Poverty makes me capable of anything.

The internet has given these two attacks, whose reasons are still unclear, new names.

Various speculations have emerged surrounding the black fog incident.

Among them was a fortune teller who claimed to be able to communicate with God and said that this was a punishment from God.

"As everyone knows, the Hidden Sands are an unknowable place. 'Unknowable' includes something that cannot be known. Led by the Cult of the Machine God, more and more people have begun exploring the Hidden Sands. This disrespectful act has angered the gods, and the Black Mist incident is a warning from them. If mortals continue to be obstinate, the gods will unleash even greater punishment!"

Besides fortune tellers, some experts and scholars have also stepped forward, linking the black fog incident to their latest "research findings."

"This is a dimensional anomaly; those spaceships have fallen into other dimensions."

"Bullshit, this is clearly a hyperspace bridge, they've all been pulled into hyperspace."

"You pretend to know what you don't. I'm impressed that you can exaggerate the importance of a Type II space node."

"..."

The argument escalated to the point that even magicians came out to promote their theories.

"What is all this nonsense?"

Anran reluctantly closed the webpage.

Just then, she received a message from Christopher.

"It is a connection with the exiled empire."

An Ran rolled her eyes slightly and said, "Transfer it over."

"Yes."

Christopher hung up.

Not long after, Anran's communicator rang again.

I pressed the answer button, and a slightly unfamiliar face appeared before my eyes.

An Ran had to think for a moment before she remembered his name—

Diyu.

He is a first-class envoy of the War Court and also the head of the intelligence agency of the Exiled Empire.

He was in charge of the pursuit of Silver Moonlight in the Exiled Empire.

"Your Excellency Anran," Diyu greeted Anran with a smile.

An Ran asked, "Is it related to the black mist incident?"

Diyu replied, "That's right."

"It seems like things are serious," An Ran asked. "What exactly is going on?"

Diyu explained, "It's some kind of unknown creature."

An Ran hesitated for a moment: "If I remember correctly, both the Exiled Empire's fleet and the Vesta's fleet were attacked at the edge of the level 4 storm belt."

"Those unknown creatures came from the Category 4 storm belt."

"Ah."

An Ran nodded.

"So what brings you here today?"

Diyu said, "The War Court hopes that the Mechanicus will cooperate with the Empire's fleet operations."

"?"

"We don't yet know whether the attacks launched by those unknown creatures were planned. If they were, then their next target will be your Cult of the Machine God."

"So what do you want me to do?"

Diyu said, "The War Court will send several Star Domain Overlords to temporarily station in the Mechanicus fleet. Rest assured, they will not interfere with the Mechanicus's actions. If there are any problems, you can complain directly to the Arbitrators."

An Ran pondered for a moment, then nodded: "I have no objection."

She has nothing to hide in Hidden Sandbar.

Even if they just sent a few Star Domain Sovereigns, she wouldn't object to them moving the entire War Court over.

This, in turn, indirectly increases the security of the Mechanicus.

"That's good."

Diyu breathed a sigh of relief.

An Ran's strength was enough to warrant the highest level of attention from the War Court. If An Ran did not agree, he could not force her. Fortunately, An Ran was very cooperative.

"If everyone cooperated like this, my work wouldn't be so difficult to carry out."

Diyu shook his head.

Most of the Star Domain Rulers are people with tempers and cannot tolerate having their secrets exposed.

After Diyu left, Anran finally had time to review the mission she had just received.

The task name is very simple and straightforward.

[The Black Fog Incident - Part 1]

The mission requires An Ran to investigate the true cause of the black fog incident and uncover the true nature of the unknown creature.

The mission reward is 500 billion free experience points.

Upon completion of the mission, the next stage of the mission, "Black Mist Incident - Part Two," will be unlocked.

"Simply waiting might not bring those unknown creatures. How about we try sending some mechanical troops into the level 4 storm belt to provoke them?"

An Ran fell into deep thought.

In the end, she decided to keep a backup plan.

If she really attracts big trouble, she might not be able to handle it.

While waiting for the Starfield Overlord dispatched by the Exiled Empire to arrive, Anran also instructed the players to strengthen patrols near the camp.

Nothing unexpected happened during this period.

On the third day, the Starfield Overlord of the Exiled Empire finally arrived.

"Your Excellency Anran, thank you for coming to greet me."

"No trouble at all."

An Ran's gaze swept over the five people opposite her.

it's a pity.

There was no one of higher level than her, and she had originally planned to take this opportunity to complete another round of challenge missions.

It seems that once you reach level 230, finding a worthy opponent becomes much more difficult.

The path to becoming a star field overlord is not easy.

An Ran brought the five star field rulers to the camp of the Mechanical God Cult.

This matter did not cause any ripples.

On the forum, players are still actively discussing the Black Fog incident.

"Ugh, when will this ever end? I still want to keep prospecting."

[Exactly! If it weren't for the contribution points, who would want to stay in this desolate place? It's so boring!]

If you're bored, go grind some dungeons!

[Let's meet in the arena, anyone want to team up?]

[Hopefully, the Mechanicus won't encounter the Black Mist; dying once is quite a hassle these days.]

【+1】

Wait, have you seen anything strange?

What is it?

Look ahead!

In an instant, all the players gathered in the guild discussion group ran to a place on the spaceship with a wide field of vision.

Directly ahead of the course is a sea-blue gas giant.

But at that moment, a large black spot suddenly appeared on the gas giant.

The patch appeared right on the edge of the gas giant, making it look as if the planet had been bitten.

"How magnificent."

"Some players murmured."

I don't know what was blocking my view.

It's impossible that the planet is actually missing such a large piece, otherwise it would have exploded long ago.

"The gap has widened!"

At this moment, another player shouted.

From a distance, the planet was gradually swallowed up by the shadow.

This process lasted for more than two minutes. In the end, the planet had completely disappeared, revealing the star behind it.

Because of the great distance, only a small spot of light the size of a soybean could be seen.

but……

"Disappeared."

"It's really gone."

Such a huge planet, eaten?

The players at the scene felt a chill.

In fact, with their Star Slayer rank, destroying a star would be quite simple for them, but it's definitely not something they could do without making a sound.

"Could it be black mist?!"