VCRMM: Chapter 414

“Wutui Techang, it seems we have a big one this time!”

Luoye Ranchen looked at the mission description in the task bar and exclaimed excitedly.

As an adventure player, he didn’t like to get equipment, fight monsters to level up, do daily missions or practice life skills. He only liked to dig out hidden missions in the corners of every map and interact with NPCs.

However, he didn’t expect that the map of Starry Sky Age could be so large. What was originally just an ordinary challenge of exploring the edge of the battlefield map directly sent the two of them on a journey of no return in interstellar travel.

Was he bored drifting in the universe?

Of course, it was boring!

The entire universe was so silent. If he didn’t have Wutui Techang to accompany him, if he hadn’t played music all the time and if he hadn’t occasionally browsed forums or watched TV series, he probably would’ve gone crazy during the three months of drifting.

The two months of lurking on this spaceship were only slightly more interesting.

Since he couldn’t alert the enemy, he couldn’t communicate with NPCs. He could only observe NPCs and spaceships, and occasionally play tricks on these interstellar star thieves for fun. However, he couldn’t do more.

Of course, he still had to sigh at the power of Starry Sky Age.

The two of them went online every day to observe the NPCs, and they never found any repetitive behavior. Their activity trajectories were similar, so there were always subtle differences in their words and deeds.

This also allowed them to discover a lot of fun, adding a lot of color to the interstellar journey of two months.

But in general, in the past six months, he and Wutui Techang hadn’t gained much.

They didn’t have to care about the rewards when it came to adventuring, but they still had to experience the thrill of danger! Otherwise, how could it be called an adventure?

Now the time to reap the rewards had come!

“This should be a prerequisite for the main storyline.” Luoye Ranchen analyzed. “Did you see the word interstellar in front?”

Wutui Techang nodded.

“Before, Roland’s main storyline was to protect the Roland Empire and help it eliminate interstellar beasts. Now that players have started to enter the universe, the main storyline of the interstellar world has begun and we are the trigger!”

Luoye Ranchen suppressed his excitement. “Of course, we can also be called witnesses.”

After being launched for so long, players had long known that Starry Sky Age was different from other games and the plot wasn’t triggered randomly.

At the beginning of every important plot, there would always be various clues. If the player didn’t discover them and didn’t receive the pre-tasks, the players might not know about them until the plot was completed.

This was the reason why players often complained that NPCs secretly advanced the plot and they could do nothing.

What was certain was that the players’ participation could interfere with the direction and progress of the plot. The higher the level of participation in the plot, the richer the rewards would be.

The two most extreme examples were Blue Mark and Grumpy Little Rabbit, who were often mentioned today.

“So what should we do now? Gather clues about the black bugs. This description is too general. How can it be judged to be successful?”

Wutui Techang continued to observe the situation in the tail cabin from the perspective of Luoye Ranchen.

There was a large hole, so the air pressure inside and outside was different. This caused everything to be sucked out, including the ashes of the bugs.

Now the spaceship maintenance engineer was driving a micro-mecha to urgently repair the hole in the tail cabin.

The metal shell of the spaceship was made of rare renewable materials, so it wasn’t complicated to repair. According to the maintenance engineer, it could be repaired in around half a day.

Luoye Ranchen thought for a while. “We have to stay and investigate.”

The bugs appeared here. If they wanted to investigate, they naturally had to start from the map where the bugs first appeared. This meant they had to leave the spaceship where they had stayed for two months.

To be honest, he was a bit reluctant.

Their original goal was the base of Blood Dance. For this goal, they went to so many transfer stations along the way and didn’t get off halfway.

After enduring it for so long, they had to give up like this? He was so unwilling!

The spaceship would only stay here for half a day, so he had to quickly make a decision.

“I’ll go out for a walk first.” Luoye Ranchen hesitated for a moment before saying with gritted teeth.

“What if you go out and can’t come back? This is outer space and there are bugs. Those bugs eat everything.”

Wutui Techang’s expression was solemn. “If our bodies are damaged, we can’t resurrect in place.”

Luoye Ranchen thought about it and agreed.

“What should we do then?”

“Let’s steal a micro mecha first!”

Wutui Techang finally expressed his plan. “We will steal it sooner or later anyway, so why not steal it now? We can survive in outer space with the micro mecha.”

There was a special air circulation system in the micro mecha that could ensure sufficient oxygen. Just like this spaceship maintenance technician. He was now driving a micro mecha to work in the environment of outer space.

But there was still a problem.

“The mechas are bound. We can’t use them even if we steal them,” Luoye Ranchen said.

Otherwise, after staying on the spaceship for so long, they would’ve taken action long ago. It was because it was useless even if they got it. They didn’t have the money to open up a mecha spot, so they couldn’t put it in the system backpack.

“Let’s steal it first and put it in the space button,” Wutui Techang said cunningly. “I’ve tried it, and the space button can be put into the system backpack. Besides, it is quite valuable.”

Among the things Luoye Ranchen had looted on the tour group’s spaceship, there were two space buttons which were divided among them.

Just as Luoye Ranchen was still weighing the pros and cons, both of them heard the system notification.

[Server-wide announcement: The game will undergo an online update. This update will last for 30 minutes and won’t affect online players. Please stay tuned.

They were both stunned. Online update?

In the past three years, the game had been updated online several times. Almost every time, some function or setting was added. The results of each update were good. What would be added this time?

There was a lot of discussion on the world channel. Luoye Ranchen was also guessing what it could be when he heard the system notification again.

[Contents of this update: 1. Add a Return Home button: When not in combat, players can use the Return Home function to quickly return to any designed property under their name. Note: the designated property can be changed free of charge once a month.]

[2. Added a new feature to mark a location to Return Home: When a player uses the Return Home function, a marked location will be generated. Players can quickly return to the marked location from their home.]

Luoye Ranchen and Wutui Techang were stunned when they saw the updated content. They looked at each other and saw the excitement in each other’s eyes.

“Is this what I am thinking?” I asked in a trembling voice.

Luoye Ranchen had already opened the forum.

On the forum, almost all posts were discussing the content of this update.

[Oh my god, I love this update!]

[A quick Return Home feature? Finally, no more long trips back home?]

[This feature should’ve been released earlier, right? The map of Starry Sky Age is so huge. Honestly, I rarely went home after building a house since it was so far away.]

The construction area of the City of the Braves was getting larger, there were more buildings, and the landscape was becoming richer. But to be honest, there weren’t many players living in the City of the Braves.

It was because it was really inconvenient. Even though there was a teleportation circle, it still took a long time to go home. There were very few players who lived in the City of the Braves unless they liked building houses for fun.

The two newly added functions directly solved this problem, making their homes in the City of Braves no longer just for show!

[No, am I the only one wondering about something. If we leave Escher Star, is it possible to return directly to home from the universe, and then return to the universe from home?]

[If this is true, then as long as I own a property in Roland, I can go out and have as much fun as I want?]

Was this update paving the way for players to enter the universe?

There was a lot of discussion on the forum and Luoye Ranchen was shaking with excitement.

If this was really possible then after they stole the micro mecha, they could go back to Roland to find a way to unlock it and come back here.

The most important thing was that after half a year, they could finally return to Roland! It made him feel like he had been away from home for many years and was suddenly able to return home.

“Wutui Techang, let’s go! Let’s steal the micro mecha!”

Luoye Ranchen still preferred to stay and look for clues. If they went to Blood Dance’s base, it would be difficult for the two of them to take it down. They still had to go back to ask for help. It was hard to say how many rewards they could get in the end, but the immediate benefits were truly visible.

The current updated content gave him enough confidence.

Wutui Techang had planned it long ago and had a target in mind for the sneak attack.

Mechas were very valuable equipment. Each star thief had one, and there were no extras on the spaceship. In addition, this was a spaceship, not a battleship. The mechas were carried by the star thieves in the space button.

The star thieves that Wutui Techang chose were now hiding in a room playing cards with others. Two of their companions had just died, but they weren’t affected at all. They were simply numb.

Wutui Techang had no psychological burden when stealing from people like this.

When facing the star thieves, the two of them were still very cautious. They had been drifting in the universe and hadn’t leveled up for a long time. The star thieves were elite monsters in their eyes and very dangerous.

There were three star thieves in the room.

Under the command of Wutui Techang, Luoye Ranchen slowly approached them through the metal wall and secretly added some ingredients to the wine of the star thieves.

The star thieves were so focused on playing cards that they were completely unaware of anything. They had no idea that something had been added to their wine without them noticing.

Not long after, one of the star thieves stood up. “I’m going to the bathroom first. Don’t peek at my cards!”

Then he ran away in a hurry.