On the way to catch Cocolia, Zhou Xiao kept thinking about a question.

That's where his nameless power comes from.

After thinking about it all the way, he gradually came up with some ideas.

This power may originate from his heart, from desire. This desire may not only be lust, but also include many other things, after all, he is not a lecherous person.

For example, greed.

For example, an extreme desire for power.

This force is like the opposite of self-discipline. The more self-disciplined and self-restrained one becomes, the harder and calmer one's heart becomes. This force from desire will also become stronger, and it will try to make you indulge and accept your desires.

When his mind can control his desires, he can master the power that comes from those desires.

But when his heart is not strong enough, and he is instead driven and controlled by desire, he will become like Cocolia, who was just about to be enslaved by lust.

Whether one can control and utilize this power depends more on one's inner state.

As for the trigger that allowed him to awaken this power, he couldn't quite figure it out.

He could only speculate that it might be related to the mask of the Gale Warrior... because he had never shown any signs of this power before obtaining that strange item.

...

"You guys are really... like a persistent ghost."

On Everwinter Ridge, Cocolia, who was close to the star core, seemed to be recharged. She trembled all over and felt refreshed.

Feeling the surging power of the star core within her body, Cocolia felt that she had done it again.

She looked down at the crowd below the altar, and when she saw Zhou Xiao, she glared at him fiercely, as if they were mortal enemies.

Despite the overwhelming numbers on the other side, she was confident. Having accepted the power of the Star Core, and with another powerful weapon hidden there, she was determined to wipe out the entire resistance and make them sacrifices before the arrival of the new world.

Her gaze swept over Bronya and she said again:

“Bronya! My daughter, look, this is the Star Core, an irresistible power. I’m giving you one last chance: either follow me and become the mother of the new world, or be buried with them and become a sacrifice for the new world.”

She really, I'm so sad, she still hasn't forgotten Bronya even in this situation.

Unfortunately, Bronya didn't appreciate it and still rejected Cocolia.

In Cocolia, all she saw was madness and fanaticism; the image of the wise mother she remembered was gone.

"Mother, turn back." Bronya kept saying that turning back is the best course of action, but in reality, she had already drawn her long rifle and was ready to fight.

She knew she couldn't persuade Cocolia, so she had no choice but to resort to the "physical turning back method".

"Good, very good, excellent. It's a pity, Bronya, you, and all of you, are unable to break free from your mental constraints... You can never save Berlberg..."

Cocolia said "good" three times in a row, and her aura rose accordingly.

Perhaps in her eyes, she is now the savior of the world, and the people below are just a group of villains trying to stop her from saving the world.

But in the eyes of Seele and the others, she was the biggest villain at this moment, the villain who wanted to nip the last remaining hope in the bud.

They both wanted Belloberg to survive, but their identities underwent a dramatic transformation.

If Cocolia wins this battle, the history of Beloborg will be rewritten as the Great Guardian eliminating the traitors, establishing a new world, and saving Beloborg's fate...

If Bronya's side wins, the history of Beloborg will be that the Great Guardian Cocolia went down the wrong path, nearly destroying Beloborg, and was ultimately killed by the travelers from the outside world allied with Bronya...

Of course.

History is written by the victors, and at this point, neither the lower nor the upper classes can judge who is right and who is wrong.

Only the victor can define what is just and what is evil, but there is no doubt that this battle was a turning point in the entire history of Belloberg.

...

Cocolia's body slowly rose into the air, and deep blue energy appeared in her left palm, which was then grasped and thrown into the air.

With the power of the Star Core, Cocolia was able to suppress even all her inner desires.

"I... Cocolia, in my capacity as the Great Guardian, command you to rise! Creation Engine!"

As Cocolia's voice rang out, something seemed to awaken beneath Everwinter Ridge, causing a tremor.

"What's going on..."

“Energy fluctuations, it’s about to awaken.” Schwarz had already known about the creation engine beneath Everwinter Ridge.

Back then, although the creation engines had a complete power supply, without an energy supply, they had little combat power.

According to his calculations, to get a mech of this size moving and fighting, it would require at least ten years' worth of material supplied by Belloberg's burning of crystal marrow energy.

It's basically no different from being useless.

But to his surprise, the star core not far in front of him contained such enormous energy that it actually managed to power up the creation engine.

As the earth shook violently, a massive steel mech appeared atop the mountain ridge. Its enormous size meant that even when everyone looked up, they couldn't see the mech's head, creating a truly awe-inspiring sight.

A flash of red light streaked across the head of the creation engine, signifying that the engine had been fully activated.

...

"This...this is what a mecha should be like."

Zhou Xiao gazed at the Creation Engine and sighed silently.

Compared to the Creation Engine, Jarvis can only be considered a miniature robot.

Should we bring it over?

Zhou Xiao's first reaction was that he really wanted it and wanted to have it, and then he gradually realized what was going on.

This would require a lot of machinery and materials, a huge amount of energy, and the maintenance costs and energy consumption would be too high, making it very unsuitable.

...

Cocolia was currently positioned on the chest of the Creation Engine, high above, looking down at everything below.

This creation engine belongs to ancient large machinery and is a combat machine built by the city builders to deal with the antimatter legion and the rift creatures.

It is relatively well-preserved and can be activated as long as there is an energy supply, so she placed it here as a future weapon of mass destruction.

I never expected this...

Today's first activation wasn't aimed at the Antimatter Legion or the Rift Creatures, but rather at... the people of Beloborg.

"Creation Engine... Destroy them!" Cocolia shouted, pointing at Zhou Xiao and the others.

The creation engine behind it also gathered energy and shot out a beam from its head, sweeping across the area where Zhou Xiao and the others were.

The scorching heat left a charred mark in the shape of a line on the snow-covered ground.