The surface of Yarilo-VI.
Xia Ye, who had just arrived from a fleshy planet and traversed the atmosphere at high speed, brushed off the snow from his clothes.
The Star Rail Train was parked in orbit around this planet, not on the ground. The three of them had jumped directly from space!
For their abilities, this was basic operation.
“Why not go straight to the city?”
A Xing gathered the hair that was blown around by the blizzard, her heart becoming just as chaotic. Why did they have to land in this desolate wilderness? Couldn't they just go straight to the city?
“......”
Xia Ye remained silent for a long time.
He couldn't tell A Xing that this was how the plot played out.
He was indeed a bit too reliant on experience. While it was true that they needed to visit those planets, they didn't need to follow the plot meticulously. Otherwise, what was the point?
“Hey! There's a little bear!”
March 7th exclaimed, and without hesitation, she chased after it!
Xia Ye was a little surprised. The plot mentioned that this type of white ice bear was essentially extinct. Even if they weren't extinct, there wouldn't be many left in this world. Now, they had just landed and March 7th had already encountered one. Was this girl's luck this high?
“Xia Ye?”
“What are we going to do on this planet?”
March 7th was already lost in the vast expanse of ice and snow, but they didn't rush to chase after her. After all, they could see the location of the nodes in the Magenet.
A Xing looked at Xia Ye. When they got off the train, Welt hadn't given her any instructions, so it was obvious that she had to ask Xia Ye.
“Explore, understand, establish, connect. We need to do these four things on every planet. The meaning of 'development' is different in everyone's heart, A Xing. I hope you can find your own path to development as well.”
Xia Ye's eyes were serious. He wouldn't joke in this kind of scenario that had a hint of inheritance. Being serious when needed and relaxing when appropriate - that was his character!
“I understand!”
A Xing nodded, then fell into contemplation. My path to development…?
“Wow!”
March 7th's voice came from the snowstorm:
“Xia Ye!”
“What's wrong?”
Xia Ye and A Xing quickly arrived in front of March 7th.
And they saw a man with blue hair raising his hands, being aimed at by March 7th's bow and arrow.
Seeing Xia Ye and A Xing approaching, the seemingly suave blue-haired man quickly pleaded for help:
“These two good friends must be companions of this beautiful young lady. Can you please speak for old Sambo? I'm so honest and law-abiding, there's no need to point your bow and arrow at me, right?”
“Oh?”
Xia Ye said with a smile:
“But we help relatives, not reason. You can tell from March's voice that you scared her. How about letting her beat you up to vent her anger? A Xing, don't you agree?”
“Correct!”
A Xing, who recently felt very in sync with Xia Ye, immediately cooperated:
“Not only should you get a beating…”
“…but you also have to compensate March for her mental distress!”
“???”
The professional fake smile on Sambo's face almost couldn't hold, but he still continued to act with a forced smile: “Judging from your tone, are you not actually Silvermane Iron Guards? Or are you not sent by Captain Gepard to catch me?”
“Silvermane Iron Guards? Gepard? What's that?”
March 7th had just landed on this planet and was still clueless. How could she know these things?
“You must be the law enforcers of this world!”
Xia Ye looked at Sambo: “This gentleman has shifty eyes. You can tell he's not a good person, of course he's afraid of law enforcers!”
“You don't have to say it so rudely…” Sambo said with a wry face: “Since you're not Silvermane Iron Guards and you've come to this forbidden zone outside the city, we're all on the same side. We should look after each other!”
“Hehe~”
Xia Ye's eyes were filled with mockery, and he said casually:
“We are travelers who blaze a path forward. How could we be on the same side as you, a fool who engages in illegal activities?”
“......”
Hearing the word "fool," Sambo was startled. He quickly pretended to be clueless:
“Haha, I don't understand what you're saying, my good friend. It's not appropriate to stay here for long. We should hurry and —”
“Over there! Capture them!”
“Leave them to you… to… resolve…”
Sambo, who was still standing next to Xia Ye a moment ago, disappeared in an instant. A fading voice came from further and further away.
It seemed he had already slipped away.
“He runs really fast!”
March 7th sighed and looked at the soldiers in armor who were surrounding them, and she spread her hands: “These should be the Silvermane Iron Guards, right?”
“The one in the lead is Gepard?”
“That should be right.”
Xia Ye took a step forward and spoke before they could say anything:
“We are nameless guests from beyond the planet. Please take us to your leader, chief, or say, the highest level of leadership?”
“Beyond the planet?”
Gepard, clad in white armor, frowned. Belobog did have records. Before the Cataclysm, there were indeed visitors from beyond the sky who had arrived here. But —
“Captain?”
“Take them to see the Great Guardian!”
“Yes!”
...
“Welcome to the City of Preservation, Belobog!”
The enormous city sheltered the surviving human beings on the planet in the never-ending blizzard.
This was the last and only bastion of Yarilo-VI, and it had been so for seven hundred years.
Gepard's welcoming words held a hint of pride, but also a touch of desolation.
The pride stemmed from the fact that humanity could still retain a foothold in the global cataclysm that swept across the world. The desolation was that humanity only had this one corner of the world left to survive!
“It's very impressive!”
March 7th praised the towering city.
From the perspective of the Star Rail Train crew, who traveled across the stars, Belobog was just an ordinary city.
But for those who had never left their home planet, who had even seen their technology regress by thousands of years due to the global cataclysm, Belobog was undoubtedly a city where machinery, art, and humanity harmoniously coexisted!
“Wow, it feels much warmer!”
Although they had the power of development to dispel the chill, they felt cold just looking at the blizzard outside. After entering the city, the blizzard was blocked outside. It wasn't just their body temperature, even their hearts felt warm and fuzzy.
“The city has heating facilities. It's naturally different from outside the city.”
Gepard explained: “And the city has the protection of the Kreeper, so the blizzard cannot enter the city.”
“This planet's underground contains some very good energy sources, but only the energy sources under this city are active. No wonder they built the city here. The leader at that time had good vision when the Cataclysm occurred!”
Xia Ye knew that the energy fluctuations underground were caused by the Geo Marrow Ore. Thousands of years ago, Geo Marrow Ore was an important commodity in Yarilo-VI's interstellar trade, so it could be considered a decent energy mine in the galaxy.
“You can actually see that?”
Gepard was a bit surprised: “The underground of Belobog is a mining area for Geo Marrow Ore. The entire city's energy and heating systems are powered by Geo Marrow Crystals extracted from Geo Marrow Ore. However —”
“However, what?”
“Nothing!” Gepard changed the subject:
“We've reached the central square.”