On the Star Dome Railway, I became my own character

"Let's go, let's go quickly, we can't wait!" Xing was a little excited.

"No regrets?"

"You choose your own path. Doesn't regretting mean admitting that you were a fool in the past?"

"Your metaphor is wonderful." Zi Shu couldn't help laughing.

However, she was right.

Xing is making a choice, why wasn't he just now?

Originally, he could have proposed to follow Bronya together and trigger the subsequent main plot, but since he said that he could go with him, it might not be a bad idea to take a shortcut once in a while.

He also wanted to know whether all fates were unchangeable.

Zi Shu summoned two talisman spirits to leave an explanation, and hid in the hotel to protect Dan Heng and Yue Qi.

It's not that I don't believe them, but it's a troubled time in the lower-class area, so it's always right to be cautious.

After everything was ready, the two looked at each other and quickly got into the quiet night.

…

Ground, Fort Clipper.

All the lighting facilities were not turned on. In the dark office, a woman was lying on the desk with despair.

The eyes exposed under the messy hair contain deep sorrow and grief.

"I've lost her...I've lost her...my wishes, your so-called plans...what's the point of all this?!"

The trembling voice is questioning someone, or perhaps questioning myself.

[Abandon decadence...Abandon sadness...Abandon useless feelings...]

"Shut up!"

Cocolia gritted her teeth, raised her hand and swept away all the documents and books on the table, raised her head and looked straight ahead.

"She is my daughter, she is my only one...hehe...hehe, hahaha...what do you know? Things without souls, you will never understand this pain, never!"

[You didn't lose her...she's waiting to be reunited with you on the other side. ]

[Stand up...Guardian, fulfill your destiny...create a new future world belonging to Beloberg, and fulfill a mother's wish. ]

In the silent office, the sound of tears dripping on the ground could be clearly heard.

Cocolia covered her face and let tears slide down her cheeks from her fingertips. The eyes slowly opened between her fingers, as if even the last trace of emotion had been completely annihilated.

…

"star?"

Zi Shu noticed that she suddenly stood still, with her mouth slightly open and her eyes dull.

She didn't appear to have her soul taken away, so she couldn't help but pinch her fingers to figure it out out of worry.

The hexagram shows that everything is normal.

"Zishu, there's something I want to tell you..." The sparkle in Xing's eyes returned.

"you say."

Xingwei frowned and thought: "Since coming to Belloberg, I have heard the same voice in my dreams several times."

Jian Zishu raised her eyebrows and she continued.

"The first time was at the Goethe Hotel in the upper area, the second time was when I was unconscious when you took everyone to the lower area, and just... it was the third time!"

"I wasn't sure about the first two times, but this time, I'm sure one of the voices should be from Cocolia. The same goes for the first two times. The other voice... I don't know."

"What did those voices say?" Zi Shu asked.

"It's very Riddler, what kind of new world, the dead people are not dead, it's blurry, and what's even weirder is why do I dream about this?"

Xing felt that his little brain was not enough.

Zi Shu put the back of his index finger on his chin and fell into deep thought.

The three dreams contained Cocolia and another voice. To say it was a coincidence, it was even more coincidental than Aha dying under the hammer of Clipper.

These dream fragments must have deep meanings and are definitely not random fantasies. They should have certain rules, such as triggering conditions, or some other unknown reasons...

He himself had not dreamed anything, and Dan Heng and Yue Yue Qi could not confirm it now. If only Xinghui dreamed, or saw that situation, and heard those whispers, there must be a special reason.

Special... Where is the special star?

She is the protagonist in the game Star Railroad... No, no, it shouldn't be for such an obvious reason.

The protagonist's halo is not used in this kind of place. Reality does not require logic, but the game still needs a little bit.

Zi Shu turned his pupils unconsciously, and his eyes moved accordingly, and suddenly stopped at the train nameplate on Xing's chest.

Rather, it was where her heart was.

There, there is a star core.

right!

Star core!

"I have a guess." Zi Shu looked into Xing's eyes and said softly: "Suppose Cocolia actually knows where the star core is and has been in contact with it. Even more boldly, the star core is hidden by her."

"Uh, will star core messengers attract each other?"

Xing's head tilted, his eyes wide with confusion.

"...It's not that we can't say this. Star cores are born over time and use power as bait to confuse the self-consciousness of all living things that come into contact. If not dealt with in time, it can even form a causal existence of established laws in its heyday;"

Xing asked doubtfully: "Causation based on established laws?"

"Most of the worlds polluted by star core explosions have perished. A few of them have discovered star cores in advance and dealt with them properly."

Zi Shu patiently said: "The mind of a person who is completely trapped will be completely annihilated. Even if the star core is disposed of, it will only be a body with a lost soul;"

"There have been unconfirmed claims that this kind of destructive creature has the ability to resonate, and the concept is very vague. However, if it is used to explain what happened to you, it should be said that it is a coincidence..."

Xing nodded as if he understood, and guessed: "What you mean is that the star core in my body has been processed and sealed twice. The subjective consciousness is me, and to a certain extent, it can be regarded as a star core with intelligent thinking, so Can it resonate with the star core in Cocolia's hand and cause a dream-like situation?"

"This requires Stone Hammer Cocolia to have deep contact with the star core. I can't be sure." Zi Shu shook his head lightly, "Perhaps... the hunters who are most familiar with the star core can answer this question."

"It seems to make sense. The whispers talking to Cocolia. I can't think of anything else except star core consciousness."

Saying that, Xing spread his hands and said: "You can't be talking to the souls of the dead great guardians of the past. No matter how I look at Belloberg, it doesn't seem to have such a setting..."

Zi Shu did not deny it, he also agreed with this guess in his heart.

Assuming that Kokolia knows the existence of the star core——

Why did one person do one thing and another do another thing? Why did they set up a bugging device in the Goethe Hotel, and why were they prepared to arrest them? Multiple threads were connected in this way——

It all makes sense:

"Kokolia has been bewitched by the star core..."

"Kokolia has been bewitched by the star core."

The two said the same words at the same time, and saw a hint of enlightenment in each other's eyes.

Then——it makes sense why Bronya was brought to the lower area.

She is the successor of the great guardian in the future, the key to connecting the upper and lower areas, the key to breaking the situation, and the fire that protects the world's civilization after the disaster.

65. Following Clara

"Is it still too late for us to act?" Xing asked worriedly.

"When fate seals your door, it will also block the window. It is difficult to break the house, but it is not impossible." Zi Shu said with a smile.

"You control your destiny in your own hands?"

"It can be said that there is no shortage of miracles happening in the Milky Way. As long as you have the courage and belief to long for miracles, nothing is absolutely impossible."

Xing nodded silently, keeping these words in mind.

Zi Shu cast a wind-chasing spell on himself and Xing, "Let's go faster."

"good."

The two of them drove much faster, leaving a strong wind driven by the flash in the dark night, pointing directly at the mechanical settlement where Shivaro was located.

It is not too far from Panyan Town to the Machinery Settlement, and this section of the road has not been affected by the rift. The two of them did not suffer from external factors on the way, and they arrived at the outskirts in about a quarter of an hour.

The surrounding area is not affected by the heating device, and the surrounding bare stone walls are covered with thick ice. The dim light refracted from a distance reflects a faint light.

Zi Shu: "Ahead is one of the homeless gathering places of the Mechanical Settlement. Most of them are poor homeless people."

Xing: "We want to find out information about Swaro there, such as his hobbies or specific behavior style..."

"That's not necessary. The robot follows the calculation results and behaves absolutely rationally. We cannot compare it with humans. Let's just get straight to the point."

"It's up to you, but we also have to make some preparations in case we are caught off guard if we can't reach an agreement... Huh?"

Xing's eyes narrowed, "It seems like someone ran away from the homeless camp. It looks like... a child?"

"It's Clara..." Zi Shu recognized her identity.

"who?"

"Svaro's "family". "

"Uh... humans and robots form a family relationship?" Xing was confused.

Zi Shu moved his fingers slightly to calculate something, and murmured in a low voice:

"Her case is quite special. If her plan changes, we can follow her quietly. She is also a very special existence to Swaro. Her words and deeds have the ability to influence Swaro's decision-making."

"Should we tie her up? No, she's still a child..." Xingmulu hesitated.

"..."

Zi Shu almost choked, "Of course we can't do this kind of thing. Clara looked anxious and ran out. There must be something urgent that needed to be resolved. She followed her to look for opportunities to sell favors. I didn't dare to ask her to support us, but at least it wasn't very I will reject it directly and mercilessly.”

"Understood. When the time comes, we will act as villains for one person to take advantage of the situation, and the other person will appear in time, and everything will fall into place." Xing looked like he was calculating.

[Why have I become stupid again? I was clearly smart and intelligent before. 】

[It feels like Zi Shu’s eyes are full of care when he looks at his master, as if he were looking at Er Que...]

[If I could control Xing’s words and deeds, I would grab the controller or keyboard! 】

"Well...you don't understand."

Zi Shu didn't know how to evaluate Xing's thoughts for a moment, "You can't act deliberately. If everything goes well for her, then there is no need for us to show up."

"Now I really understand, let nature take its course, right?"

"For now, I haven't finished what I said before. We can follow, or we can choose not to follow and go straight to Swaro's lair. I want to hear your opinions and choices."

Zi Shu did not make his own decisions.

Giving stars the right to choose is an indispensable part of the direction of major plot lines.

For a very simple reason, the protagonist of the Star Dome Railway in the player world is Xing or Dome, not him.

Don't be too dominant in the plot. Marginalizing the protagonist in the hands of the players is not the right behavior.

In order to sell commercial characters, many games often weaken the presence of the protagonist in the plot and make them resemble humanoid self-propelled cameras.

The advantage is that the commercial characters can be created more fully, but the disadvantage is that it destroys the player's immersion and sense of substitution.

It's like there is a protagonist but not a protagonist. You are just an insignificant passerby. Your combat power can be high and low. You can challenge gods and eat mortal sap until you are unconscious. Everything is for the sake of the plot.

Zi Shu has a very clear view. Instead of using the protagonist to cushion himself, it is better to step on the left foot and the right foot to complement each other.

In this way, the star in the player's perspective is not a plot camera, nor is she a marginal person who can be used purely to serve the plot. At least in the plot line related to herself, she cannot be.

Regardless of the reason why his popularity increases and his own strength also increases with it, Xing is also the only individual with a real personality and absolute personality in the Star Iron World.

Living in the real world, he couldn't completely regard these people with real feelings as so-called game characters.

Zishu admitted that he once had such an idea, but as time went by, that idea no longer existed.

Life needs to be given dignity.

Being chosen by Aha to be the Messenger of Joy was not an absolute accident. Just like what he often said, not everyone can easily escape from cause and effect.