Old Huo and the others had already set off, but the distance between galaxies meant it would take the closest person half a month to get there. Archibald, who lived the furthest, would take two months to reach Kechibal Star.
In fact, this was already fast.
Interstellar travel was traveling over a long distance and they could move tens of thousands of light years away. One or two months was really nothing.
During the waiting period, Xu Sili was ready to go to the underground exchange every day to see if he could pick up any good things.
In addition to being the largest and most prosperous tourist star in the nearby star field, Kechibal Star was also very famous for its underground trade market. It ranked among the best in the universe.
The underground trade market was commonly known as the black market.
After a long time, a fairly complete set of rules had been established. This was definitely a good choice for Xu Sili, who didn’t want to expose his identity and source of funds.
He had Xiao Wu. He successfully got a few unregistered accounts and the artificial intelligence helped erase all traces for him.
Now these accounts had hundreds of billions of cosmic coins loaded and were waiting for him to squander them in the black market.
They arrived at the booked hotel. Xu Sili completed the check-in procedures and disbanded the group to let the others play by themselves.
If it wasn’t for the purpose of blocking Wen Jishan and the others, he actually didn’t want to bring so many people here. After all, there was Si Sheng and he was worth thousands of troops.
Moreover, his level was higher than all the guards.
After giving the order, Xu Sili walked to the elevator with Si Sheng under the guidance of the employee.
Speaking of the elevator, it was more appropriate to describe it as a teleportation platform.
The slightly raised platform was only one square meter in size and there were no obstructions around it. Yet once passengers walked up on it, they would disappear in front of everyone in less than a second.
Xu Sili swiped his room card and walked in with Si Sheng. Then he heard the notification of ‘entering Room 2505’ ringing in his ears, followed by a whirlwind.
Once he opened his eyes again, he was already in front of the luxurious suite he booked.
Looking at the gorgeously decorated, very exotic double suite and then at the tall man beside him, Xu Sili couldn’t help the corners of his lips curling up.
Was this really a two person world?
In the hotel lobby, some people had already used their reputation points to redeem the hotel room cards from the faction warehouse. Then they went upstairs to enjoy it.
Some players didn’t exchange it.
It wasn’t that they didn’t want to. It was that they didn’t have enough reputation. They could only go around and become familiar with the environment to see if they could receive any missions.
The hotel where Xu Sili stayed was naturally the highest standard on Kechibal Star. The people who came and went here were all celebrities and nobles from various countries.
Just by their attire, the players seemed a bit out of place with their surroundings.
[Hahaha, the streamer looks like a country bumpkin.]
[Look at the door. An octopus has come in!]
[It is really an alien planet. Starry Sky Age is too detailed. There is even a map of the entire interstellar universe? I love it, I love it.]
[Am I the only one who thinks… even the octopus brother dresses better than the streamer!]
Deng Jianan saw the barrage and was speechless for a while.
Did he want to dress like this?
He was already wearing Roland’s best civilian clothes, okay? If he wanted better ones, the specifications needed to be customized and only nobles could wear them!
So it had nothing to do with his aesthetics. He was targeted by the game planners!
As a wind type player who had received the relief mission from the beginning, Deng Jianan made a lot of money from this mission. He wasn’t lacking money.
In the second closed beta that was still in the land reclamation stage, he was already considered very good. As a novice of the second closed beta, he could squeeze into the top 500 of the leaderboard. He could be called one of the best among the second closed beta players.
However, standing in this hotel on Kechibal Star that was full of luxury and dignity, he deeply felt his own poverty.
He hesitated for a moment and didn’t go to check-in immediately. He instead asked an employee where to buy clothes.
Then he was told that he could try on clothes in the hotel using a virtual fitting room. After choosing to pay, someone would deliver it to him.
Deng Jianan was mercilessly made to act by the live broadcast room again. He had to thank the employee and honestly go to check-in.
He was walking toward the elevator when a little girl who looked to be only four or five years old ran past him with a small dog.
Deng Jianan felt that the modeling of this little NPC was very cute. He couldn’t help looking at it twice. Then once the little girl almost fell, he instinctively mobilized the wind element to support her.
The little girl lay on the ground and raised her head a bit blankly, as if wondering why she didn’t feel any pain despite falling.
[Wu wu wu, what a cute little child.]
[Streamer, go up and show your friendliness.]
Deng Jianan also liked children. Under the urging of the barrage, he quickly walked toward the little girl and bent down to help her up.
At this time, there was another group walking toward the elevator.
One of them glanced at Deng Jianan with a thoughtful expression. Then under the urging of his companion, he walked toward the passage.
Deng Jianan didn’t notice it. He helped the little girl up, tidied the hem of her dress and asked, “Little sister, does the fall hurt?”
The little girl was originally a bit vigilant. Then after hearing his words, she blinked and asked, “Huh? Are you from Qiuxing Star as well?”
What? Qiuxing Star?
Deng Jianan was stunned. “I’m not from Qiuxing Star.”
“Then how do you speak the language of Qiuxing Star?” The little girl looked at him with surprise.
Deng Jianan realized. This should be the game’s translation system. He spoke Chinese but it seemed to be automatically translated into the alien language.
“I learned it,” he said brazenly as he met the little girl’s curious eyes.
“Wow. You’re amazing!”
Deng Jianan readily accepted the little girl’s adoration and the barrage’s contempt. Then he looked at the little girl and asked, “Little sister, are you alone? What about your mom and dad?”
The moment he reminded her, the little girl seemed to remember something. She looked to the left and right and pursed her mouth in an aggrieved manner.
“Mom… Mom is gone… Wu wu wu, I want Mom…”
Deng Jianan was at a loss when seeing her crying suddenly. There were also NPCs who looked like security guards walking in their direction.
He was just about to coax the girl when a system notification popped up.
[Ding~ Successfully triggered the elite mission ‘Lost Member of Qiuxing Star’.]
[Ding~ Since you aren’t in the ‘Qiuxing Star’ faction and Qiuxing Star isn’t an ally of the Roland Empire. You can’t accept this mission.]
F*k! Were there even different factions?
They could switch sides?
In the live broadcast room, many people had come to watch this interstellar trip, including many second closed beta players who stayed on Escher. Once they saw this mission notification, the barrage suddenly boiled over.
The second closed beta players and fans of the game were talking about it.
It turned out that the game also had faction gameplay!
However, at present, the Roland Empire was the only nation on Escher Star and many of them weren’t aware of this.
Different factions should have different gameplay. It would be fun to go to other factions.
At this time, he realized that the system notifications hadn’t ended.
[You can make the following choices.]
[1. Refuse the mission.]
[2. Give up your identity in the Roland Empire faction and transfer to the Qiuxing faction.]
Looking at these two options, Deng Jianan couldn’t help touching his chin.
So players could only have the identity of one faction? According to the previous mission reminder, there were different factions but also allies. They could do missions of those allied with their faction.
[Brother An, choose number 2 to try it!]
[Yes yes, transfer to the Qiuxing Star faction. It is estimated that you will be born directly on Qiuxing Star during the public beta!]
[Brother An, do you see the rocket cannon in my hand? If you choose 2, I will give you 1,000 at once!]
In the live broadcast’s barrage, people encouraged him one after another and some even offered money to tempt him.
Deng Jianan rolled his eyes and didn’t bother to deal with them.
Did he seem like someone short of money? Wanting him to submit for a thousand rocket launchers? They were dreaming!
He switched to the voice channel of the live broadcast room and whispered, “If I betray Roland, not only is there a possible punishment but let’s talk about those villages near Lexi Village. Will you guys go to deliver food to them?”
A man should do things from beginning to end and he also had feelings for Roland.
There were the friends he played together with, the NPCs he had become acquainted with, Pete from the tavern, Li Lei who brought him to the mercenary association and the villagers of Lexi Village…
How could they be easily abandoned?
Deng Jianan was very clear-headed. He was curious about Qiuxing Star and what benefits he would receive after joining, but he still chose to give up this mission.
By the time he made his choice, the security guards had already come over to inquire about the situation. He explained it and helped take the child to the front desk.
The language of Qiuxing Star was too niche and the hotel couldn’t find an employee or robot who knew the language for a while.
Once the little girl’s mother arrived, Deng Jianan acted as the interpreter and unexpectedly received a thank you fee from the hotel.
It was only 1,000 cosmic coins and it wasn’t much, but this was a huge amount of money for Deng Jianan. After all, in the faction warehouse, he needed 100 Escher coins to exchange for one cosmic coin.
The hotel even wanted to hire him as an interpreter and Deng Jianan hesitated.
After all, this money… was really easy to earn a profit.
Then he thought about how there were only two days left in the game and suppressed this idea.
He rejected the hotel’s offer and continued to take the elevator.
The moment he was teleported to his room, someone in the live broadcast room said that they saw in the Starry Sky Forum that there was really a player who changed factions.
Deng Jianan hurriedly opened the forum. Then he saw the punishment for switching factions and…
He was suddenly extremely glad that he had firmly chosen Roland.
Proofreader: Purichan
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