Starry Sky Railway: I Intruded with the Heart of God

Chapter 285 Will We Win?

With the Wolf-tooth mech being shut down once again, its outer shell changed hands.

When Mo Li saw the toothed wolf mech in front of him, it was covered in black smoke, and it was probably completely destroyed.

Just now, it was shouting something about protocols and cleanup inside before it rushed up.

Then he was beaten to a pulp.

Clara quickly took out various tools and disassembled its outer shell.

Then she started unpacking various ribbon cables inside, seemingly looking for something.

"Ah, found it! Its core is here. I'm going to pack it up and take it back..."

Clara put something into her storage space.

Then she looked at the huge hull of the wolf-tooth mech and said, "Next, we just need to drag its hull back."

Xingmei asked curiously, "Did you also take this guy's core?"

Clara nodded and said, "Judging from the situation just now, its core shouldn't be completely destroyed, and there's a possibility of it being repaired."

“Oh, that’s terrible. Quick, get it out so I can kick it again. What if it goes berserk after being reassembled?” Mo Li said to Clara.

Clara said, "Don't worry, big brother. If it goes berserk again, I'll have to have Mr. Schwarz format it and integrate it into the base network."

Clara looked at the remaining parts of the disassembled Wolf Mech and said, "Every robot... as long as there's a chance to repair it, Clara can't just leave it alone. So... I want to try my best to fix them all together."

Xingmei asked in confusion, "Should we repair Pascal first or this?"

Clara replied, "Let's fix Pascal first, after all, we found the little guy first. Besides, Mr. Schwarz said that if we leave it alone, it might do something bad..."

Actually, Clara has a really big safe, which is full of the core modules that I collected in the lower levels and that can be repaired.

I try every day to fix them and get the little robots back to normal life. But... with only Clara and Swallow on hand, the repair efficiency is far from enough.

But Clara believed that everyone would be fixed eventually... so they couldn't let their guard down; they had to work even harder!

“If I were a robot, I would probably be overjoyed after hearing what Clara said,” Mo Li said to Xing Mei.

"It has to be you who soothed the machine spirit, right?" Xingmei gave him a thumbs up.

"But Clara is such a good girl," Xingmei praised Clara again.

Clara chuckled and said, "Clara is very happy to be praised by her older sister."

Clara glanced at the time and suddenly exclaimed.

"We've been so engrossed in chatting that we've almost lost track of time. Let's hurry back, or Mr. Schwarzkopf and Pascal will be getting impatient."

Dragging the heavy outer shell of the Wolf-tooth mech, it took some time to return to Swaro's base.

“Why are you always doing illegal work for others? I don’t understand.” (Fenghua accent) Mo Li shook his head and said helplessly.

"How about I send you a certificate for being helpful when we get back?" Xingmei asked tentatively.

"You might as well say you're going to wear a maid outfit for me," Mo Li said speechlessly.

"...It's not impossible, but I don't have money to buy clothes."

Mo Li: "Hmm...hmm? Not just friends, are you serious?"

“If you dare to buy it, I dare to wear it,” Xingmei said, hands on her hips.

"Okay, you said it, but you can't go back on your word later." Mo Li said, taking out her phone to place an order.

Clara walked up to Schwarz and said, "Mr. Schwarz, we're back."

Pascal was making strange, lifeless noises again, but Mo Li couldn't be bothered to listen.

"Welcome back, Clara, Star," Schwarz said. "My further analysis of this individual is complete."

Xingmei asked, "Did you find anything?"

"Simplified conclusion: It is impossible to determine the production time, purpose, and ownership of this individual. During the analysis process, I extracted the individual's serial number and searched it sequentially in the Automaton database of the lower-level area."

The final search revealed that there were as many as 32 automatons with the same serial number as this individual. Even after excluding those that had been scrapped, three units still matched the keyword description.

"Can we continue to eliminate possibilities?" Xingmei asked.

Schwarzroth's response remained mechanical: "Assessment in progress...Assessment complete. Conclusion: No further exclusions possible."

The three mechs matching the keywords are located in Molten Hammer Town, Rivet Town, and Forge Town, respectively. All three mining towns are now abandoned, and no automated mechs have formed settlements there.

Clara said dejectedly, "It seems the trail has gone cold again."

Pascal uttered another nonsensical phrase.

Clara said, "Pascal's condition is becoming increasingly unstable... Let's get it fitted with a new shell first."

Clara struggled mightily to reassemble it, but she still managed to spout a bunch of nonsensical words.

Clara said dejectedly, "Still not working?"

But then Pascal uttered a bunch of strange words, and Swallow issued a warning: "Danger, Clara!"

Suddenly, Pascal darted out and ran away.

A group of people were left behind... Robots are considered human too.

Mo Li provided the voice for Pascal: "I-gei-ru-da-yo".

"Uh, so this is its retreat route? We've fallen into a trap?" Xingmei asked, a few question marks appearing above her head. Of course, Mo Li imagined this based on the way she tilted her head.

Clara looked in the direction Pascal had fled and said, "It seems to be heading towards Rivet Town? Big brother, big sister, let's hurry and catch up!"

Worried about Clara's safety, Schwarz said to her, "No, Clara, you don't need to get involved. Let me handle this. I'll send robots to hunt down that individual..."

Clara stopped Schwarz, saying, "No, Mr. Schwarz! Please, please don't do this..."

Schwarz remained silent.

Clara pleaded, "Leave Pascal's matter to Clara. After all, it was I who insisted on leaving it behind... so I must take responsibility to the end."

I believe Pascal wouldn't do anything to hurt anyone... but, in case something really does happen... please let Clara handle this herself. Is that alright, Mr. Schwarzkopf?

Stargirl asked Clara, "Can you really bear to erase its data?"

Clara said firmly, "I... Clara cannot shirk my responsibility. I will definitely do it."

Mo Li: "Will we win?"

Clara: "We will win."