Starry Sky Railway: Opening Performance - Taixu Sword God

The repeated etheric spirits did not continue to upgrade.

Just as the two were about to finish solving Jepard's remaining puzzles and head straight to the finish line...

A loud noise caught their attention.

"boom--!!"

The wall in front suddenly collapsed, and dust billowed up in an instant.

As the dust settled, a man who looked like a military officer stood bewildered amidst the pile of broken bricks.

"Huh?" Yan looked ahead:

"Dunn?"

"Um?!"

Upon hearing Yan Huan's voice, Dunn quickly turned around:

"Executives? Oh, so you were my neighbors!"

"Haha... I'm so sorry."

Dunn scratched his helmet awkwardly and said shyly, "I wasn't paying attention just now and I bumped into the wall."

"..."

Yan narrowed his eyes and silently examined the lance in his hand.

Although many walls in the Echoing Corridor are in disrepair, they are not so dilapidated that they would collapse with a slight bump.

Clearly, things are far more complicated than that.

Seeing even March 7th looking at him with suspicion, Dunn sighed helplessly and finally said with shame:

"Sorry... I thought this was also part of solving the mystery."

Dunn turned around, pointed to a pile of mechanical boxes behind him, and said awkwardly:

"I really didn't know what to do, so I thought... maybe there's a mechanism in the wall too?"

"So, I poked it..."

"..."

Under the silent gazes of the two men, Dunn bent down dejectedly. With no wall obstructing his view, he could now push the box from this angle.

As the snow-illuminating furnace ahead was activated, Dunn laughed awkwardly:

"Sorry... I'm moving on."

Yan Huan and March 7 exchanged a glance and walked towards the broken wall without prior arrangement, thus rejoining Dunn's route.

And the other side.

Jepard, clutching a thermal core, arrived at the end of the road.

Seeing the brightly lit furnace and the open iron gate ahead, Jepard was stunned:

"Huh? Why is it already open?"

Originally, the final solution to this puzzle was supposed to be for the contestants to insert a thermal core into the snow lamp furnace inside and then move the furnace.

The iron gate will only be activated after the light shines on another snow-illuminating furnace outside the gate.

But Jepard hasn't even started yet, so how did the door open?

"Could it be that the executives and their team opened it?"

Jepard pondered.

"That's unlikely, after all, they themselves said they haven't touched it... The executive officer wouldn't try to amuse me with something like this."

Just then, enthusiastic applause suddenly erupted from ahead.

"Slap, slap, slap—!!"

"Ok?"

Sensing something was amiss, Jepard narrowed his eyes, gripped his weapon, and looked ahead warily.

A handsome blue-haired man walked out from behind the door in a very flamboyant manner. After flipping his hair, he closed his eyes and struck a cool pose, saying:

"Brother, I didn't expect... that you would take so long to solve even such a basic puzzle. I'm really disappointed!"

“You…” Jepard was somewhat surprised.

Sambo continued speaking to himself:

"Hehe... No need for further words, let me end your gaming career right here."

"As for the stakes... they're all the Overlord-level Ether Spirits you possess. You're not going to chicken out, are you?"

"Ha ha ha ha……!"

"Taking things from me, Sambo, comes at a price. It's not that retribution won't come, it's just that the time hasn't arrived yet."

"Those Ethereum coins were painstakingly stolen from tourists. Such blatant swindling of my hard-earned money—heaven is watching..."

"You wouldn't be so desperate as to resort to violence to defeat me, would you? You'd look down on me if you did!"

"..."

As expected, Yan Huan's complaints did not come, but Sang Bo heard another familiar voice.

"Sambo...? You finally admit to stealing the tourists' belongings!"

"Huh?!" Hearing that the voice was off, Sangbo quickly opened his eyes.

Standing before him was a man in armor, who was even gripping a weapon tightly.

"Jay, Japard!" Sambo's eyes widened in terror as he pointed at the person in front of him:

"How could it be you? I made sure to check the tracks for each team beforehand, how could I be wrong?!"

"I get it... Big Brother must have cheated! He used that teleportation to leave, but left you here!"

"Yes, that's right... that must be it."

Thinking of this, Sangbo was somewhat surprised.

"I never imagined that my older brother would become such a boring person."

"Stop talking to yourself." Jepard approached step by step:

"The executive officer simply switched paths with me and never used any abilities; he's a competent player."

"But what are you doing here?"

Jepard squinted and noticed that Sambo was holding an Ether coin in his hand.

"What is that etheric spirit?"

"what?!"

Sambo snapped out of his daze and quickly tried to explain:

"I... I'm here to compete, isn't it normal to bring an Ether Coin?!"

"Participate...?" Jepard asked seriously.

"Then what are you doing blocking this place? Besides... you're back on Belloberg's wanted list now. According to the rules here, if a wanted criminal participates in a competition, it should be reported to the Silvermane Iron Guard immediately!"

The Victory Park has been leased to the Sports Association, so the staff stationed there are not locals from Belleburg.

Besides the two selected champion candidates, Silva and Pera.

Jepard found it strange that he had given the arrest warrant to Mr. Giovanni to review beforehand, and the latter should have also given it to these staff members.

But why was Sambo still able to participate, and even blocked the finish line near the executive officer's finish line?

“I understand…” Jepard raised his head and said seriously:

“You must be up to something again. You never dared to target the executive in the past, but today everyone is a contestant, so you’re betting that he will use Ether Spirit to fight you.”

"Thinking about it this way, you must have some etheric spirit in your possession that makes you feel certain of victory."

Seeing that his idea had been exposed, Sambo took a step and ran away.

"Damn, what kind of executive are you? You should become a detective!"

"Stop running! Stop right there!"

Jepard wouldn't be so bored as to use an aether to fight Sambo, a wanted criminal, but would instead seriously pursue him directly.

And the other side.

……

Yan Huan and March 7th have moved from the east side of the Echo Corridor track to the north side.

"..."

When Seele saw the two people outside the side iron gate who were asking her to open it, she was completely stunned:

"Huh? Why are you guys wandering so far away...!"

"Stock up on materials for the next stage in advance," the two said in unison.

Xi'er: "..."

Chapter 406 is out of bounds, way too much!

It's getting late.

When Yan Huan and I reached the finish line on March 7th, the sky was already somewhat dark.

Seeing that the two had only just arrived, Hilva was somewhat surprised: "Oh dear, why are you two only arriving now? Is the riddle really that difficult?"

"We went to grind for experience points," March 7th replied.

"Seriously...it's really just us?"

"Hmm." Pera nodded slightly.