Poverty makes me capable of anything.

Take Ella on a sightseeing elevator and a sightseeing train that runs over the city.

It was an anti-gravity flying car, like a roller coaster.

It carries passengers through the time-traveling city.

The route includes landmarks such as the Column of Time and Space, a spire over 1,000 meters high in the center, Sandfall Plaza, and the Floating Hotel.

A single ticket costs 200 pesos, and a train can carry 30 people.

This price is a bit expensive for NPCs, but reasonable for players.

This was also the first time An Ran had seen the closed, time-traveling city from above.

Ella leaned over her seat, watching the flow of people below. She saw male strangers and female strangers embracing, female strangers walking hand in hand, and male strangers hugging each other and patting each other's backs in a corner.

All of this was laid bare before Ella's eyes.

If she wanted to, she could see even a single grain of rice on the ground clearly.

On this train, Anran and Ella were not sociable.

The others screamed like they were on a roller coaster, Ella silently admired the scenery, and Anran dreamed about the future.

One time-traveling city alone is not enough.

Many works she had read came to mind.

The goal is to connect the celestial rays, encircle Papulo, and build a rotating Great Wall of War.

The goal is to expand the Dimensional City to cover the entire Baplo, making it an even larger mobile fortress than the Omnic Tribe's main city, Enlightenment City.

There are also ring worlds, artificial continents floating in space, arrays capable of carrying out extinction strikes against planetary life, sentinel towers capable of detecting the movements of the entire galaxy, and your own star gate...

Conquer the planets, then the stars, and then the entire paradise.

While they were enjoying their daydreams and admiring the scenery, Anran and Ella held hands the whole time, which was probably the only sign that their bond was much stronger than that of the others on the flying car.

"Ah...it's going to soar into the sky."

Finally, after circling once, the flying car shot upwards at a 45-degree angle and landed directly above the pillar of time.

This elicited even louder gasps.

After reaching the top, the flying car spun down like a long snake until it finally stopped at the station to the right of the Pillar of Time.

The passengers waiting in line below were already impatient.

Anran led Ella down the steps.

She looked at this bustling world and wondered what kind of mentality those solitary travelers maintained, and what else was left in their hearts besides the pursuit of the limits of power.

In this way, once they lose sight of their goal, wouldn't it be easy for them to become psychologically abnormal and abnormal?

Or perhaps they are a monster whose mind is so unwavering that nothing else matters.

"Alright, now it's time to deal with that message we just received."

Re-evaluate their objectives and allow the fleet patrolling near Baplo to deploy probes.

Not just the direction from the amusement park.

On the surface, only the Black Bay and the Hundred Wood Pirates have been mobilized, but if the Governor's Mansion also sends people over, it would be very troublesome if the focus were entirely on the Paradise and the old base were attacked.

There are players in the park.

However, Black Bay and Hundred Trees did not bring any players with them when they joined forces, so no player in the entire game knows that Baplo, which is currently holding a celebration, is about to face a star war.

An Ran's concerns were not in vain.

After learning that war was about to break out in Pavlo, the governor's "think tank" did indeed suggest that the fat governor send his own guards to launch a surprise attack from the rear.

The fat governor, who was having breakfast at the time, took a bite of two eggs and then waved his hand impatiently: "What are you thinking? Why should we go and join in the fun at a time like this? Wouldn't it be better to just sit here and watch them fight like dogs?"

"I……"

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The fat governor tore another fried dough stick to pieces.

"No matter how you look at it, the combined forces of Black Bay and the Hundred Wood Pirates are much stronger. It's one thing that you don't recommend that I help the Dimensional Pirates, but you even want me to launch a sneak attack on them. Once the Dimensional Pirates are done with them, they'll definitely wipe out my guard team as well. Tell me, what are you people really up to? Do you think my power isn't enough and want to give you more of it?"

"No, Your Excellency, you..."

"What do you mean, what do I mean? In short, I'm not sending troops. Don't even think about it. Get out of here. I haven't even finished my breakfast yet."

hiss-

The fat governor then bit into two more eggs and crushed them.

It gives people the creeps.

The governor was really angry.

You could tell from his rough treatment of food; at least when they first came in, the fat governor was chewing slowly and gently.

"This can't go on."

"Black Bay and Hundred Trees are just pirate groups, no matter how strong they are. But Time and Space is very likely a branch of Night Owl. Although they haven't caused any trouble yet, that doesn't mean it will always be like this."

"That's true, but haven't you considered that Black Bay and Hundred Wood might cause trouble like Black Tide next door once they grow bigger?"

what?

The words spoken by someone suddenly startled the members of the "think tank" who were having a discussion.

Class attributes are different, but class attributes can change.

A person may not have ambition, but that doesn't mean they never have ambition. Often, it's just that their position prevents them from developing ambition.

For example, Enron's current consideration is only to make the hyperspace powerful enough to become its own shield, so that it can help it solve some troubles that it doesn't need to personally deal with in the future.

But if the Time-Space Empire were to truly occupy a star system, a star sector, or even a star field, it would be hard to say what An Ran would think then.

It's hard to imagine what the view would be like unless you're standing in that spot.

"That makes sense."

"In reality, the pirates have a better chance of winning if a fight breaks out. The governor is right."

"If we only consider gains and losses, helping the Time-Space is the right thing to do now. But the Time-Space is suspected to be a branch of Night Owl. How can we possibly help them? This is a minefield we can't touch."

"Then let's watch the show."

"History has repeatedly proven that the idea of ​​sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight will result in both tigers being injured, but the actual result is often that one tiger swallows the other tiger and then, with overwhelming momentum, directly devours the people on the mountain as well."

"Then do you have any ideas?"

"There's no other way, I don't have anyone else available."

Then what are you talking about?

That's all for now.

People with their own thoughts dispersed like that.

If hearts are not aligned and efforts are not directed together, together they are a clump of rubbish, scattered they are a sky full of stars.

……

The day after the celebration, before she could even tally up the day's profits, Anran received another call from Qiao Qina.

"It's over, it's all over."

"How bad is it?" An Ran asked back, listening to Qiao Qina's desolate voice.

"Maihe and I are currently leading the last of our men to your location. The Star Ring base has already been captured..."

Amidst her tearful, rambling murmurs, An Ran finally understood what Qiao Qina meant.

Because the allied forces arrived so suddenly, they had no time to prepare a counterattack and could only hastily go into battle.

Already inferior in strength to their opponents, the lack of preparation only made their performance worse. After holding out for a few rounds, the Star Ring Pirates were forced to rely on their base for passive defense.

They could have held out a little longer, but a traitor emerged from the Star Ring Pirates.

This guy is a professional traitor.

It was the eldest disciple of the Sword-wielding Elder who betrayed them when Maihe and others dealt with those elders last time.

"Those who understand the times are wise."

"People strive to rise higher, while water flows downhill."

"Since Star Ring can't hold on any longer, I might as well be the first to surrender. If the brothers come with me, we can look out for each other."

And so, during the battle, one side's anti-aircraft guns suddenly stopped.

Having found a breakthrough, the combined fleet swiftly broke through the Star Ring's defenses.

Unwilling to surrender, Qiao Qina and Maihe led a small number of spaceships, only about a hundred, and managed to break through with great difficulty under the cover of the others.

Having suffered such a huge blow, Maihe was completely devastated.

Having rebuilt Star Ring and held absolute power, he was initially full of enthusiasm, eager to lead Star Ring back to its former glory. However, after less than two months of euphoria, he lost his ancestral legacy.

Life is not worth living.

How could anyone understand my suffering?

I don't want to live anymore, but I'm too afraid to die.

For what?

While Mai He was in a daze, and the other escaped executives also fell into pessimism, Qiao Qina also made a decision—

"Let's go to the time-space dimension."

"But the next target of the Combined Fleet is probably time travel," someone said worriedly.

Maihe's ears perked up: "Let's go, let's go to the Time-Space Dimension."

"why?"

"How can we not retaliate after suffering such a humiliating disgrace! There is still a sliver of hope to go to the transdimensional space. If you don't want to come along, then leave. Let's part ways amicably. At this point, I won't put on airs as the leader."

"..."

Of the final hundred or so spaceships, more than thirty left.