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

"However, someone has to send this little girl and Swarovski back safely first. The homeless camp can't be left completely unattended, right?"

Everyone's eyes followed Oleg as he quickly flashed across the field, and finally all fixed on Kevin, who was standing silently at the side with his chin raised, as if thinking about something.

"......Um?"

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Of course, the final outcome of the matter was perfect. Dihuo was extremely busy dealing with the aftermath of the mine incident, so Kevin naturally became the best person to escort Swarlow and Clara back to the core.

After all, not only does he have Xier's trust to guarantee him, but his strong strength can also ensure that the wanderer camp will not encounter any major accidents due to the loss of Swarovski's protection.

This actually does not go against Kevin's ideas. After all, according to what the people from Dihuo said, the core area not only has a passage that can return to the upper area at any time, but Swarlow is also an ancient robot that has existed for hundreds of years - he can completely obtain the information he wants from the other party.

Compared to this, Clara seems more like a redundant person?

"Mr. Swarovski, are you okay? The machine is so damaged that there must be a lot of parts that need to be replaced... but the most serious one is the computing module. It has caused such a big trouble this time. If it is not repaired quickly, what if it really hurts other people next time?"

On the way back to the core area, Swarovski and the mechas knocked down by Kevin were all carried by several smaller robots, while Clara went up a level and lay on Swarovski's back, trying to check the damaged parts.

Although she was young, she was a genius in mechanics. Generally speaking, if there was any problem with the robots in the entire mechanical settlement, she would be the one to repair it.

"Evaluating... The calculation module is operating normally. Judgment: The highest probability of error is special error, and the second highest probability is interference from unknown factors."

"How could that be? To be on the safe side, it's better to check it carefully." Clara said worriedly.

Compared to them, Kevin was more concerned about another question: "Since you are a mechanical life, then your head must also contain important information about Beloberg from a long time ago, right?"

"..."

Facing Kevin's question, Swarlow was silent for a while, and finally said: "Memory module retrieval begins... Records of the City Builder Mechanical period are complete; combat data during the Defense War is complete; records of the Earth Marrow Development Group period are complete..."

The data that Swarovski reported at the beginning was normal, but it became more and more wrong as time went on: "The data of Clara's mini magnetic flow drill, complete; the record of Clara's explanation of the human behavior of "sleeping in", complete..."

"Eh, eh? Mr. Swarovski... why did you retrieve these records as well? Mr. Kevin obviously doesn't want these data..."

"Please rest assured that the records of 'sleeping in' have been backed up multiple times, so there is no need to worry about losing them."

"That's not what I meant! Hurry, delete this data...Mr. Kevin, you are not allowed to laugh!"

"..."

"Obviously, I didn't."

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Chapter 32: The Choice of the Great Guardians

"However, I'm not really interested in information about other things. I just want to know - the people on this planet actually knew the real reason why the cold wave would come a long time ago, right?"

"What, this planet?"

Kevin's sudden question naturally confused Clara, who had always lived in the lower class, but Swarovski obviously understood the question he asked, but did not give a direct answer after a period of silence.

"..."

"The encryption level of the data about the 'Star Core' is the highest. The target does not have the relevant authority to access it."

The real reason for the cold wave was related to the "star core", which was something Cocolia had told Kevin a long time ago. But he was also very sure that the other party was definitely hiding something, which was a must-have for a qualified leader.

But after what happened just now, Kevin could figure out most of the key points by himself without anyone reminding him.

After all, he was once a qualified leader.

Kevin still remembers very clearly that from the first time he met Cocolia, she had a certain ability to manipulate ice and snow. At first, of course, he just thought it was unique to this world... until he barely came into contact with the Star God.

Just as the Beloberg people said, the power of "preservation" has always protected this land - and those who "believe" in it, after meeting certain conditions, can trigger a certain mechanism in the "Tree of Imaginary Numbers" like Seer, and thus obtain the "protection" of the "Star God".

But it is obvious that the people of Beloberg do not know the true reason and cause of this "protection", and the number of people who can obtain the "protection" is even smaller... After all, most people are completely ambiguous about the existence of the so-called "Star God".

However, all these facts at least prove that the power of "Cunhu" has never disappeared or weakened in this land. Then why does Cocolia say that "Cunhu" has long abandoned Beloberg?

If the reason for "protection" is simply understood as the literal meaning of "preservation", then as the "Great Guardian" who looks after the entire Beloberg, Cocolia should be the one who deserves the "protection" the most.

But Kevin could clearly feel that Cocolia's ability to manipulate ice and frost was completely different from See's ability. In other words, it was a bold guess that the original "city builders" did have "protection", but after a certain period of time, this special ability completely left them.

What replaced it was Cocolia's frost power.

As for the most likely source of this ability...

"Since the information about the 'Star Core' cannot be revealed, you should be able to tell me about the earliest 'Great Guardians' in your memory. Can most of them possess any special abilities?" Kevin asked, changing his train of thought slightly.

"Access rights granted. Database data being retrieved and analyzed. Result: The first 'Great Guardian', Alyssa Rand, possesses a lance that can emit flames and greatly enhance the combat capabilities of soldiers, to the point where they can take on the weapons of the Antimatter Corps with their bare hands. Reason: The blessing of the self-proclaimed 'Protector' Star God - Klipper."

After accepting Kevin's request, the red eyes in Swarovski's head flickered slightly, and the information from hundreds of years ago was retrieved one by one.

"The second 'Grand Guardian' Svetlana Rand, and the third 'Grand Guardian' Alexandra Rand, are suspected to also have the ability to manipulate ice to varying degrees. Reason: unknown."

"Due to the lack of relevant information, it is impossible to make an accurate judgment on the remaining 'Great Guardians'... The analysis is over."

It is easy to draw the conclusion from this information alone - the original "Great Guardian" did have the blessing of "preservation", but since the first generation, all the successive Great Guardians have completely lost the opportunity of "preservation", and instead have another completely unrelated special ability.

The inexplicable frost power made it hard not to think of the star core that brought the cold wave to the planet. In addition, Cocolia could indeed hear the sound of the star core, so it was not difficult to draw the following conclusion -

——The special abilities of all the previous "Great Guardians" come from the Star Core, and the Star Core has probably never stopped instilling the so-called concept of creating a "new world" into these "Great Guardians".

However, the faith in their hearts and the will to protect the people of Beloberg caused the successive "Great Guardians" to never truly accept the temptation of the Star Core, until this relationship was passed to Cocolia... Until this time, the demise of Beloberg was imminent, and Cocolia had no more choices left.

Either continue to maintain the false peace and leave the inevitable fate and choice of faith to Bronya; or choose the star core and believe in the new world it promises.

As for why they are unwilling to make the truth about the star core public, Kevin feels that perhaps the arrival of the cold wave was caused by some kind of agreement reached between the "Great Guardian" and the star core?

At that time, humans had completely lost their way out under the attack of the so-called "antimatter army". The only two options left for them were total destruction and choosing to believe in the star core.

The kind of unsolvable situation where you can't choose the lesser of two evils, just like Beloberg at this moment.

However, when things have been reasoned to this point, Kevin actually no longer believes that the so-called "star core" can really bring about the ideal "new world".

It was not because he successfully understood the true nature of the star core, but because Kevin never believed that there would really be miracles in this world to save something at no cost.

What truly creates miracles is not some sudden "accident", but the "necessity" that is pursued by the efforts of all geniuses and the gathering of the entire civilization.

Because the loser will not leave any trace at all.

"No problem. This level of intelligence is enough."

Even so, Kevin, who knew the truth, did not intend to do anything unnecessary.

The leader's choice is the civilization's own choice, and the resistance of the lower classes is also the civilization's own choice. Before the end comes, he is not qualified to make decisions for them that he thinks are correct.

most......

Kevin raised his head slightly and looked at Clara who was concentrating on examining her 'family'.

...When the result of the decision comes to light, let's preserve the last spark of this civilization.

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Chapter 33 Will Clara be useless...

The process of returning to the core area was very smooth. In fact, even if Kevin was not following, I believe no one would be so blind as to come and provoke this huge army of machines.

Compared to the environment of Panyan Town and the mining area, this place is more like a real yet fantastic underground world - not only is the terrain full of towering rock walls and bottomless abysses, but even if you look up, the fog will prevent you from seeing the top of this "world" at all.

The haze was not caused by various kinds of dust, but by the strange low temperature environment. Even the ground was covered with a layer of ice and snow that never melted. But it stands to reason that... the closer to the core, the higher the temperature should be, right?

"That huge device, what is its real function?"

Looking up at the huge mechanical pillar not far away that seemed to be the only connection between the upper and lower areas, Kevin suddenly asked.

"The scientific research shaft was originally built during the time of the Earth Marrow Development Group. It can support a maximum of 100 people traveling between the upper and lower city areas on the cable car at the same time."

"The upper end of the shaft is the Beloberg greenhouse effect device - a device that uses a large amount of earth marrow as energy to maintain a constant temperature on the surface and underground of Beloberg. It is now owned by [Beloberg Heating]. The lower end of the shaft is the [Furnace Core], the old scientific research base of the Earth Marrow Development Group, which is now abandoned."

Swarlow's answer was very standard, but it made Kevin silent for a moment: "...Greenhouse effect device?"

Even though he was not a very professional scientist, he could understand what kind of energy needed to be released if he wanted to permanently change the environment of a region.

This is obviously not something that can be achieved with just one device, even though it really looks like... it really looks like a building that represents an entire civilization, and it's very magnificent.

"According to observations, the long-wave radiation emitted by the device only accounts for about 5.2% of the reverse radiation of the former. The commemorative significance is far greater than the practical significance."

"At present, I still cannot calculate the real factor that keeps the temperature of Beloberg constant. For the time being, I assume that the result is interference from different dimensions."

Based on the data obtained from hundreds of years of calculations, Swarovski was able to clearly obtain the corresponding results. I believe that it is not that no one in Beloberg noticed that this huge device that consumes energy all the time is not very useful.

But compared to the illusory "Star God", I believe that most of the people of Beloberg would rather believe that the source of their stability comes from this huge device visible to the naked eye.

The sense of security that material things bring to people always exceeds the illusory spirituality.

"It seems that in order to maintain this dilapidated Ark, those 'Great Guardians' really chose to bear the majority of the burden."

They have never made the cruel truth public, allowing the people of Beloberg to always fight with a solid belief, but where is their belief?

"Although I don't quite understand, Clara always feels that Mr. Kevin has definitely dealt with a lot of big troubles for everyone alone, right?"

The girl who was working hard behind Swarovski raised her head slightly and looked at Kevin with eyes full of longing: "I wish Clara could be as good as her someday."

"..."

"Believe me, it's not a very pretty thing."

A person can never bear everything. When faced with a problem, there is only one thing he can do...

That is to give it your all.

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Swarovski's current base is the "base" left behind by the former Earth Marrow Development Group. It is not only large enough and well-equipped, but also contains many diaries and scientific research books related to the development period.

While Clara was checking and repairing Swarlow's body, Kevin didn't mind staying here for a while, giving himself some time to read these books related to this world.

Although he was very sure that he would leave this planet sooner or later, wouldn't it be meaningless if it was just a hasty journey?

Just as Kevin was standing with his back against the bookshelf, absorbed in an exploration diary from the pioneering period, the door of the maintenance room suddenly opened, and only Clara walked out, with fatigue that was hard to conceal on her young face.

"Are you having any problems?"

"..."

After receiving Kevin's concern without revealing any emotion, Clara was silent for a moment, and then she said softly: "There is a critical part on Mr. Swarlow's body that has been frozen and cracked due to disrepair. There is no similar part in the lower area."

"Although it's possible to just replace all the nearby parts, but, but...if it weren't for me, Mr. Swarlow wouldn't have to do this."

"I wanted to go to the mine to help everyone, but I couldn't solve the problem as quickly and efficiently as Sister Xier did. Instead, I accidentally got lost with Perkins, which caused Mr. Swarlow's condition to be abnormal... In the end, not only did I cause other troubles, but Mr. Swarlow was also seriously injured..."

The tone of voice was normal at first, but as she spoke, this little girl, who was not very old at all, began to sob.

The world of children is not as complicated as that of adults. If she said family, then she must have already regarded Shiwaro as her real family. Maybe in her mind, everyone in the lower class should be a family living in harmony.

But not only did she fail to solve the problem, but she also added a lot of trouble...

"Mr. Kevin, am I useless?"

"I'm not as good as Sister Xi'er, I'm not as mature as Uncle Oleg, and I can't make friends with everyone like Hook..."

Even the mechanical maintenance that she was normally best at seemed inferior at that moment, didn't it?

“There are no useless people in this world.”

To be honest, Kevin is not good at counseling others, especially when it comes to children.

Compared to adults, it is actually more difficult for children to get out of the state of self-doubt. After all, the former have their own complete worldview, and they may come out of it on their own one night.

But for children, they may imprint other people's words into their own world.

Kevin paused for a moment, then whispered the second half of his sentence: "Because there are many roads in this world, and everyone has their own fork in the road. Just because this road is different doesn't mean you can't reach the end."

Kevin also thought that his journey had already reached the end visible to the naked eye.

But now it seems that we are still far from it.

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Chapter 34 This is an absolutely perfect dish!

If Kevin has any advantage in guiding others, it is probably that he will never question his beliefs at any time, and this firm emotion can easily infect others.