"Take this statue and find the other two as soon as possible," Chen Xing said.
Han Xiao sized up the new statue. It was a faceless humanoid creature with its face facing upwards. There was a huge eye on its chest, which was also very strange. After holding it in his hand, the item description on the interface was the same, but there was an additional remark.
Keeping the two statues, Han Xiao asked, "For the sake of 100,000 Enas, I'll accept this job. Where do I go to find you after I'm done?"
"My schedule is very full. Anyway, you won't be able to find them all in a short time. I'll give you my assistant's number later. When you're done, just inform him." Chen Xing smiled.
Although he knew the location of the statues, Han Xiao did not choose to collect all three before coming over. Otherwise, it would be very suspicious. At least for now, Chen Xing thought that meeting Han Xiao was just luck.
Chen Xing was also looking for the statues, but he had not been able to find them. Only with two statues could he sense the location of the other statues in a larger range. If not for the fact that he was very sensitive to the psychic frequency of the statues, Chen Xing would not have been able to find Han Xiao in the crowd.
He did not expect to meet another statue during this performance.
Although Chen Xing was smiling lightly, Han Xiao knew that this guy was very excited in his heart.
Chen Xing explained that he was a collector, but of course, it was nonsense. Han Xiao knew everything about him.
This singer was a Psychic and used his voice to display his psychic power. Although it looked soft and weak, if Chen Xing was willing, he could use a few Banshee's Howls and Soul High Notes at any time. His combat power was at least Grade B. It was also because of his psychic power that his voice was so shocking. These four statues had a special effect on Chen Xing, which could increase his psychic power.
The four statues were originally a set of sacrificial totems from the Arcane Church. They were prayed to day and night by the believers.
The Arcane Church and the Red Empire were different from the Radiant Federation's liberalism. This Universal Civilization had a strong religious culture and was very mysterious.
In the understanding of most planetary and star system civilizations, religious beliefs were only spiritual comfort and enlightenment. At most, they could guide living beings to choose a different worldview to face life. Some civilizations even saw religion as a tumor of society.
However, there were many ways to evolve. Most religions worshipped imaginary gods, but some actually existed. The Arcane Church was lucky to be the latter. In the beginning, they were also barbarians. However, unlike the slash-and-burn cultivation of science and technology or the awakening of magic, their ancestors found a way to communicate with real gods. When the gods they worshipped could actually "give back" to their believers, and when religious worship could make technology and society progress, the structure and atmosphere of their civilization were naturally different from most technological or magic civilizations.
What was a god? In terms of magic, it should be a magical entity with immense power, just like how some mages could obtain power through signing contracts. To explain it in terms of technology, gods were just high-dimensional lifeforms that couldn't be discovered by regular species with their senses. Most of the images that high-dimensional lifeforms projected into the real world were strange and bizarre, so those that didn't look unique were basically fake gods.
In these two explanations, the relationship between believers and gods was usually mutually beneficial. However, the more developed a civilization was, the more careful they would be in their research on gods. They would never jump to conclusions.
The Arcane Church had its own explanation for the existence of gods. They also had an incredible technology that could make the object of their faith into a real existence! For example, if a religious god was imaginary, the Arcane Church could make it real. Of course, according to their explanation, "all the gods already existed and were waiting to be worshipped. We were just building a bridge for the lost pursuers". In short, it was all very mysterious. Han Technician wasn't interested in it.
Therefore, other than the Supreme Spirit that they worshipped, the Arcane Church also gathered believers of countless other religions. It was the common holy land of all the religions in the universe. These four statues were the totems of a certain religion that had materialized a god. They gathered the will to worship for a long time.
Most of this was information that Han Xiao had read from various documents. The three universal civilizations all had incredible abilities. Of course, he didn't care about such a huge problem at the moment. His only goal was to complete this mission.
…
After the celebration ended, Han Xiao bade farewell to Chen Xing and returned to the rented spaceship.
"Did you get anything?"
Herlous asked curiously.
"Hehe, I received a hundred thousand Enas for a job."
"Oh, that's quite a lot!" Herlous was surprised. "If I save more money, I'll be able to buy a decent spaceship."
"There's no need for that at the moment. Fuel consumption, maintenance, changing parts, and upgrading equipment all cost money."
Han Xiao waved his hands. At the very least, he had to wait until he could repair spaceships with his technology. Only then would he be able to greatly reduce the cost. After all, maintaining a spaceship was more expensive than buying one. In his previous life, the players only had spaceships in the later versions. Before that, only the large guilds would maintain spaceships.
Intercepting the spaceships of the gray organizations and selling them to the shipyards at cost price was a way to make money. If there was a chance, he could work with the large mercenary groups. However, he would most likely only be able to get a bonus. In an aerial battle, the spaceships were the main force … unless he was asked to pilot the spaceship.
After setting the destination, the spaceship rumbled and took off.
Because he was familiar with the main points of the mission, Han Xiao did not need to waste time. A statue was buried underground on a desolate planet. He just needed to go there and take it. The normal way was to gather information and do a carpet search. The most difficult steps were all avoided by him.
There were no twists and turns on this trip. He landed on the planet, went straight to the location, and dug out the third mysterious statue. Other than the time he had to spend on the way, he did not waste a single second. According to the experience of the players, he had saved at least twenty days.
However, the last statue had an owner.
For this mission, they had already traveled through many regions. This time, they returned to the Taralam Star Cluster and entered Star Zone Four of the East River Star System.
"Planet Secret Blue. There's a civilization on this planet. The galactic civilization that discovered this planet did not communicate with the local civilization for unknown reasons, nor did they expose their whereabouts. This means that the civilization on Planet Secret Blue does not know that they have guests and does not know the exact appearance of the universe's organizations. In other words, they are natives, even more natives than Blue Star.
However, the geography of this planet … er, its astronomical position is special. It happens to be on the route of a wormhole group. Therefore, a lot of space trash often falls on their planet. "
Han Xiao opened the star map and introduced it to everyone.
"The extraterrestrial item allowed them to reverse engineer some technology that was beyond their level. However, due to the difference in technology, the benefits they gained from it were limited.
At the same time, this trash allowed them to know that there are other civilizations in the universe, but that's all they know.
"It's worth mentioning that this space trash from different civilizations showed Planet Secret Blue different technological systems. Therefore, in the early stages of the civilization's development, they started to study different technological systems at the same time. Magic, technology, runes, crystals, and so on. It's not necessarily a good thing for a fledgling civilization. In short, their technological level hasn't reached the level of spaceflight yet."
Han Xiao tapped the screen and said with a deep voice, "The last space trash is the space trash.
"And the last statue is the 'space junk' that fell on this planet. It is regarded as a product of a new technology by a local force and is tightly controlled."
One of the Volga brothers asked, "Boss, what do you plan to do?"
"Directly descend and make a request. If they don't give it to us, we'll beat them until they give in."
Han Xiao's tone was resolute.
Herlous was stunned. "That's not good. Why don't we negotiate and give them some information about the universe's environment in exchange for the statue?"
Han Xiao shook his head.
In his previous life, the players who did the mission thought the same.
Due to the difference in technology, Planet Secret Blue was divided into different organizations and fought among themselves. After choosing to negotiate, the organization that owned the statue thought that it was a rare commodity and demanded a lot. First, they asked for a lot of information about the universe, which the players did. Then, they asked for a lot of advanced knowledge and technology, which the players did as well. In the end, the other party even asked for a 'galactic visitor' to conquer the other organizations for them.
The players finally gave up. After a fierce fight, the other party finally handed over the statue obediently, which proved that the negotiation earlier was meaningless. They might as well give them a full set of door kicking service from the beginning.
When dealing with such a troublesome target, if one did not show their strength, the other party would think that they would grant their request.
Of course, if they could really patiently satisfy the other party's request, they would still be able to get the statue and trigger other missions. However, to Han Xiao, violence was obviously the most convenient option.
Since that was the case, Han Xiao did not want to waste any time. He chose to airdrop and kick the door.
…
Northwest of Planet Secret Blue, City of Runes.
This was a city built by Rune Technology. It was located in the middle of a forest. The buildings were engraved with curved runes, shining with blue and white light. The architectural style was mainly slender, light, and triangular. There was a tall obelisk engraved with energy absorption runes every set distance. The obelisks that were everywhere were the energy core of the city. There were no walls at the edge of the city, so the buildings gradually lowered and turned into villages that extended all the way into the forest.
Many years ago, some space junk had landed here, and it contained the secrets of Rune Technology. The pioneers had reverse-engineered some of the technology and slowly built this city. It was now one of the few major organizations on Planet Secret Blue.
It was nighttime.
In the forest forty kilometers away from the City of Runes, dozens of people had built a temporary camp. The bonfire rune glowed with a stable red light, spreading warmth. Everyone sat around it, wearing leather jackets and armor with runes engraved on them. Beast repellent runes were set up at the edge of the camp. They glowed green and made the beasts and insects that roamed in the darkness retreat.
A young man rubbed his hands and said with anticipation, "Captain, how much can we sell this batch of goods for in the black market of the City of Runes?"
The captain was a skinny man who looked like a rat. He chuckled and said, "Someone is secretly buying space junk in the City of Runes. We can earn at least 8,000 Fess with this batch of goods."
This was a smuggling gang that sold space junk. Every once in a while, there would be space junk spat out by wormholes that would land in different locations on the planet. This junk had research value, so all the organizations were trying to collect it. However, there would always be some that escaped. Therefore, the space junk black market was born to buy these things from outer space, and the smugglers were groups that searched everywhere for space junk to sell to the black market.
Whoosh!
At this moment, everyone suddenly heard a sharp whistling sound. The sound became louder and louder, like a knife cutting through the silence of the night. They hurriedly got up and looked, only to see a group of fire meteors in the night sky, flying in their direction.
The smugglers were all too familiar with this sound. Joy appeared on their faces.
"Space junk!"
The meteor quickly approached and flew over their heads, creating a strong wind. The forest swayed, and the leaves rustled. Then, the meteor landed not far away and broke a small patch of trees.
Boom!
The ground shook. Everyone staggered and almost fell.
Not far away, fire and smoke rose. The captain took a look and was overjoyed.
"We're lucky! This space junk landed very close to us. Before the City of Runes' collection team arrives, we can take the trash away! "
The group of smugglers hurriedly moved and rushed to the scene. In front of them was an impact crater with smoke billowing out. In the middle of the crater was an egg-shaped metal object about 2.5 meters tall.
"What's this?" The smugglers sized it up curiously.
"Don't just stand there. Move it away," the captain urged.
Just as everyone was about to move forward, a trembling explosion sounded in the forest. A small crater appeared in the ground in front of the smugglers' captain.
"Everyone, don't get close!"
A deep voice sounded from the other side of the forest. As soon as the voice sounded, another group of people appeared from the forest. They were wearing metal armor, equipped with grenades and rifles. One of them was wearing infrared sniper glasses, and the muzzle of the gun in his hand was smoking. The sound just now was the sound of gunpowder.
"Iron Fire Castle's troops!" The smugglers' expressions changed.
Iron Fire Castle was also one of the major organizations on Planet Secret Blue. They had the technology of metal, gunpowder, and machinery. Their mechanical tanks were the most troublesome existence on the battlefield for the major organizations.
It wasn't just these people. More teams were rapidly approaching, and this new "space junk" was like a whirlpool, drawing in all the other teams in the forest.
These teams had different styles. They were all on guard and eyeing each other.
In an organization's territory, the other organizations would always plant troops there. The purpose was to snatch the space junk that landed near the enemy's territory and prevent the enemy from obtaining new opportunities.
However, if they could not snatch it …
Then …
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