Starry Sky Railway: Starting with a furious outburst at Aha

"Uh... I knew it." Zhou Yuan first rubbed his nose awkwardly, then felt relieved.

What did the horse hunters do? What does it have to do with me, Zhou Yuan...?

"Is it just reciting this incantation? There are no other movements?" Zhou Yuan couldn't help but ask about the details.

“He just recited the incantation, Sambo can vouch for that,” Seele said.

Sambo nodded repeatedly.

"That's right, Luca collapsed just a few seconds after he finished reading, looking completely dejected."

"I knew there was something wrong with this hunting horse a long time ago. Just one incantation was enough to turn Luca into this... I'll find him and beat him up sooner or later!!" Seele sneered.

Upon hearing this, Sangbo, who knew Zhou Yuan's identity, could only try his best to elongate his philtrum to avoid laughing out loud.

"I see..." Zhou Yuan covered his lips and began to think.

I don't have any major problems when I curse in real life... I curse even more in the dark space, so why didn't I get into trouble, but Luca did?

What's the difference between him and me?

After thinking it over and over, Zhou Yuan couldn't come up with a solution.

"Should we give him a piece of our mind right here?" Zhou Yuan hesitated for two seconds, then looked at Sang Bo.

If I curse Aha and my strength decreases, the subsequent plot will become difficult to control, which is obviously a bad thing.

Others might face similar risks if they tried, so it seems that Sambo is the only person most suitable to experiment with the formula on site.

"Why don't you read it aloud?" Zhou Yuan asked.

"Huh?" Sambo forced a smile that was barely more like a grimace. "Are you going to kill me, friend?"

He was unwilling, and Zhou Yuan couldn't force him. Just as things were at a stalemate, Natasha delivered some bad news.

"This is bad, his heartbeat is slowing down." Natasha's expression was grave as she repeatedly checked with a stethoscope. "Luca! Luca, wake up!!"

Seele stepped forward and patted Luca's cheek, finally bringing his scattered gaze back to focus.

"Tell me, what's the point of me living?"

Luca's eyes were lifeless, as if he had lost all hope of living.

“He’s just given up…” Natasha realized this and helplessly put down her hearing aid.

"Your spirit is broken?" Zhou Yuan frowned, puzzled.

“He lost his fighting championship and felt that he no longer had any reason to live, so his body spontaneously chose to die…” Natasha explained. “Although it is very illogical, I have indeed seen similar cases.”

"This...how is this possible?" Zhou Yuan exclaimed.

In Zhou Yuan's understanding, this explanation was called "shattered Dao heart," but right after the fight, Luca was perfectly normal. How could he have shown any sign of wanting to die? The problem clearly lay in that incantation!

Thinking of this, Zhou Yuan couldn't help but slap himself hard across the face.

Why do you have to be so sarcastic! The name of the Star God isn't something just anyone can casually utter!

"Then... is there any way to salvage this?" Zhou Yuan asked.

“It’s difficult,” Natasha sighed. “At times like these, he often needs a strong positive emotion to counteract the negative emotions and keep him alive.”

"If he had children, perhaps he could use family affection to replace them, but unfortunately... now he finds it very difficult to listen to others."

Seele slapped Luca hard, almost slapping his face, while yelling:

"Hey, Luca, you haven't even had a fair fight with me yet, why are you acting like this?"

"You can't sleep."

However, Luca just stared blankly, and the once lively boy did not respond at all.

Oleg, who rushed to the scene upon hearing the news, had red eyes, grasped Luca's hand, and murmured:

"Luca, you... everything is clearly getting better..."

What should I do? What can I do? Zhou Yuan couldn't bear to watch this scene. He could only close his eyes and keep trying to find a way to pull Luca back from the brink of death.

Tell him I'm Hunter Horse? What's the point? He already knows the gap between us. Even if I lose another fight, I can't fool him.

Zhou Yuan was thinking when a sudden inspiration struck him: "Emotional Light Cone!"

"That's right. If the emotional light cone can carry negative emotions, why can't it carry positive ones?"

Zhou Yuan opened his eyes and, in full view of everyone, pushed the others away with irresistible force:

"Let me try."

As he spoke, ignoring the reactions of others, he began searching his mind for the right emotion.

What should we use? Happiness, carefree, or tranquility?

neither!

Zhou Yuan felt fragments of memories constantly surfacing in his mind, slowly settling on a train carriage.

That was Zhou Yuan's resignation, the train that carried him toward his dream!

What Zhou Yuan wants to give Luca is freedom!

The championship is an honor, but also a constraint. A view that is too high can restrict one's vision and make one complacent. The view from the middle of the mountain is more likely to inspire one's desire to strive!

The fact of defeat cannot be changed, but the mountain before us has been built, and we are just waiting to climb it!

Thinking this, Zhou Yuan couldn't help but feel excited. He clenched his right hand behind his head, and a card with a deep blue hue was formed.

As Zhou Yuan raised his hand, a thick card, seemingly generating a gentle breeze, flew past and disappeared directly into Luca's body.

"This is it." Upon seeing this, Sambo's eyes lit up.

"What is this?" Natasha asked in a low voice.

“That’s unbridled freedom.” As Zhou Yuan spoke, he felt a power emanating from the void and flowing into his body. His power began to rise steadily, reaching its limit within seconds.

The light cone entered Luca's body, and Luca, who was lying on the ground, immediately felt the emotions within it, and the corresponding memories began to surge from his mind.

He remembered the image of him punching through the blocked mine vein; he remembered the image of himself standing on the champion's podium for the first time...

A glint flashed in Luca's eyes, and his flames blazed fiercely once more.

He rolled off the ground, startling Seele and Oleg.

"I'm sorry to have made everyone worry about me." Luca had a smile on his face, seemingly having fully recovered.

"Luca, are you... alright?" Seele asked in surprise.

“Hmm,” Luca looked at Zhou Yuan, “Thanks to this big brother, otherwise I would be dead for sure. Big brother, what’s your name?”

Although he ignored everyone, he had seen everything that happened and naturally knew what Zhou Yuan had done.

“Zhou Yuan,” Zhou Yuan replied.

“Brother Zhou Yuan,” Luca said with deep emotion, “if it weren’t for Brother Zhou Yuan’s methods, I probably would have really died.”

"Yes, thanks to Brother Zhou Yuan."

Oleg nodded and said, "Earthfire owes you a huge favor. Please let me know if you need anything in the future."

“Yes, it’s all thanks to your amazing abilities,” Natasha said. “Thank you for everything you’ve done for Luca.”

"You are indeed amazing," even the proud Seele had to admit Zhou Yuan's strength. "To be able to stand on equal footing with the great Schwarzman and to possess such god-like abilities... you are simply invincible."

"Don't praise me like that." Zhou Yuan was both amused and exasperated. Ultimately, he was the one who caused this trouble, and he was really embarrassed to accept such praise.

"To be honest, I was really stupid just now," Luca said confidently. "A small defeat, and I actually had that suicidal thought. How foolish of me! It's just a championship, right? Sooner or later, I'll take it back and beat that hunting horse to a pulp!"

"Great!" Zhou Yuan and the others cheered in unison.

After bidding farewell to everyone who tried to persuade him to stay, Zhou Yuan walked towards the mining area, unable to help but think about the changes in his own power that had just occurred.

"Doesn't creating light cones usually reduce my power? Why am I gaining power again now? And by such a large margin?"

According to Zhou Yuan's estimation, he could now exert hundreds of tons of force with a casual strike. Of course, compared to the other envoys, this force was insignificant.

"How is this situation different from before?"

“Luca recited the incantation, and this situation occurred. Is it Ahagan’s doing? Doesn’t my action mean I’m stopping Him? Why give me power?”

Suddenly, Zhou Yuan recalled the scene when he first received Ah's blessing, during which he cursed Ah for a long time.

Did He get his fill of scolding?

He... is a masochist?

Putting aside this incorrect answer, Zhou Yuan thought of an organization in the game that belonged to the Destiny of Joy—the Mourning Actors.

They believed in asceticism and penance, which ran counter to the path of pleasure, but Aha found it interesting and blessed them, allowing them to spread anti-pleasure throughout the world.

"I've been mistaken for a mourner??" Zhou Yuan had a guess, touching the mask on his face. "I even took a mask from the Masked Fool."

After a moment's thought, Zhou Yuan took out his phone and sent a message to Sang Bo, clearly demonstrating his political stance:

"Your mask is nice, but it's mine now."