Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 274 - 094. Salary Recovery Plan

Chapter 274: 094. Salary Recovery Plan

The players looked at each other and began using various childish pranks to attract Li Aozi’s attention, but as expected, not a single one succeeded in diverting his gaze.

What was even more infuriating was that Li Aozi made instant noodles right in front of them, adding two sausages, a poached egg, and some vegetables, and he finished the entire hot soup without leaving a drop.

Dammit, they were directly kidnapped here without a chance to bring food. "Starry Abyss" has a satiety and hydration system; while you can turn off the pain perception in the game, taste, smell, and hunger can’t be turned off.

What to do now, they couldn’t just set fire to this guy’s lab, could they?

So irritated, and even more so because, although they felt really upset, they (couldn’t) find any (reason) to act upon it.

While the players were getting visibly annoyed, Li Aozi finally put down his chopsticks and said in a deep voice:

"Regarding the origin of you particular species, I actually don’t mind. You can be killed and resurrected, live in another’s identity, and quickly learn and advance—having these traits is not uncommon in the universe, and I won’t discriminate against you for that."

The players were baffled and couldn’t understand what Li Aozi meant by his words.

"Rather than discrimination, it would be more accurate to say that in some sense, we are the same."

Seeing the confusion in the players’ eyes, Li Aozi slowly stood up and, with a composed expression, revealed the words he had long prepared:

"To tell you the truth, everyone, I am not an Azure Star person either."

What?

The players were stunned.

Then, they heard an even more shocking revelation from Li Aozi:

"My true identity is a special envoy from the thirteenth narrative of the Empire of Heralds—the civilization of Galaxy—the Fenesis Federation, codenamed ’Echoer.’"

"These secrets are too heavy for the Azure Star people. I can’t tell them, but now, I need someone to help me act together; otherwise, we can’t stop the destruction of Azure Star."

At this point, Li Aozi finally had the chance to lay everything out:

"The GTB organization of Azure Star is not just a product of the four nations dividing the world and balancing energy distribution. Its predecessor was an organization called ’Cresta,’ a third-contact organization specifically for receiving knowledge from extraterrestrial civilizations and translating it into something the Azure Star people could understand, gradually passing it on to the world."

"Old superpowers like the Yamiriko Federation, Frosted Kingdom, Sky Ring Country, and Zhengxu Democratic Alliance had close ties with Cresta. The rise of the Red Arrow Empire actually came from Sir Proto Von Eto excavating the inheritance of the armorer and healer professions from the remnants of Cresta."

"However, with the emergence of the Ersha crisis, Azure Star’s external contact routes were cut off. Energy would eventually be exhausted, and knowledge would decay and be buried along with civilization."

With the effect of [Charm], Li Aozi’s speech was like a beacon in the night, immediately capturing everyone’s attention.

"You were not born to be trapped on this land. At least once, when you shouted to the starry sky, you could receive an echo."

Human conflicts, territorial battles among the four nations, the tragedies of the small countries, the despair of the outer land people—all were overshadowed by the Ersha crisis.

Have you ever heard the echo above the blue sky?

In the vast universe, there may be voices of goodwill or malice, but someone would always say, "Yes, you are not alone."

Seeing everyone’s emotions stirred, Li Aozi struck while the iron was hot and directly used his current NPC template authority to publish a task:

[Main Quest Triggered—"Unknown Space Realm"]

[Type]: Breakthrough

[Time Limit]: Until destruction

[Mission Difficulty]: Apocalypse

(Annotation: Apocalypse—under this difficulty, the direction of the mission will greatly change the weather and climate of your planet. You will face a harder test than an A-level mission and must unite all forces to overcome it, just like battling natural disasters.)

[Introduction]:

"A mother star should not be our cage!"

Considering that you are not local Azure Star people, ’Echoer’ Li Aozi has candidly shared his feelings: he is not an Azure Star person but a friendly alien with deep emotions for Azure Star. Even so, he wishes to save this second home filled with indelible memories.

You are newcomers who understand nothing, like fledgling eagles that have just broken out of their shells. However, even fledgling eagles will one day spread their wings and leave the nest.

Now, it is time to reclaim our home, our sky, and our universe!

May you have the courage and faith that never fade.

[Settlement Conditions]:

A. "Brave Legion"—Li Aozi needs a strong [Mutant] army to assist him in achieving his goal. Change your profession and complete the training to raise your level.

Reward: Main profession—[Mutant], 50,000 experience points;

B. "For Tomorrow"—There is a hydrogen bomb buried underground by the Houjo Group, an important tool for cosmic travel. Recon the situation there.

Reward: ’Li Aozi’ favorability +100, you can spend 35,000 experience points to rent Omega-level Arcane Energy [Gravity]

C. "Endless Starry Abyss"—There are still many mysteries in the universe. Don’t you want to see them together? Participate in the selection competition in Triangle Town, and the winner will go to space with Li Aozi!

Reward: ’Li Aozi’ favorability +100, you can spend 5,000 experience points to learn the [Mutant] profession knowledge "Arcane Refinement Theory" from ’Li Aozi’

[Special Note]: An Apocalypse-level mission will be considered abandoned if you leave the mission planet area.

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Change profession!

Fifty thousand experience!

Accumulate 200 favorability points!

And profession knowledge!

The players, who had just joined and had been grinding all along, were stunned by such generous rewards, their minds somewhat overloaded and shut down.

But the next moment, someone immediately noticed the conspicuous Apocalypse mission difficulty.

"This difficulty is supposed to be higher than an A-level task—has anyone done an A-level task?" King Yan scratched his head and asked the people around him.

"I’ve done a C-level task," the president of the Fishmen Guild said, licking his ice cream.

"Great, tell us the details."

"Start a group, venture into the instance, white light, group wipe," the latter said, closing his eyes, "I dare not look at anything."

The overly simple and straightforward description made everyone look at each other.

"This is the main quest; we can’t just not take it," someone thought.

"Could it be that Li Aozi is an NPC of the Frost Plated District..."

"This has to be a hidden main line, you idiot."

"We can’t even handle C-level, so let’s just forget about this one. Disperse and we’ll think about it later."

Li Aozi, seeing that the players still had reservations, which he had also expected, said, "Don’t be in a hurry to leave."

He opened the biological pool, revealing a dazzling array of potions:

"I have some things here that might be useful to you."