Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 734 - 343. Succubus_3

Chapter 734: 343. Succubus_3

After listening to the locals, Li Aozi had already understood the basic situation of the Dragon Satellite.

"The Dragon Satellite is a small planet with a population of five hundred million that hasn’t received cultural infection from the Starry Abyss. Here, people have no pathway to climb, and each continent only has a unified government named the ’Kingdom.’ The Kingdom’s council controls all affairs, with the mightiest ’King’ in the background, serving as the ultimate power to suppress the whole country and resist external invasions, akin to a nuclear weapon."

"Originally, the Dragon Satellite should have been just a primitive kingdom in the age of slavery, with no foundation in humanities or social sciences. But eighty years ago, the Void began to invade the Dragon Satellite."

"The people here discovered they could extract a magical substance called ’Alige’ from materials and creatures from the Void. This stuff is clean, pollution-free, and has extremely high energy density. It can be used to create weapons and modify tools, causing the Kingdom’s technology to soar."

"But the more they mined the resources of the Void, the more the Void corroded the planet. People became increasingly unable to escape the Void. Everyone tried to gain strength from the Void, but this ultimately led to massive corruption, with many people becoming nihilists, turning to worship the 6th Narrative - ’Void Kingdom.’

Li Aozi pondered, analyzing:

"Under immense benefits, the Dragon Satellite began to split into three main forces:

First: The ’Fermi Research Institute,’ which insisted on curbing the development of the Void for the well-being of humanity. They controlled the technology to extract ’Alige,’ limiting all Void creations known as ’Blockade Bodies.’ They operated everywhere on the Dragon Satellite, either detaining or containing them, destroying them if uncontrollable, exhibiting absolute human supremacy.

Second: The ’Despair Cult,’ which firmly believed in nihilism and apocalyptic theories. They gathered various companies, chambers of commerce, and nihilist believers, using Alige to create various products for profit. They always operated in the shadows, and it was said they had some connections with the Fermi Research Institute.

Third: The Kingdom Parliament, controlling all human resources with absolute authoritarianism. They surrounded the strongest ’King,’ and their attitude towards the Void was ambiguous; they neither wanted the Void to dominate nor lose the technological conveniences it brought. However, they did not promote the grand narrative of the 6th Narrative - ’Void Kingdom,’ and blocked nihilists from participating in politics.

But none of these factions were interested in the pathways of the Starry Abyss.

Li Aozi sighed because of this.

Originally, he wanted to establish a united front here, but it turned out that none of these three forces could break free from the control of the Void Overlord.

Moreover, the planet had an average Zeta Rank (6) for its inhabitants, which made Li Aozi’s scalp tingle.

This wasn’t much, considering that the average Zeta Rank was normal for a narrative-level civilization.

But for something like this to happen on a planet within the Layer Abyss, considering the local circumstances, Li Aozi could only think of one possibility:

"Inherent Time Domain."

A small planet like the Dragon Satellite, without the enlightenment of the Starry Abyss Pathway, had its inhabitants’ average strength enhanced to such a degree. This could only mean that the Void decided to incorporate the Dragon Satellite into the inherent time domain.

"The Void Overlord who descended here must be a high-ranked power, with an extremely high understanding of nihilism!"

In a certain sense, he had actually plunged into the Zhou Yuan (Third Layer of the Starry Abyss), or even one could say he had stepped into the homeland of the 6th Narrative - ’Void Kingdom.’

"Tsk... This situation is a bit difficult."

Even Li Aozi felt a little headache.

Although he had initially planned to face the Void head-on, he didn’t expect that, on the small Dragon Satellite, it would involve operations to merge into the inherent time domain.

However, because of this, Li Aozi instead felt calm.

As a transmigrator, his greatest advantage was knowing the information of several future versions.

The Edge of the Galaxy Eye wasn’t the mainstream area of the Layer Abyss, with few records. But non-mainstream regions had their benefits too.

It’s like when a class’s underperforming student suddenly scored 100, everyone would be astonished. But when the student usually scored zero, no one would even remember him, which is a stereotype.

Because of this, representative events like the Galaxy Eye Meat Grinder and the Crystal-Night Butterfly War would become widely known stereotypes.

From this perspective, one could deduce that the existence of stereotypes meant that other events, compared to those represented by stereotypes, were simply insignificant.

The expansion of the Void’s inherent time domain into the Layer Abyss was definitely a shocking event, but in his past life, it was never mentioned.

The [Secret Society] had the ability to conceal and dilute its historical traces—Void, as one of the narrative civilizations, was stormed by players into its homeland in version 14.0, how did it possess such capability?

Could the Void Overlord be an Earthling too?

Using simple reverse thinking, Li Aozi dared to be certain: in his past life, the Layer Abyss didn’t have the Void’s inherent time domain.

So, what does this indicate?

"The Void was most likely defeated and driven out of the Layer Abyss by the locals."

Li Aozi grasped the blind spot and thought with relief:

"Such a planet likely has heroes, protagonists, with a complete task line. As long as I find a chance to escape and then wander around, waiting to trigger a quest, I will find the protagonist! Following them could easily get through, then the Void gets driven away, and I can search for Zhi Xiang at ease—sigh, comfortable."

No wonder his luck bet with Leoz’s thousand-year lifespan resulted in tenfold wealth. His gains were increasing.

Just as Li Aozi was thinking this, the vehicle suddenly braked sharply, and the device containing him shook violently.

"Knight Merid! This is trea—uh!"

Through a muffled sound, Li Aozi could hear voices outside.

"Sorry, Captain. I don’t believe in such a future."

Hiss! Stab—clash!

A fierce battle immediately erupted, settling down after a while, and the vehicle slowly came to a halt.

Plop!

The door was opened, and Li Aozi heard the sound of an umbrella being opened, followed by the sound of boots stomping through the rain, drawing closer.

He prepared himself, ready to burst forth at any moment. The people here were often of Eta (7) strength, but with no pathway, their combat methods were limited. Taking the opportunity, he could easily slip away.

Creaaak—

The rear compartment was suddenly opened. Li Aozi steadied his emotions, his Power Pod ready to merge with Arcane Energy.

Click.

Light and fresh air flooded his vision, and Li Aozi was about to explode, his pupils contracted abruptly, forcibly restraining his actions.

"You look in good shape."

Merid Fenny held an umbrella, her purple hair lightly draped over her shoulders, her kind’s blood overflowing from her eyes, sliding down her cheeks. She looked at Li Aozi in the container and said faintly:

"Do you desire freedom? Succubus."

As she spoke, she extended her hand to Li Aozi:

"If you long for liberation from this void of pain, then follow my steps and walk together."

Li Aozi lifted his head.

Reflected on his retina was a line of information:

[Main Quest Triggered—"Flower of Nothingness"]