Star Dome Railway, are you a player too?

[Ron is leading the pioneering team to advance steadily in Rivet Town and is expanding the results bit by bit. 】

Looking at the panoramic map to the side, the blue light dot represented by the pioneering group has been steadily advancing in Rivet Town, starting from the orphanage and gradually expanding its sphere of influence.

That small blue area not only did not become smaller under the endless wave of red dots, it was even expanding bit by bit.

And the densely packed world-splitting creations in Rivet Town are gradually becoming less and less... The battle situation is getting better and better, and it is about to completely lead to victory.

Looking at the appearance on the panoramic map, Natasha smiled slightly, feeling extremely relaxed.

As expected of Ron, he will easily take back Rivet Town...

After the Rivet Town is completely taken back, let's persuade Ron to go to the upper area... By then, he should have the ability to completely integrate the upper and lower areas.

With this thought in her mind, Natasha clicked on the light screen in front of her to continue the simulation.

A new note appeared on it:

【You have ushered in a new day. 】

[In order to make "Wind and Snow Immunity", you planted some blessing berries on a small scale in the secret room of the clinic, and today is the day to harvest. 】

[You carefully closed the door of the clinic, sealed the windows of the clinic, and opened the secret room of the clinic without being affected by anyone. 】

[You saw the mess in the secret room. The small patch of berry bushes that had been planted were trampled and their branches and leaves were scattered. The original red berries had disappeared. 】

[A smiling mask falls next to you, and the smile on it seems to be laughing at your failure to do your duty. 】

[The blessed berries were stolen. 】

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PS：昨日的欠更是月票26÷150=0.17更，打赏300÷15000=0.02更，19÷150=0.13更，合起来半更不到，就当欠一千字了。

So I currently owe 8+0.5=8.5 updates, which means I owe [-] words.

There should be another update today, maybe between nine and ten o'clock I will update another chapter, and I'll update it at the beginning, over.

Chapter 53—Masks and Messages, Sacrifice and Triumph (4k)

[A smiling mask falls next to you, and the smile on it seems to be laughing at your failure to do your duty. 】

[The blessed berries were stolen. 】

Looking at the note on the light screen, the relaxed smile on Natasha's lips immediately froze.

Stolen...what happened? !

Why were the blessed berries suddenly stolen?

Only Ron and I knew about the secret room in the clinic. For these berries, I never even left the secret room in the simulation...

Thinking about it carefully, Natasha's eyes narrowed slightly and she broke into a cold sweat.

She clicked on the light screen and controlled her avatar to search carefully in the clinic, hoping to find clues about the person who stole the blessed berries.

A new note popped up on the light screen:

[You tried to look for relevant things in the clinic, but apart from the smiling mask, you didn't find any clues. 】

[It falls quietly to the ground, and the smiley arc outlined on the mask seems to be laughing at your dereliction of duty. 】

[You carefully picked up the smiley mask. There was nothing special about the mask, but you found a neatly folded letter under the mask. 】

[Open the letter and see some strange words written in an incomprehensible tone:]

["If a gun appears in the first act of a play, the gun will definitely go off in the third act..."]

["What symbolizes the existence of life, and what resists the illusory emptiness of this world?"]

["As the leading actors on this grand stage, you should give an answer to this."]

["Where the gun's bullet will hit will change depending on your answer."]

["Please also remember - 'The more happiness that can reflect human dignity, the higher the happiness.'"]

["I hope you can make this story progress more interestingly... Before this story becomes boring, the center of the stage belongs only to you."]

drama?story?stage?

What is this and what... The upper and lower areas have been closed for more than ten years, but no one can watch dramas in the lower areas, which can only be seen by the nobles in the upper areas.

Natasha looked at the vague words on the light screen and didn't know what they meant. She felt helpless for a moment.

It would be nice if we knew what this man wanted to do, but instead he left such a baffling riddle, and it was impossible to tell what he wanted to do...

But his strength is unbelievable - who can sneak into the secret room of Natasha's clinic silently, deliberately leave a mask to laugh at her, and then silently leave the clinic with these blessed berries? ?

You know, after completing the complete "Wind and Snow Immunity", Natasha has taken a big step forward on the road of [Plenty]. Her strength in this simulation game is no longer on the same level as reality... ...

She was sure that there was no one in the lower class who could hide it from her so easily.

Who is this little thief who stole the blessed berries, and why was he able to do such a thing...

Theoretically speaking, no one except Ron would be able to treat her clinic as her own back garden and come in and out at will without her being aware of it at all...

Thinking this in her mind, Natasha couldn't help but have a headache.

Ron had just told her to protect these blessed berries, but as soon as Ron left Pan Rock Town, these berries were stolen by a thief who jumped out of nowhere.

According to Ron's prediction, if these berries were really exposed, a riot would break out in the entire lower area... This was something she would never accept.

No, this matter must be nipped in the embryo, and these blessed berries must be recovered...

With this in mind, Natasha clicked on the light screen. The text on the light screen disappeared, and a new choice popped up:

[Facing the stolen blessed berries and the note left by the masked thief, you are worried about the events that may be caused by the blessed berries. 】

[Facing the current situation, you decide——]

【1. Try your best to recover.

You will immediately order the members of the Earth Fire Organization to conduct a large-scale search of the entire Panyan Town. You will use all your strength to search every corner of the entire Panyan Town to find this little thief who dares to steal the blessed berries.

After selecting this option, the Earth Fire Organization will be in a state of mobilization. The administrative efficiency of the Earth Fire Organization will be reduced by 50%. The possibility of finding the stolen blessing berries will be greatly increased. Citizens will be affected by the substantial improvement of the Earth Fire Organization. Mobilization creates doubt. 】

[2. Confidential actions.

You know that all information about the blessed berries must not be exposed. You will implement Ron's idea, and while trying your best to maintain confidentiality, you will order the most trustworthy team in the Earthfire organization to secretly search for the blessed berries. Presence of berries.

After selecting this option, the administrative efficiency of the Earth Fire Organization will not be reduced, the possibility of finding stolen blessing berries will be slightly increased, and citizens will not notice what happened. 】

【3. Stand still.

You know that you completely screwed up this time, and the situation after throwing away these blessed berries is beyond your ability to handle alone.Ron was about to return from Rivet Town and might want to seek some advice from him.

By selecting this option, you will not issue any orders to the Earthfire Organization.The Blessed Berries will not be recovered, and the citizens will not find out what happened.

Also, after choosing this option, you will not get new choices until Ron returns to Rock Town. 】

Looking at the three options on the light screen, Natasha couldn't help but feel thoughtful.

Although in her mind, she must first nip all possible troubles in the embryo, and she must do her best to recover the blessed berries...

But option number one has too many negative buffs.

Natasha didn't want to pay so much to recover the blessed berries——

After all, if the thief who stole the Blessed Berries didn't publicize the berries everywhere, but leaked the news because she ordered so many Earthfire members to search for the Blessed Berries, then it would be a complete loss.

Let’s choose option number two.

Although Natasha also wanted to wait for Ron to return and let Ron take over to handle this matter, which would be reliable enough, but waiting is not the answer...

It would be better to send out a secret team to privately search for the demon who stole the blessed berries, and then wait for Ron's return in the meantime.

After all, although the chance of retrieving the blessed berries in option [-] is better than nothing, it is still possible.

Even if there is only a little bit of hope, you must never give up.

With this in mind, Natasha clicked on option number two.

The option box on the light screen faded away, and new text appeared:

[You have chosen a loyal and elite Earthfire team and asked them to search for blessed berries in secret. 】

[The Lower Zone is a dark and cold underground world. Things like berries are almost completely insulated from the Lower Zone. If they appear in certain places, they will definitely cause an uproar. 】

[But if the thief who stole the berries stood still and hid the berries, it would be almost impossible to retrieve the blessed berries. 】

[But you can't change the fact that the blessed berries were stolen. You can only hope that things will develop in a good direction. 】

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[You followed Ron deep into the rift and successfully defeated the creation of the rift x10086]

[Your combat experience has improved, and your deeds on your destiny have gone further. 】

[Similarly, Ron's combat experience has been greatly improved, Ron's commanding experience has been greatly improved, and Ron's deeds have gone further in his destiny. 】

Looking at the words on the light screen, Xi'er couldn't help but feel that the big stone that had been weighing in her heart had completely dropped, and she no longer had any worries.

In fact, when she first followed Ron to Rivet Town, she refused to charge directly into Rivet Town with her entire army.

After all, although she can run around Rivet Town alone and bring back enough supplies for Natasha, it does not mean that the entire pioneering team can do this.

But Ron taught her a good lesson... Ron told Xier very clearly with facts that under his command, even such a pioneering team, which was no longer considered a small team, could easily The earth weaved through the dense creations of the world and found ways to avoid them.

Then we can simply build defenses under the attack of the world-splitting creations, use the orphanage as a springboard, gradually push the front line, and eliminate these dense world-splitting creations bit by bit...

Looking at the panoramic map on the light screen, the entire Rivet Town is no longer the same red light as before. There are countless crimson light spots running around inside.

Now in the panoramic map, almost the entire map is filled with blue light. Only the corners of the map are a little messy and have not been cleaned up. They are glowing with dim red light, occupying a tiny bit of territory the size of a grain of rice, and are fighting stubbornly.

And this obstruction is nothing in front of the pioneering team...

As those territories were eroded bit by bit by blue light, the panoramic map on the light screen finally reached its final scene - the entire map was completely occupied by blue light, with no trace of red left.

The text on the light screen faded away, and a new picture emerged:

Standing on the highest mountain in Rivet Town, the pioneers stood in the courtyard of the orphanage with some excitement.

Each of them has injuries more or less on their bodies. These injuries are of various types, and almost all of them are caused by the creation of the world. The chaotic imaginary energy on them tried to invade the bodies of the pioneers, but was " The medicinal effect of "Wind and Snow Immunity" was blocked and blocked from the body.

In addition to these injured pioneers, there were several victims lying on simple stretchers, who had completely closed their eyes and stopped breathing...

"Wind and Snow Immunity" can make people immune to wind, snow and rifts, but it is far from being invulnerable.

But even so, there was still joy in their eyes and smiles on their lips.

This casualty is not too heavy... They successfully recaptured Rivet Town, which was an unprecedented improvement in the history of the Lower District.

This time was a great victory, and they had even begun to imagine how the townspeople of Panyan Town would welcome them heroes after they returned home victorious.

But when Ron looked at everyone, there was no trace of joy on his face. Instead, he was silent for a moment, broke the joyful atmosphere with an extremely serious tone, and asked the pioneers:

"Have we won the war to retake Rivet Town?"

Some people looked up at Ron in confusion, wondering why Ron's tone was so serious and why he asked such an obvious question.

He turned around and looked at the streets that had been cleared down the hill. Looking at the empty boundary, he said with some hesitation:

"I guess I won... right?"

"No, we lost."

Ron interrupted him without hesitation and emphasized again:

"We lost big."

"The erosion of the Rift in Rivet Town is indeed serious, but the training and resources you have received are enough to rival these enemies..."

"We have won the best position in this town, we have the strongest defense line, and we are advancing the war in the safest way..."

"But we still lost our compatriots, we lost our comrades."

Ron sighed, with a hint of sadness in his tone:

"We have successfully retaken Rivet Town. It is natural to be happy... but we must not be carried away by joy."

"How many towns have been swallowed up by the rift? Now we are just living in the underground of Beloberg. How can we be so happy and forgetful just because we took back this small town?"

"You shouldn't be so happy... Don't forget, these honors are not just your own efforts, but also obtained by relying on the lives of your comrades - if you can be stronger, can you defeat them?" Saved from danger?"

Hearing this, everyone who had been a little carried away because of the successful capture of Rivet Town suddenly fell silent. The curves at the corners of their mouths were smoothed away, and everyone's hearts felt heavy.

Perhaps they were not responsible for the death of their comrades, but they had to admit that if they were stronger, perhaps these dead pioneers would have a way to survive...