Starry Sky Railway: Starting with a furious outburst at Aha

Chapter 11 Disobedience

(Warning: This chapter is extremely explicit. Skipping it won't affect the plot, so you can ignore it. Of course, if you insist on going for it, I can't stop you, you little glutton.)

boom! ! !

This attack was more powerful than any Zhou Yuan had ever endured. His body slammed into the wall beside him, crashing through two iron walls before finally stopping.

The moment operations resumed, Zhou Yuan rushed to the platform, where he witnessed a scene he would never forget.

The star was suspended in mid-air, with a large hole in its chest. The star's core was throbbing wildly, generating wave after wave of energy pulses that swept around it.

Next to the star core was the flesh and blood of the chest cavity, the flesh and blood of a human being.

"what!!"

Xing screamed in agony, her body curled up, blood gushing out like a fountain, some of it hovering around her, some spraying onto the floor and platform, staining everything red.

"What's going on? Why is this happening?!" Zhou Yuan was panicked. He suddenly realized that Xing was just a person whose heart had been replaced with a star core!

She can bleed and even die if she gets injured!

"That's not how it is in the game! It's not like that at all!"

Zhou Yuan could have easily blocked the beam of light. He could sense that its power was less than a slap to an ordinary person. However, for the sake of the plot and the known, predetermined future, he did not hesitate to shield Xing in front of him.

He single-handedly created the current situation!

The energy on Xing's body had reached its limit, and a divine light burst forth from his body, like a falling meteor, striking the core of the Doomsday Beast in the blink of an eye and annihilating it.

Just as she was about to succumb to self-destruction, a cane appeared out of nowhere, struck her on the head, and knocked her unconscious. Losing control of her thoughts, the rampaging star core gradually stabilized, and the star slowly fell from the sky.

Dan Heng caught it, glanced at it, and shouted:

"She needs treatment!"

"I'll contact Estád." Himeko's expression was stern as she led Danheng and Xing quickly toward the main control module.

Zhou Yuan followed for a few steps, looking lost and dejected, before suddenly collapsing to his knees on the ground, feeling as if all his strength had been drained away, leaving him feeling like an empty shell.

He chased away March 7, afraid to read disappointment in March 7's eyes, or contempt for his betrayal of his companions, even though he knew it was impossible.

He knelt amidst Xing's bloodstains, staring blankly at his blood-stained hands, a single thought echoing in his mind like thunder: "What have I done?"

A rustling sound rang in his ears; the powerless remains of the doomsday beast were raging, about to explode and self-destruct. Seeing this, Walter slowly walked to Zhou Yuan's side and patted him on the shoulder:

"Be careful."

Walter opened his hand holding the cane, and with a flash of dark light, a miniature black hole formed from the remains of the Doomsday Beast, instantly swallowing it whole.

Feeling the gravitational pull emanating from the black hole, Zhou Yuan's consciousness gradually became distorted.

He returned to that dark place, but this time he remained fully conscious.

The eerie silence made his inner voice all the more deafening, and Zhou Yuan began to question himself:

"What have I done? Was what I did even meaningful?"

Zhou Yuan recalled that he used to hate following the rules and regulations. He would embark on spontaneous trips because life was boring, boldly quit his job because he was frustrated with it, and strive hard for the future he imagined...

But why did it turn out this way? Why have we become numb? Is it because we know the future, so we bow down to fate? Become slaves to fate?

Zhou Yuan thought of the Star Core Hunters. Although they were called slaves to fate, they were trying to change the ending they saw.

Should we conform simply because we see a good ending in the future?

Zhou Yuan asked himself:

"Am I really willing to submit to the ending in my mind?"

......

“No, I don’t want to.” Zhou Yuan shook his head slowly but firmly. “I’m not satisfied with this ending. I want to make it better.”

Everything will pass away, but memories will endure.

Zhou Yuan didn't want his future mind to be filled with memories of how he had the ability to stop them, yet he could only watch them take risks and suffer.

This is too agonizing and too unbearable.

With this in mind, Zhou Yuan was no longer confused, and his eyes became firm.

He glanced around at the darkness, but instead of trying to call out to Aha, he decisively let the feeling of falling envelop his entire body and retreated.

Opening his eyes, Zhou Yuan immediately saw San Yueqi beside him, and San Yueqi also noticed him.

"Zhou Yuan, you're awake!" March 7th greeted him warmly. "Are you alright? I was quite startled when Uncle Yang brought you here."

Her attitude toward Zhou Yuan seems unchanged.

“I often faint, you get used to it,” Zhou Yuan replied with a smile. He got up and saw Xing lying on the other side. Her face was calm and her chest was wrapped in thick bandages.

Zhou Yuan asked, "How is she?"

At this moment, a researcher wearing a white coat stood up and replied:

"She...is fine."

Seeing that Zhou Yuan and the other person were looking at him, he continued.

"To be precise, I didn't expect it to be this good. All her physical indicators are normal, especially considering that she has a... star core inside her body. It's unbelievable."