Star Dome Railway: Kevin's Pioneering Journey

Kevin's mind was already dark, but a voice gradually became clearer from vague.

"I remember it very clearly...that night, I happened to walk to the window and looked up at the stars."

"At that moment, I suddenly had a wonderful feeling - it seemed that it was not me looking up at the starry sky, but the starry sky looking down at me."

"Under the vast Milky Way, I am so small, and human beings are so small. Everything around me becomes insignificant at that moment. So at that time, I immediately had an idea -"

"I believe that every star in the sky is our enemy."

The voice was so familiar, and the darkness in my mind gradually brightened up. It was a picture of a boy and a girl sitting together on a bench, and in front of them was the afterglow of the setting sun.

The boy scratched his head in confusion as he listened to the girl's words which were extremely profound to him.

"...Every star is an enemy?"

"Yes."

The girl answered decisively.

"There is a picture of the Earth in the physics textbook, which was taken by a space probe 64 billion kilometers away."

After she reminded him, the young man immediately had an impression in his mind.

"Ah, I remember now! There was nothing in that picture. I searched for a long time and only saw a tiny blue dot."

The girl nodded and sighed softly.

"Yes, that is the Earth. We were born and grew up on this planet. This planet, which has existed for 46 billion years, is just a tiny point of light in the vast universe."

“Thousands of years of human history, billions of lives, countless knowledge and cultures are nothing compared to the scale of the universe.”

The girl paused for a moment, she looked at the boy and said seriously.

"So... I often wonder, in such a vast universe, how much meaning does 'a person' have?"

Chapter 90: Commemorating the Original Self

The girl paused and turned to look at the afterglow of the setting sun in the distance. The campus was very quiet after school, which gave the two of them a chance to date alone. She just looked at the sky quietly, waiting for the boy's answer.

"Hahahahahahahahahaha—"

But the only answer the girl got was the boy's wanton laughter. His reaction seemed too nonsensical to the girl.

The girl frowned slightly and asked in confusion.

"why are you laughing?"

Perhaps sensing the slight displeasure in the girl's tone, the boy immediately stopped laughing and quickly waved his hands to explain.

"No, no, don't get me wrong. I'm not laughing at you. I just find it very novel."

"Novel?" The girl was puzzled. This was obviously a very common topic.

"In the past, when I talked with other girls, we would talk about the stars and then talk about zodiac signs, blood types, and so on. And this is the first time that I have talked about the stars, the universe, and humans with a girl like you. In my opinion, these are the topics that only boys can come up with when chatting. So, you are worthy of it!"

The images in his mind gradually became clearer, Kevin's consciousness and thinking began to function, and the previous conversation came to mind vividly.

This was a topic he and Mei talked about during a date after school in high school. At that time, he only felt novel about the topic of the starry sky and humans. Perhaps it was for this reason that he fell in love with this girl at first sight...

The images in my consciousness are still flowing non-stop——

"So, please continue talking. The topic just now is so interesting. I want to listen more!"

The boy held his chin and looked at the girl expectantly.

But the girl did not do as he wished. Instead, she shook her head seriously and said lightly.

"I have finished what I want to say. Now it's your turn to answer my previous question."

The boy's eyes widened, and he then remembered the girl's previous question. He scratched his head helplessly, feeling as if he had turned into a single-celled organism when talking about such philosophical topics.

"Uh... let me think about it. Just like you said before, the universe is huge and the earth is too small... maybe everything we do is meaningless to this vast universe?"

"Indeed." The girl nodded and commented, then continued, "Despite this, you, me, and everyone in this world are living meaningful lives. We exist, live in the present, make every choice in life, and seize every moment."

“Humanity may not have any meaning, but ‘we’ give ourselves meaning.”

The young man seemed to understand what was said, and most of his attention was on the girl. He just stared at the girl quietly and sighed.

"Now you seem like a philosopher again."

The girl did not deny it, but said calmly: "In fact, science and philosophy have a lot in common. But..."

The girl paused and stared at the boy for a long while. The inquiring look made him confused.

"What...what's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

The girl shook her head, Qing sighed and said.

"I'm very curious. You don't seem like someone who would be interested in this topic, but you have been listening to me carefully until now. Do you think this conversation is valuable? Kevin, I hope you can answer truthfully."

The young man was stunned by the girl's question. He blinked for a long time before answering, "Uh... You asked me if this conversation is valuable. I can't answer you right now. After all, I only understood half of what you said. Oh no, maybe even less than half!"

"But..." The boy swallowed and looked into the girl's eyes seriously. "The way you talk about these things seriously really attracts me. So... I want to keep listening..."

"Don't worry, I will learn from you and think more about problems in the future!"

After saying that, the boy immediately turned his head away and scratched his head a little uncomfortably. He always felt that what he had just said was a little strange and hoped that she didn't misunderstand.

"..."

The girl was silent. She actually had a sudden expectation for this guy's answer, but the fact was, she could only say that he was worthy of his answer.

Looking at the boy with his back turned, his innocent yet somewhat stubborn look, the girl couldn't help but chuckle with her hand against her mouth.

"hehe."

The young man immediately turned around, somewhat suspecting that he had heard it wrong, but the scene before him stunned him.

The sunlight gently shines on the girl's face, and the golden afterglow makes her smile look wonderful, sacred and extremely pure.

The boy reacted and said excitedly: "You finally smiled, you know? You look really good when you smile!"

"Cough cough..."

The girl coughed twice, retracted her smile, and changed the subject somewhat stiffly.

"Uh... this summer, I'm going to Mu Continent to attend an academic seminar. There will be many famous and authoritative physics professors and scholars attending. I think..."

The girl paused and let out a long breath, her voice becoming more confident.

"I want to be one of them, to meet these talented people who can change the world, and to see how far I can go under this vast sky."

The girl's idea was more like a wish. The boy's first feeling was that it was very noble, but he also offered his most sincere blessings to the girl.

"What a great idea! Come on! I wish all your dreams come true!"

"Thank you."

The girl nodded and politely accepted the boy's blessing. She looked at the boy and asked again.

"Kevin, what are your plans for the future?"

The boy rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said seriously.

"Future plans? None at all... I don't have the same lofty ideals as you. Changing the world is too far-fetched for me."

"I just want to live my life to its fullest, cherish every friend I have, and enjoy every 'now'. I want to live happily and freely, and I don't want to think too much. Besides, the world is so big, there will always be a place that welcomes me, and there will always be things waiting for me to do."

As he spoke, Kevin stood up, leaned on the fence in front of him, looked at the gradually darkening sky, and sighed.

"Besides...if I just keep looking ahead, I will miss the people standing next to me. Life is as short as this sunset, but I am still a high school student after all! Living more innocently and happily is more like me."

The boy finished speaking of his ideal with a smile. This really came from his heart, and it was also Kevin's original, extremely naive wish.

"What a frivolous person." The girl shook her head. Although she made such an evaluation, she respected the boy's idea. She looked at the boy and also wished him well, "But I hope you can realize your wish."

However, this time the boy's eyes seemed to have changed. He seemed to have lost the innocence he had at the beginning, but it also seemed that nothing had changed.

Kevin's consciousness was completely immersed in the picture. He turned around, looked at the girl, and his voice was a little low.

"Mei, I seem... seem to be on the road to realizing this wish."

Kevin's words were very different from his past self. At that time, he just wanted to go to Mu Continent with Mei. He was carefree and his eyes were all on Mei.

But now, everything has changed. He has come to this world, but his old friends are no longer around him. Everything on Earth has come to an end for him.

He was no longer the extension of Mei's will or the ideal of the masses, he was just himself.

Perhaps he was still wondering at the time, "Why do we have the right to regard the stars as our enemies? In such a vast universe, what is the meaning of 'one person'?"

But later, he had understood what May said and was able to give an answer.

——Because under the vast sky, I never feel humble.

——The meaning of a person is not complicated; it is just that the meaning has existed since the birth of the person.

Listening to Kevin's words, Mei's eyes seemed to show some inexplicable complexity. She looked at him quietly, without saying a word, just smiling.

At that moment, Kevin seemed to sense something was wrong. Just as he was about to speak, the scene in front of him disappeared instantly, as if it had reached the end. And in front of him, a clear picture began to appear.

Virtual Number's counterattack has completely stopped. The black substance from Virtual Number has completely sunk into his body, and the effect caused by the erosion has disappeared.

Kevin raised his hands and looked down. His original combat uniform had disappeared, replaced by the short-sleeved school uniform of Qianyu Academy in his mind.

When he was about to be completely swallowed up, he indeed saw the figure that symbolized his truest self walking towards him.

So... it was the original self who saved himself?

Just when Kevin was feeling somewhat relieved, the blessing marks from the Star God that originally covered his body began to gradually peel off his body and turned into three balls of light floating in front of him, through which the shapes of each mark could be seen.

"This is……"

Kevin didn't feel himself. The inexplicable look in Mei's eyes at the end of his mind made him unforgettable for a long time, and the sudden removal of the blessing mark was very sudden to him.

He didn't think too much about it. He raised his hand and grabbed the ball of light in front of him. The moment it came into contact with the ball of light, it quickly merged into his body. The original mark reappeared on his body, but it was much lighter than before.

Looking at the mark on his chest, Kevin felt confused as to how this situation could suddenly occur. He had to feel himself.

As he examined himself, he discovered something strange as expected. The original black substance had been integrated into every part of his body. It exuded the most essential law of imaginary numbers and was forcing out the blessing mark bit by bit.

"Is this...protection?"

The black matter does behave somewhat like the immune system, but because the blessing mark comes from the Star God, it is extremely tough, especially the protection mark, which the black matter cannot clean up and can only squeeze it out of the body.

This black substance contained pure imaginary number laws and was originally very corrosive, but now it protected him and seemed to be completely used by him, just like a gift from imaginary numbers to him after he broke through the erosion.