Star Iron: Imaginary numbers? Dude, I play with quantum reconstruction.

The Wolf-toothed Mech crashed on the spot, its head severed and its body cut in half; no mech in the lower zone could withstand such destruction.

"Violent Glasses Guy!"

"Violent Glasses Guy!"

........

After the battle, the host went up to Walter and asked, "Mr. Violent Glasses, could you please deactivate your transformation?"

A layer of dark red data flow covered the surface of Alahato, and then the dark red data flow gradually dissipated, revealing Walter's calm face.

"Of course, I personally feel that the victory in this competition was quite easy."

"It seems this guy with the violent glasses..."

Walter denied the nickname, saying it was just because there were a lot of people around earlier.

In addition, he gets easily agitated, so he can't say anything, and even if he does, he might not hear it.

Things are different now. These kinds of special interviews are definitely meant to dispel rumors.

"Ahem... Actually, my name is Walter Yang. You can also call me Mr. Yang or Mr. Walter."

"Well, Mr. Yang, regardless of how you feel right now, we're giving you eight bags of premium rice and 24 packs of Dali beef jerky, sponsored by the audience. We hope you can break through in the next competition!"

The host looked at the audience below the stage, and soon several strong men came carrying rice and meat.

Walter was a little stunned; he hadn't expected the prize for winning the match to be so simple and unpretentious. He had thought there would be a glittering trophy or a belt or something similar.

He hadn't expected it to be something like this.

“This…” Walter mimicked a small, hovering cart and loaded all the prizes onto it.

Amid cheers from the crowd, he pushed away a large pile of rice.

"Uh... it was just a spur-of-the-moment thing. I didn't expect to get any extra rewards. It's quite interesting." Walter swaggered as he pushed the rice cart. In the old days, he would have run into thieves long ago in the lower districts.

"Huh? Mr. Walter, what's this...?" Dan Heng, who was planning to go to the lower district to update the think tank, didn't understand. Walter was pushing a pile of rice and dried meat. No matter how he thought about it, something didn't feel right.

"Oh, it's Danheng. He just finished his fight at the boxing gym over there. Um, these things can be considered spoils of war," Walter revealed, and then invited Danheng to join him for a doubles match. "Danheng, there are doubles matches inside. If you're interested, we can team up."

“Um… there’s no need for that, I’m not interested in that.” Dan Heng waved his hand in refusal. “I came to the lower district just to update the think tank.”

"Yes, indeed, I've become somewhat addicted to it." Walter realized something was wrong with him, attributing the situation to suppressing his emotions for too long.

Danheng bid a brief farewell to Walter and headed towards the mechanical settlement and mining area.

Chapter 39 Group Leader: Children, I'm going back to Pierpoint.

Mining area —

"Earth marrow... There is no such thing in the entries related to Yalilo."

Danheng picked up a palm-sized piece of earth marrow and observed its structure.

"It's physically hard and has an egg-yolk yellow color. Its energy response is stable, and it feels warm to the touch." Dan Heng put away a sample, intending to take it back to the train.

"Thank goodness, Director Topa wasn't too angry. He just deducted our pay and gave us a scolding. He didn't throw us into the mine and bury us alive."

"Team leader, let's keep it to ourselves. Director Topa said she'll be here soon."

"It's not a big problem. If it really doesn't work out, I'll just go home and live off my parents."

The sound gradually approached Dan Heng's ears.

Dan Heng held the earth marrow in his hand, somewhat puzzled: "A miner? But they mentioned that woman's name... Is she a company employee?"

While Danheng was pondering, a group of company employees came up to him and saw the glittering earth marrow in his hand.

The team leader was immediately excited! "Brothers! Our chance to redeem ourselves has arrived! This outfit can't possibly belong to a miner, so he must be a thief! Brothers, let's go! Catch him and redeem ourselves!"

“Thief? I only intend to conduct research, and I have no intention of provoking conflict with you. This earth marrow... I can pay for it.”

Danheng intended to avoid conflict. Although the company's reputation wasn't great, he still wouldn't openly start a conflict.

"Kid, let me tell you, once I catch you, you're not getting away. Be a good boy and become our reduced sentence; it'll be better for both of us." The team leader charged straight at Dan Heng, who then used his Cloud Strike to create a hole in the team leader's mech.

Then Danheng tossed it to the side.

"boom!!!"

The team leader was thus embedded in the solid rock wall and crashed into the plane.

The squad leader inside the mech was terrified; the tip of the gun was just a short-sleeved shirt away from his skin, and his jacket had already been torn.

Dan Heng sheathed his spear, walked up to the squad leader, and stuffed 2 credits into the hole in the mech. "I didn't mean to start a fight, but if I had dodged, the mining area behind me might have collapsed due to the impact of your collision. Hmm... consider this money as payment for this piece of mineral marrow."

Team leader: ?

The team leader was dumbfounded. What kind of planet is this? Either the background of the people here is invincible or their combat power is invincible. What am I supposed to do?

Dan Heng slowly walked towards the exit of the mining area, and the company employees consciously made way for him. After all, even the advanced combat mechs had been defeated, and the things they were wearing could probably be pierced by a single shot.

"Walk slowly."

"Walk slowly."

After seeing off this devil, a group of employees surrounded the team leader.

The team leader was still in shock, cold sweat pouring down his face. He couldn't take it anymore; he wanted to go back to the warm and safe Pierpoint.

It's too dangerous out there. Even on a primitive planet, someone can suddenly appear who can pierce through armor with a single shot, and the key point is that this person is wielding a long spear.

"Team leader, are you alright?"

"Team leader, are you alright?"

"Team leader! You can't die!"

........

After the greetings ended, the company employees could only hear heavy breathing.

"Huff... Huff... Huff... No, I have to go back to Pierpoint. This place is too dangerous. I can't stand it anymore. I have to go back. I'll write my application right now."

"Team leader, how about we write it together?"

"Yeah, why don't we go back as a group?"

Where do you want to go back to?

A sound of gravel breaking came from afar. The employees turned around and saw the iconic white hair and the piggy bank at his feet...

The team leader, quick to recognize the situation, said, "Ah, hahaha. Director Toppa, we were just joking."

Topa wasn't buying it. "Are you kidding me? I've been listening since Mr. Danheng from the Star Train left. You got into another fight? Is it that you'll find a way to start a fight whenever I'm not around?"

Upon hearing this, the team leader felt a chill run down his spine. The other half of his heart had already been terrified when he received the gun.

"Conflict... Director Toppa, we didn't mean to..."

"Make amends for your crimes? Even if he stole it, we're just providing an exchange service. We don't engage in forced sales; it's not like someone has to give it to us just because they dug it up."

Toppa's suspicious gaze swept over the company employees. "I'm starting to wonder how you all passed your entrance exams. Everyone will have to retake them when we get back to Pierpoint. Remember, everyone."

Toppa swiped a few times on an Ethernet screen, and then all employees received a link on their information screens.

“This is the location tracking and the entire recording. If you still dare to have conflicts with others after this, you don’t need to go back to Pierpoint. I’ll just send you here to work as miners.”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

........

Upper District – Fort Cripper –

"Boom-"

"Knock knock—"

Bronya gently knocked twice on the door of the solitary confinement cell.

"Mother, are you alright?"

"......"

There was no response from inside. Bronya was a little confused. Even if she was locked up for a day, she shouldn't have starved to death, right?

What's more, she even had someone deliver food to her.

She slowly inserted the key and pushed open the door. There, she saw something resembling the Shadow of Winter's Calamity leaning against the wall, its face still resembling Cocolia's.

"Bronya, kill me! The erosion of the Rift... is the Star Core's revenge on me, and also the Iron Guard's retribution..."

A hoarse voice came out, and the inhuman Cocolia slowly spoke, she was now at her last gasp.

Bronya's mind went blank for a moment; she hadn't realized her mother was a being from a different dimension...

"why?"

"There's no reason why, Bronya... You're lucky. There are some things... It might be better if you didn't know them."

"Raise your gun! Aim it at my head! Don't aim it at my heart, that's the body of a monster. Forgive my stubbornness, but I want to die as a 'human being.'"

Like an oil lamp running out of oil... This is Cocolia's current state. When she doubts herself and the past, the rift swallows her up, leaving only a sliver of clarity in the present.

Bronya's mind was still blank. She didn't understand. She just wanted to calm her mother down, but she never expected that when they met again, it would be such a hellish scene.

"No, I don't believe it! I don't believe it!!!" Bronya gripped the gun butt tightly, tears streaming down her face and onto her hands.

Then, the floor beneath my feet got wet...

Chapter 40: To die as a human, to rest in peace.

“Bronya, let me die, die as a human being, end my life. And then… I'm sorry… forgive my selfishness, you'll have to protect Berlberg alone… my time is running out…”

The icy substance crawled up Cocolia's neck... at this rate, she really didn't have a chance of survival.

"But...I...I can't do it!!!"

Bronya's hands were trembling. She didn't know what kind of emotion this was. She felt like her heart was being gripped tightly and her throat was being choked. The feeling of suffocation was getting worse and worse.