Ending with a thrilling battle, the "plague" event in the south of the alliance reaped a fairly good ending. The price paid by the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info is worth it, at least in the eyes of most people.

Follow-up work such as counting the damage and helping to rebuild the village was taken over by an investigation team from Sianseong. So Yuffie and Lynn rested for the night in the nearby woods, recovering physically and mentally from their trauma, and set out on their way to the royal city with the stars.

For the first part of the journey, Lynn and Yuffie still fly on Grace, and the stars float ahead to lead the way. The Doll Girl moves faster than Noka's "solo wings" and appears effortless. Yuffie was curious about what kind of energy the puppet girl relied on for her activities, but unfortunately Mantianxing herself didn't know very well.

It can be seen that the stars can eat normally, but they do not have to ensure the daily intake of food or other external energy sources. She can only think that the technology that made the doll girl is much more advanced than she knew, and hopes to get a full explanation from "Lady Rajin".

Four days later, they arrived at Qingju City, from where they boarded the "Rune Train" that they had heard of on the way to the royal capital of Xiyang.

The "train" is sky blue as a whole, with three cars connected together, with a smooth and streamlined surface, and the ends of the train are shaped into ellipsoids protruding forward at the bottom, giving it a bizarre beauty. Each carriage is about fifteen meters long, enough to seat forty human-sized yokai comfortably. The carriage was placed between two hardwood strips about 30 centimeters high and 20 centimeters wide, without any wheels underneath.

Yuffie gently stroked the carriage, and she could feel that the bottom of the train was slowly flowing with pure magic, presumably due to the "rune circuit" placed under the car body and not yet activated.

"The rune craftsmen of the Gernor people say that when they solve the heat dissipation problem of the circuit, they will be able to more than double its operating speed. The look you see was also designed for that time. Mantianxing walked up to Yuffie's side, not very optimistic about the other party in his words, "Of course, as far as I can see, this kind of core level improvement is not unless they can find Alphonse himself, or ask their mother to help...... Otherwise, it's normal to spend decades. ”

Despite this, the completion of this "rune device" is still beyond Yufie's original imagination. She had only seen the exploding 'plane' a few days ago, and Noka's character - brave at best, and lifeless at worst - and naturally had little expectation of their product.

She had thought that the "Rune Train" was also an experiment with all kinds of flaws and glitches. However, the "train" she was on was not only fast, but there were almost no bumps in it. A large number of rune loops are lined up under the car, causing the entire carriage to float steadily in the air, and then resonating with the loops in the wooden tracks on both sides, propelling the train to slide quickly through the air.

No wonder the Gernovians dared to make such a declaration. This 'low-flying' approach has many advantages over conventional axle vehicles. Yuffie looked at the starry sky with some regret in her eyes - if Noka was still 'alive', maybe she would be able to ask more details about rune technology from Gernor's mouth.

"At present, the main problem of trains is the cost...... Or rather, yield. The stars spread their hands, a little helpless, "The people of Gereno have been reluctant to announce the production method of the rune circuit, saying that it is the rule set by their 'ancestor master'. As a result, it took more than ten years to complete the construction of only three "rune tracks", and many youkai have never even heard of it, let alone ride. ”

"I can understand what they're thinking...... "Lynn took a sip of the drink served on the train, defending the Geernos, "the monsters may not be interested in it...... But if a wizard wants to do something bad with such a thing, the consequences are much more terrible than if he becomes a bad wizard himself. ”

"There are two sides to any invention." Yuffie nodded in agreement, "But Lynn, don't you want to know how such a train was made?" ”

"Of course." The blonde girl replied without thinking, "But I prefer to study biology." Besides, it's a big deal to go back and ask Alphonse. ”

"Wait until you go back." "Remember to ask Alphonse to make one more rule forbidding dangerous operations and experiments in the city's workshops - those Gernor rune workshops have exploded many times. She shrugged, "Not to mention that there is one more in Xiyang City now." ”

That was the agreement between Noka and the stars. Now Noka is 'dead', but it's clear that the stars haven't forgotten her promise.

Over the course of a few days, Yuffie gradually felt that the girl who called herself a 'puppet' was a trustworthy person, although her personality was a little indifferent. In terms of feelings alone, she was much richer than the original, and even the 'improved' Alphonse she had seen. Moreover, this puppet girl seems to have an extraordinary respect and attachment to her mother, who is called 'Luo Zhen'.

So, she carefully relayed some of her and Lynn's origins to the other party, wanting to get the other party's advice. There was no surprise in her narration, and perhaps to her point of view, such an experience was far from bizarre - compared to the means of creating artificial souls, traveling through time and space was probably only a matter of intervening.

"It's a topic worth studying." The puppet girl said calmly, "If there is a corresponding entity in 'time', and it can be accessed by some means, maybe change the past, it is not something that cannot be done at all. ”

"Change the past......," Lynn looked down at her hands, "If the past is changed, what will happen to the 'present'?" ”

"Needs to be analyzed...... Or you can only find out after actually trying it. The stars replied, "Is there anything you'd like to change?" ”

Yuffie shook her head. There are indeed regrets in her own 'past', but she knows that even if she starts all over again, everything may not be better. Beside her, Lynn also gave a negative answer.

"That's a good idea for you." The puppet girl smiled and said unsurprisingly, "However, mother, she may have a history of hoping to do it all over again." ”

Yuffie didn't know the puppet girl's 'mother', nor did she know the other's past, but the starry exclamation made her think of another person, the "Ahsan" of Lily of the Valley Village, who obviously had some story.

If this question were to be posed to him, what would the "former Elna" answer?

……

About ten days later, the train crossed most of the Coalition and finally reached their destination. They stepped out of the station not far from the city, along the neat and spacious gravel pavement, to their destination.

"Welcome to Xiyang City."

Standing at the foot of the huge granite city wall, which is 30 meters high, and letting the sunset cast the shadow of the city wall, the stars spread out their hands to the two of them, with a warm smile on their faces.

"This is the capital of the Alliance." Lin raised her head and looked up at the grand city wall that looked like a mountain wall, barely visible on the edge, and then looked at the endless flow of people coming and going at the city gate, "It's a whole circle bigger than Glow City...... I always thought that there were very few yokai. ”

Yuffie also looked in the direction of the city gate. There were several long lines of youkai waiting to enter the city, some on foot, others in horse-drawn carriages, and others pulling huge flatbed wagons themselves—it seems that Noka thinks that the demons are usually stronger, and there is some truth to it. The ranks also included a small number of Gurnos...... Or simply a shorter youkai.

She hadn't seen the Inils, and she didn't know if they existed in the city. However, judging from the slightly curious and non-malicious eyes of those who looked at them, these youkai who lived in big cities did not have much rejection of "humans".

The guards briefly questioned every citizen entering the city, checked their goods a little, and then decided whether to let them go, and everything seemed tense and orderly.