People are collapsing iron, they say I am a greedy messenger

Yue Yan, who had recovered from the stench, stood up and responded. He picked up a towel and wiped his face to make himself look less embarrassed. He walked over and opened the door. Looking at Xi'er outside, he said apologetically:

"I'm sorry, because I didn't know when you would be back, and I was afraid that some small animals would eat it, so I took the pot of noodles away. I'll give it to you now..."

That's right, because she was afraid that if she ran back to wash up, the aroma of the soup noodles would attract some small animals underground, so Yue Yan put it into the system backpack in advance to keep it fresh. She thought Xier came to her because of this matter.

However, the other party shook his head:

"No, that's not it... That's not why I'm looking for you. Come with me. Chief Oleg wants to see you."

……

In front of a bright but slightly shabby room, Yue Yan was led by Xier to open the door and saw Oleg——

At this moment, the other party was obviously much more excited than the last time they met. His skinny fingers were trembling and his eyes were red, as if he had just cried.

It is hard to imagine what kind of thing would make a veteran like this, who has fought on the battlefield and suppressed the underworld, cry.

"Miss Yue Yan... No, benefactor!"

The white-haired old man, who was over fifty years old, was stunned for a moment when he saw Yue Yan coming, but then he carefully identified that the other party was the person he was looking for, who had just changed his clothes. Then he knelt down with a thud.

The girl's heart skipped a beat.

This is not the end yet. Judging from his posture, he is going to kowtow to her again.

"Oh, sir, no, no!"

She immediately ran over in a panic, helped the man up, and pressed him down on a chair beside her: "Aren't you trying to shorten my life? If you have anything to say, just say it!"

This old man is older than her own parents. How could she bear his respect?

"I'm sorry, I was so excited."

Oleg wiped his eyes and took a moment to calm down. However, his voice was still trembling when he spoke:

"The rift in Rivet Town...was that cleared by you alone? And has it returned to normal?"

"Yes."

After getting the answer he wanted, the old man took another deep breath and suppressed his inner excitement:

"Then... the method is..."

"I'd like to tell you it's a special technique, but unfortunately it's not."

But Yue Yan's subsequent answer made his heart sink to the bottom.

"That's my special ability. Ordinary people can't eliminate the existence of the Rift in this way."

The girl shook her head and said, "To put it simply, the main reason why you had difficulty fighting against the Rift Creatures in the past was that they could recycle their energy. In the Rift, no matter how many monsters died, they could be recycled and recreated.

The way I destroyed the Rift was by blocking its energy recovery. All the monsters created in this area were constantly killed by me, and their energy gradually dissipated until the Rift could no longer sustain itself and naturally disappeared.

"That……"

"But don't worry."

But at this moment, Yue Yan gave another good news, which instantly brought Oleg's heart back to the bottom. The ups and downs almost gave the old man, who was still in good health, a heart attack.

"The Rift's energy recovery is essentially controlled by the Star Core. As long as the culprit is killed or sealed, the Rift will not be able to obtain more energy. As a result, it will no longer become stronger, but will only become weaker.

You won't even need to fight it by then; it will slowly dissipate on its own, and the cold wave will recede."

Everything Yue Yan said above is true. It is the valuable information stored in the train's think tank and recorded by generations of unknown guests.

In a word - when the core of the star dies, Beloberg is born.

After this conversation, Dihuo reached a formal cooperation with the train crew and said that a guide would be arranged to take them to Svaro's base tomorrow morning.

But that was all they could do. As a force almost hostile to Swarovski, they couldn't take further action - they knew nothing about the star core, and if they rashly sent too many members to the mechanical settlement, it would easily cause conflict between the two sides.

As for Seele and Bronya, they didn't seem to be very interested in noodle soup, and no one knew what they were doing in Rivet Town.

"Oh, never mind. It doesn't matter. It won't go bad if I put it in the system backpack. At worst, I can have it for breakfast tomorrow."

The girl stretched and looked at the time. It was already past one o'clock. When she was about to go back to her room to sleep, the group chat message on her phone suddenly rang. She opened it and found that it was the train conductor who tagged her in the group.

Train Conductor: "Passenger Yueyan, is this something you grew?"

Train Conductor: "picture.jpg"

The picture shows a large plastic basin filled with soil. There are a few green plants growing on it. They are growing well and there are no weeds in the basin.

"Isn't this the cowpea seed I planted? How come it's grown so big?"

The girl was a little surprised - when she was making furniture before, she specifically asked Heita to get her a few planting pots, filled them with soil, and sprinkled cowpea seeds on them.

I didn't expect that it has grown so big in just a few days. It seems that in half a month at most, I will be able to make stir-fried beans or stewed noodles on the train.

Walter: "Is it some kind of legume? It looks familiar, as if I've seen it somewhere."

Chapter 52: Heading to the Mechanical Settlement

The girl who dreams of becoming a cooking god: "Ah, yes, this is called cowpea. It is a high-yielding bean that can be used to make many delicious dishes."

Walter: "Oh, cowpeas! I remember now. My mother once made this kind of beans for me. They have a very special taste and can be eaten with the skin. I haven't eaten them for a long time. I look forward to the day when they bear fruit."

Train Conductor: "There's something delicious? Great!!"

Zhao Xiangji: “Okay!”

The noodle soup is delicious. (Star): "It's delicious!"

So the group repeated a series of "good"s.

After closing the group chat and watching some short videos for a while, Yue Yan contentedly turned off the screen of her phone, lay down on the bed and closed her eyes.

It was already 3 a.m., and the night breeze from the basement flowed into the room through the cracks in the window. Amidst this gentle caress, her mind gradually grew groggy, and she fell asleep...

……

The role of the biological clock is very important. A person who wakes up at a certain time for a long time will wake up at that time the next day even if he stays up very late one day.

Yue Yan is like this. The biological clock she developed in her previous life is almost impossible to change.

Although it was already early in the morning when she went to bed, she still got up before 6 o'clock. After washing up, she found the restaurant owner to borrow the kitchen and started preparing breakfast for her teammates.

Because the meaty and high-salt soup noodles were not suitable for eating in the morning, and there was a high possibility that the remaining half pot would not be enough to share, she made another pot of breakfast porridge, fried a few pancakes, and added a few stir-fries sold in the restaurant, which was more than enough to eat well.

The first two used ingredients produced from the Rift Creation, but probably because the recipes were too basic and quick to make, they only added 15 points in total, which was better than nothing.

Anyway, Xinghe and March enjoyed their meal very much.

After finishing their meal, the train crew arrived outside the hotel. Seele and Bronya had been waiting there for a long time. For some reason, the relationship between the two seemed to have gotten much better. They didn't quarrel, but just had some bickering.

This left Sanyue, who was always sensitive to emotions, somewhat bewildered. How had things suddenly become so good between them? Hadn't they been arguing with each other the day before? What had they done last night?

She couldn't control her brain and started thinking about some inappropriate things, so her expression became a little strange for some reason, which confused Bronya.

"The guide assigned by Oleg is just ahead."

Xi'er didn't notice San Yueqi's strange expression. She pointed and said, "Just follow this path straight ahead. Let's go."

The road from the small town to the mechanical settlement was exactly the opposite of Rivet Town. It took everyone just over half an hour to reach the edge of the town, where they saw a blue-haired man looking around.

From time to time he would take out money and count it, occasionally squatting on the ground to count ants, then giggling foolishly, giving people the appearance of a beauty that had just run out of St. Elizabeth.

"Sambo?"

Sanyue had returned to normal by now, frowning: "He's the guide? This guy is so unreliable, how can he be effective?"

"Don't underestimate Sambo. Although he's unreliable at ordinary times, he can still be relied upon at critical moments."

Xier explained:

"Although the exact location of the mechanical settlement is no secret, if we were to ask who in Beloberg could fully grasp its information, it would probably be only Sambo. After all, he's quite skilled at stealing."

She spread her hands and led everyone over.

When Sambo saw the person coming, he immediately stood up and put on a flattering and mean smile:

"Hey, isn't this my important client, Miss Xier? Did Boss Oleg arrange for you to come here?

Oh, Miss Yue Yan is here too! You were so impressive last night! You single-handedly killed that world-shattering monster without even raising your head. Amazing, amazing! I, Old Sangbo, admire you so much!

"what?"

Yue Yan was stunned for a moment: "How did you know?"

This morning, after Yue Yan finished talking with Oleg, he promised her before leaving that he would not leak this information. How did this guy know? Could it be that someone in the underground fire leaked the secret?

Xier quickly explained:

"It's definitely not us who leaked it. The brothers are very tight-lipped. Besides, even within the organization, only a few senior officials and backbones know about your affairs..."

"Oh, don't get me wrong, it wasn't Dihuo who gave me this information."

Sambo chuckled, took out a comb, and fixed his hair:

"Sometimes when I can't sleep at night, I like to go out for a walk... Just last night, while relaxing in Rivet Town, I accidentally saw your heroic figure.

As for me, I admire the strong, so I couldn't help but watch for a while longer, so..."

This reason obviously doesn't make sense - who in their right mind would go for a walk in the Rift in the middle of the night?

But considering that the difference between this guy's brain circuit and that of a normal person is indeed quite large, everyone stopped caring about it and asked him to stop nagging and lead the way quickly.

……

I don't know if it was intentional by Swarovski, but on the main road from the small town to the mechanical settlement, there is a robot guarding every few dozen meters. These big guys are not hostile to humans, and they will constantly clear out the rift monsters wandering nearby, as if they are maintaining this important traffic route.

Thanks to them, the group did not need to stop every few steps to clear out the attacking monsters. Instead, they could move at high speed and arrived near the mechanical settlement in just over an hour.

The Mechanical Settlement, just as its name suggests, is full of robots, various types of automatic soldiers and wanderers... They even built simple houses with wooden boards, and it seems that they live here permanently.

At the same time, the status of some machines and humans seems to have been reversed. The main affairs here are handled by machines, and the mechanical soldiers have become the maintainers of order, managing these homeless people, almost replacing the position of the earth fire.

"Robots manage humans..."

Bronya felt that his worldview had been challenged and looked incredulous:

"How could such a thing happen? It would be impossible for it to happen in the upper regions. Mechanical devices there can only be tools of humans."

"You can't treat Swarlow like an ordinary robot."

Xier said casually, "After all, their intelligence is even stronger than humans. And for these wanderers, being managed by robots isn't a bad thing. At least their safety is guaranteed."

……

In the very center of the mechanical settlement, there is a huge and elegantly decorated three-story villa. That is where Swarovski's residence is. However, on the only road leading to the residence, there is a huge iron gate blocking the way for everyone, and a small robot like a traffic light stands at the door.

The guy who called himself Perkins scanned everyone one by one, and then made a hoarse mechanical sound.

"Unknown visitor, no authorization, no entry, please go back.

Friendly reminder, this station has been equipped with a large number of automatic defense artillery. If you enter rashly, you may be attacked. Please do not attempt to force your way in. The Mechanical Settlement will not be held responsible for any injuries or deaths.

Chapter 53 Negotiations broke down?

"Do you still need authorization?"

Xing scratched his head and asked in confusion: "What should I do?"

"Hehe, I guess I have foresight."

Sanyueqi suddenly put his hands on his hips and walked to the front. With a proud look on his face, he pulled out a large speaker from behind his back... It seemed to be made of scraps, welded together, and looked quite crude.

"I just bought this from a kind local in the settlement for 100 Winterfell shields. Let's use the loudspeaker to shout inside. I don't believe Svarro won't come out!"

Then he started tinkering with the buttons of the scrap speaker.

"Wait a minute, wait for me to adjust it. I remember that fellow villager told me that sometimes this thing doesn't make any sound, and just tapping it twice will fix it."

Seeing her serious look, Xier felt reluctant to tell her that "similar goods only cost 20 yuan in town".

Perhaps, sometimes ignorance is also a kind of happiness.

"Snapped!"

March slapped it, and the rough speaker suddenly made a sound -

"I collect old appliances, old refrigerators, old mechas, old mechas, and exchange them for scissors and pots..."

"Snapped!"