Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 18 Mechanical Graveyard

This is the mechanical graveyard located below the mechanical settlement. Destroyed machines are piled up everywhere here, and occasionally you can see some automated machine soldiers wandering around.

"Why are there so many machines here?" Kiana asked.

"Because resources are scarce in the lower zones, many automatons, after being damaged and determining that they cannot be fully repaired, will come here to quietly wait for themselves to become completely unusable," Clara explained.

"If you're looking for repair parts, this is the best place to go. However, the expansion of the rift has been accelerating lately, and this area is gradually being eroded by it. Some of the automatons that still retain consciousness are also going berserk under its influence. That's why Jarvis asked me to bring the automatons here to find parts. But what if everyone gets injured while protecting me? Wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse? (o﹏o?)"

"Clara is such a good girl!"

Bronya patted Clara's head tenderly.

"This reminds me of Seele."

"What does this have to do with Sister Seele? (′?_?`)"

“Don’t look at me, it has nothing to do with me!” Seele said.

“She’s Seele from the world I’m in with Kiana and the Captain,” Bronya sneered.

“In my world, Seele is very gentle and understanding.”

"I'm really sorry I'm not gentle or understanding!" Seele said with a hint of resentment.

“I didn’t say you weren’t gentle. It’s just that your personalities are quite different from hers. Your personality is more like another Seele.”

"Why is there another Seele?!"

"Well, the other Seele is the consciousness born from Seele's Stigmata. To put it simply, you can think of her as another personality of Seele, except that she also gained a body due to some complicated reasons."

"So, in your world there are two Seele girls right now? And according to your description, Bronya, they should look exactly alike, even have the same name. Can you tell them apart?" March 7 asked.

"Well... I don't know about the others, but I can recognize them at a glance. After all, they are one of the most important people to me. Besides, there are quite a few differences between them. If I really wanted to talk about them, I could go on for a whole day and night."

"Let's get back to the topic we were talking about earlier. Seele was brought to the orphanage by Cocolia's mother after me. Although Seele and I didn't get along very well at first, an accident made us get along better and better. And ever since Seele fully integrated into the orphanage, she has been the one taking care of the young children there."

"Her gentle personality always helped her get along well with the children, and her kind nature made her a trusted older sister in the entire orphanage."

"So, is Seele from that world very different from the one here?"

"They are indeed quite different, but in essence, both Seele here and Seele in our world are kind people. It's just that their personalities are somewhat different due to environmental factors."

Just then, a white-haired woman appeared before the crowd, holding a sickle.

"Why are there still homeless people here? And why is she carrying a sickle?" March 7th asked.

"Watch out! That's not human!" Kiana said seriously.

"What is that?"

"That's a monster from our world, called the Death Soldier. Be careful, getting hit by her attacks will be troublesome."

“It seems the issue of the star core can no longer be delayed,” Dan Heng said.

"Leave this to Bronya and me. You take Clara away first. Remember, if you see any unfamiliar people or monsters, leave immediately and don't let them find you! If you have any problems, ask the captain."

Danheng nodded and, with Xier's help, immediately led everyone away from the area.

After everyone left, Kiana summoned her weapon and carefully approached the corpse. Just as she had guessed, that zombie was only the outermost one, and there were many more zombies behind it.

Scythe-wielding assassins, undead assassins, and spirit assassins—all the types of assassins Kiana and her friends recognize are here.

Kiana even vaguely saw quite a few quantum beings.

Fortunately, they were told to leave in advance; otherwise, with so many assassins, it would have been difficult to protect everyone without using their full strength.

Kiana summoned her weapon, nodded to Bronya, and then charged into the horde of monsters.