Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 362 - 010. Villager: Wasn’t this kid not so bad before?

Chapter 362: 010. Villager: Wasn’t this kid not so bad before?

Li Aozi was quite satisfied with his gains from this trip. It took him less than 40 minutes, almost 35 minutes. Given his current level, this was sure to break the world record in his previous life.

For players, using shortcuts in speedruns meant losing a lot of game experience and missing important plots, but Li Aozi had experienced enough of the complex and monotonous loop tasks in his past life; he didn’t want to waste time.

He had lots of seemingly useless but highly valuable items; as soon as he reached the narrative-level civilization territory, he could turn trash into treasure instantly, significantly boosting his wealth and guaranteeing his status.

Without fame and fortune, nothing could be resolved.

To someone like Li Aozi, who had spent a dozen versions navigating the Starry Abyss, he was very familiar with the Layer Abyss.

To solve the problems of Azure Star, Li Aozi’s first consideration wasn’t the Galaxy Civilization—most of the affiliated civilizations of the Empire of Heralds had an attitude of arrogance and laziness. If he invited them again, Li Aozi estimated that the Empire could take over Azure Star in one go.

In fact, the Obliteration Sanctum turned out to be a good helper. The temple’s religious atmosphere was strong, and the people were emotional. As long as his reputation was good, they would be happy to help. But the problem was that Azure Star was not within the temple’s influence zone; instead, it was close to the Empire.

On one hand, the two places were too far apart. Li Aozi estimated that even if he sold himself, it wouldn’t be enough to cover the travel expenses.

On the other hand, a narrative-level civilization near another narrative-level civilization, bringing military weapons—what was he planning to do? What was his purpose? Who allowed him to do this?

As for the Union Group, their prices were steeper, but they were the most reliable. The group’s people had no sense of honor or reason; they only recognized benefits and advantages.

To thoroughly solve Lord Entropy’s issue, it was necessary to bypass Galactic Civilizations and directly deal with the top-level narrative-level ones. Otherwise, the lower-level individuals would only think about blowing up the planet to solve the problem. The narrative-level civilizations had larger resources and more room for consideration and maneuver.

Moreover, issues related to the Secret Society and the Forged Society would be given more attention by the narrative-level civilizations.

However, to interact with the three narrative-level civilizations, two conditions were indispensable:

First, he needed interstellar citizenship to enter the narrative-level civilization territories.

Then, he needed money, a lot of money, and it couldn’t be ordinary civilization currency; it had to be the universal currency ’Ammonium Gold.’

Li Aozi mastered a vast number of teleportation nodes. Overall, smuggling was his quickest way to make money. It was low-cost, high-efficiency, untaxed, and he could earn as much as he did. The silver bracelet was just right, with high potential for exploitation.

Li Aozi pondered over his future trade network and casually raised his Elemental Sorcerer level to 60, boosting his Intelligence to 84 points.

According to the talent of the Tanas People, Magic Aptitude meant every 50-point increase in Intelligence allowed him to designate any type of magic as his specialized project.

Li Aozi opened the specialized project panel. Currently, the magic systems available for him to choose from were limited to three: Elemental Magic, Primordial Magic, and Universal Magic.

Elemental Magic referred to the common fireballs, ice cones, wind blades, and earth spikes, with strong offensive capabilities. However, choosing Elemental Magic specialization was meaningless for Li Aozi. Elemental magic had plenty of damage in the early stages but became too weak later, and he would eventually remove the Elemental Sorcerer occupation.

Primordial Magic consisted of older or crude magic types. They were simple to cast, and some even used casting materials to create magical reactions, replacing the consumption of his own magic power. Unlike spells, they resembled physical chemistry more.

Li Aozi was quite familiar with Primordial Magic. Once he tapped into Hyperdimensional Laws in the late stages, it allowed for summoning endless armies from various timelines, becoming a one-man army—extremely tricky.

But Li Aozi didn’t need this; most of Primordial Magic’s knowledge didn’t benefit a Meteor Fall Master.

This body was meant to be continuously groomed by Li Aozi to acquire a secondary profession, so he directly allocated the specialized project to Universal Magic.

At first glance, Universal Magic didn’t seem impressive, but its status and research direction were akin to Applied Mathematics, a fundamental theoretical discipline. It wasn’t just for magicians; artisans and all spellcasters needed to study and research it continuously.

Project: [Universal Magic]—Specialization Complete

When learning [Universal] magic knowledge, you will gain a 180% learning speed, and when casting spells of this type, it reduces mana consumption by 8%.

After assigning it, Li Aozi proceeded towards the elemental small tree. He lowered his head and dug out a piece of white wax stone from a corner, skillfully carving a line of runes on the ground.

The elemental small tree slightly trembled its leaves, and then, a ripple appeared in the space in front of Li Aozi.

Li Aozi stepped into the spatial ripple, and in the next moment, the cool moonlight shone down on him.

Lowering his head, Li Aozi saw the cave he had previously dug, with the overturned soil piling into a mountain, and it slowly collapsing.

He had returned to the entrance of the ruins.

The teleportation spell was also within the control of the elemental small tree. Li Aozi put away the white wax stone; it was an important item. Without runes carved by it, the teleportation ripple leading to the small tree couldn’t be opened.