I, on the Starry Sky Railway, change everything

She excitedly repeated the pink-haired girl's words, then a look of confusion gradually appeared in her big eyes.

"What does that mean?"

"It means telling everything, without hiding anything or lying to your sister."

"Hmph, Hook isn't an earthling, he wouldn't lie!"

"It's a deal~ Let's play then."

Noticing a smiling gaze directed at her, 167 March 7 turned around and saw Hua Yi standing not far away, watching the commotion.

"When...did you arrive?"

"Not long after, Sister March 7th."

"Hey, don't talk like a child!"

Mingming's tone on March 7th was more like a child's, and even now when she's protesting, it sounds adorable.

"I was just trying to find out about the situation in Rocky Town and the entire Lower District. After waking up, I took a walk around the area and happened to run into Hook."

The underground people don't need to know anything about Rocky Town. If the blonde girl heard this, it would inevitably arouse suspicion. So, on March 7th, she whispered something in Hua Yi's ear.

However, her previous behavior of asking children for information was actually quite problematic.

Normal lower-class people wouldn't ask children all sorts of questions.

"She said if I wanted to know, we had to play a game together, and only by winning could I prove my skills. It seems there are other challenges afterward, do you understand?"

"I understand, you can't handle kids."

If things are settled, there's no need to follow Hook's lead or play games with her. The charismatic March 7th should take back the initiative and do whatever the girl says.

"Could you help me out?"

Since Sister March 7th is not an option, what about Brother Hua Yi?

Hmph, the stunningly beautiful girl has already made her own plans. If Hua Yi can make Hook happy, everyone will be able to learn more about the lower district. Otherwise, even he can't handle a child, so he can't laugh at himself.

"Hey, how long are you going to keep whispering? Hook's time is precious!"

"Let's begin! Let's begin! Lord Black Hook, this Hua Yi also wants to participate in the game, can we play together?"

"Hmm... Alright, it doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with it. You can help me catch people!"

Without a doubt, "pitch black" is a cringeworthy adjective.

Although the little girl named Hook lived in Rocky Town, a place where the sun never shines and black slag remains everywhere, she had a fair and clean face and was a clean and lovely girl.

"Catch someone? Then I can only borrow the power of the Great Illusionary Dream Forest and the Mad Judgment Eye to lock onto the dark-skinned Hook. Remember to cover your hair and hide your figure."

"Wow……"

The little girl living in the lower district had never heard such a long string of cringeworthy lines before, like "Great Dream" and "Judgment," and every single one of them sounded so cool.

I don't understand it, but it's definitely amazing!

Hook was stunned by Hua Yi on the spot, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

"I won't be locked on! Watch carefully... no, you can't look, you have to cover your eyes and open them when the time is up, big brother, you can't cheat!"

It was clearly March 7th who asked Lord Hook in the Dark to let Hua Yi participate in this game of hide-and-seek, but now all Hook sees is his very powerful older brother.

Hua Yi is now the boss, while Sister March 7th seems to have become a minor enemy of the boss.

The stunningly beautiful girl had no choice but to cover her eyes with her hands and obediently follow the rules of the game, giving Hook time to hide.

Hua Yi felt the same way, marveling at the fact that Belleburg was truly a place of outstanding people and resources.

Given the sheer size of this isolated city, the emergence of so many travelers on their own destiny must have prompted other planetary civilizations in the universe to conduct on-site investigations, observations, and learning.

Hearing that even a little girl like Hook can embark on the path of destiny, one wonders how many ordinary people who desperately seek power will be ashamed of themselves.

Unfortunately, the faint fluctuations of imaginary energy emanating from the Fate Walker were like fireflies in the dark to Hua Yi, who was extremely perceptive in this regard.

How can you cheat when playing games with children?

Deliberately ignoring the information fed back by the imaginary number, Hua Yi and March 7 split up and began searching for people.

Most of the residents of Panyan Town are miners who make a living by mining. They rush to the mining area early in the morning with their equipment.

The road to Rivet Town is no longer as chaotic as before. It seems that the Earth Fire has maintained order and prevented scavengers from taking advantage of the recovery of the occupied area to wantonly seize the assets that once belonged to the townspeople.

Every now and then you can see mechanics and construction workers pushing carts full of tools toward Rivet Town, getting involved in rebuilding their homes.

They were busy, but their faces radiated joy and hope.

The difference between installing barbed wire to block the entrance when abandoning a town and repairing scrapped equipment during the reconstruction of a town is like night and day.

Especially after the blockade order, the lower districts were isolated and helpless, and the erosion of the rift continued to deepen. The earth fire could only barely slow down the deterioration of the situation. The people of the lower districts were powerless to change the status quo. All they could hope for was that the upper districts would send reinforcements, and the Silvermane Iron Guards, as sung in various stories, would bring peace and stability.

Against this backdrop, the monsters of Rivet Town were eliminated and the Rift was suppressed, which was incredibly good news that exceeded all expectations.

The once somewhat lifeless atmosphere of the town has been transformed, and it is now showing new vitality.

Hook was so engrossed in watching the adults' frequent smiles that he forgot to hide properly and simply stood at the corner of the road leading to Rivet Town.

The little girl's golden hair swayed against the wall as she looked around, and Hua Yi caught her without needing to rely on his imaginary number perception ability.

"I've found you."

Chapter 174 Old Witch

Damn it! Lord Hook the Dark has fallen into the hands of you villains!

Do whatever you want with me, whether you want to punish me or not!

Hook, with his childlike spirit, finally managed to find his older siblings to play hide-and-seek with, and even if he lost, he had to make a heroic exit.

It should be like this.

However, the changes in the townspeople bothered her.

The girl looked up at Hua Yi, who seemed different from the others.

"Big brother, does work make adults happy?"

"What do you think?"

"The adults in town eat well and chat and laugh with each other, but they don't smile much anymore after they come to the mining area. Hook feels that work has stolen their smiles. But now that there's more work, the adults seem to be..."

"There's a kind of emotion that's more subtle and doesn't necessarily make you smile, but Hook has already sensed its presence."

"what is that?"

"hope."

Lord Hook, who was shrouded in darkness, seemed to understand but not quite, blinking his large eyes.

"I have a chance too! I hope to become the head of the clinic, to give the old witch a good scolding every day, and to make her do housework every day!"

"Is Hook now in charge of the housework? It's impossible to leave the work there and have no one do it."

"Well, not really."

Yes, the old witch only makes me do housework when she's scolding me. She does all the housework herself the rest of the time, so she's actually doing housework every day.

Hook's wish has come true!

"Big brothers and sisters, what did you want to ask me at first? Let Hook share his adventure with you—I went to the Mechanical Graveyard before and met a girl there. She's a few years older than me, but I'm still the boss! The girl in the red coat with snow-white hair is called Clara. If you ever meet her, just say Hook's name!"

The Mechanical Graveyard is located in another area outside Rocky Town, where Lord Hook's renowned name is not yet needed, but the old witch she mentioned has already come looking for her.

"Hook didn't cause you any trouble, did she?"

"Ah! Old witch..."

Just minutes before, Hook had been boasting that he would become the boss of the Rocky Town clinic, but the moment he saw Natasha, he lost all his courage.

Then they become flexible and adaptable.

"Sister Natasha! Hook has always been a good boy and obedient!"

"really?"

"Really? I even answered the questions for the older brothers and sisters! Hook remembered there's something important I haven't done yet, brave mole, charge forward! Goodbye, Natasha."

The girl ran away quickly, afraid that if she stayed any longer, the old witch would catch her earlier remarks about wanting to be the head of the clinic and making the old witch do housework every day in the witch's way.

Natasha knew that Hook was actually a lovable and good boy, and that Hua Yi and March 7th were even less likely to harbor any ill will towards her, so she let the girl run away quickly, her eyes smiling.

“Sometimes I stand at the entrance of the clinic and watch Hook making a ruckus outside, and I don’t feel tired anymore.”

"Since you're going to get tired, you should rest more. Why get up so early? You should learn from Xing, who's sleeping in late."

Hua Yi always manages to grasp the key information in a conversation.

While running her clinic, Natasha also had to take care of children like Hook and was the behind-the-scenes manager of the Earthfire. The amount of work and the weight of her responsibilities far exceeded what others could imagine.

Of course she gets tired, spending time and energy handling various matters and racking her brains to think about the future of the lower district.

However, Natasha has been unable to find a way out for a long time.

The underground fire could not reverse the situation. Theoretically, hope lay in the upper zone. Individual efforts were merely a drop in the ocean in the face of impending disaster. Even though Natasha herself was a Fate Walker, there was still not much she could do.

Sleeping in late is a luxury she can only indulge in, not something she can afford.

But now, perhaps we can give it a try.

Because the monsters in Rivet Town have been cleared out, no scavengers will risk their lives to end up lying on a hospital bed in the clinic, groaning in pain and dying in despair.

Because the fire was maintaining order methodically, the homeless were able to return home and a personality cult that perfectly aligned with the preservationist faith emerged, in conjunction with a series of reconstruction efforts.

Because the lower-level areas have seen a turning point, and people are filled with hope.

No longer a vague and ethereal fantasy that gradually fades with the continuation of the lockdown, but a change that can be truly seen and experienced firsthand.

"So, while I watch Hook take his afternoon nap, I also take a break myself—how about that? Does that count as taking your teachings seriously?"

"Of course it counts, please keep up the good work."

"Okay, Teacher Hua Yi."

Natasha was nothing like the old witch Hook had described; her voice was soft and her expression serene.

She didn't look like an old witch at all.

She doesn't look old at all; she's gentle and beautiful.

If such a beautiful woman is called an "old witch," it only means that the term is a compliment.

On March 7th, when trying to gain more information about the lower districts from Hook, Hua Yi clearly had a better option.

The woman in front of me is the leader of the Earth Fire Sect. In the entire underground world, there are probably few people who know more about her than she does.

However, Hua Yi had enough intelligence and his subsequent plans were already clear.

The monsters within the large mining area on which the miners depend for their livelihood were cleared away, and the rift was suppressed. Following Rivet Town, the second major hidden danger affecting the livelihood of the people in the lower districts was eliminated.

Once the safety of the large mining area was ensured and the reconstruction of Rivet Town had begun to show results, they headed to the Mechanical Settlement.

That place is the same place as the mechanical graveyard that Hook mentioned, except that the site that was once filled with a large number of scrapped machines is now a gathering place for a large number of homeless people. It has transformed from a graveyard of machines into a settlement of people.

It is the territory of another force, distinct from the Earth Fire.

Machines possess computing power that surpasses that of humans, yet they can be stubborn in other matters.

Essentially, Hua Yi still adheres to the principle of "speaking with facts" and regards the results of actions as a bargaining chip that is more powerful than words.

“Natasha, you don’t need to worry about entertaining us. Just focus on your work. March 7th, Xing, and I can take this opportunity to explore Rocky Town and experience small-town life.”

He didn't go into too much detail, only saying that he was looking for something delicious.

If people feel that the Goethe Hotel failed to properly entertain its guests, wouldn't that only cause unnecessary trouble?

Without giving the doctor a chance to continue their polite conversation, Hua Yi grabbed March 7 and left in the opposite direction.

Chapter 175 Diet in the Lower District

After Bronya and Shiluva left the Goethe Hotel, Xing, who had slept in, also got up lazily and simply met up with Hua Yi, who was strolling around the hotel area.