The ancients watched me play the Starry Sky Railway

"For example, I'm not a local, and the Hound family isn't hunting me for no reason. I have other reasons for traveling with you... but I truly appreciate your help."

"Liuying looks serious."

"At least Xing can see that Liuying is very sincere now."

"I want to take you somewhere else, okay? This time it's not a tourist attraction...it's probably my secret base."

"There, I will tell you everything I know...as best I can."

"For some reason, Liuying didn't want to hide it, but she had to hide it."

"Could it be that Liuying... is a member of the Star Core Hunters?"

Zhuge Liang guessed.

"Ah? Why do you say that, father-in-law?" Liu Chan recalled the life of Liuying from her first appearance till now.

He couldn't think of any connection between it and the Star Core Hunter.

But then again.

The Star Core Hunters are all handsome men and beautiful women, a pure Ka Yan organization.

With Liuying's looks, it's no surprise she was able to get in.

"...It's just some guesses." Zhuge Liang actually didn't have much evidence.

"This inexplicable passion for Xing, and the act of hiding something from her, is so similar to Kafka."

Although many people joked that Xing was not even one year old.

But he understood that the stars were not actually created in the space station, but were dragged out of the space station.

Then I lost my previous memories.

This can be judged from Kafka's words.

From this, we can judge that Xing was most likely a star core hunter in the past.

If Liuying is indeed a star core hunter, then Xing and Liuying should have had a good relationship in the past.

…………

"Okay, I believe you." Xing nodded.

"Even though she just said in front of Sambo, 'I'm willing to indulge in beauty.'"

"But in reality, her willingness to trust Liuying is more of a subconscious feeling...she always feels that Liuying is trustworthy."

"Thank you." Liuying smiled and said, "Follow me, this way."

"Xing followed Liuying all the way to the secret base."

"On the way, she seemed to hear something calling for help."

"Wait, Liuying." Xing called out to Liuying and walked towards the source of the sound."

"The one calling for help is a small, strange creature... Let's put it this way, it's exactly like the statue of the Clock Boy, the only difference is that this one is much smaller."

“Tick-tock! Tick-tock! Help! Someone’s going to die! Help!”

"What are you?" Xing looked at the "Mini Clock Kid" calling for help, confused."

"Hey, I'm a clock, not a thing!" Clock Kid jumped up, ticking all over.

"But then it said in surprise, 'Hey, wait a minute—you, you can see me?'"

"What's wrong with you?" Liuying looked at Xing in confusion.

"In her eyes, the stars are just talking to the air."

"I saw a clock with arms and legs, like the Clock Boy statue," Xing replied.

"Can you really see me?" Clock Kid said happily, "Tick-tock! Great, great! Misha is saved! Oh, by the way, my name is Clock Kid..."

"It introduced itself."

"Turns out it really is Clock Boy!"

"Clock Kid? The one from the anime? I must be crazy."

"Xing originally thought she was done with the weirdness of Pinocchio, but every time there was something weirder that pushed her boundaries."

"Clock Kid?" Liuying asked in surprise. "You mean... you saw an animated character that doesn't exist in reality? Where is it?"

"Huh? Firefly can't see it?" Yang Jian was quite surprised: "No wonder this little thing was so surprised when Xing saw it. It's quite difficult to see it."

"I don't know what this thing is... How can this Pinocchio even turn objects into spirits?" Dugu Jialuo didn't know what to say.

First the trash can grew arms and legs, and now this "clock" has grown arms and legs too.

Is there anything in Pinocchio that can't grow arms and legs?

She now seriously suspected that Xing was still in the dream bubble.

…………

"Can't you see it?" Xing asked doubtfully.

"Hmm... where is it? I can't see it..." Liuying looked around in confusion. Her confused look was quite adorable."

“Tick-tock! Only straightforward, innocent, childlike children can see me—like this gray friend!” said the Clock Kid, pointing to the stars.

"At Xing's age...that's true."

"She immediately told Liuying this."

Liuying complained, "How am I not straightforward, innocent, and childlike enough?"

"...Ah?" Ying Zheng, who was so happy just now, was dumbfounded.

Only those who are straightforward, innocent and childlike can see it?

He's already this old, his children are married, and you tell him he still has a childlike heart?!

Doesn't this mean that he hasn't grown up and is not mature enough?

His face immediately turned stern: "Who is this star talking to? Why can't I see it?"

Li Si immediately replied, "Your Majesty, I can't see it either. Perhaps it's a special species of Pinocchio?"

Fusu speculated, "Father, perhaps the skylight has been specially treated so that all of us can see it?"

"Huh? Can you see? You are so old, but you still have a childish heart?! Go back and read the books of sages a few more times!" Ying Zheng glared at him.

Could he not guess that this was probably because the ceiling had been specially treated so that everyone could see it?

But he can't say it!

If a rebel pops up and says he can't see... Oh no, is he the only mentally mature person in the entire Qin Dynasty? Are all the others naive three-year-olds?

No one knows whether others can see it or not, but everyone knows that once they reveal that they can see it, it will become a handle for others to attack their immaturity.

So, everyone must pretend that they can't see!

This is a variation of the "Dark Forest" theory - the "Dark Clock" theory.

…………

"Tick-tick, tick-tick! Gray friend, since you can see me, you must be able to do me a favor!"

"Clock Kid finally remembered. It came here to ask for help."

“My good friend Misha is in trouble! Please, save him, or someone will die!”

"It said it was an emergency, someone was going to die." Xing, as always, acted as the mouthpiece.

"Eh, is it that serious?" Liuying also became worried. "Then do you want to go help this clock boy who only you can see? ...I don't doubt you. After all, anything can happen in a dream. It's okay to go to the place I mentioned later."