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"...She left. Then, should we also...?" Liuying asked.

[Xing: Let’s continue to date! ]

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The Clock Kid said sympathetically, "Go ahead and get busy. Thank you, my gray friend!"

"Thank you so much! It turns out that all the nameless guests are amazing people... I hope we can meet again someday!" Misha said goodbye to Xing with a smile.

The clock boy said in a long tone: "See you again if we are lucky. Tick-tock."

"Come with me. Don't let your invisible friends call you away this time."

After saying goodbye to the three people, Xing followed Liuying to the door of the coffee shop on the other side of the river.

"We're here, this is it," said Liuying.

"This is the secret base, a very beautiful cafe?" Xing said as he looked at the decoration of the cafe.

"No," Liuying said with a slightly rosy face, "--It's here."

Xing looked in the direction of her finger and saw a half-open manhole cover.

"Hmm...what a beautiful manhole cover." Xing was stunned for a moment, then continued to praise.

"Well, the secret base is inside." Liuying seemed a little shy.

Xing scratched his head: "Everyone around is watching."

"It's okay!" Liuying explained, "Anything can happen in a dream. Many people fall from the sky every day. Pedestrians are used to it."

"Let me demonstrate first - it's a little dark at first, so you have to follow closely."

After Liuying finished speaking, she took the lead and went into the sewer, and Xing followed closely behind.

The scene changed and we arrived at a high-rise building.

"Look, it's a beautiful place, isn't it."

"Tourists are usually not allowed here, so we have to be careful not to be spotted by others."

"Don't worry, it's not a dangerous area. You can think of this as the border of the golden hour. The family is still building and renovating the dreamland beyond it."

"My "secret base" is in here, let's sneak in."

[March 7: Wow...drilling through the sewer sounds like it smells really bad.]

[Gallagher: The sewers of Pinocchio also flow with Suleda, which is more for decoration than for practical use.]

[Hound A: It's just that someone actually went through the sewer to find the way to the Dreaming Border. ]

[Xing: Hiss...I suddenly remembered that Hanabi had Dust Drill go down the manhole before. Was she hinting at this?]

[Gold Sand: You are very smart, my friend. I have also thought of this possibility. Haha, this masked fool lady may be the most sober person.]

In the midst of the conversation, Xing and Liuying used the dream builder's unique tools to lightly shuttle over the rooftops, and soon arrived at a wide roof. A melodious music floated from somewhere, lingering in Xing's ears.

"Have you ever heard this song, 'Free a Heart from Sorrow', written by the robin. The Harmony Festival is coming soon, and her music will occasionally play in my dreams."

Liuying said softly, pulling Xing to the edge of the rooftop, looking at the rising sun and the meteors streaking across the sky. The tall buildings in the distance were bathed in the morning glow, shining with a dreamlike and dazzling light.

The bustling and noisy city is like a magnificent painting slowly unfolding, and the bright eyes of fireflies are illuminated by the lights of thousands of households.

"This is the place closest to the sky in dreams, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and without the quarrels of dream builders. You can feel the present moment without being disturbed by anyone - the current scenery, people, and dreams..."

"So beautiful..." Xing stared blankly at the breathtaking scenery before her. Liuying's soft voice, accompanied by beautiful melody, was still whispering in her ears.

"How beautiful..." Liuying stood beside Xing and sighed: "Time will always stop at this golden moment, a golden dream. The Fool in the Tavern and the Rememberer in the Courtyard of Memory, the wandering ranger and the company's envoy, the nameless guest of the Starry Sky Train... and me."

"Everyone sleeps here equally, regardless of the reason, although we do have our own purposes..."

"...I'm sorry, Xing, I am indeed a stowaway." Liuying looked into Xing's golden eyes, which revealed a hint of determination and resoluteness. She took a deep breath and continued, "I think I should tell you the truth."

"My hometown was destroyed a long time ago, perhaps by the Legion, or perhaps by the Zerg... I am a homeless interstellar refugee, just like many 'natives' in Pinoconi." Liuying's voice was tinged with sadness, as if recalling the painful past.

"'Tongxie' embraces everyone. No matter who you are, as long as you come here, you can find a place to live. The family accepted us wanderers who came from afar, but we... don't belong here after all."

Liuying turned around and looked into Xing's eyes, as if wanting to see farther through her.

"In this magnificent metropolis, some people place their dreams on Pinocchio, while others' dreams are no different from reality. Although every ordinary person who comes here initially has the same goal, their final destinations are different."

Xing stood blankly behind Liuying, listening to her silently, with a complex emotion surging in his heart.

At this moment, the firefly looked so thin and strong. Her back was gleaming faintly in the sun, like a lonely star trying to radiate its own brilliance.

"It's the same for me. In the real world, I have an unfulfilled wish - it's so strong that I can only turn to dreams for help..." Liuying's words gradually became lower and lower, as if they were swept away by a breeze and disappeared into the air.

"What is the wish?"

"..'Entropy loss'. Have you heard of this term?" Liuying explained softly:

"It's a strange phenomenon. People who suffer from this disease will experience irreversible chronic dissociation of their physical structure. This means that you are slowly disappearing, and this "disappearance" is even difficult to detect in the eyes of others—"

"You can still run, jump, and communicate with others. Everything seems normal, except that you are always a little slower than others..."

"...and then slower and slower, until the outlines of yourself and the world become blurred. You can't tell reality from dreams, because they become equally fragmented."

"So, how can I refuse... Can you imagine? In this dream, I can... not have to stay in the cold "medical cabin"..."

“I can put the doctor’s words behind me and use my own body to listen, see, touch, think and understand as I please. Although this world is not real, this feeling is invaluable…”