"After that life-and-death dinner meeting, we've finally saved up enough train funds to renovate the bedroom again!"
A flicker of excitement flashed across Little Gui's face.
She opened the renovation interface.
"Wall decorations? Get a set!"
"Bedside cabinets? Get a set!"
"Desk? Get a set!"
The originally pale walls now featured bookshelves and a photo wall, making the entire bedroom feel cozier.
A rug larger than the bed appeared beside it, adorned with a giant Pom-Pom plushie, throw pillows, and other little trinkets.
Bedroom renovation, complete!
"Mmm... not bad at all!"
"From now on, our bedroom will follow this renovation style!"
Just as Little Gui was admiring her handiwork, Shut Up suddenly and inopportunely appeared in the space.
It proactively greeted: "Good evening, dear Nameless. Congratulations on completing the bedroom construction. Seeing this room restored to life fills me with genuine joy."
"For a Nameless, a bedroom is like an energy core to an Intellitron. Stable shutdown and hibernation ensure smoother operation upon reboot."
At this point, it turned around.
"And a bedtime story is as crucial as holding down the standby key before shutdown."
The truth is revealed!
[Listen to a bedtime story.]
Stelle made her choice.
"Go ahead then. But please, no more of your lame jokes."
"Dear Nameless, you do jest. When have I ever told a lame joke?"
"There was an Intellitron office worker whose moods were always unpredictable. Over time, his colleagues discerned a pattern: if he was irritable, he must have charged with fire energy the night before; if he was calm, he must have charged with water energy."
"One day, he came to work treating everyone with great kindness. Question: What energy did he charge with?"
"Answer: Harmony energy. Do you understand? 'Harmony' is a homophone for 'nuclear,' which is quite amusing."
Stelle crossed her arms.
Indicating: [Let me tell you one too.]
"Oh, dear Nameless, I always knew you were a master of humor as well! I shall diligently store your wit in my corpus to be passed down through generations of Nameless."
Stelle began: "Once, there was a person who liked to cover their nose and mouth with the blanket while sleeping. Later, they never woke up."
Shut Up: "Question: How could such a tragedy occur?"
"Because they had no 'nose-mouth.'"
"Do you understand? 'Nose-mouth' is a homophone for 'shut up,' conveying a thought-provoking warning that is quite amusing~."
Shut Up knew when to quit.
"Very well. Please rest properly. I shall now take my leave."
...
"This part kills me!"
"Hahahaha..."
"Stellaron Spirit, you really get humor!"
"This robot is absolutely hilarious!"
"And to think I was so tense when I first met it, suspecting Otto might be hiding on our train... only to find out you're a total goofball!"
"Shut Up has single-handedly lowered the coolness factor of Otto, the Void Archives, and Luocha."
...
Little Gui smiled gently.
"The bedroom is built! No more sleeping in cardboard boxes! Huh? Why do I still feel a bit nostalgic for the texture of cardboard?"
"Alright then, let's continue building the other areas at this pace~"
Little Gui was now brimming with enthusiasm.
This storage room is no longer worthy of this bedroom area!
Just about to take action.
Suddenly noticed that the large bed in front seems interactive!
Click [Sleep].
A line of text popped up.
[A philosopher once said: One needs a whole day's wakefulness to have a whole night's peaceful sleep.]
[A poet once wrote: After the bedroom light goes out, sleep beautifully to the sound of rain.]
[These two sentences have nothing to do with what follows... Why am I telling you this?]
[Anyway, after a hard day's work, the greatest comfort is returning to your own room and sleeping soundly. No need to set an alarm, no need to worry about oversleeping, just fall asleep peacefully—ah, how blissful.]
[The warm, comfortable large bed before you tempts you like an obvious trap. Perhaps you should follow your heart and lie down for a good sleep.]
"Seriously, dude!"
"I'm just going to sleep, do you have to make it so poetic?"
Little Gui complained.
Choose [Lie down on the bed].
The view of the ceiling appeared.
Then.
Yu Ling's text narration came again...
[The soft mattress, the warm blanket. You rest your head on the cloud-like pillow, and drowsiness washes over you like a tide.]
[So, how long do you plan to sleep?]
Why do I feel my eyelids getting heavier as I read this?
Is this storyline hypnotic or something?
Little Gui rubbed her eyes.
Looked at the three options on the right.
[Sleep for a little while.]
[Sleep as long as I can.]
[I'm so tired! I'll sleep until the heat death of the universe!]
Her drowsy eyes
suddenly widened!
Definitely the third one!
[No problem. You will sleep until the heat death of the universe as you wish.]
"Goodnight, Astral Express."
After muttering to herself.
A summary line appeared, fresh and vivid, on the black screen.
[And so, you slept until the heat death of the universe, until even the Great Dao was worn away.]
?
You're serious?
Is it really that exaggerated?
Even the Great Dao was worn away!
That sounds like a description from a novel about battle scenes!
In it, supreme beings or great emperiors, when they fight, the scenes become extremely exaggerated.
Like fighting to the edge of the universe, until the Great Dao is worn away!
Who would've thought!
Today, I too have attained the Dao and become a supreme being!
The Sleep Demon Supreme!
Slept until the Great Dao was worn away!
[No one can wake someone pretending to sleep, and no one can wake a Trailblazer determined to keep sleeping.]
[Perhaps this is also a form of Trailblazing sleep duration.]
At this moment.
The bullet comments were also extremely lively!
...
"Huh?"
"She really slept until the heat death of the universe!"
"Sleeping forever!"
"Oh no, it's over now!"
"Damn, is this Stellaron creature the incarnation of the Sleep Demon? How can she sleep so much!"
"Great Dao: Didn't expect to get worn away again in a game."
"My Stellaron creature has the makings of a great emperor!"
"Nihility Aeon: Let me see what's going on here?"
"IX: You should take my position instead."
...
Little Gui licked her lips.
No wonder there was such a poetic passage before sleeping!
You can even turn sleeping into something like this!
It's hard not to suspect that you, Yu Ling, might have some connection with Aha!
However.
This wasn't the end.
Something even more outrageous came!
The curtain call appeared again.
"Wow!"
"This is another hidden ending!"
Little Gui focused her gaze!
Unlike previous curtain calls!
At this moment, the text displayed on the black screen read—
"Honkai: Sleepy Railway"!
6!
I'm done!
It's really this abstract...
Slept all the way to the grand finale!
[Starring: Trailblazer]
The cast list that followed was the same as when the hidden ending was triggered earlier.
March 7th's performer was still listed as "???"
[May this journey lead us to the stars]
[Now, let me sleep a little longer]
After the final subtitle ended.
One would have expected to reappear in the bedroom scene.
However.
What Little Gui saw,
was her own Jade Abacus desktop wallpaper!
"Where's my game?"
"Why did it crash on me!?"
At the same time.
At the viewing venue.
Many players were watching the story unfold while having auto-play enabled.
When faced with choices, they couldn't resist selecting [Too sleepy! I'll sleep until the heat death of the universe!]
Right now!
The venue erupted in an uproar!
"Holy crap! Where's my game?"
"My game is gone too!"
"Huh? Yours is gone too? Mine's gone as well! I thought it was just a crash!"
"Lao Yu, do you think you're being funny or something?"
"I was playing on cloud gaming! Do you know how long I have to wait in queue to get back in?"
"Other games try their best to keep players online all day, but you? You force us to quit!"
"Is that any way to run things?"
"Who told you to pick the suicidal options? You really can't choose randomly in this game. Kafka said: When you have the chance to make a choice, don't let yourself regret it."
"No choice, who could resist sleeping until the heat death of the universe, the great Dao fades away!"