Star Dome Railway: Kevin's Pioneering Journey

Alan, who was standing by, saw Xing looking stunned and quickly nudged her with his elbow.

Xing reacted immediately, glanced at the actions of the people around him, and followed suit.

Estelle was standing at the front, she spread her hands and bowed slightly to the guest.

After looking at the butterfly flying back to his hand, ScrewGum slowly raised his head and looked at Ester in the front.

"Nice to meet you, Esta."

"Sorry, we're 4 minutes and 13 seconds earlier than the agreed time. I hope it doesn't cause you any trouble."

"How could that be, Mr. Screw-Gum, welcome to the Black Tower Space Station." Ester looked at Screw-Gum with great respect.

ScrewGum shook his head politely.

"Don't be so reserved, Estelle. Just use 'you'. The Black Tower is a place where knowledge converges. Here, we celebrate the equality of thought."

Then he looked at the people around him.

"The collaboration of organic life is amazing and efficient. The speed at which you rebuilt the space station far exceeded my prediction."

"Thank you for your affirmation, Mr. Screwgum. Do you want me to show you around? After the last summit, we have launched several new research projects based on silicon-based matrices."

Esta was very happy to invite Screwgum. If she could get his attention, the research might go very smoothly.

ScrewGum shook his head slightly and declined.

"Emotionally, I gladly accept. But after all, I have an appointment with the Black Tower, so please let these surprises wait for a while."

Esta was not disappointed. In her opinion, since ScrewGum did not directly refuse, it meant that he agreed. If he said to wait a moment, then he must wait a moment.

"Ms. Heita should be in her office. Please go this way. I will lead the way for you."

"Ah."

ScrewGum responded, but he turned to look at Xing beside him - she was not wearing the space station uniform.

"Who is this……"

I saw Xing with his left hand on his waist, his eyes slightly slanted, one corner of his mouth raised, and he said with a look of disdain on his face.

"Hey, what do you think?"

As she spoke, she glanced at Alan beside her, as if mocking him.

"Hey..." Alan showed a helpless expression.

Seeing Xing's funny expression, ScrewGum couldn't help but laugh.

"Haha, such an unexpected reaction, I guess you are one of the people that Black Tower has been talking about recently."

"She is curious about you, and so am I. What does it feel like to coexist with a star core? I hope there will be enough time for us to get to know each other and the answer to this question."

After saying this, ScrewGum followed Ester away.

Ester looked back at ScrewGum and gave him a reminder.

"There should be another guest in Ms. Heita's office right now. It shouldn't be..."

ScrewGum shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter. Black Tower has already told me. I am also looking forward to meeting the second person she keeps talking about."

Chapter 74: Laughing to death, Black Tower sweating

Xing did not follow Esta and the others to the Black Tower's office. At this time, she was attracted by the portrait of the Black Tower next to her.

In a trance, she seemed to see a huge bead of sweat hanging on the forehead of the black tower in the portrait, but it quickly disappeared.

Xing rubbed his eyes. There were no sweat beads on the black tower portrait in front of him as he had seen before. Could it be that he had seen it wrong?

"Strange, it should be nearby. Could it be hidden in the portrait of Lady Black Tower..."

A puzzled male voice came from behind him, and Xing quickly turned around to look, only to see a man in blue maintenance personnel uniform looking around and walking towards him.

The man asked in confusion when he saw Xing standing in front of the portrait in the black tower.

"Excuse me, what can I do for you? I noticed you were staring at the portrait of Lady Black Tower for quite some time."

Xing shook his head and pointed to the portrait beside him.

"She's so pretty."

"Oh, so you're also a hater? Fine, you can enjoy it as you please, but this portrait will be put away soon, and I need to check this place."

The man said this with a knowing look on his face. He looked Xing up and down, then he remembered something and said in surprise.

"Wait, I know you. When I saw you before, you were chatting with Station Master Esta. You must be the rising star that has attracted the attention of Lady Black Tower!"

Listening to the man's compliments, Xing raised his head and waved his hands, not hiding the pride in his heart at all, but still speaking politely.

"No, no, I'm just an ordinary pioneer."

The man nodded. He knew that masters always liked to keep a low profile. He understood.

"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Leonard, and I'm the network security engineer of this space station."

"You should know, right? Not long ago, this place was attacked by the Antimatter Army. In that riot, the main control systems of various compartments were also paralyzed."

"However, during the repair process, I discovered some anomalies. The access records show that during the time when the main control system was paralyzed, a third party other than the legion invaded here."

Listening to Leonard's words, Xing recalled some fragmented images in his mind, Kafka... and the man with silver-gray hair. Kafka called that man's name at that time. What was it?

"Uh... a woman wearing sunglasses? And a girl with silver hair?"

Hearing Xing's guess, Leonard shook his head.

"I don't know what the other person looks like - to be exact, I'm just about to investigate the matter."

"But based on the appearance you described, these two people...wait, let me check..."

Leonard took out his cell phone and started searching for relevant information. After a while, he handed the phone to Xingdao.

"There are two people who fit the information you provided, and they are similar to my previous guess - the Star Core Hunters. This group of people are elusive and very dangerous. Each of them is on the company's wanted list."

Xing took the phone and the two people he remembered appeared on the screen, with detailed information about the two people below.

Wow! Kafka and the others are actually Star Core Hunters! Is that so cool? They are worth so much, I want to be a Star Core Hunter too!

Leonard didn't know what Xing was thinking. He thought she was just surprised by the deeds of the Star Core Hunter. This was a normal reaction. He was also surprised when he saw it.

Xing put away his inner thoughts, returned the phone to Leonard, and confirmed it.

"They are indeed the two people I mentioned."

Leonard nodded, somewhat puzzled.

"There are two of them? I'm quite impressed by this one called Silver Wolf... She's a super hacker from Punklord. To be honest, I've already suffered a loss at her hands once—"

"A while ago, I discovered her whereabouts during the screening process. I was planning to follow the clues to find out her background, but she outwitted me and I fell into her trap."

"Guess what? She reverse-hacked my device, spammed a bunch of people, and made a game for the entire station, telling everyone that some idiot named Leonard had gotten into trouble..."

"Alas, let's not talk about it. Now that the matter has been settled, I thought I would be held accountable, but Lady Black Tower was magnanimous and allowed me to continue investigating the matter. It was a blessing in disguise."

Xing knew Heita's personality, and said helplessly, "I guess he doesn't want to care about it at all."

Leonard nodded, agreeing as a matter of course.

"That's why it's a blessing in disguise... You know Ms. Heita's style. If she's really interested in something, no one else will have anything to do with it."

"In short, the leaders have given me a chance, so how can I not cherish it? If I can make up for my mistakes and perform well, I may still have a chance to change my reputation."

"Then take this opportunity to behave yourself. I won't bother you anymore. I'm leaving now."

Xing waved at him, looking like she was ready to leave. This had nothing to do with her, as she also had important things to do.

Leonard saw her about to leave and quickly stopped her.

"Hey, sister! I don't think you're in a hurry. Why don't you stay and help me investigate? It will be quick if we work together."

Xing stroked her chin and thought for a moment. Now Brother Kevin hasn't sent her a message, and Heita hasn't called her, so it should be... not urgent, right?

Thinking about this, Xing took out his cell phone and sent a message to Heita. He thought it would be the same as before, but this time, Heita replied within seconds.

Xing: Are you in a hurry to get me there? I met a clerk here who wanted me to help him investigate the previous intruder.

Heita: That guy called Lun...what's that? I'm not in a hurry. Just follow him and investigate. Maybe you can find some information related to you.

In that case, I won’t come.

Xing put the phone back, looked at Leonard in front of him, and said reluctantly.

"Well... I just sent a message to Heita. She said that helping you would delay my work with her..."

Leonard felt something was wrong when he heard this. Would he delay Ms. Black Tower's business? He waved his hand quickly.

"Since... since Ms. Black Tower wants to see you, then you should just..."

"Hey, why are you in such a hurry? I haven't finished speaking yet! I didn't say I won't help you!" Xing interrupted quickly.

"Okay, go on..." Leonard shrugged.

"But I was able to persuade her to postpone the matter, so in addition to paying me for my help, you also have to compensate me for some lost wages."

Xing was talking nonsense in a serious manner, which scared Leonard. Before, he was begging others to agree, but this time he became passive and had no way to refuse. He also had to pay an extra amount of lost wages.

"Thank you very much... for your help..."

Xing didn't care about it. He just said the loss of work time for fun. There was no point in taking advantage of the small clerk. If he wanted to take advantage of someone, he should take advantage of Black Tower.

"Then let's get started."

Leonard nodded and pulled a... camera from his pocket?

"Uh... Although it looks like a camera, it's actually a detector equipped with a decoding program I designed. Through it, we can see some hidden traces."

“Just like… like this!”

He raised the detector and pointed it at the portrait of the black tower. Through the portrait, a pattern of a drop of sweat appeared on the wall behind.

Xing’s eyes suddenly widened. Isn’t this the same drop of sweat from before?

There is a black tower sweating here, it's so funny.

She quickly raised her phone and took a picture of the "Black Tower Sweating", speaking with a smile on her face.

"She's so pretty."