Star Railway, starting as Kiana

"Humph!"

"Miss, please change your mindset. If you compare the lives of people in the lower fin areas to the poverty in the upper fin areas, then I suggest you go see Natasha to get your head checked."

"You don't think that not having enough to eat or wear is the only suffering in the lower classes, do you? But in fact, for survival, what you see as a simple meal might be exchanged for several days' worth of heating supplies, or just for survival, it might be exchanged for even more unpalatable food, which might sustain a family for a week."

Bronya stopped arguing. Seeing that many people treasured the food Kiana had given them, choosing to wrap it up and keep it in their arms instead of eating it, she realized just how difficult life had become for the people in the lower districts.

"Well, it's not that difficult, it's just that these snacks are too precious. I want to take them back so that the children at home can have a taste. After all, those children were born in a place like this and have never eaten anything like this before."

Originally just a logistics member of the Earthfire team, seeing Seele's words go too far, even though Bronya's attire made her guess the other party's identity, she still wanted to explain that the lower districts hadn't reached that serious a point yet.

However, it would have been better if she hadn't explained; the explanation only made Bronya feel even more ashamed.

Especially when she heard many people mocking the High Guardians and the Upper District, Bronya couldn't even utter a rebuttal.

"Okay, we're here."

Seele was the first to reach the elevator platform, while the wanderers who had been plotting to attack the miners dropped their weapons and fled when they saw Seele charging towards them with a scythe.

"What is this?"

Seele picked up a tattered robot from the ground, thinking it was a special mech brought by Schwarz. Just as she was about to destroy it, the robot made a sound.

"You're the scum! Your whole family are the scum!"

"It looks like a product of the Interstellar Peace Corporation, but it can still make sounds? The quality is really good."

"Beep beep, you know about the Interstellar Peace Corporation? That's great."

Let me introduce myself. I am Richard, a home object finder, version 0.63, Expert Edition, Annual Deluxe Edition, nickname: Cha Bao.

Chapter 27 This kid is really interesting.

When it was discovered that the other party's parts were damaged and needed to be repaired, everyone's eyes turned to Kiana.

"Why are you all staring at me? Do you think I know how to fix things?"

"No, why don't you try saying something? And do you have any suitable tools in your warehouse?"

"Yes, there are, but..."

Kiana flipped through the pages and indeed found a temporary repair guide for the home-use item finder, as well as some replacement parts.

But now there's a problem.

"p is broken: 鹣衷诹寮矣梦逖拔镆s has been updated hundreds of times. q查宝 is already the initial group test machine model, the parts don't match."

"So you're saying it can't be fixed?"

"Can't fix it."

Seeing Kiana say that, March Seven also lost interest.

"Then let's just throw it away. There's a trash can nearby."

"garbage can!"

Seeing Xing's eyes light up, Kiana couldn't help but tease, "Xing, don't get so excited every time you see a trash can. Do you think you can find some rare supplies or repair tools in there?"

Kiana was about to reach out and grab Xing to stop her from running around when March 7's soft little hand grasped hers, their fingers intertwined, stopping Kiana's movement.

Kiana:?

Looking into March 7's eyes, Kiana seemed to guess what March 7 was thinking, and couldn't help but twitch her lips.

"March, you don't actually think you can find things in the trash, do you?"

"Ah."

Seeing March 7 nod, Kiana almost couldn't hold back her emotions.

The explanation for March 7th is even more outrageous.

"As everyone knows, there's always an antidote near a venomous snake, just as there's always a part near a broken thing. Besides, didn't you say you don't believe in common sense? I believe you too."

Putting aside the question of what this common sense was all about, Kiana was momentarily speechless. She just believed in herself; surely March 7 wouldn't actually think that just because she casually mentioned it, Xing could actually find something.

"found it!"

Kiana watched as Xing pulled various things out of the trash can that shouldn't have been there, and was speechless for a moment.

Bronya also looked at Seele beside her.

That expression seemed to say, "Were you lying to me before? Didn't you say there was a shortage of supplies and weapons? How come you can find such well-packaged food and various weapons in the trash can?"

Seele was also very curious. She hadn't searched the trash cans in the lower level, but she was certain that the lower level was truly lacking in supplies; at least no one would throw food or weapons in there.

Xing ignored the food and weapons, simply taking them out and setting them aside. It was only after obtaining a box that she carried it to the vicinity of the robot.

As expected, the box contained various parts and tools needed for repair, but unfortunately, the parts were still not compatible.

Seele arranged for some of the Earthfire's people to send the found food back to town, while the weapons were given to those who did not wish to leave.

After all, although they are called weapons, most of them are old-fashioned flintlock guns. As long as you keep a certain distance, their power and accuracy will be greatly reduced, but they are quite good for self-defense.

"By the way, I feel like we've forgotten something?"

On March 7th, watching the members begin distributing weapons, and then looking at his companions, he felt something was missing, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Meanwhile, in the distant fight club, the host raised Danheng's right hand and loudly announced to the crowd below the stage.

"Congratulations to our newcomer, Cold-Faced Little Dragon, on his seventeen-game winning streak. I wonder if he can break the club's record for consecutive wins and win both the titles of Rookie of the Year and Winning Streak King."

"Oh!!!"

Because everyone was armed, when they saw vagrants trying to take advantage of the chaos or engage in conflict, they discovered that Seele, the leader, and the other members were all armed, and the vagrants chose to flee without engaging in combat.

The group successfully rescued all the miners.

After Kiana gave the miners some basic first aid, some of the original miners led the group back, leaving only a few miners and members of the Earthfire group behind.

After walking along the road for a short while, they found a broken minecart blocking the way on a track.

"How to do?"

Xi'er and March Bell tried to hire a screen to deliver the spleen, and found that this mine cart, they didn't know what material it was made of, was perfectly stuck here, no matter how hard they tried, it wouldn't budge.

Upon seeing this, the household item finder, Cha Bao, popped out of Xing's pocket, intending to demonstrate its value.

Unfortunately, the problem was solved as soon as it appeared.

"I have to say, spatial abilities are really useful."

Kiana used her ability to move the minecart aside.

"Beep beep?"

Cha Bao was stunned, Cha Bao fell silent, and then Cha Bao crawled back into Xing's pocket and started playing dead.

However, when they successfully reached the depths of the mine along the road and saw Oleg, they found that the other man's expression was somewhat strange.

"Boss, these guys are here to see you. Oh, and they were brought by that Sambo guy. They say they're from outer space? Hey? Where's Sambo?"

But when Seele turned around, she found that Sambo had disappeared without her noticing. Sambo had been in the group when they were at the entrance, and she didn't know why he had vanished.

"Sangbo. The person who brought Erhai to O? Is it that girl over there wearing the silver-haired iron-clad uniform?"

“She appears to have been abducted; the person I was talking about is there.”

Seele pointed to Kiana, who was surrounded by the crowd. March 7 tried to pull Kiana away, but found that every step she took, the crowd followed. Helpless, March 7 gave up on treatment and simply stayed in the middle of the crowd with Kiana, forced to enjoy the adoration of the others.

"Didn't you say there were four people? Where are the other two?"

"Another one seems to have been tricked by that Sambo guy into going to the fight club. He's not here. There's another one, oh, I see him, he's right there."

Seele pointed to a trash can not far away.

Just then, Xinggang was rummaging through the trash can for supplies when he sensed someone talking about him. So he poked his head out of the trash can and looked toward where Seele and Oleg were.

"This child is really interesting..."

Oleg felt that life was really too magical. First, a large amount of earth marrow was discovered, but then a conflict broke out between Schwarz and the wanderers.

After finally resolving the issue, they discovered that each of the people Seele brought along had their own unique characteristics.

“Iron Guard Girl, I heard from Seele that you come from the Upper District and have never been clear about the current situation in the Lower District. Now that you have seen the real Lower District, what are your thoughts?”

"The Great Guardian must be..."

Bronya still wanted to protect her mother, but along the way, whether it was the miners, the members of the Earthfire, or the wanderers, they all pointed to one thing: a large part of their current suffering was because of Cocolia.

So Bronya ultimately didn't say what she wanted to say.

Chapter 28 Seele: You dislike my clothes?

"Never mind, Iron Guard girl, we'll talk about your matter back in town."

“Seele, I’d like to talk to those people. Could you introduce me?”

Hier pushed through the crowd and came to Kiana's side, explaining that she intended to have a good talk with them.

Kiana's purpose in coming here was precisely this, so she did not refuse.

However, when the two sides began to negotiate, Oleg felt that he was wrong to be in such a hurry and should have waited until he returned to the city to talk.

He was initially worried that as the open leader of the Earth Fire, he might put pressure on outsiders, so he sent Seele away and took Bronya for a stroll in the neighborhood.

But now it seems that he himself should be the one worried.

"I knew I should have let Xiba'er delete it, but why do I feel like Ming Fang is the boss of the Earth Fire Dove, and I'm the outsider?"

Oleg was momentarily distracted when he heard Kiana in front of him seem to ask him something.

"Sorry, I was a little distracted. What did you just say?"

“Star Core? I'm sorry, only the City Builders should be qualified to access such matters. Perhaps Schwarz knows something about it, but since, as you say, the Star Core is the culprit behind all the disasters, it's probably been hundreds of years. I can go back and search through the ancient texts to check it out for you.”

After Oleg finished speaking, he immediately planned to lead everyone back to town.

For no other reason than that all the members of the Earthfire team and the miners were now standing behind Kiana. Even the members who had originally arrived with her earlier stood beside her after hearing about Kiana's deeds.

This gave Oleg the illusion that he had been ousted from power.

In other words, Oleg didn't care about power. He only became the nominal leader of the Earth Fire because there was no better candidate. However, it still felt strange to see his familiar comrade standing behind someone who had just arrived.

With Oleg's introduction, after returning to town, Seele led everyone to the Goethe Hotel.

Bronya, who had changed into casual clothes, was standing next to Seele.

"Miss Seele, thank you for the clothes."

"You have such a nice way of speaking, Miss, but please don't use honorifics, it sounds weird. Your Iron Guard uniform is too eye-catching, I was just worried that you would cause us trouble."

Looking at Seele's haughty expression, Kiana couldn't help but smile.

Sure enough, no matter which world they live in, Seele and Bronya will always be bound together.

"but..."

"But what? You think my clothes are dirty?"

"no no."

Bronya quickly waved her hand, worried that Seele would misunderstand. Seeing that Seele wasn't really angry, she tentatively revealed her troubles.

"That's... that..."

Bronya's upbringing left her unsure how to explain the situation, so she could only anxiously rack her brains and look at herself in the hotel mirror.

Wearing the same clothes as Seele, the two are not much different in height or figure, so there is no problem with the clothes not fitting.

Thankfully, it was Honkai Impact 3rd's Iron Duck and Iron Seele; if it were Honkai Impact 3rd, I wonder how much stuff they would have had to stuff in their chests to prevent them from collapsing.

Just as Qi Ya and Na Liu had booked a room, they were about to go out for a stroll when they noticed that Bronya's door was open and there was no sound from inside. They assumed she had forgotten to close the door when she went out, so they were about to close it.

As soon as they peeked out, they discovered there were people inside.

Looking at Kiana's current appearance, Kiana didn't hold back her praise and gave a thumbs up to the beautiful scene before her.

"Hot pants with black stockings, awesome!"

Seele also heard Kiana's voice and shifted her gaze from Bronya's face down to her lower body.

Hot pants, black stockings, and knee-high boots.

Hmm, Seele wondered why the same clothes looked so smart on her, but so alluring on Bronya.

Bronya blushed instantly.