Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 179 - 005. Buying the case and returning the pearl

Chapter 179: 005. Buying the case and returning the pearl

"Six standard units of organic solvent, and I need... zinc hydroxysulfate, hmm, and which catalyst was it again?"

Li Aozi had been tinkering in the chemistry lab of Triangle Town for six hours, and finally managed to get the basic production line required for the biological pool up and running.

With an extraordinary charm of 100.1, and his reputation as a legendary figure in the Outer World, he was warmly welcomed wherever he went. The warlord of the town, Oakland Zhutt, even treated him as an honored guest.

The previously increased Legendary Degree in the Outer World had clearly taken effect. Towns controlled by warlords generally had internet and basic industrial systems, and Triangle Town was one of the better-developed ones, even having basic laws.

In his previous life, this was one of the Outer World camps where player guilds clustered. It wasn’t a bad idea to build a good relationship with Oakland.

Besides, Li Aozi had no intention of keeping the technology of Mingji to himself.

"Everyone having a nuclear bomb is the only way to world peace."

No matter if it was the threat of Lord Entropy or Philoris, given the current situation of the Four Nations, they would ultimately be destroyed by extraterrestrial mighty forces. Even if there was no threat from ancient powers, Azure Star’s current productivity could easily attract aggressive interstellar civilizations, ultimately leading to becoming a colony.

For this reason, all humanity must go to space.

To achieve this goal, Li Aozi believed there were two prerequisites:

1: Eradicate the GTB organization. The Global Development Bank, as a special international institution established by the Four Nations, had controlled most of the energy distribution over the past years. In reality, this not only helped the Four Nations monopolize resources but also severely hindered the trend of unification between the people of the Four Nations and the Outer World.

2: Create a unified global authority. In the cosmic scale, the outdated concept of a nation was not suited to be involved in warfare. Only a unified authority could.

The universe was too vast, with too many species. The mechanism of a nation, which served the ruling class with a machine of violence, could not operate at the scale of interstellar war.

Nationalism? Capital? These things had too weak an appeal to the billions of residents of interstellar civilizations. War could only be instigated by something of a higher attraction.

For instance... a pathway.

Li Aozi pondered.

"Perhaps I shouldn’t just focus on the Pathway of the Meteor Fall Master. Considering my current growth speed, maybe I can aim for the entire Pathway of the Sovereign."

The longing for immortality never ceased, and among the six paths of individual extraordinary ascendance—Destroyer, Sovereign, Fine Artistry, Mysterious, Redemption, Raiding—were not just pleasant to talk about.

Apart from the fact that Mysterious and Raiding had their Chief Gods, the Chief Gods of the other four paths had never appeared, no matter how many God Embracers emerged.

The first layer of the Starry Abyss—’Layer Abyss’—had relatively minor negative effects. However, once descending to the second and third layers of the Starry Abyss, even the influence of a Narrative-Level Civilization would collapse, while the only thing capable of uniting people would be the same pathway companions.

In the future, if Azure Star could have at least one million Sovereign players, Li Aozi estimated that at least 5,000 could walk the Pathway of the Meteor Fall Master to the end. By then, when he led these fearless pathway companions down the Starry Abyss, they would not miss so many opportunities, and perhaps could even directly master the discourse power of one layer of the Starry Abyss.

But all of this hinged on whether or not he could get into space, where his primary stage lay.

As most materials could only be obtained in the universe—such as argon crystals, elemental crystals, and moon spring water, which were unrelated to technological civilizations, let alone Azure Star, and many civilizations didn’t produce them—Li Aozi had to compromise, removing the requirements for ’space compression’ and ’high-energy magnetic fields.’

Li Aozi held the "Pioneer-Level Biochemical Material Science." He could manually craft materials far surpassing current technology. Triangle Town had no shortage of minerals, and driven by his determination, combined with scientists sent by the warlord wanting to learn, they helped him set up an automated production line.

The shape of the biological pool was basically set. Though it was called a pool, it was more like a ten-meter-diameter super-sized swimming pool, with most of the reagents and solutions needing to be prepared in advance and laid out when in use.

Li Aozi had long forgotten how to shrink this thing or how to increase its power, but armed with Arcane Energy, principles didn’t matter. He would just build big; after all, he could control gravity and adjust the weight of objects. Even a ship could be lifted within a gravitational field.

It would take another twenty-seven hours to complete the task. Li Aozi took the opportunity to open the Mall. The limited-time items had already refreshed once, and the little monster Misha clambered around, introducing the latest items to him.

"Black Moon Key, Crimson Weaver, Miracle Dust, Entry-Level Void Force...Seems like Glina Swirl is a high-level spellcaster of the mysterious side."

Glina had listed many void-related knowledge and items, which did not surprise Li Aozi.

The mysterious and technological sides had different understandings of the void. The former described the void as ’filled with ancient demon gods and narrative nihilism,’ while the latter always tried to understand and contact void creatures, attempting to use extraordinary knowledge of the void to alter the material plane.

But to Li Aozi of the Sovereign path, void knowledge was like chicken ribs—useless if bought.

The quality of the items was good, but since the current batch consisted mostly of high-level materials, the prices were indeed fair; he was just too low-level to use them.

Even though there was the Void Mayfly Eye, which could be used to craft magic wands, he had no tools for processing it currently.

"All good stuff, but unfortunately too good for me to afford."

The high standards of the High Dragon Race showed; these items were meant to be used after reaching level 300. What a pity.

If there were lower-level fantasy biological materials, they could provide him with timely assistance to complete the biological pool.

The Mall basically didn’t sell raw materials or consumables that could be mass-produced, which made Li Aozi a bit frustrated.

Just as Li Aozi was about to close the Mall, suddenly, the little monster Misha tugged at the product page and flipped to the next one. It flapped its feathered wing cases lightly, landing on a strange egg-like item, and gently tapped it.

"Awmu awumya? (Translation: This is a good item; don’t you want to take a look?)"

Looking at the truly adorable little monster, Li Aozi glanced over:

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[Name]: Unknown Egg

[Category]: Biological/Collectibles

[Introduction]:

"Prevent biological invasion, starting from yourself."

A mysterious biological egg picked up from who knows where. It might hatch into a cat, or perhaps a giant dragon?

[Effect]: You can choose to smash it and fry it, or hatch it.

[Price]: 128 Point Tickets

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"Hmm, it looks very suspicious, but at least it’s not too expensive..."

He didn’t doubt that this thing could hatch. A high-level spellcaster like Glina Swirl wouldn’t bother selling fakes.

Moreover, today’s limited-time items were evidently void-themed, so this egg was likely a void creature—which meant it wouldn’t be weak.

As for biological invasion, void creatures lose their reproductive ability once they leave the void, so there’s no need to worry.

Li Aozi lacked interest in keeping pets; just as he was about to close the product page, the little monster Misha looked down sadly, its fluffy white fur drooping, looking utterly dejected.

"Wuu, meow meow. (Translation: I didn’t sell anything today. I feel so unsuccessful, like it’s all over...)"

Li Aozi glanced at the little monster:

"You think acting cute will work?"

The little monster’s long tail was listlessly dragging on the ground, and its dark red eyes seemed misty. It lifted its little paw to wipe the corner of its eye stubbornly and turned its head away.

"—It does work."

Li Aozi felt a pang of softness in his heart, deciding to buy one to see.

[Purchase Completed]

The next moment, the Mall interface suddenly withdrew from in front of him, a rift tore open in the air, and Misha’s little head immediately poked out. Though only the size of a fist, it was carrying a half-human-sized package on its head. Li Aozi took the package and casually pulled out a string of dried lizards from his pocket, feeding it to the little monster Misha.

Misha’s barbed tongue rolled up the dried lizard and swallowed it immediately, winking adorably at Li Aozi with one eye before retracting its head and sealing up the rift.

"This little guy is indeed adorable, so human-like."

Li Aozi unwrapped the package, ignored Glina’s handwritten dragon language ad, and took out the strange blue-purple biological egg along with the accompanying incubator—seeing the latter, Li Aozi suddenly had an idea.

"Although I might not use the egg, this incubator is quite important to me."