Star Railway: The Pioneer's Journey

Chapter 226 Bringing Pam into a Dream

This leap went very smoothly.

At least that's what Yunzhi thinks.

But Xing doesn't seem to think that way.

Because at the moment of the jump, the star fell into a strange space—

As the eerie blue light suddenly enveloped the entire carriage, countless images flashed before her eyes.

It's very familiar, yet I can't quite grasp it.

She entered a strange place.

There, I saw a woman with purple hair.

The purple-haired woman said it was a "dream".

The purple-haired woman called herself the Sea Patrol Knight, Huang Quan.

Sea patrol knights...

"Follow the [Hunting] faction?"

That can be considered...

Just then, Huang Quan's soft voice suddenly reached his ears:

"I know the First Envoy is traveling with the Star Train, I will go find him."

Huang Quan's tone could be described as calm and indifferent.

But she said she was going to find... Yunzhi?

Xing tilted her head.

—If it's a sea patrol ranger, it should be fine, right?

Huang Quan led her through a bizarre and fantastical dreamscape. She seemed to see many people and hear what they were saying... but she felt confused and couldn't make out their faces.

In the end, Huang Quan led her to the end.

As she pushed open the door, a white-haired boy bowed to her: "Welcome to Daydream Hotel. Please check in at the front desk."

How strange...

This place is so strange...

Then, Huang Quan asked her a few strange questions.

Several stars have a question they don't understand at all.

Finally, the purple-haired woman brushed past her, and Xing didn't even hear her last words before being slammed back to reality by a tremendous force.

The moment she opened her eyes, tears streamed down her face...

I can't tell if I cried because I saw something, or... because I was hit too hard.

Pam stood in front of her, looking at her with concern:

"Star passenger, what's wrong? Why are you suddenly crying?"

Xing blinked: "I... I dreamt of a riddle-solving person saying strange things..."

Pam: ...

what?

"It sounds like you had a nightmare. You've only just arrived in the Asdna system and you've already encountered something like this. You need to be careful. It seems you have very poor resistance to memory matter."

Pam worriedly reminded him, "Don't worry about it. Dreams and reality are opposites. While you were sleeping, the train had already arrived in Pinocchio."

Another smooth insertion:

"Walter and Himeko have already gotten off the train. Hoshi, go to the back and find March 7th; she's waiting for you."

Xing turned her head and saw Yun Zhi, with her long hair tied up and dressed in luxurious clothes, sitting to the side, smiling at her.

Xing blinked: "Aren't you coming along?"

Yun Zhi laughed and said, "I'll take Pam to 'over there' first. Don't worry, I'll catch up with you soon."

After all, as a permanent VIP of Pinocchio, he could use the VIP channel.

"Then, I'll go first?"

Xing ran to the back of the train and called out to March 7. The two of them got off the train together with their luggage and happily ran towards the hotel.

However, they still had some trouble before they could officially move in.

By the time they've finished their fuss, he should have caught up by then.

Yun clapped her hands and said to Dan Heng, who was standing to the side, "Go ahead and do your thing. I'll take Pam over to take a look."

"Don't you need my protection?"

Dan Heng asked.

Yun shook her head: "No need to trouble yourself, it's not dangerous."

At least for him, there was absolutely no danger.

"Okay, I'll head back to the think tank now."

Danheng left.

Yun opened his arms to Pam, letting her jump into his embrace and sit on his lap.

"Okay, now close your eyes and follow my breathing..."

"Relax, hold my hand... or the hem of your clothes will do."

"Okay...come with me..."

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Pam has been on a train since she was born.

It's not that it really likes trains, but that it can't live without them.

The last time it came to Pinocchio, it was a border prison where exiled prisoners searched for memories day and night without stopping.

Even prisoners, when oppressed too much, will rebel.

At that time, three nameless passengers got on and off the train. They helped Pinocchio liberate itself, but never returned.

"Okay, open your eyes."

The gentle voice of the Cloud Passenger rang in my ears.

Pam slowly opened her eyes.

—What comes into view is not the extremely luxurious hotel decor of the "Star of the Events" Pinocone.

Instead, there are three simple tombstones.

Pam blinked.

It knew that this was the final destination for those three nameless guests.

Yunzhi was holding Pam and talking to Galah on the side.

— When Galach received Yunzhi's message, he was waiting here.

That old guy always said there was a lovely train conductor on the train. He always thought it meant the conductor was petite, but he never imagined the conductor wasn't even human-like.

But this lop-eared rabbit is wearing a big hat and a uniform...it really looks like a human.

Gallagher introduced Mikhail, the child who was adopted by Mikhail years ago.

Mikael then told Pam about the fate of the three nameless guests.

In an attempt to understand the flow of memory matter, Lazarina piloted a shuttle alone deep into the galaxy, never to return.

Ten years after the liberation of Pinocchio, in an effort to resolve internal and external troubles, Tirnan led his family of moths on an expedition, only to be surrounded by a swarm of insects and wiped out.

As for Ragwalker, the legendary figure whom Pinocchio called a "watchmaker," he never managed to contact the Star Train, nor did he ever see the day when Pinocchio was truly liberated.

In the end, they became a small tombstone, lying quietly in this "land of exile," waiting for the true light to arrive.

After Mikay finished telling her story, Pam started rubbing her eyes.

"These are Ragwalker's and the others' gravestones, Pam, go take a look."

Yun gently placed Pam on the ground.

At this moment, Pam no longer had the serious expression she had on the train.

It took two little rabbit legs and ran to the three tombstones.

"Lazarina..."

"What do you think the world in dreams is like? I'm going to draw a complete map of it in great detail!"

The girl put away her surveying tools, her lively voice still ringing in my ears.

Pam blinked and looked in the other direction—

"Tirnan..."

"It's very chaotic there. Once you get there, neither of you should wander off. If you get kidnapped like last time, I..."

After wiping his gun, the cowboy walked to the sofa with his drink and said helplessly.

Finally, Pam's gaze fell on the unmarked tombstone in the middle—Mike said that was Ragwalker's tombstone.

"Ragwalker..."

"This is a place of dreams, full of endless possibilities. We're sure to make something of ourselves here... Train conductor, if we fall in love with this place and never come back, will you miss us?"

The gentlemanly young man smiled as he looked at the rabbit-shaped train conductor.

The girl's voice came before Pam: "You can't joke about the train conductor like that, Pam! That's what the conductor probably wanted to say!"

"Damn you!"

It was so angry that its ears practically flew off.

But in the end, watching their figures gradually disappear into the memory, Pam could only say one last thing:

"Have a safe journey... Pa..."

As soon as I turned around, the carriage became completely empty.

It has experienced this scenario many times before.

Later, the Star Train was damaged, and the nameless passengers disappeared without a trace.

But now, when I see it again, it's just a small tombstone.

"I clearly said I had a safe journey... Pa..."

Pam sniffled, but couldn't hold back her tears.

"Waaaaah... Waaaaah..."

Pam finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears.

"I...of course I'll miss you all...Pa..."