For tens of millions of years, humans across the Milky Way have been living a life worse than that of pigs and dogs. They have long been accustomed to it and have become numb.
The difference between being burned into psychic dust and being toyed to death by noble lords is that for commoners, being burned to death is a more painful death, which is good in a sense.
"Why do I feel like you're telling a hell of a joke?" Russell said with a smile.
"Hell?" Taltal was puzzled: "But this is the human world."
"It's precisely because this is the human world that it seems like hell." Russell laughed and handed a small parchment scroll to Taltaler.
“What is this…?” Taltaler was puzzled.
"Letter of introduction. With this, you can contact the Order of Truth. I grant you the right to resell federal arms to those wild bounty hunters, but you need to contact the sales channels yourself." Russell said casually, "Pay attention? I have not allowed you to cooperate with the imperial government."
"This... this..." The traveling merchant's pupils trembled greatly. Having wandered the galaxy doing business for nearly a hundred years, he naturally knew what this meant. And precisely because he understood, he was even more shocked.
Taltal's lips trembled, and he whispered softly: "Why, why me..."
"Because I knew yesterday that I would meet you today, I wrote this letter of introduction for you in advance." Russell smiled at him, turned and left.
With his status and ability, he can accurately predict the fate of a small person. As long as he doesn't get too excited and insist on fighting with the God of Chaos, he generally won't fail.
After wandering around the starport a few more times, Russell got his turn.
The refugees crowded in the corner and the small vendors who were constantly driven by the heat of work made him feel inexplicably irritated. The huge engine of the Pot of Greed roared, pushing this majestic steel fortress through the star gate as fast as if it was running away.
When I came to my senses, the beautiful blue and green planet had appeared in the field of view of the ship's sensors.
Got home.
"Marshal, you are finally back~"
Just after getting off the boat, a person who had accumulated a lot of loneliness came over with the hem of her skirt in his hand, rubbed her soft face against his chest, and laughed.
"Just rub it, what are you smelling? And taking a deep breath...? You're acting like a pervert." Russell rubbed Huifeng's face and said, "Girls can't be so vulgar."
"I'm happy." Gray Wind raised her head and let Russell knead her face. She said softly, "But I want to smell whether you have the 'virgin body scent' on you, Marshal, to see if you have lost your virginity and fallen into the water outside."
"What is the body odor of a virgin?" Russell paused in pinching her face.
Gray Wind continued, "I was bored when the Marshal was not at home, so I read a lot of novels in the library. In several different novels, there are many descriptions of male protagonists smelling the virgin scent of girls. The Marshal is a virgin! So he should also have the body odor of a virgin!"
Most literary works have been artistically processed, so don't believe them." Russell held his forehead with one hand and said righteously: "A virgin has no body odor, and neither does a virgin. If there is, it is because the toiletries and cosmetics have been marinated with it."
"But..." Huifeng was still a little confused.
"Do you believe in novels or me?"
"I believe in the Marshal~" Huifeng immediately stopped hesitating.
Russell released his hands that were supporting her buttocks, letting Gray Wind, who was hanging on him, fall down, and the two walked down the dock together.
"Marshal, when you were away, I commanded the fleet to successfully annihilate the giant ether worm and recovered the giant worm's body and the life-shaping queen inside. Coroniai wanted to eat the queen, but I didn't allow it. It was so anxious that it almost cried."
Russell touched Gray Wind's head and said, "Feed it. The gene databases of different insect nest fleets are not interoperable. Letting the Coronie absorb the Kraken's gene database will help the genetic development of new humans."
"Okay. But when it comes to human gene development, Coronie has hit a bottleneck and is having trouble breaking through. So it has recently shifted its research direction to another area, hoping to find another way and overtake others." Gray Wind's legs weren't as long as Russell's. He hopped along beside Russell, who was walking normally, but his voice didn't tremble at all. "It's trying to achieve micro-mechanical ascension, formatting the human soul consciousness and converting it into a Gestalt life like me."
"This is a wrong path. The idea of turning an individual into a super-collective is not feasible. The risk is too high and it is also unrealistic. Inform her as soon as possible to terminate the project." Russell's attitude was firm.
"Is that so..." Gray Wind was a little disappointed: "Actually, I think this idea is not bad. It would be a shame to reject it directly. Even if the micro-mechanical formatting cannot be extended to all citizens, at least, it can at least allow the marshal to break free from the constraints of the flesh and become like me, right?"
Russell stopped, looked at Huifeng's slightly flushed face, and sighed.
It wasn't because I was shy and blushing, it was because he pinched me.
"My current body is not a bondage to me, and I don't want to get rid of it, at least not now," Russell said.
"Eh... why?" Huifeng couldn't understand. The human body was so weak and troublesome, and the marshal was also subject to many restrictions due to his physical disadvantages. Why didn't he want to get rid of it?
Russell showed a helpless expression: "What did you want to smell when you got close to me before?"
"Hmm, the body scent of a virgin?" Huifeng blinked.
"That's why."
Updated 284 new relics
Updated 8 new relics
Stellaris 3.10 adds 8 new relics. Here is a list of them for everyone to prepare for:
[Eternal Spinning Top]: A perpetually spinning high-dimensional gyroscope, its flow seamless and hypnotic, a perpetual perfect movement.
Holding a relic increases monthly energy output by 10%
Activate the relic to gain the modifier: 'Perpetual Motion Machine'
Perpetual motion machine: Propulsion mechanics research speed +33%
[Tears of the Sky]: A sample of a star tear from a sad celestial body. The closer it is to an active star, the brighter the light it emits.
Holding a relic grants all colonized planets orbiting a star an additional +5% habitability
Activate the Relic to obtain 1250 Star Threads
Plasma Core]: The nucleus of a giant cell from an alien plane, which makes us aware of the infinite diversity of organic life.
Holding a relic increases population growth rate by 10%
Activate the relic to turn the entire population of a planet into 'plasma' life
Plasma: The species' outer membrane and amorphous body allow it to easily adapt to any environment, and is completely immune to all diseases.
[Root of Infinity]: A collection of some kind of organic matter that will grow and expand wildly no matter where it is placed.
Holding a relic has no effect
Activating the relic consumes 100 Astral Threads, and obtains a "leader" individual that does not require maintenance costs and does not occupy the leader limit
[Time Crystal]: A sealed crystal chamber containing a time loop isolated from the outside world.
Holding a relic increases the lifespan of all leaders by 10 years
Activate the relic to give all leaders +800 experience points
Daedalus Seal: This device is able to vibrate at a frequency that resonates with nearby space-time folds, temporarily sealing them.
Holding a relic increases the duration of the dimensional lock by 25% and the astral thread by 1.
Activate the relic to force all wormholes and L-gates within the country to close.
Continuum: The golden core of an extradimensional timing mechanism that manipulates time like its own gears.
Holding a relic will increase monthly energy output, mineral output, food output, and industrial output by 5%, and increase physics, engineering, and sociology research speed by 5%.
Activating the relic will gain a certain amount of resources based on the number of void rifts you have explored.
The Eternal Throne: An extradimensional port that grants eternity to life. Those affected by it exist in a reality without fear, miracles, or endings.
Holding a relic makes all 'leader' units immortal
Activating the relic consumes 333 Astral Threads and gains the modifier "Astral Coordination"
Astral Coordination: Monthly Astral Thread Output
Chapter 285 Gray Gu Rebellion
Chapter 283 Gray Gu Rebellion
"Eh... the Marshal would actually be concerned about such a thing?" Huifeng looked surprised.
"Humans are very vulgar creatures. I am also a human." Russell looked at the blush on Gray Wind's face that was slowly fading away, and said openly, "So I am also very vulgar."
There is nothing to avoid. Be a real man, and be vulgar if it is vulgar.
There's nothing wrong with a man being a little vulgar. Instead, it's the gentlemen who are ridiculed.
"That's right. When male characters in novels are faced with life-threatening situations, they often say lines like 'I don't want to die, I'm still a virgin'."
Huifeng touched his chin, revealing an expression of 'I understand everything': "Both mechanical ascension and micro-mechanical ascension require giving up the original body. Marshal is unwilling to choose these two ascension routes. It turns out that you think it is a pity to directly give up the virgin body?"
"You can say that..."
Although this is the truth, Russell always felt that it was a bit strange to hear Gray Wind say this.
"That's easy." Gray Wind patted his chest confidently, and it trembled: "Let me help the Marshal get rid of his virginity!"
"Uh..." Russell was stunned: "Do you have such a thing as physical pleasure?"
"No! There is!" Huifeng held his head high and chest puffed out, his face full of confidence.
"Doesn't that mean you're playing with me unilaterally?" Russell sighed.
"Is it not possible?" Huifeng's eyes sparkled, and he was obviously very interested in playing with the marshal.
Russell was speechless for a moment. He realized that there seemed to be a huge deviation between his and Grey Wind's thinking patterns.
He could only make up an excuse and shirk his responsibility, saying, "The social structure of humans is monogamy, and people are relatively cautious in choosing a mate. Giving away my body too casually is disrespectful to myself...and to you as well."
"But the humans I observed were not like what you said." Grey Wind clasped his hands together and smiled like a loving mother. "When I went to Ultramar to annihilate the Aether Worms, I conducted a comprehensive scan of the naval fleet parked in Macragge and found that even in a state of war, many people on the Imperial Navy ships were hastily mating. They seem to call this behavior the 'last shot before going to the battlefield.'"
Maybe they are husband and wife?" Russell protested.
"Can three male humans become husband and wife?" Gray Wind blinked.
"Ah, these three males..."
Russell had never expected that the Imperial Navy's culture had become so open, and he had never expected that one day he would be tricked by the Navy sailors from this perspective.
"Okay, don't be shy." Gray Wind saw through Russell's well-reasoned excuses through the secretion of human hormones, and he pulled him towards Dock No. 3 where the Gray Gu mothership was docked: "Come on, follow me into the house."
But Russell was still reluctant, like a young wife who was forced to marry a bully and was unwilling to consummate the marriage.
Considering that he probably couldn't beat the Marshal if he got serious, Gray Wind had to give up on using force and continued to ask, "So you still don't want to have a relationship with a living being other than your wife?"
"That's right," Russell admitted.
"Then I'll be the marshal's wife." Huifeng crossed his arms, looking proud.
Russell cast a suspicious look at her: "Do you know what humans define as a wife?"
"What are you talking about? Although I don't have the physical pleasure of organic life, I do have clear personal feelings." Gray Wind was quite dissatisfied with Russell's reaction: "Do you think I am a soulless machine?"
"No, no, that's not what I meant." Russell waved his hands again and again, a little embarrassed: "But the relationship between human husband and wife is not just a legal contract, it is also a reflection of social responsibility and personal feelings..."
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