Xingtetsu: Why is the captain on the train?

"You shouldn't think that way." It was Xing who suddenly spoke up. The Star Core Spirit, who looked very dashing, looked at Risk solemnly, "If something went wrong in your research over the past four hundred years, then we who have come to this planet now might have to collect the corpses of your civilization."

Risk was choked by the truth of the Star Core Spirit, but he didn't take it to heart. Instead, he smiled bitterly and said jokingly, "Your words may also make sense."

"I'm sorry, old man. Don't be fooled by her appearance. She is not even half a year old at most." The captain apologized to Risk on behalf of the Star Core Elf with a little apology, "Don't take her words to heart."

"It's okay." Risk looked at the Star Core Elf in surprise, but got a nod from the Star Core Elf with his hands on his hips and chest puffed out. He shook his head and turned his gaze to Bronya, his expression gradually becoming serious. "So, Bronya, what are your plans?"

"I need you to gather your old friends, take over Kripalburg and take control of the situation." Bronya stared at Risk seriously.

"Control the situation." Riske Landau said, repeating the unclear part of Bronya's words, his expression was a little hesitant, and his eyes were full of inquiry and thinking.

"I will let Jeppard lead the Iron Guard to control Mother. I'm afraid she has been bewitched by the Star Core. She is doing something...very crazy."

"She is trying to overthrow Klipperburg." Shiluwa bluntly pointed out the part that Bronya did not make clear, so everyone's eyes turned to her.

Xiluwa turned her gaze to the captain. "After the captain told me and Pera some things in the machinery room, I also spent some time investigating it myself."

"Finally, I got my own conclusion." Xiluwa looked at Bronya and volunteered, "Besides, you also need me. Although I haven't been to the laboratory for many years, but..."

"Can you help us find the star core?" The captain raised his eyebrows.

"I must find it. Only I can do this, right?" Xiluwa gave the captain a confident response, but turned his eyes to his old man with a slightly raised brow.

Chapter 40: Change of Power

"Jeppad."

"exist!"

"Lead the Iron Guard to protect Fort Klippe. Anyone entering or leaving must obtain my permission. Do you understand?"

Garrison officer Jeppard Landau stood at the gate of Klippeburg, but found it difficult to give an accurate response at the first sight.

After all, who are standing behind Bronya Rand at this moment?

His own sister, Sylva Landau.

Father, Riske Landau.

Two aliens, a bunch of strangers, and even a two-meter-tall robot that looked strong and powerful at first glance. It was not difficult for Jeppard to guess the identities of those strangers. After all, he knew that Bronya followed the captain and Yuexia to the downtown area.

"Guard officer! Did you hear my order?!" Bronya raised his voice, staring at Jeppard's blue eyes with lightning-like eyes.

She and Jeppard have been partners for many years. She knows that Jeppard has his own thoughts, but his adherence to duty makes it difficult for him to take sides. At this moment, appealing to Jeppard's emotions and reasoning is not as useful as giving him direct orders.

But she didn't expect that Jeppard, whom she thought she could easily win, actually hesitated.

"Sir, your order conflicts with the direct order of the Grand Guardian." Jeppard was silent for a moment, "The Grand Guardian has ordered that no one may enter Klipperburg."

After hearing what Jeppard said, everyone frowned.

The captain pushed through the crowd and was about to go forward to talk to Jeppard, but he was stopped by a man, Risk Landau.

The old man stopped everyone who wanted to step forward, then took a step forward and stood in front of his son.

The old man said in a stern voice, "The object that the Landau family has been protecting for generations is the Great Guardian!? Or the people of Beloberg!?"

Jeppard's expression was stern, and he immediately gave an answer, "It's the people! The Great Guardian only represents the will of the people!"

"Why don't you get out of the way! Jeppard! You didn't know what Cocolia is doing before, but you can't be unaware now! She has been bewitched by the Star Core! She is Cocolia, but she is no longer a qualified Great Guardian! She no longer represents the will of the people, but the will of the Star Core!" Risk stared at Jeppard, "The Aspirations of Ice and Snow have never been to blindly and foolishly worship the Great Guardian!"

"I understand." Jeppard changed his camp and thoughts. After watching the group of people leave, Jeppard was silent for a short time and then spoke again, "Lady Cocolia is in her office." "Thank you." The leader Bronya paused, and his words of thanks drifted away in the cold wind of the night.

However, Jeppard did not respond, but conveyed Bronya Rand's instructions to the hesitant guards.

The young man stood outside Klipperburg, looking into the darkness, but could not see anything clearly, so he lowered his head, but only saw a long staircase. Under those thousands of steps were the people of Beloberg.

Suddenly, he remembered what the captain said today.

【She probably doesn't like to have fun with the people.】

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In Kripal Castle, as Bronya led the crowd towards the office of the Grand Guardian, an atmosphere of panic and tension gradually spread.

But within ten minutes of the journey, the [Fort Builders] in Klipper Castle already knew that Bronya, along with the head of the Landau family and a group of strangers, were heading straight for Lord Cocolia.

The [City Builders] gathered outside Cocolia's office in advance, trying to stop Bronya.

They didn't know what was happening in the outside world, let alone what Bronya was going to do, but too many things happened today. The two subversives in the morning, and the subsequent Iron Guard dispatch that rushed into the rift. After Jeppard came back, no one was allowed to enter or leave the entire Krippenburg. This group of [City Builders] had already smelled something that they were unwilling to mention, but absolutely wanted to see happen.

coup!

In the seven hundred years since the snowstorm, the only coup in Krippleburg's history was the high-handed rule of the sixth Great Guardian, [Tyrant] Hillier Rand, which led to the coup in Krippleburg. It was after that time that the city wall almost collapsed, and the Rift broke through the wall for the first time and invaded the city. The [Tyrant] disappeared without a trace.

The [city builders] were afraid that history would repeat itself.

But when some overly motivated [City Builders] came to the office of the Grand Guardian, they were detained.

The Iron Guards, led by the Silvermane Iron Guard's secretary, Pelageya, were detained directly outside the Grand Guardian's office.

"Well done! Pella!" Bronya couldn't help but sigh as she looked at the Iron Guards lining the corridor, the [City Builders] detained by the Iron Guards, and the girl guarding the office of the Grand Guardian.

"This is what I should do." Pera nodded and took the initiative to join the team behind Bronya.

The [city builders] who still didn't know the truth couldn't help but look disheartened upon seeing this.

Finally, this team led by the 'Prince', which included old ministers of the previous dynasty (Risk Landau), representatives of the abandoned people (Dihuo's group), witnesses of history (Svarro), and aliens (the train group), stood in front of the door of the Great Guardian.

No [City Builders] shouted anymore or struggled in vain.

Everyone looked at Bronya Rand, who pushed open the door of the Grand Guardian's office with both hands and strode in.

Cocolia stood behind her desk, looking dimly at Bronya and her group of people as they stepped into her office. The others stopped a little further away, but Bronya strode to the desk and faced her.

"Bronya, I'm surprised." Cocolia looked at her daughter and spoke calmly. She didn't seem to be unwilling to face the situation she was facing, nor did she feel much surprise. "I thought you would stand by my side."

"If what you do is right, then I will definitely support you." Bronya looked at her mother with a complicated expression, "But you didn't tell anyone about your plan. I think you have guessed that once your plan is made public, this scene will inevitably happen, right?"

"I thought I could delay it a little longer." Kokolia shook her head, "Or I thought you would hesitate and waver even more."

"I..." Bronya fell into a brief silence. She forced herself to stop turning her head to look at the people behind her and instead stared at her mother. "I don't have any extra choices. My heart and the people behind me all tell me what I should do."

"Very good." Cocolia nodded. She laughed lowly, stared at Bronya gloomily for a moment, and finally uttered words that were not sure whether they were a curse or a blessing.

"I hope you can hold on."

"my daughter."

Bronya stammered for a moment, and finally she could only respond calmly, "I will try my best, mother."

Cocolia paused as she walked around the desk.

There was an inaudible response.

"Ah."

"Iron Guard! Ask our Great Guardian to go to the rest room." Bronya ordered.

Then the Iron Guards came forward and escorted Cocolia out of the office of the Great Guardian.

Chapter 41: Memory of the Star Core

Cocolia's self-awareness allowed the forces led by Bronya to quickly take over the entire Klipperburg.

It would always be easier for the City Builders to accept the late emperor leaving the throne peacefully than a bloody coup.

The [City Builder] who saw the situation clearly was released on the spot, returned to his post, and immediately contributed his strength to carry out Bronya's will.

Since they couldn't see the situation clearly, they could only bear with them for the time being and detained them in a room under the watch of the Iron Guards led by Pella.

There is a clock tower on the top floor of Kripple Castle. Perhaps no one has ever thought that there is a secret laboratory hidden in the clock tower of Kripple Castle. Swarovski took Shiluva to find the laboratory. Following Bronya's order, Shiluva quickly gathered her once familiar colleagues and gathered in the hidden laboratory. They needed to start calculating the [star core] immediately and organize the experimental data left by their predecessors.

Risk Landau, with his prestige as a loyal and important minister of the previous dynasty, quickly began to select people and formed a small council that was directly responsible to Bronya.

They need to speak out and use reasonable arguments to make sense of what happened in Klippeburg.

The people are not fools. It took Cocolia more than ten years to make things like industrial restructuring, luxury goods, and artificial increases in quality of life reasonable and logical without any interruption.

With Bronya coming to power, many traces left by Cocolia may be exposed. How to control public opinion at that time will be a huge headache for the [City Builders].

But in this busy scene, there are some people who have become idlers with nothing to do.

For example, Natasha, Oleg, and Xier from the Earth Fire, Clara who came to the upper area with Swarovski, and the five people on the train.

"Now, can we only wait for Shiluwa and the others to find the star core?" Xing was obviously dissatisfied with the situation where he could only wait.

"This is Bronya's own government, so it's not convenient for us to interfere. We can't help with the research." March Seven held the star core spirit's shoulder and said in a sad tone, "If you can't stay idle, we can go to the city and walk around. We can always find something to do."

"【Explore】【Understand】, we still know very little about the upper area, so we can really take advantage of now to go and have a look around more." Dan Heng twisted the hair at his temples and spoke softly.

"Okay." The Star Core Elf finally quieted down, but silence did not mean compliance. She sat on the sofa, but gave others a feeling of being on pins and needles. From time to time, she glanced at the captain who was communicating with the representative of the lower city in the distance. It seemed that she had something to say, but did not know how to start.

"Xing? What's wrong with you?" Yuexia's gaze also followed Xing and turned to the captain who was communicating with Natasha and Oleg. He retracted his gaze and looked at the Star Core Spirit.

Xing hesitated for a moment, but still spoke in a low voice, "Cocolia is not someone who would give up so easily. I have a hunch, and... I have some information."

Yuexia nodded, stood up on her own initiative, walked past several large bookshelves, and came to the captain, "Captain, Xing has something to tell you, it may be important."

The captain was stunned for a moment, then nodded and looked at Natasha and Oleg, "I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Natasha smiled softly, "Captain, please help me convey my message."

"Okay, although I can't guarantee it, the three guys all trust you. If you go and entrust them directly, you should be able to get the result you want." The captain smiled, "Well, excuse me, then."

Oleg and Natasha watched the captain find Xing, then they whispered a few words to each other and walked out of the Grand Guardian's office, which was still extremely noisy at the moment.

Outside the door, in a corner away from the Iron Guards, the captain frowned slightly and looked at the Star Core Spirit, "Xing, are you sure?"

"Well, probably because of the influence of the Star Core, or some kind of 'resonance' phenomenon, my dream connected Cocolia's memory, or the Star Core's memory." Xing's dark golden eyes stared at the captain's face, "[Star Core] promised Cocolia a certain [future]. Cocolia did not surrender. When she communicated with [Star Core], she was confident and had a certain expectation of her current situation."

"I can guess that she won't give up so easily, but the future promised by the [Star Core]..." The captain was silent for a moment, "To be honest, I can't guess. If the Great Guardian has the ability to give [Star Core] any instructions, or use the power of the Star Core, there is no need to wait until now."

Xingye thought seriously for a moment and nodded, "So, this is another compromise?"

A compromising bow?

The captain looked at the Star Core Spirit in surprise. The Star Core Spirit also thought carefully before giving the basis for his guess. "Because Cocolia has already bowed its head once, that is, the matter of blocking the upper and lower urban areas, the bottom line is to be defended. As long as it is broken through once, it will naturally be able to break through more times, so I guessed this way."

To be honest, the captain still agreed with Xing's guess. Moreover, although Xing said that she couldn't hear what Xinghe said, she heard what Cocolia said.

But what about the future promised by the star core?

Is it really possible?

"It is necessary to pay attention to it." The captain raised his eyes and looked at the door of a room not far from the corridor, which was guarded by several guards.

In that room, Cocolia was imprisoned.

"Don't be in a hurry. Leave Cocolia alone for a day or two." The captain looked at Xing. "You are special. If you have any more information, tell me immediately. Leave Cocolia to me. I have dealt with many paranoid lunatics like her. I know how to deal with her."

"Okay." Xingye nodded seriously.

It can be seen that she still trusts the captain very much.

"By the way, Dr. Natasha just asked me for a favor." The captain looked at Xing, "She has a commission and wants to ask you three for help. She didn't tell me much, but basically it's about exploring the snowfield and looking for someone. You can discuss whether you want to help her."

"Well, it seems we can't do much to help in this castle."

As the captain expected, Xing nodded and agreed.

After the exchange, the two returned to the Great Guardian's office.

In the office, the discussion among the [City Builders] seemed to have come to an end, and many of them looked a little tired.

Seeing the captain and Xing, who had been out for a while, returned to the office, Bronya took a deep breath and said, "It's already late today."

"Everyone, please take a rest first. All the busy work will start from tomorrow."

Chapter 42: The Pearl of Rift

Today is indeed very late, just as Bronya said.

According to the standard heliocentric cosmic time, it was already past two in the morning when everyone in Klippeburg left.

Many people went to bed with thoughts on their mind, but the captain was not one of them.

In a room in the living area on the middle floor of Klippeburg, the captain held a mobile phone in his hand, his fingers gently tapping out words on the screen.

【A loving family (group chat among train crew members)】

[Captain: @Walter Yang @Jizi, are you awake? I have a problem, and I hope the two knowledgeable seniors can help me solve it. ]