Chapter 52

Seeing Shiwaluo's situation greatly favorable, a grenade shell suddenly landed precisely at his feet, blasting and interrupting his further action.

"Oh dear—without a doctor present, how can we fight with peace of mind?" Na Ta Sha and Sangbo suddenly appeared.

"Na Ta? How...?" Xi'er exclaimed in surprise.

""Not a half sentence matches"—that's exactly this situation, right? Thanks to old Sangbo, I was prepared." Sangbo flirtatiously flicked his hair.

Still, the nursemaid… reassuring.

With Na Ta Sha joining, the fight against Shiwaluo became fearless; finally, under everyone's combined assault, Shiwaluo was still knocked down. After all, he was facing the Galaxy Baton Hero who could endure the Doom Beast's laser, the Cold Noodle Little Azure Dragon, the Little Pink Dragon, and… the strongest head-mounted launcher of the lower district.

Seeing Shiwaluo sizzling with smoke and unable to fight further, Na Ta Sha intended to take him out directly, but Clara rushed out from the side and blocked him.

Faced with Clara's red-rimmed eyes, Na Ta Sha could no longer continue attacking.

"Mr. Shiwaluo… please don't push yourself any further; can you tell everyone what you know? You said you'd fulfill each of my wishes, right? Clara's greatest wish now is for everyone to unite… like a family."

During this time, Clara learned one thing—the result of 【Calculation】 does not necessarily bring happiness to everyone.

"Even knowing the world outside the cage isn't that wonderful, people still want to stick their heads out to have a look."

Faced with Clara's plea, Shiwaluo finally agreed to the Stellar Ones' demand, willing to release information about the Stellar Core and no longer guard the furnace core.

"Data access approved; now playing."

As the words fell, the light on Shiwaluo's head turned blue, forming a projection in midair.

In the light curtain, two figures were conversing—one was the researcher in charge of the Stellar Core, the other the Grand Guardian. From their dialogue it could be learned that activating the Stellar Core, which covered this planet in a cold wave, was none other than the great Alisa·Rand!

But once the news spreads, it will surely shake the populace; having no choice, they could only conceal it.

To disclose this news, unless researchers can find a way to completely annihilate the Stellar Core.

But this seemingly simple goal saw the researchers of Belobog invest unknown amounts of time, yet ultimately achieve nothing… Having no choice, they could only seal away their research, letting it sink into the sea of time.

Having heard Thus: Yang Xiansheng and Miss Jizi mention before, the Stellar Core is a tumor scattered by the Star Gods across worlds; upon seeing it now, it's indeed true.

The power of the Star Gods is indeed hard for mortals to dispel; Li Yun, hand the Stellar Core over to you—are you interested in giving it a try?

Before the stone table atop Mount Aocang, a dark mystic deer lifted its head; its pair of eyes emitting a faint golden light seemed to carry a hint of amusement, gazing at the tall, outstanding young woman before it.

"Xueyue… you old coot, no need to test this immortal; if the Stellar Core were truly placed before this immortal, this immortal would certainly be willing to give it a try."

Speaking, Li Yun of the Wind True Lord pushed up the red half-frame glasses on his face, arrogantly lifting his chin.

With her eyes closed and head raised, the tassels from her chin to her collar formed a single line; her snow-white neck and the sheer black silk at her chest complemented each other, beautiful beyond human form.

"Li Yun, can your art of mechanisms possibly work on the Stellar Core?" asked Li Shui Duoshan True Lord curiously.

"How could mortal mechanisms be compared to immortal ones?" Li Yun of the Wind True Lord lifted his teacup and said slowly: "Although the Stellar Core is a creation of the Star Gods, after all it is not the Star Gods' true form; even that little girl Xing could bind it with her flesh, so why can't this immortal?"

"But mortal strength can still create Shiwaluo; Li Yun, can your mechanism art create Shiwaluo?" Xueyue Zhuyang True Lord said leisurely, as if finding it very amusing.

"That iron-skinned person looks quite valiant… single-handedly taking on five opponents without falling behind; Li Yun, your mechanism art should be able to do that too, right?"

Li Yun's rather arrogant expression suddenly stiffened.

"Of… of course! … but that lump of iron, in this immortal's view, is utterly unworthy of notice!" She wiped the sweat from her forehead without changing expression, took a deep breath, and struggled to appear calm and composed.

"Now it's not the time for wars of the Archons; what's the use of making such slaughter devices? Both this immortal's 【Wind-Chasing Ski Divine Machine】 and 【Mechanism Cooking Divine Machine】 are exquisitely superb—far more useful than that lump of iron."

"Mechanical settlements are everywhere snowy; the 【Wind-Chasing Ski Divine Machine】 comes in handy; if Clara usually doesn't eat properly, this immortal's 【Mechanism Cooking Divine Machine】 just solves it…… Should danger arise, this immortal also has an improved Return-to-Origin Machine, one for each Wanderer in the settlement—do we still need Shiwaluo?"

"Um……"

Xueyue Zhuyang True Lord suddenly fell silent for a moment, then burst out laughing: "Li Yun, after all that, I think you can't create Shiwaluo, can you?"

"Nonsense, nonsense!"

Exposed to his face, Li Yun of the Wind True Lord flushed red, her teeth clenched as she argued: "I simply disdain to make him… disdain! How could immortal affairs be considered incapable of being made?"

Then came incomprehensible talk—things like 'immortal arts power drive' and 'emperor lord certification'—which made Xueyue and Li Shui burst into laughter, filling Mount Aocang with a cheerful atmosphere.

"In the light curtain, Bronya was struck deeply upon seeing the truth, her steps staggering as if the world had fallen into pitch darkness."

"Ignoring the fragmented details, the conclusion is that this world's high-ranking personnel, and the Guardian himself—they actually already knew long ago that the 【Stellar Core】 is the source of disaster. But to maintain the city's stability, they chose to conceal the truth, and the secret research attempting to destroy the Stellar Core also ended in failure."

"Dan Heng calmly spoke the cause of Bronya's pain."

"Bronya doesn't understand; clearly her mother knows the danger of the Stellar Core, so why, when facing March 7 and Dan Heng—who claim they can resolve the Stellar Core crisis—does she adopt such a hostile attitude?"

"... The crisis of Belobog, Mother couldn't possibly be unaware."

"Why would they use the Stellar Core to create a cold wave crisis?" Red Pupil still looked somewhat dazed after reading.

Earlier, Jiepade had said that even before the cold wave arrived, the city builders had constructed Belobog, thereby preserving the spark of civilization on this planet.

Initially she wondered why the city builders would construct Belobog in advance, as if they were prescient, having long anticipated the arrival of the cold wave.

But now they know…… this cold wave was actually made by the city builders themselves—how could they not know?!

"Releasing the cold wave isn't self‑destruction? Why……"

"Red Pupil, do you still remember that before the cold wave, this planet once suffered an invasion by the Antimatter Legion? If they had not activated the Stellar Core to release the cold wave back then, civilization would probably have been destroyed outright." Na Jie Ta sighed.

"Releasing the cold wave might perhaps buy civilization some time for self‑rescue, even if this is merely a lingering breath."

"... Drinking poison to quench thirst."