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

Why...live?

In her memory, Firefly and the other girls, dressed in their uniforms, raised their hands and swore an oath: "For Grammer! For Her Majesty the Queen!"

Empty eyes gaze at the sky, the perspective constantly rising.

The ground was ravaged.

"But……"

“Grammer…”

"It no longer exists..."

Tears gathered at his chin and dripped to the ground; a seed absorbed the tears and sprouted from the soil.

It grows rapidly towards the light, its branches brushing past fireflies, until it becomes a towering tree.

The fireflies' whispers gradually turned into unwavering resolve, as if they were embracing a new beginning.

I dreamt of a scorched earth…

A new bud breaking through the soil...

It blooms in the morning sun…

Whispering to me…

Like fireflies drawn to a flame, they face death to live!

The Sam mech ignited with pale blue flames, unfurled its fluorescent wings, soared into the sky, and vanished as a blur, hurtling towards the endless swarm of insects.

There are no trees there; they are illusions conjured by the firefly's own will, which is the very meaning of its existence.

From outside the planet, a fluorescent light flickered.

The entire planet was riddled with cracks, enveloped from the inside out by fireflies.

Upon closer inspection, it was clearly shattered by the sword light.

It eventually shattered into pieces, turning into pebbles of varying sizes.

In the starry sky, a girl covered in fluorescent light floats slowly among a shattered meteorite.

It's unknown where it drifted off to.

Inside a spaceship, Kafka leaned back in a deckchair, a wine glass in her hand, and noticed a glimmer of fluorescence as she crossed one leg.

With a gentle smile, she said, "Oh, I see fireflies among the stars."

[Star: Mom, thank goodness you saved my firefly baby.]

Nicole: Wow, someone actually knows how to pick things up better than me.

[Firefly: The Star Core Hunters are really great.]

This is truly breathtaking; it's a miracle of life!

[Ring: My God, it's already broken through the star barrier.]

Like fireflies drawn to a flame, they face death to live!

[Jingyuan: She has awakened to her true self; she is no longer a weapon created for battle. She is now a girl named Liuying.]

[A will to sacrifice oneself, to use one's body as a tree, to ignite oneself, to burn completely, like a firefly drawn to a flame, to live in the face of death!]

[Hu Tao: I wish her to always live for herself from now on.]

[Twiggy: I can't turn back now. I hate who I am now, Captain Amby... If... if only you had...]

[Ambi: Twiggy, what happened to you?]

[Hahaha, that's a darkness you've never known, the dark side of New Elidu!]

Wow, he's so handsome!

Wendy: That's the meaning of life; there's always hope.

[Xingqiu: In the end, she awakened the energy of her destiny.]

[Living towards death, destruction is also rebirth—have I understood this for many years?]

It's destruction!

[Nguyen Mai: Existence, hope, miracles... then what is life?]

[Black Tower: ...What is divinity?]

"The sound of the ruan falls like a beautiful dress, and the plum blossoms appear as if adorned with makeup."

"Greetings, Mother. I hope this letter finds you well." A cool, clear female voice rang out.

Plum blossom petals drifted down outside the window.

The background music included the sounds of a guqin (a traditional Chinese stringed instrument) and opera singing.

"These plum blossoms bloom and fade, and I occasionally smell loneliness in their fragrance."

Beneath the withered plum blossoms, Ruan Mei sat on a round stool, picked up a brush, and began to write a letter.

[Black Tower: It's Ruan Mei! I'd like to see what you're researching. You're not paying any attention to the simulated universe we were working on together.]

[Another mom! Slurp!]

[Ling: This aura is absolutely stunning, so otherworldly.]

[Xing: Ruanmei, what about the reward you promised me?]

[Another big shot; I've really learned a lot these past few days.]

Yeah, I've never seen anything like it before. It feels like my horizons have broadened, even though I'm still just a nobody.

[Ying: Sister, you're eating so well. @Xing]

[Star: Hehe, really? They all got those by trading me.]

March 7th: ...

"I am reminded of the research we did together in our childhood, in deserted places."

The scene shifts to a photograph on some documents next to the round table.

"A warm little house, an abundance of jubilant species and life—I will never forget that time."

Following the photos, the group, along with their memories, found themselves in a snowy wonderland.

In a frozen land, a gigantic monster opened countless eyes, appearing exceptionally bizarre.

"I understood the vastness of the universe far too early..."

Ruan Mei, still a girl, held her mother's hand with one hand and reached out to the monster with the other.

Their wide eyes were filled with longing and curiosity, marveling at the wonder of life.

The shouts of other researchers reached his ears, "Quick! Get out of here! It's about to wake up!!"

The enormous creature seemed about to break free of the ice and break through the blockade.

Ruan Mei remained calm, her eyes fixed only on the creature.

A look of longing in their eyes, "Wow..."

[Ruan Mei has been so brave since she was a child; she truly deserves to be called a genius and stand out from the crowd.]

Every member of the "Genius Club" is shrouded in mystery and possesses extraordinary talent.

[That moment in summer: What a pure look in her eyes, a curiosity and desire to study and understand living things.]

[Koreta: Indeed, the line between genius and madness is very thin.]

[Grace: I'm still interested in Sam. The feel of that mech must be amazing.]

[Jing Yuan: She also collaborates with our Immortal Boat; she's a very capable lady.]

[Erhesen: The Genius Club, they really want to know about things outside our world.]

Chapter 63 Perhaps I too can become…

Behind Xiao Ruanmei, endless colors surged forth, and before her eyes floated images of jellyfish, goldfish, molecules, genes, and more.

"Birth, growth, decay..."

"The process of life is the origin of my thinking."

"I began to realize that I longed for something pure."

As the memories faded, Ruan Mei held the information about that creature in her hand.

“Attachment…is related to the insular cortex, which controls anxiety and pain, and the nucleus accumbens, which creates desire; the laws of emotion can be easily dismantled.”

The camera pans out, showing her elegantly crossing her legs, her slender calves moving gracefully and seemingly swaying as she quietly contemplates the documents in her hands.

"Children become more... well-behaved when they receive random rewards."

The scene shifts, and Ruan Mei is on the spaceship observing a colorful planet surrounded by a colorful ribbon.

"When I discovered how simple it was to even cultivate a planet, I began to feel empty."

Suddenly, a sound came from the starry sky, "(*?︶?*) Hi!"

Looking again, it turned out to be the sound coming from that planet, a planet that was alive.

It's still a planet with eyes, a mouth, and hands, although it's somewhat abstract and just made up of lines.

The planet can talk now!

[March 7th: What an adorable planet baby!]

[Rin: W-Is this right? Planets can be created so easily, and they're even alive.]

[Doctor: Perfect, indescribably beautiful, I really want to talk to her.]

[Ying: Your geniuses are all so...amazing, this is practically creation itself.]

[Black Tower: Ruan Mei is the person I have met below the Star God who has the most profound understanding of life.]

[Bai Zhu: That would definitely solve Qi Qi's problem, but unfortunately, we don't get to meet people like that. Sigh!]

I wonder where this planet is; I really want to go see it.

[Rin: Life is a forbidden zone everywhere, how terrifying.]

She's so rational!

[To her, nurturing a planet is indeed insignificant, like how we would look at an ant.]

[Even inorganic life has acquired emotions; it's amazing she's not aiming to become a god!]

Back to Ruan Mei, this time she was holding a record of an activated planet.

"I am increasingly aware that I crave some fundamental research."

Ruan Mei, who was strolling in the courtyard, suddenly arrived at the space station, and the Black Tower could be heard complaining to her from all around.

(Ruan Mei is a very difficult person to deal with. I went through so many people and spent so much time and effort to finally get in touch with her!)

(She has to make an appearance since she's involved in the research!)

"But recently, I've had some different thoughts."

"At first, I was terrified of its appearance—"

"It is born from wonder, neither resisting nor mourning; it is closest to the kind of emotion that arose spontaneously in my childhood."

Ruan Mei was surrounded by colors depicting various creatures, passing through a membrane-like substance in front of her.

It felt like falling into the deep sea.

"It asked me... where does the research end?"

"The world is full of dazzling colors, which can be overwhelming, but they are irrelevant to me."

The high heels landed slowly, and a golden light swept across the ground.

As if activated, the stone slabs were rearranged and recombined like a gene sequence.

"I explore the mysteries of the universe, and I seek answers that are deeper than human nature."