Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 507 - 143. [Apostle of Entropy] Joham Robbie

Chapter 507: 143. [Apostle of Entropy] Joham Robbie

[...No matter if there are Pseudo-Humans in this team or not, I really want to get them all killed.]

This Seeking Feather Fall just wouldn’t stop nagging, and Inferior to Wind and Rain next to her kept encouraging her, creating a lively atmosphere. Li Aozi had been playing Starry Abyss for so many years, but it was the first time he had seen players like this.

Terrifying.

Just as Li Aozi could hardly keep his composure, planning to leave the team, a sound of footsteps came from a distance.

Li Aozi turned his head slightly, and a frivolous male voice instantly sounded in his ear:

"Sorry, Saul, Rosie, I just submitted the task. Kept you waiting."

—Why does this voice sound a bit familiar?

Li Aozi wondered and turned his head, immediately seeing three men in GTB Bounty Hunter uniforms walking over. The bounty hunters on either side had gloomy faces, while the young man in the middle had a careless look. His light green eyes swept over his two teammates and then landed on Li Aozi.

"Oh, you’re already here. Sorry, sorry, to keep you waiting."

The frivolous man stepped forward and shook hands with Li Aozi:

"You are Mr. Isaac, right? My two partners are straightforward and blunt, but they are decent people, please excuse them."

Li Aozi, hearing this, immediately realized that he had been in Camouflage Mode the whole time.

"Hmm." Li Aozi also switched to Camouflage Mode. ’Isaac’ coldly said, "I’m fine. Your teammates... quite unique."

"Sorry for the trouble, Mr. Isaac."

The young man smiled slightly and then turned to his two NPC companions:

"Isaac is our new partner. Don’t judge him by his newcomer status, he just retired from the military, with excellent qualities and a Level Four Hero Title."

The two NPCs had no objections, showing great trust in the young man.

"Since you introduced him, Wellington and I can rest assured."

"Smith is right—Joham, your judgment is usually spot on."

Li Aozi squinted his eyes.

He hadn’t disclosed all his personal information, including Isaac’s honor details.

The fact that this young man knew so much meant that he had his own intelligence network, capable of gathering information at any time.

Considering the game had been going on for nearly half a month and the young man just replied to his message, he likely took the time to thoroughly investigate Isaac’s identity and assess him before announcing approval a few days ago.

Thinking of this, Li Aozi casually asked:

"Only six of us?"

Smith, beside him, proactively explained for the young man:

"Yes, even though our team is small, it isn’t easy to join, veteran."

[——As expected.]

"From your attire, you are just ordinary GTB hired bounty hunters, right?"

Li Aozi curiously asked:

"Is there something special about our group that requires prior assessment?"

"Ha, I guessed you would think that." Another NPC, Wellington, grinned: "To say something like that, it seems Joham hasn’t told you about our mission objectives."

"The information I received was limited. I thought GTB bounty hunters mainly formed teams to hunt down wanted criminals." Li Aozi said, deliberately glancing at the distant White Obelisk: "But I didn’t expect you to specifically choose to gather here. Could there still be criminals hiding around?"

"Oh, killing and earning bounties, that’s just our side job."

Smith glanced at the young man:

"Joham Robbie, explain to the newcomer why we are gathered here,"

Joham Robbie?

Hearing this name, Li Aozi suddenly understood.

No wonder he found the guy’s voice so familiar, it turned out to be him.

Indeed, connecting the remarks of those two players and their desire for immersive and authentic gameplay, it indeed revealed some information.

"Indeed."

Feather Stream Illusionary Blade—or rather, the young man playing ’Joham Robbie’ nodded slightly and looked at Li Aozi, first posing a question:

"Mr. Isaac, what do you think of humanity?"

"What?" ’Isaac’ was puzzled.

"I mean to say—what’s your view on the humans of Azure Star, their civilization, and the Four Nations maintaining a fragile balance of order?"

Joham’s gaze was intense, staring straight at Li Aozi, making him feel uneasy.

Li Aozi activated the Eye of Truth and scanned around. None of the five people from the Xu Yulou team were Pseudo-Humans.

Li Aozi brazenly used Arcane Energy, which Joham noticed. Joham’s eyes flickered, seemingly thinking of something, but he did not speak directly, instead smiling at Li Aozi:

"As a recently retired veteran and earthquake rescue hero, you don’t need to have an immediate answer, but I believe you will eventually find your true answer. When that time comes, be sure to follow your true feelings and never forget your origins."

"Is the answer that important?" Li Aozi crossed his arms, asking playfully. "Is it worth a Galun, or can it be loaded into a gun’s magazine, pulling the trigger and firing away?"

"An answer is worthless, but the truth is priceless." Joham calmly said: "I can first tell you my idea: Mr. Isaac, I love this world, and I want to make it better."

"Sounds good." Li Aozi shrugged, and ’Isaac’ continued: "What do you plan to do? Coming to this White Obelisk in the middle of the night, what’s the purpose?"

"Simple, our task is not complex."

As Joham spoke, he removed the large tactical backpack from his back, unzipped it, revealing a row of pale polymer bullets.

Li Aozi immediately squinted his eyes: "These are Red Arrow military polymer shells? These are absolutely forbidden items."

"Forbidden? No, sir, this is nothing."

Joham pulled out a terminal device from his pocket:

"This is the control unit for the AE-150 ’Albatross’ unmanned aerial gunship. Using laser guidance, paired with network and low-atmosphere satellite positioning, there’s no safety issue. I got the most professional Mechanic to configure it, absolutely secure."

"The most professional Mechanic?" Li Aozi suddenly thought of something. "His name is..."

"Du Zexin, former Third Rule elite agent leader."

Joham casually said:

"Of course, he has abandoned his chaotic and rotten homeland, embracing the truth."

’Isaac’ looked at Joham, his gaze stern: "Tell me, what exactly do you want to do? You want to rebel?"

"Don’t use such harsh words." Joham calmly said: "We are here to destroy the world."

Li Aozi turned off Camouflage Mode. If ’Isaac’ continued, the Isaac personality’s blood pressure might skyrocket uncontrollably.

"Joham Robbie." Li Aozi said: "You want to carry out a terrorist attack, right?"

"Actually, it’s to incite rebellion." Joham shrugged: "You may not yet know about Ersha and Lord Entropy—"

"I know."

"You know? That makes things easier."

Joham took a 20mm heavy machine gun out of his backpack and looked at Li Aozi:

"In simple terms, we plan to surrender to Lord Entropy. Offering this decaying world to His Majesty, guiding Azure Star toward its true end with endless entropy increase."

He said this very casually, as if saying ’I had scallion pancakes and spicy soup for breakfast’ with ease.

Li Aozi raised his head, solemnly scrutinizing this man.

Feather Stream Illusionary Blade, or rather, Joham Robbie. Li Aozi’s memory of him had almost faded, but it began to revive with the other’s calm and frenzied words.

He wasn’t particularly special.

Just the first successful electronic immigrant to the world of Starry Abyss, a felon sentenced to 1500 years of electronic imprisonment and transferred to the ceremonial upload surgery.

As the initial electronic immigrant, he had both NPC templates and player attributes, which is why he was so familiar with the local NPCs—because he was one of them.

He hated the Federal Government, despised the players, and resented Qiqiao Network for using him as a lab rat and exiling him to this world, always plotting revenge.

In version 2.17, Joham officially defected to Lord Entropy, leading a horde of Apostles of Entropy to conquer the Red Arrow Imperial City.

Among those who became Apostles of Entropy and invaded the political centers of the Four Nations was Li Aozi’s acquaintance N4—who pursued the Pathway to the extreme, and naturally couldn’t resist the temptation from Lord Entropy.

That’s all.