Chapter 18 A condition

"So, you want to take me to the upper area?"

Yao Luo sat on the steps in front of the orphanage. The cold wind blew past, ruffling his clothes.

The woman named Cocolia was sitting next to him. She gently combed the hair around her ears behind her head and looked at Yao Luo quietly, her tone firm and strong.

"Of course. Talents like you shouldn't be buried in the lower class. If I had known about your existence earlier, I would have tied you up and taken you to the upper class."

Yao Luo played with his hair and said nonchalantly, "Let's not talk about whether you have the ability or not. If we go to the upper district, what will happen to the people in the lower district?"

"You don't need to worry about this matter. The people in the lower district are not hamsters without self-reliance. The automatic soldiers and Silver Mane Iron Guards. Even if the battle line in the upper district is tight, I have not given up on the lower district." Cocolia said with confidence, as if everything was under her control.

"You can fool ordinary people in the lower areas with this, but both of us have been deep into the depths of the rift," Yao Luo's eyes fixed.

He didn't like the way she looked like she had everything under control. She looked nervous when the world was split before, as if she had seen a life-saving straw.

"The erosion of the Rift has not eased for a moment. The situation in the lower city is not as good as you think."

"I know." Kokolia stared at Yao Luo, "If you don't go to the upper district, the people in the lower district will never get the salvation they deserve."

"Then why should I go to the upper class area first? In your eyes, are the people in the upper and lower class areas different in status?"

Kokolia's tone stagnated. "Don't quibble. I've said it before. Without the upper district, the people in the lower district won't have the right resources to survive, and Beloberg will cease to exist."

"Then let me ask you." Yao Luo's expression was equally serious, "If there is no earth marrow supply from the lower area, who will provide energy for the weapons and equipment and heating facilities in the upper area?"

"I... Of course I know..." Cocolia gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, "But this will never solve the erosion of the Rift. That's why I want you to solve this matter. With the ability you have shown before..."

Yao Luo held his forehead and shook his head. "My seal can only be used for a temporary emergency. My power is not eternal. Even if I seal it now, it will be unsealed at some point in the future."

"We can't just leave it like this!" Cocolia's voice rose and she slammed her hands hard on the guardrail in front of her, leaving a handprint on it, which shows how powerful her strength was.

"I'm not ignoring it!" Yao Luo responded rudely. He hated this kind of moral kidnapping the most. It was true that he wanted to rescue Beloberg, but under the current circumstances, he would not let such an ignorant young lady make irresponsible remarks.

"Let me explain the situation to you, first," Yao Luo stretched out a finger.

"What you saw was my first attempt to seal the Rift. It's not that I didn't try before."

"Secondly, Beloberg is huge. Previously, the rift seal was only for a small town. I can't even stop the rift in all of Beloberg, let alone this planet! Then, how can you let the rift devour any place?"

"Third, the rift is the manifestation of the disaster on this planet. If we want to truly eliminate the disaster that has plagued this planet for thousands of years, the only way is..."

Yao Luo paused and saw a familiar figure in his eyes.

"Natasha?"

Cocolia also turned around following Yao Luo's gaze and saw a gray-haired woman with a tired look on her face walking quietly down the stairs, as if she had been listening there for a while.

Cocolia's eyes suddenly became sharp. In her opinion, the fact that Yao Luo could seal the Rift was a secret. If the woman in front of her knew about it, she would at least have to sign a confidentiality agreement, not to mention controlling her. "She is the owner of this orphanage." Yao Luo waved his hand and blocked the woman's eyes.

In his perception, Natasha had indeed just arrived here. In the previous conversation, Yao Luo had actually consciously used gravity to restrain the flow of sound to prevent any naughty kid from eavesdropping in the middle of the night. Judging from Natasha's reaction, this was indeed the case. Compared to Yao Luo, she noticed the person next to her first.

Natasha calmed down, took a few quick steps, came to the stairs, stretched out her hand to Kokolia, and greeted her in a friendly manner: "Hello, I am Natasha. As Yao Luo said, I do run this orphanage and have adopted several homeless children."

Cocolia first looked Natasha up and down, then slowly held Natasha's hand.

"Nice to meet you, Ms. Natasha. I have heard about your deeds here, and I approve of your behavior of adopting children. There are not many people like you in the lower class area." Kokolia spoke in a kind tone, and her tone seemed to soften a lot when she talked about children.

The two shook hands very politely and separated after a brief contact. Then, the three of them looked at each other and there was some silence in the air.

"I'll go see the children." Natasha could tell that there was still something unfinished between the two of them. She glanced at Yao Luo and left tactfully.

Yao Luo and Cocolia looked at each other. Both of them had something to say, but they both felt that the current situation was not suitable for continuing the conversation.

In Cocolia's eyes, the man in front of her is her only hope at the moment, and she must bring him to the upper area no matter what.

Yao Luo knew that the woman in front of him was determined to take him to the upper area. However, Yao Luo knew that the most important thing at the moment was to find the core of the planet. He did not know the location of the core. What if the core was buried in a corner of the lower area? Going to the upper area would only waste time.

He must race against time.

The rift he had sealed earlier slowed down the threat to Rivet Town to a certain extent.

“If we don’t do this, there is no future for this planet.”

Yao Luo pondered that if finding the star core quickly was his most important goal at the moment, then the power he had to search for it alone would be limited.

Although he couldn't guarantee whether the lower area would be invaded by rifts from other places when he left, he could only take a gamble.

He bet that no new rift erosion would appear in the lower area before he completely solved the problem of the star core.

At least, not recently.

Yao Luo felt the gravity suppression maintained in his body. He could at least sustain several more rift erosions like the one in the small town before.

Yao Luo looked directly at Cocolia, "I can promise you to go to the upper area, but I have one condition."

Facing Cocolia with a happy expression, Yao Luo looked towards the orphanage.

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