VCRMM: Chapter 412

Adrian was very surprised and even showed a bit of confusion in his eyes.

The mecha they developed themselves?

Wasn’t Roland a magical civilization? It might’ve been exposed to technological civilizations, but this was still in the early stages. How could it possibly develop its own mecha?

And… he took the initiative to propose a mecha competition?

“Your Majesty Roland, did I hear incorrectly?”

Adrian thought about it. “You mean… a mecha developed independently by Roland?”

“You heard right. Roland has its own research institute. The mecha I’m talking about is our latest research and development,” Xu Sili said with a smile. “I guess the Interstellar Alliance wasn’t satisfied with the results of the last mecha competition, right?”

It was said to be a mecha competition, but it was actually an elementalist against a mecha. The latest mecha developed by the Interstellar Alliance was completely defeated. It could be said that they suffered a big setback.

However, Xu Sili also knew that the Interstellar Alliance’s mecha squad suffered from an information gap.

The five mentors in the competition had all returned from the universe. They had deep insights into mechas and knew where the weaknesses of mechas were and how to use their strengths to overcome their weaknesses.

The members of the mecha squad were all experienced mecha masters, but they knew very little about elementalists and even looked down on them at the beginning. As a result, they suffered a crushing defeat.

Now Roland sent out mechas to fight and both sides were on the same starting line.

“Don’t you want to win and prove that the Interstellar Alliance’s mechas aren’t that bad?”

Xu Sili looked at Adrian with a smile.

He smiled kindly, but Adrian felt wary. Of course, he had to admit that this request was very tempting to the top leaders of the alliance.

After the last mecha competition, the mechas produced by the alliance were subjected to great scrutiny and the order volume was significantly lower than previous years.

If they could win this time, it would definitely have a positive effect on the rapidly declining reputation of the alliance’s mechas.

“But what good is this for the Roland Empire?”

Adrian frowned. He didn’t think the emperor would lie to him. The mecha mentioned should indeed be independently developed by them.

However, this made him feel even more puzzled.

“With all due respect, the mechas developed by your country are probably not as capable as the alliance’s.”

If they didn’t have this little bit of confidence, Adrian thought that the alliance didn’t need to make mechas any longer.

He knew Roland’s situation very well. At least before His Majesty Roland ascended the throne, Roland was still in a very closed off and poor state. There were absolutely no spare funds for such money-burning research and development.

Only three years had passed since the emperor ascended the throne.

A magical civilization independently developed a mecha in just three years that could defeat the Interstellar Alliance, which had invested decades of time and countless manpower, material resources, and financial resources?

Adrian found it ridiculous just thinking about it.

So what exactly did His Majesty Roland want?

“In that case, the Interstellar Alliance shouldn’t have anything to fear, right?”

Xu Sili said very bluntly. “As for my purpose, I just want to test the performance of the mecha and see how far we have to go from being a top mecha.”

“This time, it is Roland who proposed it so you can decide the venue and even whether to make it public or not. I think there shouldn’t be anything wrong in agreeing to this, right?”

Adrian thought for a moment before nodding. “I will convey your wishes. The specific outcome will need to be discussed with the Interstellar Alliance.”

Xu Sili expressed his understanding and didn’t say anything else.

Now many foreign affairs had been gradually transferred to Aunt Val. This time, Adrian went directly to Xu Sili because the top management put too much pressure on him and he had no choice.

Once the communication ended, Xu Sili contacted Ding Mingyu and asked him to be prepared.

He also acted on a whim this time, but he didn’t think Roland’s mecha would be worse than the alliance’s.

Not to mention that they had a top lineup of scientists, but the new technology he obtained from the future forum allowed Dr Ding and his team to be ten years ahead of the interstellar world.

Combine this with the application of inscriptions, it was the perfect combination of technology and magic. This would definitely play an unexpected role.

Through this new mecha competition, he wanted to show the entire universe that in addition to mysterious magic, Roland also possessed remarkable strength in this field of high-end technology.

On the one hand, it was to deter others. On the other hand, it was to allow Roland to better integrate into the interstellar world.

After all, this universe belonged to the technological civilizations. The alternative Roland, in addition to showing strength and uniqueness, must be more down-to-earth and show similarities with other nations in the universe.

Moreover, through this competition, he could invite scientists from all over the universe to attract more talents to come to Roland and create value.

In addition to informing Dr Ding, there was also Aunt Val, Wen Jishan and the others. The subsequent details would be agreed upon and fully handed over to them.

Now with the gradual cultivation of talents and the reform and improvement of the management system, Emperor Xu Sili’s work was becoming easier and some of his ideas could be better implemented.

After explaining all of this, Xu Sili and Si Sheng went to the wilderness to hunt monsters.

In order to complete the 50% land recovery rate as soon as possible, he was forced to go out himself, clear monsters with Si Sheng and let Si Sheng level up at the same time.

It was true that as long as the level limit wasn’t lifted, Si Sheng would always be the strongest. However, Xu Sili didn’t forget that there were also terrifying nine star beasts on Escher Star whose strength was comparable to Si Sheng.

However, with his assistance, Si Sheng could easily move around on Escher Star. Even if they encountered a nine star beast, they could jointly eliminate it.

So while they were concentrating on clearing monsters, a post soon appeared on the forum.

“His Majesty Snow and Marshal Si Sheng fighting against a nine star boss in a HD video.”

This post quickly became a hot topic as soon as it was published.

It turned out that when Xu Sili and Si Sheng were clearing monsters, they were caught by a player who was adventuring deep in the forest.

Warrior elementalists were very suitable for sneaking in the wilderness. Even if they were discovered by interstellar beasts, they could easily escape. Therefore, they were favored by many players who liked adventures.

[Is this a moral decline or a distortion of human nature? Why are these two clearing a forest boss together?]

[A nine star boss! The rewards are so generous! I’m drooling!]

[No wonder why I haven’t encountered many high-star bosses after fighting for so long. They have all been snatched away by NPCs!]

As everyone knew, the wild monsters in Starry Sky Age wouldn’t refresh. Once the interstellar beasts in an area were cleared, no interstellar beasts would refresh in the area unless they ran over from other places.

In other words, there were actually a limited number of wild monsters on Escher Star. They would be killed by players sooner or later.

Among them, high-star bosses and elite monsters were the most prominent. The more they were killed, the fewer there would be.

Many players were inspired by this video. It went without saying how generous the rewards for nine star bosses were.

Now one was secretly killed by two NPCs!

What a waste!

A considerable number of players, filled with grief and indignation, immediately retracted their plans to explore the universe and turned back to continue clearing wild monsters.

Xu Sili was happy to see this result. In addition, the output of gaming equipment in reality was significantly increased due to Xu Fengqing’s intervention, and more new players joined.

In just one year, the number of players increased to nearly 10 million, and the total number of registered players reached 20 million.

Of course, this was all for later.

In the distant universe, Wutui Techang was clinging to a spaceship, listening to the discussion of the star thieves while reading posts on the forum. He couldn’t help feeling a bit uncomfortable.

“Brother Chen, the war on Bewatt is over. It seems we’ve missed out on a lot of rewards again.”

He said this in the team channel in a somewhat depressed mood.

Luoye Ranchen was also listening to the star thieves discussing the war between Bewatt and Roland. Hearing this, he couldn’t help saying, “Don’t think too much. If we were pursuing strength, we wouldn’t have drifted in the universe for so long.”

Otherwise, couldn’t they have just followed the tour group’s spaceship back to the Roland Empire? Why would they escape so miserably?

“That’s right.” Wutui Techang nodded, somewhat optimistically. “Besides, our current situation is much better than when we were drifting in space.”

They were hiding in the spaceship of the star thieves and no one had discovered them yet. They went online every day to listen to the gossip of the star thieves and occasionally played tricks on these NPCs. Their life was much more comfortable than before.

They also gained a lot of information from these star thieves and gained a better understanding of the overall picture of the universe.

If the map of Starry Sky Age was as vast and extensive as the star thieves said, it would be really amazing!

Wutui Techang wrote down these place names one by one and planned to visit them in the future. Now, the reason they had been lurking on the spaceship of the star thieves was that they wanted to follow them back to the base.

The secret base of the Blood Dance mercenary group!

If they went there, they would definitely be able to trigger a hidden mission. At worst, they could hand it over to His Majesty Snow.

Anyway, using the technology of fixed-point teleportation, His Majesty Snow could send his army anywhere in the universe.

“Just… How long will this flight take? Why is this spaceship so slow?”

It had been two or three months since they boarded the ship, and they still hadn’t reached their destination. They did visit several transit stations in the middle, all of which were very prosperous planets. They almost couldn’t resist the temptation to get off the ship.

In the end, it was the Blood Dance base that made them choose to stay.

Just as the two of them were chatting in whispers, the spaceship’s alarm sounded.

“Warning, warning. Unknown creatures have been detected invading. All members, please prepare for battle!”

This was the first time he heard such an alarm. Wutui Techang was stunned.

Unidentified creature? Could it be an interstellar beast?

He and Luoye Ranchen exchanged looks. Then they quickly and skillfully changed their body shapes and moved in the direction of the commotion. Once they arrived, they found that a hole had appeared in the tail of the spaceship at some point.

The hole was getting bigger and bigger as if it was being eaten by something. They looked closely and saw black bugs crawling in from outside, quickly occupying the entire cabin at the end.

The dense number of them was simply terrifying.