Star Railway: The Pioneer's Journey

Chapter 169 The Nameless Guest's Tombstone

Gallagher walked stiffly, his hands and feet moving in unison.

I had long heard that the First Envoy was the only being who could freely meet and communicate with the Star God, and now that I have seen him...

No matter how you look at it, it seems so unreal.

[Memory] Is Fu Li here too?

Did you just say you were going to take these two to Liumeng Reef?

What should he do?

Oh, we need to go to Liumeng Reef first to wait...

this is too scary.

Gallagher covered his head.

Mikhail... If it were you, what would you do in the face of these two?

...It seems the First Envoy is also an anonymous guest now, right?

Gallagher belatedly realized this fact.

Could it be that after I handed the invitation to the Star Train, the First Envoy, out of curiosity, brought the [Hunting] Star God along?

The fact that star gods frequently appear around the First Envoy should have been known long ago.

It is precisely because of the presence of the Star God that the First Envoy is sought after by various forces.

Yunzhi is indeed powerful enough, but different factions are all trying to contact their own star gods through Yunzhi.

Although so far, apart from the Immortal Boat Alliance, it seems that none of them have succeeded.

The Sea Patrol Knights also seemed to have received some blessings, but compared to the Immortal Ship Alliance, it was nothing.

Looking at it this way, inviting the Star Train was probably the right thing to do.

While the [Hunter] faction may not be considered absolutely righteous in the conventional sense, it is certainly not comparable to those filthy fellows.

Gallagher nodded to himself.

I'm glad I invited the Star Train. Although the Pioneers are no longer under the protection of the Star God, they still have formidable power. Asking them to handle the Pinocchio matter will definitely not be a problem.

Gallagher's steps became much lighter after he realized this.

Let's go to Liumeng Reef first...

He left happily first.

With Fu Li's help, Yun Zhi and Lan also traveled to their destination through the passage opened by [Memory].

Now, here's the problem.

—So, an invitation was sent separately to Yunzhi…

Who is it?

A strange laugh suddenly echoed through the deserted Dream Bar.

"Hehehehe—"

The bar was quiet and sparsely populated, yet it seemed as if no one heard a thing. Everyone was still drinking with their heads down, and the drunkards were sprawled out asleep in the booths.

A strange laugh mixed with what sounded like a witty tone:

"Xiao Zhizhi doesn't know."

"It seems that Xiaozhi still prefers to solve problems like a detective."

Floating in the air, the mask facing people changed to a detective style, with a monocle, a mustache, and a pipe in his mouth.

"Ahha won't tell, Ahha wants to admire it up close."

"An invitation that spans countless years—what kind of expectation does it convey?"

The laughter grew increasingly frantic, but gradually faded away.

No one heard it.

Nobody noticed.

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Dream Reef —

This area, which appears particularly desolate due to its darkness, was once the "original dream."

Now, it has been eroded and only this small area remains, but some of the people who were once grateful to the clockmakers still hold on to this place and have not left.

Upon arriving at Liumeng Reef, ignoring the abandoned station behind us, we walked through a long passage. The tall buildings on both sides were pitch black, and there were only a few people around, all in a hurry.

The narrow alley is deep and secluded, and at its end stands an old elevator.

In front of the elevator, a tall statue of the Clock Boy stands with a stiff smile, pointing to the sky.

It seems to be mocking the sky's beautiful dream.

Yun glanced at it and then hurriedly pressed the elevator button.

Lan, on the other hand, was staring at the clock boy, seemingly lost in thought.

—Wasn't the four hundred years that the Immortal Boat Alliance gained immortality like a dream?

However, when the beautiful dream ends, only cruel reality remains.

"Even dreams eventually end..."

The elevator made a "ding" sound.

Lan turned around and followed Yunzhi into the elevator.

The elevator slowly ascended.

The door opened—

In that instant, my field of vision suddenly opened up.

"Oh……"

Yun raised her hand, blocking the light from the distant theater.

Although the light was not dazzling.

The upside-down theater is currently floating quietly not far away.

There is a square in front of us.

Not big.

But Yunzhi saw three tombstones in the square.

It's exactly the same as the tombstone in the Black Swan's memory.

"Arashi, over there!"

Yunzhi immediately grabbed her companion and ran in that direction.

Lan glanced down at the bottom of Liumeng Reef during her journey.

—A bottomless dream.

The square wasn't far away; going down and up the stairs, we quickly arrived at the center of the square.

There, besides the tombstone, there is also a Gallagher.

"Mr. Gallagher."

Yunzhi walked up behind him.

Gallagher is smoking.

Yun bowed to the three tombstones in front of him.

The dead should be respected.

After Yunzhi showed respect to the three tombstones, Gallagher took a deep drag of his cigarette and spoke:

"They were the three nameless people who liberated Pinocchio."

Long ago, Pinoctone was merely a peripheral prison for the company.

Here, prisoners endlessly salvage their memories, oppressed by the company. Later, influenced by these memories, they enter "synesthetic dreams" at night, and thus begin to yearn for a life of freedom.

Later, the Star Core descended, the shipping lanes were blocked, the company's control weakened, and the prisoner Hanunu was the first to raise the flag of rebellion. After a period of time, the resistance movement intensified.

Three nameless guests arrived at Pinocchio at this time.

The nameless individuals joined them in rebelling against the corporation, and recruited many allies, including the Masked Fool, the Mourning Actor, and the Omen Vanguard...

The nameless traveler had many friends and could find many people, but here, the ominous forerunner who believed in the "end times" left a prophecy for one of the nameless travelers named Mikhail, saying that Pinocchio would be his last stop.

Mikhail was a watchmaker.

"As history tells us, they eventually defeated the company and liberated Pinocene..."

Gallagher's deep voice was like a cello: "But there is no true peace after the war."

Even if he didn't say it, these two should already know about the darkness within.

Gallagher even seemed reluctant to say it.

Yunzhi did not pressure him.

He simply looked at the tombstone in front of him.

"Lazarina Jane Estella..."

"She is an outstanding scientist."

Gallagher said, "She led the team to study memory matter, overcame countless problems, and also gave Pinocchio dreams."

"But later, in order to explore the flow of memory, she piloted the shuttle alone to go deeper into the world and never came back."

Yunzhi turned her eyes to the other side.

"Boreklin Tirnan Grax..."

"A cowboy, a watchmaker's friend, led his men out to explore, only to be overwhelmed by a swarm of insects..."

Gallagher looked at the tombstone and sighed.

Tirnan... Tirnan...

Countless memories flashed through Yunzhi's mind.

Tiernan... Has he heard that name somewhere before?

It seems there's someone like this in the "Sea Patrol Knight" section...

Right?