"He seems like a very interesting person."

Xing felt as if she had suddenly been choked, her heart tightening.

The handwriting that miraculously appeared in the diary after Liuying's death—was it Liuying's heartfelt sentiment after meeting her?

When the firefly met her, what was the firefly thinking? Was she happy?

Xing reflected: Had she brought joy to Liuying's final moments? Had she ensured that the girl, destined to die in the medical pod, felt her journey was worthwhile?

Before she died, did she harbor resentment towards her? How desperate was she?

Firefly was right next to her, but the baseball bat in her hand was of no use whatsoever. She could only watch helplessly as Firefly died...

Xing stared intently at Liu Ying's diary displayed on the light screen, awaiting all of Liu Ying's criticisms of her in the diary—

"The first time I met the Trail Blazers, I almost got caught by security, but luckily the Trail Blazers helped me."

"I treated the pioneer to something to eat. She has really good taste, even though it was a bit pricey... hahaha..."

"I went to the amusement park with the Trail Blazers and met a strange old man while buying drinks."

"I watched The Strange Uncle's Dream Bubble with the Trail Blazers. The ending was so weird."

"Go to the Kroc Movie Park with the Trailblazers, where the best movies in the world are playing right in front of you in the seats next to each other."

"Go to Glax Avenue with the Trail Blazers, someone proposed there."

"I went to the Audemars Pioneers shopping center. I heard you can buy anything there, but since the Pioneers were there, I didn't want to buy anything."

"I stood up for the Trail Blazers, but they were mistaken for a couple on a date."

"Go to the secret base with the pioneers. The most beautiful place in Pinocchio is on the secret base."

"I watched shooting stars and looked at the sky with the Trail Blazers."

"I took a group photo with the Trail Blazers."

"I was trapped in a dream with the Trailblazers. The dream was scary, but with the Trailblazers there, it wasn't scary."

………………

As lines of text appeared in the diary, all the places where Firefly and Star had walked together in Pinocchio were recorded in the diary.

To Xing's surprise, Liu Ying's opinion of her has always been that she is "interesting" and "fun".

Scenes of Xing playing with Liu Ying flashed before her eyes: the infuriating lottery that only drew the lowest prize, the strange and dangerous clock boy statue, and the gang leader who cried for his mother...

and also……

She recklessly squandered all 20,000 credits that Liu Ying had painstakingly saved, and Liu Ying, despite her trembling voice, still obediently acknowledged that shallow scene.

Xing had thought that Liuying would at least grumble about it in her diary or in her heart, venting her resentment a little, but even though all the money she had painstakingly saved was gone, she didn't feel even the slightest bit of dissatisfaction...

That was clearly all the money that Liuying had saved up in her last dream, before she was about to die...

Among all the delicious food, Firefly only chose the worst one: the oak-wrapped cake roll.

That was clearly Liu Ying's last savings, clearly her last chance to taste delicious food...

"wrong……"

The two words slipped out of Aohoshi's mouth unconsciously.

Firefly specifically selected the worst oak-wrapped cake roll from a bunch of delicious food. Xing wasn't sure if there was an element of "picking out the bad food so that Xing could enjoy it properly" involved...

However, one thing is certain: fireflies will not choose other foods.

Xing suddenly remembered that at the beginning of the diary, before "the last time she entered a dream," Liu Ying had written in her diary—

"The doctor said I've completely lost my sense of taste."

Xing doesn't know if the sense of taste for fireflies still exists in her dreams, but if this is real...

So, all that delicious food she bought was just tasteless and bland to Liuying?

That's why Firefly chose the oak-flavored cake roll, because the cake roll itself tastes just like oak...

There won't be any disappointment that doesn't meet expectations...?

Or is it that only foods with particularly strange textures can make Liu Ying feel that she "can still eat"?

Is the firefly searching for the taste she has lost?

She once said that her favorite food was oak-smoked cake rolls. Could it be because of these reasons?

Xing pondered all of this and fell into a daze, overwhelmed by a deep sense of guilt and self-reproach.

What did she do to Liuying? Liuying was already at the end of her life, and she gave her all the money that Liuying had worked so hard to save...

Did she really squander all of Liuying's savings just to satisfy her own cravings?

Xing really wanted to slap herself twice. The regret in her heart would probably make her jump up and slap herself even if she woke up in the middle of the night!

However, just as Xing was filled with remorse, the diary in the scene turned to the next page—

The journey that Xing and Liuying shared in Pinocchio, as recorded in the diary, seemed to have come to an end, ultimately meeting its demise just like Liuying...

"Trail Blazers, I'm sorry."

"The Trail Blazers are the best."

Chapter Ninety-Eight: Questioning Otto, Understanding Otto

"The Trail Blazers are the best..."

The last sentence in the diary ended there, and like the firefly that died in front of the star, the diary fell completely silent.

With the firefly killed by the mysteriously appearing [Memory Domain Meme], the diary, now without its owner, could no longer contain any more words.

The previous diary was written by Liuying herself before her last dream.

The words written after seeing the star are things that firefly could never have written.

Because the firefly and the star were both left in the dream, she died in the dream.

It's already a miracle that the diary was able to record her thoughts after meeting Xing.

The image of Xing watching helplessly as Liu Ying was pierced through the chest and died in her arms, turning into a puddle of water, flashed before her eyes. She realized that Liu Ying's thoughts would never be recorded in that diary again...

"Trailblazers, I'm sorry..."

"The Trail Blazers are the best..."

Those were the last words that Firefly murmured as she died in her arms.

The handwriting on the diary was weak and feeble, like the last words of a firefly before it died.

Xing seemed to hear the echoes of firefly's apology and her final coquettishness in her ears.

The girl who squandered all her savings, bought a bunch of bland food for herself without a single complaint, the girl who laughed, played, and took photos with Xing, ultimately passed away.

The firefly's diary in the scene seems to have vanished along with it; sheets of white paper filled with delicate handwriting flutter down, so close to the star yet unable to be saved, just like when she witnessed the firefly's death...

Everyone on the Star Train fell silent, and they all looked at Xing, their eyes no longer filled with reproach.

The pity and sympathy for Liu Ying, the doubt and anger over Liu Ying's death, and the silent mourning for Xing's inability to save Liu Ying and even watching Liu Ying die and turn into a puddle of water before his eyes...

These emotions mingled in everyone's eyes, ultimately transforming into this silence.

At this point, Xing can no longer be blamed.

No one knows why a deadly beast, which shouldn't exist, appeared in that blissful dreamland, nor why that beast targeted the firefly.

It was as if fate had played a cruel joke on the firefly and the star, allowing them to spend only a brief, happy day together after their meeting, before cruelly separating them forever.

Even worse, Xing could only watch helplessly as Liu Ying died right before her eyes. She was so close to catching Liu Ying, but instead, she witnessed the [Memory Realm Meme] pierce through her...

What was Xingxin thinking as he held the firefly in his arms, as the firefly's body dissolved into a puddle of water in Pinocchio?

How grief-stricken and angry she must be! And how much she must hate and blame herself for her powerlessness?

The passengers on the Starry Sky Train could not know what Xing was thinking, but one thing was certain: she was far from calm.

Let Xing process this shocking future event...

What puzzled everyone on the Starry Sky Train was why only Xing appeared in the scene.

Despite being companions on the same Star Train, only Xing entered Pinocchio.

Despite having Huang Quan, whom Xing mentioned as an "acquaintance," where did they go?

Himeko, March 7, Danheng, Walter Yang, and the train conductor all fell into deep thought.

………………

………………

Within the Star Core Hunter, Kafka, Silver Wolf, and Blade also fell silent after witnessing the story of Firefly and Star.

Despite being notorious figures in the universe and frequent visitors to terrifying entities like stellar cores, they still felt sadness upon witnessing such a heartbreaking story.

A young girl, terminally ill and with only a few days left to live, is fortunate enough to encounter a kind and interesting nameless guest in a dream of bliss she could never experience.

In the final moments of their lives, fireflies can frolic and play with the stars, witness shooting stars and sunsets together, and take photos of themselves together at dusk. These heartwarming scenes bring a smile to everyone's face.

However, the firefly was so unfortunate. Despite suffering from a terminal illness so tragically, she was mercilessly pierced through shortly after seeing the stars before her death...

In Pinocchio, people in dreams do not die, but the appearance of the [Memory Meme] can cause people to fall into a state of brain death.

The girl who wrote in her diary, "This may be the last time I dream of you," is probably... forever a "Sleeping Beauty" in the medical pod...

Silver Wolf is interested in fields such as games and hacking, but that doesn't mean she won't be moved by matters of the heart.

Even though Blade is a demon in disguise, his cold and silent demeanor makes him turn his face away slightly when he sees such stories, unwilling to watch these sad tales anymore.

As for Kafka... she felt sorry for Firefly, but she also felt sorry for Star.

"That child..."

She felt sorry for Xing, who had met such a good and gentle girl, only to lose her just one day later.

She felt sorry for Xing, who could only watch helplessly as the girl died in front of her. She felt sorry for Xing, who must have been very angry, ashamed, and remorseful at that time.

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