Poverty makes me capable of anything.

"In their world, time flows differently than in ours."

Virginia nodded.

The flow rate of time is not exactly the same in different spaces.

Anran stared longingly at Virginia.

Forget about these unimportant things, skip all that rambling and get straight to the point!

Virginia immediately saw through An Ran's urgency.

She smiled and didn't linger any longer.

"Keep these safe. I think these three blueprints will definitely be useful to you."

Three sets of drawings are being transmitted simultaneously.

The duration lasted for several minutes.

"Thank you for your generosity, Lord." An Ran quickly expressed her gratitude.

Since this collaboration was so pleasant, there will definitely be opportunities to continue collaborating in the future, right?

After Virginia left, Anran immediately began to examine the three blueprints.

【Hyperspace Locator】: It can locate itself in hyperspace, effectively preventing it from getting lost during navigation.

【Psionic Tower】: Energy supply device.

[Zero-Point Devouring Beam]: A level 185 pinpoint strike weapon that can devour things in three-dimensional space into a chaotic, disordered space. Those with weak strength will be instantly twisted into a chaotic "new species".

"Navigation, construction, destruction... it truly takes everything into account. Moreover, this weapon is a level 185 weapon, enough to pose a threat to level 190 enemies."

Anran nodded with satisfaction; Virginia was indeed very generous.

Let's get this going!

This period is the perfect time for large-scale construction.

[Anniversary Celebration Activity Four]: Happy Times.

One of the benefits is that construction time is halved, construction success rate is increased by 20%, construction quality is increased by 20%, and construction experience gain is increased by 20%.

The new Guardian, the World Siphon, and the newly acquired Zero Devouring Beam are the weapons that Anran has focused on building.

But the benefits of this anniversary celebration go far beyond these.

At first, An Ran thought that she would never get those gift packages.

Until she tentatively clicked on the event page.

Event 1: Log in consecutively to receive a special gift pack (for three days).

The gift pack available on the first day contains 1 Double EXP Card (72 hours), 1 Anniversary Special Title Fragment, and 3 Recovery Bamboo.

The gift pack that opens on the second day contains 1 triple experience card (48 hours), 1 title fragment, and 1 resurrection card.

Unfortunately, this resurrection card is unusable.

"If it works, then it's a bug."

The gift pack available on the third day includes 1 title fragment, 10 limited-time dungeon passes for the "Pioneer" event, and 1 red accessory, the "Beginner's Medal".

After synthesizing the title fragments, Anran drew the new title [Perseverance]: After three consecutive failed construction attempts, the success rate of the next attempt is increased by 50%.

[Beginner's Medal]: Hidden attribute: Luck +5.

In addition, the limited-time dungeon "Pioneers" is part of the fifth anniversary event, where players can experience the entire story of the Pioneers civilization's collapse.

However, entering this instance requires a pass.

Compared to the easier "Bearmen Never Be Slaves", this is an S-level super raid.

This has nothing to do with Enron.

Even in event dungeons, Anran still couldn't get in.

In addition to the login rewards, An Ran also received a lot of recovery items and red weapons from the cumulative online events, which she then sold in the base's shop.

The only thing that mattered to her was the ultimate reward: the Mechanical Blueprint Advancement Card.

The ultimate reward differs for different professions, and for the Mechanic, the ultimate reward is an Advancement Card.

The downside is that this advanced card is limited to level 160.

Anran chose to upgrade the red psionic portal to a colored psionic portal, which would allow her to teleport across star sectors.

"With a portal and a psionic tower, once Bridges is dealt with, we can bring all the nearby star systems under the control of the Chronosphere."

The biggest rewards for this anniversary event come from two limited-time dungeons.

It's a pity that Anran can't touch any of them.

But even if she had nothing else, she would be happy as long as she had those few multiplier experience cards.

"In fact, for me right now, these experience cards are the most valuable."

After reaching level 182, it takes 100 billion free experience points to level up.

Anran has already identified Bridges, who is completely being fooled by the false information she left behind.

The conflict between her and Bridges had long been irreconcilable.

Once they meet, it will inevitably be a clash of life and death.

"It would be difficult for the level 188 Crimson King to defeat Bridges, and it would be a waste to use precious experience cards on him alone."

An Ran thought of the quest related to the Crimson Lotus King, "Crimson Lotus's Long-cherished Wish".

The mission objective is to assist the Crimson King in attacking the Eternal Star Path.

This includes killing specific characters, destroying specific scenes, releasing new monsters, and severing a star path.

The basic reward for completing the mission is 500 billion free experience points.

If handled properly, she can reach level 190 or higher in one go by taking advantage of this anniversary event.

Thinking of this, An Ran immediately became more Zen-like.

Let's wait until the Guardian is fully upgraded before considering these things.

Anyway, the experience cards won't expire if you leave them there, so there's no need to rush.

After the Guardian is upgraded, the chance of success in the mission will increase significantly.

Bridges' peaceful, laid-back lifestyle was a hardship for him.

"Grass!"

After the third voyage ended, looking at the star map that appeared in front of him, Bridges angrily slapped the instrument into powder.

Anger surged to my head.

He knew he had been deceived.

The twisting force instantly turned Bridges' temporary base into dust.

"How dare you play me!"

He raised his hand, then lowered it several times before finally stepping onto the spaceship with a cold expression.

Have you found any information about those people?

Chen Tong shook her head.

Bridges then contacted the messenger who had greeted him a few days earlier.

"It's been six days now, and we still haven't received a reply from the Lord?"

The messenger said, "You know this is a matter between rulers; how can we interfere?"

That's absolutely infuriating.

Bridges' chest heaved violently.

He can't say a word right now.

After hanging up the call, he gazed at the distant starry sky, his face ashen.

Now we can only continue to wait.

We await Chen Tong's investigation and Bartholomew's reply.

Time slowly passed, and as Bridges' patience waned, a shocking message suddenly arrived from within the Eternal Star Road—

The star path has been polluted.

Chapter 26 Crimson and New Moon

The star path has been polluted; this is something that has never happened before.

For a while, no one could figure out the reason for this, because the Star Path was a relic left by the pioneers and a crystallization of their technology.

With the collapse of the Forerunner civilization, most of their technology was buried in the river of time. This technological gap meant that the people of the Eternal Starway only knew about the Starway as a "traffic artery".

"The star path connecting this world and hyperspace has been contaminated, so the problem might be on the hyperspace side."

"That's true, but if the problem really lies in hyperspace, then that would be troublesome."

After all, even the Star Tree Starfield, with its flourishing civilization and powerful strength, could not conquer the vast and boundless hyperspace.

"This is going to be a difficult situation."

"Haha, no matter how difficult it is, it has nothing to do with us. We can just watch the show from the sidelines. Even if all the star paths collapse, it won't affect our Time Sea Star Region."

That makes sense.

Bridges frowned.

He remembered what the messenger had told him before—

"The situation in the Exiled Empire and the Eternal Star Road is a bit unstable. The Overlord wants you to be prepared."

Is this all there is to it?

This has become a major problem.