Xingtetsu: Why is the captain on the train?

"That won't change, but I'm afraid that's not what she wants to achieve in the end. I've already managed to influence her attitude, but the force I've applied to the lever is not enough." The captain shook his head. "Because if she just had no other options and wanted to euthanize Beloberg, then when we gave her a chance to turn things around, she should have grabbed our life-saving straw. That would be in line with her identity and responsibility, right?"

"I hope Dan Heng and the others in the lower city can bring us some useful information." The captain sighed.

"Speaking of which, Captain, do you want to go down together?" Yuexia asked softly.

"Maybe, but we don't have any way." The captain shook his head and paused.

Yuexia also stopped, gripped the chainsaw sword, turned around and looked behind him.

At the corner behind the two of them, hurried and chaotic footsteps were approaching rapidly, and the first to rush across the corner of the intersection was naturally Bronya Rand who was leading the way.

"Stop!" the girl shouted, raised the rifle in her hand, and pointed the muzzle at the two people who had stopped in front of her.

"We've stopped." The captain shrugged.

"Tell me, outsider." Bronya raised her gun and approached the two people standing there step by step, "What benefits will it bring to you to overthrow Beloberg?!"

The captain was speechless for a moment. Looking at Bronya's tense expression and the iron guards gradually surrounding her, he shook his head and said, "Yeah, you yourself can't figure out what good it would be for us to overthrow Beloberg."

"I can't figure it out myself!" The captain raised his hand and fired several shots at the ground.

And Bronya pulled the trigger the moment the captain moved.

But the actual bullet was crushed into iron slag by the roaring sniper rifle in Yuexia's hand.

Thick green vines surged and quickly covered the entire street, but under the erosion of the rift, gray-green lesions continued to appear on the vines.

"Bronya Rand, overthrowing Beloberg will not benefit us aliens in any way. Our only request is to find and seal the star core."

"Instead, I would like to ask you, the successor of the Great Guardian." The captain stared at Bronya across the surging vine wall.

"It's been seven hundred years, and the Belobergs haven't dealt with the star core, or even conducted the slightest research on it?"

"The star core attracted the Legion, the star core brought the wind and snow, and the star core created the Rift."

"All your sufferings come from it, yet you have been completely ignorant of the source of the evil for seven hundred years."

"Are all the Beloberg people idiots?" the captain sneered.

The surging and tangled vines finally blocked the two people from looking at each other.

"I want to ask you, what good will it be for you, Beloberg, to keep the star core?"

In response to the captain's words, there was the crackling sound of Bronya's rifle firing.

Chapter 31: The Echoes of Hillel Rand

"These people have been completely brainwashed by the inertia of history."

Walking in the rift, the captain sighed in a low voice.

Yuexia's gaze turned to the captain, and seeing the familiar look on his face, he couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Cocolia hid it very well, so when we appeared, we told the Belobergs, 'Your leader tried to overthrow his rule and send everyone to death, but we can save you!'."

"It's not hard to imagine how the Beloberg people, who have been accustomed to the Great Guardian being always right for seven hundred years, would react."

"Has it been correct for seven hundred years?" The captain seemed a little skeptical about some of Yuexia's statements.

Yuexia also understood what the captain meant and just smiled.

Yuexia knew that the captain was often very thoughtful, and his entanglement with the 'ferryman' inevitably made the captain absorb some of the ferryman's thoughts, or it could be said that the two were originally the same person, but the focus of their thoughts and ideas were diametrically opposed. The captain also had the same thoughts as the ferryman, but thoughts cannot be used to judge a person, only actions can be measured.

The two of them walked in the rift, exchanging information from time to time, and crushing the creatures that were spit out by the rift from some unknown corner.

The city must be under martial law at this moment because of the actions of these two people. Maybe even a wanted order has been issued. The current laxity and idleness are for the purpose of organizing thoughts and determining what to do next.

After turning a corner of the street, the two of them suddenly stopped, looked at each other, and looked at the "abnormality" on the road ahead in a daze under the moonlight.

A small girl was surrounded by a circle of wooden boxes in the middle. Her empty eyes were looking at the captain and Yuexia. Her lips moved slightly, and it was obvious that her hand was slipping, but the two could not hear what the girl was saying.

Nothing could be felt under the moon, but the captain could feel the waves of disturbing imaginary energy spreading out from the little girl as she spoke.

"What is this?" Yuexia looked at the girl warily, "What the hell?"

"I don't know, but she is asking us for help." The captain squinted his eyes and silently read the girl's lip language.

[Save me, let me out. ]

"Then..." Yuexia was silent for a moment, "How can we save her?"

"Push open the box?" The captain shrugged, walked to a box half a person's height, and reached out to test it.

A sudden dull pain came from between his fingers, and the captain took a half step back. He narrowed his eyes as he looked at the blue light that suddenly appeared between his fingers and then slowly subsided.

"That just now..." Yuexia watched the azure light blooming between the captain's fingers, "When the breath of Xing and Doommon canceled out..."

"Ah, the phenomenon of imaginary numbers being able to burn."

The azure light was so pure that you could remember it for a lifetime after just one look. There was no way the moon would make a mistake, and the captain would not be able to forget it either. Moreover, he could not only see the appearance, but also observe the principles.

"Save........out..."

The little girl with empty eyes seemed to have a glimmer of light in her black pupils, but her expression gradually became ferocious, and the words in her mouth were heard by the two men.

"Captain, I feel..." Yuexia looked at the little girl's ferocious expression and felt more and more uneasy.

"We have to try." The captain narrowed his eyes. "When this girl speaks, a wave similar to the star core is released from her body. We have been in Beloberg for so long, and this is the first time we have found any clues about the star core."

Since it is a clue, what else can Yuexia say?

But when Yuexia stepped forward, she was unable to push the seemingly light rectangular wooden box. After a brief analysis, the two came to the same conclusion as to the reason.

"Imaginary energy." x2

"You are not a destiny walker yet, and you have not mastered the imaginary energy. And we both saw the noise when I touched the box just now." The captain breathed a sigh of relief.

Only imaginary energy can move those boxes, at the cost of burning imaginary energy, but fortunately, as the messenger of [Abundance], the captain has more than enough imaginary energy to squander.

"Then the captain will have to go himself."

"Ah."

And when the boxes were touched for the second time, with previous experience, the captain called upon imaginary energy in advance this time.

Standing aside under the moon, he watched the captain's hands wrapped in burning flames of imaginary energy that were green inside and blue outside, slowly pushing those wooden crates that looked light but were actually probably extremely heavy.

She looked at the captain's slightly frowned brows and couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

After all, ever since following the captain's [promotion], the way they get along has changed. The captain is no longer the powerless captain, and she is no longer the military guarantee.

Perhaps, I should learn more about [Star God] and [Destiny].

"Thank you..." The little girl trapped by the ridiculous wooden crate regained her composure. She turned her head and stared at the captain with blue flames rising from his hands. She nodded slightly, "I... I'm sorry."

Seeing the little girl's figure gradually becoming illusory, the captain immediately asked, "Who are you? Why are you here?"

"I am, Cialis, I am a foolish Rand, and I am... sorry."

Her figure suddenly grew taller and turned into a tall woman wearing a blue military uniform and a thick tall round hat. Her lips were still moving, but the two could no longer hear what she was saying. During this short period of time, Yuexia stared at her moving lips and determined her words.

"Please save me again." Yuexia looked blankly at the little girl who called herself Shirley, who disappeared in front of the two of them.

Yuexia turned her complicated gaze to the captain, "And, she said that her friend, Hillary, was a foolish 'Rand'." The captain fell into a brief silence, and he shook his hands, extinguishing the last traces of blue flames on his hands.

"Yuexia, do you still remember the clothes she wore?" The captain looked at Yuexia.

After being reminded by the captain, Yuexia also felt that after Shirley turned into a mature woman, the blue military uniform she wore looked very familiar, and it was exactly the same as the clothes of the Iron Guards. Moreover, there was no shortage of monsters wearing Iron Guards clothes in the Rift.

"It seems that we have finally found a clue to the star core..." The captain exhaled heavily, "and it's a rather bad clue."

"Great Guardian." Yuexia finally remembered where she had seen the clothes worn by Shirley's mature body.

"The portrait of Klipperburg! In the portraits of several great guardians, they all wore that kind of clothes!"

"Yes, Hillier Rand, she is probably also a great guardian, and she has a close relationship with the star core!" The captain nodded, "We have to look for her in the Rift."

"Go again and find this Xilier."

Chapter 32: The Earth Fire Will Rise

In the upper city of Beloberg, just as the captain in the rift and Yuexia were searching inch by inch in a planned manner, asking them for the second time to save Hillary Rand.

Outside the Rift Blockade Area.

Guard Officer Jeppard, Intelligence Officer Pelageya, and Commander Bronya were leading three Iron Guard squads totaling 120 men into the Rift.

In the underground city...

After two days of hard work, they finally figured out the complex forces in the underground city. Sanyue, Xing, and Danheng finally returned to the first place they had settled down after arriving in the lower city.

The three of them stopped in front of the clinic. Compared to the approachable doctor in the Lower City, Natasha, now they already knew Natasha's true identity. She was the leader of [Underground Fire] who made the rules of the Lower City. The three of them couldn't help but have some hesitation in their hearts. Or rather, Dan Heng kept silent and it was the two girls who hesitated.

"Speaking of which..." Standing on the dirty street, Xing turned his gaze away from the dimly lit clinic and turned his eyes to his companions, "So far, we haven't decided what we are going to do."

"Indeed..." March also seemed to have some feelings. "I was tricked by Sambo as soon as I came here, and then I was escorted out of the mechanical settlement by Boss Swarovski. Then I had a conflict with the Earth Fire, fought with Hill, helped Hook find things, barely got along well with the people in the big settlement, and then ran errands for Boss Oleg, and finally got the identity of Dr. Natasha."

Danheng glanced at Sanyue who was counting on her fingers, nodded, but said nothing.

After all, the captain had mentioned before sending the three people down that Dan Heng would control the direction of major matters, and specific matters could be decided by Xing and Sanyue. This was also in line with Dan Heng's own habits and ideas. Facts had proved that although Sanyue and Xing did not feel that they had done anything, they had obviously gone through the three steps of [exploration], [resume], and [understanding].

And the next step is the most critical one.

[Link] to the lower area of Beloberg.

"Dan Heng, do you have any ideas?" The Star Core Spirit turned his gaze to Dan Heng.

Compared to the carefree March, Xinghe Jing is undoubtedly more meticulous. She has strong observation and learning abilities. The captain's trust in Dan Heng, as well as Dan Heng's calmness and meticulousness that does not match his age, have attracted Xing's attention.

"We are outsiders." Dan Heng turned his head, and there seemed to be no emotion in his cold black phoenix eyes... He said some nonsense, but it seemed that he had said everything.

The Star Core Spirit thought for a moment.

San Yue Qi started laughing, and patted the Star Core Spirit's shoulder a little harder. "Dan Heng meant that what's important now is not what we want to do, but what Dr. Natasha knows about what we want to do, or what [Earth Fire] wants to do, right?"

Dan Heng nodded.

Then, the Star Core Spirit also laughed and nodded, "That's true."

So the three of them walked up together and knocked on the door of the clinic.

Doctor Natasha seemed to have been waiting for the three young people who were just children in her eyes. Three cups of hot tea were placed on a small wooden table, and on the wooden table there was an old, yellowed propaganda poster.

The poster depicts the upright figure of an Iron Guard with bright red text below.

[The Great Guardian declares a counterattack against the Rift and monsters, and Beloberg is about to make peace. ]

"Everything started from this day." The doctor sister named Natasha stared at the poster of three people with an indescribable expression.

"A deception." Dan Heng spoke in a low voice, explaining the meaning behind the poster.

"Yes." Natasha nodded gently. "You have already seen what the underground has become after the Iron Guards evacuated and the Great Guardian closed off the communication between the upper and lower parts."

"Sister Natasha, do you hate it?" The Star Core Spirit raised his eyes and looked at Natasha.

"Just staying alive, curing illnesses, and saving people have exhausted me." Natasha shook her head. She didn't say she hated him, or she didn't hate him. More than ten years have passed, and no matter how many emotions she had, they have become numb and insignificant under the pressure of survival and helping others. You know, hating something takes a lot of energy, and Natasha doesn't have that kind of extra energy.

"Let's talk about you guys." Natasha smiled gently. "I heard from Xi'er that you are looking for the [Star Core], and you firmly believe that it is it that brought the wind and snow and created the Rift."

"Yes, we came to the lower city to find clues about the star core." Sanyue nodded, but his expression became distressed, "But it seems that there are no clues."

"I know about your actions. Oleg and Xier have been keeping an eye on you, and I have also received intelligence here. I am willing to believe you." Natasha looked at the three young men and smiled softly.

"Is it that simple?" The Star Core Spirit raised his eyebrows in confusion.

"Why not? This is not the Upper City. Apart from ordinary people struggling to survive, there are only stones and pickaxes left. The large mining areas can't even mine the earth's marrow." Natasha shook her head gently. "But unfortunately, [Earth Fire] doesn't know about [Star Core]. Even before you came, including me, everyone's impression of [Star Core] was probably just seeing its name in some books."

"I hope you can say 'but', sister Natasha."

Xing's tone was extremely sincere, and looking at Natasha's smiling expression, she felt that this doctor sister who was able to gather the core forces of [Earth Fire] from scratch in the lower city was likely to have a future.

Natasha smiled and nodded, and said the two words that the Star Core Spirit was looking forward to, "But, I know a 'person', the 'person' in the entire Lower City who is most likely to understand the [Star Core]."

"Who?" March also became excited.

"Boss Swarovski." The name Natasha said made the three of them stunned.

"If we simply talk about 'age', Boss Swarro is the 'elder' of everyone in Beloberg, including the ground. When the underground city was far smaller than it is today, Swarro, the big robot, was a member of the [Underground Development Group]. If anyone in the underground city knows about the [Star Core], it must be him."

"And it's a robot." Natasha blinked at the three young men. "Siwaro didn't shut down, so there is no way his 'memory' would be missing or lost."

"That big guy is not easy to deal with." The Star Core Spirit muttered to himself.

Not only the brief conflict when they were taken underground, but also the subsequent actions in the large mining area as [Underground Fire], the trio's activeness in the mechanical settlement also attracted Swarro.

If it weren't for the little girl named Clara who tried her best to mediate and dissuade, the conflict would probably have been difficult to end. It was also because of this conflict that Xier officially admitted that the three people were not the so-called "running dogs of the earthlings."