Starry Sky Railway: Twin Origins

Chapter 49 Infiltration

Ironclad guards in the restricted area, sentries in the restricted area.

And so, Lin Qiong and the others followed Cocolia to a heavily guarded location.

Looking around, one could see many Silvermane Iron Guards patrolling back and forth at the entrance leading to the depths of the forbidden zone, weapons in hand.

In front of it, there is an intrusion prevention strip made of barbed wire wrapped around an iron fence, separating this place from Belleburg.

Moreover, there were several large, dark cannons mounted behind this intrusion prevention zone.

With such heavy defenses, let alone a person, even a rat trying to get past here would probably get hit by a cannon.

However, Cocolia led Bronya in without any hindrance right in front of Lin Qiong and the others.

"What do we do?" March 7 asked anxiously, watching Cocolia's retreating figure. "It looks like we're about to lose Cocolia!"

"Should we break in?" Xing asked, summoning his bat and weighing it in his hand, looking rather impatient.

"You're such a battle maniac?" March Seven rolled her eyes at Xing and complained, her tone revealing a hint of helplessness.

"This is not the small-scale skirmish we had in the city last time. Do you see those cannons over there? Getting hit by one of those things is no joke."

"Then how do we get in?" Xing scratched his head, somewhat puzzled, after hearing March 7's words.

Xing's question silenced everyone, as they had not yet come up with a suitable solution.

Just as everyone fell silent, Seele's voice suddenly rang in their ears.

"It's just infiltration, right? Watch me!"

As she spoke, Seele's body suddenly flashed with blue light, as if a transparent light curtain was tightly enveloping her.

Under everyone's astonished gaze, Seele's figure gradually became transparent until she completely blended into the surrounding environment.

Upon seeing this, Lin Qiong slapped his forehead.

Oh right, how could I forget that Seele can turn invisible!

Now, all she has to do is sneak in and distract the guards, so the others can take the opportunity to slip in unnoticed.

"Huh? Seele just disappeared right in front of me. Am I seeing things?"

March 7th rubbed her eyes in disbelief, then, driven by curiosity, she tentatively reached out and touched the spot where Seele had been standing.

Just as March 7th's hand was about to touch that empty space, he suddenly felt a soft touch on his hand. He thought it felt nice and even squeezed it.

"...Hey! Don't pinch my cheek!"

A slightly angry voice suddenly came from the open space, as if a cat had been grabbed by the tail and its fur stood on end without its knowledge.

"Ah! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I was just curious if you were still there!" Realizing something was wrong, March 7 quickly pulled her hand back, bowed her head repeatedly in apology, and blushed with embarrassment.

"I just went invisible, I didn't disappear!" Seele's voice was tinged with resentment and helplessness, clearly indicating that she was somewhat dissatisfied with March 7's sudden actions.

Seeing this, Lin Qiong and Xing couldn't help but smile slightly, while Dan Heng sighed helplessly, as if he had become accustomed to such a scene.

"Ahem, I'll go in first then." Seele coughed lightly twice, trying to ease the awkwardness from before, and then walked towards the heavily guarded checkpoint.

Upon hearing Seele's words, everyone's attention turned to the tight defensive line. They were curious about what method Seele would use to attract the attention of the Silvermane Iron Guards.

Just as Lin Qiong and the others were thinking this, the invisible Seele began to act.

She looked around and finally fixed her gaze on a Silvermane Iron Guard standing alone in a corner.

Seele remained invisible as she approached the Silvermane Iron Guard from behind. Taking advantage of the moment when no one was looking in her direction, she suddenly struck the Silvermane Iron Guard hard on the back of the neck.

The Silvermane Iron Guard standing in the corner suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck. The intense pain made his eyes roll back and he lost consciousness, his body slumping forward.

Seeing this, Seele quickly reached out and grabbed the unconscious Silvermane Iron Guard to prevent him from falling to the ground and making a sound, which would attract the attention of those around him.

Then, Seele quietly dragged the unconscious Silvermane Iron Guard into a nearby tent and hid him to avoid being discovered by the patrolling guards.

After doing all this, Seele returned to the entrance and began searching for the lone Silvermane Iron Guards.

After spotting the target, they went over, knocked him unconscious, and hid him inside the tent.

Seele repeated the above steps while in stealth mode, and before long, the Silvermane Iron Guards became fewer and fewer.

Lin Qiong, who was not far away, also stared wide-eyed at the scene.

Good grief, so this is Seele's method of infiltration?

As long as I knock everyone out without anyone seeing me, no one will know I infiltrated. That's truly Seele.

After some time, as the last Silvermane Iron Guard fell, Seele broke her invisibility and her figure reappeared before everyone's eyes.

At this moment, Seele was standing in the center of the open field. At her feet were some Silvermane Iron Guards who were lying unconscious and scattered on the ground. Some others whose whereabouts were unknown had been stuffed into the tent by her.

"Is this how you infiltrated?" After the group met up with Xi'er near the entrance, Lin Qiong asked Xi'er first.

“Yes,” Seele nodded in agreement. “No one saw us come here, so that counts as infiltration, right?”

"Uh... your infiltration method is a bit... unconventional," March 7th muttered speechlessly.

"What does it matter? As long as they can get in, that's good enough." Seele shrugged, acting as if she didn't care at all, her tone light. "Besides, they've only fainted temporarily."

"I've learned my lesson; I'll do it this way next time I infiltrate."

At this moment, Xing also looked like she had learned something, as if she was savoring the actions Seele had taken when she infiltrated earlier.

At this moment, Danheng looked around, frowned, and reminded the group who were still chatting, "We've wasted too much time. Let's catch up with Cocolia first."

Upon hearing Danheng's reminder, everyone immediately composed themselves and refocused their attention on chasing Cocolia.

Afterwards, Lin Qiong and the others walked together into the depths of the restricted area.

The group walked along the passage to the end, where a large circular bridge came into view.

But then everyone discovered that the road to the other side was blocked by a wall on the edge of the circular bridge.

How do we get across this?

Seeing this, March 7th was puzzled. She didn't understand why a perfectly good bridge would be designed like this.

A cross was built in the middle of a circle, but one end of the cross was broken off.

That's not all; there's also a dilapidated wall at the edge of the connecting bridge, preventing people from crossing directly.

"I really don't know who designed this kind of bridge. If I ever come across one, I'll definitely..." March 7th said, hands on hips, somewhat angrily.

However, before March 7th could finish speaking, an unfamiliar female voice rang out behind them.

"If you were to encounter this, you absolutely had to do this or that?"