Give Star Iron a little MC shock

Dan Heng looked around in surprise, then apologized with some self-reproach, "I'm sorry, I was busy notifying you that the Silver Mane Iron Guard was coming, and I didn't pay attention for a moment. I didn't expect him to slip away at this time."

Xing He also opened the mini-map and searched through thousands of names for Sangbo, but unfortunately he couldn't find him.

"Let's ignore him for now. Anyway, we've already got a clue about the Star Core. Let's just kill our way through and get to Yalilo quickly. Even if he's trying to pull some tricks behind our backs, it'll be too late."

"Ah."

With Bronya leading the way, Xing He and his group left the city very smoothly. The guards at the city gate, seeing that Bronya was going to support the front line, let them pass without even asking any questions.

"Hopefully, with Lady Bronya's support, Commander Jepard and the others will have an easier time."

One of the Silvermane Iron Guards watched Bronya and the other hundred or so people depart into the distance and couldn't help but sigh.

"Yeah yeah."

His fellow guard couldn't help but chime in with a comment.

Just as the two were closing the city gate, it seemed to be held in place by some solid object, and the last gap just wouldn't close.

"what happened?"

A Silvermane Iron Guard peeked out of the control room and saw a nearly four-meter-tall iron giant gently raise his arms, and the city gate, which was tens of meters high and weighed tens of tons, was lifted into the air.

The city gate crashed down, creating a crater in the ground, and the loud noise continued to echo at the city gate.

The Silvermane Iron Guard gaped in astonishment: "What...what is this?!"

"Help! Enemy attack!"

As the warning whistle blew, a dozen Silvermane Iron Guards rushed out with their weapons raised, surrounding the nearly four-meter-tall iron giant.

One of the Silvermane Iron Guards glanced at Iron Man's arms, which were longer than he was, and couldn't help but swallow hard: "Halt! You are suspected of damaging Beloborg's defenses. Surrender now!"

(Due to the use of highly censored words, I will refer to him as "Iron Brother" from now on. Sorry.)

Tie Ge ignored these people completely, and simply strode forward with heavy steps, determined to follow the direction Xing He and the others had left in.

"Damn it, stop!"

One of the Silver Mane Iron Guards mustered his courage and charged forward. Just as his spear was about to pierce Iron Brother's body, Iron Brother raised his hand, and the Silver Mane Iron Guard screamed and flew into the air.

When he landed again, his armor was completely caved in, and he had multiple fractures all over his body.

After knocking away the Silver Mane Iron Guard blocking his way, Brother Tie ignored them and continued walking forward.

"Damn it, this guy is beyond our capabilities, report it!"

Despite feeling helpless, the Silver Mane Iron Guards saw that Brother Tie was about to leave the city, so they did not continue the pursuit.

Their mission is to protect Beloborg. Since this terrifying iron behemoth wants to go deep into the snowfield, let it go. Even if it reaches the front line, Commander Jepard is there, and it can't cause any trouble.

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"Is this the front-line base?"

Xing He raised an eyebrow as he looked at the city walls that were even taller than those of Beloborg.

Bronya and the Silvermane Guards who came to her aid were all soldiers, so a forced march was nothing to them.

Xing He and Dan Heng were in much better physical condition than them; only Xiluwa and March 7th felt tired after the forced march.

Sylva, panting, forced a smile as she introduced the frontline base in front of Xing He.

“A long time ago, this place was actually the outer city of Beloborg. However, due to the Rift and the cold wave, people were forced to retreat into the inner city. This place eventually became the front-line base for the Silvermane Iron Guards to resist the Rift creatures.”

No sooner had Xing He and his group arrived at the front-line base than someone came out from inside.

"Lady Bronya."

Leading the group was a tall, blond man who approached with two Silvermane Iron Guards. He respectfully bowed to Bronya with his hand on his chest, then looked at Sylva in the group with some surprise.

"Sister? What brings you here too?"

Hiluva smiled and waved at him: "Isn't this to help you send the fortress over? Besides, you look like you really need some help."

Bronya asked urgently, "Jepard, what's the situation at the front?"

Jepard's expression turned somewhat unpleasant at the mention of this.

"It's not good. To be honest, I don't know if the rest of my brothers can make it through the night without your support, Lady Bronya."

Bronya's expression grew increasingly grim: "Are those strange monsters really that strong?"

Jepard nodded: "Leaving aside the green, slow-moving, fearless humanoid monster, there is another skeleton monster covered in tattered rags. It is the most difficult to deal with. Its arrows are not only very accurate, but also seem to be inexhaustible."

"Even though we discovered a few days ago that those monsters would fight each other and clash with the Rift creatures, most of them still attack us. Every time we want those monsters to fight each other, we need a Silvermane Iron Guard to rush in as bait, and the person who acts as bait..."

Jepard didn't finish his sentence, but everyone knew what would happen to those who acted as bait.

"And the trouble is that the bridge mechanism outside the city wall was destroyed by an explosion from some kind of creature, making it impossible to disconnect the bridge. Those creatures can then directly attack our city gate."

The series of bad news made the atmosphere at the scene somewhat heavy.

The moment the damaged bridge mechanism was mentioned, Bronya immediately thought of Xing He.

Since he can repair an alarm clock so quickly, he should be more efficient than other craftsmen when it comes to large-scale facilities like bridge mechanisms.

Bronya suddenly turned her head to look at Xing He.

When Xing He saw her looking over, he knew without a doubt that trouble was on its way again.

"Sir, could you please help repair the bridge mechanism? We will pay you accordingly."

"My fees are very high; they have to be at least emeralds and diamonds."

"Is this all you need?"

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Chapter 51 Bronya's Generous Spending

Bronya didn't notice the confused expression on Xing He's face. Instead, she was seriously pinching her chin and muttering to herself.

“Diamonds and emeralds are cheap in the Belleburg market. We need you to repair this large piece of equipment, a huge project that will cost about ten times the salary of an ordinary repairman. So, as payment, how about I pay you one hundred diamonds and one hundred emeralds?”

As soon as Bronya looked up, she saw Xing He suddenly 'flash' in front of her, solemnly grasping Bronya's hands.

"I will definitely live up to your expectations. Even if this bridge can't be repaired, I'll build you a new one!"

One hundred diamonds plus one hundred emeralds—this is enough to make Xing He risk his life repeatedly to complete the commission!

On March 7th, staring at the two's tightly clasped hands, she finally couldn't help but step forward and separate their hands, then put her hands on her hips and glared at Xing He with annoyance.

"But you don't have to hold it all the time!"

"This is my heartfelt respect for Lady Bronya!"

As Xing He spoke, he immediately slapped a trash can next to him, then crawled inside in front of everyone, and immediately crawled out again.

Bronya was a little confused and couldn't help but ask Hilva, "Hilva, what is your helper doing?"

Hiluva herself was a little confused, but she still managed to explain, "It's just one of his little hobbies, don't worry about it."

Just as Xing He was about to rush out to repair the damaged bridge mechanism, Dan Heng quickly stopped him and said to Bronya, "This is a huge project. We need to discuss how to carry out the repairs."

Bronya nodded: "Of course, please do as you wish. The Silvermane Guards will provide you with all the necessary support."

"Thank you."

After thanking Bronya, Danheng pulled Xing He and the other two to a corner. Seeing this, Shiluwa also made up an excuse to join them.

After reaching a secluded corner, Dan Heng earnestly instructed Xing He, "Don't let profit cloud your judgment. Our goal has always been to leave this frontline base and search for the star core."

"Of course I know that."

Diamonds and emeralds were important, but Xing He never forgot their ultimate goal.

Xing He turned to look at Xiluwa, then addressed the group: "The problem is, if we just disappear like this, won't they notice Xiluwa? We can take the Star Train and leave without a care, but Xiluwa can't."

"Therefore, the best thing for us to do is to disappear on our way back to Belloberg after we've finished our maintenance work."

The others all agreed with Xing He's statement.

"Is there anything you need us to do?"

"When I'm repairing the bridge's mechanisms, you can just stand next to me and pretend to be there."

With the next steps finalized, the remaining task is to figure out how to implement them.

Xing He and a few others approached Bronya, explaining that they needed to go outside the city walls to carry out repair work immediately.

"now?"

Bronya climbed to the top of the city wall, glanced at the rift creatures still wandering outside, and was somewhat worried about the safety of Xing He and the others.

"No problem, but at least let me send the Silvermane Iron Guards out to clear out the mobs to ensure everyone's safety."

Xing He shook his head: "By the time we finish clearing them out, it will be dark. There will probably be even more monsters appearing then, and we won't be able to kill them all. We also have some means of self-defense, so there's no need to worry."

"OK then."

Since Xing He had said so, Bronya had no choice but to open the city gates.

Xing He and his three companions walked out of the city gate, while Hilva chose to stay inside. She not only had to stay behind to repair Jepard's fortifications, but also to cover for the others, ensuring that Bronya wouldn't suspect anything before they actually slipped away.

After leaving the city wall, Xing He and San Yueqi went down to the bottom of the bridge, where the machinery that needed repairs was located.

Danheng and Xier were left up there. They needed to help fend off the rift creatures around them while also looking around the city walls for a suitable place to sneak away.

As for March 7th, she was cast as Xing He's assistant, whose main job was to occasionally take out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat since he wasn't sweating.

Xing He professionally opened the toolbox he had borrowed from Xiluwa, took out a wrench, and examined the mechanism in front of him. In reality, he was opening the system's achievement interface.

When he came down, he found that the mechanism in front of him had the same problem as the alarm clock before; adding some redstone circuits would solve it.

But if I could just go up there and fix it in a flash, that would be a bit too fast.

Bronya paid with a hundred diamonds and a hundred emeralds! She should at least feel like she got her money's worth, right?

If I'm too quick, it might make her think I'm lying to her, which wouldn't be good.

March 7th pulled a handkerchief from her pocket and, under the pretense of wiping her sweat, leaned close to Xing He's ear: "Do you really have to be daydreaming here?"

Xing He turned his gaze away from the achievements screen and said calmly, "Otherwise, what else can I do here? This mechanism isn't a big problem; it can be solved with some redstone. I need to buy Dan Heng and the others time to observe the surrounding terrain, right?"