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"It's okay, I was just thinking about whether I could ask March Qi to take a photo of my death." Jiang Fan waved his hand and stared at March Qi sitting on the merry-go-round in the distance taking photos with a sad face.

Now all the luck in his heart has been wiped out. If Cocolia built the amusement park and claimed to be the 19th generation guardian, it was her impromptu idea, but Heitananizi's experience is real. It means that Cocolia remembers him. My life is really at stake. I can't have him standing by and shouting, 'Don't fight me anymore!' Stop! ’ Well, the key point is that Cocolia can’t defeat the Black Tower, so it won’t be beaten into hero pieces by the Black Tower...

He suddenly felt a little emotional, "It's true... Even someone as good as me will have troubles!"

Dan Heng looked at Jiang Fan thoughtfully. He suddenly remembered why he felt familiar when he heard Jiang Fan's name. Because the founder of the Gundam series was also named Jiang Fan, no wonder he felt Jiang Fan's name was familiar to him. The name was familiar. It turned out to be the same name as the genius scientist who died young.

"By the way, March 7th and I also got news. It is said that the great guardian Cocolia recently transported a large amount of materials to the lower area, which caused dissatisfaction among the nobles in the upper area. According to a certain iron guard with a loose mouth It was revealed that the nobles decided to start wars and riots in the lower areas, and finally blamed the great guardian."

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Although, happy birthday, Kotori Yurikka!

Chapter 38 Rat or cockroach?

On a snowy night, on the cable car leading to the lower area.

The orange cable car was empty. Jiang Fan randomly found a seat and sat down. He opened the small window slightly and heard the sound of gears. They couldn't see any mechanical device. There should be a thick layer between the gear belt and them. Thick barriers, a faint smell of engine oil and some humid air entered the cable car through the small window.

When Jiang Fan sat here and headed to the lower area, he was still the battalion commander of the Silver Mane Iron Guard. At that time, the smell of engine oil outside the cable car was much stronger than it is now.

It was so thick that he suspected that the steel cables and gears above were still dripping with engine oil, but it was much better now than at that time. Engineers should be cleaning it regularly, which made the strong smell of engine oil dissipate a lot. .

Recently, the silver-maned iron guards have been distributing supplies to the lower areas more and more frequently. The iron guards responsible for guarding the cable car almost turn a blind eye and let them go, regardless of which battalion they belong to or what they lead. What order?

"Why do we have to go to the lower area in the middle of the night?" Xing leaned on the backrest of the cable car in the same position as Ge You, and asked listlessly.

It wasn't that she was lazy, or that she had no interest in the lower-class areas. It was simply that the schedule arranged by Jiang Fan was too busy and made her exhausted.

Who would let her get into a chimney to steal uniforms from the Silvermane Iron Guard's warehouse, and call it a loan? And why would she want to get into a chimney? Is it because she has a history of digging through trash cans?

In fact, she was quite resistant, but looking at Dan Heng's resentful eyes and Zhu Yun in his hand, she suddenly felt that drilling into the chimney was actually a kind of pioneering work.

"Of course I'm here to inquire about the star core." Jiang Fan looked at the cliff passing by quickly outside the window, took out the packaged sandwich from his arms, tore open the package and ate it in small bites without changing his expression.

He has disliked those bullshit nobles for a long time. If Jura's thing can come two years later, he will drag down every one of those blood-sucking nobles and turn them into common people to prevent them from chattering. Evil intentions.

He was not sure whether the intelligence obtained by Dan Heng and March Qi was true or false. After all, even the soldiers of the Silver Mane Iron Guard could get information about such a serious riot plan, but Cocolia was kept in the dark?

But now he no longer cares about the authenticity of the source of the news. Whether it is for Cocolia or Belloberg, he has to go to the lower area. As for the star that Dan Heng and March Qi are worried about, He will solve the nuclear problem after returning to the upper zone.

He still clearly remembered how Xinghe was bragging before Jura came, saying that only he could help Beloberg. Now it seems that it is completely nonsense. As soon as Jura came, Xinghe was just pretending. He wouldn't even dare to fart, but if this piece of shit like Xinghe could turn into a human form, he would pluck out its eyelashes one by one and stick them back with 502.

Xing opened her mouth slightly and looked at Jiang Fan with admiration in her eyes. She suddenly felt that if it was Jiang Fan, he would definitely be able to drink Jizi's coffee without showing any strange expressions. In that case, Jizi would also Will you be very happy?

If he had Shiluwa's sandwich in his left hand and Himeko's coffee in his right hand, she would willingly give up the title of best pioneer to Jiang Fan, and also award him with a banner of 'Train Good Tongue' or 'Train Gourmet' ...Xing was thinking wildly, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, and he giggled, as if he was starting to fantasize.

"But these are all cliffs. Is the star core buried in a pile of rocks?" March 7 looked around, and the spotlight of the camera in his hand flashed.

Outside the cable car is a dark tunnel. Oil lamps with lampshades hang on the cliff every hundred meters, using dim yellow light to dispel the darkness in the tunnel. However, the smell of engine oil still makes people feel uncomfortable. Except for the endless darkness and the rusty steel bars inserted into the cliff, it is difficult for people to imagine what a difficult environment the lower area is.

I think the environment in the lower area should be a house built of wooden houses or thatched. Maybe there will be air leakage everywhere at night. Rats and cockroaches are crawling all over the floor. There are spiders spitting out cobwebs and dangling in the air everywhere. Eh~ Think about it. Just infiltrate people!

If Jiang Fan could know what March 7 was thinking, he would definitely tell her, you are thinking too much about girls, their Beloberg is not from the primitive era, and there is no wind in the lower area, there is only humid air and a slightly unpleasant smell. Rusty smell.

As for rats and cockroaches, he has never seen them, but even if there are rats, they will probably become the dinner of homeless people. Anyway, as long as the fur is peeled off and roasted on the campfire, it can be eaten. People who are hungry and anxious will not consider that. Is there any parasite in the thing?

Jiang Fan closed his eyes and did not speak. The cable car fell into silence. He could only hear the clicking sound of the gears and the rails. At this time, a faint bright light entered the cable car, flashed across Jiang Fan's eyelids, and then continued Changing.

At this time, March 7th suddenly let out an exclamation, and with the sound of the camera shutter clicking, Jiang Fan slowly opened his eyes. Outside the cable car was the nearby Panyan Town, with ancient Soviet-style buildings standing in the darkness. Every house had lights on, and it was as spectacular as a city that never sleeps under the silent night sky. After many years, he returned here again, and his heart was still full of the pride of a young man who was wandering around the world.

Jiang Fan smiled softly, and the reflection of the entire Panyan Town was reflected in his pupils, which was as clear and deep as when he was a boy.

Chapter 39 Hope

The door of the cable car slowly opened, and there was a bang like some kind of lock that separated the world from being unlocked, and a cable car separated the two worlds.

If the world were described as an ocean, the ocean in the upper area would be soothing and slow, and the blue sea and sky would be like a paradise.

The lower area is the ferocious side of the sea, with dense clouds, howling winds, and waves that rise and fall like mountains. The sun never sees the sun and is full of depressive atmosphere. But those children are like the sprouts of new life, turning this crumbling death The city adds vitality.

Jiang Fan took Yue Qi, Dan Heng and the others to Panyan Town. After a few detours, the scenery ahead suddenly became clear.

The streets in the town are no different from those in the upper-class areas. The only difference is that the place looks lifeless. Almost all the shop doors are sealed, with various old advertisements posted on them. The faint yellow lights occasionally flash. It flashed like Silent Hill in the movie.

At this time, the administrative square in the upper district must be deserted, but on the streets of Panyan Town you can still see miners wearing hard hats walking through the streets and alleys, and you can also meet them on the roadside. The resting miners sat around bragging and drinking, and the whole city enveloped them in an overwhelming chill.

Although March 7 and Dan Heng walked around the entire Belloberg in the upper area and knew about the disasters facing the city, they never thought that the lower area would be such a lifeless scene. They looked at everything Everything felt like my heart sank, and my steps became heavier.

They should be used to it. This is the disaster caused by the star core. Almost all planets that have been ravaged by the star core disaster are like this, full of despair and unwillingness, but they still get emotional for this place that can never see the sky. The town feels sad.

Jiang Fan led them through the small streets, as if he was familiar with the entire Panyan Town. They followed Jiang Fan. Although they didn't know where the way forward was, they always followed the leader. Incorrect.

"It's so cold here... It feels like...well, two worlds from the upper area." March 7's slender fingers gently brushed the wall of the alley. There was a thin layer of dust on the wall, and the tentacles were cold. There was no warmth at all.

It is almost airtight here and is far less warm than the upper area. There is a slight chill in every corner that makes people shiver. There are no smiles or any emotions on the faces of passers-by. , as if... just like Dan Heng, with an expressionless face.

If the dim yellow light hadn't cast their shadows on the floor tiles, she would have even felt like she had entered a ghost town in a ghost story.

"Well, although there are marrow veins in the lower area, most of the marrow will be exchanged for supplies, and only a few of the marrow will be left. Moreover, there are very few marrow heaters in the lower area, and most of them are scrapped due to disrepair. Lost it." Jiang Fan said softly, looking carefully at everyone in his sight.

"Is there a shortage of earth marrow heaters in the upper area? We don't even have the ability to provide heaters for the lower area?" Dan Heng asked with a rare frown.

"The earth marrow is the blood of Belloberg, and it is what enables the entire city to stand firm in the wind and snow. In recent years, the invasion of world-splitting creatures has become more serious, and there are no factories that can produce earth marrow heaters." Jiang Fan said softly, "Even if the geomarrow heater in the upper area breaks down, we have to rely on the engineers from the City Builder Technical Department to repair it. Where can we have the time and energy to repair the marrow heater in the lower area?"

There is one more thing Jiang Fan didn't tell Dan Heng and the others, so what if those engineers had the time and energy? Those nobles would rather let the engineers sit and chat in the technical department than go to the lower area to repair the heater.

The nobles knew clearly that there were still people in the lower areas who would starve to death every day, but they would rather eat a chicken drumstick and throw away a chicken drumstick than give up the excess food to the residents of the lower areas. They even said in a high-sounding way, "If The residents of the lower-class areas are living a good life, but who will bear the burden for Beloberg to move forward?”

These nobles were all honest when Jiang Fan took over as the Great Guardian. Even if Jiang Fan decided to launch an aid plan for the lower-class areas, they would do it honestly and only dared to make some trivial actions.

Because they knew that this young great guardian crawled out of the dead. He was born in the army and was a monarch with a tough hand. There was absolutely no good fruit to be gained by annoying this monarch. Moreover, he was born in the Landau family. It can be said that he directly controls nearly 80% of Beloberg's army.

Jiang Fan suddenly felt a little emotional, and there was a burst of sadness in his heart. He didn't know how Cocolia got to where it is today, and he couldn't imagine how Cocolia ordered the lower-level areas to be destroyed under the pressure of those nobles. to provide assistance.

The more he knew about Panyanzhen, the heavier his heart became. Is Panyanzhen cold now?

No, in his mind, Panyan Town now is much warmer than before. In the past, Panyan Town was a place where you would feel cold even if you leaned next to the heater. The permeating cold wave was overwhelming and there was nowhere to escape.

Nowadays, there are countless geothermal heaters on the streets of Panyan Town. Even some heaters that look rusty have been repaired and continue to emit light to drive away the cold.

Jiang Fan once asked Oleg, the veteran commander of the Iron Guard in the Lower District, why these buildings still had lights on even though no one was inhabiting them. Is it because he wanted to rely on the warmth emitted by the lights to drive away the cold?

At that time, Oleg just laughed and shook his head. While pouring wine into his mouth, he patted his shoulder and said words that he has never let go of for a long time.

"Did you know? What people fear most is not death, but the feeling of loneliness. When you stare at the entire dark city, will you be overwhelmed by the deathly silence?"

"Perhaps we are too greedy and want to leave traces of everyone's life in this world, so when they are about to be overwhelmed by despair, I hope they can see that Panyan Town is still full of lights."

"Everyone has to remember something in his heart so that he can have the idea of ​​living."

"I also hope that when children look up they see light like stars instead of dead darkness..."

"Jiang Fan, I am old. We guys are old, but they are still young. They are like new shoots that have just broken through the ground. Promise me that they can see the blue sky when they look up, okay?"

"This is my, Oleg, only wish. Children are the hope of the future... But aren't the children in the lower districts children?"

Chapter 40 Natasha

The streets of Panyan Town are empty and quiet. Near the center of the town, the air here is filled with warmth. I don't know how much warmer it is than the outer areas.

They were walking on a path opened by the miners more than ten years ago to make it easier to enter Panyan Town from Rivet Town. The road surface was made of uneven stones. Although walking on it was slightly awkward, the distance was shortened by more than half. .

Xing did not notice the depressive atmosphere in the lower area. In her eyes, this silent town was obviously full of the end-of-machine industry style.

Whenever she passed by those large trash cans in the town, she would always click her tongue and shake her head. At this time, the expression on her face was like a greedy dragon watching the gold coins and jewelry slip away in front of her. It merged into a small river.

But Jiang Fan just held her hand tightly to prevent this guy from sneaking into a trash can in an alley to look for something again when they weren't paying attention, or standing under a streetlight on a certain street. daze.

At this time, a white building vaguely appeared in front, with lights on in every window, and a rusty nameplate nailed to the copper eaves. The writing on it had been corroded by rust, and the writing on the nameplate was almost unrecognizable.

The building has a hint of European style, with small rectangular lampshades hanging on the geometric exterior walls. There are wooden boxes stacked one after another beside the steps in front of the door. On the wooden boxes are placed some empty bottles of medicine. Jar, there is a faint bitter smell of medicine in the air.

Jiang Fan knew what those small jars with empty bottles were. They were mineral poison nose clearing inhalants, which were used for minor breathing difficulties caused by inhalation of earth marrow dust. From the boxes of medicines and the medicinal fragrance in the air, Look, this is undoubtedly the clinic in Panyan Town.

"The smell of medicine is so strong, I thought there would be no clinic in the lower area." March 7 said softly.

"Of course there will be. There will always be someone holding a torch to dispel the darkness." Jiang Fan nodded, "Let's go. The area ahead should be the central square. There is the Silver Mane Iron Guard's camp there. We should be able to find out some information."

"Are you very well-informed? You have even found out about the Silver Mane Iron Guard's camp in the lower area?" March Qi let out a light sigh and followed Jiang Fan.

"If you don't have a lot of skills, how can you survive in this cannibalistic world if you don't have two brushes to work around?" Jiang Fan casually made up a reason.

At this moment, someone rushed into their field of vision, a little guy wearing a hat with big ears and a pair of short legs who ran very fast. She suddenly stopped suddenly, turned her head and looked at them intently, with eyes in her eyes. There is some emotion brewing.

Just when Jiang Fan and the others were in a stalemate with this 'blocker', a few children hurriedly ran out of the alley and stood behind her, breathing heavily. Can't say a complete sentence.

"Wow! Such shiny clothes! Are you also a silver-maned iron guard?" The roadblock's eyes lit up.

"Well, we are the newly dispatched Iron Guards. You little guys are full of energy." Jiang Fan squatted down and chuckled jokingly. He originally wanted to take out the remaining sandwich and give it to them as a greeting gift, but he couldn't After a moment, he changed his mind and instead took out a few candies from his arms and handed them over.

"Hmph! Who are you calling the little guy!" Hook snorted and stamped his feet. He honestly took the candies and distributed them, humming in his mouth.

"Hehehehe! We are not little guys, listen up! The adults in the lower area are under the control of the Silver-maned Iron Guards, and the children are under the control of the Mole Party, and I am the boss of the Mole Party. You can call me - Pitch Black Lord Hook!" Hook peeled off the candy wrapper and put the candy in his mouth, with a happy and contented smile on his face.

"That dark Lord Hook, do you know what supplies the Silver-maned Iron Guards have recently transported to Panyan Town? Do you know where a large number of Silver-maned Iron Guards are stationed?" Jiang Fan asked.

"Um...well..." Hook scratched his head and hesitated for a while.

"No way, right? The dark Lord Hook doesn't even know this?" Jiang Fan pretended to be surprised.

"No way, right? The dark Lord Hook doesn't even know this?" Xingye shook his head.

March Qi and Dan Heng silently took a small step back, trying to draw a clear line with them, leaving the space for Jiang Fan and Xing to perform. It was really because they were unwilling to participate in such a thing of defrauding children. That feeling It seems to be no different from the moral integrity that fell to the ground and shattered into dregs.

"You, you, you! Who said I didn't know! Huh!" Hook stared and hummed, "Recently, the Silver-maned Iron Guards sent a lot of delicious food to Panyan Town, and even gave it to the old witch. ...Sister Natasha gave me a lot of hard medicine, and...and...it seems that there is no more."

The Mole Party members behind Hook gathered together and murmured quietly. They felt like their boss had been deceived, but if the boss couldn't answer those questions, the Mole Party would be looked down upon by the adults in the upper class. ?

"Sister Natasha?" Jiang Fan let out a light sigh.

"Is she the woman with blue-gray hair, pink pupils, soft-spoken words, and a broad mind?" Jiang Fan almost let it slip, but fortunately he reacted quickly and came back in time.

"Do you know Sister Natasha?" Hook was startled and subconsciously covered his mouth with his hands, which seemed to be a bit of a cover-up.

If sister Natasha knew that she called her an old witch again, she would definitely be criticized...

Jiang Fan was startled. Do you know him? More than just acquaintances, he and Natasha have known each other for a long time. During the physical examination, he was completely stripped off, and his buttocks were bare to cooperate with Natasha in various physical examinations.

At that time, he felt like a monkey in the laboratory, but Natasha just smiled softly and told him not to be restrained and nervous. For doctors, you are just patients, and there is no distinction between men and women. If Jiang Fan hadn't seen it at that time, He believed it when the red clouds flew on Natasha's cheeks.

But the problem now is that he knows Natasha, but Natasha doesn't know him. This is just like what his math teacher said when he criticized him when he was a child: 'These two-dimensional linear equations know you, but why don't you? Get to know it! ’

Although he is in Beloberg, with this land at his feet that he is extremely familiar with, there is no one here who knows him.

All the evidence that he once lived here has been erased. He can't take out the Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment and tell people that I am actually the 18th Great Guardian of Beloberg, and that I once brought about extinction. The Maharaja strangled and saved Belloberg from fire and water, so that they would think that he was a madman or a mentally disturbed person.

Jiang Fan's thoughts were swirling in his mind. At this time, the door of the clinic behind him was gently pushed open, and the sound of the bell rang in his ears, along with the same gentle voice as always in his memory.