Chapter 499

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

The sky was overcast, as if it were about to rain.

Shen Yao carried her Space Backpack and sat in a Flying Vehicle with Xu Zi Qing to go out gathering; this was their daily work routine, spending half a day on it every day.

"If possible, let's head back early," Xu Zi Qing said, frowning slightly.

"It's going to rain," Shen Yao picked up the conversation, simultaneously pulling up the Real-time Climate Display on her wristband; the air humidity had reached an astonishing 95 percent.

You should know that normal air humidity is between 30 and 60 percent; once air humidity exceeds 70 percent, it means the possibility of rainfall is greater.

On this planet where water resources were exceptionally abundant, rain was a very common occurrence.

But, "If it rains at a time like this, once the rainfall cannot be effectively controlled, the entire planet will face a crisis; for safety's sake, we must also leave early."

Exploration Hunters and Mercenaries came in batches, all for the purpose of finding the World Core.

Nearly 80 percent of this planet's territory had been combed through by the Wedding Guests.

Leaving now, not to mention that all the wasted time and effort would go down the drain, those people who had already searched until their eyes were red wouldn't agree either.

Silence fell inside the Flying Vehicle, and neither of them pursued the topic further.

Only when they reached the pre-arranged location did the two of them get off the Flying Vehicle.

Drip drip—

The falling raindrops were not large, striking Shen Yao without causing a single ripple.

It's raining!

Just earlier the two of them had been discussing going back early, but now they couldn't even gather anything.

Helplessly, the two returned to the Flying Vehicle; Xu Zi Qing smiled wryly, saying they should first assess the situation, and once things worsened, they would have to set off.

Fortunately, things did not reach that extent; the intermittent rain stopped within a day, and the air humidity on the wristband dropped to 45 percent.

Pushing open the Window, breathing the air Outside, Shen Yao leaned against Qiang while listening to the system jumping around in there.

"Aaaaaah"

The system turned into a Screaming Chicken—sour, weak, and a bit envious of others' good fortune.

"Host, Host, the World Core was snatched away, the World Core was taken..."

The system spoke in a jumbled way; Shen Yao told it to act normal. With so many people running over to hunt for treasure, it was only a matter of time before the World Core was discovered.

"That's the World Core—it can not only be sold for money but also sold for money; how can the Host not be excited at all."

"Your abilities are ineffective against the World Core; what can I do? You can't even beat the opponent to snatch it."

System:...

The system kept jumping around, "Aaaaaah" without end; Shen Yao blocked it, and suddenly her senses felt much clearer.

Her wristband received a message at the right time; it was from Xu Zi Qing, who apologized profusely, saying he had received an important Notification and needed to go out temporarily, with an uncertain return date.

"I suggest you leave here first and temporarily return to the spaceship docking point."

Behind Xu Zi Qing's Chat Window followed several Coordinates; they were spaceship docking points on L105 Planet, some far and some near from her location.

"This is a VIP Ticket; if any problem arises, leave immediately."

Xu Zi Qing sent Shen Yao an Electronic Ticket; the bottom left corner had the three letters VIP shining with golden light, and the bottom right corner was printed with the general term of N62 Star System.

Shen Yao thanked Xu Zi Qing for his generosity; after all, a special Ticket like this without any restrictions could not be obtained without an Identity.

Had the situation on L105 Planet become so bad? Thinking of the system's recent frenzy, Shen Yao shook her head, turned around, and packed her daily necessities into her Backpack.

Most of what was inside the Space Backpack consisted of plants gathered back.

These plants were mainly Seeds, with Fruits, Flowers, and Leaves also not a few.

Looking somewhat regretfully at the lush jungle behind her growing farther away, Shen Yao opened the Flying Vehicle's positioning system, selected one of the Coordinates, and let it fly autonomously.

Before an hour had passed, light rain began to fall from the sky again.

The Flying Vehicle was not affected by the rain, but because visibility around decreased, Shen Yao had to slow down the Flying Vehicle, causing the originally scheduled arrival time to be constantly postponed.

The system had recovered to normal at some point, eagerly chatting with Shen Yao.

"Oh my, something happened, something happened; someone fell into the water and was capsized by huge waves."

"Tsk tsk tsk, the Mecha they're piloting isn't good enough; they actually couldn't dodge."

"Huh, this one is nimble and can run; unfortunately, the Mecha has no energy and really drags things down."

"..."

The system not only watched itself but also described it vividly to Shen Yao.

Including Xu Zi Qing rushing over, who barely earned a few good words from the system, followed immediately by various sarcastic and biting remarks.

The restless Spirit Body ran out and was now pressed against the Window Side watching the rain.

"Host, this Spirit Body grows slowly and eats a lot; I feel its cultivation value isn't great, so let's forget it."

"What, did it provoke you? Why bully a three-year-old child for no reason."

Spirit Body cultivation was slow; most people could not break through even in a lifetime.

Shen Yao admitted that this body was not exceptionally talented, nor was it a one-in-ten-thousand genius; even if she relied on spending money (Spirit Stones) to get special tutoring, she still couldn't reach the threshold of geniuses.

But so what? She wasn't pursuing a stunning debut anyway.

"Since you're really bored, help me keep watch around; there's still some distance to the destination," Shen Yao leaned against her seat, lowered her head, and rubbed her eyes.

The system went "oh oh" twice, letting Shen Yao rest assured, saying safety issues were covered by it.

Shen Yao:... How could I be even less reassured?

The rain outside grew heavier and heavier, making the flying vehicle look even more pitiful as it shuttled through it.

Shen Yao looked at the increasingly feeble communication signal and the flying vehicle whose altitude kept dropping, and had no choice but to change route, plunging headlong into the dense forest.

Finding a fairly open spot among the branches to shelter from the rain, Shen Yao took out a tent and simply set up a residence.

The splashing rain sounds were isolated outside by the special fabric; Shen Yao exhaled, calming her somewhat unstable emotions.

"The rain is getting heavier and heavier; let's wait a while and see."

Leaning back on the dry and crisp bedding, Shen Yao closed her eyes and fell asleep.

When she opened her eyes again, it was because she was woken by the dual sounds of the System and the rain.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao helplessly shook her somewhat sore and swollen arms, lifted the tent flap, saw the rain outside was still heavy, and once again returned to the pitch-black space to sit down without moving.

The System reminded Shen Yao to be careful of the flood disaster that would happen next; who let L105 Planet have abundant water resources.

Going on like this, the entire planet might be submerged by water, becoming a veritable water planet.

"If it really becomes a water planet, the selling price might be even higher."

After all, people's daily lives cannot do without water; L105 Planet was already famous for its water, and now it's afraid it will truly live up to this reputation.

Because she had just slept a while, Shen Yao wasn't very sleepy, so she simply got up to organize the space.

She had been to too many worlds, and the things collected into the space were also varied and diverse.

Considering that the more she kept, the more accidents would appear, Shen Yao directly took out a heavy treasure (a Jiao Pearl from a cultivation world), activated it with Spirit Stones, and covered the entire flying vehicle with it.

Ensuring no rain would fall to cause interference, Shen Yao then discarded the wristband positioning and instead asked the System to act as navigation, striving to reach the spaceship landing point as soon as possible.

"Fifteen kilometers ahead, there are fallen branches; twenty kilometers out, a landslide has appeared; there are wild beasts roaming; need to turn direction in time, pull up altitude..."

The System commanded in a decent manner, except its mouth was a bit too chatty.

"Host Host, a fight broke out, a fight broke out," the System didn't forget to watch the excitement; mainly the matter of the planet's World Core hurt its self-esteem, the System kept cycling through steps of being broken and shutting down, and even now it still couldn't let go.

"Let them fight first; a winner won't be decided for a while." Those who dare snatch the World Core at a time like this are all ruthless people, with trump cards aplenty.

The two of them could only stand from a spectator's angle to satisfy their curiosity rather than run over to join the fun, the reason being insufficient strength.

Because the flying vehicle had the System commanding, although it flew in a stumbling way, it was still dangerous but safe.

Rumble—

Tall trees behind crashed down, and all around, water curtains dozens of meters high instantly splashed up.

Shen Yao narrowly dodged the filthy water splashing toward her, followed by increasing power, leaving this dangerous area behind.

The closer to the destination, the more wild beasts jumped out around them.

Every living being has its own survival wisdom; the World Core is not on the planet, the planet is angry, sad, and the living beings living on this planet can also feel it.

Once again pulling the flying vehicle higher to avoid a head-on collision with a giant bird-beast, Shen Yao and the System no longer had the mind to watch the excitement, only able to focus on this predicament belonging to them.

"What are they doing?"

"Attacking us, avenging this planet."

The flying vehicle has weapons, only compared to large spaceships or star fleets, the ones on the flying vehicle are mostly child's play, their effect too chicken-rib.

A laser beam pierced straight through the bird-beast's body, shooting it dead and leaving swaggeringly, only leaving behind the bird-beast's unwilling cries as it fell.

A leaping unicorn opened its huge mouth wanting to tear the flying vehicle down; after it was dodged, only helpless rage remained.

A dozens-of-meters-long giant python swung its tail, about to smash into the flying vehicle, but was cleverly resolved.

Shen Yao knitted her brows, looking at the wild beasts constantly appearing on the path ahead, yet without any mercy.

"Host, we're almost there," the System's voice suddenly cut off abruptly.

"What is that ahead?!" the System screamed in alarm, causing the steadily flying vehicle to fluctuate along with it.

The Spirit Body hurriedly soothed Shen Yao's stinging nerves, using this to stabilize its own form.

"It's a beast tide again!"

Same as when on the exploration planet, a dark mass of wild beasts with no end in sight, as if the entire heaven and earth were filled with only black and white.

Decisively turning direction to leave, Shen Yao didn't consider the possibility of passing through the beast tide at all.

This spaceship docking point was no good; she could only race against time to go to the next one.

"Ho, Host, it seems it won't work."

The System stammered that the several locations Xu Zi Qing gave were all being besieged by beast tides; going there now would be of no help.

"Go find Xu Zi Qing!"

Shen Yao turned direction again, thinking since she couldn't leave, she'd find a big thigh to hug.

Right now no one is more reliable than Xu Zi Qing; hope this person has a long life and good luck, able to bring her out of this deadly crisis.

"Xu Zi Qing is at xxx, Host, let's go quickly," the System also thought hugging a big thigh was useful.

Not only did it immediately plan the fastest route to get there, it even consciously started working without Shen Yao urging it, and thoughtfully served as a front-line broadcaster on the side.

Shen Yao:...

Perhaps because the beast tides were all attacking the spaceship docking points, other places also had wild beasts appearing, but sporadic few didn't amount to a climate.

After flying past a certain section of route, the flying vehicle became completely safe.

As before, she found a position with a relatively high view, on a tree with thick branch trunks, and stopped over for a moment.

Shen Yao ate first to fill her belly, then took out the wristband to try contacting Xu Zi Qing.

There was no response at all.

"Host, peace of mind; Xu Zi Qing is fine," the System explained the other party was busy fleeing and had no time to reply; once he shakes off that group behind him it'll be fine.

"Did he snatch the planet's World Core?"

Xu Zi Qing looked at the message on the wristband, couldn't help but purse his lips and smile, "No."

"Didn't snatch it but still being chased," feeling a bit miserable, Shen Yao stayed in the tent, the soft light from above her head illuminating the surroundings.

"Just snatched some Jie Xin Fragments," Xu Zi Qing raised an eyebrow.

Shen Yao had long known from the System that the World Core shattered, and the people who acted each gathered a bit.

The piece that fell into Xu Zi Qing's hands was neither large nor small; it could not compare to the immense value of a complete World Core, but for Xu Zi Qing it also counted as breaking even.

This is also why so many Exploration Hunters like to run everywhere.

Even if they fail many times, as long as they succeed once, they can turn from a salted fish into a success.

Xu Zi Qing didn't ask Shen Yao why she contacted him, only calmly sent over a position coordinate, telling her to arrive before noon tomorrow.

"This is a concealed spaceship docking point," also a backup plan Xu Zi Qing could only activate after obtaining the World Core.

Shen Yao looked at the position coordinate not far from herself, marked it with peace of mind, and expressed gratitude to Xu Zi Qing.

Sure enough, a golden thigh is good to hug; the wisdom left by ancestors indeed does not deceive her.

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The rain did not lessen; on the contrary, it was slowly growing larger.

When not far from the location the two had agreed upon, Shen Yao put away the Jiao Pearl used to isolate the water layer, and relying on the skills urgently forged during this period, arrived smoothly.

The familiar tent reappeared in Shen Yao's perspective.

Xu Zi Qing walked out of the tent when Shen Yao came out of the flying vehicle.

No different from when they parted a few days ago, even his gaze still gentle and warm.

But thinking of the words the System badmouthed behind the scenes, Shen Yao found it somewhat unbearable to look directly at Xu Zi Qing.

Didn't expect this thick-browed big-eyed one to actually be a violent kid too.

"Some accidents happened; we have to wait here for two days before we can leave."

Xu Zi Qing feared Shen Yao would misunderstand that he had deceived her, and explained this accident had nothing to do with the spaceship; it was the weather causing the spaceship to be unable to depart.

"You guys snatched the World Core, then this planet" Shen Yao did not continue, but Xu Zi Qing could hear the bit of meaning left unspoken.

"Assessed by the Federal Government, entering the sale procedure, ultimately to be legally bid on by others," once this planet is sold, it will be stripped of the L105 Planet serial number and become a private asset.

Similar things happen often in the Interstellar World; even the Xu Family has several planets with good produce in hand, those planets have World Cores, serving only the Xu Family, they are the Xu Family's money-making source.

You must know the wealth disparity in the Interstellar World is far higher than in Modern Society.

They all say in Modern Society money lets you do whatever you want; this sentence applies equally in the Interstellar World, even the Interstellar World plays more wildly, because advanced technology can indeed achieve many things that originally only existed in imagination.