Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 322 - 129. Final Mobilization

Chapter 322: 129. Final Mobilization

The atmosphere at the temporary stronghold gradually became solemn. Players dug trenches, built defensive fortifications, bought weapons and ammunition from NPCs like Du Zexin and those at Triangle Town, or rented Arcane Energy from Li Aozi, and some even bought Genetic Weapons from N4.

Since they were about to head into space anyway, and aliens didn’t recognize their worthless paper currency, Li Aozi had already issued the "Farewell Battle" Quest. Next, they would face the formidable Sky Ring Soldiers until the transformation of the Biological Pool was complete.

Given this, the players stopped holding back, spending all their Experience and Azure Star Currency on luxuries they wouldn’t have dared to think about on regular days.

High-potassium protein injection, restoring ninety percent of Health Points in one go—buy!

Beta Acid Bombs, effective against infantry units—buy!

High-explosive, armor-piercing tungsten core rounds, known as the Derby Launcher’s Gold Coin Bullets—buy!

The Lord of Oakland immediately perked up. A lot of the items were produced in his workshops, outsourced from Du Zexin’s blueprints, and in just two hours, players had generated 2 million Derby in revenue for him.

"These Descenders are practically doing charity."

The Lord of Oakland watched truckloads of various weapons and explosives being ferried back and forth, players snatching up the expensive equipment without blinking, and couldn’t help but comment:

"If only there were more Descenders like these."

The players, thanks to the various characters Li Aozi had previously issued, indeed had quite a bit of money on hand.

They handed it over to Du Zexin, who in turn simply gave it to Li Aozi, saying, "I’m a robot now; money means nothing to me."

Li Aozi, naturally, did not hesitate to take the money and issue various tasks to the players. He emphasized:

"These tasks can be shared with people you know. Right now, we need manpower—the more, the better, the more, the better!"

Of course, just saying this wasn’t enough. Li Aozi discovered that his NPC Template had a feature: his tasks could be shared on the Game Forum.

Though Li Aozi himself was banned from speaking, players could share the link, allowing more people to join in Li Aozi’s tasks, contribute to the construction, and earn rewards.

Unfortunately, the event Li Aozi held previously to select crew members for space managed to attract basically core members of various organizations, all influential figures. Once they shared the task link, it quickly spread across major guilds, teams, and forums.

"Huh? This is a task issued by Li Aozi!"

"It’s a branch of the Main Quest with a storyline to watch. I’m going to do it."

"Damn, the guy sharing the task is my coworker."

Their actions successfully attracted Azure Star’s players to come over to his location to dig trenches, build bunkers, and set up mines.

To speed up the work, players spent money again, buying tools from Du Zexin.

Du Zexin continued to transfer the money to Li Aozi.

Li Aozi then used the money to attract more players, rewarding them for their participation.

After receiving the money, players went to Triangle Town to buy military equipment.

Having received the money, the Lord of Oakland realized that Li Aozi had brought him considerable income and decided it was time to repay the favor by giving a part of the money earned from the players back to li Aozi as a token of thanks.

So Li Aozi continued to take the money, reward players, and after spending it, the players returned to consume more, and after their consumption, the Lord of Oakland gave part of it back to Li Aozi again...

Through this cycle, Li Aozi’s wallet ended up fuller than before, the players amassed a vast amount of supplies, and their Proficiency in bartering and transaction Skills skyrocketed, while Du Zexin effectively disposed of the junk parts he had on hand.

Everyone felt they had made a gain.

The enormous Mobile Armor had now transformed, topped with a massive Biological Pool, altogether resembling a mushroom. Du Zexin assembled a considerable number of engineering robots to assist in modifying and assembling, transforming a killing machine into a booster rocket.

They planned to send the Biological Pool high into the sky, first detonating a hydrogen bomb to clear the way, and then Du Zexin would detonate the reactor when they reached the upper atmosphere, dispersing the concentrated Ersha.

The plan seemed straightforward and crude, but it actually required precise calculations and demanded a lot from Li Aozi personally.

To protect the biological pool and Li Aozi’s safety, ensuring they wouldn’t drift into space, Du Zexin added another set of rocket thrusters to the biological pool so they could quickly escape the destructive radius after the hydrogen bomb explosion.

However, because more factors were considered, the modification took longer, and something had to be done beforehand.

Li Aozi glanced at the surveillance drone dispatched by Du Zexin. Sky Ring soldiers were quickly crossing a series of broken mountains.

This approach wouldn’t work.

Li Aozi stood up, looked around, and through the shares of many players, out of the 5000 players in the beta test, 3000 had already been mobilized here.

In terms of numbers, they were not at a significant disadvantage, but the quality of the troops was not up to par.

Thinking this, Li Aozi made another call.

"Hello?"

"Aozi?"

Alicxia exclaimed joyfully,

"It’s been so long since I’ve heard your voice. Have you missed me?"

"Elise, although I’d love to catch up, now is not the time," Li Aozi said. "The Sky Ring people have dispatched a large force of samurai to kill me, and I need your strength."

Alicxia, no longer casual, immediately responded seriously,

"Is that so... I understand. I’ll contact President Xi Silong right away, and we will meet soon."

"See you in a bit."

Li Aozi hung up the phone and glanced at his contacts—Zhengxu probably wouldn’t help, Red Arrow Empire might be too busy cleaning up the mess he left, and with Qiong’anjing partly demolished, the Sky Ring people would definitely use his nationality against him.

Looking through his list, Li Aozi scrolled past several names, leaving only a few.

However, it seemed they wouldn’t be of much use.

"...Forget it, there’s one person who can contribute."

Desperate for help, Li Aozi decided to make the call:

"Nimotin, are you there?"

On the other end, Nimotin, enjoying her vacation in casual clothes, was startled at the sight of Li Aozi’s handsome face, as if she had seen King Yan himself.

"Cough cough, Li, Lord Li Aozi..."

Nimotin trembled with fear, her face a picture of misery as she spoke,

"What have I done to offend you? Please let me be, I’m just a Beta Rank."

"Ho, you’ve actually advanced to Beta Rank, that’s quite useful."

Li Aozi glanced at the tall woman’s surroundings:

"Oh? Qiong’anjing Holiday Hotel, here on Sky Ring on a mission, are we! Then come help out."

"I—I’m really here on vacation..."

"Be at this location in three hours, and if you’re late, you’re on your own."