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

Cocolia watched as the number of people in the audience decreased, until finally only the elderly butler was left standing beside her.

"Sebastian, you can go too." Cocolia said calmly, "There is a secret passage under my bedroom. From there, you can go all the way to a private house outside the commercial district."

"Miss..." The old butler's eyes were wet, and he knelt down at Cocolia's feet. "I have been serving you since I was 21 years old, watching you grow up step by step from a child. You have been smart and perseverant since you were young..."

Cocolia didn't say anything. There was no expression on her cold face, but there was a hint of guilt in her eyes.

"I watched you gradually make Beloberg prosperous. Apart from the fact that the speed of the rift extension was uncontrollable, you will definitely be recorded in the history books. I witnessed Miss Bronya, who looked almost exactly like you, being chosen as the heir. I also often saw Miss Bronya crying because she failed to persuade you...

It was then that I realized that you seemed to have changed. You drove away Lord Shiluwa, you reorganized the staff of the research department, and you kept interfering in the deployment and operations of the Border Guards.

I know that you must have your own reasons, Miss, but don’t you completely not want to do this?

You spared the lives of Lord Shiluwa and Lord Kakins, and you only ordered the death of more than thirty low-level researchers, and you didn't kill the others!

If that is the case, why did you do this to Master Chen Lin and the others... I don't understand!"

Cocolia's eyes flickered.

"You are right not to understand. I was wrong. I was too anxious before, so..."

She looked at her body and smiled sadly, "I wasn't completely myself a long time ago. Now after leaving so much mess behind, I am myself again."

"The old servant is gone, Miss, you must take care of yourself."

"Ah."

Cocolia smiled. In the end, she still had no one following her. This was a far cry from the situation when she first came to power.

Doom!

There was a sound of falling beside him. Cocolia turned around and saw that the old housekeeper was holding a porcelain bottle tightly in his hand, with a little liquid on the corner of his mouth. He staggered a few times and suddenly fell to the ground. His face turned purple and black at a speed visible to the naked eye...

He committed suicide by taking poison!

At this time, Cocolia, whose heart had remained calm for a long time, showed a bit of sadness in her eyes.

"I'm not worthy of you doing this...Uncle Butler."

Cocolia shook her head and looked up at the sky again. At this time, she had already seen several huge warships hovering above the Clipper Palace, like a dark cloud that was suffocating people.

She murmured, "My daughter... It's too late. Otherwise, if my life can be exchanged for the continued existence of Beloberg, it would be a good deal."

Not long after, the noise outside the Clipper Palace stopped, and the clinking sound of swords clashing also disappeared. A series of dense footsteps appeared outside the pavilion, and Cocolia realized that she was surrounded.

He was surrounded by troops led by his most beloved daughter.

It’s not that she couldn’t charge out. All these common people and the Iron Guards combined would not be her match. But she didn’t do so because it was meaningless.

"Mother, I'm back."

The familiar voice reminded Kokolia of the time when she was young and he told her bedtime stories. The child would always pester her to tell her more stories about the war in the past, and she was happy to teach her everything she knew in the form of stories.

She was still very young at the time, and even when she sat on her arms, they only reached up to her nose.

Turning around, Cocolia looked at the graceful and heroic girl outside the pavilion a few meters away. After a long silence, she spoke.

"Bronya, you've grown up. You've become this tall without me noticing."

As for the murderous and bloody guards outside, Kokolia seemed not to see them, and only had eyes for the girl in front of her.

Bronya looked dazed, and she suddenly felt like crying.

It was as if the mother she had known since childhood had returned. The person in front of her was her mother, not the tyrant mother who insisted on having her own way and did not allow others to interfere, as rumored by the outside world.

"What about the others?"

"Everyone left, only one person stayed."

Hearing this, Bronya finally noticed who the figure lying in the pavilion was. It was the old housekeeper who had been taking care of her and teaching her etiquette ever since she could remember!

Things are unpredictable. The mother and daughter who once loved each other would one day turn against each other and look at each other in a violent manner.

Bronya's closed eyes suddenly opened, and determination was overflowing in her eyes.

"Mother, you should know what I want to do."

"I know, and I accept all your proposals as well."

Cocolia looked at her daughter's hesitant expression and asked in a relaxed and natural manner, "You seem to have a lot of things to ask me?"

"Yes!"

"But there are some things that cannot be said openly, at least not known to too many people."

Bronya waved to the generals behind her, signaling everyone to leave the courtyard. After everyone looked at each other, Xing said something unknown. Except for her and March Seven, all the generals left the courtyard, including Seele who might act impulsively.

The strange thing is that Xier took the initiative to retreat before Xing could persuade her, which was really not right.

Looking at the two familiar figures in Bronya's team, Cocolia was stunned for a few seconds, and then seemed to understand something.

"I see, so that's how it is!! Bronya, that empire and you..."

"Well, the Imperial Fleet reached an agreement with me. I will be in charge of the work of eliminating the Rift. As for the price... I believe you should be able to guess it, mother."

"Go ahead and ask." After receiving an affirmative answer, Cocolia sat back on the stool.

"Mother, Director...Where is Mr. Chen Lin?"

"There are no vital signs. The body is in the room in the backyard."

"Um……"

After hearing the news, Bronya still felt deeply powerless. She really couldn't be sure whether the facts were as she had guessed. If not, would she never be able to see her beloved mentor again?

After a pause of a few seconds, Bronya said in a serious tone: "Mother, what exactly is a star core?"

“You even know this?

"Sister Shiluwa has revealed some information, and it is said that the star core is related to the cold wave, right, mother?"

"That's not surprising." Cocolia didn't ask any more questions, but answered directly: "The star core is the source of the rift. It landed here thousands of years ago, and the Legion of Destruction came here to pursue it. Everything it caused caused the lives of all the people on this planet to be destroyed... Bronya, what I'm going to tell you next is the secret passed down from generation to generation by the Great Guardians. As the next generation of the Great Guardian, you are qualified to know this."

Bronya listened with bated breath.

"The star core has supreme power. It cannot be destroyed or eliminated. The only way I know of to isolate it from the outside world is to seal it. Ahem..."

Cocolia suddenly coughed a few times, her face paled a little. "But due to the invasion of the Legion of Destruction, the personnel who maintained the facility that sealed the star core left here, and the aging of the facility naturally caused problems. Every generation of Great Guardians can hear the low hum of the star core since they took office. When the Great Guardians realize that their minds have been affected, they will walk into the rift and end their lives..."

Before Kokolia could finish her words, a voice suddenly sounded.

"I am actually a star core spirit!"

"Don't interrupt me!" Sanyue immediately covered Xing's mouth and said with a wry smile, "You two, continue. Continue."

"Then you and the star core..." Bronya frowned.

"I made a deal with the Star Core and turned the entire Beloberg into a Rift Realm."

Cocolia said calmly, "In return, Star Core promised me that some of Beloberg's people could live in the Rift. You were previously the commander of the border guards, so you should understand that we can't stop the Rift from extending into the city, and destruction is only a matter of time."

The creatures in the Rift are endless, the limited manpower will eventually be consumed by the Rift, and the limited resources will eventually be used up by people. The demise of Beloberg has long been inevitable.

"Mother, I won't give you a long lecture on whether this is the right thing to do, but this is not a decision you should make without letting others know."

Bronya was shocked. She had never thought that her mother would reach such an unequal deal with the Star Core. "Beloberg is the people's Beloberg, not the city builder's Beloberg!"

"What can they do if they find out? There will be nothing but chaos and death." Kokolia smiled and looked at Sanyueqi who was covering Xing's mouth. "Guests from outside the region, you didn't leave. I guess you must have your own reasons, right?"

Sanyueqi didn't expect that Kokolia, who had been chasing them for so long, would be so easy to talk to now, so he nodded and said, "Yes, we are here to find the star core, and we can completely seal the star core. Since you know the star core, you must also know where the star core is. Can you take us to the location of the star core?"

Cocolia suppressed the restless energy in her body. The star core seemed to have given up on her and had not established any connection with her since last night.

She stood up and walked out.

"Come on, I'll take you to the location of the star core."

Bronya followed behind with a complicated expression, and suddenly a familiar voice came to her ears.

'Zaima? Bronya, can you hear me?'

Chapter 109 Star Core, you are playing dirty tricks on me, right?!

Bronya was startled.

Turn around sharply.

There was nothing behind her, and apart from the few people she could see, there was no sign of the owner of the voice.

Looking at the sky again, there was no movement except the huge black shadow of the ship.

"Director..." Bronya exclaimed.

Everyone looked over when they heard the sound, and Bronya immediately shut up, indicating that nothing had happened.

And that voice sounded again.

'Don't resist, I will establish a spiritual connection with you.'

"Also, don't make it public. Most of your mother's body is Rift Valley Energy, which is very unstable. She may have unrecognizable problems at any time. Be careful."

There was no one around, but she could clearly hear the voice of her mentor. Bronya was excited, but also quite confused.

Just like the ghost attached to someone in an urban horror story, there is always an inexplicable sense of tension.

Bronya slowed down from the beginning and is now the last person in the team, with a distance of six or seven meters from the previous person, March.

"Teacher, is it really you?" Bronya asked in a low voice.

'It's me. My body is out of order. Now my soul is speaking to you.'

Chen Lin is not an ordinary person. Bronya had guessed these things long ago, especially when she heard the word "psychic power" before, she was certain of what she was thinking.

'The people of the Empire have the means and talent to stimulate their inner potential. Although I have not been awakened for long, due to various unexpected things, the power of my awakening has enabled me to transfer my consciousness in the form of energy after my body is damaged.

You don't have to worry, my body will repair itself and I will wake up after it is repaired.

Now I can't touch real objects as freely as my body can without consumption, but don't worry, in addition to refueling you, I may also be able to help you in other ways. For example, ships in the sky.'

He didn't say anything definite. After all, Chen Lin could really consume a small amount of psychic energy to materialize his psychic body, but he believed that Bronya and March could handle the real situation themselves. What he was curious about was the star core itself.

Chen Lin had never seen the appearance of the star core, but he was very familiar with the energy it emitted. Especially after he absorbed the energy transmitted to Cocolia by the star core, the surging impact force and the sea of ​​​​psychic energy's desire for it became stronger and stronger.

He wanted to try if he could just hold the star core and chew on it to his heart's content.

"I'm glad you're okay. I was really worried that the rumors were true... I'm glad that it's the same as I thought." Bronya breathed a sigh of relief.

'What do you think?'

"Well, because from what I know about you, you..."

Bronya whispered her guesses one by one to Chen Lin, who was in spirit form. Chen Lin was surprised to see that Bronya could clearly predict his thoughts and actions through such subtle clues.

This girl really deserves to be chosen as the successor to the Great Guardian. She was so inexperienced and looked silly before, but now she has grown to this point in such a short time. It is really not easy.

Chen Lin floated above her, continuously absorbing the star core energy flowing toward Cocolia, and nodded with satisfaction in a way that no one could see.

"That's basically right. This is the only way I can intervene in this matter under the legitimate name. Sanyue, Xing and Danheng are different from me. They don't need to go through so much trouble."

"Then Master Mentor, if the star core is sealed and the world is ruptured..."

"I can promise you that I will help Beloberg eliminate all the rifts he can see."

"Thank you!"

After getting confirmation that was consistent with her inner guess and obtaining the promise of her mentor who was always known for his integrity, Bronya seemed to see a bright future waiting for Beloberg.

Then she remembered what Chen Lin had reminded her of before.

"Master Mentor, you said that most of the energy in my mother's body is Rift Valley Energy. What's going on?" Bronya glanced sideways at Cocolia in front of her.

According to the information she had obtained, the power of the star core should be related to the Rift-Boundary Creatures. Why was there such a huge amount of Rift-Boundary Energy in her mother's body?

'I have no idea. '

Chen Lin looked at Cocolia, whose energy was mixed into a ball and constantly agitated and impacted her body, and had an ominous premonition in his heart, "But I can see that her body is full of world-breaking energy, including her own soul is not complete. Perhaps this is related to her transaction with the star core."

Talking about the research on stellar cores, it was said that the Interstellar Peace Company had very good research results in this regard. Unfortunately, he had not been here long and did not even know where the company was.

However, he knew that there was someone who could easily contact the Interstellar Peace Company, and that was Esther, the investor and stationmaster of the Black Tower Space Station.

Unfortunately, the star core caused hyperspace positioning to fail and also affected the mobile phone signal. He hasn't been able to contact Estelle for several days.

Bronya's face changed when she heard this.

"Then mother... isn't she very dangerous?"