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She always felt that some vague memories in her heart, which had been influenced by nothingness, were becoming clearer.
As for the Dragon Transformation Technique, he neither knows nor can use such a thing.
Dragonborn are scattered across the stars, and some powerful Dragonborn protect their worlds with their immortality.
But in any case, such a powerful dragonborn should not be completely unknown in the galaxy.
According to Welt, the solar system is surrounded by Honkai energy tidal zones. But given the Dragonborn's ability to travel among the stars, if they can get in, they can't possibly not get out.
Was it because they encountered the Herrscher of the End that Welt mentioned?
Chapter 95 Immortal Offspring
Without further ado, guided by the strange little dragon, Coralie began her journey of immortality trials.
On the way, they saw a pearl.
And within the pearl lies a memory of the past, sealed away in the dust of time.
"What beautiful pearls! Are these for me?"
The calm woman looked at the glittering pearl that had been presented to her and asked curiously.
"Hmm, because I saw you staring at it the whole time, you must really like it," the lively red-haired girl said playfully.
“Yes, I like it, it has a beautiful sheen.” The calm woman nodded and did not refuse. “What are you doing? Do you want to cut down this tree? You seem a little weak. I can help you.”
“I’m pruning its branches so that the tree can thrive every year.”
"I don't understand, why do you let the branches die, yet say you're letting the tree grow?" The calm woman shook her head, expressing her bewilderment.
"Only when the old branches leave light and rain to the new leaves can the tree continue to grow to higher places."
"Humans are the same... Only when life comes to an end can we entrust hope and civilization to tomorrow and the future, so that trees can continue to flourish forever."
Danheng pondered silently.
"A strange idea. I've traveled to countless planets and have never seen a civilization that actively embraces death." The calm woman remained puzzled.
"Interstellar travel...how enviable. Ah, we've been chatting for so long, and I still haven't asked your name. My name is Hinadia, and yours is..."
Hinadia looked at her expectantly.
Under Hinadia's expectant gaze, the calm woman slowly revealed her race and some of her former names:
“I am the immortal offspring, the traveler of the universe, the star dragon of destiny. A name is unnecessary.”
“It’s a shame we’ve become friends and don’t have names,” Hinadia said, hands on her hips, lost in thought. “Let me think… Hmm, you give off the feeling of a calm, flowing, eternal river… so… how about ‘Nahira’? From now on, I’ll call you Nana!”
“Nahera…yes, I like that name. Thank you…Sinadia.”
Nowadays, most Dragonborn in the galaxy do not refer to themselves as offspring of the immortals, because far too long has passed since the era of the immortals' disappearance, and most Dragonborn are in a state of constant weakening for various reasons.
The name "Star Dragon" is not uncommon; many powerful dragonborn who roam the universe may be given this name by people in different worlds.
He has traveled through the stars and visited countless dragonkin races and worlds, whether weak or powerful, all in search of immortality.
For a dragonborn, the closer one gets to immortality, the more ancient and pure their bloodline becomes.
Although the continuation of bloodlines is not the true essence of immortality, it is still difficult to ignore.
The dragonborn woman in the light screen, who called herself Star Dragon, possessed a bloodline that, among all the dragonborn he had ever seen, was only comparable to a handful of incredibly powerful ones.
It seems that the wait-and-see attitude towards Honkai can be further increased.
"Thank you for liking it. Nana~ You've been to many places, haven't you? What are the stars like in the outside world?"
“Stars?” Nahera thought for a moment. “Living and non-living, green, red, and blue. But this is the first time I’ve passed a star where humans have achieved immortality in their original form. Hinadia, your star is special and lucky.”
"...Is it lucky? Perhaps immortality is the incurable disease, and death is the cure?" Hinadia had a completely different idea from Nahera.
"If our lives could flourish and wither like trees, with new branches blossoming and bearing fruit under the morning sun, and old leaves turning into soil to protect the trees, then this forest of civilization would continue to grow upwards, and that is the future that should belong to humankind."
"Instead of being like it is now... a stagnant pool that never changes, without any ripples."
“But… if there is no eternity, death will erase everything, and you will never see the future you imagine.” Nahra felt that she could never understand the thoughts of the girl in front of her.
“The reason the scenery I’m describing is immortal is because it cannot last forever,” Hinadia said with a smile.
"Time will certainly take me away, as well as the birds fluttering before me and the flowers yet to bloom, but time will also bring us ideals and hopes, and love that is immortal because of inheritance."
“Sinadia, your words are always strange.”
"That's what everyone says."
"But I want to witness your 'immortality.'"
Xia Die recalled the golden age described by the now-deceased senator.
In that era, nothing in the world died until the arrival of the Death Titan, which gave people an end to their lives and introduced them to the concept of death.
As a former holy maiden who oversaw battles, she personally brought death to many people, but in the eyes of most, what she saw was not relief, but fear.
Can death really be considered an antidote?
PS: The update is complete today. I'll be playing the new version's story mode tomorrow.
Chapter 96 Coralie's Sharp Commentary on XX
The strange little dragon had an unusual fondness for the name Nana, so she decided to be called Nana as well.
And so, this little adventure came to an end. Led by Nana, Coralie found the real trial grounds and began her first trial: the trial of wisdom.
"...Although I have already said it, I will say it again."
"What the hell."
—This is Coralie's assessment after clearing the first trial.
"Even if I understand that this is just a game, and that Helia is just a character based on my memories... it's still very unsettling. The Helia I know would never, ever do such a thing."
Whenever she thinks of Helia in the game, who chose to sacrifice herself and others to gain immortality for her, she can't help but feel the urge to complain.
"You saw through the false eternity with your wisdom and gained true immortality." Thinking of the final assessment of the trial, she squinted and said, "That's as if I were pleased to see Helia use any means necessary, sacrificing herself to gain immortality for me."
"Is it not allowed?" Nana couldn't understand Coralie's thinking, and she asked in confusion:
"Unable to accept the loss of someone important, wanting to bring her back to life at any cost... isn't that just human nature?"
"……ha?"】
For example, winning this Imperial Jade set right in front of you!
Qingque slammed the cards in her hand down and shouted out those two words that went straight to her soul!
"So who taught you such twisted ideas?"
Coralie was somewhat shocked by Nana's twisted thinking, which reminded her of a case that Ai and her predecessors had taught her.
"Hmm... I don't know. Nana just vaguely remembers someone around her having similar thoughts. After hearing her talk about it a lot, Nana also started to wonder if this was the right thing to do?"
"Then I advise you to stay away from her, Nana. Your taste in friends is questionable," Coralie sincerely advised.
“Yes!” Nana nodded in agreement, then added happily, “Nana and Coralie are friends!”
"...I feel like I'm indirectly criticizing myself."
"That twisted idea may have some merit from an emotional perspective; but to put it bluntly, it is nothing but complete self-sacrifice, self-gratification, and self-pity."
"Those who do such things never consider the feelings and wishes of the resurrected person. Can a life extended by the sacrifices and costs of others truly be used with a clear conscience?"
“As family and friends, we should be very clear about each other’s wishes… At least, if I really die in battle, I certainly don’t want Helia to spend her days in tears, wallowing in grief and the phantoms of the past, always thinking about how to resurrect me.”
"Incidentally, the last person who tried to do this caused an indescribable catastrophe to the earth, the effects of which continue to this day, with countless victims."
"I believe Helia will never repeat his mistakes. The Helia I know is a model Valkyrie, a determined person who will get up and keep going no matter how many times she falls."
"Yingxing and Jingliu, they both seem to have changed. Danfeng, he's dead. The newborn Danheng shouldn't be involved in the karma we left behind. And Jingyuan, although he always acts the same as before in front of me, I can sense that he's very tired..."
"But when I opened my eyes for the first time after my resurrection, what I saw was the same smile as before, a truly happy smile."
"I am also very happy to have a new life and to see the world that I have never seen before."
Bai Heng smiled broadly; it was an utterly sincere smile.
She will not let them down. This time, she will earnestly fulfill her past dream and cherish her life.
At the very least, she didn't want them to suffer again.
"Star Train, here I come!"
The trial of wisdom has now ended.
The second trial, the trial of courage, will bring her unprecedented experiences.
Unlike her first trial, Coralie, having passed the trial of courage, fell into an unusual silence.
She seemed to realize how naive she had been.
"The weight of the word 'immortality' is far heavier than I imagined. I didn't try to understand it; instead, I yelled at my teacher... and even asked her if she knew how heartbroken I was to lose a cherished friend..."
"Looking back now, I feel like I was such a jerk."
"The grief of losing loved ones, the loneliness of carrying expectations, the fear of gradually becoming numb to humanity... I understand nothing at all. I have never deeply grasped the meaning behind the word 'immortality'."
"The heaviness I felt from this game is only a very small part of the reality. I could never truly understand the suffering that my predecessors went through, and they didn't even have the opportunity to make a choice back then."
"I remember Professor Fu Hua telling me that the best reward for their hard work is that we don't have to experience the pain they faced again... Now, once again, I deeply and profoundly respect my predecessors."
P.S.: Still progressing through the story, I'm exhausted from a full day of classes T^T
I've cut out the unnecessary parts (it's really too long) of the Mars storyline and will try to finish it before Monday.
Chapter 97 God Stands on the Side of Humanity
Having completed the second trial, Coralie set off for the third and final trial.
"Coralie, look, beautiful pattern."
After defeating the monster blocking their path, Nana suddenly called out to Coralie, and then they went together to a mural.
"Haven't you been here the whole time? What's this mural about?" Coralie asked curiously.
"Hmm... Nana doesn't know. But... that smell is coming out again, this time it's... hmm?"
Before they could take any action, a calm voice rang in their ears once again.
"I followed the scent of the Calamity Dragon to this planet. This star, ravaged by an incurable plague, is dead—as it should be."
"When the calamity dragon passed through this place, it dropped a dragon scale, demonstrating the miracle of 'immortality' to the few survivors on this dead star. From then on, humanity lived forever."
"Is this a blessing or a curse from the calamity dragon, or just a prank on a whim? I have no idea."
"Perhaps, this is also the path to 'immortality' that the Calamity Dragon recognizes—"
"Hmm... Strange. I can't feel any emotion this time. It's quiet, like a long river flowing silently." Nana sensed the difference.
"Perhaps this is the normal state of you dragons. But speaking of which... dragon scales have this kind of effect?"
As for the speculation that such a powerful dragonborn died of old age?
Ha~ That possibility is almost no less than Oswald being shot countless times in the back and then dying by suicide tomorrow.
Tao Ran's expression was somewhat unpleasant. A few days ago, having noticed the changes in the situation in Luofu, he ordered his men to bring Bai Lu over.
But what was brought back in the end was not Bai Lu, but her subordinates whose bodies had been almost chopped off in half. They had two completely different sword wounds and unyielding ice on their bodies.
Just as he was about to confront Jing Yuan, Jing Yuan told him that Jing Liu had been imprisoned in the Netherworld Prison and was to await the Marshal's decision, while the Star Core Hunter had already left the Immortal Ship.
A criminal and a star core hunter—how can he possibly bring them to justice, or make their heads even more valuable than before?!
Tao Ran no longer wanted to argue with Jing Yuan. He turned his attention to the light screen, his eyes filled with a searching look.
"Immortal offspring, summoning star dragons..."
To solve the reproduction problem that has plagued the Vidyadhara clan for countless years, he is willing to try every possible method. Could this powerful and unknown dragon descendant offer them some enlightenment?
After some “insignificant” episodes, Coralie began her final trial, a trial of faith.
In this final trial, she discovered the truth behind it.
The mastermind behind all of this points to the immortal offspring they saw in their past memories—Nahera.