Zongman: Live broadcast of the collapse of iron, shocking the world

She knew that this was exactly what the Star Core wanted, so why did she do it? What did the Star Core promise her?

Armin rubbed his face... There was too much information and he had to sort it out slowly.

This information is very important, Armin felt, and might give him some ideas—understanding the thinking of the giants.

After all, as they join the army and fight, these low-level soldiers are also thinking.

A giant that came from nowhere, a wall that was built without knowing how, a history that has no past...

Armin discovered that without figuring these out, humans would never be able to defeat the Titans!

Chapter 29 Welcome to Rock Town

[Xing said goodbye to Natasha, opened the hospital door, and came to the town.]

【According to Natasha, this town is called Rock Town.】

If the upper town represents the elegance of Jalil VI, then the lower town is truly simple and plain.

Apartment buildings similar to those in Uptown stand tall. Their exterior walls, which should have been smooth white, have long been eroded by the rubble and dust spewing from the mines, leaving them pitted and scaly.

The apartment building's external fire escape ladder is hung with various wires and lights, adding a touch of beauty to the rusty iron frame.

Downed power lines sway in the wind in the streets and alleys, providing not only electricity to residents but also ensuring construction in the mining area, like blood vessels in the human body.

Although Xing didn't see the mining area, he could hear the constant buzzing of steam and the clanging of impact drills, so loud that he was almost deafened.

【However, adults and children on the street are used to it.】

Women in overalls squatted beside a broken drainpipe, washing clothes. Around their necks were the same silk scarves worn by uptown ladies, but the once azure satin had long since washed to a muddy, leaden gray.

The children were wearing ill-fitting shirts and overalls—clothes that had apparently been passed down to them by their older siblings after they outgrew them.

[They didn't care whether they were dressed fashionably or not, they were just kicking a ball around in an alley filled with ore.]

"Really..." Xing felt something choking in her chest, but when she saw the smiling faces of the people in the downtown area, she suddenly had some kind of understanding.

"We agreed. If you win hide-and-seek, you'll tell me all my secrets!"

A familiar voice caught Xing's attention—Sanyueqi was playing hide-and-seek with a group of children.

Xing runs over to find out what's going on. It turns out these kids are a local gang, calling themselves the "Mole Gang," and they're privy to all sorts of intelligence on the downtown area.

The leader is called Hook. This girl has twin ponytails and a square velvet hat with earflaps on her head. The hat is decorated with checkered patterns sewn on it with needle and thread, which is very cute.

[March Seven wants to get information about Dan Heng from them.]

[Seeing this, Xing played with Sanyueqi and the children. Finally, the children brought the two of them to the "Fight Club."]

Seeing the crowds in front of the club... Sanyueqi finally began to understand the preferences of the downtown area.

It seems the downtown area is indeed rough. After the hard work of mining, people still need some exciting activities.

The audience at the door seemed to be discussing the stakes, and a dark-haired man became known to them as the "Silver Mane Iron Guard Master."

It seems Dan Heng is indeed here! The two hurried into the club and saw a large octagonal iron cage—it looked like a converted steam boiler.

"Brothers and sisters! The next match will be the most exciting, thrilling, and shocking showdown of the day!" The host's voice was passionate and infectious.

[A serious and talented newcomer—"Cold-Faced Little Blue Dragon"! Recommended by the handsome Deep Blue guy!]

"Puff!" Xinghe Sanyueqi almost burst out laughing. What kind of nicknames are these? Apparently, the host is quite talented. No wonder everyone loves watching!

"His opponents are—a squad of emotionless, explosive robots! Praise be to Master Swarovski!"

[Xinghe Sanyueqi looked towards the arena—Danheng had a nonchalant expression, seemingly unconcerned; yet his opponents were two massive robots?!]

"Since no other players are willing to compete against the robot team, this match will have to be fought by the cold-faced Little Blue Dragon alone!"

"What's going on? Even with Dan Heng's strength, these two robots can't even touch Dan Heng's clothes...but isn't it a bit unfair to use the majority to bully the minority?"

Xinghe Sanyueqi climbs over the iron net, intending to fight alongside Danheng!

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Fullmetal Alchemist World.

On the steam train, a man with blond pigtails sat in a window seat, admiring the light curtain in the sky.

"Is this the Lower Town? Does it look like Riesenburg?"

As the country's genius alchemist, Edward Elric and his brother were born in a mining town.

Edward looked at the cartloads of minerals in Rock Town and felt very familiar with them.

However, Rock Town mines the earth's marrow, while Lisenburg has all kinds of minerals.

Thanks to this, the Elric brothers have been able to conduct various alchemy experiments since childhood and are called geniuses by their neighbors.

However, this genius also brought them disaster - they missed their mother too much, so they touched upon the forbidden art of human alchemy!

In the end, not only did his mother not resurrect, his brother Alphonse lost his body, and he himself lost his left leg and right arm.

Now Edward travels around the country with his brother, whose soul is attached to the armor, learning various alchemy techniques in the hope of restoring his brother's body.

"Haha, another fight club? It seems like the entertainment in heavily industrialized towns is pretty similar! It's either boxing or drinking."

"When we were Hook's age, we were also playing around town!"

Just as Edward was looking at Rock Town and feeling homesick.

He vaguely felt that something was wrong.

From various details, it can be seen that the living environment in the lower city is still quite severe.

This is related to mining, but only partly - Edward, who was born in a mining town, can assert so.

A considerable part of the reason should be due to the blockade of Cocolia, the "lockdown order"...

In Xing's dream, Cocolia and Xinghe were discussing something... If Cocolia was bewitched by Xinghe and was planning to sacrifice her people to Xinghe...

She could have killed the people in the lower city directly, such as blowing up the heating furnaces, destroying the upper and lower passages, etc. There are many ways, but why did she just block it?

In this way, although the people in the lower city will eventually be swallowed by the rift, the process will be very slow and not in the interests of Cocolia and the star core.

Unless... Edward's pupils gradually dilated. He and his brother had previously solved a human alchemy case. The man killed his family and animals...!

Could it be that what Cocolia and Star Core want to do is similar to some kind of alchemy?

Alchemy requires time and an environment... Edward has heard of the forbidden technique of using alchemy to sacrifice lives in order to obtain the Philosopher's Stone!

Could this be Cocolia's true purpose? To bide her time, sacrificing the lives of the people of the Lower City in exchange for something from the Star Core—for example, the "world we promised" that the Star Core emphasized in his dream?

Edward was shocked by his own guess. Is there really someone in this world with such crazy ideas?

Sacrifice, country?

Chapter 30 Octagonal Cage: Cold-Faced Little Green Dragon!

"Xiao Qinglong himself also made a bold statement: 'Whatever!' So we compete..."

[“Wait, Xiao Qinglong’s teammates have appeared!”]

[The hosts and audience were all very excited to see the new character appear, and immediately announced the start of the competition!]

However, the robots were no match for the pioneering trio. After just a few encounters, the robots broke down.

[However, when they were damaged, it seemed that some kind of self-destruct program was activated, and they exploded in the iron cage!]

The pioneering trio was naturally unharmed, but the audience was quite shocked!

"These...are these two fist robots used for mining in the lower city? Or are they used to fight rift monsters? If they're damaged enough, will they self-destruct?"

Seeing how powerful Xinghe and Sanyueqi were, the host came up with a nickname for them, "Cold-Faced Little Pink Dragons"... However, the trio didn't care anymore because they spotted Sambo in the crowd!

"Chase!" The three ran all the way, vowing to catch Sambo, but Sambo seemed to be waiting for them, standing in a conspicuous alley outside the club.

"Uh... Hi! So it's you guys! I was wondering why there were so many people following me. I thought we were being robbed, so I couldn't help but walk faster and faster... If I'd known it was you, I would have welcomed you with open arms." Sangbo said flatteringly, looking at Sanyueqi and the others.

[March 7th is quite unhappy. How can we tolerate Sambo's unreasonable behavior?]

"...If I hadn't run away, would Jeppard have given you a chance to speak after he'd killed us all? He would have been thrown into jail long ago." Sambo was about to start explaining from the beginning.

"Later, I was secretly watching over you all! I finally found an opportunity to save you!"

"It's too dangerous to stay above ground. We're all wanted criminals with a bounty on our heads. Even if there are a thousand problems underground, at least the Iron Guards won't chase us down. It's a safe place..."

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The world of Attack on Titan.

When Armin saw the opponent that Dan Heng was fighting in the octagon, he was so shocked that his pen fell to the ground.

These two fists, are they machines?

Do they have their own consciousness?

Can it fight automatically?

Before this, Armin looked at the trains in the city and the rifle in Bronya's hand. Although this technology was more advanced than that of his own world, it was not impossible to catch up.

However, when he saw those two huge blue fists, his heart sank.

How long will it take for our country to develop before it can produce something like this?

Armin closed his eyes and recalled everything he had seen in Beloberg.

Gradually, he discovered a suspicious point.

If the Lower City can produce such machines on its own, then their capabilities should be stronger than the Silver Mane Iron Guards in the Upper City.

Will they not resist the oppression of the upper city?

Judging from the fact that the people in the lower city have to go mining themselves, this machine cannot be built by the people in the lower city, and even the entire Beloberg does not have the ability to build it.

So, could this be some kind of ancient creation?

What was produced by Beloberg seven hundred years ago?

Armin's eyes lit up. This idea was interesting!