Starry Sky Railway: Starting with a furious outburst at Aha

"Money? What money?" March 7th blinked her big eyes and asked in confusion.

"The money I earned from the competition. My card was in my breast pocket just now, how could it be here?" Zhou Yuan searched carefully for a while, looking around. "How did you guys find mine just now?"

"We were playing hide-and-seek, and when we got closer, we realized that it was you lying on the ground," Xing explained.

"Hide and seek?" Zhou Yuan's gaze swept around the vicinity, and he noticed a young man glancing in their direction from time to time. He immediately walked over.

"Hello, while I was asleep, did you see anyone approach me?" he asked thoughtfully. "If you can provide any useful clues, I will reward you with 10,000 credits."

"Ten thousand! Really?" The young man, who had been nonchalant, lit up with excitement when he heard the number.

A childish voice came from his throat: "You can't go back on your word!"

"of course."

"I think I just saw Fang Zheng. He touched you and then left, probably heading towards the big mining area."

“Fangzheng?” Zhou Yuan still remembered the name.

He was so convinced it was a fixed match? He even tried to frame me... and the worst part is, he actually succeeded! I didn't even realize it, how embarrassing!

Zhou Yuan pondered for a few seconds, picked up a piece of coal from the ground and handed it to the young man, then unfolded the map:

"Could you please mark his possible hiding places?"

“Sure,” the young man said, drawing several circles in the mining area with a few quick strokes. “The wanderers’ general area of ​​activity is around here… For safety, why don’t you ask Di Huo for help?”

"No need, thank you for the tip. I'll pay you the reward once I get the money back."

Putting away the map, Zhou Yuan looked at March 7th and the stars.

"What's wrong? Do you need help?" Xing raised an eyebrow.

You guys are just helping out by doing the plot... Zhou Yuan shook his head:

"You guys keep going with your business. I'll come find you once I get the money back."

“Alright, just remember not to ‘accidentally’ run back to the upper area. I have a feeling Jepard is still waiting for us,” March 7th whispered.

“Jepard? Isn’t he the garrison commander? Why is he still in the city?” Zhou Yuan asked.

In his memory, Jepard was supposed to leave the city after bringing the man to Cocolia.

"According to Danheng's speculation, it's because of March," Xing explained to Zhou Yuan. "When we were assigning rooms, March specifically emphasized that you were the most capable among us and asked you for the biggest room."

"This also resulted in a significant increase in the number of patrolling guards in the city."

“...Thank you all.” Zhou Yuan smiled silently.

He hasn't even shown his face in front of Cocolia yet, and his secrets have already been almost completely exposed. What an amazing teammate!

"I...I'm sorry," March 7th whispered.

Xing raised his head and said, "We will spare no effort to seek the well-being of our teammates!"

"This isn't a teammate, you're treating me like family..." Zhou Yuan sighed, parted ways with the two, and headed straight for the large mining area.

After Zhou Yuan left, Xing and San Yueqi turned their attention to the young man who was trying to sneak away.

March 7th said with a puzzled look, "I feel like his voice sounds familiar."

"It's like..."

"Damn it!" The young man immediately lost his temper. "This round doesn't count! If it weren't for my chivalrous spirit of helping others, you wouldn't have found me so easily! Let's start over!"

......

Following the map's route, Zhou Yuan turned left and right, stepped onto the iron bridge, and finally entered the depths of the mining area, where he found Fang Zheng.

At this moment, he was mingling among a group of vagrants, confronting a group of men dressed as miners. The atmosphere was tense, and neither side was willing to give in.

"Are you satisfied now?" a woman among the miners sneered. "If you're so capable, why don't you go and cause trouble for Schwarzlo? Cowards!"

"Hmph, don't try to act high and mighty by hoarding everything. There's so much earth marrow, what's wrong with sharing some with us? Why do you have to make such a fuss?" the leader of the wanderers said.

The footsteps coming from the side made both groups turn their heads at the same time, looking at Zhou Yuan who was approaching.

Upon seeing him, Fang Zheng's expression changed drastically, and he whispered a few words in the leader's ear.

“Oh, who do we have here? It’s the real deal,” the burly leader of the wanderers chuckled as he addressed the miners. “Gentlemen, we have a personal grudge against this man, so we’ll spare you for now. Now get out of here.”

"Don't even think about it," the miners said, standing in front of Zhou Yuan with their pickaxes on their shoulders. "We haven't settled our accounts yet."

The female miner urged Zhou Yuan:

"Brother, get out of here quickly, it's dangerous."

“Don’t worry,” Zhou Yuan stepped forward and stood in front of the homeless people, saying, “Give me back my money and then get lost.”

The leader of the vagrants immediately burst out laughing: "Hahahaha, kid, you're really funny. I haven't even bothered you yet after you cheated my brother out of his money, and you actually come to provoke me? Aren't you afraid of death?"

"Cheat? Didn't I win with my own skills? You were greedy, only thinking about getting something for nothing, and now you're blaming me?" Zhou Yuan tilted his head and took a step forward. The miners couldn't stop him and had no choice but to follow.

"Since you're all looking for death, I'll grant your wish!" Upon seeing this, the leader's expression changed, and he suddenly pulled out a revolver from his pocket, pointing it at Zhou Yuan's head. "Everyone scatter! Don't let anyone escape!"

"Don't go any further, buddy!" The female miner grabbed Zhou Yuan's sleeve and shouted at the homeless people, "Oleg, the leader of the Earthfire, is nearby. Let's see who dares to make a move!"

Her words had little effect; the homeless people ignored her and surrounded the crowd.

"Go ahead and shoot." Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes and stood fearlessly in front of the gun barrel.

"You think I wouldn't dare?" The leader of the wanderers sneered, his finger pulling the trigger. With a loud bang, sparks flew as a bullet spun and struck Zhou Yuan in the chest.

“Congratulations, you hit it,” Zhou Yuan said, looking down and pulling aside his shirt to let the flat bullet fall out with a crisp thud. “But you ruined my clothes.”

While the miners stood there dumbfounded, Zhou Yuan strode forward, ignoring the axes swung at him by the wanderers around him, and snatched the revolver from the leader's hand.

"Just one shot? You poor bastard." Zhou Yuan opened the magazine, glanced at it, and broke the gun in two.

"You...you stay away!" The leader was filled with shock and anger, retreating in fear. "What are you?!"

With a backhand motion, Zhou Yuan tossed the axes of the vagrants away and grabbed the leader by the neck.

"You should be glad I wasn't wearing that suit, otherwise..." Zhou Yuan said softly, his left hand touching the leader's right hand that had fired the gun, and he just squeezed it.

Click!

The leader's arm broke off on the spot and hung limply.

"Aaaaaah!!!" The leader of the wanderers let out a sharp scream, but Zhou Yuan ignored it. He rubbed his left hand for a while, making sure his right hand was completely useless, before throwing the leader in front of the miners:

"I'll leave it to you to handle."

Hearing the leader of the wanderers' screams, the miners remained silent, clearly still reeling from the shock they had just witnessed.

Zhou Yuan didn't ask any more questions. He turned around and saw that all the homeless people had run away. Among them, Fang Zheng, seeing Zhou Yuan withstand the bullets, immediately sensed something was wrong and ran the fastest.

Zhou Yuan immediately gave chase.

Only then did the female miner realize what was happening and hurriedly asked, "Young man, thank you for your help. What's your name?"

“...Horse hunting.” Zhou Yuan’s voice drifted over.

Yes, the hunt as in the hunt, the horse as in Mani.

Fang was running ahead recklessly, plunging straight into any eroded area he encountered, as if he had a clear destination.

Following the direction he was heading, Zhou Yuan unfolded the map: "Mechanical settlement? Why is he running that way?"

A moment later, the two arrived at the mechanical settlement one after the other.

Fang Zheng stood panting in front of the open iron gate, and smiled at Zhou Yuan, "You still came along after all."

“Of course,” Zhou Yuan stepped forward slowly and asked, “but I’m curious, why did you insist on coming here?”

Do you think I'll let you off the hook like this?

"Heh, in Swaro's territory, no one dares to cause trouble, because that would be seen as an enemy," Fang Zheng taunted disdainfully. "If you don't believe me, then come and fight me."

"Really?" Zhou Yuan turned his head and asked the beetle-like mech by the iron gate, "Swarovski has this rule?"