Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 250 - 071. Going to Space

Chapter 250: 071. Going to Space

The arrival from Sky Ring gave Li Aozi the perfect excuse to escape, allowing him to muddle through N4. After receiving the invitation, he seized the opportunity to tell N4 he had urgent matters to attend to, effectively dismissing the party.

Li Aozi exchanged a few polite words with the Samurai from Sky Ring, accepted the ticket to the Nine Dragons Gathering, and after a brief conversation, he immediately flew out of Triangle Town. In the dunes of the Outer World, he stripped himself naked in the cold wind and sandstorm, raising his hand to press against his heart.

[Spontaneous Combustion]

Woosh————!

A blinding flame instantly engulfed Li Aozi, forcing him into a near-death state, his body charred and gradually turning to ashes.

Li Aozi watched coldly as his Implant Gear body’s life force gradually reached zero. At the same time, a series of messages slowly surfaced in his status bar:

[MZ-009 Virus - Cleared]

[Wolf Kiss Bacteria - Cleared]

[Mingji Type-7 Surveillance Cell - Cleared]

[Zell-Modified Gu Insects - Cleared]

In the thousands of degrees of high temperature, he eradicated a full 29 lurking biochemical parasites. Even with Li Aozi’s extensive experience and knowledge, he couldn’t help but shudder.

Confirming that there were no more biochemical parasites left, he activated [Blood of Eternity]. Li Aozi’s health points instantly filled to maximum. To ensure safety, he even burned his Scavenger’s fashion several times before finally feeling completely at ease.

"Keeping a distance from N4 is correct, but I do indeed have a need for her."

Changing into clothes, Li Aozi began to headache again over this issue.

N4, a machine with no concept of good or evil, could not be understood or criticized through a human worldview. She didn’t even regard herself as human, which was even more outrageous than the Professor.

At least the Professor could be inferred through human standards, but N4 was very troublesome.

She didn’t even need a name, using only a code to refer to herself, treating herself truly like a machine.

If used properly, she could benefit the entire world. If not, she would bring catastrophe to all of humanity.

Like nuclear energy—one of the cleanest energy sources, without which most people would suffer from living in polluted air, and diseases and waste gas would cause immense pain, greatly harming mental and physical health.

But simultaneously, nuclear weapons possess extremely terrifying destructive power, potentially leading to world wars.

Frankly, N4’s potential was also extremely frightening. Compared to Duke Gamos, a half-disabled Gamma Phase, N4 in version 2.5 of the past life clearly demonstrated the potential to step into the cosmos.

Moreover, N4, as a former [Biochemist] Professional Instructor, not only helped many players, but she was also a key figure who saved Azure Star from the Great Famine in version 1.8.

Thinking it over, Li Aozi decided to use the most direct and brutal method:

"Use [Charm] and extraordinary knowledge to directly captivate her, making her my tool."

Once he understood this, Li Aozi stopped hesitating.

N4 must be roped in. If she couldn’t be made into his tool, at least she had to be eliminated before Lord Entropy’s awakening.

Li Aozi couldn’t join Mingji Heavy Industries for now, or else his previously established persona would collapse.

Therefore, he planned to implement his previous idea—first go to Sky Ring to acquire the two "Heirloom Masterpiece" weapons.

Then, without delay, take along some favored players and head straight into space.

Alicxia stood by his side, affairs related to Grante and Triangle Town could be entrusted to her management.

He also planted his secret hand near Du Meibi. Currently, players harbored considerable hostility towards Madeleine’s faction due to Frost Plated’s losses on the Grante battlefield, combined with diplomatic, Mingji Humanity scandals and inflation crises. These fatal factors would inevitably ruin Madeleine’s authority.

Originally, Li Aozi planned to personally improve David Lyn’s favorability, but now, it seemed more sensible to reveal Elf Island’s location to Meibei. Players might even assist in a prison break.

With most matters arranged—Li Aozi thought to himself—heading into space now wouldn’t be too bad.

With those two "Heirloom Masterpiece" weapons and his near-Gamma Phase strength, he could easily carve out a place for himself in the first Layer Abyss of the Starry Abyss.

Returning later to address current problems, whether it was N4, the Forged Society, or Lord Entropy, would be significantly easier.

"So be it."

Li Aozi made up his mind and immediately flew back to the lab.

Soon, he would head to Sky Ring. It was necessary to bring some surprises for the players and Sky Ring Country.

After checking the quantity of [DM-101 Mutation Inducing Potion] in the Biological Pool, he found that during his ten-day absence, 2907 potions had been produced. The output was sufficient, and Li Aozi wasn’t in a hurry to increase production since improvements would be necessary in the future.

He first injected himself with a dose, the halogen-colored potion resembling bromine quickly entered his deltoid muscle. Li Aozi’s body had gradually adapted to it. His genes were induced, and the previously fragmented sequences rapidly recombined.

"This stuff has the feature of faster effectiveness with each dose—theoretically understandable as it requires more identical components to resonate."

Li Aozi suddenly had a sinister idea: why not hold off on launching the new generation potion and exhaust this batch first.

Players were well aware of the Osborne effect—announcing new products too early without early delivery would severely impact the sales of the old product.

The so-called "waiting party never loses" was exactly this principle in action.

If he announced the iteration of a new potion product too soon, it would ruin everything. Everyone would wait for the new batch to launch, and no one would buy DM-101. He couldn’t recoup the costs for this batch.

"Speaking of which, I previously live-streamed and moved a batch of Grante’s beer and grains. The dividends should be distributed to me soon. Maybe I should save up some money... and directly rent a lab at the Red Arrow Royal Medical Academy."

The Biological Pool in Li Aozi’s hands, after all, was a simplified version, adequate for making small dogs or cats. But to manufacture large Implant Gear weapons—such as Biochemical Battle Armor, Bayo Kong, or Chimera Synthetic Beast, the [Biochemist] signature weapons—it was far from sufficient.

Under Azure Star’s environment, he either had to rely on Mingji Heavy Industries or the Red Arrow Empire’s Royal Medical Academy. Only these two had the sufficient experimental environment to allow Li Aozi’s production.

As for Sky Ring... better not dabble in high-tech precision, martial arts were their specialty.

Li Aozi carried the Biological Pool and flew towards Grante. Along the way, the Frost Plated Air Force detected Li Aozi’s signal but dared not take to the air to confront him.

Seeing this, Li Aozi had a mischievous thought, deciding to do something more amusing.

He boldly intruded into the radar reconnaissance airspace, flying joyfully, deliberately letting himself be spotted by Frost Plated Air Force.

"Commander, that guy purposely flew through our airspace..."

Frost Plated’s radar operator asked nervously towards the Frost Plated Air Force General Aolan McDonald. This fifty-something stout man bit his pipe hard, helplessly grumbling:

"Launch the White Bird-11 hypersonic anti-air missile. If it catches up, great, if not—forget it."

They watched helplessly as Li Aozi flew over with the Biological Pool weighing over a dozen tons. With a symbolic gesture, they fired two missiles, just to justify the taxpayers’ money.