Star Dome Railway: Kevin's Pioneering Journey

"Actually, Xi'er and I didn't grow up in this town. We are from an industrial town in the north called Rivet Town. Its main urban area was infiltrated by the Rift a few years ago."

"I used to manage an orphanage and clinic there, but after the Rift Corrosion occurred, I had to move to this Rock Town."

Bronya rested her chin on her hand as she thought.

"So we are going to the city that has been eroded by the Rift to collect supplies? It just so happens that I have a lot of experience in dealing with the Rift, so I'm sure I can help."

Xier crossed her arms over her chest, turned her face away and said proudly: "Humph, then... don't hold me back!"

Natasha couldn't help but laugh when she saw Xier's look.

"With you accompanying Xier, I can rest assured. Here is the list of supplies. Thank you for your help."

……

Everyone walked together on the road to the Rift. It was already past five o'clock and they were very close to the intersection of the Rift.

Xing checked the time on her phone and asked Xier.

"How long will it take us to return to Panyan Town after this trip?"

Xier pinched her chin and inferred, then said.

"I probably won't be back until the evening. What's the matter?"

Xing held his forehead and said, "Clara had asked us to go to the mechanical settlement during the day, but she canceled it."

Xier waved her hand and said calmly.

"I've fought with robots many times. It will take a day to repair Swarovski's injury. I guess Clara must be very worried right now. Besides, if you two can't go, don't we have the other three? Can't we just ask them later?"

Xing nodded, it seemed like yes, so he started moving right away.

Bronya couldn't help but ask as she looked at Seele's somewhat confident expression.

"If we hadn't happened to pass by...are you really planning to rush into the rift alone?"

Xier raised her eyebrows, looking as if she understood something.

"Yeah, there's nothing to be surprised about. I'm used to it."

"Too reckless... According to the military regulations of the Silver Mane Iron Guard, patrolling the Rift requires at least four people in a group, and a dedicated communications officer must be provided."

"You also said that, that's the rule of the Silver Mane Guards - don't apply it to us. Life underground is not as good as that in the upper levels, where there are so many elite fighters."

"..."

Bronya was silent for a while. She had not thought it through. The lower class was much more difficult than she had imagined.

"Feel sorry."

"It's already like this, what's the point of apologizing? Focus on the present, we're almost there."

Seele waved her hands. She didn't want to talk to Bronya anymore. She felt like she was becoming a little pretentious.

About twenty minutes later, everyone finally arrived at their destination - Rivet Town.

Looking at the familiar scene in front of them, Xier said to everyone.

"We're here. This is Rivet Town... Oh, what a familiar view..."

Xing looked around at the surroundings and asked in confusion.

"Why do I feel a familiar breath?"

Xier raised her eyebrows and asked, "Have you been here?"

Xing shook his head and said calmly: "No, maybe I felt it wrong."

"Let's go, and be careful of your step. I haven't been back for a long time, and I'm afraid there are a lot of monsters in there."

Xier looked around and saw that the roads in front and behind were blocked by iron fences, but there was a staircase on the right, so she suggested.

There's nothing to see here... Let's find a high place to look around."

Everyone walked up the stairs to the platform. Xier walked to the edge of the railing and looked into the distance.

Most of the scenes of Rivet Town can be seen here. Under the platform is a relatively wide road with dilapidated railroad tracks in the middle. Just as Natasha said, this used to be an industrial town, so naturally there must be a channel for transporting goods.

The lights in the entire town were still on, and everything here was frozen by the rift at the moment before erosion.

Looking at this familiar and peaceful street, Xier also felt something was wrong.

"It's become so quiet here. I can't hear the roar of the monsters from the Rift Valley at all."

Bronya also nodded vigilantly. This place was a little different from the previous rifts.

Xier waved her hand and reminded, "It's no use just standing here and watching. Let's go first. Just be careful on the road."

The two were about to leave, but Xing hadn't moved yet. She was looking at a house on high ground in the distance.

Xier followed Xing's gaze and explained for her.

"That's the orphanage Natasha mentioned. Uncle Oleg picked me up and sent me there."

"Look at the decoration outside, it's quite grand." Xing commented.

"Natasha told me that the house was donated by a wealthy businessman. No matter what he does, he must be a good person."

"Those carefree days when I was a kid, I really miss them now..."

Seele sighed like this, and Bronya beside her looked at the orphanage without saying a word.

"You haven't spoken a word since you got here. Are you mute?"

"No..." Bronya shook her head, as if recalling something, "I just...feel a little familiar, it's okay."

Xier raised her eyebrows and said in disbelief, "You are such a strange person. How come you, a lady from the upper class, are familiar with our messy lower class?"

Seeing that Bronya was still in a daze, Seele urged: "Let's go, don't think about these useless things, it's important to find supplies."

"Um……"

……

Following Xier's footsteps, everyone walked along the road to a corner.

"Wait, there was a fight here?"

Bronya said, pointing at the broken tables and chairs on the ground in front of the house.

Xi'er said nonchalantly, "Maybe it was caused by a fight between the world-shattering monsters."

"Why don't we go and take a look? Maybe we'll find something."

Xier spread her hands. She had no objection, and the three of them walked over together.

Looking at the scene in front of her, Xier sighed again.

"This is the restaurant with the best reputation in town. Nata used to bring well-behaved children here to improve their meals."

"Well, did she bring you here?"

"Am I that kind of good kid? Of course not."

"It's exactly what I thought."

The two of them were talking casually, which made Xing feel that the atmosphere was a little strange. She looked at the two slightly awkward piles of ash next to the overturned table in front of her and walked over.

As Xing got closer, she felt a familiar scent growing stronger. Walking to the two piles of ashes, Xing squatted down and observed carefully.

This is not the kind of floating ash that accumulates over time, but the kind of dust that is burned.

Xing stretched out his finger, picked up a little black ash, put it into his mouth, and stirred it with his tongue.

"Is this... the smell of a world-shattering monster?"

"And there's another very familiar smell... Jiemie?"

Xing recalled the conversation between Kevin and Natasha when she first woke up in Natasha's clinic. She had just woken up at that time and could not hear some of the words clearly.

Kevin seemed to have said that he went to Rivet Town before coming here to look for something he had lost.

Rivet Town? Could it be that he was the one who killed these two world-shattering monsters?

Combined with the silence in Rivet Town, there was no sound from any monsters coming from the Boundary.

Kevin...is he going to massacre the entire Rivet Town?

Xing stood up and said to the two people who were looking increasingly uneasy.

"You two, I think I found something?"

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Chapter 39: Exploration is not called stealing

"What! You said that the monsters here might have been killed by your white-haired friend. Isn't that too outrageous?"

Xier opened her eyes wide in disbelief.

Xing nodded seriously and pointed to the black ashes beside him.

"I tasted the ashes over there, and I can tell you very clearly that those are the 'ashes' of the Rift Zone monsters."

"Can you taste this? Does it have any effect on your body?" Bronya asked with some confusion.

Xing shook her head, put her hands on her hips and said confidently: "I am not an ordinary person. The things in this world can only make me die of hunger, not poison me."

"Uh... okay." Bronya remembered that Xing had a star core in his body, so she didn't find it strange anymore. She continued to ask, "Back to the topic, why are you sure that it was Mr. Kevin who killed these monsters? Why did he come here?"

Xing rested her chin on her hand, thinking about what Kevin had said to Natasha.

"When I was at the clinic earlier, I heard Kevin say that he and Sambo took us from the upper level to Rock Town and passed through Rivet Town. Something was left here, and after sending us to the clinic, he came back here to look for it."

"As for why I say he killed the monster, I tasted his weapon in the ashes."

"Are you talking about that golden-red sword?" Xier remembered the weapon Kevin took out when dealing with Swarovski. It should have been deliberately suppressed, but she could still feel the dangerous aura.

Xing nodded confidently: "It's definitely not wrong, I've used it." Although it was in a simulated universe.

"According to what you said, it's so quiet around here, the monsters are most likely killed by Mr. Kevin." Bronya said with some belief.

Xier suggested: "We don't know the whole picture, so we should not let our guard down and observe as we go."

Xing and Bronya nodded, and everyone left the restaurant and moved on.