A man was moving videos in Luofu, and at the beginning, he created a deadly scene.

“We need you,” Xing echoed from behind.

"Seele, and everyone else..."

"Is that alright?" Cocolia said. "I've given you plenty of time... time to say goodbye."

"It's time to tell you the other reason I brought you here, Bronya."

"..." Bronya turned to Cocolia, waiting for her to continue.

Cocolia said, "I want to witness your choice."

“I have told you all the truth; about the deal with the star core, about the wish I made to it.”

"There are no more secrets between us."

"Many years ago, the voice of the 'Star Core' first rang in my ears, and like the guardians of all generations, I closed my eyes and shut my ears."

"I was like you are now back then, desperately guarding what the builders called 'preservation'..."

"My belief was once incredibly firm... until a sudden variable disrupted everything;"

"Another option appeared before me, which meant overthrowing the old order and welcoming the new world."

"But compared to the ethereal and increasingly distant 'preservation,' it is so real..."

Bronya was silent.

Cocolia continued, "I've been racking my brains trying to figure out how to convey all of this to you."

"The promised tomorrow will always come, but if you can't be by my side to watch over that new world with me..."

"Then I will be plunged into agony—Bronya, an indelible agony!"

Cocolia then looked at the train crew: "Perhaps, I should thank you, outsiders."

"Under the pressure from you... I was finally able to confront my final weakness."

He then said to Bronya, "Bronya, from childhood to adulthood, I have never forced you to obey my will."

"No matter what, you always have a choice—this was true in the past, and it remains true today."

"Make your choice, daughter."

……

On the barrage.

March 7: "As expected of a female lecturer who is well-versed in human nature, she is indeed eloquent."

Hilva: "Bronya said, 'I'll just stay silent and watch you show off.'"

Cocolia: "I didn't know I had so much to say..."

Xing: "Although he talks a lot, it's all for naught. Obviously, Bronya won't agree."

Qingque: "Speaking of this Great Guardian and Dan Shu, one is about to welcome the new world, and the other is about to restore the ancient system. If they meet, will they fight?"

Sambo: "Are you raising poisonous insects here?"

……

Meanwhile, in the video...

Bronya made her choice...

Chapter 71 Cocolia: In short, I really want to die.

Bronya looked directly at Cocolia, took a deep breath, and replied, "Lady Cocolia... thank you for raising me, thank you for leaving me the right to choose."

"But... I'm sorry, Mother."

"This is the last time I can't stand by your side."

Cocolia was silent.

Bronya continued, "You say that the depths of human nature are stupidity and cowardice, and perhaps that's true. Desperate situations reveal the darkest side of the human heart."

"But you missed those who struggled to survive and fight in desperate situations."

"I saw their brilliance, in the penalty area, in the lower zone, in the corners you overlook."

"Our ancestors built this city with their own hands and persevered in continuing civilization amidst the wind and snow."

Even if this world is destined to fall apart, the path to its end should be paved by humankind itself.

"Instead of leaving our fate to this scourge!"

Cocolia remained silent.

The star core seemed to be saying something to her.

Bronya hadn't finished speaking: "We are guardians chosen by ordinary people, Mother!"

Our duty is to protect the world built by humankind!

"We are not gods, nor are we judges!"

"You want to trample humanity underfoot while playing the roles of judge and god—I cannot tolerate this!"

……

On the barrage.

Xing: "Oh wow, the female lecturer has met her match."

March 7: "Wow...this...it feels like everyone here is a master orator. They're so good at talking! Even in this freezing cold, they manage to get our blood pumping."

Sambo: "Well said! Applause!"

Dunn: "Compared to the Great Guardians, I feel like all I can do is babble."

Hilva: "Sit down, that's basic procedure. After all, you're the successor to the High Warden, and you've taken lectures before, so it's quite reasonable."

Pam: "Should I also learn some public speaking? I'm a high-ranking member of the Star Train, right?"

Xing: "Oh? A puppet lecturer who's an expert in human nature?"

Pam: "Pam is not a doll!!"

March 7: "It's really hard to imagine Pam standing on stage giving a long speech."

Himeko: "Pam just needs to stay the way she is."

Pam: "Really?"

……

In the video.

“I see… Your choice is… I see. I understand, Bronya,” Cocolia said.

“It’s a pity…it’s a pity you can’t see the beautiful world,” she said. “You can’t break free from the shackles of your mind…you know that?”

“You were supposed to be… the ‘mother’ of the new world.”

……

On the barrage.

Xing: "That sounds like it has a sense of superiority, like I'm the only one who's sober when everyone else is drunk."

Hiluva: "Let me interview you, Cocolia. What were your thoughts when you made those remarks?"

Cocolia: "In short, I really want to die..."

She had finally recovered, but now she's become a bit withdrawn again.

How could I say such a thing in the video?

That sounds like such a melodramatic, overly dramatic statement!

Now that I think about it, isn't the Star Core's "whisper that only I can hear" just like a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) setting?

Cocolia was filled with a sense of shame at the moment that her embarrassing, chuunibyou (delusional) past had been exposed.

In short, I really want to die.

Natasha: "Don't say that. Everyone has their own dark history, right?"

Cocolia: "In short, I really want to die..."

Natasha: "..."

Oh no, the Great Guardian has become a broken record.

……

In the video.

After Cocolia finished saying those words that made her feel depressed, the earth suddenly trembled.

"The ground... the ground is shaking! What's going on?!" March 7th exclaimed.