Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 406 - 49. The Secrets of Arcane Energy (Part 1)

Chapter 406: 49. The Secrets of Arcane Energy (Part 1)

Although Flana wasn’t very smart, her business skills were up to standard. She marked several common pirate activity zones and manually steered the spaceship to easily avoid them, saving a lot of unnecessary combat.

A few hours after departure, the special plane reached the target planet—Kalanze’s ascending orbit.

"I’ll handle the docking with the space station. You should get your things ready for disembarking."

Flana reminded:

"Remember to bring the signal emitter. Always be on alert. If something feels off, I’ll directly drop into the atmosphere from an outer orbit. It’ll save some time."

"Much appreciated."

Although he could directly plunge to the ground, Li Aozi still preferred not to cause too much commotion. He chose to wait patiently for Flana to dock and enter the space station for registration, then take the space elevator down.

Kalanze was a typical agricultural planet with no particularly grand buildings. The most common establishments along the roadside were restaurants and food processing plants. At first glance, it seemed no different from Azure Star’s Grante, and indeed, there wasn’t much difference.

But just like the Valkyrie Fortress, a place of hidden talents, Kalanze also had unique existences.

Li Aozi found the contact arranged by Olavir. After they confirmed each other’s information, they got into a car. On the way, they briefly discussed the target.

"Here’s all the information on Liue."

The contact handed Li Aozi a communicator that transmitted a file and explained:

"Ald Medcag Liue, a Level-4 Researcher of the ’Life Commune,’ hails from the Amethyst Star Alliance of the Empire of Heralds. He has never descended to the Starry Abyss, so his strength wouldn’t surpass Kappa Rank. Considering his pure scholar identity, he is specifically presumed to be at Delta Rank or Zeta Rank."

Li Aozi glanced at the file contents. It was not much different from what he had known in his previous life, except for an additional note:

"After the Life Commune disbanded, the president, Lester Yvon, arranged a bodyguard specifically for Liue. Strangely, even Level-5 researchers didn’t receive such treatment."

Li Aozi looked at the contact: "Do you know any details about this bodyguard?"

"That remains unclear. Currently, Liue lives in a hydroponic farm he runs. According to his neighbors and the local elementary school teacher, Liue seems to be continuing his research, which makes the local residents uneasy."

Li Aozi couldn’t help but laugh at the contact’s comment:

"Uneasy?"

"After all, the Life Commune was a commune-style research organization studying the connection between life, Arcane Energy, and information entropy. For the sake of research, they often didn’t care too much about moral constraints..."

"That’s purely overthinking. I can responsibly tell you that the Life Commune never did anything that wronged the Starry Abyss."

Li Aozi said with firm conviction:

"Those were the top elites of the entire cosmos back then: Tumensovsky, Angelie Aslo, Su Jieming, Zhu Youzhen, Hobstra... Although some of them were scholarly factions, they were at least at the pinnacle of civilization and morality, far from committing such acts."

"Alright, even if you’re right, the locals probably won’t believe it."

The contact shrugged:

"But Mr. Leoz, you have to understand one thing: any conspiracy theory’s birth and spread are definitely because there’s a prototype and material as soil."

"Is that so? But I’ve heard a saying, ’a base person’s heart reflects the gentleman’s belly.’ When someone wants to defame others, they usually ascribe their own actions to others."

As Li Aozi spoke, his system suddenly received a new message, which he opened: it was from ’Glina Swirl,’ the high-level Dragon Race member who had once tricked him.

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To my dear buyer:

Dear, it’s been so long since you last visited.

—I mean the shop.

You wouldn’t misinterpret that, right? Even if you did, it’s okay, I don’t mind.

Recently, I’ve put up a new batch of treasures. I guarantee you’ll like them.

Speaking of which, I know you can’t wait to do that thing to me...

Yes!

Exactly! Shower me with a glorious ocean of gold coins!

Naughty child. In that case, you’re always welcome to this year’s Tracy Exhibition Hall.

If your consumption reaches a certain standard, you’ll get an entry ticket to this year’s Tracy Exhibition Hall.

Unlike before, this year, I will appear in person.

Click the link below to join my "Only Fans" and stand a chance to get a handshake ticket.

ZGM.0238/1/13

—Attachment: Friend Card ’Glina Swirl’

(Click here to link to the corporate account: ’Mikhail’s Nest’)

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"Tsk, vulgar, always playing on the edge, truly disgraceful."

Li Aozi harshly criticized and then opened the mall, scanning through:

"They’ve actually taken down the photo books. Damn it, should have bought them last time."

Damn capitalists!

However, Glina, as a high-level Dragon Race member, did offer solid goods. The quality was high, and so were the prices, but at least it wasn’t like the neighboring ’Hunter’ Yodonna, whose prices were severely inflated; Li Aozi didn’t even bother to look.

As for Mr. Olavir’s boutique liquor, it was indeed top-notch.

For instance, a bottle of premium old wine named ’Snow Brew,’ priced at a daunting 25,000 Point Tickets, but its effect was also considerable, providing 300 seconds of ’immunity to any cold property’ effect.

Complete immunity to any cold property.

Olavir’s creations were all high-end items, and apart from those willing to spend lavishly, the average person couldn’t afford such pricey life-saving charms.

Li Aozi kept enough budget. After solving the matter at hand, he truly needed some liquor to help him advance the task.

In addition, he checked one of the general effects of ’Genetic Editing Engineering’: ’I Control My Fate’—immediately gain a racial talent, and each time you change race, the number of awakened talents +1.

Previously integrated Implant Gear couldn’t count as changing race because both bodies were his own. Up until this time, he had completely changed his race, directly awakening two racial talents.

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[Racial Talent: Hyper Sensory Perception]—The Elyei Spirit Race is the oldest and most remote Spirit Race branch. Compared to other branches, the Elyei Spirit Race still maintains the old tribal system, which relates to their thinking patterns.

The Elyei Spirit Race has an extraordinary super intuition, allowing them to be more sensitive to impending disasters and doomsday. At the same time, when ambushed by enemies, their reaction speed increases a hundredfold instantly. At that moment, the whole world seems to solidify.

The Elyei Spirit Race can easily highly focus their minds. They are eager for knowledge, and when encountering puzzle problems, they can go directly with ’intuition’ for testing without gathering information, and with high [intelligence], there is a high probability of finding the correct information.

Talent Effect: You gain a four-slot Focus bar. Each time you encounter an ambush, you can consume one Focus bar to forcefully dodge. (Ineffective against ’Guaranteed Hit’ types of spells.)

Or consume one Focus bar for an [intelligence] check on a puzzle.

[Racial Talent: Psychic Awakening]—Physiological structure and historical factors jointly build a Spirit Race with rich emotions and perceptive cognition. They are naturally a race with strong soul power.

In modern science and magic, spiritual power and psychic energy are often mixed. The magic side insists that spiritual power originates from the pineal gland of the brain, and modern science believes that psychic energy is a manifestation of intelligent creatures’ independent consciousness, a secondary effect brought by civilization progress.

No matter the final result, there is one consensus: Spirit Race members can privately transmit information. You can communicate directly with others using spiritual power without speaking, and by consuming Mana Points, you can send extremely confidential psychic signals to distant targets.

This talent allows you to use psychic weapons.

Talent Effect: You can use spiritual power to cause some effects in the real world.

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Both talents were nice and very practical, giving Li Aozi more confidence.

"We’re here."

As soon as the contact person finished speaking, the vehicle came to a steady halt. Li Aozi nodded, got out of the car. As soon as his feet stepped on the soft black soil, the dewdrops wet his trouser legs, and the clear sunlight bathed him in a golden glow without being dazzling.

[Your Extraordinary Charm has attracted the planet’s attention.]

[You have gained the affection of this planet]

[You have received a boon: Life Blessing—on the Kalanze Star, you recover 0.4% of your maximum Health Points per second.]

"I wish you a safe journey, Mr. Leoz." The contact shouted to him, "Walk straight ahead, through the sunflower field. It’s at the end."

Li Aozi raised his hand and checked his signal emitter: Everything was normal, and Flana also showed as online.

With everything ready, Li Aozi set off, his boots stepping on the soil. The sunflowers gently swayed, warmly brushing against his shoulders as the milder breeze brought birdsong to his ears. The fragrance of the soil greeted him, and everywhere he looked was pastoral scenery.

He walked through the sea of sunflowers and saw a capsule-shaped farmhouse. An old man wearing a straw hat sat on a bench, dressed in a loose white tank top and blue canvas jacket, holding soup and a pastry. He saw Li Aozi coming from afar, swallowed his food calmly, and then said:

"The sunflowers aren’t ripe yet. If you want to buy them, wait a week."

"I’m not here to buy sunflower seeds."

"Eggplants? Potatoes? Lettuce? Tomatoes? Or peppers? We basically have everything here."

The old man said calmly:

"But none are as good as the sunflowers. The seeds are fragrant, 100% organic with no pesticide residue, the unique taste of the finest quality. They’re crispy and fragrant, with a buttery flavor."

"Ald Medcag Liue."

Li Aozi put on a sincere look and said:

"I’m here to see Mr. Liue. I have a question that must be resolved."

The old man put his food aside, stood up, seriously looked at Li Aozi, and asked:

"You walked the [Sovereign] [Mutant] Pathway?"

"You could say that."

"Come with me then."

The old man didn’t waste words, turned around, and led Li Aozi into the capsule farm. Just as they stepped inside, Li Aozi looked up and saw a generator hovering with purple synthetic crystals, then asked:

"Void Energy Generator?"

"Second-hand goods discarded from the battlefield." The old man didn’t care much about these things: "How much do you know about the commune?"

"Why are you asking?"

"I need to be sure. Liue has a bad temper. The commune’s cause has been her life’s work. It’s best not to provoke her."

"I understand it basically." Li Aozi said, "The Life Commune focuses on studying Arcane Energy, genes, and information entropy. Essentially, it’s about researching life."

"Eternal life, or significantly prolonged lifespan, isn’t uncommon in the cosmos. Everyone knows, reaching a certain level on the Pathway to Godhood grants near-endless life."

"I understand that. Researching eternal life, right? Even deities can die. So, the Pathway needs constant fresh blood. Everyone wants to extend life; your work is about decoding the life code."