The ancients watched me play the Starry Sky Railway

Chapter 276: We are both fallen people at the end of the world

"Huh? Doesn't this mean..." Sanyueqi looked at Xing worriedly.

"Death completely destroyed her?" Xing frowned. Could a monster in a dream also destroy her real body?

"Impossible," Gallagher dismissed the speculation. "The problem isn't that she's dead, but that she 'seems to have never existed.' This girl's situation... not only you, but even the Hound family has never seen anything like it."

"This is... the first time?" Himeko noticed these two words. "So, in Pinocchio, 'death' is a real thing, right?"

"You've seen it all, so what's left to hide? A city with a glamorous facade must also have a dark underbelly. I don't need to explain adult matters."

"Gallah shrugged, as if he was done with acting."

(This acting is off the charts, it’s more than enough to win an Oscar.)

"But I also advise you not to question your family based solely on this. An unexpected death in a dream, so what? Such an extremely rare event... would only affect a very small number of people."

"If you really want to get to the bottom of this case, you must first understand the family's true difficulties."

"This Gallagher is quite insightful. As expected, you're from a hound family. You've seen this kind of thing a lot, right?"

Di Renjie smacked his lips.

He has seen many similar things.

Death sounds like a very serious thing.

But fundamentally, it's because other living people see people die and start to get scared.

But if other living people realize that they will be fine and they are safe.

Then this kind of death will not cause any waves at all.

For example, when a prisoner is beheaded, not only is no one afraid, but everyone is very excited to watch it.

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"I guess it's time to tell the story of 'Mikhail' now?" Jizi guessed.

"You're very perceptive," Gallagher praised. "The Sky Express also received the music box, right? Any idea what secrets are hidden inside?"

"Himeko: "A message—see the impossible in dreams, find the legacy of Pinocchio's father, the 'Watchmaker,' and then answer: Why does life sleep?"

Gallagher laughed, "Word for word."

"Hey, what are you laughing at..." Sanyueqi suddenly said in shock, "Did you write that? It's quite well written."

"I'm the sheriff in charge of the case, how could I not know?" Gallagher shook his head. "I suppose you must have noticed that this message didn't come from the family - or even that the relationship between the two is not that close."

"This is just speculation at this point. We find it hard to believe that the watchmaker who was the father of Pinocchio and the family that actually managed Pinocchio would have such a bad relationship."

"I can tell you now, absolutely," Gallagher said, spreading his hands. "The family has long considered the watchmaker an enemy, but he's so elusive, living solely in the commercial legend he created, that the hounds have been unable to catch him."

"Isn't this like an emperor who founded a country, was then pulled down, and is now considered an enemy by everyone?"

Li Yuan's face turned bitter, and he felt very sympathetic.

Although he did not establish the Tang Dynasty, the main credit goes to Li Shimin...

But he thinks they are all the same!

"We're both wanderers here, watchmaker... I don't know you, but buddy, I toast you."

Then he lay comfortably in the arms of the beauty.

Indeed, he lived a much more comfortable life than the hunted watchmaker.

Li Shimin would not mess with him, but instead would keep him well fed and well-fed.

It is said that after Li Yuan became the emperor, he gave Li Shimin more than 30 brothers and sisters. You can imagine how comfortable his life was.

(Watchmaker: Are you and I the same wanderer?)

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"So, let me ask you further: have you ever considered why the family tolerated the 'Watchmaker' sending such a joke to the outside world, allowing you to come and mess up this place?"

"In response to his question, Jizi quickly speculated, 'Is the family trying to use this opportunity to expose the watchmaker's true identity?'"

"That's right," Gallagher nodded. "Now you understand why the Oak family authorized the Nameless Guest to assist in the investigation, yet kept everything secret from you... Because the Watchmaker isn't some legend in the Land of Dreams, but the most unspeakable stain in the history of the Pinocchio branch. He's the instigator of all the unusual changes in the Dreamlands."

"Xing: "What does this have to do with Mikhail?"

"You were supposed to be talking about Mikhail, but you ended up talking about the watchmaker for ages."

"Huh? Xing hasn't reacted yet?" Zhao Kuangyin was shocked.

He felt that any normal person would be able to react to this point!

Zhao Pu: "It seems that Xing and Sanyueqi have been together for too long and have been infected and become stupid."

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"So, the family and the watchmaker are not in cahoots? Things are getting more and more complicated..."

Ying Zheng looked at Gallagher with interest.

Which side does this guy belong to?

Obviously it's not from the family's side, otherwise he wouldn't tell these things to the Starry Sky Train.

But if he is from the watchmaker's side...how did he hold such an important position in the family?

Or does the family have plenty of ways to control him, just like they control gold dust?

"I'm increasingly feeling that the power of Tongxie is incredibly sinister."

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"You haven't realized it yet?" Gallagher chuckled. "I mean... Mikhail is the famous watchmaker. Come on, I'll take you somewhere."

"After a while, they arrived at a magnificent place filled with people."

"This is Crooked Movieland, Pinocchio's most popular movie and entertainment center," Gallagher introduced.

"I thought we were going to the library or something, why are we here?" Sanyueqi's eyes were filled with confusion. "Didn't you say you were going to talk about the watchmaker?"

"A city's culture is the truest footnote to its history," Gallagher said calmly. "You see it as a place of entertainment, but I see it as a prison, imprisoning the planet's past."

"Prison? Is that the predecessor of Pinocchio?" Xing recalled that Pinocchio had long been the company's prison.

"Yes." Gallagher pointed to the sky.

"Long ago, prisoners were brought here to help Liuguang Yiting salvage the memory that had leaked from the Great Hole."

"Long-term exposure to high concentrations of mnemonics in prison has produced a unique phenomenon. Countless individual dreams intersect and overlap, and people begin to meet in their dreams, living lives that seem like reality."

“But… beautiful dreams cannot dispel the suffering people face in reality. Led by a prisoner, the frontier prison breaks free from the company’s shackles and begins a fight for freedom.”

"He is Brother Hanu, the big brother of Dream Town, the builder of peace, and the eternal companion of the weak."