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

Boom!

A burst of white light.

The devastating shockwave spread outwards, ripping the stone slabs off the square, shattering the windows of Cripper Castle, and turning the ice surface of the fountain into dust.

Sand and stones flew everywhere, debris filled the sky, and smoke billowed.

Cocolia's ears were ringing, and she couldn't hear anything.

She knelt on the ground, her hands braced against the broken stone slabs. Her palms were cut by sharp pebbles, and blood flowed, but she felt no pain. Her eyes were fixed on the huge, deep crater in the smoke.

In the center of the square in the administrative district, a huge crater several meters deep had been blasted out. Gravel was still sliding down the edge, and smoke was rising from the bottom of the crater, as if something was burning.

A figure could be vaguely seen at the edge of the deep pit.

Gray three-strand braids, silver-white formal dress.

The figure that had just been standing in the deep pit was now lying motionless on the edge of the pit.

"Bronya... Bronya!"

Cocolia got up and stumbled toward that direction. Her legs were trembling, and she fell after a few steps, her knee hitting the gravel and bleeding. She got up again and kept running.

She ran to the edge of the pit, knelt down, and reached out to touch the figure lying on the ground.

Bronya's dress was torn in several places, her face was covered in ash, and there was a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth. But her chest was still rising and falling.

She is still alive.

Cocolia pulled her daughter up from the edge of the pit and held her in her arms.

Her hands were covered in blood, indistinguishable as to whether it was her own or her daughter's. Her tears dripped onto Bronya's dusty face, leaving streaks on her pale skin.

“Bronya… Bronya…”

All she could do was call her name, over and over again. Her mind was completely blank.

She is just a mother.

Holding his injured daughter, he knelt in the ruins, calling her name over and over again.

Bronya's eyelids twitched.

She opened her eyes, her pupils slightly dilated, and it took her a long time to focus on Cocolia's face.

"Mother..."

Her voice was very soft, so soft that it seemed like it would dissipate with a gust of wind.

"Why are you crying...?"

Cocolia was speechless. She just hugged her daughter tighter, as if afraid she would disappear.

Bronya's lips curved slightly.

"I'm fine..."

She tried to raise her hand to wipe away her mother's tears, but her hand fell limply halfway down.

"It hurts a little..."

Her eyes closed again.

"Bronya? Bronya!"

Cocolia's voice trembled. She looked down at her daughter in her arms, at her tightly closed eyes, at the smile that hadn't yet faded from her lips.

"Don't sleep... Bronya... Listen to Mommy..."

Her voice shattered into several fragments.

"You haven't seen the seedlings grow on the snowfield...you haven't seen the walls built...you haven't seen the snowstorm in Belleburg completely disappear..."

Her tears fell drop by drop onto Bronya's face.

"You haven't seen... how proud Mom is of you..."

Bronya did not answer.

The wind blew from the snowfield, carrying the scent of earth. It was a scent unseen for seven hundred years, the scent of dawn.

But at this moment, the square is filled only with ruins, rubble, and the cries of mothers.

In the distance, towards the snowfield.

People are still busy.

Jepard is directing the Iron Guards to move the heaters, Pera is recording the seedling survival rate, Oleg is allocating manpower for the ground fire, and Schwarz is scheduling the automated mechs.

Children are running around, the elderly are preparing lunch, and the trash cans are lining up to help move them.

No one knows what happened in the administrative district.

No one knew that a beam of white light had just descended from the sky.

No one knew that their new Great Protector lay in the ruins, his fate unknown.

Only the wind.

The wind blew from the snowfield, carrying the scent of earth, blowing over ruins, over deep pits, and over Cocolia's tear-streaked face.

Then, the wind stopped, and the sky darkened.

The antimatter legion has arrived.

Chapter 71 The most common mistake is thinking you won't make mistakes.

The Star Core smiled the moment the antimatter legion descended.

It hovered above a group of pawns, its laughter sharp and piercing, carrying seven hundred years of pent-up resentment and pleasure.

"Hahaha! Uncle, it's such a pity you didn't get to see this!"

It tumbled in the air, its light flickering, seven hundred years of suppression, seven hundred years of imprisonment, seven hundred years of darkness.

The will to preserve it locked it deep within the hearth, day after day, year after year, and it thought it could never escape.

But then that "uncle" arrived.

That "uncle" who bore the mark of the will to protect it, that person who had been personally watched over by the Amber King. He personally brought it out of the heart of the furnace, personally placed it on his shoulder, and personally carried it as they raced across the snowfield.

Uncle didn't know what he was doing.

But the star core knows.

It knew it from the beginning.

It encouraged Lin Si to manipulate the creation engine to jump, hoping to guide him to use more of its energy. It tried to trick Bronya into using its energy as much as Lin Si had, but the woman didn't fall for it.

But it's okay.

It's enough that Uncle was fooled.

As long as it continues to release energy in accordance with the will of Lin Si and Bronya or Cocolia, the Star Tsunami will always sense the energy of the Star Core and then rush over.

As for why the energy can only be released through the will of the three of them?

That's because this "uncle" has the affirmation of the will to protect. Bronya and Cocolia are the great protectors of this city, and the will to protect them from the great protectors of all generations will also recognize them.

As long as they release energy according to their will, there are not many limitations.

Now, the Starsong has arrived.

Although it hadn't expected the Star Tsunami to arrive so quickly, it had originally intended to keep fooling Lin Si for a few more days.

But since she's here, it means the storage suppression has failed.

"Men, charge! Destroy this place!"

The sound of the star core echoed in the sky, carrying a frenzied excitement.

"Give me some venting! Just thinking about my uncle coming back and seeing this mess makes me want to laugh!"

The phantom soldiers of the Antimatter Legion roared as a black tide poured down from the sky, surging onto every inch of Beloborg's land.

They trampled the seedlings that had just been planted in the soil, knocked over the walls that were under construction, and tore apart the paved underfloor heaters.

The rift monster appeared out of thin air, crawling out of the void and destroying everything in sight.

On the snowfield, Jepard was the first to realize that something was wrong.

The Rift Monster appeared out of thin air next to the wall under construction. Its yellow-black crystals emerged from the frozen soil and grew to half a person's height within seconds.

Several volunteers were caught off guard and their arms were cut by the sharp spikes of the crystals. Blood dripped onto the black earth, a shocking sight.

"Everyone, retreat!"

Jepard yelled, pulled out his bastion, and placed it between the crowd and the Rift Monster.

"Iron Guards, form ranks! Protect the civilians and get them out of here first!"

Hilva ran over, a wrench in her hand. She glanced at Jepard, then at the surging rift monsters, and gritted her teeth.

"Little Jie, be careful!"

Jepard smiled, his gaze fixed firmly on the rift monsters.

"In the name of Landau, we will protect the people of Beloborg, and we will never back down!"

Hiluva did not say anything more.

She turned and led the volunteers back, with Pera following behind, still holding a notebook recording the survival rate of the seedlings in her arms. Several pages of the paper were blown away by the wind, and she didn't have time to pick them up.

The seedlings that had just been planted in the soil were crushed by the footsteps of the rift monster. Green sap splattered on the black frozen earth, like the blood of this city.

Lower level area.

Oleg, Seele, and Luca were clearing out the Rift Monsters in the mine, while Swallow led several squads of Silvermane Iron Guards in a synchronized advance toward Rivetstone.

At first, it was quite easy; the scattered rift creations were easily destroyed by the mechanical guards' firepower.

Then, the monsters from the Rift appeared out of thin air.

They didn't crawl out from deep within the mine tunnels; they burrowed directly out of the void.

More and more.

More and more.

Seele's sickle slashed arcs through the dim mine tunnels, each strike taking the life of a monster, but the number of monsters seemed never to decrease.

Sparks flew from Luca's mechanical arm as he gritted his teeth and endured the pain, punching the approaching monsters away one by one.

Oleg glanced at the increasing number of Rift Monsters and decisively gave the order.

"Seele, Luca, brothers of the Silvermane Iron Guard, retreat first!"

No one hesitated.

The members of the Earthfire gang protected the miners as they retreated towards the elevator, with Silvermane Iron Guards bringing up the rear, fighting as they retreated. Fortunately, the evacuation was timely, and there were no major casualties.

Schwarzkopf's side was also retreating in sync. His electronic eyes were flashing wildly.

"Analyzing in progress—"

His logic module is running at high speed.

"Analysis complete."

His voice was steady, but if you listened carefully, you could hear a slight discord.

Conclusion: Star core eruption.

Schwarz turned around and shouted at the Silvermane Iron Guard.

"Members of the Silvermane Iron Guard, retreat first!"

The mechanical guards automatically switched to defensive mode, and the silver-maned iron guards escorted the city builders' workers as they retreated towards the elevator.

Schwarz walked at the very back, his electronic eyes fixed on the direction of Rivet Town.

There, the yellow-black rift crystals are growing wildly, like a spreading forest.

Oleg and Schwarz meet on their way back.

Oleg glanced at Schwarz, then at the retreating troops behind him, and understood everything.