VCRMM: Chapter 436

Leopold was completely at a loss for words when facing Xiao Wu. He didn’t know what an intelligent life was, but he understood as soon as he heard the navigation AI and the familiar number!

But…

How could this be?

Did the interstellar people say that the navigation AI was just a program without emotions or human thought? Then who was this little boy in front of him, looking at him with a smug expression and begging for praise?

So did this intelligent life form, which originated from the navigation AI, know all the secrets of his game cabin?

The games he mentioned…

Was it the games that he knew?

Leopold was so incapable of controlling his facial expressions that he could only wear a blank expression.

Xenos, who was standing nearby, heard his conversation with Xiao Wu and showed an interested expression. He smiled as he asked, “What game is it?”

“I’m also trying to get to know and learn about interstellar culture, and I’m thinking of trying out a few classic games recently.”

“Father, we can try it together when we get back.”

This was the first time Xu Sili had ever seen such a relaxed and carefree smile on Xenos’ face, as if the shackles that bound him had finally disappeared.

The return of his father clearly held extraordinary significance for him, but as for this game…

Xu Sili saw the hesitant expression on Leopold’s face and couldn’t help chuckling.

These games did have a two player mode, but it would be awkward for a father and son to play together.

That would be too extreme.

There was absolutely no need for that!

“Cough cough.”

Xu Sili coughed to help Leopold out of his predicament. “Let’s talk about this when we get back. We have more important business to attend to now.”

Leopold nodded before glancing at Xu Sili discreetly.

Clearly, his youngest son had already discovered his games.

He kept a straight face, pretending nothing had happened. Then he turned to Brenda and said, “Let’s go check on Happy Cultivator. Why is he lying on the ground like that?”

“We can’t treat such a great hero badly!”

The words were sincere, but seemed to be spoken through gritted teeth.

Xu Sili didn’t stop them, but instead looked at Rosam, who had been watching them from the side.

From the information he had gathered, he knew the man’s name and a brief biography, including his strength. To be honest, the scene of him burning his life force as he soared into the sky left a very deep impression on Xu Sili.

Xu Sili looked at his game panel and suddenly realized that this might also be a cheat code given to him by the elemental elf, along with that capture skill.

As for the timeline of the future forum…

That must’ve happened after his parallel world counterpart failed to return in time and the divided soul was killed, right? Did his main soul vanish from that point on?

Xu Sili pursed his lips. If this was a real world, then the timeline of the future forum must be a parallel universe, right?

Otherwise, how could he post on that forum?

But it seemed that was all he could do…

Xu Sili still felt somewhat sad thinking about the fates of everyone on that timeline.

He shook his head and put aside his chaotic thoughts for the time being. Even knowing he was indeed Snow Roland, this didn’t change anything.

He was who he was. He had always been himself.

“Your Majesty Roland.”

Rosam saw the young man looking over and hesitated for a moment before respectfully bowing to him.

He was a powerful being approaching eight stars and could disregard the rulers of human nations but… the young emperor in front of him was different.

This young man was now the sole ruler of Escher Star and…

Rosam secretly glanced at the blond-haired man standing behind the youth. If he wasn’t mistaken, this should be Marshal Si Sheng that Happy Cultivator had mentioned.

Those capable of directly confronting a nine star beast must be at least a nine star powerhouse.

Rosam felt his face burning with embarrassment at the thought of his previous disdain.

However, at the same time, he was also very puzzled. Wasn’t it said that elementalists on Escher Star were subject to level restrictions? Why wasn’t this Marshal Si Sheng subjected to them?

Reaching the nine star level meant he was undoubtedly the strongest person, even in Rosam’s era. Thinking of this, his attitude became even more humble and respectful.

“You are Teacher Rosam?” Xu Sili didn’t put on airs. He had great respect for those seniors who had guarded the forgotten land for over a hundred years.

“I dare not accept the title of teacher.”

Rosam chuckled. Then he composed himself and said with some remorse, “That Happy Cultivator…I failed to protect him…”

“Hey, are you talking about me?”

Rosam was startled and turned around in disbelief.

The young man he had watched die stood up again. Not only was he lively and energetic, but he was also smiling and showing no signs of injuries whatsoever.

“Weren’t you dead?” Rosam asked with wide eyes.

“I resurrected,” Happy Cultivator said nonchalantly.

“Resurrection?”

“That’s right. This is the innate ability of the braves.”

“Who are the braves…?”

Rosam and the older elders looked puzzled. They had been abandoned here after the disaster and had never heard about the legend of the braves.

Meanwhile, Leopold and Brenda exchanged a look and saw surprise in each other’s eyes.

Happy Cultivator laughed but didn’t explain much. He only said they would know after returning to Roland.

He was looking forward to seeing how these high-level elementalists would react after returning to Roland and learning what type of people the braves were.

It was sure to be very interesting!

To be honest, he quite enjoyed seeing the NPCs’ shocked expression. It was a pity that such simple NPCs were no longer around.

The NPCs in Roland knew they could be resurrected. Since they rarely encountered life-threatening situations on alien planets, they naturally didn’t have many opportunities to perform.

Happy Cultivator felt extremely satisfied seeing the dumbfounded expression on the face of Rosam, an eight star elementalist.

However, the smugness on his face disappeared when he saw Xu Sili and Si Sheng next to him.

His Majesty Snow and Si Sheng actually ran away on their own. Before his resurrection time was up, they finished the storyline and even recognized their own family members.

This was completely different from what he had imagined!

Happy Cultivator’s joy was tinged with regret. If his level had been higher and his equipment had more defense, the outcome might’ve been different.

Now His Majesty Snow and Si Sheng had come out on their own and directly defeated the leader of the celestial dragon beasts. There was nothing left for him to do.

He glanced at the main mission while wondering if his contribution points would be affected. He couldn’t help feeling worried.

But…

Happy Cultivator watched the swarm of zerg still devouring the celestial dragon beasts in the voice and couldn’t help gulping at their speed of attack.

He looked at Xu Sili, pointed to the zerg and asked in a low voice, “Your Majesty… can I ask… are those the zerg?”

Meanwhile, discussions had already begun in the live stream room.

[Aren’t these the zerg sweeping across the stars? Why does it feel like they are being controlled by His Majesty Snow?]

[Do you remember the unexpected incident during the mecha competition? Wasn’t that giant beetle captured by His Majesty Snow?]

[Wow. These bugs are incredibly efficient at clearing monsters! Does this mean we will have to compete with not only NPCs for monsters, but also bugs?]

[So when will this place be open to players?]

Xu Sili looked at the zerg in the sky and nodded slightly. “That’s right. Using them to deal with the interstellar beasts is quite effective.”

Moreover, this was the lair of the interstellar beasts. He had nothing to worry about.

These zerg were controlled by Black Armor. No matter how they mutated, they were still under Black Armor’s control. If a new king was born, he could detect it in time through the control panel.

In fact, during the process of using the card space to cultivate the zerg, he unexpectedly obtained two new king bugs. They were still in the card space and continuing to breed new zerg.

The newly hatched king zerg were very vulnerable, low-level and targeted by other adult beetles. It was because different species of beetles competed with each other and even preyed on each other.

It was truly fortunate that a king zerg like Black Armor was discovered and nurtured by the alliance’s scientists to help it advance.

In short, using the zerg to protect the barrier around Escher Star and safeguard this most important line of defense was entirely feasible. It might be even more effective than using the players!

Xu Sili’s thinking underwent a complete transformation after learning that this was a real world.

He never wanted Roland to rely too much on players since the power of the players could easily get out of control. They also needed to become stronger themselves.

How could such an important line of defense entirely rely on players to protect it?

However, sending troops to garrison the area wasn’t very realistic. It was obvious that this was a high level map and none of these celestial dragon beasts were below four stars.

How many NPCs in Roland were at four stars now? Three star elementalists weren’t even common, so he couldn’t defend this place with them.

Should Si Sheng stay here every day?

It wasn’t impossible, but there were better ways. So why use such a trump card?

And…

Xu Sili gazed at the voice, which seemed boundless. At the very least, there was no end in sight within range of his mental strength.

His eyes inevitably held something called ambition.

This was a completely new field. He had no intention of initiating a war in the universe, but he wouldn’t give up the opportunity to expand his territory if it came his way.

Unlike the dangers that Rosam and the others saw, Xu Sili saw countless abundant resources!

Interstellar beasts couldn’t grow out of thin air. There must be places in the void where they could live and thrive, and these places were resource reserves.

At worst…

Xu Sili swept his mental strength over and gathered all the star cores left in the void by the zerg.

He showed a satisfied smile looking at the thousands of star cores that were four stars or higher.

He could get countless star cores just by fighting the interstellar beasts!

What were star cores?

It was a high quality energy source, a top-tier material, and a luxury item that countless nations in the interstellar world were willing to pay for!

Even if no nation discovered the special function of the star cores, those nations that ordered the teleportation circles from him would still need to buy star cores from Roland!

Previously, he was worried that if all the interstellar beasts were killed, there would be no more star cores left. Artificially bred interstellar beasts didn’t have star cores, so he would need to leave some of them in the wild to obtain star cores.

Now he no longer had that worry.