klisemfg Chapter 432 The Dissonance of Order, the Meaning of Existence
Chapter 432 The Dissonance of Order, the Meaning of Existence
Before Huang Quan and Adekt could finish resting, four teleportation portals opened beside them.
All those who went to various times to punish the patriarch have returned.
We're back!
"The patriarch has been killed by us."
What's the situation on your end?
"How's it going? Did you manage to defeat Star Howl?"
Everyone asked questions.
“It has been cleared,” Adekter said.
Huang Quan nodded.
At this moment, March 7th cheered, "Yes, it's finally solved!"
"This pioneering journey has finally come to an end."
"However, the people of Pinocchio...."
As they talked, March 7th grew increasingly melancholic.
In this battle, all the people of Pinocchio perished; none survived.
"Miss March, don't be so sad. Maybe there are other ways?" Sambo comforted her from the side.
"They only died in their dreams; there might be a way to bring them back to life in reality."
March 7th pondered for a while, then sighed.
Seeing this, Jingyuan suddenly became dejected.
"I never imagined that my first pioneering journey would turn out like this."
"It's probably all because I got on the bus that everyone has had trouble..."
Suddenly, Danheng patted Jingyuan on the shoulder.
"That's what I thought at first too."
Jing Yuan turned to look at Dan Heng.
"Until I realized that everyone on the bus was a troublemaker, including you and me."
"Dan Heng, you!!" Jing Yuan immediately flew into a rage, raising his Guan Dao to strike Dan Heng.
At this moment, Firefly removed her armor and came to Xing's side.
Her face flushed slightly.
"How are you? You weren't in any danger, were you?"
Xing shook her head. "No."
“I only fired one shot the whole time.” Xing held up one finger.
"Oh, that's good..." Liu Ying was still a little hesitant.
While everyone else was enjoying themselves, Emerald and Toppa were fiddling with long-range telemetry.
"What's going on? Why can't we make contact with the Combined Fleet?" Emerald's face was full of confusion.
"There was news before?" Topa, standing nearby, echoed the sentiment.
At that moment, a message suddenly came through their long-range remote sensing device.
This is a message from the emergency escape pod.
The Third and Fifth Combined Fleets encountered an antimatter fleet, and the entire fleet perished along with it.
This single message stunned Emerald and Toppa.
They were trembling all over, their faces filled with disbelief.
"How is that possible...."
"Could it be Starscream's fleet...?"
Jade already guessed what was going on.
The fleet encountered the Starscream Legion fleet, which had been lying in ambush, and after engaging in battle, they perished together.
“Antimatter Legion, the company will make you pay the price.” Emerald appeared calm on the surface, but her heart was filled with rage.
The company won't let this go so easily.
Legion, just wait, the company's reckoning is inevitable.
"wrong!"
The black swan on the edge of the battlefield was watching Xingxiao's corpse, and she noticed something was wrong.
Xingxiao was clearly dead; under the influence of nothingness, he should have completely disappeared.
How could that be...?
"not good!"
The black swan suddenly realized something.
Before she could even utter a sound, Xingxiao's corpse suddenly twitched.
The Black Swan immediately took action, using tarot cards to pull everyone in the center of the room towards her.
"what happened?"
After regaining his footing, Huang Quan asked in confusion.
"The one who remembers? What's going on?" Walter Young asked as well.
“We seem to have made a mistake,” Black Swan said gravely.
“What mistake?” Adekter asked.
"Our opponent has never been Xingxiao, but rather... the discordant note within harmony." Black Swan's expression was solemn.
"Dissonance? Doesn't that refer to Starscream?" Walter Young still didn't understand what Black Swan meant.
Xingxiao itself is infinitely long, which naturally fits the saying of disharmony within harmony.
The black swan didn't continue to explain, because the situation itself had already explained it for her.
In the distance, half of Xingxiao's corpse rapidly expanded, becoming a white sphere.
"Haven't I already shattered her into pieces?"
Huang Quan found it hard to believe.
She didn't believe anyone could survive in the shadow of nothingness.
“We did solve Starscream, but something even more troublesome has emerged.” Black Swan couldn’t help but take a few steps back.
Suddenly, the white ball exploded.
A figure flashed out from the white sphere.
That was Sunday.
"Is there another system? There's still plenty of time."
On Sunday, I looked up at the sky.
Pinocchio had already been torn open by the influence of nothingness, but this did not affect Sunday's plans in the slightest.
"Sunday? The head of the Oak family?"
What are you doing here?
"Come down quickly, we've defeated Starscream, Pinocchio is safe!!" March 7th shouted to Sunday.
But then, Walter Young realized something was wrong.
He grabbed March 7's hand and pulled her back a few steps.
"What's wrong, Uncle Yang?" March 7 asked, puzzled.
“Something’s not right with him.” Walter Young adjusted his glasses, as if he had noticed something.
"Train, Ranger, Hunter, Memory Man, Fool, Self-Destructor, Arbitrator... It seems all the guests have arrived."
"Just like the people who originally founded Pinocchio."
On Sunday, he lowered his head, and his face startled everyone.
Half of his face was no longer recognizable, completely covered by flowing liquid, which exuded an aura of destruction.
"You devoured Starscream's corpse?" Black Swan shouted. "What exactly do you want?"
“No, it wasn’t me who devoured Xingxiao, but Xingxiao who devoured me.” Sunday looked at everyone.
"However, she never expected that she would also make a mistake."
“I have to thank you all for this.” Sunday bowed to them.
“If you hadn’t defeated the various clan leaders, weakened her power, and finally shattered her, I really wouldn’t have had this opportunity.”
"As expected, this was your original plan!" Black Swan had already seen through Sunday's purpose.
“From the very beginning, you planned to use Star Howl and make us all your pawns.”
“No, she brought this on herself.” Sunday suddenly clenched her fist.
"If it weren't for her, Pinocchio wouldn't be where it is today."
"If it weren't for her, my sister wouldn't have died."
“If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t have resorted to such an extreme method.”
"Harmony and destruction are essentially the same thing; both are simply the strong bullying the weak."
Every word Sunday uttered was filled with rage.
If it weren't for Xingxiao, he would never have become like this.
“What exactly do you want to do?” Walter Young shouted.
Sunday calmed some of the anger.
He slowly opened his arms, facing the crowd with an elegant demeanor.
"The Harmonious Music Ceremony is about to begin."
"You are currently identified as potential sources of disruption that could affect the grand event."
"Therefore, I would like to invite you all to stay in my dream for a while."
As soon as Sunday finished speaking, everyone was suddenly greeted by a rainbow of colors.
The next moment, their consciousness completely blurred, and they were forcibly dragged into a dream.
You underestimate me.
The black swan throws out tarot cards.
Others have no resistance to dreams, but she, as the one who remembers, is the only one who is unaffected.
"No, I didn't underestimate you."
"It's specifically to make you stay."
Sunday suddenly appeared before the black swan, and time seemed to stand still.
He reached out and gently collected all the tarot cards.
Then, it was torn to shreds.
"You should get some good sleep in this reality, Yi Zhe."
On Sunday, he snapped his fingers lightly, and Old Audie's soul burst out of his body, delivering a powerful punch to the Black Swan's abdomen.
With a single blow, the black swan was sent flying several meters and fell unconscious.
On Sunday, I breathed a sigh of relief and floated back into the sky.
Sunday is no longer Sunday at this moment.
Rather, it is a combination of dreams.
His body contained not only the souls of the other four family heads and the Dream Lord, but also the soul of Xingxiao, as well as the souls of all 300,000 people in Pinocchio.
It was all thanks to these people that they wiped them out, giving Sunday the opportunity to absorb them.
Through the power of harmony, these souls are closely connected with Sunday and resonate with it.
It provided Sunday with an immense amount of power, at one point approaching the level of a throne.
This is also why his dream could instantly suppress the three powerful envoys.
Pleasure, balance, nothingness—none of them offer any resistance.
The only person who is resistant to dreams is not even worth a finger in Sunday's eyes.
Sunday in the sky looked down at the people with their heads bowed, its eyes gradually becoming filled with divinity.
"Next up is the Harmonious Music Ceremony."
“Xingxiao, in a way, I have inherited your will.”
“But Pinocene is neither destruction nor harmony, but order.”
"The fetus of philosophy will be born on the corpse of harmony."
"The score of order will be played by the Qi Xiang Choir."
On Sunday, he flew to the Star of the Grand Gathering, where he would prepare for the start of the Harmonious Ceremony.
Those who were already in a dream simultaneously heard the voice of Sunday in their ears.
"Before the grand ceremony begins, following the ancient tradition of Asdena, I would like to invite you all to watch three pre-show plays."
"History is a mirror, reflecting the most authentic face of the universe. We can also take this opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the history of Pinocchio and Astral."
"And the outline of the future—naturally—is revealed within it."
"Let's begin our story from the very beginning—"
"Since the Twilight War, the sky has been empty and the earth has been in chaos."
"In order to teach all things in the universe to be knowable, the 'Order' Taiyi was born."
"This was the first day."
"He gathered the stars and clouds and made them into a plucked instrument, and created a large lyre with black and white keys."
"Strike the white key, the sun rises; strike the black key, the moon rises."
"Thirty-one days in this way, three cycles come to a rest, and then four more cycles are struck."
"And so day and night came together."
"This was the second day."
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The Blues.
While the entire moment was covered in iridescent liquid, only one tavern remained unchanged, its colorful neon lights still flashing, standing out from its surroundings.
"Tap, tap, tap..."
The sound of high heels clicking on the ground rang out.
Immediately afterwards, the tavern door opened, and the doorbell rang in welcome.
Eve, shrouded in a long black robe, walked into the tavern.
Although the tavern was still lit, there wasn't a single waiter inside.
Of course, there was only one guest.
A man in a black trench coat and a mask sat alone at the bar, swirling a wine glass in his hand, seemingly lost in thought.
Nothingness Eve walked over and sat down beside Him.
"Perhaps you could try taking off your mask so you can drink it."
The masked man slowly turned his head to look at the Void Eve, then suddenly jumped in surprise.
"Hahaha, that's a great idea! How come I didn't think of that? This is so much fun!"
"However, if I had to choose, I'd drink it down, mask and all, hahaha~~"
A sharp, piercing laugh rang out, and the masked man actually drank the wine in the glass, mask and all.
But then, a second mask appeared on His face.
“These are all meaningless things.” Void Eve sat up straight.
With a flick of her finger, a bottle of pear wine floated up, filling half a glass of wine in front of her.
"Hey friend, what do you think is a meaningful thing?" the masked man asked, turning his head.
“I don’t know.” Eve of Emptiness picked up her glass and took a sip.
"If I had really known, I wouldn't have come here."
The masked man suddenly laughed. "Friend, do you know what I'm about to say?"
"What is the true meaning?" Eve the Void put down her wine glass.
"No, it's because you haven't paid yet."
The masked man pointed to a stack of credits on the table in front of him.
It's obvious that He wants to say He paid.
Eve of Emptiness's face immediately darkened.
She put down her wine glass, a hint of displeasure appearing on her delicate, fair face.
"Hahaha~"
"Do you know now?"
"Drinking only makes sense when you know you're going to pay for it."
"Because you need to earn enough credits to pay for your drinks." The masked man slammed his fist on the table and laughed.
“I’m not here to have fun with you,” Eve of Nothingness continued.
"Alright then, let's play a little game."
"If you win, I'll pay for it."
"But if you lose, you'll have to go to the kitchen and wash a few dishes, how about that?" the masked man asked.
Void Eve was silent for a moment, then nodded. "Okay."
"Then, the game begins."
The masked man stretched out two hands.
Guess where the coin is?
Eve of Emptiness carefully observed the masked man's two hands.
In the end, His feet were chosen.
The masked man was somewhat surprised. "Oh? You're not going to choose my left or right hand?"
“No, because you didn’t say the coin was in your hand,” said Void Eve.
"Hahahaha~"
"How clever! Well then, congratulations—you guessed wrong!"
"Because I didn't have any coins on me."
"Go wash the dishes obediently!" The masked man spread his arms and laughed loudly.
Void Eve's face darkened again. "Then what's the point of your game?"
“Because I didn’t have any more money to pay your bill,” the masked man said.
Eve of Emptiness suddenly stood up and walked toward the kitchen with dissatisfaction.
But suddenly, a strange laugh came from behind.
When I turned around, the masked man had already disappeared.
But Eve of Nothingness heard a sentence from Him.
"Perhaps it really has no meaning, but it becomes meaningful when you do it, doesn't it, my friend?"
"For example, the two thousand dishes you are about to wash."
"Hahahaha~~~~"
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