Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1461 Identity Speculation
Adrian's noble status has always been a very abrupt label.

The social hierarchy of Annie is as distinct as its barriers.

Even the elite orcs of Silvermoon City disdain coming to Graystone Settlement, instead dumping their unwanted and obsolete items on Graystone as a form of charity.

Adrian, a nobleman of Crystal City, even if he is a marginal member of the Finch family, is still a high-level orc who can transform into a human!

How could the arrogant orcs, who would consider going to Silvermoon City a low-class experience, possibly tolerate the various harsh conditions in Graystone Settlement and become the rightful owners of the underground industry?

It sounds inspiring at first glance, but... it doesn't make sense!

It was because of this that Lin Fan and his group were able to quickly realize that Adrian's identity was problematic.

At the time, I only thought that his noble status was questionable, and I never imagined that he had a special relationship with the people of the Loess Plateau.

The relationship between orcs and humans is inherently chasm-bound, especially considering his involvement in human trafficking. To say he's related to someone...

Only outsiders like Lin Fan, unaffected by the Annie Demon worldview, would have such a sudden idea. This option wasn't even available in the Annie Demon orcs' choices.

But if you put Adrian in the position of a family member, many of his seemingly strange behaviors seem to have a reasonable explanation.

His decision to come to Graystone Settlement might be due to his limited strength and inability to build up influence in Crystal City, or it might be because it's the closest place to the Loess District and the easiest place to make contact with people.

He could disregard the terrible environment of the Greystone settlement because he had likely been exposed to even worse environments.

He didn't care about the orcs of Graystone, not because of class consciousness, but because Graystone was the largest group of people he traded with.

Even his human trafficking was given a more respectable reason...

"Wait!" Lan Bingru called out, "This can't be explained away, can it? Don't tell me he really went there to forcibly bring people back to sell in order to improve the living conditions of the Loess people."

“Although,” Antonio’s first reaction was to support Lin Fan, “regardless of the intentions, from the results, the living conditions of those who were captured are indeed much better than in the Loess Plateau. We have seen that.”

"But they were locked up like prisoners..."

"Then what would be a good way to do it?" Lin Fan countered. "Go to the Loess Region and pick them up politely, then treat them to good food and drink, find them a job as orcs, and ideally sign a contract to protect their human rights?"

"..." Lan Bingru naturally knew it was impossible.

“If he really does that, then he’s finished.” Antonio smiled at Lin Fan. “But listening to you say that, it seems like there really is something to it. Damn, once you put that into mind, Old Deng suddenly doesn’t seem so hateful anymore.”

"I just think it's possible, but it's not certain yet, so don't take it too seriously," Lin Fan said calmly. "Don't let my words influence your own judgment. Personal intuition is often hard to explain, but it can be surprisingly accurate."

“I know you and me perfectly well.” Antonio put his hands behind his head. “If someone says something like that, it’s probably true. After all, you are a great fairy daughter recognized by the Heavenly Dao and who has experienced the tribulation of ascension.”

"Stop joking," Lin Fan said helplessly, "that's a matter for Perlan Star."

“Speaking of which,” Lan Bingru suddenly asked, “I can use my powers in Anniemo, does that mean there’s a World Tree here too?”

“That’s why I said her intuition couldn’t be wrong.” Antonio dodged Lin Fan’s hand that was about to hit him and sat on the armrest of the sofa. “After all, wherever the World Tree is, she has an absolute advantage! Where is the Heavenly Dao but the Heavenly Dao? Anyway, just trust Lin Jian, you can’t go wrong!”

"Yes." Lan Bingru nodded solemnly.

"Ignore him." Lin Fan, not wanting Lan Bingru to be misled by Antonio, quickly explained, "It might not even be the World Tree. Have you forgotten the Nexus Ring? It's a collapsed artificial star, where supernatural abilities can be used. Besides the World Tree, there are other energy environments that can cause this result." The Noah had indeed thought so before. It wasn't until they went to the Nexus Ring that their knowledge expanded. They no longer dared to be so certain.

"Oh right, I forgot..." Lan Bingru smiled sheepishly. "But, if there were a World Tree... Adrian would probably know, right?"

“If a top-tier resource like the World Tree exists, it must be in Crystal City,” Antonio said with a laugh, straddling the armrest of the sofa. “We’ll ask old Deng later. Speaking of which, I suddenly have a startling idea. Do you want to hear it?”

"Speak." The sofa beneath Lin Fan shook uncomfortably from his movements. He swung his long leg and kicked it.

Antonio dodged the attack with a quick movement, chuckling. "I think you were being too conservative when you said that old dog was biased towards his own people."

Lan Bingru's eyes widened. How could Old Deng have turned into an old dog in just a few words?
“If you ask me,” Antonio grabbed a chair, turned it around to face Lin Fan, straddled it, and rested his hands on the back of the chair, “that guy might actually be a person.”

"Huh?!" Lan Bingru never expected Antonio to say this. "Impossible, right?"

Even though she had previously stated that there was no difference between humans and advanced orcs when their original forms were not considered, she had never imagined that Adrian might be a pure human.

In Crystal City, on the planet Annie, there are purebreds in a noble family of high status.
"Gene mutation?" Lin Fan raised an eyebrow, but didn't subconsciously deny it.

“Couldn’t you be any bolder?” Antonio grinned, showing off his pearly white teeth. “Just make him a pure-blooded human, no matter what. Wouldn’t his actions make more sense? Take down Finch, seize power, and then destroy the orc structure and overturn human rights…”

"How could we not care!" Lin Fan grabbed a piece of fruit from the table and threw it at him. "Premise is the prerequisite for logic. Without a cause, how can there be a consequence?"

"Crystal City benefits from the highest technological achievements of the Annemo, including medical technology. If there were truly pure humans among them, it's impossible that the orcs wouldn't know. Don't spread rumors and corrupt them!"

"Why can't people infiltrate the organization and intercept information?" Antonio pouted, took a bite of the gift from Lin Fan, and tilted his head to say to Lan Bingru beside him.

"Did you hear that? Your Lin ship told you not to follow my example. But since we're talking about Crystal City, don't you think that place is pretty strange too?"

He was chewing something, but he didn't delay saying what he wanted to say at all.

"Where the high-ranking orcs are, there's not a trace of orcs. They even constantly mimic human behaviors, completely anthropomorphizing..." Antonio smacked his lips. "It's just so strange! They're clearly orcs... Could it be that their social class and technology have advanced, so their level of thinking has also improved?"

“If that were really the case, wouldn’t the Annie Demons have already achieved equality between humans and beasts, and a world of harmony? Why are there still so many districts?” Lan Bingru thought it was impossible. “They even look down on the beastmen of Silvermoon City, who are one level below them… But you’re not wrong, the behavior of transforming and imitating humans is indeed very strange. Even though they’re talking about people imitating other civilizations…”

“Right!” Antonio almost brought the apple in his hand to Lan Bingru’s face. “What I said makes sense, doesn’t it?”

Lin Fan understood what Antonio meant.

Although they all disagreed with the orcs' hostility towards humans, the indifference to human life shown by Garr and his people, or the more resistant attitude towards humans in Silvermoon City, was more in line with the preconceived notions they held about the Anemorts.

As for Crystal City, it's like a castle in the air hanging high in the sky, a collection of all sorts of beautiful aspirations, yet it's also incredibly distorted.

There were also the aliens whose spiritual power was suppressed and who were sent to Crystal City.

Given Anem's behavior and his contact with interstellar space, it seems there was absolutely no trace of them being sold into slavery.

Was it really hidden too well?
still is……

It has long since vanished into this contradictory falsehood...