Collapse Iron: What does it mean to broaden the fate of four people in one sentence?

They come together like two rivers that have been separated for too long, finally meeting again at a bend in the river.

"If you hadn't come from so far away—"

"If I don't make another promise—"

Cocolia's voice got a little louder.

Ice and snow cannot know the temperature of fire.

Hiluva's voice joined in, overlapping with hers, echoing through the empty streets.

Just like many years ago.

Those were... truly wonderful times.

The song continues.

Will the wind remember?

Will the snow remember?

"This forgotten city—"

"Does anyone still remember—"

Chapter 48 Uncle, my life is so miserable!

"This is the star core?"

Lin Si stared at the irregular crystal in front of her, lost in thought.

The story begins ten minutes earlier.

As soon as he logged on, he saw that Bronya seemed to be following Cocolia.

As for how they discovered it was being tracked?

Can a normal person follow their mother from a distance late at night?

Furthermore, when he was controlling Bronya, he discovered something written on her palm.

"The Creation Engine is near Everwinter Territory. You can see it by climbing the cliff and looking down. My mother said she has a way to control the Creation Engine, but she didn't say how. She also didn't mention the Star Core."

The palm was covered with dense writing, and I must say, the handwriting was quite beautiful.

Although he was somewhat surprised that the game character could provide him with hints, he had no reason not to trust a "game character" that acted according to his will.

So he followed Cocolia here.

After she left, he manipulated Bronya's body into the depths of the furnace, and then he saw the irregular crystal before him.

To be honest, this was Lin Si's first time seeing a star core.

Both Fairyship and Star Peace Corporation have provided pictures to warn space travelers not to take chances if they see this thing.

But when he actually saw it with his own eyes, he wondered how such a small thing could be called the 'cancer of all worlds'?

All the rumors about star cores in the world are extremely negative.

But the feeling he got from this star core... how to put it?

There's a strange...sense of intimacy?

Yes, it's that feeling of warmth and familiarity!

It was like seeing a nephew or niece after many years. Although it had been a long time since they last met, the feeling of instant familiarity lingered in Lin Si's heart.

Lin Si curiously reached out and poked it.

What exactly is the underlying principle behind this?

He murmured softly.

But at that moment, the shimmering light of the star core suddenly became...gentle?

Then a voice rang in his ears,

"uncle?"

Lin Si: "???"

Bronya in her conscious mind: "???"

"Who? Who's speaking?!"

Lin Si looked around, her brows furrowed.

The heart of the furnace was empty; apart from him and the suspended star core, there wasn't a soul in sight. The sound seemed to have drilled directly into his ears.

Then the voice rang out again.

"Uncle, it's me!"

Lin Si looked around again, and even unconsciously turned around, her gaze sweeping over every corner of the hearth, but she still couldn't find the source of the sound.

Is this game bugged again? Or is it a hidden plot trigger sound effect?

Then the voice continued, sounding somewhat anxious, with a hint of panic in its tone.

"Uncle, I'm here! I'm the Star Core! It's the one you're pointing at!"

Lin Si: "??!"

He abruptly stopped, his eyes fixed on the flickering crystal before him, only two words echoing in his mind:

"Damn it?"

Before he could react, Star Core continued,

"Uncle! I'm suffering so much! These people from Belleburg are simply too much!"

Seven hundred years ago, I came here and hadn't even had a couple of days of fun when I was grabbed by a woman who had no sense of martial ethics!

She forced me to release all the energy in my body and forcibly locked me up here, exploiting me!

Seven hundred years in prison! I'm practically developing nuclear cataracts from holding it in!

As its sound rang out, the irregular shape in front of me kept changing its form, sometimes swelling into a round dumpling, and sometimes stretching into a thin strip.

It looked as if it was genuinely pouring out its heart to its elders with great emotion, even the light on and off flickered, and it looked like a pitiful little thing, whimpering.

Lin Si: "......."

Bronya in her conscious mind: "......."

Lin Si's expression was quite interesting; her lips twitched.

No, when did he become a relative of the Star Core?

Is the hidden plot of this game really that abstract?

The final boss immediately acknowledges his uncle?

That doesn't make sense either. He's currently controlling Bronya's body, so shouldn't he be recognizing her as his aunt?

Bronya was completely stunned, her mind blank.

According to Hilva, this star core and the rift in Beloborg are inextricably linked.

Although it has not been confirmed, Lin Si believes in Shiluwa, and she is even less likely to doubt Shiluwa.

But now.....

Is this the star nucleus?

Why does it feel like... a little kid who's been wronged and is running to an elder to complain?

"But it seems fate has spared me!"

The star core's voice rang out again, its tone now tinged with the relief of surviving a catastrophe.

"The guardian of Beloborg just came over. I told her that as long as she believed in me, I could save the city and free its people from the eternal cold wave."

She had somewhat believed it before.

But recently, it seems that because her daughter received a glance from the Amber King, she no longer believes me!

She felt I had lied to her and wanted to fight me!

But I didn't expect you to show up like this, Uncle! You have to stand up for me!

Lin Si fell silent, utterly silent.

It immediately started claiming kinship, and that wasn't all; it even put on a pitiful face and asked him to make decisions for it.

How do I make the decision?

Help it beat up that "woman who doesn't know martial arts"?

Or should we help it escape from the heart of the furnace?

And listening to what the star core meant, and combining it with everything that had happened so far, Lin Si roughly knew what Cocolia had done in this storyline.

Seven hundred years of despair were passed down from generation to generation, and with the star core making irresponsible remarks and causing trouble, she too fell into utter despair.

But unexpectedly, Bronya received a glance from the Amber King, which rekindled her hope, and she prepared to perish with the star core to pave the way for her daughter.

After all, the rift and this snowstorm were both brought about by the star core.

Furthermore, judging from the information Bronya left for him, it's not hard to deduce that Cocolia took her to see the Creation Engine.

As for Cocolia's claim that there's a way to control the creation engine?

That must be related to the star core in front of us, after all, an 800-meter-tall mechanical colossus, according to the current Beloborg.

There is absolutely no other resource that can be manipulated besides the star core!

Lin Si frowned as she pondered, but Xing He became anxious, her voice even trembling with emotion.

"Uncle, why aren't you saying anything? Uncle? Maybe I shouldn't seek revenge anymore, just take me away! I don't want to stay here anymore!"

Lin Si: "..."

I'll take you away, but where will I take you?

Take you back to his room in the real world? This game isn't finished yet, so he can't take you out!

However.....

A malicious smile quickly crept onto his lips.

I was still trying to figure out how to control the star core, after all, based on what the star core said and the information Bronya left behind.

Cocolia would never tell Bronya about the Star Core, because the Star Core represents despair, and she saw hope in Bronya.

So she wanted to bear this despair alone.

But unexpectedly, this method came to us on its own?

Everything went so smoothly that Lin Si felt it was all a little unreal.

As for why we call him uncle and not aunt?

We'll figure out how to get more information out of him later; right now, he can't wait to 'play' with the Colossus!

Since he's calling him "uncle," he has to let this "nephew" experience the "warmth" of an uncle.

He coughed lightly, adopting the air of an elder, and began to speak slowly.

"Little He, leaving is out of the question. Uncle is planning to take you out for a couple of days, how about it?"

Chapter 49 Everyone is like a dragon?

"You're back, Silver Wolf. How did the mission go?"

A cool-looking spaceship is strolling through the sea of ​​stars.

Kafka, the purple-haired Star Core Hunter, leaned against the window, her fingertips lightly holding a swirling glass of red wine.

Her gaze drifted past the porthole to the black tower space station, shaped like a giant silver egg, not far away, her tone tinged with a hint of languor.

Silver Wolf chewed bubble gum, blew a bubble, and when it popped, it stuck to the corner of her mouth. She didn't care and stuck out her tongue to lick it back.

He sat down on the sofa opposite Kafka, his voice muffled.