Poverty makes me capable of anything.

I have high hopes for you to grow into the ruler of the star field!

An Ran plunged headlong into the ruins of the pioneers once again.

Resources are fundamental.

Strength is the foundation.

She prepared to reactivate the legion of automated weapons placed within the ruins.

Once the upgrade restrictions are lifted, the experience she has accumulated recently will be enough for her to level up to level 215 in one go.

……

While An Ran was working hard, things became a bit dull on Lumina's end.

She repeatedly watched the press conference held by Anran a few days earlier.

Key words of the press conference —

Hidden Sandbar Development Plan.

Is this a coincidence, or did that guy sense something and do it on purpose?

An Ran is unlikely to achieve anything significant in the short term, but she might get lucky.

Lumina approached Leander.

"How are your preparations going?"

"almost."

“Okay.” Lumina nodded. “To ensure a high success rate, let’s contact the people on the Chain of Judgment and ask them to cooperate. They’ve been quiet for a long time anyway.”

Leander hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "I understand."

"You just understand."

Lumina frowned.

The Lemeta Stairs are a key item; we must get our hands on them.

Chapter 19 Strengthening Cooperation

"The fleet was attacked by an unidentified creature and was completely wiped out."

"Prophet, the video footage has been sent back."

"It's troublesome."

An Ran nodded expressionlessly.

She anticipated encountering obstacles as she ventured deeper into the Hidden Sands, given that even the two top civilizations had suffered considerable losses there.

An Ran never expected trouble to come so quickly.

In just three days, the dispatched fleet suffered heavy losses.

Although only a squadron was lost, it still served as a wake-up call for An Ran.

Players' lives are worthless, but spaceships are valuable.

She opened the video footage sent back by the fleet commander.

On the screen, the exploration fleet moved forward steadily.

This scene lasted for more than a minute before it suddenly started to fluctuate violently.

Something strange is happening!

A large group of black monsters burst out from the right side of the fleet, like a surging wave, and instantly pierced through the energy shield that the fleet had deployed.

Faced with the fleet's counterattack, the monsters showed no fear whatsoever.

They charged forward, braving various energy beams and deep-space bombs.

After massive casualties, the fleet's defenses were finally breached.

The players fought back, but their strength was ultimately too weak.

Most of them are not yet at the Star Slayer rank.

They were utterly powerless against these monsters.

"Roughly speaking, these monsters are between level 160 and 170."

An Ran nodded silently.

The level requirement for the first-level storm belt in Hidden Sands is level 155.

Her speculation is quite reasonable.

"To ensure the smooth progress of the initial exploration, we cannot rely solely on the players' lives to fill the gaps."

This will scare players away.

You can't expect a horse to run without feeding it.

Players aren't stupid.

We need to give them a taste of sweetness first, to make them grow a little taller, so that it will be easier to operate on them.

An Ran's gaze fell on the automated defense weapons standing woodenly in the Pioneer Military Factory.

These basic automatic defense weapons are just what they need.

Average level: 168.

It requires little technical skill and is easy to repair.

Therefore, Enron had already prepared more than 60,000 units.

An Ran immediately contacted Christopher: "I have prepared some special mechanical defense weapons, which will be teleported back to the Divine Court in a while. You are responsible for receiving them and then transferring them directly to Exploration Station No. 1 in Hidden Sands."

"clear."

Christopher sighed inwardly.

As expected of a prophet of the Cult of Machines, he comes up with one novel mechanical technology after another.

"It's troublesome."

After cutting off communication, Anran immediately devoted herself to the repair of large defensive weapons.

But just then, Camilla suddenly walked in nervously from outside the door.

"Dr. Anran, this is the contact from Silver Moonlight."

Camilla couldn't help but feel nervous.

Heaven has changed.

All the members of the Chain of Judgment who used to communicate with the Silver Moonlight perished in the turmoil.

Camilla has never initiated a conversation with anyone from the Silver Moon.

He was terrified that he might inadvertently reveal a flaw, allowing Silver Moonlight to uncover the current state of the Chain of Judgment.

This could very well affect Enron's plans.

An Ran raised an eyebrow.

Interesting.

She said to Camilla, "Connect now, be responsible, you are now the temporary agent of the Chain of Judgment."

Camilla hesitated: "But what if the people of the Silver Moonlight ask where the fork in the road went..."

"Just tell him he went on a secret mission, and even you don't know the specifics."

“Okay.” Camilla nodded, but he still had other concerns, “There’s also…”

An Ran shook her head. There was nothing she could do; so be it.

“If you really can’t handle it, just tell the people at Silver Moon that FOR-004 is back and she’s in charge of all the important matters.”

"But isn't 004 already dead?"

"But the people of the Silver Moonlight don't know."

An Ran transformed into her demon form right in front of Camilla.

brush--

The demon's wings spread out.

A ring of purple flames burned quietly around An Ran.

"That's fine."

Camilla understood and nodded quickly.

Silver Moonlight's understanding of the Chain of Judgment is also limited.

This is mainly because the wrong path had taken precautions, so they had no idea what 004 looked like.

Camilla breathed a sigh of relief.

He withdrew from the Pioneer Arms Factory.

After pressing the answer button, Leander's figure appeared.

"Ok?"

Leander was taken aback when he saw the imposing and powerful Camilla clad in armor.

Why did the contact person suddenly change?

Camilla adopted a serious expression and said, "I am FOR-005 of the Chain of Judgment, and also the temporary agent of the Chain of Judgment. Just say what you need."

Leander nodded.

It turned out to be the case.

He came to seek cooperation with the Chain of Judgments, so he didn't care where the rest of the Chain of Judgments were.