Star Railroad: Great Guardian of Beloberg

Swarovski did not show up, and Alex was almost embarrassed.

It's okay. Alex put on his clothes. As long as he was not afraid of embarrassment, others would be embarrassed.

"Then there is only one last solution." Alex looked at the thick tall tower connecting the ground and underground. It was the core of the furnace and also the most important facility of Beloberg. Once it was in danger, the upper and lower levels would be in dire straits.

That being the case.

Swah——

The cold wind gathered around Alex, and he suddenly flew into the air, and in the shocked eyes of all the underground residents, he rushed directly to the furnace core that was related to survival!

"what happens?"

"What is that? A creature from the Rift Valley? There are birds underground too?"

Many people looked up at Alex, not understanding what was going to happen. Alex condensed a huge ice sword in his hand and slashed at the huge furnace core while dashing forward!

call out--

Just before Alex was about to hit the core, a beam of white light shot out from the western wilderness and intercepted his flight path! Alex stopped his wings and looked at the person who attacked him.

robot.

I found you! I knew that once the safety of the core was involved, you would show up when you were ordered to guard the lower area!

boom--

A sonic boom circle appeared around Alex, and it moved directly towards the place where the attack was launched, just like a cannonball. When he was some distance away from the core, a dozen missiles suddenly rose from the ground and shot towards him with white flames!

"Freeze it!" Alex raised his hand and waved it forward. Every missile that was tracking him was frozen into a dud and lost power and fell towards the ground. He had already seen the handsome blue-black one-eyed robot wearing a black coat, which accelerated and fell in front of him!

Boom!

Layers of white smoke rose from the snow, and a black figure rushed forward, waving his steel arms and smashing towards the falling Alex.

crunch--

The matte-painted mechanical arm made a creaking sound.

"Calm down, Swarovski!" Alex blew away the snow smoke, revealing his own figure. He grabbed Swarovski's arm and looked at the one-eyed robot that appeared in front of him...

"You're so handsome!"

Let others calm down, but Alex can't calm down. This is so cool, okay? Look at this blue and black matte paint, look at the red glowing single eye, look at this body full of power and technological beauty. Swarovski is more handsome than all the other automatic robots he has seen combined!

"Explode." A cold electronic voice came from Swarovski: "The target is showing great hostility."

He loosened his hands, and using the multiple jets on his body as auxiliary power, he moved back about ten meters, then snapped his fingers.

Bang, bang, bang, bang.

Four claw-like mechanical arms, larger than a human, fell beside him. Swarovski raised his arm again and aimed the muzzle of the cannon at Alex.

"Wait wait! I was praising you for being so handsome. You're so handsome that I'm about to explode."

Alex didn't want to injure Swarro, who was one of the most technologically advanced creations on Beloberg. If he was damaged, he would be gone. He quickly raised his hands to indicate that he had no hostility and said, "I had no intention of attacking the core. I was just acting because I wanted to see you."

Swarovski did not launch another attack, his crimson eyes flickered.

"Analyzing...Analysis results: The target does not belong to the lower level area. Comparison target: Alex Rand."

It seems that Swarovski already has information about me.

Swarovski slowly lowered his arm and said, "What do you want from me? To slay the dragon's son."

"Well, I'm here for the star core."

Swarovski's single eye turned scarlet.

"Star core..."

"Access blocked...calling into the database. Discussing "Star Core" with unauthorized targets: forbidden."

"You are touching secrets sealed deep within the world. Secrets that no human should know."

"Reassess the target status - the threat index has reached the highest level. I require you to tell me your true intentions."

As expected, Swarovski knew. Alex said bluntly, "I want to seal the star core."

"In recorded history, humans have attempted to contact star cores several times," said Swarlow. "Invariably, they have attempted to appropriate the material for their own use out of human selfishness."

"Instructions from the City Builders: Any attempt to contact the star core will result in serious consequences. Re-evaluating - the target threat index can no longer be calculated."

Alex rubbed his head in distress. What should he do? Apparently, Swarovski was ordered not to tell anyone the secret about the star core.

It seems that I have no choice but to give him a beating.

"The peace maintenance agreement is temporarily suspended...apply to activate the extermination agreement."

"Prototype No. 3 - Supervisory Machine Swarlow, Status of Application for Extermination Protocol: Denied."

"Application to initiate the self-destruction protocol. Status of the self-destruction protocol application: approved."

Huh? Alex just got ready for the battle, and his eyes widened. What's going on? After evaluating my combat power, you feel that you can't beat me, so you would rather blow yourself up than tell me the information about the star core?

"The Monument of Eternal Winter!"

Alex was so scared that he used his ultimate move, and the power of ice and snow surged out. Swarovski maintained his current movement for a moment and was frozen in the deep blue ice.

This is a coldness that can freeze even mechanical calculations and thoughts, causing everything to fall into a state of suspended animation.

Seeing that Swarovski had been completely frozen, Alex wiped off the non-existent cold sweat and thought helplessly:

It turns out that I am not suitable for hard work. I almost messed things up. It’s better to just give up.

Chapter 19 Leaving Swarovski

"Self-destruction mode activated, countdown..."

When the ice coffin was melted, Swarovski was unaware of the passage of time. Whether it was the thinking of living things or the calculation of silicon, they would be frozen in the eternal ice. It was only when Swarovski regained consciousness and continued to activate the self-destruct module.

"Target threat level: None."

Its scarlet eye calculated that Alex Rand, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground in front of it, had not become any threat. Its visual sensor flickered, as if there was a huge deviation in its thinking and calculation, and it could not understand the situation in front of it.

The boy with one eye half closed should be dangerous, but the conclusion drawn by reason is that there is no threat at all. It is as if there is nothing in front of him.

"The self-destruction agreement is terminated and the peace agreement is restarted."

"..."

Huh. Sure enough, I eliminated the threat to myself and turned it into nothingness, and Swarlow's self-destruction stopped. Alex breathed a sigh of relief. If this didn't work, then he could only brainwash Swarlow - but he was not sure how much data Swarlow would damage after brainwashing, or even format himself.

So it would be great if we could do this.

Swarovski looked at Alex calmly, and Alex slowly stood up without showing any hostility.

"what have you done."

The cold electronic voice asked, and even Swarovski could not understand the situation in front of him. It should self-destruct instead of communicating with each other calmly here.

"This is the power of nothingness. There is no point in fighting, and threats are meaningless." Alex walked slowly towards Swarlow.

It’s really tall, probably about three meters tall, right?

"It's incomprehensible, it's incalculable."

Swarovski did not continue to show hostility and desire to attack. He lowered his arms and looked down at the boy standing in front of him. He said, "Please leave. I cannot tell you any information about the star core."

"What if it was an order from the Great Guardian?"

"I have been ordered not to reveal the information about the star core to any human being." Swarovski continued to refuse, but the electronic voice sounded again: "Calculating, the target... is not human."

Looking at Alex who was giving him a glare, Swarlow's thought process was a little overloaded.

It can't understand, so why isn't it considered human?

The visual sensor clearly shows the image of a human being, and it can even observe the other person's pulse, heartbeat, blood flow rate, and vital signs, knowing that all of this is not a projection or an image. But the calculation results tell it...

There is nothing in sight.

Sparks popped out from Swarovski's forehead. In order to protect itself, it chose...

Ignore it, then turn around and walk into the snow.

"Hey, Mr. Swarlow, why are you running?"

"Leave Swarovski."

"Don't go, let's talk for a while."

"Leave Swarovski."

"Is this all you know?"

"..."

"Don't be silent!"

Swarovski could not understand Alex, so he chose to pretend that he did not exist and carried out the original order on his own. He stepped out of the dim underground and came to the snow between the mountains. Alex followed him relentlessly, looking at the tent on the snow, and said in surprise:

"so much?"

He knew there were refugees underground, they did not belong to Beloberg or the lower mining organization. Perhaps they were expelled prisoners, or homeless people. But he did not know that there were so many people living in the ice and snow, at least hundreds of people here, living a homeless life with only a tent to keep out the cold.

Beloberg is cruel. When resources are limited, the ones whose living space is squeezed out are bound to be women, the weak, the elderly and the young.

The upper class area has ordinary people who are oppressed, but they can have a warm home. The lower class area can exchange labor for alcoholic drinks and delicious food. And the people here...

"Are you keeping them?"

Swarovski moved forward step by step on the snow, and the automated robots under its unified management piled the collected garbage and parts in the center of the camp. Alex saw some people coming out of their tents to look for useful things, even food, in the "garbage mountain".

“They gathered themselves.”

This time, Swarovski did not respond with silence, but walked to the deepest part of the camp.

"Because you can protect them from attacks by creatures from the Rift."

Alex guessed the reason. Most of the troops were transferred to the ground for combat a while ago, which resulted in a gap in the defense of the lower areas. The town was fine, but the refugees had no protection. The only thing they could do was to gather around a strong man for shelter.

Swarro has this ability, it has its own automatic machine army. And these rusty machines that were patched up from the garbage dump may have been repaired by it from the scrapped machines.

After all, Swarlow was seen rummaging through trash at the dump.

"Why? This should not be part of your order. The Great Guardian told me that your original duty was to guard the hearth."

Swarovski calmly replied, "My mission is to protect the lower area."

But this is no longer considered a lower class area in a narrow sense. It seems that Swarovski is not that rigid. His thinking circuit has enabled him to derive the meaning of the task by himself. Even if he denies it verbally, in fact, what he does is to shelter the refugees.

Moreover, judging from the fact that Swarovski disappeared from the discussion in the lower district, it must have been living on bloodline and doing this for a very long time.

"You are the true Great Guardian."

Alex sighed, it has been the same for hundreds of years.

In response to this compliment, Swarovski simply said coldly, "I am Swarovski."

"The upper district of Beloberg is currently working on reclaiming the old city. Although it's just as cold there, the towering walls can protect them from the fierce winds. It's not the same here. I can take charge and help you take them up there."

There is not much living space left in the city, either upstairs or downstairs.

"This has nothing to do with me."

"Yes Yes Yes."

"When will you follow me?"

Swarlow stopped and looked at Alex.

"Help me, Mr. Swarlow!"

The password was wrong. Swarovski didn't want to bother with Alex and turned away.

Refugees.

They were not like the people in the upper class who could drink tea and read newspapers, nor were they like the people in Rock Town who could listen to some radio. As for who Alex was, none of them knew. It was just because he always followed behind the big boss Swarlow who protected them, so they cast some scrutiny on this gorgeously dressed young man.

Being able to survive one more day already required them to do their best, and they didn't have much thinking ability to guess other meanings. On the first day, they saw the boy following the big boss Swarro and nagging all the way, and left before nightfall. On the second day, when the big boss Swarro went out to "hunt for treasure" and came back, the boy still followed him, but this time he was followed by a girl in a white coat.

Although she is very young, she claims to be a doctor.

"There are not enough people in the clinic, and I am the only one who can come." Natasha followed Alex to the gathering place of refugees wearing a mask and carrying a medical kit. In Natasha's eyes, the only difference between people is the healthy ones and those who need help. So when she heard that there were many homeless people suffering from injuries and diseases outside, she volunteered to come.

"Save as many as you can." Alex shook his head, reached out and held Natasha's white wrist, and soon an icy flower appeared on her wrist.