Starry Sky Railway: Twin Origins

Chapter 38 The Leader of "Earth Fire"

Hearing Schwarz speak so disparagingly of humanity, Seele said angrily, "Tch, all he does all day is calculate."

As she spoke, Seele left a holographic shadow in place, constantly flashing with blue light.

To everyone else, it was as if Seele had vanished.

"Individual disappearance - Armed alert." Schwarz's cold, mechanical voice reached everyone's ears, and his single eye flickered slightly with a red light.

At the same time, it stretched out its right arm to tightly protect the little girl behind it, whom it called Clara, and Clara also very obediently hugged Schwarz's right leg with both hands.

"Warning—High-risk energy reaction detected behind you!"

As Schwarz's voice faded, Seele appeared behind him at that moment. She leaped up and swung her giant scythe in mid-air, slashing fiercely at Schwarz's mechanical head.

At the same time, Seele shouted, "Wait till I cut your head off, then let's see if you'll still be calculating!"

However, without turning its head, the small missile launcher on its back suddenly fired a large number of small missiles and flew quickly toward Seele.

Upon realizing something was wrong, Seele's pupils constricted sharply. At that moment, a large number of small missiles flew towards her, like locusts swarming across the sky.

Unable to dodge in mid-air, she had no choice but to abandon her sneak attack on Schwarz and instead held the scythe horizontally in front of her, spinning it rapidly. The trajectory of the spinning scythe resembled a circular shield.

Seele blocked most of the small missiles flying towards her, but the impact of the missile explosions still pushed her more than ten meters away.

Just as Seele landed, a blazing laser beam hurtled toward her.

Sensing danger, Seele's body flashed with blue light, and she instantly transformed into a blue afterimage and disappeared from the spot.

Then, the laser pierced through the afterimage and struck the floor behind Seele's location, blasting a deep hole in it.

After a flash, Seele reappeared in the same spot where she had been confronting Schwarz, looking at him with a serious expression.

Meanwhile, wisps of white smoke were rising from the dark hole in the palm of Schwarzkopf's left hand.

Just as Schwarzro was gathering energy in his hand, preparing to fire at Seele again, Clara, who was clinging to his leg, said, "Wait...wait a minute, Mr. Schwarzro, stop shooting!"

After hearing what Clara said, the energy gathered in Schwarz's hands slowly dimmed.

"Mr. Schwarz could have simply told them the results of his calculations; that way, everyone might have been able to understand each other."

Upon hearing this, Schwarz turned its mechanical head to look at Clara. "Clara, under extremely harsh living conditions, humans cannot avoid division and conflict."

He then turned to Seele and continued, "Seele, who belongs to 'Earthfire,' all your resistance is meaningless."

"Calculations show that staying in the lower zone is the optimal survival strategy."

As soon as she finished speaking, Seele twirled the scythe in her hand, then slung it over her shoulder, and said to Swallow with a disdainful look, "I don't care what results you've calculated."

"Whether you believe in humanity or not, I don't understand your long-winded explanations."

"But what I do know is that even if everything we are doing now is destined to fail in the end, we have tried and fought for it, and our actions have brought a brief glimmer of hope to the people in the lower classes. That is enough!"

"Well said!"

"Clap clap-"

A round of applause broke out, and everyone who heard it looked toward the source of the sound.

Lin Qiong, standing in the crowd, was clapping enthusiastically. He found Xi'er's words incredibly inspiring, just like the kind of lines a protagonist in a shonen manga would say.

So after listening, Lin Qiong couldn't help but applaud.

But when he came to his senses and realized that everyone was watching him, his clapping slowed down until he stopped.

"Uh...sorry, please continue, please continue." Realizing the awkward atmosphere, Lin Qiong scratched his head sheepishly.

"..." Dan Heng shook his head speechlessly and sighed softly.

March 7th also leaned over and whispered to Lin Qiong, "What are you doing?"

("Do you believe me when I say I thought she spoke so well that I couldn't help myself?")

However, just as the two were whispering to each other, a cold, mechanical voice drew everyone's attention.

Schwarz looked at Seele and Lin Qiong and the others behind her and said, "Organizations that attempt to overturn the survival strategy of the lower districts pose a huge threat."

"Calculations have shown that using force to suppress 'Earthfire' and his associates is the most efficient solution."

After he finished speaking, a huge robot, resembling a fat man, suddenly appeared not far away. It walked steadily to Schwarz's side and stood there quietly.

Swallow glanced at Lin Qiong and the others with its single eye that gleamed red, then said to Clara beside it, "Let's go, Clara."

"An external variable appears, the calculation restarts, and the core hub needs to be guarded."

Hearing Schwarz's words, Clara obediently nodded, then whispered to the large, fat robot, "Mills, please, don't go too far..."

She then walked out of the large mining area, led by Schwarz.

"Hey! Schwarz, you give me..." Before Seele could finish speaking, the big fat robot raised its huge mechanical arm and slammed it down.

Seele immediately leaped backward, dodging the sudden attack, and then glared fiercely at the large, fat robot, saying, "In that case, I'll dismantle you first!"

As she spoke, Seele raised her scythe and transformed into a streak of blue light, rushing towards the large, fat robot.

Lin Qiong and the others also took out their weapons and launched an attack on the big fat robot together.

Ultimately, the large, fat robot quickly lost its ability to move under the combined attack of the group.

"Let it vanish with the butterflies—"

"A phantom of the past!"

Seele rushed toward the large robot and then transformed into several blue afterimages that surrounded it.

Just like when Bronya was saved last time, the space around the robot seemed to freeze.

The blue afterimages surrounding the giant robot transformed into a series of slashes, cutting it all in half.

With a "click".

A sound of shattering glass rang out, and several slash marks were left on the large, fat robot.

Each mark clearly shows the severed wires and broken parts inside, demonstrating that Seele's move was not to be underestimated.

After dealing with the giant robot, Seele dusted herself off and lightly kicked the now-destroyed fat robot, saying, "Tch, Schwarz still managed to get away."

"I didn't expect this big guy to be so tough," March 7 said, looking at the battered and wrecked robot. "How many more like this are there?"

Upon hearing this, Seele pondered for a moment, then shook her head and replied, "I haven't counted them in detail, but there are probably many more."

"That's why 'Earthfire' has never been able to do anything about Schwarzkopf."

At this moment, Xing also asked Seele, "What about that little girl in the red dress? She was taken away by Schwarz. Is she alright?"

"You mean Clara? She's always had a good relationship with Schwarzro, he wouldn't hurt her."

"The most important thing now is to report the situation to the leader."

Before the words were finished, a deep voice came from behind them.

"Don't bother looking for me, I'm already here."

A gaunt old man was slowly walking towards them.

His hair and beard had turned gray with the erosion of time, revealing a sense of vicissitudes that had been tested by time.

The fact that his left arm had been replaced with a black iron prosthesis indicates that the old man had lost his left hand for some reason.

Upon seeing his arrival, Seele immediately went to greet him, asking the old man with a worried expression, "Chief! Is everyone alright? Are any of you injured?"

"Haha, it's alright, Seele. Those troublesome robots have all been driven back, and the mining area should be able to calm down for a while now."

The old man then turned to Lin Qiong and the others, asking Xi'er with a puzzled look, "Who are these people...?"

"They're 'outsiders' that Sambo brought from somewhere. They say they need our 'Earthfire' help with something. Let them explain the details themselves."