"Over the mountains and the mist," said the voice,
"Into the ancient cave in the deep cellar,"
"We need to leave before dawn,"
"Find the treasure and the legendary place."
"Take the starship and travel through the planes,"
"Our footprints cover thousands of miles."
"The noble and beautiful Elven Chosen One,"
"With strong will and courage …"
The vicissitudes of life and passion slowly echoed in the cabin with the moving accompaniment of the accordion. It was the music played by the latest version of the magic phonograph.
However, Tony preferred the other name of this magic device — Magic Audio.
The song was quite charming and the melody was beautiful.
Listening to it, one would involuntarily imagine themselves as a noble Elven Chosen One, roaming and adventuring in the boundless void and thousands of planes.
Of course, Tony was already a rather famous Elven Chosen One.
He just liked the melody of this music very much. It reminded him of the days when he had just entered the pit and was still a newbie, adventuring in the World of Dawn.
However, that was twenty-eight years ago in the game.
Even in the real world of Bluestar, seven years had passed …
Seven years could change a lot of things.
Not to mention that in the game, the time had doubled.
The former World of Dawn had long been integrated by the World Tree and became one of the main planes that players were active in.
Looking at the entire boundless void, there were more than ten thousand planes that had successfully integrated with the World Tree's leaf as early as seven years ago.
All these years, Tony didn't even pay attention to how many planes had been integrated in the game and to what extent the map had been opened.
Because he was already numb.
In the beginning, he would still be shocked by the huge map of Elven Nation.
But now, he was already used to it.
This game … was simply a paradise for travel enthusiasts.
Even if you traveled in the game all the time, you probably wouldn't be able to go through all the maps in the game.
Not to mention traveling, just clocking in would take a long time.
Tony seriously suspected that Elven Nation had its own set of programs and that all the new maps were randomly generated.
Anyway … ordinary people definitely wouldn't be able to complete such a huge workload.
"Captain, the starship has been charged. When do we depart?"
A deep voice came and interrupted Tony's thoughts.
He turned around and saw the crew of his starship respectfully waiting for his answer.
This was an Uruk-hai, a follower that Tony had subdued in an orc plane 10 years ago, a devout believer of life.
In the past ten years, he had followed Tony to conquer a total of seven planes and witnessed the ascension of seven planar worlds.
That's right, ascension.
It was said that this term was invented by the players of the Celestial Empire, specifically referring to the fusion of the plane world and the World Tree.
Tony felt that it was quite appropriate.
"Got it. Inform all the crew members and the Chosen Ones on the ship that we're preparing to leave. Those who should say goodbye should say goodbye quickly. After all, it's not a final farewell. We can come back at any time after the dimensional channel to the Segers is opened."
Tony said.
After saying that, he looked out of the round window of the cabin that was made of magic crystals.
Outside the starship, the ruins of the city were filled with people who were sending them off.
They looked at the starship with a strong reluctance and respect.
Tony, on the other hand, was already used to it. This was already his nineteenth plane of conquest. As a Void player, his mission was to roam the sea of stars and travel between planes.
What? If that's the case, why did he hide in the captain's cabin alone?
Damn …
After all, he had stayed in this place for more than a year.
Humans were not plants and could not be emotionless.
The order to depart was quickly given.
Although reluctant to leave, the players of the plane still boarded the starship.
Amidst the farewells of the plane residents, the light of magic blossomed on the starship. Mysterious inscriptions and engravings slowly lit up.
With a burst of exclamations, the starship slowly took off and flew toward the sky …
It could not be helped. The dimensional channel to the Segers had not been built yet. If they wanted to enter and leave this place now, they still had to go through the sky screen.
After the starship took off, Tony also left the captain's cabin.
It was just taking off and leaving. His crew members already had rich experience and did not need his special command.
The starship was not very big. Other than the non-player starship crew members, there were only 100 players.
One-third of them were the team that Tony had gathered over the years. Because everyone was from the Adorable Committee, Chinese players made up almost half of the team.
However, with the game system's magical translation function, it was not difficult for everyone to communicate. Many times, it was easy to ignore the various nationalities.
The remaining two-thirds were players who had taken the starship together. Similar to passengers, they had paid a fee.
For a plane like this without a dimensional channel, players could only enter and leave through starships, air fortresses, or floating cities. Ordinary players could only buy tickets.
In the void, there was even a special type of flying device that owned starships. They specialized in making money by transporting other players.
In the main cabin, most people were resting. Many players had probably gone offline and were sleeping soundly.
It could not be helped. Although it was called a starship, it was actually just a slightly larger modified airship. The predecessor of this thing was actually the zeppelin airship that the players had made. It was just that the airbags were removed, the hull was strengthened, and a small magic energy core was installed.
For example, Tony's starship was the most common standard version. Although it was not the smallest model, the space was still relatively small. Apart from the captain's cabin, the number of individual cabins was very limited.
The City of Heaven's Chosen and the floating city had larger and more advanced ones, but as for the price … even Tony, who was already a Gold-ranked boss, had to look up to them.
As for the air fortresses and floating cities …
The former could only be built by a few large guilds. Even if the number of online players in the entire server had long exceeded 50 million, there were less than 300 air fortresses. Most of them were small or medium-sized.
As for the latter, there was only one so far, and it was shared by a few large guilds.
It could not be helped. Although the production technology for the magic energy core had been put on the exchange shop since the players in the game discovered the Lost Plane ten years ago, that was only a small core.
For a large core like the floating city, the technology was unknown how many times more complicated it was than a small one.
After the research of the high-end players such as Coot Bird, they speculated that even if the relevant technology could be analyzed for this level of energy core, perhaps only a Legendary or even a demigod existence could create it.
So … in the end, the players gave up.
That was to say, the Dingyuan was lucky. The early players had obtained a batch of long-lost large-scale magic energy cores from the World of Dawn. Only then could they barely make it.
As for Tony …
He had already gone bankrupt when he bought this small starship.
Even such a small starship was a high-end product that most players looked up to.
After all, a sparrow may be small, but it had all the essentials.
This seemingly magical punk style starship was specially designed for Void navigation. Its armor and magic circles were designed to resist the erosion of Void energy and even Void Storms. Moreover, it was powered by a magic energy core that had always been costly. If one really had to classify it, it would probably be of the quasi-Legendary-level.
The outrageous price … was normal.
Apart from that, there was the energy consumption. The starship consumed magic crystals, which was also a money-burning toy. Although it was far more powerful than the air fortresses and floating cities, it was still not something that ordinary people could afford.
In today's Elven Nation, those who could afford to drive a starship were definitely tycoons. In contrast, training a group of NPC followers who could control a starship was a relatively simple matter.
Seeing Tony come in, the players who were awake greeted him and continued to do their own things.
There were also players who leaned against the window and looked out, looking very excited. These were usually half-newbies who had not been in the game for long. They did not sit on many starships and liked to enjoy the scenery outside.
Tony was different. He had been traveling in the Void for nearly ten years. No matter how beautiful the scenery was, he had long been sick of it.
Compared to the majesty of the Void, seriously speaking, he preferred the lush, beautiful, and enchanting Elven Forest.
Under layers of acceleration, the starship passed through the plane barrier on the Planar Canopy and stepped into the Void.
The next moment, the starship trembled slightly and quickly returned to normal.
Tony knew that the starship's magic shield had been activated.
In the boundless Void, the power of the Void was everywhere.
Apart from a few Void species that could adapt to survival, only Legendary and above Extraordinary could resist the erosion of the power of the Void and travel between planes.
Those below Legendary had to be well protected and ride on special vehicles.
For example, starships.
Starships, as the name suggested, were ships that could travel between stars.
Although there was still a big difference between the Void in Elven Kingdom and the space in Bluestar, in the eyes of the players, there was not much difference.
And although the materials of every starship were specially built to resist the erosion of the power of the Void, it was better to use it with a shield, which could minimize the wear and tear of the starship to the greatest extent.
Of course, the shield also burned magic crystals.
Only the Sky Fortress and the Floating City could place the statue of the goddess. Instead of consuming magic crystals, it consumed contribution points to exchange for the required power of faith.
These days, contribution points were cheaper than magic crystals.
After leaving the plane, the starship entered the Void.
Tony gave the order to fly at full speed toward the nearest Sky Fortress.
It couldn't be helped. Although the starship was also installed with a directional ultra-long-distance teleportation array, it was too expensive to teleport once.
Generally speaking, Tony preferred to hitch a ride from the Sky Fortress and directly land in the fortress to use the teleportation array to return.
"Attention, observe the surroundings. Magic Crystal Cannons on standby. The plane ascension is over. There will probably be more Void Pirates during this period."
Tony ordered in a deep voice.
Hearing his words, the NPC crew members looked serious. Even the players who were awake had a serious look in their eyes.
If there was a relatively big change with the arrival of the Void Age, it would definitely be the Void Pirates.
When the forest was big, there were all kinds of birds.
This sentence was true at any time.
As the number of players increased, the gap between the newbies and the veteran players became bigger and bigger. There were many people who wanted to use crooked ideas to take shortcuts.
Although Elven Nation had strict red name rules to punish those who violated the rules, as the saying went, there were policies from above and countermeasures from below. These rules were not without loopholes.
Among them, the most famous were the Void Pirates.
Plane exploration was an activity with huge profits. Even without mentioning the system rewards, the loot while conquering other planes of existence was enough to make players rich overnight. Naturally, there were people who set their sights on the players who returned after completing the mission.
These people often bought starships and wandered in the Void, specifically picking the starships of other players.
However, they only robbed things and did not kill people. If there was really a job to silence people, it would be done by the NPCs they subdued. Therefore, they avoided punishment.
Such people were known as Void Pirates.
Many years ago, Tony had also been robbed once.
At that time, he hadn't stepped into the Gold rank. If he hadn't been careful not to transport all the spoils of war back at once, he was afraid that the development would have been in vain.
It would take at least half a year to develop a plane. If converted to real time, it would take one and a half months. If one and a half months of hard work were all gone, anyone would explode.
However, although Tony had now become a Gold rank professional, he still had to be careful.
Because among the Void Pirates, there would also be high-grade players.
And if he really encountered a Void Pirate …
It depended on the situation.
Generally speaking, most captains, including Tony, preferred to pay a sum of money and leave.
If he could avoid fighting, he would avoid fighting. If the ship was damaged, the money for repair might not be as good as the money earned from this trip.
Of course, if he encountered those who liked to fight and kill, it would be troublesome.
There were indeed such perverts, and there were many of them.
The crew members and players were on high alert, driving the starship in the predetermined direction.
That was the location of the Mengmeng Committee's Sky Fortress.
And traveling with them were several other starships of different sizes.
Those were ships that had also taken off from the same plane. Everyone would often choose to travel together, which was relatively safer.
Of course, if they encountered a large organization of Void Pirates, it would be more miserable.
And after sailing for about ten minutes, suddenly, the alarm sounded loudly. Tony's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly went to the bow of the ship and looked into the void.
Sure enough, in front of the fleet formed by the returning players, there was a starship that seemed to be a Void Pirate ship.
The appearance was still very easy to identify. In order to reduce losses, Void Pirate ships often dismantled directional long-distance teleportation devices. Even if they were damaged, they would repair it themselves. They would not send it to the world of Segers and spend a lot of money for a comprehensive overhaul.
So … these pirate ships often looked a little more down and out.
Fortunately, there was only one ship that came.
After flying around Tony's fleet for a long time, it seemed to feel that it couldn't win and finally chose to leave.
Tony breathed a sigh of relief.
However, he was not completely at ease because he was not sure if the other party only had this one ship, or if it was just a scout ahead, or … it just left temporarily to gather people.
It was not until he saw the Mengmeng Committee's fortress that he finally felt relieved. He ordered the crew to slow down and sail toward the fortress …
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