Xingtie: Starting with an in-depth analysis of the Yellow Springs

Kiana: Great, this will give me a chance to get to know you better and see how you differ from the class president.

[Paimon: General Flying Sky looks so evil. Will the Traveler be unable to turn back?]

[Ying: Trust the general. I don't believe a single thunderbolt can defeat him.]

[Jiaoqiu: Yanqing, you've had quite a few highlight moments lately, but you haven't won a single one, sigh.]

[March 7th: My poor two young masters, how come they were just struck by lightning, and then beaten by the general?]

[Star: March, you're no different. If you hadn't taken out your bow, I would have thought you'd forgotten your own power.]

[March 7th: Haha, so I guess I'm one of those people who fought against the general.]

[Ling: Tsk tsk, one heavyweight after another, I feel sorry for Yanqing, this matchmaking system is just too ridiculous.]

[I heard there's going to be a Holy Grail War without Pinocchio, what does that mean?]

[Star: This looks fun! I want to participate!]

[Danheng: Don't rush, we still need to go to Onfaros to refuel the train.]

"I will definitely heal your... Feixiao."

Jiaoqiu's voice echoed in my ears.

Heavy... Consciousness seemed to sink to the bottom of the sea, and Feixiao could only see pitch black.

"No one can live forever, Jiaoqiu... This time, I'm going to break my promise."

Slowly opening his eyes, he saw the space illuminated by several falling thunderbolts, seemingly without end.

Feixiao looked around. "Is this... the Jingfeng Ship? Or somewhere else?"

Suddenly, a muffled sound echoed in the space.

"Yanqing, you are here to enforce the Yunqi's military regulations. Understand?"

"We can't let her leave here!"

"Wake up, General!"

You can vaguely tell that it's Yanqing and Yunli.

"You always save the harder battles for yourself."

Who? Feixiao looked in the direction of the voice.

Hu Lei's figure materialized, "Just like now, he has never known what escape is."

"It's strange, isn't it? As your enemy, I know you better than you do."

Feixiao shouted, "Thunderclap...?"

He's not dead yet!

“That rage… I really miss it. I know it never sought victory, but the hunt itself.”

"Isn't that right, Feixiao?"

Feixiao did not answer, but stepped forward to question him.

"You shouldn't exist. I saw you die with my own eyes..."

Hu Lei laughed loudly, "Just treat me as an illusion."

“Before every hunt, I prepare myself to fail. But this time is different. This time… failure is my destination.”

“After I learned your story from Jiaoqiu, I discovered that he had been hiding a secret… and the significance of this secret was something that even the physician himself had never realized.”

Hu Lei looked up into the distance and said, "Fate is truly ironic. I've been waiting for this day, but I never expected it to arrive in this form."

"...but I'm willing to accept it."

[Fu Xuan: Fate, Hu Lei is referring to the change of leadership, isn't he?]

[Zhe: So Hu Lei wants to pass the position of War Chief to Fei Xiao? How is that possible? Aren't you afraid that Fei Xiao will wipe out the Bu Li clan?]

Wendy: Perhaps he never cared about the rise and fall of his tribe, only about the continuation of the Warchief lineage.

[Jiaoqiu: To cure Yue Kuang, one must swallow the Crimson Moon, but swallowing the Crimson Moon will inevitably do as Hu Lei desires. This is truly an unsolvable problem.]

Hu Lei looked to one side and noticed that some mirror-like afterimages had appeared in the space at some unknown time.

"As for now, let's dig open the heart of the Imperial Bow General, which is as hard as iron, and see what she hides in her darkest corners."

The afterimages are all the sins committed by Bu Liren.

Feixiao, however, remained unaffected and shattered them one by one.

"These familiar scenes must have been shown to you countless times by the Xianzhou people. But all this is just what they want you to see."

"They make you fight to save the weak. But they don't tell you that, stripped of all the pretense of warmth, this is what the universe is really like."

The sound of thunder constantly tempted Feixiao's mind.

Feixiao retorted, "The so-called law of the jungle is nothing but sophistry."

“You cannot sway me, Hurray.”

A mirror image of the battlefield suddenly appeared before my eyes.

Huai Yan's voice rang out, "In the rage of Yue Kuang, you wreaked havoc and caused the deaths of your allies... General Tianji, you have betrayed the Alliance's trust!"

“Your conduct is no different from that of those vile creatures.”

Jing Yuan's mirror image also spoke, "He is indeed a monster with the blood of a wicked creature... Given time, he will surely become an enemy of the alliance. Cloud Cavalry, form ranks!"

Feixiao remained silent, which was exactly what she had been worried about.

But what she saw was merely an illusion, not enough to break her defenses.

Hu Lei didn't miss any opportunity. "You threw yourself into the army of your new master without hesitation, thinking you had gained freedom, respect, and recognition."

"But you're wrong. They understand very well that a wolf is always a wolf."

"Now, your greatest fear is about to come true: becoming an enemy of the Immortal Ship."

"This place... is your fear."

Without hesitation, Feixiao severed these remaining images once more.

"You want to plant fear in my heart..."

"But these are nothing but... illusions."

"A Collection of Fables about the Stars, Part Two"...coming soon.

The core worldview of the Star Iron Universe will be revealed once again. Stay tuned!

Chapter 207 The Desire to Fight

Jingyuan gently stroked the kitten curled up on his lap. "A parable about the stars, a core concept of the universe... a star god?"

"After this, the world will be in chaos again, and the peaceful life on the Immortal Ship will be shattered once more."

"The remains of reproduction, Master..."

"Forget it, the Marshal will decide on this matter. For now, Luo Fu should focus on organizing the martial arts ceremony that the entire galaxy is watching."

Is another black swan event about to occur?

[Star: Hahaha... I can't take it, I'm about to cry.]

[Fireworks: Why don't you be the god of fun? @BlackSwan]

[Fou: Pfft, poor Black Swan!]

[Black Swan: No, you're just using me as a laughable switch, aren't you!]

[Rin: Good idea, I'll give it a try... No one can help but laugh, unless they can't laugh at all.]

[Potio: Memory Maker, is this celestial allegory also your doing? Here's the inside story.]

[Black Swan: You really overestimate me. I had no idea.]

[Walter: I hope this doesn't affect the Star Train.]

[Kafka: I'm truly sorry, but your train will undoubtedly become infamous throughout the stars, and no one will be able to escape its influence.]

[Bai'er: What happens outside is none of our business. My friends on the train, I still advise you to give up on coming to Onphalus.]

[Star: Pioneering means forging ahead relentlessly; if I give up, I wouldn't be a pioneer.]

"You're back... Lord Feixiao! It's the War Chief who's back!"

Countless wolf soldiers knelt on one knee on both sides, respectfully welcoming the birth of the new war leader.

As Feixiao flew forward step by step, the cheers grew louder and louder.

"Long live the War Chief! Lord Feixiao will grant us the future!"

At the end, there was only Feixiao's own phantom, Hu Lei slowly spoke.

"It's time to return to the nest, Feixiao."

"No matter how deep your hatred for the Buli people, no matter how much animosity exists between us, I will show you a path you've never imagined, because you've made the choice—"

"You swallowed the Red Moon, you are qualified to become the war leader of the Buli people."

Feixiao suddenly raised his head, gritting his teeth, and said, "What...did you say?"

Make me the king of these monstrous creatures, so that I may turn around and harm my former companions?

Hure said that those Dulan descendants who had hoped that I would regain my freedom and that all the Outcasts would prosper again were just dreaming dreams manipulated by others.

They would rather place their hopes for survival on a vague and illusory savior than have the courage or strength to fight to the death.

"Let these Bu Li people all perish!"

[Hu Tao: Hu Lei's got some serious ambition, huh? He wants to switch allegiances, huh?]

[Ju Fufu: How did he know that none of the Bu Li people dared to resist?]

[Yi Xuan: Fu Fu, what do you think will happen to those who dare to resist under Huan Long's control?]

[Rin: They wouldn't be alive now...]

Wendy: That's the brilliance of Hure, a top-notch open strategy.

As the leader of the Bu Li Hunters for an era, Hu Lei could not possibly become a puppet to be manipulated by others.

There's no escaping it, and no going back.

His era has come to an end, and Feixiao is the successor he has chosen to lead the army.

"To a true strong person, the fox-person or Bu Li is just a name. A true strong person can decide their own path."

“I will forge a new path for myself and hand over the power to decide the fate of the hunting pack to you—the former slave of Bu Li, the future lord of the fox people.”

Trying to stir up my inner desires, hooray... you're wrong.

Feixiao showed no hesitation and shattered the illusion before him with a swipe of his sword.

[Qingque: My god, Hulei's move was amazing, directly transcending racial limitations.]

[Jiaoqiu: We still can't underestimate him. He hasn't received any outside information for seven hundred years, yet he still acts so decisively.]

[Jing Yuan: If it weren't for that glimpse from the Emperor's Bow Master, Fei Xiao would have been in real trouble.]

[Feixiao: Facts have proven that my will is aligned with the Imperial Bow, unwavering until death.]

“Your healer, Jiaoqiu, served you so faithfully that he was willing to die to cure your Moon Madness. I told him that the way to salvation is in my hands.”

A thunderous sound came from behind him, and Fei Xiao calmly turned around.

"With just a nod, you will immediately awaken from the mad nightmare brought by the Crimson Moon, and your body will be completely renewed. From then on, madness will no longer trouble you, doubt will be nothing more than a speck of dust brushed away from your mind, and fear will vanish without a trace."

Fei Xiao laughed, "This is the other path you've prepared for me... to become another you?"

What exactly did that guy Jiaoqiu say to Hulei? It makes me sound like a villain who will do anything for power.

Hu Lei was stunned. "That's right, after all, you and I are so similar. We are both monsters born for war and destined to die for war."

"...I don't need to say the answer, do I?" Fei Xiao crossed his arms and smiled dismissively.

"I reject."