Star Iron, conquer the world from Omphalos

However, after Bronya raised Ash's level to the level of a Protector, he more or less gained some admirers. In addition to the "bottom line" of the Ascension Ceremony, Ash barely created twenty quasi-Ascenders of average strength.

Even Jeppard, the Destiny Walker, although he received far more solar power than others, his ascension level was only at the same level as Julius, which was a complete waste of his conditions.

Ash shook his head at this and could only say that Brother Jie was indeed stubborn. It could be seen from the game that his ideas could not be easily changed.

But it is the power that can protect Beloberg. As long as they overcome this crisis, Ash believes that under the influence of the imperial truth, the good people of Beloberg will feel honored to be a Shuriman.

At this time, twenty Ascendants, plus Bronya and Jeppard, were scattered at every crack in Beloberg. Led by them and assisted by the Silvermane Guards, the situation immediately improved significantly.

It turns out that fighting becomes much easier when there is a big C leading the team.

I'm afraid everyone is mediocre, with combat power similar to the enemy, and can only rely on time and vitality to wear down. In that case, no matter how many Silvermane Iron Guards there are, they won't be enough to kill them. After all, the number of Rift Creatures is almost endless. This is just like in the game. A big C with three supports can go from the novice stage to a killing spree.

As for the most serious situation on the front battlefield, the collapse of the Beloberg front allowed a large number of Rift Creations to enter Beloberg from the Iron Guard restricted area. However, when Ash mobilized the Sand Soldiers to the passage, this problem was successfully resolved.

Five to six thousand sand soldiers blocked the passage leading to Beloberg from the Iron Guard restricted area. Under Ash's control, they began to push back, and within half a day, the Rift Creatures were cleared out of the Iron Guard restricted area. Ash then reinforced the walls of the restricted area, completely fortifying them with three layers of sand, preventing anyone from leaving or entering.

"Finally it's stable. This thing is different from the Black Tide. Can the power of the star core directly affect the Titan level?"

While fighting with the Star Core, Ash was thinking about this problem. Because the impact of the Rift and the Black Tide had nothing to do with each other, and the power attributes of the two sides seemed to be different, it was difficult for him to determine whether Omphalos's Black Tide was caused by the Star Core.

If it is not the core of the star, then it should be related to the circulation mechanism caused by the third force of destiny.

However, this question is no longer important. After all, as long as the power is strong enough, whether it is the core of a star or the destiny, it can all be shattered.

The next day, the threats from the Rift Creations in the upper area of Beloberg were basically eliminated.

"King Ash." Bronya returned from her duties, her face clearly exhausted. "The influence of the Rift Creation has been largely eliminated. However, while the Rift's expansion has ceased, the Rift's existence itself cannot be eliminated. What should we do?"

"The essence of the rift is caused by the star core. To eliminate them, we must deal with the star core."

"So... can you do this?"

Bronya is very clear about her own strength. She can deal with the crisis of the rift, but it is far from enough to deal with the star core, so she can only place her hopes on Ash.

Although Ash was able to suppress the Star Core before, it was mostly due to the influence of Cocolia. The Star Core did not completely control her and did not completely integrate the power.

And now the Star Core is staying in Yongdong Ridge, blowing snow towards this side like crazy, and its power has almost exploded to the extreme. In this situation, if Ash runs out to fight the opponent head-on, he will probably not gain any advantage.

You can't just take Cocolia with you and keep holding her to refine her, right?

So Ash's plan was to wait for the train to arrive.

"Don't worry, I shook someone."

"Shake people?"

Although Bronya was confused, she still followed Ash's instructions and stabilized the situation in the city before taking the next step.

Although the upper area is stable now, the lower area is still unknown. It has been blocked for such a long time, and now the rift has completely erupted. It is conceivable what the lower area will become without the defense of the Silver Mane Iron Guards.

Even Bronya herself was unsure, so after talking with Ash, she immediately took Jeppard to the lower area.

The upper and lower areas of Beloberg were not originally blocked. It was an order issued because Cocolia was bewitched by the star core. The final result of this order was that the relationship between the upper and lower levels was extremely bad.

But the lower districts need the supplies sent from the upper districts to survive, so even if they are unwilling, they have to accept the supplies for survival from the people in the upper districts with a look of disgust.

As for the upper area, they also cannot do without the help of the lower area. If there is no earth marrow collected from below, even with the protection of the protective power, Beloberg's good days would have ended long ago.

So both sides looked at each other with disgust, and only met once when exchanging supplies and ores, but never had any contact with each other again.

Ash remembered that when the game began, the mining of the earth's marrow in the lower area had almost reached its limit, and it was estimated that it would only last for a few more years. This was why Cocolia was in a hurry to make a decision.

Or continue to act like a great guardian, sit in a high position and wait for death.

Or just give it a try, accept this power, maybe there will be a turning point?

It’s no wonder that if someone else were to be the Great Guardian, they might not be able to do as well as Cocolia.

In fact, compared to Bronya, Cocolia was more suitable for the role of Beloberg's manager in Ash's mind. If she hadn't been in a coma, he might have been able to discuss the Imperial Truth with her. If she was willing, it wouldn't be impossible to grant her power. After all, the Star Core didn't dare to enter Beloberg anymore.

But it's not too late.

When everything is over, Cocolia will wake up, and then Ash will give her a choice.

...

the other side.

While Ash was busy bringing warmth to Beloberg, the Black Tower was also rebuilding the data of the simulated universe.

"Black Tower, I heard there's a problem with the simulated universe?"

A projection suddenly appeared and asked questions to the black tower.

"You've been alarmed by such a small matter? Screw Gum, have you been free lately?" Heita asked without turning his head. "It's just that the storage device is broken, a minor problem. All the data is stored in my head."

"Data is more important than anything else, and that's what simulating the universe is all about."

ScrewGum, a member of the 76th seat of the Genius Club, has an outstanding mechanical brain. Although he is an inorganic organism, his words and actions are very intelligent.

He looked to the side and saw a sand soldier standing still.

"what is this?"

Black Tower chuckled, "Now here comes the fun part, Screw Gum. You have no idea how much I spent to get this. This is definitely a power you've never seen before... No, it's a power that no genius has ever seen before!"

"Oh?"

Originally, ScrewGum just came to ask about the simulated universe, but after hearing what Black Tower said, he suddenly became curious.

What else could this be, except the secrets about the Star God, that even the geniuses have never touched upon?

"Just watch. I'm about to enter its information into the simulated universe."

"Are you sure? If it's an unknown force, introducing it rashly could cause untold damage to the simulated universe."

"Don't worry, I've researched it. As long as the equations are correct, theoretically, there shouldn't be any errors. Unless this thing is independent of any existing power, but is that possible? The destiny power of all Star Gods can theoretically be calculated in the simulated universe. So no matter which destiny it comes from, at best, we haven't discovered it yet."

Black Tower said excitedly, "Isn't this even more interesting? Reveal the unknown and let me see which Star God is behind this mischief. This power is something even this genius hasn't seen before. I even suspect that Aha is just having fun."

Screw Gumu didn't say anything. For some reason, every time he saw the Black Tower like this, he always felt as if something was going to happen.

When the Black Tower finished building the data and began importing the Sand Soldiers' information, he reminded: "I think we can be more cautious."

"I can't be so cautious, Screw Gum, do you know how abominable this thing is? If I hadn't sealed it with my power, it would have disappeared by now. But even so, it wouldn't have lasted much longer... (whispering) Ash definitely did it on purpose!"

“Will it disappear again?”

"Of course, if you leave it alone, you should know that although it is an inorganic life form, it is not a screw like you. Just treat it as a consumable summon."

ScrewGum: "..."

With a light sigh, Screw Gumu gave up the idea of persuasion. Obviously, there were not many people in this world who could persuade Black Tower.

Then soon, his premonition came true.

When the Black Tower finally synchronized the information into the simulated universe, she excitedly started a new round of simulation. She even used the data of a Black Tower doll as the main subject and personally conducted this round of simulation. However, the final result was -

"Eh hey hey? What's going on???"

"Heita, what's wrong?"

"Strange, so strange! Why is all the data related to the new power a mess of gibberish? Can you believe it, Screw Gum? The simulated universe can't even figure out its origin!"

"Could it be that there's something wrong with the imported equation?"

"Impossible! I debugged it myself. Even if a Star God came, I could still calculate it... Humph! Don't think this can stump me. I don't believe that even if all the computing power of all the servers were mobilized, I still couldn't calculate your origin."

That's right, what Black Tower has to do now is to trace the origin of the power hidden in the body of the Sand Soldier. She thought that after obtaining information step by step through simulation, she could easily infer this information based on her knowledge.

But the results were completely unexpected. As time went on, anything in the simulated universe that had anything to do with this power became a mess of gibberish, or something like "unknown error." Unknown? That's impossible! Even a Star God himself could simulate a simulated universe.

Unconvinced, Ms. Black Tower began to mobilize the computing power of the entire simulated universe to force an analysis, but unfortunately she still failed.

Unconvinced, Ms. Black Tower began to mobilize the computing power of the entire Black Tower Space Station to force an analysis, and then—

Boom! !

The collapse of computing power caused by server overload led to a huge explosion inside. Screw Gum saw the embarrassed figure of Black Tower from the countless dust. The Black Tower doll participating in the simulation fell directly to the ground because the data was destroyed.

“Cough, cough, cough!!

"Screw Gum, what the hell is this?!"

......

"King Ash, this is Xi'er, she is my friend."

Fort Clipper.

When Bronya returned from the lower district, she was accompanied by another old acquaintance of Ash.

The girl has long blue-black hair and a slender figure that reveals amazing explosive power. Her eyes are clean and sharp, and she is obviously curious about the things around her.

"Xi'er."

Ash couldn't help but sigh that fate really made sense. He had thought that after changing the plot, Bronya and Seele might miss each other. Unexpectedly, after going around in circles, he returned to this familiar scene.

"King Ash, do you know me?" Seele had already learned from Bronya that Ash was the one who saved Beloberg.

"No, it's just that you look like a friend of mine." Ash chuckled, "Have you resolved the issues in the lower district?"

Seele said, "Thanks to Bronya. If she had arrived a step later, the lower area would have been completely destroyed in the Rift."

Yesterday, Bronya led her men into the lower area and immediately encountered an expanding rift. She took the lead and, relying on the strength of an ascender, pushed through two expanding rift areas in succession and successfully rescued the people trapped in the town.

Later, in order to save others, Seele acted as a guide for Bronya, and the two of them sparked a friendship after working together.

Although Bronya was from the Upper District, Seele bore her no ill will. Instead, she was moved by her desperate fight against the Rift Creatures to protect the townspeople. After all, Bronya was now the Acting Grand Guardian, and the fact that she went to such lengths for the Lower District residents showed she truly cared.

Thus, the gears of fate returned to their proper track, and Xier came up from the lower area, wanting to contribute to solving the crisis of Beloberg.

"Ms. Xier, do you believe in the sun?" asked Ash.

"The sun?" Xier turned her head and looked at the sun disk hanging on Beloberg. "Is that it?"

"Correct."

"I don't know. I don't understand it. If it can truly bring warmth and light to Beloberg, then I will choose to believe it. Bronya said that you brought it. Actually, I don't care who you are. For those of us living in the lower class, it doesn't matter who rules Beloberg, because we've already tried our best just to survive."

Xier's eyes are clean and pure. She has lived in the lower class for so many years and is more familiar with the sorrow of the lower class than anyone else.

Beloberg's Glory? Are you kidding me? If that thing were edible, Xier would sell it by the pound!

Besides, they had never seen Cocolia, let alone the Great Guardian. Even if Xier was told that the King Ash in front of her was Cocolia, she would believe it.

Of course, all following and loyalty are based on sufficient trust. Because Bronya believes in Ash, Seele directly expressed her attitude, although this way of expression made Bronya feel helpless.

But Ash thought this was a good idea. Compared to Bronya, Seele was more like a warrior, so during the ascension ceremony, her condition was almost perfect as Ash had imagined.

"How amazing!" When the light of ascension dissipated, Xi'er clenched her palms, feeling the surging power in her body, and exclaimed in surprise: "It's incredible. To be able to obtain such power without any cost is simply unimaginable."

"This is not without a price," Ash said. "As an Ascended being, you must fight for the glory of Shurima. Perhaps you can't understand it, but that's okay. You will gradually understand it in the future, because what Shurima can't tolerate the most is betrayal."

"Also, the Ascension Ceremony has a success rate. If an ordinary person fails, they'll likely be burned to death by the power. Even if they succeed, they won't be like you... Do you understand? Fate has already made its choice without you even realizing it, and you are the chosen one."

"These are not costs, at least in my opinion." Xier said decisively, "Don't worry, King Ash. I will fight, whether it's to protect or to conquer!"

"I believe."

Ash smiled slightly.

After Seele ascended, the number of high-powered Belobergs increased again. As for the other people in the lower area, Ash had no idea for the time being.

Clara is still a child, and Natasha would probably prefer to stay in the lower area and be a doctor. As for Sambo, Ash would like to meet this guy. According to many people, old Sambo is suspected to be the Messenger of Pleasure. This has not been confirmed, but that guy is indeed a member of the Masked Fool, and he is very happy.

Because he was too happy, it was not suitable for the ascension ceremony. Ash just wanted to smash the coin on the other person's head to see the effect.

"By the way, tell the people guarding the city to pay more attention these days. The helpers I mentioned should be arriving soon." Ash said to Bronya.

Due to the interference from the star core, external communications have almost completely lost their effectiveness. He cannot contact the Black Tower or Ester, but he estimates that the time should be about right.

Bronya nodded and ordered the Iron Guard to be courteous and greet the hope of saving Beloberg with the utmost affability. After giving the order, she assigned those who had undergone Ascension to lead their own teams to guard the Rift Zone to prevent any accidents.

After another day passed, the threat from the Rift Creatures was completely lifted, and the citizens began to return to their homes and resume a certain degree of normal life.

In reality, the Rift had already expanded to nearly half of Beloberg, making it almost impossible to call it normal. Living conditions were fine, but supplies were severely limited in the short period of time. Oronis's power was unusable here, so Ash had no choice but to order his men to delve into the Rift and retrieve any useful items.

In fact, the situation in Yalilo was even worse than that in Omphalos. While there was no eternal night here, there was endless snowstorms and Rift Creatures, making it impossible for ordinary people to survive outside of Beloberg. This meant that all daily necessities had to be self-sufficient within the city, and with the Rift's continuous expansion, this aspect had already reached its limit.

Fortunately, the sand soldiers were quite convenient in exploring the rift. Ash controlled an army of 6,000 sand soldiers to rush into the rift, and in less than half a day, he had moved out all kinds of valuable things.

Some were areas recently engulfed by the Rift, while others had long been eroded by it. The reappearance of abundant supplies gave the once desperate citizens some hope. Then, amidst the cold winds of huddling together for warmth, stories about the Imperial Truth began to spread throughout Beloberg.

"Rumor has it that King Ash comes from an ancient and powerful empire..."

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