Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 211 - 035. Red Arrow is truly able

Chapter 211: 035. Red Arrow is truly able

Thus, he casually scaled the wall to visit the neighboring Red Arrow Empire embassy to check the latest immigration regulations.

To his surprise, the current immigration control of the Red Arrow Empire was not that strict. Even a globally wanted criminal like Li Aozi could apply for a green card.

However, getting an ID card would be troublesome. Li Aozi still had a deep affection for the Red Arrow Empire. There was a specialized Arcane Research Institute there, which he considered his alma mater in the game. It held several important pieces of knowledge that could help him enhance his use of arcane energy.

"Fortunately, the infiltration by the Pseudo-Humans has not yet started on a large scale."

Without delay, Li Aozi promptly began applying for immigration to the Red Arrow Empire. Additionally, he brought out the sample data from Bayo Kong, swaggered into the embassy, and said,

"I am the ’Mingji Catastrophe’ Li Aozi, and I have important intelligence in my hand."

The diplomatic envoy of the Red Arrow Empire’s Grante embassy quickly escorted him to the confidential room.

Receiving him was the Head of the Confidential Department of the Red Arrow Empire’s Bureau of Secret Affairs, Eugene von Meises, a veteran noble of the Red Arrow. He strode confidently with a slight air of arrogance. However, as soon as he saw Li Aozi and the intelligence he brought, he immediately displayed a gentle smile.

"I knew you would choose the Empire."

Chief Eugene said.

"Look at what you’re saying. I have always been a Red Arrow person." Li Aozi said earnestly. "The vile government of Frost Plated infringed on my human rights. My right to education as a human was severely violated. Over the long term, I was subjected to mental control by my family members, who tried to transform me into a plowing cow that bled milk while contributing wages."

Li Aozi’s words weren’t overly sentimental, but coupled with his extraordinary charm of 100.1 points, every word delivered a crushing critical hit to people from Azure Star.

"What a shameful and vile matriarchal clan." Eugene sympathetically shook Li Aozi’s hand. "I know about your ordeal, Mr. Aozi. We have always tried to contact you, hoping you would join the Empire. Crown Prince Rudolf holds you in high regard."

"I am deeply honored by such favor."

Li Aozi made some polite remarks, slightly surprised,

"Crown Prince Rudolf would actually pay attention to someone as insignificant as me."

Crown Prince Rudolf was not an ordinary person. In a previous life, after Azure Star was bombed, Rudolf, as the successor, swiftly stabilized public sentiment through iron-blooded means, leading the newly-established Empire to rapid development.

This guy was considered a benefactor to Li Aozi in his past life. When Li Aozi was stuck on the "Bishop" occupation task with no progress, Rudolf, upon learning that he had once blown up Azure Star that was parasitized by Lord Entropy, personally sent a certificate to enable Li Aozi to enter the Galaxy Civilization for further studies.

He recalled when Emperor Rudolf personally saw him off, grasping his hand, sincerely saying,

"You are the hope of the Red Arrows and the future of Azure Star. Don’t lose to those aliens."

Unfortunately, the young emperor died two years later, unable to adapt to the cosmic environment. Such talents often met an early demise; otherwise, they could lead the Red Arrow people to fast development and greatly aid future bases over several versions.

"I might be able to help Rudolf survive, but it can only be a possibility."

Eugene, seeing Li Aozi a bit lost in thought, smiled and teased,

"Hey—Don’t underestimate yourself, Mr. Li Aozi. You are now a great hero among the Outer World people, enjoying high international reputation. Don’t mind GTB’s pursuit of you. After a few investigations and certifications, you are now a well-known figure of Azure Star. Don’t belittle yourself."

Eugene was not exaggerating. After he mentioned it, Li Aozi remembered that Sky Ring had already presented several pieces of evidence of Mingji Humanity’s anti-human atrocities.

How ironic it was. The nation that committed the most war crimes was Sky Ring, yet it was also the nation exposing the facts.

The Four Nations acted solely for their own interests, which Li Aozi fully accepted. In reality, once people arrived at Starry Abyss, they would need a larger identity to unify them.

Especially for a narrative-level civilization, those who stayed on the mother star couldn’t imagine how a colossal narrative civilization, with a population of mega-billions, could consolidate.

Lineage? With millions of different civilizations, some being on the technology side, others on the magic side, the temporal dimension’s gap could make racial differences huge. Forming a single-lineage species would be too difficult. Before you could breed to five generations, the neighboring civilization had already genetically mutated into a magic lineage with reproductive isolation. Isn’t that absurd?

Nationality? You are from the satellite colony, and I am from the space station; do you believe you and I are one nationality?

Region? A narrative-level civilization spans hundreds of thousands of light-years. Using regional division grossly underestimated the universe.

Religion? That’s a bit more feasible, but the communication costs are too high. It easily leads to numerous schisms and heresies, which are often more detestable than the heretics.

Finding common ground, seeking commonality while reserving differences, is the foundation of maintaining a civilization’s establishment.

In fact, Pathway was a very perfect common point. There were only six faction Pathways in the universe. Any narrative-level civilization mastering a Pathway could declare that the entire occupation system’s people could integrate into our civilization, directly gaining geometric multiples of talent and strength.

However, precisely because everyone understood the significant meaning of Pathway, no one was willing to yield one.

Li Aozi chose the Pathway of the "Meteor Fall Master" largely because he knew no one could traverse the Meteor Fall Master Pathway further than he could. This Pathway could allow him to ascend to godhood. At that time, he could gain all the supporters of the Meteor Fall Master. Every talent who followed his Pathway would become his moving territory.

One can imagine how fierce the competition for the "Destroyer" Pathway would be— but that was a matter for later.

A few minutes later, the terminal’s beep woke Li Aozi from his reverie. He glanced at the bank interface; his account now had 150,000 Galun.

His cancelled Frost Plated citizenship came in handy for entering into the Red Arrow Empire’s resident archives.

Eugene handed him a passport with the Red Arrow national emblem, encouragingly saying,

"In the short term, I suggest you don’t return home. On one hand, it could prevent negative public opinion about you. On the other hand, His Highness hopes you can perform better."

"Perform better?" Li Aozi squinted his eyes.

This remark was quite intriguing.

What did "better" mean?

Currently, with the Red Arrow Empire’s currency, Galun, appreciating, Zhengxu and Frost Plated had both sold off a large amount of foreign exchange. In simple terms, the Red Arrow Empire was reaping the profits.

Rudolf’s intention was something Li Aozi could somewhat guess.

Utilize war and currency to plunge Frost Plated into an economic crisis, ideally forcing the collapse of Madeleine’s government.

Madeleine, although a madwoman, constantly posed a threat to the Red Arrow, not just politically.

Due to her vigorous promotion of "Frost Plated women are best suited for Frost Plated’s local products," Red Arrow Empire’s companies couldn’t break into the market. Additionally, the Third Rule’s elusive spy network frustrated the Empire, despite their efforts.

They had no idea that the Third Rule was collaborating with the Metro Brotherhood, so even if they wanted to intervene, the Red Arrow Empire’s network fell short of the Metro Brotherhood’s "Old Era High-Tech Transmission."

Li Aozi made a mental note of this and then pretended to be ignorant, starting to inquire about the reason.

"You might have sensed it, Li Aozi. During Madeleine’s term, she strongly supported the Third Rule and Fourth Rule agencies. The Empire doesn’t want to face such a situation, so it’s imperative to ensure Madeleine steps down."

Eugene said,

"If you are interested, would you be willing to help the people of Grante thoroughly annihilate the Frost Plated invaders after assassinating Duke Gamos?"

"Of course, I would defeat the Frost Plated army invading Grante."

"No, not just the Frost Plated people invading Grante." Eugene smiled. "We have sufficient evidence indicating that the Fourth Rule Governor, Lai Lier Nanhu, will personally enter the country to oversee the battle, and undoubtedly, she will bring the Fourth Rule’s ultimate weapon—’Blizzard’."

"So, if you fail to assassinate Duke Gamos, you will face two Gamma Phase powerhouses."