Poverty makes me capable of anything.

To be precise, it's like an "asteroid belt" magnified to tens of millions of light-years in length.

The waterway is so complex that even the most experienced captains dare not venture too far into it.

The Mech Tribe paid a heavy price to find two large mines deep within the Hidden Sands.

In the past, when the Republic and the Covenant clashed, the Covenant also adopted the strategy of bypassing the Hidden Sands to launch a surprise attack on the Republic. As a result, all six thousand ships disappeared, and since then, no one has dared to casually target the Hidden Sands.

It's like a monster with its jaws wide open, quietly crouching there waiting for its prey to come to it.

Only grandmaster-level experts dare to continue exploring deeper.

But even for grandmaster-level experts, when they sense the "wind" in deep space, death is already looming behind them.

Take one more step, and danger will befall you.

At this moment, in the dark regions among several dwarf planets.

An Ran immediately felt that wind—commonly known as a galactic storm!

This is a calamity that even the rulers of star systems fear and avoid; once afflicted by it, there is almost no chance of survival.

An Ran took a few steps back.

"Let's not do that."

Ibn looked at Anran nervously.

An Ran shook her head: "I know what I'm doing, you don't need to worry."

Having a player's perspective, she sees things completely differently from everyone else.

First, several clear dividing lines were drawn on the map.

Two hundred thousand kilometers ahead, Anran will enter the area defined by the first dividing line, where entry is restricted to level 155.

Further ahead are the dismantling lines for levels 170, 190, and 220!

Keep in mind that level 200 and above is the Star Domain Ruler, and the Hidden Sands is the most dangerous place, where even the life of a Star Domain Ruler is threatened.

Secondly, what An Ran saw were large areas of "danger warning" signs.

By using both the map and the markers in front of her, Anran was able to easily avoid danger.

She is conducting an experiment.

A piece of incredibly hard Phillometal was launched into a psionic acceleration orbit.

The silvery-white metal sank into deep space and quickly passed through the first dividing line.

Just when An Ran thought the metal was safe, the wind blew it off course, and the sensor inside the metal transmitted back the last bit of information.

The metal was directly crushed into countless atoms, and the internal structure of the atoms also changed.

That's it.

Anran patted her cheeks with her hand.

Her body wasn't as hard as that piece of metal; if she recklessly barged in, she wouldn't even have the chance to become a "scumbag woman."

Even if Ella were thrown in, she probably wouldn't survive.

Forget it, let's not get our hands on this natural wonder.

She left safely.

Ibn also breathed a sigh of relief.

Life is long, and there are so many things you can do. Why be so foolish as to court death?

Shortly after leaving, Anran discovered a new post on the forum.

The game is scheduled for maintenance on May 23rd or 24th (in-game time).

This major version is finally nearing its end!

Another day has passed.

Ibn finally saw the door he had been dreaming of on a frozen planet.

"It's all true, absolutely true! The discoverer really did find an ancient gate!"

Ibn knelt on the ground, feeling the temperature of the earth that had been with that gate for millions of years.

A new title, a new map—where will this door lead?

An Ran took the temporary bag and walked towards the gate.

Ella's body also froze at this moment.

The carved patterns on the gate filled her entire field of vision, and a feeling of familiarity welled up in her heart, as if she had seen this thing a long, long time ago.

The only one who didn't care about this was An Qianqian. If An Ran hadn't wanted to avoid taking a detour, she would be enjoying a delicious breakfast on Baplo Star right now, instead of coming here hungry.

"familiar?"

Anran turned around and looked at Ella in surprise.

Ella nodded.

She immediately told An Ran how she felt via a special channel.

Anran remembered that the first key was found by Ella on Iberia's body.

Moreover, Ella had said at the time that the key was destined for her.

What kind of fate could it be?

Let me take a good look at it today!

Anran walked safely to the front door.

Without hesitation, she inserted the five keys into the keyholes as instructed.

With a ding, An Ran quickly retreated several hundred meters.

The ground shook, and countless cracks appeared on the ice sheet that had been frozen for millions of years.

The crackling and popping sounds were incessant.

At the same time, a blue glow emanated from the ancient gate.

The light illuminated the indentations on the relief, and only then did An Ran realize that the indentations were drawn in one stroke. When the light finally flowed into the keyhole, the ice field shattered!

Countless shards of ice rose from beneath An Ran's feet, and the entire door transformed into a ball of light.

An Ran reached out and covered her eyes.

Through her blurry vision, she saw the door slowly open.

The quest [Standing Tall at the Gate of Deep Space] has been completed.

You have opened the path to the Silent Land.

[New map: Silent Lands is now available]

[Ding! Attention all players, Night of the Stars will be undergoing version 2.4 maintenance in ten minutes. Please be aware...]

Four notifications rang out in succession in front of An Ran.

The last two prompts are broadcast to all players.

The game will start on February 24st.

The player forums suddenly exploded.

[New map?]

[Holy crap, this time it's different from before, the new map was unlocked before the update announcement was even released?]

Have you found the new map yet?

It's not showing up on the map.

Is the reason the update time was set so vaguely because the developers are waiting for the new map to be released?

【! 】

"What you said makes a lot of sense!"

Anran murmured.

That could very well be the case.

It's unclear who would have collected all the keys if she hadn't gotten involved in this storyline; perhaps it would have been the ancient god, the Wandering Bird, whom she had just killed not long ago.

There aren't many people in this star system who can snatch the key from that Floating Bird.

Amidst the heated discussion, all players were forcibly logged off ten minutes later.

Anran stood still, looking up at the enormous light gate that was hundreds of meters high.

After the ice field shattered, the door hidden underground was revealed. The area around the portal was a void. After Anran activated his True Sight, he saw countless energies surging towards the portal from all directions.

A Quiet Place (One-Way)

Above the light gate hung yellow characters.

At this moment, An Ran turned her head and found that Tan He had appeared in front of her without her noticing.

"finally."

Tan He clenched his fists and trembled all over.

He was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes. He had been waiting for hundreds of years, and finally he had the chance to start over!

"and many more!"

An Ran stopped Tan He.

The sudden shout made Tan He stop, and after taking a few deep breaths, he finally returned to normal.

An Ran asked, "Do you know what's behind this door?"

Tan He nodded: "That's right, the place behind this door is called the Silent Land. Through this door, you can meet the Star Domain Ruler who created the Ancient Essence!"

"?"

An Ran's expression changed slightly.