Railway World, Gold Dust.
"...Welcome to this sorrowful world, Kakawasha."
Chapter 160 Qingque: Friend! This is a high-stakes gamble!
"Kakavasya? Holy crap, you're the brother who made that little cutie Oswaldo lose billions?" In the Collapsed Starry Sky Railway World, Potio.
"Well done, friend! I'll definitely treat you to a glass of Asdena White Oak sometime!" (Honkai Starry Sky Railway World, Potio)
"We've lost billions!!" — Bai Yuechu, Fox Spirit Matchmaker World.
"Taoist brother! Oh! Someone help me! It looks like a cloud is floating out of the Taoist brother's mouth!" —Fox Spirit Matchmaker world, Tu Shan Su Su.
"Oh dear, how did I get out here?" In the world of Fox Spirit Matchmaker, Dongfang Yuechu.
"Hmm?" Tu Shan Ya Ya from the world of Fox Spirit Matchmaker.
"Sister, over here." (From the world of Fox Spirit Matchmaker, Tu Shan Rongrong)
"More than that, I'm concerned about who the girl on the screen is referring to as an outsider. The company's public announcements never mentioned this." Fu Xuan, Collapsed Starry Sky Railway World.
"Heh, who knows? Maybe the company overlooked some details back then, right, 'Gold Dust'?" Oswaldo, Collapsed Starry Sky Railway World.
"Hehe~ Your department was fully in charge of matters in Tsigania back then. With such a busy schedule, it's perfectly normal for you to have a minor oversight." —Emerald, Collapsed Starry Sky Railway World.
"Oswaldo, you son of a bitch, you little brat, just you wait, I'll shoot you to death sooner or later!" In the Collapsed Starry Sky Railway World, Potio.
"Hehe~" Collapsed Starry Sky Railway World, Fireworks.
"Hilarious. You should spend your time fixing your language control system first." - Silver Wolf, Collapsed Starry Sky Railway World.
As for Sand Gold, it was sitting quietly on a soft and comfortable sofa, its shrewd eyes unusually clear as it fondly recalled the scene in the sky just now.
Mother……
elder sister……
Will we ever see each other again?
Recalling the rewards for those who had ascended to the Sky Curtain, Sand Gold couldn't help but feel a surge of hope, even as he told himself to remain vigilant against the Sky Curtain.
But the longing for loved ones just wouldn't stop.
The screen went black again, followed by a familiar male voice.
"You should wake up, gambler."
【"……oh!"】
[Sha Jin slowly woke up, unconsciously covering his head with his hand, seemingly suffering from a headache.]
"Oh my god, I must have drunk too much sulfa... I didn't expect you to come back so quickly. So... did you find anything?"
Sitting at the bar, Sand Gold quickly composed himself, waiting to hear the information the other party would bring.
[Ladio crossed his arms, watching Sand Gold regain consciousness, and slowly began to speak.]
"Just as you guessed: nobody outside knows the robin has been murdered, not even a rumor. The TV is still broadcasting her ceremony rehearsal—probably a stand-in—people are all dreaming."
"Hehe, Chicken Wing Boy is really all talk and no action, in the end he still used him~" Honkai Impact 3rd Railway World, Fireworks.
Although I didn't see the specifics, given that I'm in Pinocchio, how could I possibly miss out on this kind of fun? Playing a robin is a 'small thing' for me, haha~
[Sajin listened to the intelligence report with an air of complete nonchalance, as if he had expected it all along.]
"Of course. Who could have imagined that death would befall the very dream our family had created, especially since the victim was the leading lady of [The Grand Ceremony of Music]..."
"To be honest, I didn't believe it before, and even 'tested' it myself a few times—until I discovered that I really couldn't die. Whenever there was danger, I would be forcibly awakened by the [Dream Pool], as if I had just had a nightmare."
"That's why I'm convinced there's a bigger secret behind this."
[Sajin calmly revealed something truly terrifying!]
"Hey! Are you playing this big?! You're just using yourself as an experiment!" - Lu Linglong from Under One Person World.
"Courage is commendable under the enemy's rules." Super Beast Armed World, Whale Shark King.
"As expected of a gambler!" - Bai Xiaofei, Corpse Brother World.
"Eh? Gambler? Maybe you have a real talent for playing with Imperial Jade!" In the Collapsed Starry Sky Railway World, Qingque.
"Every time you draw a card, you never know what the final result will be!" — Qingque, in the Collapsed Starry Sky Railway World.
"Let's have a high-stakes gamble, my friend! I'll be waiting for you on the Luofu Immortal Ship!" Qingque, in the Collapsed Starry Sky Railway World.
“Azure... Sparrow...!” Fu Xuan, in the Collapsed Starry Sky Railway World.
"Oh dear~ Master Taibu, I suddenly remembered that I still need to organize the library, haha, I'll go and get busy now." —Qingque, Honkai Impact 3rd Railway World.
"So here's the question: since Sand Gold couldn't be killed by any means, how did Robin die?" —Wei Chen, The King's Avatar World.
"In the dream world, there should be some unpredictable special entities that can interfere with or even break the 'immortality' mechanism." The game world of No Game No Life, empty.
"Then you should have heard of that exotic meme [What Faces Death]—when I went to the Oak family to pull some strings for you, they were in a complete mess."
Ladio spoke with a faint, malicious tone.
"Besides the robin, there was another deceased person. Details are unclear, but it's known he was an illegal immigrant."
"Two murders?!"
[Sajin was somewhat surprised, then spoke with great interest.]
"I knew that nameless customer's reaction was off; she must have stumbled upon something else..."
"Sigh~!"
"This killer is a complete madman... but I must say, the murder case is a great breakthrough. We can accuse the family of dereliction of duty and use this as a pretext to get the company involved."
Sand Gold sighed helplessly, feeling that things were getting increasingly complicated.