Star Railway: The Pioneer's Journey

Chapter 31 [Pleasure] Disruption

Sometimes, the cold doesn't manifest physically, but rather in the mind.

Just like now.

Although I didn't really feel that cold, looking at the icy and snowy environment, I still felt a chill.

Yun took two steps forward and then stopped, shading his forehead with his hand as he searched for his warhorse.

马呢？

Are you still running around freely outside?

So what should he do now?

Lie hadn't come for a long time, and no one knew if it was being held up by something, but it shouldn't have been attacked, otherwise it would have definitely alerted Yunzhi first.

They haven't found the star core yet.

Let's wait a little longer.

But we can't just wait here forever.

Yunzhi looked at the children behind her and said, "Let's go and take a look ahead."

Dan Heng quickly stepped forward and stood beside him: "Where's Lie?"

"I don't know, they're probably still looking."

Given Lie's speed and reconnaissance abilities, he should have found the star core by now—after all, the star core hasn't mutated to the point of growing legs.

Dan Heng also felt that Lie had indeed taken a bit too long this time.

In front of the landing site was a vast ice field with some scattered abandoned houses, most of which were buried under the snow, with only a small part of the roof still stubbornly sticking out.

There were some campfires nearby, probably belonging to the natives of this world.

Judging from the surrounding environment, they seemed more like brave warriors patrolling the settlement in search of a way out.

March 7th tried hard to see the road clearly: "A planet that's all ice, I wonder if it will allow me to find my past... But, six-phase ice shouldn't exist on these ordinary planets, right?"

Still not giving up on finding her past March 7th, she said, looking around as she spoke.

Yun raised an eyebrow: "I do know about the Formless Ice, but I only saw it in another world."

"Huh? Does that have anything to do with me?" March 7 asked curiously.

Yun shook her head: "Absolutely not."

Unless you are truly a master of entangled fate.

Receiving a negative answer, March 7th wasn't disappointed: "Okay, Zhi, do we have a purpose next?"

They had originally planned to go with Lie to find the Star Core, but it seems that Lie hasn't found it yet, so they can't just stand there and wait.

"I want to follow the spark of [Preservation] to see if I can find anything unexpected." Yunzhi decided on his destination.

The fire that was being stored wasn't far away, and it didn't seem like it had any legs to run away from there. We could go and check it out now and arrive before dark.

Fortunately, the snowstorm didn't last long. Traveling in a blizzard with such low visibility was unsafe.

However, the snowstorm does not mean that it is safe.

Following that glimmer of starlight, we led the three little ones forward by instinct... and suddenly realized something was wrong ahead.

"What is that?"

Not far from them stood a human-shaped object.

A human-shaped thing.

At least with Yunzhi's sharp eyesight, that was definitely not a living person.

Not a living person?

The next second, the three of them got ready for battle.

The creature opposite seems to possess some of the power of "destruction," which is dangerous. It's unclear whether it originated from a "rift" derived from the star core or if members of the Legion have appeared here.

Therefore, the three of them must be careful and be ready to fight at any time.

Wait, three?

There are four of them in total, so why are only three of them ready for battle?

Seeing that the monsters opposite them hadn't noticed them, Yunzhi turned around and scanned the area.

Where are the stars?

Where did the Star Core Essence go?

March 7th and Danheng exchanged a glance and then looked in unison at a certain ruin behind them.

—The Star Core Spirit was squatting there, its eyes shining as it looked at the huge pile of things in front of it... which were just junk to them.

Yun glanced at the monster ahead that hadn't reacted, then turned and walked towards Xing.

He said that when he was a traveler, he loved to find all sorts of strange and wonderful spots. I wonder if Xing does the same thing.

"Star, what are you doing?"

Yun Zhilian's voice softened considerably because Xing's actions reminded him of his past as a traveler through a phone screen.

Xing looked up with an exceptionally bright smile: "Zhi, look!"

She held a handful of credits in her hands: "There's treasure!"

???

Yun was dumbfounded.

Why would credits appear out of this pile of scrap metal?

"And this too!"

Xing raised her other hand, which held several pieces of ice.

That's normal; there's ice everywhere in icy and snowy places... The key question is, these pieces of ice were supposed to be placed with the credits just now, so why are the credits still dry?

Is the company's technology so terrifying that the signal points are now impervious to water and fire?

Or is there something really strange or unusual in this pile of things?

Yunzhi simply squatted down and flipped over with Xing.

Little did they know, this action left the two relatively normal children behind them even more dumbfounded.

March 7th stared in disbelief: "Why...why?"

Dan Heng remained calm: "It's probably because Zhi discovered that there were indeed things worth paying attention to in that pile of things. Zhi's observation skills are far superior to ours."

March 7th nodded.

Makes sense.

So what exactly is Zhihe Xing looking for?

Xing did come to rummage through things because the scrap metal looked so appealing to her, while Yun Zhi initially just wanted to try and find something together.

Surprisingly, he actually found something interesting.

—I found a trace of the power of [joy].

It seems they deliberately stayed here, waiting to be discovered.

Yun stared at that dwindling power for a long time.

It doesn't seem surprising.

Wherever there is fun, there Aha and his followers will be.

So, who left this place here?

Yun stood up.

"I think we should change our destination."

He said helplessly.

March 7th leaned closer: "What's going on? Weren't we supposed to be looking for the [Preservation] flame?"

"Unexpected situation."

Yun Zhi covered his head, thinking of Aha, and his head ached: "The people from [Pleasure] have gotten involved. I think I should go and check first. If they were already at Yalilo-6 from the beginning, that would be fine, but if they were deliberately waiting for us..."

Then we have to consider whether those guys will ruin us.