Star Railway: The Pioneer's Journey

Chapter 3 The Curious Star Gods

Lan consumed the Jianmu fruit, but during the transformation of her body, she saw a distant future.

He saw the flames of war raging on the Immortal Ship, the chaotic civil war among its people, the Jin people's rebellion, and a starship falling into a sun-like planet amidst the cries of the people.

He saw outsiders burning, killing, and looting on the fairy ship, treating the people of the fairy ship as sacrifices to the Jianmu tree. Before the Jianmu tree, they drained the blood of the people of the fairy ship, forcing them to hide in their hometown, because if they were discovered by those outsiders, it would bring annihilation.

He saw that the immortals eventually went mad and lost their minds, slaughtering their own relatives and friends, becoming like walking corpses, no longer caring about morality, and resembling evil ghosts.

Lan opened her eyes, sat up abruptly, and gasped for breath.

"What's wrong with you?"

When Lan was transformed into an immortal being, Yunzhi was always by his side. When he saw Lan suddenly wake up, Yunzhi felt a pang of anxiety.

Lan gripped Yunzhi's hand with such force that it felt like she was going to crush Yunzhi's wrist.

"I shouldn't have been able to live forever..." he murmured.

"What?"

"We shouldn't be pursuing immortality; it's a scam, a pharmacist's scam!"

Lan stood up excitedly: "Quickly, we must stop them from continuing to distribute the fruits of the Jianmu tree! Immortality is not a good thing; our immortal ship will be destroyed because of it!"

Yun Zhi was completely confused and didn't know about the side effects of immortality, but from what Lan said, it really was true that you get what you pay for.

The after-sales service of Fengrao was poor; ultimately, it was free, and those who know, know.

"Arashi, wait!"

Startled, Lan jumped out of bed, got dressed, and ran out.

Yunzhi could only run out with them.

Immortal Boat is currently basking in the joy of obtaining the miracle of immortality, who would listen to him? Who knows, Lan might end up in trouble, we need to hurry and stop him.

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, Yunzhi always inexplicably "almost" manages to stop Lan.

I almost stopped Lan from running up to the nobles and roaring, I almost stopped Lan from publicly proclaiming that Jianmu was haunted, I almost... stopped Lan from shooting that arrow at Jianmu.

In the end, they almost managed to prevent Lan from being sent into hibernation by the nobles.

It's... pretty speechless.

Because of Lan's past achievements, the nobles couldn't really get rid of him, so they could only put him into hibernation.

As Lan's confidant, Yun was also thrown into Lan's hibernation pod after multiple unsuccessful interrogations.

Instead of putting Yunzhi into hibernation, they left him alive and conscious in a small room with only a hibernation pod. There was only a cold, lifeless hibernation pod, and even the doors and windows were welded shut.

There were no security cameras in this small room.

They've been completely abandoned.

What kind of nonsense is this, just letting him wait to die in here?

Or are you hoping to be driven mad by the boundless darkness and loneliness?

Yunzhi had many thoughts flashing through her mind at that moment, but none of them mattered.

He is still grateful that the body he transmigrated into was formed from an arrow, so not eating or drinking doesn't seem to be a problem. Eating is just a basic desire for him.

Now that satisfying one's appetite is impossible, what can one do to pass the time? There is nothing to play with, and no one to talk to, as if one is in a coffin, buried deep underground.

This is really...

Yunzhi began to empty her mind and body.

He had never learned how to pass the time when he had nothing, so he might as well learn from the ridiculous movie in Genshin Impact, who stayed in the Pure Land of the Heart for five hundred years, contemplating the true meaning of eternity.

Although Lei's movies aren't completely cut off from the outside world, he's essentially been in a secluded place for five hundred years. As long as he knows how to manage his emotions, everything is fine.

It's easier said than done, but once you decide to do it, don't blame it for being difficult.

Yunzhi didn't know how long she and the freezer had been in this cramped "coffin." She only felt her consciousness drifting around, sometimes wandering around the fairy boat, and sometimes suddenly being released into the sky, flying among the stars in the universe.

What remained unchanged was that when he opened his eyes again, Lan was still sleeping in the hibernation pod.

Yunzhi thought that countless hours would pass by like this, and he even mocked himself, saying that he was probably the worst off among the transmigrators.

When did the turning point occur?

It seems that one day, a figure appeared in my consciousness.

The figure wore a crown and held a heavy sword, resembling an emperor, yet also a god of fate.

He looked down upon the world from his lofty position, yet never allowed the world to linger in his heart.

"Who are you?"

Yunzhi didn't know how long it had been since she last spoke, and hearing her own voice felt like a lifetime ago.

When did he become so unfamiliar with himself?

The tall man didn't speak, but just looked at him quietly, his gaze seemingly indifferent and without any sense of oppression.

After a while, he suddenly disappeared.

Yun, not understanding the situation, thought it was just his own hallucination.

He was awakened from his meditation once more and saw a strange object lying beside him, which looked like a framed photograph.

Light cone?

This thing seems to be quite precious.

Yun picked up the light cone, which emitted a faint blue light in the darkness.

He saw himself inside the light cone, leaning against the hibernation pod, eyes closed, his face pale and haggard, his body thin, looking broken.

Inside the hibernation pod, only a figure could be vaguely seen, but not a face.

The name of the light cone: Waiting in endless solitude.

Light Cone Description: —In the endless darkness and loneliness, I have been waiting.

—Waiting for your awakening, waiting for our reunion.

—At that time, I will still draw my bow and fight alongside you.

—I hear you calling my name again.

Let me call your name one more time

——▇

What the heck is that last black block?

After an unknown amount of time spent idly catching up with the situation, Yunzhi couldn't help but start scrutinizing the words.

Light cones are often described with strange and mysterious riddles, just like weapons, artifacts, and wind wings in Genshin Impact.

So?

The sluggish brain recalls a past from a long, long time ago in another world.

So what exactly is the relationship between this world and Genshin Impact?

Yunzhi, who had been grinding one game and had no time to grind another, felt like he had missed out on a fortune.

But it also reminded Yun that the person... was Fu Li, the Star God of [Memory], whom the Immortal Ship people called "Liu Guang Tian Jun".

No matter how much of a pity this hundred million is, Yunzhi has no time to care about it now. Since obtaining the light cone, his meditation has started to take on all sorts of new forms.

For example, one day he closed his eyes to meditate, and when he opened them, he found himself on a train traveling through the starry sky. He vaguely followed the train across a planet, helped the people on it with some tasks, and then the train's owner warmly invited him to get on board, but Yunzhi refused.

For example, one day he had just closed his eyes when he heard a burst of laughter, which startled him so much that he almost thought the coffin house was haunted.

"Oh my, look what I've seen! It's a child who's stayed by my side all these years. This is really... hilarious, hahaha."

—What's so funny about this?

"Hey, don't you think? These kinds of things usually only happen in storybooks. Seeing real-life lovers in love is quite interesting, isn't it?"

"What does this have to do with having fun?" Yunzhi didn't understand.

Wouldn't a normal person be moved by something like this?

"So Aha isn't a normal person!"

......

Yun was speechless, so she simply remained silent and let Him torment her in her ear.

But even that couldn't stop Him from constantly speaking in my ear.

From morning till night, it's a typical case of someone who doesn't sleep during the day and comes back to life at night, causing a ruckus all day long without any peace.

"Lord Changletian, the starry sea is vast, why do you keep finding amusement here with me, a man in a coffin?"

It's boring to watch the two of them squatting and lying down.

The Star God of Pleasure, Aha, disagrees.

How could you say that? Aha just wanted to see how long you could hold out.

The deliberate grievance in her tone was immediately apparent.

Yun Zhi really didn't know how long he could hold on, but he was quite satisfied with himself. After all, a long time ago, he never thought that he would voluntarily stay in this coffin and endure loneliness because of someone.

"Maybe we can keep going... Those people up there will eventually realize that Lan is right."

Perhaps it will take thousands or tens of thousands of years, or perhaps it will be like a movie I saw in a vague past life where the population was wiped out. In any case, the drawbacks of immortality will appear one day.

Aha's voice paused for a moment, then suddenly burst into even more intense laughter.

"Hahaha... You know what? Quite a few star gods have come here to see the miracles of you, this human."

A human miracle?

"After all, there has never been a person in the universe who has remained conscious and been able to endure extreme loneliness for so many years."

Aha couldn't help but reveal a lot of information to him: "Did you know? Taiyi of [Order], Akivili of [Exploration], and Boshizun of [Wisdom] have all come to see you. Boshizun even spent a long time calculating in front of you, trying to figure out your limits."

The Venerable One of Broad Knowledge? It seems that in the Immortal Ship, he is usually referred to as "Lord of All Knowledge".

A colossal star god, ascended from a machine, calculates the mysteries of the universe.

"Also, the pharmacist of [Abundance] came to see you. If you hadn't been so resistant to Him, He would have blessed you and made you His servant."

—Just how bored are these star gods?