Poverty makes me capable of anything.

I've encountered the same thing before, and in the end, I got yelled at by the NPC.

[Dude, not only did you not get any comfort, but you also got yelled at. You're having such a tough time.]

On her way to her destination, An Ran glanced at the forum and was stunned after reading it.

If she hadn't seen the forum, she wouldn't have known how great she was, or how much she cared for the players.

Sigh, Christopher really knows how to handle things.

Without a doubt, to encourage Christopher to keep up the good work, a promotion and raise package is in order.

After several jumps, Anran finally arrived at the coordinates marked on the game map.

What came into view was an empty space, with nothing at all.

Forget about flawless, dazzling stars; there are no planets, no stars, not even a single fragment.

"..."

An Ran frowned.

The player's experience is not an illusion.

She sensed unusual energy fluctuations in the vicinity.

"To be able to clean it so thoroughly, it must be a Star Domain Ruler."

An Ran flew to the place where the energy fluctuations were most intense, and she used a detector to record the fluctuation data.

This was definitely not the work of the Whale Without Source.

If it were truly a sourceless whale, then energy fluctuations would be impossible.

If it was another ruler, then who did it?

It is unlikely to be an exiled empire.

With An Ran's current strength, even those in the Exiled Empire who are dissatisfied with her wouldn't dare to do something so foolish, because he's killing players who can resurrect.

Besides her, who would bother killing other players? It doesn't give you experience or boost your stats.

"Was it done by the Eternal Star Path?"

Anran murmured to herself.

She then thought of the future technologies that conflicted with her own thoughts.

An Ran ruled out Boschlia based on the energy fluctuations; she had fought Boschlia before and knew that Boschlia didn't play that kind of game.

"Could it be that Vesta is dissatisfied with me and is secretly plotting against me?"

That old man.

In short, regardless of whether Vesta did it or not, An Ran will give him a good beating someday, even though Vesta provided her with a lot of help in upgrading.

This is a matter of attitude!

An Ran walked around the area again, and after confirming that she couldn't find any more clues, she turned and left.

To be honest, Anran was still a little depressed.

Does this mean that the "Zhou Jieyu Law" is no longer valid?

……

"The black mist that can eliminate energy?"

Not long after the Black Mist incident, Vesta, who was growing flowers and vegetables in the future, received intelligence from his subordinates.

Whether it's a whale or not is unimportant; he's mainly after that cloud of black mist.

This has potential!

Vesta had some ideas in mind.

The mechanical overlord in the virtual impact direction is most afraid of the opponent's unreasonable and reckless charge.

For example, the Psionic Overlord's direct confrontation.

Vesta is a top-tier star domain ruler with formidable strength, but this is still considered one of his weaknesses.

But if he could control that black mist, that would be a different story.

Without psionic energy, the psionic overlord is worthless in front of him, even with the title of overlord!

“Call him Boschlia... never mind, no need to call him that.”

Vesta tossed the water bottle aside.

The Sourceless Whale is very powerful. It is said that the Exiled Empire had to deploy Nathaniel's projection, Anran, and five other star field overlords to capture two of them.

Sending only Boschlia might not only fail to obtain the Black Mist, but could also result in Boschlia's own demise.

This time, Vesta decided to step in personally.

After making up his mind, Vesta still approached Boschlia, but this time he asked him to guard the house properly.

"If all goes well, I should be back in about twenty days."

"What if something unexpected happens?"

Vesta thought for a moment: "Two months at most."

"I understand."

Boschlia fears Lumina's return for revenge.

However, upon closer reflection, there's actually no need to worry too much.

Even if Vesta were here, he wouldn't be a match for Lumina.

What we really need to be wary of are those interstellar nomads, whose places of residence are not fixed, relying on fleets and living a nomadic life all year round.

This lifestyle has turned the interstellar nomads into stubborn fools. If they knew that Vesta had been away from the Future Ark for a long time, the nomadic Khan might just bring his men to plunder them.

After explaining everything, Vesta stepped into the interdimensional portal.

Using several pre-established transit stations, Vesta traversed two star systems to reach the edge of Hidden Sands in just a few days.

The futuristic fleet also set up a camp in Hidden Sands, but Vesta did not go there.

He didn't want to reveal his whereabouts.

For him, concealing his whereabouts was an extremely simple matter.

Both the Exiled Empire and the Mechanicus had recently been attacked, and Vesta figured his side might be vulnerable as well, so he decided to stake out the area nearby.

To Vesta's delight, his squatting actually had an effect.

Boschlia said respectfully, "Lord Vesta, I have forwarded the coordinates to you."

"it is good!"

Vesta stroked his beard.

If the people of the exiled empire could catch the Sourceless Whale, there's no reason he couldn't!

You should know that what he came here was his true form.

Vesta rushed over.

When he arrived at the scene, the futuristic mining fleet had already dissolved into the black fog, and the sourceless whale hidden in the black fog was about to drill into the spatial rift.

"Want to run?"

Vesta gave a cold laugh.

He pulled out a chain-like machine from the extradimensional warehouse.

In the hazy white light, the spatial rift forced the Sourceless Whale out.

Then, countless machines surrounded the Whaleless.

There were three circles inside and three circles outside, and you couldn't see the end at all.

Despite being protected by the black mist, the passive whale was struggling under the relentless attacks of the machine.

To Vesta's surprise, he was unable to pull the Whaleless into the virtual world.

"Does this guy have no brains?"

Vesta shook his head vigorously.

If it doesn't have a brain, why does it know to run out and attack people?

The virtual attack was ineffective, which weakened Vista's power out of thin air.

But no matter what, Vesta is a top-tier star domain ruler, and this sourceless whale is no stronger than the one An Ran encountered.

After grinding for nearly five minutes, Vesta finally managed to kill the cephalopod whale.

"Unfortunately, not much black mist was collected."

As Vesta was about to leave, a sense of unease suddenly rose in his heart.

Dodge!

Vesta immediately gathered countless machines around his body, forming an enormous box.

The next second, the box began to shake violently.

"I didn't expect there would be one hidden here."

Vesta's expression darkened slightly.

The Whale that leaped out of the void was several times stronger than the one he had killed before.

Vesta remained calm and patiently took out new machines from the interdimensional warehouse to distract the Sourceless Whale.

After several tugs of the gun, the whale still fell for Vesta's trick.

A gleaming sword light swept across the starry sky, severing a large chunk from the tail of the Sourceless Whale.

Amidst the pain, the vacuolite began its escape.

How could Vesta just stand by and watch this easy prize slip away? He led his massive mechanical army in hot pursuit.

The two sides continued their struggle, gradually moving from the outskirts of the Future Technology camp to the vicinity of the Machine God Cult's camp.