I am on the Star Dome Railway, and I have become a character on my own

"It is said that the First Mining Team has discovered a new vein of earth marrow ore with astonishing reserves... According to preliminary estimates, it is probably the largest mineral deposit discovered in the past thirty years."

"Is this true? How come I haven't heard a word about this big news?"

54. I'm good at beating people

"They don't want to make it public. Most of the mining areas have been eroded by the Rift, and many people have lost their jobs. If this news gets out, I'm afraid the miners will be scrambling to get a job..."

Natasha sighed and continued:

"But the news could not be hidden from the wanderers here. After all, they are not blind. Some hooligans wanted to make a fortune from this and extorted hush money from the mining team, which violated their bottom line;"

"The underground law states that resources belong to the first person to discover them, but the wanderers are clamoring for their own rules: whoever sees them gets a share. As a result, the two groups are unwilling to submit to each other, and violent conflicts break out, resulting in heavy losses."

Having said this, Natasha rubbed her brows tiredly.

"Are you here to help resolve conflicts in the mining area?"

"That's not their intention." Xi'er denied, "These people have something to ask of Chief Oleg, so I brought them here."

Natasha was startled and subconsciously looked at Zishu. Seeing him shaking his head slightly, she knew there was no need to ask any more questions.

Xier looked at the train crew and said, "Since you need my help, it shouldn't be too much to ask for a favor, right?"

“…It sounds like we are very utilitarian.” San Yue Qi spread his hands helplessly.

"Not interested. Bye." Xing put his hands on his hips and turned his face away, raising his chin proudly, attracting March Seven's puzzled gaze.

what?

Wait a minute? !

Are you sober?

The two grown men were used to it, so their expressions didn't change. Although the child was a little bit naughty, he didn't mean to resist.

"It's up to you. I won't force you."

Xier didn't care, because she didn't trust the people in the train crew anyway.

"As Miss Xi'er said, the current situation in the mining area is not optimistic. We need the help of the underground leaders, so we will naturally not choose to stand idly by."

Zishu took two steps forward at the right time, first smoothed things over, then said with a hint of meaning:

"It's just that... our methods are not as gentle as the underground fire. Some guys may have to suffer a lot."

"..." Natasha pursed her lips.

"Don't worry, they will only suffer physical pain, and it won't take up scarce medical resources. They don't deserve it." Zishu added.

Natasha knew that Zishu was giving her a shot of prevention, so she nodded slightly.

"I understand that reconciling conflicts cannot be done by just talking. I hope you will be careful. No matter how excessive those wanderers are, they are still part of the underground, not those man-eating monsters in the Rift..."

"So good."

"Then I'll leave you here. I have to go take care of the wounded. Excuse me." Natasha walked towards the area where the wounded were temporarily accommodated.

Zishu looked towards the distance with a somewhat dangerous look. There was the entrance to the gathering place for wanderers.

There is a shortcut leading directly to the mining area from that side. With the promise of the real local boss, he doesn't have to worry too much.

Xing noticed his gaze and asked, "You want to go that way?"

"Correct."

Xier: "I advise you to give up the idea. There are so many of them, and many of them have guns in their hands. If you provoke them, they might cause even bigger trouble;"

"Taking a longer route would at most take a little longer, but at least it wouldn't cause any more trouble at this critical juncture."

"In other words, as long as we can ensure that there won't be any bigger trouble, then there will be no problem, right?"

"…In theory, that's true…but that doesn't mean you can do it if you can..."

"That's no problem." Zishu raised the corner of his mouth, "Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Sometimes a good beating is more effective than any sermon."

Taking a detour would be a waste of time. If we can resolve this issue sooner, we can find Oleg and get information sooner.

He couldn't guide everyone to find the star core quickly, nor could he easily shake the trajectory of fate, but at least he could buy precious time that shouldn't be wasted.

"That's great!" Xing's eyes lit up. "I'm good at beating people up. By the way, does Ah Qi have any books with him?"

"…what you up to?"

Xing stroked his beloved baseball bat and said, "You can't beat someone to the point where you have to use up medical resources. Let me tell you, if you put a book on someone's chest and then hit him with a bat, it will hurt, but you won't be able to find any injuries."

March 7: "Who taught you this?"

"Oh, I went to school through movies."

"Oo?"

Xier was confused by what she heard and still wanted to persuade Zishu and others not to be impulsive, but she saw that he had already walked past the crowd and headed straight towards the blocked intersection.

"Let's go and take a look." Dan Heng said in a deep voice.

Bronya was the first to follow, and it was obvious that she was also worried that there might be another big mess.

Behind the blocked entrance, there were about twenty vagrants armed with weapons forming a human wall to prevent outsiders from passing.

They had been paying attention to the surrounding situation, and Zishu and others who were walking towards them soon attracted their attention.

The armed vagrant standing at the front seemed to have been stimulated by something and immediately raised the weapon in his hand when he saw this.

"What are you doing? This road is blocked, no one can come in!"

Zishu stopped and stopped Xing who was eager to try, signaling her not to rush. He ignored the black muzzle of the gun and mocked:

"Is it fun to bully others in your own backyard? Do you know what happened in the mining area? You blocked the shortcuts to and from the mining area. What's the difference between you and those gangsters?"

"You guys are the only ones who are monopolizing the mining area. It's none of our business!" The wanderer was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, with veins popping out on his forehead. "Don't lump us together with those hooligans!"

"Yes, yes, it's none of your business. You wanderers can stick together, but don't let your brains get fooled. We have doctors behind us. If the wounded among you don't get treated, you don't know when the wounds will get infected and worsen..."

"That's a nice thing to say! Can you guarantee that you are not here to cause trouble? Don't try to deceive us. No one is allowed to come in. I warn you to get out of here immediately, or I will shoot!"

The rest of the vagrants who had guns also raised their weapons, pointing them at Zishu and the people behind him.

The smile on Zishu's lips slowly faded.

"To appear fierce but to be timid is to cover up one's guilty conscience; to ignore the injured is to disregard human life..."

shot?

Zishu's face turned cold, and he had a blue fan in his hand. He took the initiative to fan the person inside.

The biting cold swept through, freezing all the wanderers' bodies from the head down.

The five fingers of his left hand clenched lightly, and a long sword emerged. He grasped the hilt with his right hand and activated his exclusive skill.

Everyone only saw Zishu holding the hilt of the knife motionlessly, and the knife was not unsheathed, but the weapons in the hands of those wanderers broke into several pieces without any warning.

Only Dan Heng could barely see Zishu making the move of drawing his sword.

So fast!

A plot CG was played from the player's perspective, but Zishu could not be seen using the Yama Blade. He could only be seen waving his fan to freeze a few wanderers.

This is what the system and the sub-book say, the inconsistency between the player's plot perspective and his real perspective.

55. Even a slap in the face is too light

The sudden noise attracted the attention of Natasha, who was taking care of a patient.

When he saw the frozen figure at the blockade, he put his worries aside.

Zishu acted with discretion and did not go back on his word.

"You you you...what did you do?!"

Many wanderers were shocked and looked at Zishu and his group with horror.

They understood that they had run into a tough guy.

"Let us go now. What's the point of bullying the weak?"

"You are from the Earth Fire, right? You have such powerful abilities, but you don't go to guard the edge of the Rift Boundary. Instead, you attack ordinary people like us here. Do you have any shame?"

"That's right, you don't even care about your face anymore!"

Zishu and Danheng didn't react to these questions. Xing was okay, but the other three sisters were different.

San Yueqi's eyebrows raised, not understanding why those wanderers could say such things.

Before she could say anything, Xier strode forward with a sickle in hand.

"Huh? We have no shame? What did you do when the Earthfire was working hard to protect the people of the Lower District?"

Veins popped out on the back of Xi'er's hand, and she said coldly, "You guys had a large-scale conflict with the staff in the mining area, which caused a mess for those hooligans to take advantage of and expand the scope of the conflict again!"

"The erosion of the Rift has not stopped for a moment, and the dispute deep in the mining area has not yet ended. Yet you have blocked the nearest passage to the mining area at this critical moment, and you still say that we have no shame?"

Many people in Dihuo live their lives with their heads on their backs, working hard and never complaining. What are they trying to achieve?

She didn't want to add another conflict during this troubled time, but she really wanted to hit someone now. The underground fire didn't exist to protect these brainless idiots.

"You guys are right with your fists, and you work hard for the people in the lower districts? Pah! Then why is the scope of the rift erosion getting larger and larger, and why have so many people become one of us?"

There was a homeless man with a sarcastic look on his face. If his whole body had not been frozen, he would have pointed his finger at Xier's nose.

"It's funny that you can enjoy everyone's gratitude by doing trivial things and make everyone in the underground respect you. Have you ever done anything remarkable except taking care of trivial matters?"

Originally, Xier just had a bad look on her face, but after hearing these words, her eyes turned red, and she released a terrifying aura, and the sickle in her hand began to flash with a cold light.

"What did you say--?"

"What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable with being stepped on or is your sore spot being hit? Little yellow-haired girl, if you have the guts, hit me. If you dare to hit me, I will lie on the ground immediately. Tomorrow, the news of the underground fire beating the wanderers will spread throughout the underground!"

"Just for what you said, I'll chop you up, not to mention hitting you!"

Seele was about to step forward and teach the other person a lesson, but Bronya grabbed her wrist in time.

"release!"

"Calm down and don't fall for his provocation." Bronya's face was not looking good either. "If the people underground also lose trust in the Underground Fire, it will be hard to save the situation."

Although San Yueqi also wanted to beat those guys up, after hearing what Bronya said, he realized that she was right.

"Yeah, there's no need to bother with them. It takes only one mouth to spread a rumor, but it takes a lot of effort to refute it. It's hard to gain a person's trust, but it's very easy to destroy it. Calm down, Miss Xier."

Xier didn't struggle anymore, but a hint of gloom flashed in her drooped eyes.

The same illusion she had before reappeared in her mind, as if all the efforts she had made over the years in the underground fire were in vain.

What does the underground fire protect?

What did she protect?

Seeing that Xier didn't dare to act rashly, the wanderer who had spoken first suddenly shouted loudly, and his loud voice completely attracted everyone nearby.

"Help! The guys from the Earth Fire Organization want to kill people!"

Once someone starts something, others will follow and add fuel to the fire.

"We just blocked the intersection to seek a sense of security. The people from Dihuo bullied the weak, and they even wanted to freeze us to death!"

Natasha reacted the fastest and looked towards the source of the voice with a serious look, but she did not see the scene of the Earth Fire members wanting to kill people as described by the Wanderer.

But the next second, she couldn't help but let out a helpless smile.

Zishu and Xing, who were standing at the front, made the same move at the same time. They raised their palms and slapped the screaming wanderer hard in the face.

The wanderers were also confused. No one expected them to suddenly take action, and they were in a daze for a moment.

The homeless men who were slapped saw stars and lost their balance and fell to the side.

The two wailing men came back to their senses. They were filled with anger, but they couldn't suppress their inner fear.

They...they actually dared to hit someone—

"You...you really dare to hit someone?"

[What? If you don’t accept it, just fight back! ]

[A slap in the face is too light. ]