Poverty makes me capable of anything.

The more Vesta thought about it, the more convinced he was that he had guessed correctly.

Otherwise, An Ran's actions would be extremely unreasonable.

Haha.

Vesta burst out laughing.

After laughing, he said meaningfully, "Sometimes it's better for people to be honest and less cunning."

"?"

A question mark appeared above An Ran's head.

She felt there was something seriously wrong with this Vesta!

Could it be that the defeat has damaged his brain?

An Ran asked again, "Are you going to change it or not?"

Vesta said decisively, "Change."

While collecting the black mist, Vista also stockpiled some chunks of the Sourceless Whale's meat.

He hadn't even fully studied the black mist yet, so he naturally just tossed these chunks of meat into the warehouse.

An Ran nodded: "Okay, I'll come and get it right away."

The transaction went very smoothly.

During the meeting, Vesta displayed a friendliness that surprised Anran.

He also adopted the air of a senior expert: "It's true that being a mechanic requires talent, but it also requires experience and maturity. I hope you understand this principle."

"?"

An Ran's head was filled with question marks again.

It wasn't until they returned to the Lemesta Stairs that An Ran couldn't help but complain, "Is this guy so desperate to become my teacher?"

She recalled that Vesta had proposed many similar deal terms during previous negotiations.

After repairing the missing parts of the Transcendental Machine, An Ran arrived at the Lemeta Staircase.

"Stairs, please do something, stairs!"

An Ran threw the chunks of flesh from the cephalopod whale into the Lemetta staircase, and then quietly waited for the analysis results.

……

"Is this something from the Land of the Beginning?" Nathaniel asked.

Igor nodded: "That's right."

Nathaniel played with it for a few moments before handing it back to Igor: "Take it to the lab for analysis, and send that mechanic over too."

"it is good."

Nathaniel then cautioned, "If you deliver it yourself, I'm worried that the undercover agents might launch a surprise attack to destroy the intelligence."

Igor replied, "I understand, don't worry."

Having cooperated for so many years, Nathaniel still knew Igor's character well.

"Thank you for your help."

After Igor left the office, Nathaniel scratched his head in exasperation.

"what happened?"

The head guard standing against the wall asked.

Nathaniel sighed, "I've had a bad feeling lately, and it's gotten stronger since the attack on the First Land."

"We need to be vigilant, but we shouldn't be overly vigilant."

"It would be terrible if it wasn't just overreacting."

"It's not as bad as you think," the guard laughed.

"I hope so."

Nathaniel shook his head.

Sometimes you have to trust your intuition a little.

Nathaniel settled down and began to deal with his work for the day.

Nathaniel stretched and yawned as the artificial sun sank completely into the western sky.

What time is it?

"6:40."

There are still more than five hours until the darkest hour.

Nathaniel stood up and walked to the edge of the light screen, looking down at the earth below as always.

Just then, the beeping of a communicator suddenly rang out in the office.

"Who contacted us?"

The AI ​​in the office replied, "Peace."

"Who?"

"safely."

Nathaniel took a deep breath: "Connect."

"Yes."

Soon An Ran appeared, and her serious face made Nathaniel sense something was wrong.

"Lumina has found the location of the Gate of Ending."

"!"

Nathaniel thought of the intelligence the intelligence agencies had gathered from the outsiders.

"Does the Gate of the End really exist?" Nathaniel asked.

Anran said, "I'm not sure if it's actually a door, but there's no doubt it exists."

Game promotional videos are unlikely to be fabricated.

After all, the theme of this game isn't fraud.

Nathaniel's heart sank.

"Let me send you the data I've recovered first."

"it is good."

Upon receiving the data, Nathaniel immediately convened a meeting.

This is no small matter.

A force that possesses a top-tier star domain ruler should not be underestimated, especially one that is specifically designed to cause trouble.

The meeting was attended by a large number of people, including not only those from the Exiled Empire, but also members of the Eternal Star Path and even the Unbeliever Legion.

Anran declined the invitation to the meeting.

She has more important things to do now.

Half an hour ago, when Anran received the notification that the Lemeta Staircase analysis was complete, she triggered the first part of the series of quests, "The Gate of the End."

This is a task with branches.

Opening the Gate of Ending and preventing it from opening will trigger vastly different storylines.

Moreover, the difficulty of the tasks is completely different.

Opening the Gate of Ending has a difficulty level of C, which means it's not difficult at all.

Preventing the Gate of End from opening is an extremely difficult SS-rank challenge, similar to the challenge against Vesta called "In the Name of the Machine."

After much hesitation, An Ran finally revealed some information to Nathaniel.

Let's go.

Anran allowed her clone to carry her up the Lemeta Stairs.

Even if the chances are slim, she will still try to find the missing Lumina by following the guidance of the Lemetta Stairs.

An Ran did not search blindly.

After analyzing the game map, she became certain that the location indicated by the Lemeta Stairs was near Hidden Sands.

Therefore, Anran first used the spatial passage to reach the abandoned exploration camp of the Cult of Machines.

"really."

After drawing a line on the star map, they safely boarded the spaceship and continued their journey.

This is a long journey of pursuit.

For three whole days, An Ran kept jumping and constantly correcting her direction. If it weren't for the game map, she might have gotten lost in the unique interstellar landscape of Hidden Sands.

Finally, the spaceship came to a stop.

Anran gazed steadily at that void where nothing existed.

"So it was in that void trench?"

No wonder Lumina needed the corpse of the Sourceless Whale when analyzing the location of the Gate of Ending.

They are related.

"keep going."

Upon receiving the order, the spacecraft moved forward slowly.

At first, it was dim and without light.

It traveled tens of thousands of kilometers.

What appeared before An Ran was a huge, colorful light screen.