Aboard the Starry Sky spaceship.
The elf player Lan Xiaoyin was currently locked up in a certain room. He was left unattended, so he tried many ways to leave. However, he was never able to escape. (TL: Author previously used Blue Mark, i.e. Lan Yin. Now it has been changed to Lan Xiaoyin, so I’m going to use Lan Xiaoyin for this character from now on)
In the end, he could only lie pitifully by the glass window of the room, looking longingly at the lake below.
His main mission of finding the elf royal family had been completed and he was now moving to the second step: follow the elf royal family back to the elf land to save the Tree of Life.
His Majesty the Emperor let Lan Xiaoyin follow him— the problem was that he was trapped on the spaceship from beginning to end. Now he was even forgotten. He had no way to do the mission!
Fortunately, he figured out the shooting mode of the game system.
In the shooting mode, his live broadcast camera could be controlled at will according to his needs. It was very convenient to zoom in and out, or move left and right. The lens track could even be set to facilitate players recording videos.
The only drawback was that he could only stay where he was and not move.
He was now controlling the camera and filming what was happening in the center of the lake below.
At first, he filmed His Majesty Snow and Si Sheng. Then they took the little girl with the blood of the elf royal family to the withered tree.
That big tree should be the Tree of Life. The densely packed interstellar beasts surrounding it were simply a nightmare for patients with trypophobia.
When Si Sheng first appeared, he was holding His Majesty’s hand with one hand and the little girl with the other. This scene directly caused the barrage in the live broadcast room to explode.
[Ahhh, a family of three!]
[Sure enough. We can wait here to see Si x Snow. Wu wu wu, I announce that I will wait here and never leave!]
[Xiao Lan, put the camera on the right point. I want to see their features!]
Lan Xiaoyin could only laugh.
None of these fans were good people. He wouldn’t easily satisfy their requests!
As a result, once someone gave him ten rocket launchers as gifts, he reluctantly moved the camera and shot the faces of Si Sheng and His Majesty Snow for a long time.
However, it didn’t take long for him to be attracted to the little girl.
A vine actually sprouted out of the Tree of Life. As if it was conscious, it patted the little girl’s head before releasing a white light to surround her.
Once the white light dissipated, the little girl turned into a real elf.
[Wow. Ahhhh, what plot is this? This little loli is so cute!]
[Within one minute, I want to know all the information about this little loli. Xiao Lan, figure it out!]
Lan Xiaoyin wanted to roll his eyes, but for the sake of the gifts, he still said what he knew.
“Her name is Asheng. She is a half-elf with the blood of the elf royal family. She is now living in the palace. She seems to be living with His Highness Joan.”
“You know His Highness Joan, right? He is the youngest brother of His Majesty Snow. He is still very young.”
After saying this, he casually posted Joan’s photo.
[His Highness Joan, I know him! I’ve seen him on the list of popular characters!]
[It’s so cute. The kid is so cute!]
“Don’t look at his young age. He is very powerful. He is almost level 20.”
Lan Xiaoyin muttered in a complaining manner. He had suffered due to this little boy before. If he hadn’t been caught by Joan, he wouldn’t have been locked up in prison for so many days.
The only good thing was that the Bloody Mary sister was still locked up in the imperial prison. Meanwhile, he met the faction leader and core figures of the empire and ran out.
Now he could stay on the legendary Starry Sky and experience the plot of the elves.
—Although this plot seemed to have nothing to do with him as a player… it was outrageous!
At this time, text suddenly popped up on his game screen.
[After a hundred years, the forest elves, who were almost wiped out by the natural disasters, finally ushered in the return of their ruler!]
[Please find the elf queen and help her find the forest elves scattered everywhere. Gather the power of all the elves and build a new home!]
[Ding~ Your main mission has been updated. It can be viewed in the taskbar.]
Lan Xiaoyin couldn’t help being stunned when he saw the text that suddenly appeared. Then he quickly opened the taskbar to take a look.
He saw that the original mission content of ‘follow the elf royal family back to the elf clan land and save the Tree of Life’ had become—
Assist the elf queen and rebuild a new elf tribe.
After this line, there was a note: After the elf tribe is established, players will have a chance to be born into the elf clan when creating a new character.
[F*K! A truly new race!]
[Ahhhh, that is to say, the probability of playing an elf in the future might no longer be one in 100,000?]
[F*k, I’m excited to see it!]
[Xiao Lanlan, you can do it! Our elf tribe depends on you!]
[Yes yes yes, you must assist Queen Asheng in rebuilding the tribe as soon as possible. From now on, the development and growth of the elf tribe will fall on you!]
[Oh my god, how do I get a rare race account? I feel like the plot is much more exciting than what I played!]
Lan Xiaoyin also felt very confused.
He never imagined that the Starry Sky Age could be played like this. The mission of rebuilding a tribe was now on his shoulders? Why did he suddenly feel so stressed?
As for the elf queen…
Hey, he was still locked up and didn’t even have the chance to meet her! This main mission was so difficult!
“What nonsense about it being awesome? I’m still stuck at level 5. I don’t know when I can get the inheritance and continue to level up!”
Lan Xiaoyin couldn’t help complaining, “It is so difficult for me. How on earth do I play this game…?”
The more he cried and complained, the more energetic the barrage became.
At this time, the scene he shot suddenly changed.
He saw the little elf queen walking up to the emperor and saying something to him. Then she raised her hand to the sky and a video playing in mid-air emerged.
F*k, what type of tumultuous operation was this? What was the point of this plot?
Lan Xiaoyin was confused, but at the same time, he felt itchy. This hidden plot felt like a lot of information was revealed and he was the first to discover it!
[Ahhhh, the game Starry Sky Age is so poisonous. The NPCs take advantage of your lack of attention to go through the plot themselves!]
[So who are the two people in this video? His Majesty Snow seems very excited!]
Lan Xiaoyin had already zoomed out so that all the details could be recorded.
[Am I the only one who thinks the silver-haired NPC is so miserable? I can’t hear the sound but I feel sad just watching him cry.]
[Who is the one with black hair? Did he die?]
[He must be dead. Otherwise, why would the other person cry like this?]
[F*k, the silver-haired one is going to commit suicide!]
[No ahhhhh!]
At this time, the lizardman in the image knocked down the silver-haired man’s dagger and pinched his chin. After examining the man carefully, he suddenly burst out laughing.
[Oh my god, it was so dangerous!]
[The lizardman saved the silver-haired man, but I still think this lizardman is disgusting. My fists are hard!]
[So what race is this lizardman? It is so disgusting. People who play this race are probably unlucky.]
[Wait a minute. Silver hair, purple eyes… f*k, isn’t this silver-haired man Roland’s dead eldest prince? I heard from the NPCs that only the Roland imperial family has silver hair and purple eyes. People say they can’t set their appearance like this when doing the modeling.]
[This is unlikely. Hasn’t the eldest prince of Roland been dead for a long time? When I was doing my daily tasks, I occasionally heard the aunts and uncles talking about him.]
[Why isn’t it possible? The second princess Silin didn’t die. Tsk tsk tsk, this must be a hidden plotline laid by the game group!]
[Fk, fk. You guys, look quickly! The eldest prince was taken onto the spaceship!]
Lan Xiaoyin also became nervous when he saw this.
He looked at the emblem on the spaceship and couldn’t help guessing, “This lizard-like creature… is it an alien?”
“Roland seems to have only one spaceship, which is the Starry Sky where I am. In addition, looking at the emblem on the bow, it isn’t Roland’s emblem at all!”
He adjusted the angle of the camera and captured the emblem on the head of the spaceship clearly.
As he discovered this ‘hidden plot’, more and more people came to watch the live broadcast. Many players in the game also opened the live broadcast room to watch while doing tasks.
This was a quest involving a rare race!
Every player had a chance to delete their account and start again. This meant that everyone had a chance of being reborn as an elf. How could people not look forward to it?
There were even guilds eyeing Lan Xiaoyin and friend invitations constantly being sent. However, Lan Xiaoyin had blocked them a long time ago.
Lan Xiaoyin’s discovery at this time caused a new wave of discussion in the barrage.
[Yes, this appearance of a large lizard is very disgusting.]
[That… it seems to be the national coat of arms of the Bewatt Empire…]
[Um? How did the previous person know this?]
[Yesterday when I was doing a mission, I met an old man who wanted to recruit me into some type of underground organization. Then I received a notification if I wanted to change factions.]
[That faction was the Bewatt Empire I just mentioned. There was an emblem on the taskbar that was exactly like this emblem.]
[Oh my god, you can switch factions in the Roland Empire? I heard that the punishment for switching is severe! So did you switch?]
[No, I said I would think about it again.]
[What did the old man say?]
[He agreed. Then he turned around and killed me.]
[…F*k! So where is the old man? Send me the coordinates and I’ll go play.]
Lan Xiaoyin watched them chatting and thought about it. “So this NPC is suspected to be the eldest prince of Roland and he is being taken away by the lizardmen of the Bewatt Empire?”
“Will there be new faction gameplay later?”
“For example, going to Bewatt Star to rob people?” He analyzed it. “Is it possible to join the Bewatt camp as an undercover agent?”
[Then do the missions on both sides and benefit from both sides?]
[Undercover? Then it depends on whether His Majesty Snow recognizes it or not, right? Without official certification, you are just a traitor. Not only will you be deprived of your elementalist status, but you will also become wanted.]
[Can you care about the eldest prince first?]
[Yes, he is so miserable. He will be taken to an alien planet as a hostage!]
Lan Xiaoyin also felt that the eldest prince was quite miserable. He couldn’t bear it just looking at the video. The problem was…
There was nothing he could do to save the person!
At this moment, His Majesty Snow finished watching the video. He said something to the little girl and the man who could control space. Then he showed a look of disappointment.
Then Si Sheng said a few more words. He closed his eyes and opened them again quickly. He disappeared from this place with His Majesty Snow, who had a look of delight on his face.
“Looking at this imposing appearance… are they going to save people?”
Lan Xiaoyin couldn’t help controlling the camera to move around. As a result—
He really shot something.
He saw that diagonally above the Starry Sky, a blond-haired man wearing a snow-white military uniform suddenly appeared. Then he landed on a black panther with wings and quickly flew into the sky.
He only captured the moment when the man rushed out and disappeared, but Lan Xiaoyin couldn’t help blurting out, “F*k, so handsome!”
Moreover, it looked very hot-blooded!
[Ahhhh, he really went to save the eldest prince!]
[Si Sheng is awesome! He is chasing the spaceship directly. Can he catch up?]
[I don’t know. In any case, this streamer can’t catch up.]
Lan Xiaoyin tried really hard to manipulate the camera to chase, but he really couldn’t catch up.
Moreover, this camera couldn’t infinitely zoom out. He could push it no longer than a distance of two or three thousand meters. He could only watch Si Sheng’s back disappear into the sky.
[So is this a series? When will I know the results? So anxious!]
There was a wail in the barrage of the live broadcast room. However, Lan Xiaoyin couldn’t help it. He couldn’t catch up. What else could he do?
He continued to turn the camera back. On the way back, he accidentally saw something that seemed to be glowing in the jungle. He wanted to go over and see it, but he finally decided to forget it.
Lan Xiaoyin returned to the center of the lake and pointed the camera at the Tree of Life below. This was a major event related to the elf tribe. It was more important than anything else!
“Huh? Wait. I just left for a while. What happened here?”
Below, a blue-black field was created around the Tree of Life. The interstellar beasts waiting quietly at the lake crowded together and rushed toward the shore. As a result, they crashed directly into the black field and disappeared.
Vaguely, bursts of blood could be seen flashing by.
“What type of awesome skill is this?” Lan Xiaoyin’s eyes widened when he saw it.
Then he moved the camera curiously around the area. He saw the gray-haired man under the big tree and the little girl beside him.
The gray-haired man raised his hands and pressed them into the void.
The snow-white robes embroidered with red stripes moved without any wind. The red coral pendants hanging from his ears were constantly shaking, giving people an elegant and ethereal beauty.
Behind him, the little elf girl placed her hands on the Tree of Life. Her little hands emitted a faint green light. The light continued to extend along the veins of the trunk and quickly spread across the big tree.
This scene was mysterious and shocking. It attracted the attention of countless viewers in just a moment and even caused the barrage to stop at this moment.
An ancient ritual seemed to be going on.
Finally, the green light emitted from the little girl’s hand spread to the entire tree, outlining the tree in light.
The originally weak light suddenly became dazzling, causing Lan Xiaoyin to subconsciously close his eyes.
Then he quickly opened his eyes again, not wanting to miss any details of this scene.
Finally, the tree of light started to shrink. The change was very fast. In just a few breaths, the tall, dead tree shrank into a green light spot the size of a palm.
Lan Xiaoyin couldn’t help holding his breath.
Under his gaze, the little girl stretched out a pair of small hands and gently caught the dot of light.
The moment it touched the skin of her palm, the light completely dissipated. It turned into a… seed with a rough surface, covered by mysterious lines?
[Oh my god. Is this the seed of the Tree of Life?]
The moment these words appeared on the barrage, the surrounding black field suddenly shattered into powder and a large number of interstellar beasts surged over!
Lan Xiaoyin’s live broadcast footage was instantly filled with interstellar beasts. The impact brought about by this picture subconsciously made him scream. Many people watching the live broadcast were startled.
On the other hand, Chamo picked up little Asheng in an instant. He cut through the space and left.
This scene was also completely captured by the live broadcast camera, but the time was too short for many people to see it clearly.
Lan Xiaoyin immediately canceled the shooting mode.
He lay on the window and looked down, only to see that the center of the lake had been completely submerged by the interstellar beasts.
These interstellar beasts came for the seed of the Tree of Life?
[I was scared to death. It was too exciting just now!]
[What about the little cutie Asheng? In addition, that silvery gray-haired beauty? Are they okay?]
[Look at the replay. The big beauty ran away holding Asheng.]
[I just want to know what the beauty’s name is! The scene where he cast the spell was too beautiful. I like him so much!]
Lan Xiaoyin thought…
Maybe that handsome guy took the queen back to the Starry Sky? He touched his chin and thought about how he could approach his queen.
Meanwhile, Chamo did indeed bring Asheng back to the control room of the spaceship.
Neither of them was in good condition.
Chamo’s face was pale, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. Meanwhile, little Asheng lay curled up in his arms. She had fainted while still tightly holding the seed.
Chamo didn’t see Xu Sili in the control room and didn’t think it was strange. He just thought Xu Sili went to rescue people with Si Sheng.
He looked at the light screen. “Xiao Wu, can I ask if there is any news about His Majesty?”
“They are back,” Xiao Wu replied.
Chamo was startled. He hadn’t expected them to come back so soon. He couldn’t help asking, “Have the people been rescued?”
“They are rescued.”
Chamo, “……”
So fast?
Then thinking about how it was the marshal who took action, he convinced himself that there was nothing to be surprised about.
He looked at Asheng with worry in his eyes. He asked again, “Then where is His Majesty and the marshal? I need to talk to them about something.”
Xiao Wu shook his head and said, “No, you can’t disturb Brother now.”
His tone sounded a bit distressed.
“What happened?” Chamo asked.
“I cracked the encrypted data of the Bewatt spaceship. I seem to have discovered their conspiracy…”
At the same time, mysterious electronic sounds continued to sound from countless corners of Escher.
“All the setters are dead. According to the rules, start the program immediately. Start the program immediately—”
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