Starry Sky Railway: Opening Performance - Taixu Sword God

He looked toward Sunday and the robin.

"The brother and sister already know what they need to know, and they know exactly how to choose."

"Let me take some time to answer your questions first."

Chapter 719 Another day of working for free

"Before we begin, let's reintroduce ourselves."

"The founder of Dream Reef, the watchmaker's right-hand man, and also the one who sent out that invitation..."

"[Fictional historian] Gallagher greets you all."

"Wow, you fictional historian!" March 7th's pinkish-blue eyes widened. "So, what you did before was actually true?"

Gallagher smiled slightly:

"I can guarantee that all the stories I told you before are true."

"Uh... I do tell little lies, but most of them should be fine, except for the part about [my family taking me back]."

Himeko nodded slightly and looked at everyone:

“I have confirmed with Mr. Mikhail that the information about the family, the [watchmaker], and that Mikhail has been verified.”

Gallagher smiled faintly:

"Long live understanding."

"Then we can have a more open conversation."

"I'm sure you're all eager to know why I went to such lengths to orchestrate an inheritance battle, extending invitations to so many factions and causing such a commotion in Pinocchio..."

"The answer is actually very simple, and you are all very familiar with it: the root of everything..."

"It's actually a star core."

"...?" Yan Huan's eyes widened:

"what?"

"What did you say?"

"Pinocone has a stellar core?!"

"Yeah, you didn't expect that, did you?" Gallagher smiled.

"If there's a star core, why haven't I seen any beings from the rift realms?" Yan Huan looked up at the twelve dreamscapes in the sky and asked in confusion:

"There wasn't even the slightest trace of a rift."

Walter also raised a question:

"Pinocone is unobstructed, a well-connected interstellar hub, and shows no signs of being contaminated by the star's core..."

Gallagher looked at the two of them:

"You are all right."

"So, why don't you guess... what these mean?"

"..."

After a moment of silence, Yan Huan immediately drew a conclusion.

"You mean, the core of Pinocene is being controlled by something?"

"Hehe, very perceptive," Gallagher chuckled.

"How should I put it? No wonder he's the person here who knows the most about the Star Core?"

"Like you, once you have complete control over the star core, you will not pollute the environment around you."

"Whether it's the appearance of a rift or the attraction of certain enemies..."

At this point, Gallagher sighed.

"Dreams don't just appear out of thin air."

"If we compare the realm of memories to the ocean, then building a dreamland is like filling in the surging ocean to create land."

"To achieve this feat, the only option is to use a star core, unless the messenger of [memory] or [mystery] intervenes."

"Moreover, this is not something that can be solved simply by making a wish."

"It takes a considerable amount of knowledge, as well as a lot of time and manpower, to do something so flawless."

"Now that I've said this much, you should understand, right...?"

Gallagher looked at the twelve dreamscapes in the sky, his face filled with worry:

"...The current star of the grand gathering is none other than the stellar core disaster of Asdna."

March 7th shuddered. "The Star of the Grand Gathering... is the Star Core Disaster?"

Gallagher nodded slightly and continued his explanation.

"The story begins a long, long time ago. After the [clockmaker] and his group liberated the border prison, they were at a loss as to how to build Pinocone from scratch."

"The internal and external troubles are endless."

"At this time, some people started to covet the star core."

"This star core originally fell into Asdna during the war. At that time, thanks to the appeal of the nameless guest, people gave up the idea of ​​getting involved with this power."

"But there have always been people with ulterior motives lurking in the shadows."

Gallagher frowned slightly:

"The turning point came after Tirnan's death."

"The deaths of his two nameless companions forced the [watchmaker] to head to the front lines of pioneering work."

"And this long journey gave his opponents an opportunity."

"By the time the family representative from the Montor system answered the [Watchmaker's] call and came, the star core had already been activated and infiltrated into the primordial synesthetic dream."

Himeko interjected:

"I suspect that the family happens to possess the knowledge of sealing star cores?"

Gallagher's gaze was grave:

"More than that."

"Their understanding of the star core was far greater than that of ordinary people. They quickly helped Mikhail quell the internal strife and joined the construction of Pinocone in the name of [Harmony]."

"That was the third century known as the [Age of Dreams], when the [Watchmaker], kept in the dark, extended an invitation to the whole world, setting off a craze called the Land of Dreams."

March 7th scratched his head:

"So how did they become enemies later?"

Gallagher continued:

"Remember that analogy of [reclaiming land from the sea]?"

"The truth is that the star core was never sealed; it simply exists in the dream in a different form."

"Think carefully about the price of building and maintaining such a grand [dream]."

"It's life, little girl."

Gallagher said helplessly:

“A magnificent dream is built on the death of the spirit, and the poison called ‘pleasure’ flows through the dream, making people drown in it.”

"Their minds slowly flow toward the same destination, eventually becoming the placenta of beautiful dreams."

Gallagher turned around and stared at the dilapidated city in front of him.

"Confusion, laziness, cowardice..."

“These weaknesses that are ubiquitous in human nature were amplified and nurtured by the family, turning Pinocchio into another kind of prison, far more indestructible than the one in the past.”

“We discovered it too late. By then, the family had already gained immense influence, and the opponents were quickly brought under control and expelled.”

"With nowhere else to turn, I had no choice but to rely on [mysterious] power to hide in this chaotic realm of memories, and then spent several years [fabricating] a meme in my dreams for our use—"

Gallagher slowly turned around and faced the crowd once more:

"Slumber, that is its true name."

"Because ordinary people cannot fall asleep again in their dreams, we have the opportunity to exploit this loophole."

After listening, Himeko pondered:

"So this is the true meaning of [the impossible]."

"So, you sent out invitations in the name of [The Watchmaker] to find the faction that can resolve the Star Core crisis and lure them to Pinocene to discover the truth?"

Gallagher affirmed:

"not only that."

"What I'd rather see is the various factions constantly fighting over the inheritance, coupled with the [Watchmaker]'s first public statement in over a decade, the traitors within the family will surely be exposed."

Just then, Yan Huan suddenly spoke up to interrupt.

"Wait a minute!"

He looked at Gallach, his gaze serious.

"so……"

"There's no such thing as inheritance, right?"

Gallagher shrugged:

"Nonsense, don't you always say the inheritance is fake?"

"Now that you know the truth, you suddenly can't accept it?"

"..." Yan Huan said in grief and indignation: