Chapter 564

Lacking adequate equipment and proper training, coupled with the scarcity of resources in the lower city, their combat effectiveness was simply incomparable to that of the Silvermane Guards.

If even the Silvermane Guards couldn't handle the Void creatures, then Earthfire certainly couldn't either.

In fact, during this period, the residents of the Lower City had already lost the area where the rivet array was located.

Just now, apart from Lin Yu, the members of the Stellaron Hunters even went to the Rivet Array to help the people in the lower city reclaim the supplies left there.

Bronya, feeling guilty, went to help and, along with the others, successfully found the remaining supplies there.

However, from Bronya's perspective, these supplies... could hardly be considered 'qualified'.

However, Seele, a member of the Earthfire faction who saw through her thoughts, snorted coldly and said something to Bronya that made her extremely uncomfortable.

"We've run out of things here a long time ago. We're already grateful to have anything usable. Who cares what problems these things might have?"

Yes, do they use these obviously low-quality items because they like them?

It's because they've run out of things to use. If they still want to be particular and not compromise at this point, they might as well just wait to die.

Even on the way back, Bronya overheard some miners whispering.

After hearing about the "miracle drug," she inexplicably told everyone that she had something to do and then went to find the miners to question them about it.

After sacrificing all of her Winter City Shield, Bronya managed to learn some things from the miners.

Because the environment in the lower district is getting worse and worse, the health of the people here is deteriorating.

Miners already had terrible working conditions, and this double blow caused many of them to contract various illnesses.

Now, the most famous doctor in the lower city, 'Natasha,' is approachable and cares about her patients, but the patients still miss Doctor Vah used to give them medicine for free.

After all, the medicine Doctor Vah gave might have side effects, but its effects were quite powerful—and most importantly, this powerful medicine was free.

After taking the medicine, they will have more energy to go to work immediately and earn more money to supplement their family income.

Faced with these circumstances, Bronya felt only deep sorrow.

The thought that all of this was caused by her adoptive mother, and that she had been blinded by her own actions and assisted her adoptive mother in doing these things, made Bronya feel even more guilty.

Lost in thought, Bronya still arrived at the base that Earthfire had prepared for everyone and met Lin Yu there.

Looking at Bronya, who had clearly become more 'fragile', Lin Yu, who had finished negotiating with Oleg, asked Bronya very calmly.

"So, how was your first day in the downtown area?"

"... You know the answer already."

Faced with the other party's question, Bronya casually found a chair and sat down. As if all her strength had been drained, she leaned back in the chair and painfully closed her eyes.

"They shouldn't be living this kind of life."

"Yes, they really shouldn't be living like this, but..."

"No matter how many words you say, or how much regret you feel, it's not as good as taking action now."

After saying that, Lin Yu ignored Bronya's slightly pleading look and got up to walk towards the door of the room.

"What you want to do is your business. Now, I should do what I want to do."

"Could it be...?"

After realizing that Lin Yu was a powerful figure who had dealt with all the Void creatures in the upper city and the outskirts of Belobog, Bronya suddenly spoke to Lin Yu with great anxiety.

"You're going to deal with the Void creatures in the lower city as well?"

"Yeah, it's something I can do easily, so I'll just do it."

Bronya Rand didn't suspect anything when she heard Lin Yu say those words in such a light tone.

After all, the other party's demonstrated strength was indeed enough for him to easily turn those words into reality, and yet she still questioned him at this point...

Even if her brain had been shot by a flintlock pistol, she wouldn't have such an outrageous idea.

As for the words she wanted to say, Bronya ultimately managed to hold them back.

Seeing the door close again, Bronya forcibly suppressed her anxiety and grief and began to analyze the current situation.

To be honest, based on the strength Lin Yu displayed today, she felt that her adoptive mother had very little chance of winning.

In other words, if Lin Yu wanted to use violent suppression to solve the problems caused by the ruler's irrationality on the Belobog side, he might have already solved them by now.

But he didn't move.

Bronya even sensed that while Lin Yu harbored murderous intent towards her adoptive mother Cocolia, he actually maintained a certain degree of restraint in his demeanor.

After considering the conflicting actions of this one person, Bronya could only come to one conclusion after much thought.

Lin Yu is definitely guiding her to make the right decision.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to find a way to lure himself to Cocolia, expose Cocolia's true colors, and bring himself to the lower city to see just how much harm Cocolia's actions had caused to the people.

As for why Lin Yu chose her as the local, Bronya immediately understood.

She is Cocolia Rand's adopted daughter, and according to the tradition of Belobog, she will sooner or later inherit the position of Supreme Guardian and become the leader of Belobog.

Lin Yu might help Belobog's people solve some of their problems out of good intentions, but at the same time, he is also trying to make Belobog's people the "core personnel in solving problems".

Perhaps to some, this troublesome action was somewhat unnecessary, but Bronya now understood the true meaning of these things.

Objectively speaking, the fact that the Supreme Guardian's daughter defeated and imprisoned him is certainly not something to be proud of.

After all, if Bronya can defeat Cocolia and take the lead today, others can follow suit and attack Bronya tomorrow.

But no matter what, this is still much better than the absurd situation of "an outsider killing the Supreme Guardian and installing a puppet."

Okay, even if Bronya defeats Cocolia, if anyone later finds out what she went through, they will still conclude that 'Bronya Rand is a puppet of an evil outsider', but she still thinks the second scenario is better than the first.

After all, now...

Cocolia was, after all, her adoptive mother.

Even though Bronya felt disappointed in her adoptive mother because of what she saw today, her adoptive mother had still been incredibly kind to Bronya.

Gratitude and kinship are two kinds of feelings that will not easily disappear because of some truths.

Yes, although she hasn't even started planning her attack on Cocolia yet, Bronya is already thinking about how to save her adoptive mother's life.

If Lin Yu were to personally handle these issues, Cocolia, who had already angered Lin Yu, would surely do something even more extreme.

Her actions were tantamount to telling these outsiders, "I'm going to mess with your mentality." Given a strong opponent, such a provocative act...

That's practically suicide!

She didn't want her mother to die outside because of such a reckless act.

Therefore, she had to find a way to overthrow Cocolia's rule.

Only by taking away her adoptive mother's power to commit suicide could she save her adoptive mother's life.

This sounds abstract, but in Bronya's opinion, it was probably the best approach she could come up with.

So, dear Mother, I'm sorry.

To save your life, I...

—I can only rebel against your beauty.

Xiacheng District, Rock Town

Somewhere in Rock Town, Lin Yu, who had just left Bronya's side, stopped in his tracks as a female doctor suddenly walked out of the clinic.

"What's wrong, doctor? Is there anything I can help you with?"

In response to Lin Yu's question, Natasha, the de facto leader of the Earth Fire, bowed slightly to Lin Yu and said with gratitude.

"My name is Natasha, and I'm a doctor in the Lower City."

"I am here on behalf of everyone in the Lower City to express my gratitude to you, Mr. Lin Yu."

"Oh, I see."

Looking at the woman before him, Lin Yu couldn't help but sigh...

Despite having a similar name and appearance, this Natasha was completely different from the 'Xiola' he knew.

Although both of them lost their beloved brother, Xiola later became a mercenary who took the lives of others and only wanted to live for herself.

Although in the following ten years, this woman used the salary given to her by Schicksal to adopt some children who were harmed by the Honkai, compared to Natasha, Xiola was indeed far inferior in some aspects.

After all— the Natasha before us had met adoptive parents who treated her like their own daughter.

Perhaps it is because she has a good enough living environment that she has developed such a personality that is always altruistic and lazy to be selfish.

"I thought that as a doctor, you would criticize me for going too far with that old man Scott."

"Mr. Scott..."

Recalling Scott, who was now barely clinging to life, Natasha shook her head helplessly and then spoke to Lin Yu.

"I am indeed unhappy with what you did to Mr. Scott, but that doesn't mean I will condemn you for it."

"Mr. Scott has done far too many bad things in the past. From the moment he started making those choices, he was bound to encounter this tragedy sooner or later, after all..."

"Not everyone has such a good temper."

"... He really is a reasonable person. The leader of the Earth Fire is indeed quite different."

After directly revealing Natasha's identity, Lin Yu looked at the slightly surprised Natasha, used the power of the Herrscher of Reason to conjure a pen and paper, and wrote an address on the blank paper.

"I'm very busy, so I won't continue with the small talk."

"On the other side of this address is what you've been searching for. My personal suggestion is that you bring enough people and go to this address to find out."

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"Please wait!"

Looking at the incredibly mysterious man before her, Natasha wanted to stop him and ask him a few more questions.

But when she rashly reached out to try to grab him, she realized that her outstretched hand had actually passed through Lin Yu's body.

As Lin Yu's 'body' slowly dissipated, Natasha realized that he had vanished from her sight the instant he finished speaking.

As for why the opponent has such terrifying speed...

There were many mysterious aspects to this person. After seeing things in him that she couldn't understand, Natasha was further awestruck and naturally wouldn't waste any more time on phenomena she couldn't comprehend.

As the de facto leader of the Earthfire organization, Natasha naturally learned about this person and what he was currently planning to do from Oleg Lin Yu discussing it with her deputy Oleg.

To be honest, although the other party did demonstrate considerable strength, that alone, along with Lin Yu's relatively benign attitude towards the Earthfire Organization, was not enough for Natasha to completely trust them.

Regardless of the circumstances, it is an undeniable fact that the Upper District 'abandoned' the Lower District.

Neither Natasha nor Oleg, nor any of them who came from the Upper City to the Lower City, could deny this cruel reality.

Now, an outsider jumps out with a group of companions and a Silvermane Guards, saying, "Hey everyone, I'm here to help you—no reward, no reward." It would be a miracle if they believed that immediately.

The adult world is inherently cruel, and the lower city, 'abandoned' by the upper city, is many times crueler than ordinary society.

If just anyone could jump out and say a few words, they could easily gain the trust of the leader and deputy leader of the Earthfire Organization...

Their Earthfire organization would have been wiped out long ago; how could they possibly be handling these troublesome matters in the lower city so smoothly?

But now, looking at the message left on the note, Natasha is starting to believe in the other person's abilities.

To the esteemed Dr. Natasha:

The criminal gang selling miracle drugs that you've been tracking is currently active at these addresses.

If you want to wipe them out completely and prevent your elder brother's creations from spreading further, please make thorough preparations before taking action.

Tracking down the criminal gang selling the "miracle drug"—this was something Natasha had always wanted to do, but hadn't had enough resources or time to accomplish.

This matter involves some events from a very long time ago.

Back when the Upper Town and Lower Town were not yet closed off, Natasha, who had arrived in the Lower Town first, received a letter from her brother.

In the letter, Natasha's brother, Doctor Vah, expressed his desire to visit the lower city and practice medicine there for a while.

Natasha, who admired her brother at the time, always believed that her brother's medical expertise far surpassed her own.

Upon receiving this letter, she was naturally overjoyed and prepared everything for her brother.