StarTie Simulation: Aren’t you NPCs?

Chapter 184: Ice and Snow Forge Determination, Never Ending (Part )

Time goes back half a system hour.

Through the passage in the core, Bronya returned to the upper area from the lower area very smoothly.

Feeling the sunshine and clean air outside, Bronya did not feel that this was freedom, but instead felt cold all over.

In the past, she had always been kept in the dark, and had always played ostrich and buried her head in the sand regarding Cocolia's abnormal actions, as if she knew nothing.

But burying your head in the sand is just an escape; those real problems will eventually find you in various ways.

Bronya looked at the Klipperburg in front of her, took a deep breath, and then walked in without hesitation.

Looking at Cocolia who was still busy sitting in the office, Bronya suddenly had a strange feeling.

"Is she...really still the mother who loves me?"

Before Bronya could continue thinking, Cocolia noticed her and sat up from the chair, hurriedly walked up to her and hugged her.

"Bronya! I'm so glad you're okay. Are you hurt anywhere?"

Feeling Cocolia's embrace, Bronya suddenly felt a little...contradictory.

Admittedly, Cocolia loved her, but her attitude towards the train set and the lower district really made him feel...sad after learning the truth.

After a little mental preparation, Bronya looked up at Cocolia and asked, "Mother... the Star Core was activated by the original guardian, Alisa Rand, right?"

Hearing this, Cocolia's expression became visibly cold. In the last second she seemed like a good mother who cared about her daughter, but at this moment she was the "great guardian" here.

"Where do you know all this?" Cocolia asked in a deep voice.

Bronya turned her head away, seemingly not wanting to answer the question.

After seeing Bronya like this, Cocolia had some guesses in her mind.

She slowly walked to the door of the office, turned her head to look at Bronya, sighed softly and said: "I know you have a lot of doubts... But before that, I want to take you to a place first."

"Once you know everything, you will understand why I made this choice."

Bronya looked at the figure gradually going away. She still had a glimmer of fantasy about her mother in her heart, and then she followed without hesitation.

Along the way, Cocolia drove almost all the Silver Mane Guards and even Jeppard into the city of Beloberg, and moved all the military forces in the Iron Guard restricted area to the city.

Because next... regardless of whether she can convince Bronya to agree with her ideas and become the "mother" of the new world, she will drive the "star core" and bring new life to the planet through destruction.

Bronya looked around in confusion; she had no idea where she was.

The Silver Mane Guards rarely enter the Rift. At most, they would guard the gate against any suddenly revived monsters of the Rift. And now... Cocolia took her into the Rift.

The mother and daughter fell into an unprecedented silence. Bronya looked up at the figure in the snow and asked:

"You haven't told me where this place is, Mother."

"Seven hundred years ago, this was the northern border of Beloberg. It was also the ancient battlefield where Alyssa Rand led the first group of Silver Mane Iron Guards to resist the Legion."

"As for now... this is just an abandoned corridor, echoing with the remnants of the past."

There wasn't a trace of emotion in Cocolia's words, just a kind of...boundless indifference.

"Don't be fooled by the illusion here, Bronya. When the promise is fulfilled, this place will become the cradle of a new world."

Hearing this, Bronya retorted without any hesitation: "Mother, do you really believe in the promise made by the Star Core?"

"It brought about this endless snowstorm, it opened the door to the Rift, and it almost destroyed our civilization—"

Before Bronya could finish, Cocolia said in a very cold tone: "The mistake our ancestors made was not embracing destruction sooner."

"I don't understand! If the truth is really as you said, then the great guardians of the past seven hundred years...did they all do something wrong?!"

"They blocked out the whispers from the 'Star Core'. Is everything they endured wrong?!"

Hearing Bronya's somewhat excited emotions, Cocolia slowed down her pace and whispered to her daughter:

"Don't you see clearly yet? Bronya, there is no right or wrong here, only human arrogance and shortsightedness."

"Our ancestors, including Alisa Rand, burned their lives to continue this world, then fell into silence and were eventually buried by the wind and snow."

"They spend their lives composing paeans to human courage, but never find time to gaze up at the stars."

"To the more magnificent beings in the starry sky, a thousand years is but a blink of an eye. The achievements of a tiny race are doomed to be worthless."

"I will not repeat their mistakes and walk on this dark road in self-pity. If persistence is doomed to be futile, then choose a brand new beginning."

Hearing Cocolia's words, Bronya shook her head again, and then continued to refute:

"But the 'protecting' Creper - isn't He one of the 'great beings' you mentioned? Isn't it His power that has been protecting Beloberg?"

Bronya's words seemed like a huge joke to Cocolia.

She curled her lips and sneered, "'Protect'? When has 'Protect' ever looked humans in the eye? It's just the self-righteous delusion of the city builders."

"Bronya, go up a little further...you will hear the true sound of grandeur, and then you will understand my choice."

As Bronya and Cocolia gradually climbed upwards, they finally came to a platform. Behind the platform was a huge machine, which made Bronya feel dazed.

Almost at the moment she stepped onto the platform, Cocolia half-knelt on the ground, covering her head with her hands weakly, muttering: "This is different from... what was agreed upon!!!"

"She's my daughter! She'll understand me!"

And this roar... was the last words of the individual named "Cocolia" in this world.

"...Mother?"

Bronya suddenly felt a chill down her spine. Looking at Cocolia half-kneeling on the ground, she suddenly felt...fear.

As if she had heard Bronya's words, there was a hint of unreality in Cocolia's voice.

"Bronya, I'll ask you one last time: Do you... agree with my philosophy?"

......

While Bronya and Cocolia were climbing the mountain and fighting...the train crew and Seele also found Silva and Jeppard in the city of Beloberg.

As a former researcher at the Beloberg Academy of Sciences and a close friend of the "Great Guardian", Sylva certainly knew about the "Star Core", so she joined their team without hesitation.

However, Jeppard chose to obey due to the suppression of his sister's bloodline. Of course, one of the reasons for this obedience was his doubts about Cocolia driving out all the iron guards originally stationed in the restricted area.

"So... the current situation is: the rift that was supposed to be guarded is unattended, and the mother and daughter of the Great Guardian are staying in the rift?" Ji Zi asked after a moment of silence.

Jeppard nodded, "At present... it is like this."

"Then let's wake her up." Xiluwa said as she put away all the tools on the table, and then continued to ask: "When do we set off?"

"Now."

"I'm going to gather the Iron Guards and prepare to go to the Rift. Today's Great Guardian is really a little...too abnormal." After saying this, Jeppard exchanged glances with his sister and then walked out.

A moment later, a huge group of people walked out of Beloberg and headed towards the Iron Guard penalty area without any hesitation.

Judging from Cocolia’s abnormal behavior today, she no longer intends to pretend. She wants to directly speed up the process of destruction of this civilization that has been burning in the wind and snow for thousands of years.

"Now, if Bronya stays with that old witch for one more second, she will be in danger." Seele said.

No one knew what to say about the relationship between her and Bronya. As for Silva...there was no need to say anything, she could understand.

Just a moment later, the group of people arrived at the depths of the Iron Guard restricted area. Looking at the tightly closed door, Jeppard said softly: "Everyone, these Silver Mane Iron Guards and I will not go in."

Upon hearing this, March Seven tilted his head, as if he didn't quite understand what Jeppard said.

"The activities of the Rift are becoming more frequent. The Iron Guard is Beloberg's last line of defense. If we all follow them in, Beloberg will really be left unprotected."

Hearing this, Xiluwa reached out and patted his brother's solid shoulder armor, then said: "Don't worry, we can do it."

After saying the most basic goodbyes, Shiluwa followed the train crew into the rift, while Jeppard watched their figures gradually disappear in the wind and snow.

"You must come back safely...sister." Jeppard murmured to himself.

......

Perhaps because Cocolia had walked this path before, the interior of the rift was now unobstructed.

In the snowstorm that responded to the wishes of mankind, the monsters of the "Antimatter Legion" and the monsters of the Rift were all frozen here, which greatly accelerated the speed of everyone's climb.

The phantoms of Cocolia and Bronya created by the characteristics of the rift also guided them. They did not need to worry about anything else, just follow the direction of the phantoms and climb up little by little.

After a moment, San Yue Qi looked up at a huge robot in the distance, and was a little confused for a moment.

"Wow...what is that? It's so big, is that its hand?"

When Xiluwa heard this, he smiled and then said, "This is the 'Creation Engine', the construction machine that the city builders used to build the city walls."

"Is that so...wait?! Did you hear any noise?"

San Yue Qi's voice made everyone slow down, and then they focused all their attention on listening.

As a "hunting" destiny walker, Seele quickly caught Bronya's intermittent voice and a very seductive voice.

"Go! Bronya is in danger!"

After saying that, Xier turned into a stream of purple light and quickly caught up. After a moment of hesitation, everyone quickly followed and soon arrived in front of the huge platform.

Looking at Cocolia who was gradually floating in the air with strange golden and gray light flashing in her eyes, Shiluwa's expression became a little serious.

"Bronya... come back to me, you will be the... "mother" of that new world!"

Almost at the same time when Cocolia said this, the endless whispers of the "Star Core" once again lingered in Bronya's ears, like those of people who had completely fallen into madness.

"Hmm..." Bronya bent her body, trying her best to resist the brainwashing from the "Star Core" and her "mother".

"no, do not want......"

"Don't resist, Bronya - accept the common will!"

"No... This is not what I want...!"

"Look at the future they promised, Bronya! A world without poverty, cold, and pain; a world where people no longer have to beg for survival like prisoners; a world we can protect forever!"

"For seven hundred years, we have been trying and fighting, thinking that the light of humanity would lead us to revival. What is the result? We have failed miserably!"

“Why is it that when faced with an irresistible force, the first thing we think of is always to resist and plug our ears instead of listening to its demands?”

"That is the indelible stupidity and cowardice entrenched in the depths of human nature. Abandon them and untie the shackles that bind you! The star core will lead mankind to evolution, and He will..."

"The brainwashing stops here! Witch!" Xier shouted angrily as she looked at Cocolia floating in the air.

Hearing this familiar voice, Bronya raised her head slightly, and seeing the purple figure beside her, she asked weakly:

"...Xi'er?"

As the train crew and others climbed onto the platform one after another, Cocolia's eyes, which were devoid of any human emotion, swept over them, sneered, and said:

"You finally came... I thought this blizzard would bury you..."

Xi'er sneered upon hearing this, and the purple sickle appeared in her hand in an instant. She said to Cocolia... no, it should be the puppet assimilated by the "Star Core":

"You wish! We won't fall until we defeat you!"

After saying this, the girl turned her gaze to Bronya, who was also enduring the whispers of the "Star Core":

"Bronya! I don't know what happened between you. Even if you explain it on the spot, I probably won't understand those mysterious things, but there are two things I know very well-"

Xier pointed at the people behind her and said, "First, these guys went through so much trouble to come here just to seal that thing called "Star Core". "

"Second, do you remember what I said? If anything happens to you, I will definitely come to save you."

"So... do you understand?! Even if you have been brainwashed by that woman over there and have completely forgotten the agreement between us..."

"I'm going to knock you out and take you back too!"