MyGO has been re-femaleized in the second playthrough!

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"They seem to be over 40 years old?" Ai Yin pondered, "That seems to be the case."

"Indeed," the lamp murmured in agreement.

They might be 50 years old, but the music they played was still full of vitality. Among those listening to their performance were several who bore a resemblance to them; they were probably their children.

After the performance, they revealed their band name, and after a quick search, it turned out to be a fairly well-known band.

They don't primarily engage in commercial activities; it seems they're just forming a group for fun, and yet they've been together for nearly 30 years.

"They've been together for almost 30 years!?" Aine exclaimed in surprise.

The "30 Years" lamp also stared wide-eyed.

Moreover, the band members have neither left nor changed.

Li Xi said, "There are quite a few bands in the world that have been around for a long time and are still active today, right? But it is indeed surprising that there have been no departures or rejoins and that the members have changed."

Su Shi touched his fingers thoughtfully. Bands that have been together for 20 or 30 years do exist, but in reality, it is normal for bands to disband and members to separate.

It could be a conflict of musical ideas, being bogged down in daily life, or even illness—there are all sorts of reasons.

It is extremely difficult to persevere.

"I can't imagine it," Aine exclaimed.

“I can do it,” Lena suddenly said.

"doing what?"

Lena said earnestly, "We can do it too, for 30 years, 100 years, or even 90 years. We won't lose."

Hearing her so firm, Su Shi couldn't help but smile: "We don't doubt that, but 30 years sounds like just a number, it's actually much longer than we imagine."

“Yes, after 30 years, my skin must have gotten worse and I need more skincare products.” Ai Yin touched her face.

Is that what they care about? Li Xi and Su Shi's expressions seemed to say that.

But all one can imagine are these trivial details.

Let alone 30 years, we don't even know what will happen tomorrow.

The future is such an elusive and uncertain existence, but Deng Xin thought that in this ever-changing river of time, there must also be things that remain unchanged forever.

"Tomorin, what would you like to drink?"

Coming to my senses, I found myself at the riverbank.

"Barley tea is fine."

"OK~"

I took the barley tea that was handed to me, twisted off the cap, and drank it. The not-too-sweet taste filled my mouth.

“There are quite a few pebbles by the river,” Su Shi said.

The water flowed slowly, and there were many stones on the ground by the river.

"Should we pick it up?" Su Shi asked.

“Anyway, there’s nothing else to do…” Lixi said.

Ai Yin touched her chin, then her eyes suddenly lit up.

Hey! She has a great idea: "Let's play rock-building!"

Su Shi asked, "A pile of stones?"

“Yes, yes, in the video I saw before, people were using stones to build all sorts of things. I think it was called stone stacking art? We could totally give it a try,” Ai Yin said with a smile.

Stacking stones is considered art? The scope of art is indeed very broad.

There was no reason to refuse, since they still hadn't decided what to do to spend their day off anyway, so they might as well just do whatever came to mind.

Pick up stones and stack them together—it sounds easy, but it's actually the complete opposite.

The size, weight, and shape of a stone can all affect the center of gravity, and it can easily collapse if one is not careful. It is full of uncertainty, and those who lack experience cannot judge whether the stone in their hands is suitable.

Will we be able to tell whether the stone in our hand is suitable 30 years from now?

do not know.

"if--"

It would be great if we could ask about ourselves 30 years from now.

The lamp picked up a stone and carefully placed it on top of Ai-yin's stone.

Then came Riki's stone, Su Shi's stone, and finally Le Nai's stone.

I don't know why, but Lena insisted on being the one at the very top.

Perhaps they wanted to show that they had the entire MyGO ecosystem under their control.

"It seems like this time it'll work?" Ai Yin asked.

"Don't say things like that at a time like this, it will..." Li Xi hurriedly said.

Before he finished speaking, the pile of stones inexplicably collapsed.

It was probably made of wind.

Ai Yin awkwardly scratched her head, and Su Shi said helplessly, "Ai Yin really has a jinx."

"No, no, no, it must be the wind blowing, I can't control the weather." Aine picked up the stone again.

If it falls over, just pile it up again.

Although it seemed strange that four high school girls and a middle school girl were squatting by the river just to pile up stones, nobody cared about it.

The lamp picked up a square stone.

"If only I could ask," she said softly.

"What do you want to ask?" Ai Yin asked curiously.

"Us 30 years from now"

But even if you ask, you can't get an answer in that instant.

Every tomorrow is uncertain, even 30 years from now. No matter what, they cannot know what tomorrow will be like.

We cannot see what the future will look like.

"Shall we make a time capsule?" Ai Yin suggested.

"So you're saying to seal what you're saying now in a box, and then open it later?" Li Xi said.

"Yes."

The lamp shook its head: "Even if we asked, we wouldn't get an answer now. Thirty years from now, we might want to ask our sixty-year-from-future selves, but..."

Unable to ask, yet there are words I want to convey.

The light shines on the four members of the band.

Everyone is here, and everyone will always be here.

This is the only certainty amidst countless uncertainties: no matter how unpredictable tomorrow may be, they will still gather together as always.

Playing music, drinking tea, watching bad movies, taking walks—these are the worlds and stories they've created, anchors existing in the river of time. Their paths won't diverge; instead, they'll continue moving forward.

"I am very happy now," the lamp said softly.

Ai-yin smiled and said, "Me too!"

Su Shi let out a breath: "That was really sudden, but so was I."

"Me too," Li Xi said embarrassedly.

“Yes,” Lena said, uttering one of the English words she had ever learned in her life.

Everyone is the same.

"I want to tell our future selves that we are happy now, and not only that, we will continue to be so; we will go even further..."

But this voice will have to travel through countless years to reach that day.

It is information that has not yet been conveyed.

"—The Unfinished Letter"

"This is our new song."

Lixi perked up: "Great name! Now that we've got inspiration for the lyrics, let's go back now."

Ai-yin was almost in tears. Was she really going back already? She hadn't had enough fun yet!

"I want to finish piling up the stones first," the lamp whispered.

Ai Yin smiled broadly.

"Tomorin, love!"

Su Shi smiled and said, "Don't be in such a hurry, I don't plan to go back so soon either."

“Riki, you can’t rush things,” Lena said.

"Whatever, you guys." Li Xi sighed.

After piling the stones up again and again, and repeating the process several times, they finally managed to stack them into a strange shape—but to call it strange was really just a matter of piling the stones together.

It's crooked and twisted.

Surprisingly, it's very stable.

Ai Yin picked up her phone and took several photos around it: "This is art! Maybe we're born artists!"

“It’s just a pile of stones, what’s so artistic about it…” Lixi said.

"Are we going back next?" Su Shi asked.

Ai Yin nodded: "Okay, let's go back and work on the new song. But I heard that after you finish building a pile of stones, you have to knock it down and restore it to its original state before you leave."

“After all, it’s a public place.” Su Shi didn’t find it strange.

“Yes, let’s restore it,” Deng agreed.

Anyway, we can always pile them up again.

"That--"

Just as Aine was about to ask who was coming, Rakuna had already made her move.

She raised her hand and slapped the pile of stones down!

Just like a cat casually snapping a picture of something.

"Such fast hands!" Ai Yin exclaimed in surprise.

"It felt great." Lena smiled contentedly.

"...Sigh." Li Xi sighed.

Su Shi gave a bitter smile, and the lamp blinked.

“Then let’s go back!” Aine said.

For the next performance!

PS: The next chapter is the final chapter.

Backstage preparations are underway indoors.

"How about it? Isn't the new costume great? I designed it after referring to many different styles." Aine patted her chest proudly.

Su Shi nodded: "It's very good."

The main issue is that not much skin will be exposed, which is normal considering the current weather. They don't want to play while shivering; even the best band would perform poorly because of that.

Lixi was wearing headphones and seemed not to hear.

Aine bent down and poked her cheek: "rikki~"

Li Xi blushed and took off her headphones: "What are you doing?"

"Praise my design! I put a lot of effort into designing this costume," Aine said coquettishly.