Poverty makes me capable of anything.

[Exactly, putting aside the difference in skin color, with An Qianqian's figure, could my wife even have that?]

I've already discussed it with Anran, and we won't have children.

Get lost, who's your wife?

After a lot of arguing, someone in the know finally came forward.

An Qianqian was with An Ran when An Ran was still in the Blue Ocean Forest. At that time, An Qianqian was about the same age as Ella.

Hey, you guys are getting off-topic. We're here to discuss countermeasures.

It seems there is such a thing.

Ultimately, through the collision of collective wisdom, the players reached a common understanding—

Although An Qianqian's strength was not outstanding, the Divine Court-class warship they were aboard was extremely powerful.

As long as An Qianqian stays in the spaceship, her life can be effectively guaranteed.

From now on, we will take this sentence as our guiding principle in everything we do. Do you all understand?

Red Nova sent a notification to all members in the chat group.

Immediately following this, countless "I understand" comments appeared.

He followed up with a message after walking through several places, but he seemed somewhat distracted.

The eldest sister, Zhou Jieyu, went offline for a few days due to some family matters. When she logged back in, she completely missed the mission.

Luck has run out.

Thinking about this makes me uneasy every time I walk that path again.

"I have a feeling something's going to happen."

Then, he walked over several times and shook his head.

Alright, stop thinking about these things. You can't always rely on luck to play games, can you?

Back in the day, he was a well-known technically skilled player!

I walked back to the dining area several times.

He discovered that the trial participant, An Qianqian, was having a meal alone.

Her eating posture was elegant and pleasing to the eye.

But upon revisiting her several times, I noticed a hint of loneliness about her.

Is it because of a sense of distance?

The waiters in the dining area subconsciously kept their distance from An Qianqian unless called upon.

"Oh."

At that moment, I felt a tap on the shoulder as I walked several steps.

It was a friend he met in the game who came to chat with him, and after a few visits, he quickly forgot about An Qianqian.

……

Two and a half days after the voyage.

The Divine Court-class warships finally arrived near their destination.

On the star map, it's just a red area the size of a thumb, but in reality, it's a starry sky with a radius of more than twenty light-years.

This starry sky is very close to the New World Starfield, and it has long been an arena for various forces to compete for power.

"There are 21 artificially modified habitable planets with a total population of nearly 10 billion. My task is to find those five people from among these 10 billion people."

An Qianqian couldn't help but scratch her hair.

The difficulty of this is self-evident.

The reason those people came here is definitely to take this opportunity to escape to the New World Starfield.

If it weren't for the recent spate of wars, they probably would have succeeded long ago.

We have to hurry!

An Qianqian thought about what she had said to An Ran, and then she thought about her rival.

She admitted that she can't compare to Ella or Panda right now.

But Juliana and Heloise are different.

"How could we possibly lose!"

An Qianqian glanced at the photo in her hand. Although those people might have changed their faces, she decided to start the investigation from here, otherwise she would be completely clueless.

"Go and call all the representatives of the outsiders into the conference room," An Qianqian said to the spaceship's AI.

She's about to start assigning tasks.

In the conference room, when An Qianqian mentioned that she would personally intervene, Red Star's expression immediately changed.

coming!

He stood up with a serious expression.

"Captain, I think this is not appropriate."

An Qianqian said "Oh," and asked, "What's wrong with it?"

"Captain, your identity is extraordinary, this shouldn't be..."

An Qianqian interrupted him: "Are you worried that something might happen to me?"

There seems to be some dissatisfaction.

Red Nova remained calm under pressure and shook his head, saying, "No, Captain, that's not what I meant. I meant that your position in the Cult of Machines is exceptional. The local bullies on these planets are far inferior to you. To communicate with them, there's no need for you to personally intervene; just sending an officer of our rank is sufficient."

"emmm..."

An Qianqian didn't expect that the meaning of "Red Nova" was completely opposite to what she had guessed.

but.

What he said makes a lot of sense!

An Qianqian's eyes flickered.

If she were to personally intervene now, wouldn't that lower the prestige of the Mechanicus?

“However,” An Qianqian suddenly said, “my personal involvement demonstrates how much importance our Mechanical God Cult attaches to this matter.”

"..."

Red Nova covered his mouth and coughed lightly.

He did not panic.

"Captain, our Mechanicus is a super power capable of crushing the Feathered Civilization. Not to mention an expert of your level, even my presence would be enough to demonstrate the Mechanicus's respect."

An Qianqian remained silent.

Her gaze swept across the conference room.

The red star met her gaze defiantly.

“Okay.” An Qianqian nodded. “Alright, let’s leave it at that. It’s fine for me to stay on the spaceship. Once you find out his whereabouts, I can immediately pilot the spaceship over there.”

Red Nova nodded with satisfaction: "That's right, Captain. We're in charge of gathering intelligence, but to truly capture those people, we'll have to rely on your exceptional abilities, Captain!"

An Qianqian smiled too.

This stranger is good; he has good taste!

"Oh, right."

As the meeting was about to end, An Qianqian suddenly said, "If you see any local specialties or delicacies, remember to bring some back for me. I'll make up the cost."

"..."

Red Nova opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.

I just thought to myself, "So An Qianqian is a foodie?"

How to deal with a foodie... Ha!

The players who received the mission held an internal meeting.

After dividing up their respective areas of responsibility, Red Nova sprang into action.

What they need to do is contact the rulers of these planets and borrow their power to reduce the difficulty of the mission.

Red Star was in a pretty good mood because he had successfully dissuaded An Qianqian.

But he never expected that he would encounter trouble on his very first mission.

"What, gone?"

Inside the government building, the rising star who received the reply was astonished.

He repeated himself: "We come from the Cult of the Machines!"

The staff member said, "The Mechanicus? Of course I know it. It's the Mechanicus that attacked the Feathered Civilization a while ago, right?"

Red Nova nodded.

If you know that, why are you still so arrogant?

The staff member laughed and said, "Don't try to intimidate me with the name of the Cult of Machines. Putting aside whether you are really from the Cult of Machines, even if you are, we don't care. Let's go, everyone in this building is very busy and doesn't have time to deal with you."

The red nova swept around.

Some were drinking tea, some were chatting, and some were leisurely taking a nap...

You're telling me this is what being busy means?

After gritting his teeth, Red Nova pulled out a stack of energy coins from his pocket: "Brother, give me a heads-up."

The staff calmly put the energy coins into their pockets.

"This is a little different from what I expected. I thought the Cult of Machines would be richer."

Red Nova took out another stack.