I, on the Starry Sky Railway, change everything

"Is the shortage of raw materials for sour coffee beans and coffee products also due to the closure of the upper and lower city areas?"

"The lower layer mainly produces mineral energy and is not very suitable for growing crops. The vertical shaft line that Belleberg currently maintains is for the upper layer to send food and daily necessities to the lower layer on a regular basis, and for the lower layer to transport the mineral marrow to the upper layer."

The diverse menu hints at the abundance and happiness of Belleburg's past, yet the note indicating that the food is temporarily unavailable, and the current desolation of the Goethe Hotel, silently tell us that the past is irretrievable.

Xing raised an eyebrow.

"So what was Cocolia thinking, that she was determined to send Beloberg to his doom?"

"The erosion of the rift continues to deepen, and the number of monsters continues to grow. Beloberg was already slowly falling into the abyss, and could only slow down the deterioration of the situation, but could not reverse the crisis. Rather than being completely bewitched by the Star Core, it can only be said that Cocolia is still hesitating. Otherwise, as the Great Guardian, she could have done even more ruthlessly with the power of the Star Core."

For example, they could launch a massacre at Cripperburg, and then blow up the shaft passages and defensive walls, causing a complete collapse of order and plunging the people into peril.

The people's fascination with the city builders, and even their faith in the Amber King, will collapse.

Therefore, she is neither [preserving] nor [destroying].

“Bronya holds an important place in Cocolia’s heart. Although the young girl has the perseverance of a soldier, she does not yet have the decisiveness and courage required of a supreme ruler, which further exacerbates Cocolia’s indecisiveness.”

If Bronya were to show her strength and stand up to demand that her mother abdicate and that she take over as the Great Guardian, would Cocolia feel pure anger or a touch of relief?

Or perhaps, more than just a trace?

If Hua Yi disregarded her feelings, he could have told Bronya that her mother had been completely bewitched by the Star Core and was planning to drag Beloberg down into the abyss, hoping that a turning point would appear at the bottom of the abyss.

Words alone are no longer effective; we must take strong measures and more radical approaches.

Then, the problem can be solved quickly.

All that was to be done was to force Bronya to choose between Beloberg and her mother, to make the girl struggle in extreme grief, to make pain the nourishment for growing up, and to make tears the necessary price for becoming independent.

Hardship makes people grow.

Hua Yi understood this principle and knew that this was a convenient way for Bronya to quickly become an excellent leader.

Consequently, the star core will also be sealed, and the train route will once again be unobstructed.

With a little effort, it's not impossible to induce Bronya to kill her mother, completely break down, and then become extremely dependent on him, making him her whole life.

At that time, the entire Beloborg will become private property, and the new High Guardian will be nothing more than an obedient and exquisite puppet.

Hua Yi possesses the wisdom and means to accomplish all of this, and can gradually perfect the relevant details without even having to rack his brains.

However, he never hesitated from beginning to end.

They went to great lengths just to make an innocent girl cry and to seize the desolate city in the snow.

Then I must be really bad.

Little did Xing know that if Hua Yi harbored even the slightest malice, that imposing yet scheming woman from Cripperburg would become a disposable tool on his path to ruling Beloberg.

Galaxy Baseball Man knows that a lover's body is warm, so you need to press even closer...

So Xing buried her head in Hua Yi's arms.

"I want smoked frosty salmon rolls, cheese salmon tarts, and a flavorful sausage platter!"

"So much? You have quite an appetite."

"It's not just me eating; it includes your portion too. Or is there something you don't like among these dishes? Let's change it."

"The three dishes you mentioned at the beginning are enough. Let's order these for now. In case we discover something delicious on March 7th that we want to share, we need to save room for it."

"Yes!"

Despite the operational difficulties faced by the Goethe Hotel, the quality of service was not affected. Soon, a waitress brought over a tray of meat dishes that could greatly replenish the body's energy.

Boxes of books and newspapers were also delivered.

Congratulations! The kind and friendly Miss Guardian paid the purchase price, and the bookstore completed this great deal immediately, carefully packaging the goods and transporting them all to the Goethe Hotel.

"Why did the waitress give us another room key?"

“It’s used as a storage room for books, otherwise there wouldn’t be enough space. Even if it’s only the size of a city, passed down from generation to generation, it’s still a considerable collection of information. I guess these books only encompass two or three tenths of Belleburg’s cultural heritage, but they certainly contain a variety of important content.”

"Uh-huh."

Xing responded vaguely twice.

She had a piece of sausage in her mouth, chewing as she helped move the 3.0 boxes.

Pretty girls have the right to be capricious, just like the current stars. Even if they eat casually, they still have a charmingly naive quality.

"Be careful not to choke."

"Ugh... Guh...!"

Well, this time I'm really choked.

"Here, drink some water."

Hua Yi held the water glass and lovingly brought it to Xing's lips. After she gulped down most of the glass and let out a long breath, he then began to tease her.

"Don't stuff too much food into your mouth at once, you're not a squirrel. If Galaxy Batman choked to death, he would be remembered forever in a subtle way by the entire universe—destroying himself in a foolish way, making a profound contribution to human evolution, worthy of a special award."

"Okay, okay, don't make fun of me."

Chapter 156 Even the Star God Has Human Touch?

The customized smart terminal produced by Black Tower Space Station outperforms mass-produced mobile phones by more than one level.

Its functionality is also perfect.

Standing in a room filled with books and newspapers, Hua Yi doesn't need to turn the pages one by one. He can simply take out his smart device, turn on the text scanning function, and then slowly adjust the electron beam.

The contents of weighty classic texts can be fully entered, and the pages pasted together will not cause text errors. The terminal program can also reformat and categorize them into standardized database documents.

By searching for keywords in the database, Hua Yi can quickly find out the information she wants to know.

Making good use of the terminal's built-in intelligent question-and-answer system is even better than searching for keywords.

Of course, you have to have a question before you can get an answer.

The terminal greatly simplifies the time spent organizing knowledge, but in the end, he still needs to read attentively to avoid omissions.

From the first High Warden, Alisaland, all 16 High Wardens throughout history have been women, dedicating their lives to the great cause of protecting Beloborg, working alone and single-mindedly.

Does the Great Guardian feel lonely?

This question has never troubled Belloberg.

From the moment they became the Great Guardians, they ceased to be human and became synonymous with heroes, the conceptual symbols leading the Eternal City.

How could a living legend have any weaknesses?

In the eyes of the Belobers, every High Guardian should be a perfect being like Alisalande.

Forever wise, forever brave, forever leading the people to victory after victory.

Being able to foresee disasters and consistently make the right choices makes one the best ruler; one can also fight on the front lines, using the power of protection to empower the Silvermane Iron Guard, causing the Rift Monsters to retreat in defeat.

Girls like Bronya, who are selected through a secret process and recognized by the High Warden as his successors, must bid farewell to their past. Everything from their past will be buried by the wind and snow, and from then on, they will only have one identity.

That is [the next Great Guardian].

In this way, the guardian's judgment can be prevented from being influenced by kinship, or even from using their power to seek personal gain for the family.

Bronya calls Cocolia "Mother," and the two are not only heirs and heirs, but also mother and daughter.

There have been similar examples in the past, but not all of them.

It wasn't that the former Great Guardians were cold-hearted and indifferent, maintaining a purely official attitude after selecting their successors and rarely showing personal feelings; rather, it was that most of the time, they had no choice in the matter.

With the onslaught of cold waves, monster attacks, and the power struggles that frequently unfolded in Cripple Castle, several Grand Wardens and their heirs suddenly disappeared without a trace. Historians in Beloborg are unable to determine whether they died in battles against monsters or from rebellions within the human race.

Historically, there have been instances of abnormal transfers of power among the Great Guardians, resulting in ordinary girls who had not received proper education hastily taking over and issuing bizarre laws that went against Beloberg's needs, causing widespread public resentment.

Even though the historical truth about the highest levels of Beloborg is incomplete, Hua Yi can still deeply feel from the fragmented information how much suffering this city has endured and how heavy the name of the Great Guardian is.

In comparison, Cocolia is actually one of the more powerful guardians.

He firmly grasped power in Cripperburg, handling political affairs while raising Bronya to adulthood.

Not to mention the existence of the star core, even the specific extent of the rift erosion is a secret known only to a few.

In the eyes of some power-hungry fools, the disaster outside the city is insignificant. After all, Belloborg has lasted for seven hundred years, and there's no reason for it to be destroyed in their generation.

Thus, abusing power for personal gain, eliminating dissidents, and vying for interests remain things these people are keen on.

However, since Cocolia came to power, there seems to be no situation where treacherous officials have seized power and the position of the Great Guardian has been threatened.

However, she clashed with someone from the long-established and prestigious Landau family among the city builders, who then completely left the political system of Cripperburg and made headlines in a newspaper.

The newspaper published in Beloborg was also under the supervision of Cripperburg. The specific details of the conflict were vague, but because of the High Warden's prestige, ordinary people regarded the incident as Cocolia expelling an unfaithful official.

As for relocating the Silvermane Iron Guards and sealing off the upper and lower levels—

Perhaps it should be said that Cocolia does have some ability, and the officials of this generation in Kripperburg are also honest and law-abiding. The outrageous decree that would have triggered a change of the Great Guardian in history only caused some controversy and was quickly quelled in the upper district.

Hua Yi shook his head, closed the database information interface displayed on the terminal, and reopened the scanning function, aiming it at the heater and the earth marrow mine.

Xing originally thought this was just a small process that would end quickly, and she was already eager to pounce on her lover onto the bed. But then she saw him frown, take the terminal, walk out of the room, and start scanning the heaters in the hotel corridor.

Is there a problem with the machine that Shiluwa provided?

"No."

"Is there something wrong with the hotel's heating system?"

"No, the problem is with Belloberg."

"what?"

Xing looked puzzled, while Hua Yi seemed thoughtful. He turned around and went back to his room, opened the window, and used his smart terminal to remotely scan the temperature and the heating devices on the street.

Until he closed his eyes, meticulously unraveling the mystery, he traced the obscure rhythm of 740 that did not affect any single person, was extremely hidden, and almost blended into the city.

"Cocolia was wrong, terribly wrong."

"Oh, so the next step is to immediately storm Cripper Fortress?"

Even if you can't enjoy a sweet night with your lover as planned, it's not bad to conquer the territory of the bad woman.

After this battle, I'll do this and that with Hua Yi!

The gray-haired girl eagerly picked up the baseball bat.

"I am ready. I will launch a night attack, change the world, and force the Great Guardian to abdicate!"

"If you continue like this, the Star Train's good reputation will be severely damaged."

"Then we'll dominate Belleburg and forbid them from saying anything bad about the train!"

"Wow, he actually has the potential to be a tyrant."

Hua Yi smiled and gently pinched Xing's delicate nose.

"The plan remains the same. We will still negotiate with Cocolia and eventually head to the lower district. I just found that Fate and the Star God are a bit more humane than I imagined... It's a bit of a one-sided emotional approach. Ultimately, the current unexpected discovery still follows the laws of the universe, but there's nothing wrong with being a little more emotional."

"Why are you being so secretive? Never mind, is everything alright now?"

"never mind."

"Come on, come inside with me!"

Chapter 157 I...believe in you

"Did Xing not sleep well?"

In the early morning, seeing Miss Galaxy Baseball Man yawning beside Hua Yi, March 7 tilted her head, puzzled.

"The soft mattress and bouncy pillow make it a very comfortable place to sleep."

"Because she didn't sleep peacefully at night, she overestimated herself and challenged a strong person, and then she was utterly defeated."

"I get it, I get it! It's normal to be so excited about your first expedition that you can't sleep, but what's with challenging the strong? Are you going to stay up all night playing games?"

After a good rest, March 7th is full of energy and has even started lecturing people.

"Well, I have to say something to you here. You can play games anywhere, so why let it affect your sleep? You're still not mature or reliable enough—but it's okay! I'll help you~"