Poverty makes me capable of anything.

"How about we set up a studio?" Zhou Jieyu suggested.

“This idea seems pretty good. Anyway, we’ll be publishing a book soon.” Li Zhuying nodded seriously.

"Uh……"

Lin Yumo remained silent, not offering any opinions. Although she didn't quite understand, she sounded very knowledgeable.

"What would be a good name for the studio?" Li Zhuying tapped her forehead.

Zhou Jieyu suggested, "How about we call it 'Ink Jade Bamboo Studio'? Let's take one character from each of our names?"

"..."

Li Zhuying's eyes lit up immediately, and she exclaimed, "This is the first time I've ever thought you were exceptionally smart!"

"Li Zhuying, do you want a duel?" Zhou Jieyu immediately bristled.

"Come on then, do you think you're afraid of me!"

"hehe."

"Let's go! Anyone who chickens out is a little sister!"

The UNO showdown begins.

Lin Yumo, an observer.

……

An Ran started studying the star charts again.

The most urgent task is to find a secret base and quickly build her robot factory.

The previous low-level smart chips could not support her ideas, but after successfully analyzing the mid-level smart chip XR6, Anran had enough resources to realize her vision.

First of all, the base can't be too remote, otherwise it will take her a lot of time to travel back and forth each time.

Secondly, the base needs to be well hidden. At first, An Ran thought of finding a place like the Hakata asteroid belt, but then she thought, if it needs to be hidden, wouldn't it be enough to just avoid the main shipping lanes?

Ideally, it should be one of those "junk" planets that are considered to have no value, so that no one will go there.

that is it.

On remote and worthless planets, building a base underground can minimize the chances of being discovered.

Since it's going to be built underground, some underground mining equipment will be needed.

The technology for such equipment is not very difficult, so Anran decided to buy one and study it thoroughly so that the work robots could make it.

"Ella, you can have all these robots. I'm going out to buy some things."

"Uh-huh."

Ella nodded vigorously, facing the virtual buttons and screen in front of her, typing out commands rapidly.

It would be most convenient for Ella, being an android, to guide the robots.

Excavators, drilling machines...

Although these devices are not called by this name, this is roughly the meaning.

The key to buying equipment is durability. As for excavator skills, even spaceships can be operated, so how could Ella not learn excavator skills?

If Ella were thrown into the real world, she would definitely win first place in the excavator skills competition!

Ok?

"Hey, we've spotted the target..."

"Target spotted?"

A questioning voice came from behind.

The person who was talking in a low voice froze. He silently hung up the call, slowly turned around, but saw nothing. Then, he lowered his head slightly and saw the blue-haired girl with pigtails staring intently at him.

That's the goal.

Holy crap.

The brown-haired young man took a sudden step back, staggering so badly that he almost fell over, despite his considerable strength.

Ghostly.

He had forgotten that he was standing on a 30-centimeter-high step, no wonder he didn't see the target behind him immediately when he turned around.

But when exactly did the target appear behind him?

"Who are you? What faction do you belong to?"

An Ran ate an orange and asked in a mumbled voice.

The orange flesh is tender and juicy, and tastes very good.

"..." The brown-haired young man was very confused.

Even though he was trained, he couldn't stay calm when he thought about his target's strength rating of G48.

This strange girl is someone who managed to escape from Harrison's clutches.

Now, she put on an innocent expression and said in a puzzled tone, "Little girl, I don't quite understand what you mean by that question. Are you asking me my name and where I'm from?"

"Would you like an orange?" An Ran held up an orange.

"No need." He shook his head.

"If you're not going to eat, then let's get straight to the point."

An Ran slowly peeled the orange, her meticulous movements gently touching the heart of the brown-haired young man.

"Stand still and don't move," An Ran said softly.

“Emmm…” An Ran pondered for a moment before saying, “I’m really not good at interrogation, so I’ll just have to feed you to the bugs.”

"Uh... little girl, don't joke around like that. You can't joke like that."

"To paraphrase the villain, killing you would be as easy as eating this orange." An Ran took a bite of a third of the orange.

Then, very fiercely, he ate all the remaining oranges.

Level 36.

He wasn't wearing any special equipment; his main profession was a secret agent.

You little rascal, I saw right through you a long time ago.

As outliers among NPCs, you bunch of little brothers still dare to lie to me.

The brown-haired young man was intimidated by An Ran's imposing manner in eating the orange; it was indeed ruthless and somewhat damaging to his image.

"Are you an agent belonging to the Empire?" An Ran guessed.

"I'm not a secret agent, I'm just an ordinary person."

"So you're an agent of Night Owl?"

"I'm really not a secret agent, I just..."

drip.

The brown-haired young man's bracelet suddenly vibrated. His expression changed, and just as he was about to react, An Ran grabbed his arm and connected the communication.

"Hey, Nadia, what just happened?"

"Hello, I'm very curious whether you are agents of the Empire or Night Owls," An Ran asked directly, getting straight to the point.

The person on the other end of the communications line who wanted to test the waters was immediately stunned.

This is totally unpredictable!

She directly mentioned the word "agent," does this mean Nadia betrayed them?

Could she be from the Empire?

"If you don't talk, I'll just send you to the government's counter-espionage agency."

"..."

"what."

An Ran exerted force, and Nadia immediately groaned.

"Are you from the Empire?"

At this moment, the person on the other side finally responded.

“So it seems you’re working for Night Owl,” An Ran said. “I have no connection with the Empire, you can rest assured about that. But I’m quite curious to know why you’re following me.”

Could it be that the things done in 1886 have been exposed?

That would be troublesome. Being targeted by two major powers at the same time would be very difficult.

Huff—

"..."

"Am I really that shameless? Fine, I'll just catch you and feed you to the bugs."

Anran punched Nadia, grabbed his collar, and tried to drag him out of the city.

"I'll tell you if you let go of Nadia."

"Oh." An Ran immediately let go of her hand.

"How about it?"

"..."

"If you're lying to me, I'll really take action."

"Okay, I'll tell you."

It seems that person is nearby.

An Ran looked around but couldn't find her target.

"Don't bother looking anymore, I saw you on the street surveillance cameras," the person on the other end said.

Anran agreed with his statement. Hackers, huh? There were hackers in the interstellar era too.