“Your Majesty Roland, are you sure that you will use all of the donation to purchase the following items?”
Adrian looked at the list that the little emperor put together for him and asked with some surprise.
Xu Sili nodded.
Seeing his appearance of not thinking about it, Adrian couldn’t help reminding him, “Your Majesty Roland, the items you purchased can build at least 100 base stations.”
100 base stations wasn’t much for a planet but didn’t the Roland Empire only have five main cities left today? Even if they needed to build new ones, a dozen must be enough, right?
Xu Sili nodded again.
“That’s right. I hope the Interstellar Alliance can arrange it for me as soon as possible.”
Silin’s incident made him vigilant. Roland’s base station equipment was aging a lot and the network signal between the main cities was very unstable. This wasn’t good for Roland’s development.
There were still many lands outside the main cities that hadn’t been recovered but he believed in the power of the players. There was the protection of Teacher Dominic’s magic circles. Even if he built base stations in some remote places, he didn’t have to worry about them being destroyed by interstellar beasts.
If it wasn’t for the serious interference of the special magnetic field in the sky above Escher, he would also want to buy a few satellites so that Xiao Wu could really monitor the world.
Now that conditions didn’t permit it, he could only give up temporarily
Xu Sili thought like this and said again, “I will trouble you, Liaison Officer Adrian.”
Seeing his resolute attitude, Adrian didn’t try to persuade him any longer. “Yes, Your Majesty Roland.”
“I will arrange it for you as soon as possible. Considering the huge number, I will fight for two more technical guidance robots for you. If you need the services of the engineering team, then you can also contact me.”
With the development of science and technology, many types of work had been replaced by machines.
The intelligent robots weren’t as flexible as intelligent creatures but they were more rigorous and hardworking. If they were injured during the construction, it just needed to be replaced with spare parts. The price was more affordable.
If he wanted the service of a bioengineering team, he would have to pay a high service fee. It was also difficult for an engineering team to accept the task of going to a planet with a danger level of five stars like Roland.
Xu Sili had long understood this. He didn’t need an engineering team that much. Xiao Wu was there for the assembly, so he wasn’t worried.
However, he was quite happy to hear that Adrian said he would send over two guidance robots.
He thanked Adrian for his kindness and the two of them ended the call.
”Wow, it is great! Now we don’t have to worry about not meeting this year’s target!”
The moment Adrian finished the conversation, he heard Yaheng, his only assistant at the moment, speaking in a very excited manner.
“The handling fee plus the nearly two billion transaction volume, as well as the 10 million alliance fee, this month’s performance is stable!”
The liaison officer of the Interstellar Alliance had its own performance appraisal system. The transaction volume was just one aspect. The other was the comprehensive strength ranking of the nation.
For a top three nation like the Flanders Federation, the liaison officer was a big job. Not only were the indicators easy to achieve but the ranking subsidy could also be claimed.
Regarding the comprehensive strength ranking, Yaheng absolutely didn’t dare to count on Roland.
God knows that he spent almost the whole year worrying that Roland wouldn’t be able to pay the league fee. In that case, their group would face disbandment.
At that time, he might also be assigned to an unknown position. In any case, it was impossible to work under the boss.
It wasn’t until the last quarter that Roland paid enough money and the transaction volume kept up. This made his life very nourishing in the past few months. However, Yaheng was always living in anxiety.
It was because His Majesty Roland hadn’t released a new song in a long time!
The popularity of the old songs hadn’t completely faded but Yaheng couldn’t help worrying about Roland’s finances.
If there wasn’t enough money in the account, the little emperor shouldn’t make such a large transaction again, right?
It was difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Yaheng had enjoyed a small and nourishing life for a while. It was too painful to go back to the daily routine of living in poverty.
He hadn’t expected that it was only March this year but not only had Roland paid the alliance fee, they also received a donation of two billion! The little emperor was as generous as ever and spent all his money in one go.
Yaheng was excited.
“Haha, that guy Fix had better wait and see. Sooner or later, he will realize what a mistake he made when he applied for a transfer to the Bewatt team!”
Adrian glanced at him and shook his head helplessly.
Fix was the same young man who applied to leave their group and join the Bewatt Empire. He was currently doing quite well in the new team.
As far as Adrian knew, the Bewatt Empire had recently submitted an application to purchase some equipment. They were also asking for information on the purchase of battleships.
If one more ship was added, the Bewatt Empire would have four battleships and their military strength would increase significantly. Their national ranking this year should be further improved.
Adrian couldn’t bear to hurt his loyal subordinate, so he didn’t mention this matter. He directly ordered Yaheng to hurry up and arrange Roland’s order.
The materials for 100 base stations must be arranged in a short period of time. It was quite difficult for two people…
Xu Sili, who had finished purchasing, turned off the communicator in a good mood. Then he asked Li Zhecheng to escort the elf player over.
After some thought, he found that he had fallen into a misunderstanding before.
He actually had a more direct means to get the answer he wanted from a player.
Roland’s Imperial Prison.
Lan Xiaoyin had already gone offline and finished a meal. The moment he saw that the time had come, he went online and resurrected.
After all, he could still move around if he was resurrected. If he didn’t resurrect, he could only float in the sky. He couldn’t even interact with the audience watching the live broadcast, so it was simply boring.
In any case, His Majesty Roland must know he could resurrect. Why else put a corpse in prison? Then he didn’t have to wrong himself to act.
Clatter.
At this time, he heard footsteps outside the prison.
Huh? This time, it wasn’t the handsome guy who could control space?
Then he saw a familiar figure appear outside. It was Li Zhecheng, the seventh most popular character in Starry Sky Age.
The moment he appeared, the barrage in front of Lan Xiaoyin increased exponentially. Fortunately, he had already made the font size smaller.
[I came here due to the reputation.]
[Wow, I can really see popular NPCs here! Love love.]
[So when can I see His Majesty Snow and Si Sheng? I want to see what His Majesty’s daily attire looks like!]
[Ahhhh, my husband Li Zhecheng. I love you!]
[Li Zhecheng is so handsome. Ahhhhhhh!]
Since someone recorded the video of Lan Xiaoyin being interrogated during the day and posted it, this attracted many people to watch. It made his live broadcast room more lively than usual.
Lan Xiaoyin directly ignored the barrage. He watched Li Zhecheng have the guards open the prison door while thinking about how to complete his main mission.
It was really too difficult!
The people he met in this place were all NPCs with unfathomable strength. They were all bigshots… How could he run away with a Lv 5 newcomer account?
The trick was that he had to come back after running away. The only good news was that he had determined who the mission target was. It would be much easier to act in the future. He could find opportunities to contact her again.
It was impossible for the little girl to never leave the palace for the rest of her life, right?
Lan Xiaoyin pondered on it while Li Zhecheng had already walked in.
Li Zhecheng looked at the elf who had risen from the dead on the stone bed. He wasn’t surprised at all.
The main thing was that the feeling that this elf gave off was too similar to the group of braves. Resurrection was the racial talent of the braves.
So what was the relationship between this elf and the braves?
“Blue Mark, come with me. His Majesty wants to see you,” Li Zhecheng said.
Lan Xiaoyin rolled his eyes and felt that this was an opportunity.
He raised his hands and said, “Captain Li, can you help me undo the shackles? It is inconvenient to walk like this.”
The moment he left the prison, he could use his Plant Transformation skill to escape!
Li Zhecheng glanced at him, helped uncuff his legs and then led him out of the prison.
Lan Xiaoyin took the opportunity to activate the Plant Transformation skill.
The plants he could change into now were dogtail grass and dandelion. Dandelions were small in size and could fly away when blown by the wind. As long as he wasn’t confined by space, he would…
[Ding~ You are in a forbidden state and can’t use any skills.]
Lan Xiaoyin was stunned. He looked at the handcuffs in disbelief, only to find… these handcuffs were also an alchemy item and it limited all his abilities!
Li Zhecheng looked at the disbelieving elf. He smiled and didn’t say anything. He continued to escort this elf toward the main hall.
His sinister smile caused the barrage to be active again and this made Lan Xiaoyin angry.
He decided to fight to the death this time. Let’s see what these NPCs could do to him?
However…
[Ding~ Triggered the elite mission [Interrogation of His Majesty the Emperor.]
[Description: You broke into the palace and were caught red-handed. Due to your identity as a forest elf, His Majesty the Emperor has become a bit interested in you and decided to interrogate you personally.]
[Mission content: Answer His Majesty’s questions truthfully. Don’t lie or it will be treated as a mission failure.]
[Mission rewards: A certain amount of experience points, reputation, Escher coins, invisible armor (bronze) x1.]
Lan Xiaoyin’s tears almost flowed from his mouth instead of his eyes.
An elite mission!
It wasn’t just reputation and Escher coins, but also a bronze quality invisible armor! This required 1,000 reputation to redeem!
He was arrested because he broke into the palace and his faction reputation directly fell to the negative. His Escher coins were also confiscated. He could be called penniless and was particularly miserable.
He looked at the silver-haired young man on the throne and finally chose to give in.
It wasn’t that he wasn’t firm enough, but…
The mission gave too much!
In the primitive jungle, Xu Fengqing was running hard with Xenos on his back. The sky was approaching evening and the orange sunset was shining on the horizon.
The sound of footsteps chasing behind them had weakened a lot. They had been running forward and long left Roland’s original border. They entered an area that no human had set foot on in the past one hundred years.
Xu Fengqing didn’t dare relax at all. Fortunately, with the support of Xenos’s water healing, his physical strength was always maintained at a critical value. He wasn’t completely exhausted.
Finally, he found a tall enough tree and climbed it at the urging of Xenos.
After he climbed up, the interstellar beasts below rushed past. However, after running such a distance, they no longer had the same momentum as before. This momentum wasn’t enough to break the big tree.
Xu Fengqing hugged the branch and looked down.
His face wasn’t red and his heart wasn’t beating quickly, but it had been a bumpy journey for the one on his back. Not only did Xenos have to use his spiritual power to guide Xu Fengqing, but he also had to use the water healing technique. This made Xenos very tired.
He lay on Xu Fengqing’s shoulder, panting slightly. He didn’t dare to make too much movement out of fear of attracting hidden, fierce beasts.
This was a territory that Roland hadn’t explored four years ago. The mere thought of it made Xenos tense.
Feeling his nervousness, Xu Fengqing patted his hand soothingly. Then he wrapped shadows around the two of them again, isolating their smell and figures.
After this period of contact, he had been able to make the shadows have a transparent effect. The picture was blurry but he could still observe the situation outside.
Xenos slowly let out a sigh of relief. At this time, Xu Fengqing took out a water bottle from his backpack and drank it himself. He took out a straw from his space and handed it to Xenos.
“I’m afraid we are going to have to spend the night in the tree,” Xu Fengqing said.
Xenos looked at the straw that was held to his mouth, opened his mouth and took a few small sips.
Fengqing seemed to carry a treasure chest with him. He could take out anything and it made Xenos feel it was particularly magical.
If he could look at Xu Fengqing’s backpack, he would find that the backpack had expanded from the original 10 slots to 200 slots. It was filled with various items purchased from the system mall.
The branch was big enough to accommodate two people. Xu Fengqing undid the belt tied to Xenos so that Xenos could lean against the tree for a while.
Then he looked around and saw that the tree bore nut-like fruits. They were each the size of a fist.
After checking with the system and finding that it was edible, Xu Fengqing quickly took them all off. Then he used the dagger to peel the shells to use them as rations for tonight.
There was no way to cook porridge on the tree. He had to make do with this.
Xenos wasn’t a picky eater, not to mention that he liked nuts. Of course, it would be sweeter if it could be roasted, but it was still a delicacy to eat it raw.
He didn’t have a big appetite and was full after eating one.
Xu Fengqing ate the rest. Then he tied the two of them together with a belt to prevent Xenos from falling off the tree. Then he took out a quilt and covered the other person.
Xenos never thought that he could live comfortably in the wild.
He turned his head sideways to look at the man who had everything. Then he started to close his eyes to rest. He was curious about the man’s origins but he remembered Fengqing’s previous words.
This person didn’t want the two of them to interact…
Xenos sighed. Just as he was about to look away, he saw the man open his eyes and look at him questioningly.
The stars were shining brightly above his head. Surrounded by the dangerous jungle, the two of them stared at each other for a while.
For some reason, Xenos suddenly opened his mouth. “If it was before… perhaps we could be friends.”
Xu Fengqing pursed his lips. After a moment of silence, he said, “It isn’t your problem.”
Xenos looked at him. The words had no context but both of them could understand the meaning.
Not wanting to have too much intersection with him wasn’t Xenos’ problem. He shouldn’t think too much.
Finally, Xenos smiled gently and hummed.
“Then I’ll go to sleep first.”
“Okay.”
Xenos huddled under the quilt. In this jungle full of dangers, he unexpectedly slept peacefully.
Xu Fengqing looked at him. Finally, he sighed and looked away to continue the vigil.
The night was rarely peaceful and uneventful.
Then when Xu Fengqing woke up and was about to take Xenos away, he was suddenly stopped by Xenos.
The gentleness on the silver-haired man’s face had faded. There was a coldness that had never been seen before. He stared into the distance and used gestures to tell him not to speak.
Xu Fengqing followed his gaze and discovered that there were two human-like figures moving around the dense jungle.
Looking more carefully, he found that these two ‘people’ seemed to be covered with green scales.
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