Kevin, but he is a male mother in Xingtie with little Ai Li

"No...I have to get to Chief Oleg as soon as possible."

In this situation, the conflict could escalate at any moment. Xier didn't even have time to explain anything to Kevin. She directly activated her ability to jump onto the high steel frame and completely disappeared from their sight in just a few seconds.

"Xi...Miss Xi'er, when did she become so powerful?!"

Seeing this fantastic scene happening in front of him, the member of the Earth Fire was almost stunned. In his impression, even robots would need special modified models to do this kind of thing. How could humans jump onto a steel frame seven or eight meters high in one go?

Did he get up too fast today? Should he sleep a little longer?

After a while, he remembered that Xi'er seemed to have brought someone with her. But when he turned around, the other person's answer and performance made him feel even more devastated.

"Don't worry, I will take good care of her."

"what??"

While this member of the Underworld Fire Group was still shocked by this unusual statement, Kevin had already started walking towards another road leading to the inside of the mine - hundreds of miners and their families were still blocked outside by the defense line set up by the vagrants, with no room for any passage at all.

But just when he was still wondering what Kevin was going to do, in the blink of an eye, the person who was walking in front of him disappeared completely.

Miss Xier managed to jump away after all, but, this... ?

"I, what the hell is wrong with me today?!"

Almost in the next moment, Kevin, who had just disappeared in front of the Underground Fire member, was already standing on a rock wall somewhere deep in the mine, silently looking at the two groups of people with weapons confronting each other at the bottom of the mine.

From the marks on the arms, it is easy to tell which side is the earth and fire. However, it turns out that no matter what time it is, humans love to fight among themselves and this point cannot be changed at all.

At the beginning of the Fire Moth, didn't those guys targeting Mei use every possible means?

Although these black sheep have always been only a small minority, they are indeed disgusting enough to make people feel disgusted.

After a little distraction, Kevin quickly turned his attention back to the two groups of people below. It would probably not take long for Xier to find this place. He actually wanted to see what decision the child would make in this situation.

But just as he lowered his head, Kevin suddenly discovered that a little girl in red had climbed up the rock wall below him, and was also quietly looking at the crowd below.

But this child...why isn't she wearing shoes?

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There are pictures here, which can be viewed after the updated version

There are pictures here, which can be viewed after the updated version

Chapter 27: Cut, the slop is the slop

As we all know, the reason why those homeless wanderers were able to settle down in the mining area and the core area was mainly because they were blessed by a robot named "Svarro" and the mechanical settlement under his command.

Even those who have lived in the Lower Area for most of their lives and even the Earth Fire are not clear about Swarovski's true origins. They only know that he seems to have existed since the Lower Area was first developed, and has been carrying the mission of guarding the core area until today.

The most realistic situation is that even most of the wanderers in the settlement have never seen the ancient robot named Swarovski. The one who actually took them in and helped them is actually a white-haired girl named Clara who looks only eleven or twelve years old.

From leading a group of robots to help them build the camp, to commanding the robots to maintain the security of the camp, this little girl has always been doing it herself.

Whenever someone asked about her relationship with the Swaro boss, Clara would always shyly but firmly reply that they were a close family.

Although everyone knew that motor oil and blood did not mix, no one could fail to be grateful to the little girl who helped them build a new home. She really wanted everyone in the lower district to unite like a family and live a better life.

Just like at this moment, when she learned that a large-scale conflict had broken out in the mining area and many people were injured, she didn't even care about her own safety and other things, and rushed to the scene without stopping.

"What should I do? I was in such a hurry on the way here that I accidentally lost Perkins... But if I go back first, what if there is a conflict among us, many people will definitely get hurt..."

The girl hiding behind the rock gently placed her palm on her chest and looked at the crowd below with worry in her eyes. Compared to her own safety, she seemed to be more worried about others.

In fact, Clara didn't even recognize most of the people below, let alone those thugs. She was not even completely familiar with the members of the other side, the Earth Fire.

In order to take care of Clara's own comfort, Swarovski usually arranges a robot named Perkins to follow her. Not only can it handle many dangers, but even if it encounters troubles that cannot be solved, Perkins can notify him at any time through the Internet.

But this time, because she was too anxious, Clara didn't even realize when Perkins lost sight of her.

"Mr. Swarovski must be very worried now, but, but..."

After just a few moments of thinking, Clara already remembered that tears were welling up in her eyes and she was almost about to cry.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, something unexpected happened below. Just as the two groups of people were getting closer and closer and were about to clash directly, Xier, who had left a little earlier than Kevin, finally arrived at the scene.

"Don't think you are great just because you called yourself the Earth Fire. Aren't we all refugees from the lower class? It's none of your business to interfere in our affairs. If you block us from making money, you are asking for our lives. Brothers, grab your weapons......!"

After listening to Dihuo's dissuasion, the leader of these hooligans not only did not repent, but became more and more excited. Just when he finally mustered up the courage to raise his homemade weapon and was about to rush forward, a purple stream of light suddenly flashed in front of him.

Click————!

The strong sense of crisis in his mind made him stand there in a daze, not daring to move, and the next second, the hard weapon made of special steel suddenly broke into two pieces.

goo-dong-

The gangster boss subconsciously swallowed his saliva and took a half step back, looking at the girl in horror who appeared in front of him in the blink of an eye.

"If you dare to move again, next time it won't be this piece of scrap metal that falls to the ground, but your head!"

As she said this, Xier swung the sickle in her hand down fiercely, splitting the weapon on the ground into two pieces again, as if to prove that what she said was not a joke.

Well, even if she didn't really make the scene so bloody, she would definitely not show mercy to these scoundrels who had caused such a big trouble. Even if she couldn't kill them, it would be no problem to beat them so hard that they couldn't get out of bed for a month or two, right?

"you you you you......"

The gangster leader obviously hadn't recovered from the shock just now. He kept pointing his finger at Xier but couldn't utter a complete sentence.

"What do you mean by 'you'? Don't you see how much trouble you damn bastards have caused to the mining area? If we weren't all watching, I would have smashed all your front teeth with one punch!"

Compared to Oleg, the leader who was born in the Iron Guard and always followed the rules, Xier was obviously many times more aggressive. She was not good at reasoning, but she was the best at fighting and swearing.

"What a joke, he's just a little brat... Guys! If we don't get this money, the best outcome for us and our families is to starve to death on the streets of the lower class. Let's fight them and let Dihuo know how powerful we are!!"

After experiencing the initial fear, his already despicable temper and cruel reality soon prompted him to become more courageous and he rushed forward waving the half-broken iron rod in his hand.

The ending was not unexpected. Xier kicked him several meters away, and he curled up on the ground and couldn't even get up. But this not only did not suppress the fight, but made the remaining people even crazier.

"Go ahead, she's alone, no matter how powerful she is, how strong can she be!!!"

Hundreds of thugs rushed over with their weapons raised. But just before the battle broke out, Oleg put his hand on Xier's shoulder and shook his head gently: "Xier, hey... remember, don't hit too hard."

"Got it, Uncle Oleg!"

From the very beginning, Xier never thought that the problem could be solved peacefully. She knew the characters of these thugs better than anyone else. They would never stop unless they were beaten hard enough to make them feel pain.

Originally, this should have been a lose-lose melee, but with Xier standing on the side of Dihuo, how could any accidents happen?

Groups of thugs kept rushing forward with weapons in hand, but before they could even start fighting, Xier would knock them all down with just a few mediocre skills.

Maybe before, if a dozen thugs came together, Xier would inevitably get hurt. But since she received the mark and went through Kevin's special training, isn't it a bit too disrespectful for these thugs to still want to get close to her?

After about ten seconds, the members of the Dihuo who were originally still as if they were facing a great enemy had all put down their weapons and stared blankly ahead. Because all the guys who rushed over would be knocked down by Xier in one move. And after less than half a minute, there were no more than ten guys who could still stand on the ground.

boom--!

"Why, is there anyone else who wants to fight?"

After swinging the sickle in the air, he slammed it into the ground. No one on the field dared to look Xier in the eyes anymore.

"Tsk, sloppy joes are sloppy joes."

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Chapter 28 Leaving Clara!!!

"Wow... Sister Xier, you are amazing."

Clara, who was lying on the rock wall, naturally watched the entire battle. Stars almost popped out of her eyes: "She solved the problem so easily by herself. I wish Clara was as good as her. Then she could help everyone more."

There is actually no substantial benefit for Clara to constantly help others, and no one has ever taught her to do so... This child is just kind-hearted.

"Oh, no, no. Now that it's over, I have to go back quickly. Mr. Swarlow must be very anxious now."

From Swarlow's perspective, from the moment Clara and Perkins separated, the person was completely missing, and there was no such bullshit rule as having to wait 24 hours.

Clara clearly remembered that when she was a child, she accidentally got separated from Perkins in the mine because of playing, and Mr. Swarlow almost blew up the entire mountain.

After realizing that the situation was not good, Clara immediately started to climb down again. However, it was easy to climb up such a steep rock wall, but it was easy to get into an accident when going down.

The tender little white feet had just found a suitable foothold on the cliff, but the stone she was holding suddenly broke because it could not bear the weight, so that Clara's whole body lost its center of gravity in mid-air.

"Ah ah--!"

The girl's panicked cries instantly spread throughout the entire mine. The people from the Earth Fire Team who were cleaning up the mess below naturally noticed this, but they could only watch this lovely girl fall from a great height. Even if Xier wanted to rush forward to rescue her from that distance, it was too late.

The sudden crisis left the girl with no time to react. She could only scream loudly and close her eyes tightly in mid-air, praying that Mr. Swarovski would be able to save her in the next moment.

But she herself knew that was completely impossible. Mr. Swarovski might not even know that she was here, so how could he suddenly appear out of nowhere?

It was all her fault for being too anxious, and ended up getting lost with Perkins. If she had just fallen straight down like that, she would have been turned into a pulp... Mr. Swarlow and everyone else would have been very sad...

“…Huh?”

Clara had almost completely imagined how everyone would behave after her death, but it was not until then that she realized that she seemed to have just escaped from the continuous falling process and fell into a solid but warm embrace.

Is this... Mr. Swarlow?

No, no, that's not how Mr. Swarlow's arms feel.

Feeling surprised and nervous, Clara clasped her hands and squinted her eyes, but what she finally saw was a completely unfamiliar face.

However, although this gentleman looked cold, he was very handsome. She could feel that he must have a gentle heart and was definitely not a bad person.

"Thank you for saving me, sir..."

Perhaps because she had just been extremely frightened, Clara's voice at this moment still sounded very soft. Anyone who heard it would involuntarily feel their heart soften.

But this approach seemed to have no effect on Kevin. Even in the face of such a cute and weak girl, he still replied in a cold tone: "Since you know you are in trouble, don't run out alone next time. What problem can you solve by yourself?"

With his harsh tone and cold expression, Kevin could easily scare a lot of children to tears. If it weren't for the timely support from the other side, Clara might have become one of them.

"Since you've already rescued her, why did you deliberately say such harsh words, just to scare the little girl to tears?" Even though she was a little slow, Xier still arrived in time.

"It's okay, Sister Xier. This gentleman just doesn't want Clara to take risks again in the future. Clara can feel that he is actually a very gentle person. He feels...he feels like Mr. Swarovski, with a sharp tongue but a soft heart."

Although the kid was speaking for him, in Kevin's opinion, it would be better if he didn't say anything.

"..."

"Can you get off me now?"

"!!!"

"Sorry...sorry!"

Clara almost forgot that she was still in Kevin's arms. Her fair cheeks turned red in an instant. She quickly jumped down, lowered her head, grabbed the corner of her clothes, and stood there at a loss.

"Phew, this really scared an old man like me. I thought this lovely girl was really going to have an accident."

It happened that at this moment, the Dihuo group who had fallen behind also caught up, and the one walking in the front was naturally the leader of the Dihuo group.

"Didn't you say before that you wanted to meet the leader of the Earth Fire? Here, this is him." Xier tilted her head and motioned Kevin to look at Oleg beside her.

"Hey, it's not that great. It's just that everyone wants to do their part to protect their homeland, and I just happened to be pushed into this position."

Noticing Kevin looking towards him, Oleg quickly waved his hands. He had just seen this person's ability with his own eyes. He jumped down from such a high rock wall in a few steps and was able to catch someone. How could he be an ordinary character?

"No, you deserve my respect."

Anyone who is willing to step up and lead others in times of crisis is great no matter what.

"Oh, you can just say this in private. It's embarrassing to say it in front of so many people."

"Who said that, Chief Oleg, you certainly deserve the respect of all of us."

"That's right, if anyone dares to object, I'll be the first to disagree!"

Judging from the excited expressions of the other members, this Earth Fire Leader is indeed conscientious, otherwise it would be difficult for him to be loved by so many people.

Click, click, click————!

Suddenly at this moment, a series of steel collision sounds were heard in the distance. When everyone looked in the direction of the sound, they saw a large group of robots and a tall and mighty humanoid machine standing in the front.

The other party's scarlet eye instantly locked onto Clara in the corner, and then Kevin who was standing next to the girl.

"An extremely abnormal energy source has been discovered. Attempting to analyze the target's identity. Analysis results: unknown, non-human. The threat level is determined to be extremely high. Applying to initiate the eradication protocol..."

"The threat target is too close to Clara... Triggering the protection agreement, skipping the extermination application..."