Is it really okay to click on the Starry Sky technology tree in Star Railway?

Chapter 105: Forcing the Emperor to Abdicate

Early in the morning, the sound of firecrackers rang continuously, and the sound of gongs and drums was like thunder, spreading all over the place.

The huge dark clouds seemed to have dispersed today, and the clear sky became a little brighter, causing the residents to open their doors or go up to the balconies and cast curious eyes towards the streets.

"The Great Guardian Cocolia Rand is wise and decisive. The foreign visitor Chen Lin has entered the palace to rest. The national crisis has been resolved. I have ordered the people of Beloberg to join in the celebration! All restrictions and bans have been lifted. The whole country will celebrate for three days!"

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The celebratory procession from the Klippe Palace marched through the streets, announcing that the foreign imperial threat that was about to endanger Beloberg had been completely resolved.

People all remembered the doomsday scenes played by that strange instrument, and while they breathed a sigh of relief, they were also filled with sadness.

When that gentleman and Lady Bronya ruled Beloberg together, everyone bought countless things at prices that were almost unbelievably cheap. Many luxury goods that were once only affordable by large families, wealthy businessmen, or high-ranking officials could now be bought home by everyone with just a few days' salary.

During those twenty days, everyone lived a life like a god, with no worries about food, drink, or entertainment.

Their income was set at a minimum by that gentleman, and those who were unemployed would be arranged to work by Lady Bronya. Every family had food in stock, and everyone had something to do. Many elderly people who had lived in Beloberg for 5 or 60 years called this a miracle, and they said over and over again that the gentleman was a messenger sent by God who could help Beloberg overcome its difficulties.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. One day, rumors spread on the streets that the gentleman who was so kind to all the people of Beloberg had become a terrorist who attempted to overthrow the Beloberg regime. Lady Bronya, who had arranged jobs for the penniless people who had been forced to live on the streets, was deceived and brainwashed by the terrorists and was placed under house arrest.

Although the literacy rate of the Beloberg people is less than 60%, it does not mean that everyone is a fool, and you do not have to believe everything the Clipper Palace says.

They only saw that their lives became better after the two adults ruled Beloberg together, and the crime rate in Beloberg reached an all-time low!

According to the original announcement released by the Statistics Department of Kripa Palace, the period with the lowest crime rate in Beloberg was during the reign of the second Grand Guardian Svetlana Land. The crime rate in Beloberg dropped sharply from the original 47% to 6%, marking the beginning of the stability of order in Beloberg.

The problem is that during the month when the two adults were in charge of Beloberg, the crime rate in Beloberg was a staggering 0.9%, and almost all of them were punishments for corrupt officials who were notorious among the people!

How can this not make people applaud?

When that gentleman was wanted and lost contact, Beloberg's situation took a turn for the worse. The money that could originally buy 100 kilograms of food could only buy 5 kilograms of food, and there was no market for it. A grain of rice could not be bought with a thousand gold coins...

All kinds of inexplicable disasters also broke out in the city. First, all kinds of heating pipes were damaged, then farms collapsed inexplicably and no crops were harvested, and finally, the pace of the expansion of the rift accelerated sharply, and part of the commercial street that had been recaptured fell into the control of the rift again.

The students who were marching were arrested and beaten by the reactionary iron guards. The bloody incidents and the atmosphere of terror made everyone in Beloberg feel insecure. Even businessmen who accused the atrocities of various families were beaten or even killed.

Whenever a disaster occurs, everyone will think of that extremely beautiful time, of the young man who often went from street to street to collect everyone's needs and then immediately started to make improvements, and of the girl who set up a reporting box and strictly investigated anonymous reports on officials.

Apart from grand celebrations, they had never seen the Great Guardian. Some of them couldn't even remember what the Great Guardian looked like. But they all remembered the young man and woman who were willing to listen to their complaints and even help them solve their problems.

Everyone is not a fool. They can tell right from wrong who is good to them and who is just talking nonsense and then cooperating with the group of arrogant robbers to take away their food and money.

Therefore, some of the people who saw Chen Lin and others evacuating remained silent in the face of threats and questioning by the reactionary iron guards.

We all know better than anyone who is the terrorist and the one who should be wanted!

"What? What happened?" Some people who were woken up and did not have time to hear the noise outside asked the people who took to the streets.

"This is terrible! That gentleman was captured by their lackeys, and now he orders us to celebrate for them for three whole days!"

Another citizen who was leaving the house asked in confusion, "I just heard that we have to bring our own food and provide all kinds of food for the celebration!"

"Why did I hear that I have to pay to go up?"

"Eh? Are you guys talking about the celebration? I heard from the neighbors that a large amount of taxes will be collected after the celebration. It seems that Lady Bronya and her men are going to attack, and they want us to collect money to buy equipment and food."

"I'm celebrating the birth of that bastard. I can barely afford to eat, but I'm still celebrating. I'm really shocked. Do you really think that everything will be fine if you catch that adult? Lady Bronya will tear down that shabby house sooner or later!"

"Shh, keep your voice down, do you want to live? Don't say your name, use a codeword. Last time, the son of Fiona's family next door was heard because he spoke such things too loudly without using a codeword, and he is still locked up in that jail!" Someone immediately covered the angry man's mouth and reminded him anxiously.

"whispering sound……"

Many people who heard the whole story cursed the event, especially some families who had less food stored at the time. They hadn't had a full meal for a long time. After hearing the reason and content of the celebration, they immediately started cursing.

But after a while, the family's private soldiers who were there to maintain order arrived, and no one dared to speak loudly anymore, for fear of being beaten to death by the bandits or having their property confiscated on charges of some crime.

"Oh, I really miss the time when those two adults united... I only had a good time once in my life, and it ended before it lasted a month."

"It's good for the adult who was accidentally captured. It saves him from any danger. Leaving here is also a good result. It's a pity that we can't repay the adult's kindness."

"You said that the arrested master will not be in danger... I remember that several corrupt officials dealt with by that master were from the current families. They will not retaliate against that master, right?"

"They dare?! If they dare, I will just...just...just take my luggage and run to the other adult! Even if I have to sacrifice my almost fifty-year-old bones, I will give them a tooth mark!"

"No, don't forget that we still have the power behind that master above us. They are not crazy, how dare they do this?"

"Right……"

While the people were complaining about all kinds of rumors, Clipper Palace was very busy. Coolies who were recruited from various large hotels as free chefs were preparing meals for the official banquet in the evening in the kitchen of Clipper Palace. The countless luxurious foods almost consumed all the food in the Clipper Palace granary, and the chefs were sighing.

They can only eat white rice to get half full, but they have to prepare luxurious staple meals and desserts for others to enjoy. They can only cook them themselves and don't even have a chance to taste them.

Just as a shoemaker has no shoes to wear, a builder has no house to live in, and a clothes maker can only wear tattered patched clothes.

These chefs are hungry while preparing extravagant dishes for those annoying dignitaries...

But no one dared to disobey, because there were more than a dozen strong men holding guns standing at the kitchen door. In the end, they could only sigh and continue cooking with their rumbling stomachs.

A few hundred meters away from the kitchen was a small palace surrounded by high walls and surrounded by palace guards.

Inside the house, an iron guard dressed like the other guards made a dull sound under his helmet.

"Outside they are celebrating your capture. There is a three-day celebration outside the palace, and a celebration banquet is being held inside the palace."

"I know." Chen Lin, who was sitting on the bed, nodded gently, "This is what I arranged."

"Are you really going to do this... Actually, if you want, I can just capture Cocolia and ask her about the whereabouts of the star core." Dan Heng, who was wearing Iron Guard clothes, didn't quite understand why Chen Lin had to go through so much trouble.

Compared with the roundabout operation, he felt that the quickest way was to simply overturn Cocolia's position.

Chen Lin shook his head: "To be honest, there are two different powers in Cocolia's body. I can feel it. I'm afraid we can't defeat her with just one or two of us."

"Different powers?"

"Yes." Chen Lin said, "I am more familiar with one of them now. I can basically determine that it is the energy fluctuation of the star core, which is also the power that occupies the majority. As for the other one... I am not sure yet, but it is definitely not weaker."

"Then there's no need for you to pretend to be as serious as in the script you gave me..."

"The key is that it's so boring to just look for star cores like we're on a mission. It's better to have some fun. Killing people is easy, but killing someone is more interesting." Chen Lin showed Dan Heng a sunny smile, which gave Dan Heng goose bumps.

This guy's character is much worse than I thought...

The appearance and the inner heart are completely opposite, but fortunately Dan Heng knows that Chen Lin also wants to make the future journey smoother.

He heard Chen Lin say that his current strength requires the help of many people, which in layman's terms means it needs to become a kind of belief, and only then will his power slowly emerge. The ships disguised by him as a powerful empire are a kind of materialized form of his power... ?

Dan Heng didn't quite understand.

But what we know is that Yalilo is his current goal, and his ultimate goal, according to him, seems to be that he has forgotten where his home is, and he really wants to go home, that's all.

Every anonymous passenger on the train may never come to see him, and may just be a passerby who meets by chance. The fact that Chen Lin is willing to tell himself his purpose shows that he believes he can understand.

In fact, after being fooled by Chen Lin, Dan Heng did feel that this journey to find the star core had many more interesting things and he also met many interesting people.

For example, Sylva, who was politically persecuted and demoted to a commoner, but actually had great influence in the army; the order maintainers in the lower district, the Earth Fire, who always loved to generate electricity; and Bronya, whose eyes were as pure as water when they first met...

very many.

The overall feeling is indeed more colorful than his previous adventures with San Yue Qi.

After all, he and San Yueqi were both wanted by the local country before, so how could they have the right to organize a rebel army to overthrow other people's rule?

“It might be interesting indeed.”

Dan Heng nodded, reluctantly agreeing with Chen Lin's opinion.

Chen Lin smiled and spread his hands, "Right? Traveling doesn't mean you have to see the scenery created by others. It's actually quite nice to create some scenery yourself. Think about what will happen to the entire Beloberg after you do what I say? Think about what those who look at this place might do..."

"..."

Dan Heng opened his mouth slightly and began to imagine what might happen soon according to Chen Lin's guidance.

The whole of Beloberg will be in chaos.

hiss!

He seemed to understand Chen Lin a little bit!

"So, the big thing is about to come, right? Just wait and see my performance!" Chen Lin patted his shoulder meaningfully.

"The question is, are you sure there won't be any problems? Especially yourself..."

"I haven't done it seriously, but I should be able to do it after a little try." Chen Lin spread his hands and looked nonchalant, then sat back on the bed. "During the practice, you could hear me talking to you with my psychic body, right? Well, I believe that my knowledge reserve as a psychic expert can solve the problem. Anyway, I'll leave the three-dimensional matters to you guys, and I'll go to the two-dimensional world to see if I can help you in any way."

"Don't let yourself get into trouble..."

"That won't happen, don't worry!"

Time passed minute by minute, and Clipper House was decorated with lights and lanterns hung everywhere, illuminating the sky above Clipper House.

The banquet was held on time. All kinds of food and desserts were brought up by servants in a queue. Clipper House was unprecedentedly lively.

Everyone invited to the banquet knew about the big thing that happened to Beloberg yesterday, that is, Beloberg no longer had to face the fate of being destroyed by those weapons of war in the future. Their wealth and glory were still firmly in their hands, and all their efforts were worth it.

The families that did not suffer any losses looked at the patriarchs of the families gathered near Cocolia as if they were watching a show. Everyone knew that these families had suffered huge losses in their search for Chen Lin. Even the heir of one family was now missing, and no one knew whether he was dead or alive.

Of course, all losses will be compensated. While watching the show, there was some envy in their eyes, because this meant that the City Builder Group would use other means to compensate for their losses. As for whether the compensation could make up for what they lost, only the clan leaders themselves knew.

In a corner of the banquet, Dr. Peter had been drinking silently from the beginning until now, glancing towards the center of the banquet from time to time to observe the situation, until he saw Cocolia leave the table, and the clan leaders returned to their seats with reluctance in their eyes...

He knew his chance was coming!

So he gave a look to the person who had been arranged at the side, and that person picked up the wine glass and approached attentively...

"Are you worried about the family heir? Oh... It's normal for Lady Cocolia to be worried, but time is urgent. If we don't get Mr. Zibek and others out of danger quickly, it will be hard to rest assured... There is a saying that goes, "Delay leads to disaster."

"Haha, I do have a way to help you. Do you want to listen? After the matter is accomplished, you just need to help me say a few good words in front of Lord Cocolia. My position has not changed for many years..."

"Look, everyone, that criminal Chen Lin has such a great influence in the lower class that those unruly people are willing to work for him. If we use threats and bribes to get him to contact the unruly people in the lower class to release him before he is sent away, I believe those unruly people will definitely not disobey him. Then, don't you all have to worry about your missing family members? At least their safety is guaranteed!"

"Lady Cocolia won't allow it? Hehehe... If you go secretly and hurry up to finish the job, who will know? Now the palace is full of your people, wouldn't it be easy to handle such a small matter... Even if she finds out in the end, what will happen? Can Lady Cocolia use this matter to blame the famous people in the court after the job is done? You know, apart from you gentlemen, no one else in the palace is qualified for the important position, and Lady Cocolia will naturally not blame you who are eager to save people."

"My Lords, the advantage is on our side!"

Chapter 106 Mr. Chen Lin is dead!!

"Everyone, I'm sure you don't want Lady Cocolia to know about this, right?"

"Quick and decisive, no matter what means are used, we must rescue my good grandson."

"Stop shouting. My nephew is also missing. I'm more worried than any of you! That kid is very capable. I was planning to pass the position to him, but who knew he would be so unlucky and run into the real boss..."

Outside the banquet hall, several men aged between 40 and 60 were talking about something. As they talked, they asked the guards to clear the way and take them to the deep palace.

They dared not make a sound, and simply took advantage of the new palace guards in the Clipper Palace, who were basically their own private soldiers, and sneaked in quietly.

Cocolia only agreed verbally that after the matter was accomplished, she would go to the lower district to settle the matter of sheltering and kidnapping and imprisoning the minister's family. Although she promised to distribute the mining rights of the existing mineral veins in the lower district and the mineral veins that might be discovered in the future to several families, everyone knew that this was just a blank check.

Let's not talk about whether it is appropriate to go to the lower-level districts to settle accounts. Secondly, the external threat has been resolved, but the border guards are still eyeing the entire city. When she really finishes solving all the problems, who knows whether their good grandchildren, nephews, or some important members of their family are dead or alive.

If Cocolia suffered a coup, the conditions she promised would certainly be invalid. Several families were suppressed by the descendants of the city builders in the past. Now they have finally caught the opportunity to take off. Of course, they want to try the changing guardians and the unchanging big families. Just thinking about it makes people feel comfortable.

If someone they favor or who is crucial to the family really dies in the lower area, the vacant position will become uncertain and may even be occupied by other families that they don't like, thus overturning their century-old family business.

At least! At least they want to know whether their people are still alive.

Anyway, after listening to the advice of the old official from the Ministry of Transportation and thinking about it carefully, it seems that it is not a big deal. It is worth it for them to cross Cocolia and use coercion and bribery to the detained young man in a strategy of killing first and reporting later to save him.

He was a prisoner! He was going to leave here eventually, so he might as well agree to these demands and live a good life for the last few days. No one would lose out, it was a win-win situation.

"We're almost there, everyone, pay attention, old Mikhail. Those soldiers behind us were thrown in by your family. Don't let any of them miss any important positions."

"Absolutely not. They are all carefully selected and trained by me. Without my permission, Kokolia can't command them!" The old man with the cane snorted coldly, "Here, our families have the final say. Let's put aside any conflicts first. Saving people is the most important thing."

“That’s the general situation.”

"clear."

Wherever these people went, the iron guards there automatically dispersed. The huge Clipper Palace was occupied by these middle-aged and elderly people who came and went freely.

Soon they arrived at the palace where Chen Lin was imprisoned. They stepped inside, and within a few seconds, a serious middle-aged man frowned.

"Whose people are these?"

"I don't know him. He must be someone who originally worked here."

“Heh.” The middle-aged man motioned for the guards he had called to come forward to negotiate, “Go, tell them to get out of here. You’re their deputy commander.”

"Understood. Please leave this small matter to me, sir."

The iron guard who received the order walked up with a stern face and talked with the iron guards guarding near the palace for a while. Not long after, a burly iron guard trotted over and bowed to the iron guard sent by the middle-aged man.

No one knew what they said to each other. The deputy commander of the Iron Guard who went to negotiate scolded them a few words. The captain of the Iron Guard guarding the palace showed a very embarrassed expression. Finally, he sighed and retreated out of the palace with a dozen of his men.

"My Lords, you may come in now," the deputy commander of the Iron Guards said cordially.