“I trust the Star Core more than they do.” Cocolia scoffed at the train crew; he had never trusted them from the start.
"Hundreds of years ago... an alien legion descended upon our world, bringing war and calamity. In the history of Beloborg, successive High Wardens led the Silvermane Iron Guard in a valiant fight against them. We sacrificed a great many warriors to ensure the continuation of Beloborg."
"And what is the truth?" Cocolia abruptly changed the subject, turning her back to look at the gloomy sky outside the window.
"In fact, it was the power of the Star Core that prevented the invasion of the alien legions... Whether we admit it or not, that is the truth..."
History is written by the victors, and the cruel truths have been buried by the former great protectors.
When this history is brought up again, it only evokes a sense of despair.
“But… the cold wave brought by the star core will eventually engulf Beloberg,” Bronya said after hearing this.
"Yes, so... the Star Core promised us a new world where no one will die, no one will starve, and everything will last forever..."
"But before that... the old world, which is barely surviving, needs to be reformed and completely embraced in order to rebuild a new world on the ruins."
Cocolia had completely accepted the Star Core and become its lackey. She looked at Bronya and said:
"Bronya, my daughter, you already know the truth. There will be a place for you in the new world... Come, come and embrace the new world with your mother."
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They've gone mad.
They've all gone mad.
Is this still the mother I know?
Bronya looked at the unfamiliar Cocolia before her, finding it hard to reconcile the image of her once intellectual mother with the crazy, stubborn woman before her.
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The expressions on the faces of the others present changed to varying degrees in response to Cocolia's words.
The train crew members said that Cocolia was talking nonsense.
They had seen many worlds eroded by star cores, and without exception, they were all plagued by calamities and rampant rifts.
Accepting a star core... what's the difference between that and directly opening it up?
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Seele in the lower district frowned.
She didn't understand the hidden historical truth of Belloberg; all she knew was that the great guardian of Belloberg before her was unworthy of being called a great guardian.
What great guardian would not protect but instead lead his people to destruction?
Rather than letting such a great guardian lead Belloborg to its doom, it would be better to... let everyone work together to find a solution.
Zhou Xiao, who was not far from Xi'er, yawned, feeling a bit bored.
After listening to Cocolia talk for a while, he seemed to have guessed what this so-called new world was.
The presence of a star core leads to the phenomenon of rifts, and the erosion of rifts is becoming increasingly severe in both the upper and lower regions of Beloberg.
Therefore... it's not hard to guess that the so-called new world is the Rift.
As for the claim that they didn't die or starve, that's somewhat believable. After all, without external intervention to cleanse them, the creatures of the Rift would have even longer lifespans...
This new world...undoubtedly turned Arillow VI into a living hell.
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“Mother, I refuse to do this...and I will not allow you to go down this path. I will stop you.”
After careful consideration, Bronya made up her mind to stop Cocolia's crazy idea.
"Exactly! Why should the fate of the people of Belloberg be in your hands alone! Did you even ask us? You're just doing this for your own selfish desires!"
Seele echoed her sentiment while simultaneously condemning Cocolia.
"Great Guardian...we have the ability to seal the star core. It's not too late to turn back. Once the star core is sealed, the cold wave and the rift will improve..."
Dan Heng coldly offered a word of advice, his principle still being to avoid fighting if possible, and to try his best to get Cocolia to cooperate.
"Turn around...turn around."
Cocolia repeated it twice, then shook her head with a cold laugh.
It's too late.
The gears of fate have been set in motion, and no one can stop the restart of Belleberg. A new world will surely be rebuilt from the ruins.
"Bronya, my daughter, I'm so disappointed in you. You don't understand the suffering we're going through..."
Cocolia looked down at Bronya, who had a resolute expression, and slowly said a few words before issuing the Great Guardian's order.
"As the High Warden, I command the Silvermane Iron Guards of Beloborg to come to Cribburg to apprehend the wanted criminal!"
"Furthermore... Bronya, the former commander of the Silvermane Iron Guard, has been suspended from all duties for conspiring with wanted criminals to disrupt the stability of Beloberg. She is also a wanted criminal!"
The order of the Great Guardian of Cocolia was issued from Krypburg to the entire Upper District of Beloborg.
The entire city of Beloborg tensed up upon receiving the order.
"Lady Bronya...has betrayed us?!"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! I would never betray Lady Bronya!"
"Is there some mistake?"
"How is that possible! That's the Great Guardian's Token!"
"Is it possible that... the High Guardian made a mistake?"
"How dare you question the High Guardian..."
Everywhere in Belloberg, people were talking about the Great Guardian's decree, and pedestrians on the streets were taking refuge in buildings. Through the windows, they could see large numbers of well-equipped Silvermane Iron Guards entering the administrative district.
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"Charge with me!"
Outside Creeperburg, Garrison Commander Jepard ordered the Silvermane Guards outside to rush into Creeperburg without saying a word. As the garrison commander of the Silvermane Guards, he would choose to carry out the High Warden's orders.
In an instant, a large number of Silvermane Iron Guards poured into Crippleburg.
The train crew and the people in the lower area were surrounded by the Silver Mane Iron Guard.
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"So many people..." March 7th sensed that something was wrong.
She had this uneasy feeling when she was first wanted by the police.
They came here to save the world, so how did they become public enemies?
"It's still not working..." Dan Heng compared the numbers and realized that if they continued to waste time here, they would inevitably suffer losses.
"We need to rethink things, Sambo...drop a smoke bomb."
"Huh? Oh." Seeing that the situation was not going well, Sangbo, the guy who was having fun, was originally planning to run away, but after being called out by Danheng, he could only laugh awkwardly and silently take out a few cigarette cartridges from his pocket and throw them out.
In an instant.
The smoke from the exploding smoke bomb immediately spread out, obscuring everyone's vision.
"Walk!"
With a low growl from Dan Heng, the people present took advantage of the chaos to rush out of Cribburg.
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P.S.: I'm begging for everything, please, please, sob sob sob.
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