Poverty makes me capable of anything.

If it's a pay-to-win mobile game, the blueprint library probably has a limit on the number of blueprints you can collect. Want to collect more blueprints? You either have to discard the ones you already have, or you have to spend money to increase the limit.

However, Night of the Stars didn't play any tricks in this regard; the blueprint library has unlimited capacity.

The game quickly notified the player that the blueprints had been successfully collected.

She found the engineering drawings in the blueprint library. The blueprint description on the first page stated that the blueprints were for the latest transformation plan for Newland, with the aim of turning Newland into a mechanical planet that could operate independently of its star.

The transformation plan involved modifying the star core. According to Geddes's vision, the ultimate goal was to transform Newland into a "giant planetary ship," allowing Newland, as the capital of the Great Ship Industrial Zone, to freely traverse the sea of ​​stars.

This grand idea immediately piqued An Ran's interest.

If the goal is to terraform Bapulo and Dolphin Star, Hyperspace simply cannot afford the high cost. However, if the target is a satellite with a diameter of only a few hundred kilometers, then there is no problem.

"Perhaps it can be transformed into an invincible fortress similar to the Omnic City of Enlightenment, the main city of the Omnic race."

The idea is wonderful, but the immediate priority is to reach the Grandmaster level as soon as possible.

After granting Palmer's request, Enron led the fleet away from the large ship industrial zone, leaving only a few hundred ships at the outpost that had been built.

A few days later, the hyperspace fleet finally arrived at the Lein system, where the underwater mercenary legion was located.

The Underground Mercenaries are a renowned mercenary group that operates between the Empire and the Covenant.

Organizations like them have no place to exist in peacetime; neither side would welcome mercenaries operating within their territory.

But as the late Emperor Ignaz of the Empire gradually became senile, the Underground Mercenary Corps suddenly found itself at the forefront of rapid development, becoming a renowned mercenary group. They were not long established, and their actual development spanned only a few years.

Therefore, it is normal to encounter difficulties when attacking the Rein system.

The above information was relayed to An Ran by Palmer on the way to the Len system. Palmer also specifically reminded An Ran to remain restrained and not to mock the incompetence of the underground mercenary group, which would disrupt the harmonious atmosphere within the allied forces.

"..."

Gan!

Anran immediately gave Palmer the middle finger.

Do you think your sister An is such a boring person?

If he doesn't bother me, I'll happily grind experience and do quests. But if he does bother me, I'll turn him into experience points and then run back to Dolphin Star!

"Don't worry, we're all members of the New Star Alliance now. If we're going to be friendly, we're brothers! Brothers, you know."

He stabs his brother in the back for no reason!

Of course, although that's what she thought, Anran couldn't possibly tell Palmer, otherwise she would definitely be labeled as an "unstable element."

ヾ(≧?≦*)ゝ

Palmer was fairly satisfied with Anran's answer.

"As expected of the renowned Overlord of Time and Space!"

……

Anran led Ella, Heloise, and Iben out of the airport.

At this moment, several high-ranking members of the underground mercenary group were already waiting outside.

The chubby middle-aged man standing at the very front is Wilmer, the commander of the undercover mercenary group.

He was said to have been a smuggling tycoon who traveled between the Empire and the Covenant. He was wanted by the Covenant, which led him to build a mercenary army. He can be considered a legendary figure.

Wilmer, level 145.

Lieutenant No. 1, Level 138.

Lieutenant No. 2, Level 131.

Lieutenant No. 3, Level 129.

After a quick glance, Wilmer warmly greeted them.

"Welcome, welcome, Your Majesty the Overlord of Time and Space. I am Wilmer, the commander of the Underground Mercenary Corps."

The chubby Wilmer has a smile that looks like the Buddha Maitreya, but if you are fooled by his appearance, the shadow of death is already looming over you!

An Ran remembered what Ibn, the veteran driver of Xinghe, had said.

She extended her white-gloved right hand and gently shook Wilmer's hand.

"Commander Wilmer is too kind, I..."

"It's you, Ibn!"

A scream interrupted An Ran's polite conversation.

Wilmer's previously smiling face suddenly tightened, and the voice came from his second adjutant behind him.

He turned around and shouted, "Didn't you see I was talking to the Overlord of the Transcendental Dimension?"

"Commander, I..." Lieutenant No. 2 wanted to say something, but after a pause, he honestly apologized, "It was my fault."

"If you know you're wrong, apologize to His Majesty the Overlord. Don't disgrace our Underground Mercenary Legion!" Wilmer roared.

An Ran met Wilmer's gaze and said, "Don't be so nervous, I don't eat people."

"You two know each other?"

This was said to Ibn.

At this point, even Wilmer became curious about Ibn's identity.

This was Ibn's first mission outside the Dimension since joining the Hyperdimension. He had been wearing an exoskeleton armor during the battle in the Great Ship Industrial Zone, and Wilmer had no idea that he was connected to that lump of metal.

Ibn stared at Lieutenant No. 2 for a long time, his brows furrowing and relaxing at times, before nodding vigorously: "I've thought about it carefully for a long time, and the conclusion I've come to is that I've never seen him."

"..."

Then why do you have such expressive faces?

I was so looking forward to you telling me an interesting story.

“What’s going on?” Wilmer asked, turning around.

Lieutenant No. 2 quickly explained, "I had the honor of meeting Master Ibn once at the headquarters of the Assassin's Ladder before, so I was very impressed. I am just a nobody, so it is normal that Master Ibn does not remember me."

Assassin's Ladder?

The moment the word came out, Anran and Wilmer understood.

So you're also from the Assassin's Ladder!

After exchanging a few more polite words, Wilmer led Anran to the temporary outpost and rest area built by the Underground Mercenary Group. The war meeting was scheduled for the evening, so Anran had several hours of free time.

“I never thought you’d be called a master!” Anran said to Iben in a teasing tone.

Ibn was indignant: "I'm not bragging, but before I took Wang Ye's mission, my mission success rate was close to 100%! There are no more than 100 people stronger than me in the entire Assassin's Ladder. As one of the top 100 in the industry, I deserve to be called a master! It's just that I met someone as strong as you, a monster... Sigh, a hero doesn't dwell on past glories. I didn't want to talk about it."

Ibn sighed repeatedly, seemingly lamenting how slippery soap could be.

"I never knew you had such a glorious past!"

Although Heloise's words were spoken with emotion, the disbelief they revealed was impossible to conceal.

"You should seriously believe me, Ibn never lies!"

I don't believe you!

……

Meanwhile, at another outpost, Wilmer was also talking to Lieutenant Number 2.

"Let me tell you more about that guy named Ibn from the time-travel universe."

Lieutenant No. 2 activated the memory mode.

"It was a springtime filled with the fragrance of flowers, in the Spring Equinox City of the planet Dodorona..."

"Alright, alright, can you get to the point?" Wilmer was furious.

Although he made excuses by saying that the enemy was too strong, which is why the undercover mercenary group couldn't win, the real reason was that he was too incompetent.

Cai, it wasn't just his fault.

Wilmer knew this all too well.

Of course, he also bears some responsibility, since he focused all his abilities on being able to withstand blows and running fast, leaving him with insufficient offensive capabilities.

"But you can't blame me! That's my talent, what could I do? I was desperate too! Otherwise, why do you think I went into smuggling?"

Thinking about his men, Wilmer's liver started to ache.

Lieutenant Number 1 has a spatial ability, which sounds impressive, but all he can do is dig holes. He can dig huge holes in space and then banish anything that hits the hole into the void turbulence.

The hole dug by Lieutenant No. 1 won't move; it will only have an effect when someone else foolishly bumps into it.

The problem is that no one else would be this stupid. It's somewhat effective on defense, but completely useless on offense.

Because of this incident, Lieutenant No. 1 has been withdrawn for decades.

Lieutenant Number 2, the blond guy in front of us, always thinks he's a great writer, speaking in a style reminiscent of an essay, which is annoying enough. His abilities are equally impressive but useless.

Mental system, [Manipulation of the five senses].

Sounds pretty awesome, right?

However, Lieutenant No. 2 distorted his abilities, and he was unable to control other people's five senses at all; he could only exchange the other person's and his own five senses.

"What I see is what you see!"

While they were able to gather intelligence on the other side, they also exposed their own intelligence.

"My pain is your pain!"

When you hit yourself, the other person feels pain, but you're the one who gets hurt!

If the rest of our team were stronger, we could manage a one-for-one trade and hold off one of the opponents. The problem is that our team is all weak, which makes Lieutenant No. 2's abilities seem even more useless.

The only one who seems somewhat reliable is Lieutenant Number 3.

She is a master-level elementalist whose most powerful move is [Plague Storm], which has immense destructive power and a wide coverage area, making it an absolute godsend for crushing weaker opponents in large-scale wars.

However, another problem arose.

"It's too cruel to do this. I can't just watch them die in such agony, or I'll have nightmares!"

"Then why did you practice this magic in the first place?"