I, on the Starry Sky Railway, change everything

The builders didn't know where their sister had gone either; it was an unexpected accident that no one had anticipated.

The adults launched a search and rescue operation, which lasted three days and three nights, but to no avail. People were terrified by the mysterious disappearance of the soon-to-be-in-command Great Guardian, and no one paid any attention to the little girl.

One bad thing after another happened, and the girl was on the verge of collapse. She was left alone in her small house, where only she remained, and cried all the time.

Fortunately, she saw her older brother again.

"As long as I believe my sister is safe and sound, she really will be alright, right?"

"Yes."

Hua Yi couldn't bear to see girls cry.

He wanted to reach out and wipe away the tears of the little girl, but remembering that the chaos caused by fate had led to the current situation, and that even the slightest rash action could break the balance, he had to stop.

"The heroine in the story never cries, because she knows that she is the last hope in people's hearts. If even the only person who has a chance to defeat the Demon King cries helplessly, who can believe that humanity will win?"

"But, but, Hillier isn't a hero at all. Only someone as outstanding as my sister can become a hero."

“You have revealed your name, and I will remember it well. Since your sister, Siril, has gone elsewhere to seek the artifact to defeat the Demon King, perhaps others will recommend you to become the new hero, the Great Guardian.”

"what?"

"If responsibility inevitably falls on your shoulders, and if this is the only way to continue to bring a glimmer of light to a world mired in suffering, are you willing to be a hero?"

"me……"

"Actually, the answer to the question will not affect the future. Many times, reality pushes people forward. Hilly, if you become a hero, you cannot cry in front of the crowd. People will pity an ordinary little girl, but they cannot accept the hero who is destined to lead them forward showing weakness."

Unsure how long the conversation would last, Hua Yi tried his best to explain things in a way that the girl could understand, hoping it would be helpful.

"Just like in the story, there are good and bad people, and the Demon King may try to bewitch them. The hero must carefully distinguish and keep his mission in mind."

“Hilary will try her best to remember!”

"Finally, believe in miracles, believe that [Salvation] is omnipotent and will surely save everything that needs to be saved."

The little girl disappeared.

No longer just a blurry figure, it had completely vanished without a trace.

Hua Yi is still mobilizing the power of destiny, focusing on [preservation] and supplementing it with [memory] and the [mystery] which he does not yet fully understand, in an attempt to disrupt time again and connect to the past.

As the moonlight reflected from the snow gradually dimmed, the morning sun was about to rise from the horizon.

Even if its light and heat fail to break through the snowstorm of Yalilo-VI and restore the eternal spring to this planet that echoes with human epics, it will soon be a day with a sky brighter than the night sky, repeating the same routine for seven hundred years, announcing the arrival of a new day to everyone.

Pausing his attempts to determine his fate, Hua Yi stared at the spot where the little girl had stood.

There wasn't even a footprint left there.

He took out his smart terminal, browsed the database he had previously compiled, and sighed softly as he looked at the incomplete data, the definitions of which had not changed.

"The eighth High Guardian, [The Fool] Cyrilland, did she ultimately fail to become the hero in the hearts of the people? Or perhaps, I caused the negative impact..."

Currently, there is no evidence to suggest that the intertwined destinies connect the present and the past, and that the figure appearing is the former Great Guardian.

There is the possibility that shadows of the past remain, and that everything is just an empty dream, with nothing actually happening and nothing changing.

Hua Yi must believe in the miracle he expects.

It's time.

I promised Himeko I would go back before dawn.

After sending a message to the navigator to let her know he was safe, Hua Yi quickly left the snowfield.

Snowflakes fall endlessly with the cold wind, a phenomenon that has continued for seven hundred years.

His footprints were gradually buried by the newly fallen snow, as if no one had ever set foot here, and no one had ever tried to defy time.

All human efforts are no match for fate.

But fate is never something fragile that can withstand the erosion of time.

Moreover, the three paths of fate—[Preservation], [Memory], and [Mystery]—are all exerting their influence simultaneously.

From another perspective, the snow concealed Hua Yi's tracks, but perhaps the eighth Great Guardian, Siril, also left something behind, only to be temporarily buried by time.

Chapter 198 The Final Trial

Apart from Himeko, who lived next door to Hua Yi and kept a close eye on his movements, no one knew that he had left in the middle of the night.

Anyway, they live next door to each other, except that Xing on the other side is sleeping soundly.

"Good morning."

After a good rest, Xing skillfully twirled the baseball bat in his hand and was full of fighting spirit.

"Now it's finally my turn to show my skills! Target: Seal the star core!"

"I'm ready too."

“If that Cocolia is still trying to find excuses to delay, I don’t think there’s any need to reason with her anymore. Just take her into custody. Even if we can’t get the whereabouts of the Star Core out of her, it’s better than letting her plot against us.”

As Xi'er spoke, she looked at Hua Yi.

She knew who was making the decisions within the team.

Dengdengdeng.

The hurried footsteps echoing down the corridor of the Goethe Hotel caused everyone to pause their conversation.

It concerns the Great Guardian and the Star Core, so it cannot be discussed casually in front of outsiders.

The only thing that puzzled the girls was that there were no other guests at the Goethe Hotel, so who would be making such a hasty visit so early in the morning?

The mystery was soon solved.

Bronya ran up the stairs. She should have looked quite well, having slept well in Cripple Castle as well, but now her delicate face was filled with panic and disarray.

“My mother is missing. She was here last night, until I fell asleep, but she was gone when I woke up today.”

"?!"

"Damn it, I knew that guy was up to no good!"

Seele gritted her teeth.

"What is she planning to do by hiding? Is she sending troops to besiege us while she stays in the safe rear and watches the Belloberg infighting?"

"I-I don't know."

Bronya was completely disoriented. Just yesterday, she had returned to her childhood and seen Cocolia's warm side, but after waking up, everything took a sharp turn for the worse.

One step to heaven, one step to hell.

"The Silvermane Iron Guards haven't been mobilized at all, Mother should..."

"You're still here? I don't think you understand Cocolia at all, you don't know what kind of schemes she has up her sleeve! Before today, did you ever think that Cocolia would desert her post? Hey, is she scared? After learning that the cold wave and the rift were disasters brought about by the star core, she developed a fear of that thing, so afraid of dying that she even lost her position as the Great Guardian."

Hearing Seele's disdainful remarks about her mother, Bronya clenched her fists. Even through her gloves, her nails left marks on her soft palms, yet she was too weak to open them, her fists trembling precariously.

Hua Yi coughed lightly.

"Don't argue with Bronya yet."

"Am I making a scene? You're always protecting her!"

"Mainly because you didn't give me a chance to protect you—Seele, you're so powerful."

"Tsk."

“Cocolia promised yesterday that she would send urgently needed supplies to the lower district. I went to the supply exchange line to check the situation, and the goods have indeed been transported down.”

"That means there's nothing to worry about in the lower levels."

Upon realizing this, Seele's indignant expression softened somewhat.

Natasha felt much more at ease, then realized the problem and raised her eyebrows.

Didn't you get a good rest last night?

"That's not the point. If I'm not mistaken, Bronya, you should already know the exact location of the Star Core, right?"

"My mother drew me a map yesterday. Could it be that she was already..."

"Let's set off and seal the star core."

"So that Cocolia really did desert the battlefield, leaving the star core entirely to us to handle, afraid of getting hurt in the battle? Heh, that fits my image of a pampered big shot. I didn't have any expectations of her anyway."

At dawn, the guardians should shine like a bright star, illuminating the path for the people.

When it gets dark, the guardians should be like a warm fire, soothing the people's hearts.

But as Seele belittled Cocolia and made no attempt to hide her contempt for her own mother, Bronya was unable to utter a single word in rebuttal.

She was lost, like a little animal that couldn't find its way out, constantly bumping into dead ends in the maze of reality.

Even after leaving the Goethe Hotel and exiting the city of Belberg, following the hand-drawn map left by Cocolia and heading towards a place called Everwinter Ridge, Bronya still seemed absent-minded.

But the girl understood the priorities; the first task at hand was to seal the star core.

So she forced herself to stay alert.

Yongdong Ridge appears to be located at the center of a cold wave; the closer you get, the colder it becomes, and ice sculptures appear.

"what are these?"

"I know!"

Xing raised his hand, finally having the opportunity to demonstrate his knowledge.

"The illusory soldiers of the antimatter legion, they've actually been frozen solid, unable to withstand the cold wave. They're not as physically strong as me!"

Are these guys still alive inside the ice?

The March 7th question is a bit difficult; Galaxy Baseball Man is unsure, but Hua Yi gave the answer.

"How about we thaw them and then name them March 7th?"

"Hey, how can you still be joking at a time like this? Be careful!"

Climbing Yongdong Ridge along the snow-covered mountain path, one is surrounded by the remains of Void Soldiers, and in the distance stands the ruins of a giant hand-shaped building.

It's bitterly cold here; ordinary people without the protection of destiny's power would be in mortal danger if they stayed here for even a few breaths.

In Seele's mind, the cowardly Great Guardian Cocolia was quietly standing on the platform at the finish line.

"Mother!"

Bronya looked pleasantly surprised.

That's right, how could the Great Guardian desert his post?

She arrived ahead of schedule.

However, Cocolia's expression was even colder than the wind and snow of Everwinter Ridge.

"Why do you want to seal the star core?"

"Why? Wasn't that what we agreed on..."

"For seven hundred years, we have tried and fought, believing that the light of humanity would guide us to revival. And what was the result? We were utterly defeated! Why is it that when faced with an irresistible force, our first thought is always to resist, to plug our ears, instead of listening to its demands?"

Cocolia removed her gloves, revealing that half of her once flawless hands had already turned to ice.

"That is the indelible desire and cowardice entrenched deep within human nature. Abandon them, break free from their shackles! The Star Core will lead humanity towards evolution, it will..."

"He will be sealed away."

Hua Yi interrupted Cocolia and stared at the Great Guardian who appeared as the final villain.

"You have drawn power from the Star Core and written your own script. You either defeat us and face the world the Star Core has painted in despair, or you serve as a trial and use your death to usher in a new era for Belloborg."

“…What nonsense!”

"You've learned about the cosmic landscape from Himeko and me, and you already understand that the Star Core isn't an invincible force. Why say such insincere things? Now that I'm here, the Star Core should be the only option I have."

Chapter 199 The Battle of Everwinter Ridge