Starry Sky Railway: Opening Performance - Taixu Sword God

“Bang!!”

The long, narrow Green Dragon Crescent Blade fell to the ground, and Yan stared blankly at the loli and robot in front of him.

Sighed:

"I was too hasty. I clearly left here in advance, but I still couldn't escape the arrangement of fate."

The traffic light robot suddenly turned around and scanned Yan Huan:

"Warning, warning, threat detected..."

"My life is over—!!"

"Protect Clara, activate active defense mode—"

Just as the robot stepped forward, the white-haired girl quickly stopped it:

"Perkins, no! Stop it!"

The girl looked at Yan Huan and said nervously:

"I've seen this person before. You...you're not a bad person, right?"

The robot named Perkins stopped moving:

"Instruction received, threat neutralized, active defense mode deactivated."

Clara looked at Yan Huan and said softly:

"This place is dangerous, big brother, you should go back quickly."

"go back?"

Yan slowly turned around and glanced at the Rift creatures lying on the ground behind him, barely alive.

"Do you want to protect endangered creatures from the Rift?"

He smiled evilly and said:

"Little sister, since you know it's dangerous here, you should run! There are only two paths here, one up and one down. If the Rift creatures block them, you won't be able to get out at all!"

Clara pursed her lips and explained:

"Clara's with Perkins, she'll be fine. I'll pack up these painkillers and then I'll be on my way."

"Perkins?" Yan murmured, looking at the traffic light robot.

"So that's how it is. It's an automaton with a shield that protects all beings from being equal. As expected of you! Hahahaha!"

At this moment, Seele and Bronya caught up from behind.

Seele spoke up:

"Wait, you just said you wanted to take the painkillers? No way, absolutely not."

Clara was taken aback, then looked at the three of them with a sudden realization:

"So, you've come here for these supplies too?"

She thought for a moment and nodded:

"That's true, there must be quite a few injured people on the mining team too, right? It would be great if everyone could just get along peacefully..."

Xier stood next to Yan Huan:

"Clara, this batch of medicine was left by Natasha. You can't just take it away like this."

Clara was somewhat surprised:

"Oh? These belong to Dr. Natasha? I'm so sorry... I... I didn't know. Could I have some?"

She murmured:

“Many homeless people were injured in the last incident, so I came to help them find some medicine.”

Upon hearing the word "wanderer," Seele immediately flew into a rage:

"Hmph? Wanderers? Aren't they supposed to be very powerful? Why do they need a little girl to come to a place like this to help them find medicine? Shameless!"

In Seele's mind, her opinion of the wanderer immediately dropped a few points.

Clara, seeing that Seele had misunderstood, quickly explained:

"No, that's not it. Clara wasn't asked to help... It's just that the homeless people live in very poor conditions, and there are no clinics in their settlements, so Clara wanted to come and help them."

"Besides, they're not all bad people... they all just want to live a good life."

Yan bent down, picked up the Guan Dao, and exclaimed in admiration:

"You're a really nice person! Luckily, the environment in Belleburg isn't as bad as the apocalypse, otherwise you would have suffered a lot!"

Bronya patted Seele on the shoulder and asked:

"Should we leave some painkillers for Clara?"

("Ah, the battery has been found.")

Seele stroked her chin thoughtfully for a moment, then said in a deep voice:

"Since Clara arrived here first, let's split it equally. The painkillers were originally ours, so we can't refuse them. This is the biggest concession we can make."

Clara covered her mouth in surprise:

"Ah, you're just... just giving me half? If you do that, what about Dr. Natasha..."

(The sound of chainsaws blared incessantly.)

Seele said in a deep voice:

“I know Nata, she won’t mind, although it will double our cleanup work… but we have two doctors, so it’s really not a big deal.”

Clara was overjoyed and thanked them repeatedly:

"That's wonderful, thank you so much, Sister Seele..."

The three of them had a very pleasant conversation, and nothing unpleasant happened.

After distributing the supplies, Seele couldn't help but ask:

What is your relationship with Schwarzkopf?

Clara said without any hesitation:

“Mr. Schwarzroth… he is Clara’s family. I met Mr. Schwarzroth when I was very young. He took me in and raised me, making me part of his family.”

She bowed her head and apologized:

"I'm truly sorry about what happened in the Great Mining Area... Mr. Schwarz doesn't trust any human beings other than Clara, especially the people of Earthfire."

Seeing Clara's friendly attitude, Seele suddenly felt that Swallow wasn't so bad after all.

"Then why did Schwarzlo attack us that day?"

“Mr. Schwarzlo did not mean to harm anyone; he simply believed in his calculations… He felt that dealing with people was always very inefficient.”

"Everyone in the Earth Fire faction wants to lead people away from the lower levels... but Mr. Schwarzlo wants everyone to stay here because, in his calculations, the surface is no longer safe."

Bronya, her thoughts racing, stepped forward and asked:

"Does that mean the lower levels are safe?"

With the Silvermane Iron Guards in the upper zone, it shouldn't become more difficult than the lower zone.

Clara replied:

"Yes, at least that's how Mr. Schwarzroth calculates it... Mr. Schwarzroth says his duty is to preserve, and for that, he must make decisions that preserve humanity."

Through their conversation with Clara, Seele and Bronya learned a great deal about Swallow.

Clara said goodbye to the two men and then left.

The wreckage she saw along the way startled her.

"Huh? What... how come there are so many corpses of rift creatures?"

A large number of monster fragments were scattered on the ground, most of them incomplete. They emitted a faint glow, and the edges turned into specks of light, gradually disappearing over time.

Pascal scanned the fragments on the ground and analyzed:

"Traces of killing by a high-risk creature have been detected and will be uploaded to the network immediately... Clara, we need to evacuate immediately..."

the other side.

Bronya and Seele stepped over the corpses of the Rift creatures and ascended the steps.

The two finally arrived at the orphanage at the top of the hill.

At this moment, Yan was riding on the back of an enormous rift creature, holding a huge hammer and shouting things like "Eighty! Eighty! Eighty—!!"

Seele looked around and murmured:

"I didn't expect it to be so well preserved."

She stood there with Bronya, gazing at the entire town of Rivet, and said wistfully:

"If we had united to fight the rift back then... maybe we wouldn't have had to abandon this place so quickly."

("Eighty...eighty...eighty!")

Bronya looked at the scenery around her and became increasingly silent.

("Roar—woohoo!!")

Seele turned around, looked in one direction, and said:

"There seems to be a lot of goods piled up over there. Let's go see if there's any alcohol that Natasha needs!"

"Bam—!!"

A fragment of a rift creature shot towards them. Bronya ducked to avoid it, muttering to herself as she looked at the cargo in front of her:

"These boxes have been here for years, haven't they? Are you sure there are still usable supplies inside?"

Seele touched the surface of the box:

"You don't actually think people in the lower districts care about expiration dates, do you? They're lucky if they can even use it."

The two of them sidestepped the incoming fragments of the rift creature and began to open the box.