"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 hands, the item description on the interface was also [Mysterious Statue], but there was an additional remark.
You have discovered that these statues seem to be a set of items. When you gather all the statues, something unusual might happen.
Keeping the two statues, Han Xiao asked, "Since you're offering 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 communication number later. When you're done, just inform him." Chen Xing smiled charmingly.
Although he knew the location of the statues, Han Xiao did not choose to take all three of them before coming over. Otherwise, it would seem 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 wider 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 trip.
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 he used his voice to display his psychic power. Although it looked soft and weak, if Chen Xing wanted to, 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 that were prayed to by believers day and night. They came from the Arcane Church.
The Arcane Church and the Red Empire were different from the Radiant Federation's liberalism. This universal civilization had a strong religious atmosphere and was very mysterious.
In the understanding of most planetary and star system civilizations, religious beliefs were only a form of spiritual comfort and enlightenment. At most, they would guide living beings to choose a different worldview to face life. Some civilizations even viewed 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 first 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 advance, 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 that possessed a huge amount of power, just like how some mages could obtain power by signing contracts. In terms of science and technology, a god was just a higher dimensional life form that regular species could not detect with physical senses. The images projected by the higher dimensional life form into the real world were mostly strange and weird. Therefore, gods that did not 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 cautious they would be in the study of 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 being! 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 a lot of nonsense. Han Technician was not interested in it.
Therefore, other than the Spiritual Lord 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 did not care about such a huge problem at the moment. His only goal now 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 job for 100,000 Enas."
"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 in the shipyard, changing parts, and updating the equipment all cost money."
Han Xiao waved his hands. He had to at least wait until his technology could repair spaceships before he could greatly reduce the cost. After all, it was more expensive to maintain a spaceship than to buy one. In his previous life, the players only had spaceships in the later versions. Before that, only the large guilds had spaceships.
Intercepting the spaceships of the gray organizations and selling them to the shipyard at cost price was a way to make money. If there was a chance, he could find those large mercenary groups to work with. 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 the pilot.
After setting the destination, the spaceship took off.
Because he was familiar with the main points of the mission, Han Xiao did not need to waste any 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. He avoided the most difficult steps.
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 saved at least twenty days.
However, the last statue had an owner.
For this mission, they had traveled through many areas. This time, they returned to the Taralam Star Cluster and entered Star Zone 4 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 in the path 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 items from beyond the heavens allowed them to reverse engineer some technology that was beyond their level. However, due to the difference in technology, their gains 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 has yet to reach the level of spaceflight."
Han Xiao tapped on the screen and said in a deep voice, "The last piece of space trash is the space trash.
"The last statue is the 'space junk' that fell on this planet. It is regarded as the product of a new technology by a certain local force and is under strict control."
"Boss, what do you plan to do?" one of the Volga brothers asked.
"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 firm.
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 they fought among themselves. After choosing to negotiate, the organization that owned the statue thought that it was a rare commodity and demanded an exorbitant price. First, they asked for a bunch of information about the universe, which the players did. Then, they asked for a lot of high-level 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 he did not show his strength, the other party would think that he would agree to all their requests.
Of course, if he could really patiently satisfy the other party's request, he would still be able to obtain 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 became shorter and shorter. It turned into a village that extended 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 asked 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 mouse. He chuckled and said, "Someone is secretly buying space junk in the City of Runes. We can make at least eight thousand Fess with this batch of goods."
This was a group of smugglers that sold space junk. Every once in a while, there would be space junk spewing out from wormholes that would land in different parts of 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. The smugglers were the groups that searched for space junk everywhere to sell to the black market.
Whoosh!
At this time, the group suddenly heard a shrill sound that was getting louder and louder. It was like a knife that cut through the silence of the night. They hurriedly stood up and looked over. A meteor appeared in the night sky and was flying toward them.
The smugglers were all too familiar with this sound. Surprise and joy appeared on their faces.
"Space junk!"
The fiery meteor rapidly approached, quickly passing over everyone's heads, rolling up a fierce wind. The forest swayed, and the leaves rustled. Then, the meteor fell not far away, cutting off a small area of trees with a loud bang.
Boom!
The ground shook. The group staggered and almost fell.
Not far away, flames and thick smoke rose. The captain took a look and was overjoyed.
"We're lucky! This space junk fell 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 a crater with thick smoke. In the middle of the crater was an egg-shaped metal object that was about two and a half meters tall.
"What is this?" The smugglers sized it up curiously.
"Don't just stand there. Move it away," the captain urged.
Just as the group 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, carrying grenades, and rifles. One of them was wearing infrared sniper glasses, and smoke was coming out of the sniper rifle in his hand. The sound just now was the sound of a sniper rifle.
"Steel Fire Castle's troops!" The smugglers' expressions changed.
Steel 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 all had different styles. They were all on guard and eyeing each other covetously.
In the territory of an organization, the other organizations would always place their troops there. Their 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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