Chapter 73: In the Alliance, you'll definitely get no good fruit!

On the planet ravaged by the Deep Space Giant Beast, countless Alliance members are conducting disaster relief work here, the bespectacled junior secretary is listening to subordinates' work reports.

At this moment, her eyes lit up, and she waved at the sky.

"Leader, you've arrived!"

A figure slowly descended from the sky, the red spear in their hand automatically merging into their body.

Only Lin Ran was seen with a slender waist, graceful posture, wearing a neat and clean black military uniform, an aura of a superior leader naturally arising.

The junior secretary looked admiringly; the Deep Space Giant Whale that gave countless interstellar civilizations a headache was actually taken down by their leader with a single shot—truly worthy of being the leader!

"How is the relief effort going?"

"Report, Leader! After initial contact by the survey team, it has been confirmed that this civilization has never set foot in the Star Sea."

"After the relief, the Alliance will transfer this civilization to the Star Sea; currently our diplomat is negotiating with the carbon-based humanoid suspected to be the leader of this civilization!"

The junior secretary gave a brief report to Lin Ran; Lin Ran nodded, her eyes revealing a hint of curiosity, continually scanning the surrounding scene.

Having roamed the Star Sea for over two thousand years, aside from daily hunting of natural disasters, missing Zhang Jie, and chewing ice candy, Lin Ran's favorite thing to do is observe the technology trees of civilizations ravaged by natural disasters, to see what choices they made and the outcomes when facing those disasters.

Of course, this is not to enjoy suffering; from the distorted technology trees of these civilizations, Lin Ran can see volumes of bloody and tearful histories of civilizations struggling against natural disasters.

Each civilization transfer is like reading a moving epic that brings tears to one's eyes, recounting the deeds of countless brave heroes and the results of their struggles.

All of these, every single thing, Lin Ran can see the shadow of Zhang Jie within them.

Lin Ran surveyed the surroundings; the pockmarked, huge steel walls, once a prosperous city, the prosthetics on the residents' bodies each could give Lin Ran different thoughts.

In the distance, the voices of pain and sighs from survivors rose and fell, but Lin Ran fixed her gaze on a young girl nearby, lying on a dry corpse and weeping bitterly.

This scene, Lin Ran had also experienced before—watching someone she cared about drift away, yet being unable to do anything.

Having been drenched herself, it was only natural for her to hold an umbrella for others.

"Let's recruit some new members from this unevacuated civilization, letting them voluntarily decide whether to join the Alliance."

After giving a word of instruction to the junior secretary beside her, Lin Ran glanced once more at the girl crying nonstop over there, feeling an inexplicable strange sensation inside.

Leaping forward, Lin Ran's figure instantly vanished....

"Simulation ended."

"As a weak mortal, to survive you chose to defy fate!"

"At the final moment, you pressed your life into the blade's tip, swinging a rebellious sword toward the sky, but sadly, miracles won't happen a second time—the Deep Space Giant Beast is overwhelmingly strong; how could you, who forcibly stepped into the Divine Ability Realm, hope to oppose it?"

"Calculating simulation rewards... simulation results archived to reality... please claim your reward after 10 hours."

"Hiss... cough cough cough..."

The sensation of his whole body being constantly torn apart by the flowing golden qi and blood left a deep impression on him.

However, compared to the first simulation, the lingering aftereffects at the end of this one were clearly much better—at least psychologically there were no issues.

"Damned natural disaster..."

"You've grabbed a pen!"

"I have an early morning class!"

That pain, torn apart by the flowing golden qi and blood, did not fade with time; instead, it felt like a brain‑boring worm constantly carving into his soul...

Even just thinking about it made Zhang Jie feel awful all over; angry, he could only curse his mother, sending greetings to eighteen generations of the Deep Space Giant Beast's ancestors!

"Finally I understand why Lin Ran wants to hunt down natural disasters..."

"This thing is really an annoying annoyance..."

"Deep Space Giant Beast, right? Good, good, good!"

"Mess with me! In the Alliance, you'll definitely get no good fruit!"

Zhang Jie continued rolling in pain all over the bed; only after five minutes did the pain gradually weaken.

"Just wait until I bring Lin Ran over—I'll slaughter your ancestors eighteen generations clean!"

Zhang Jie spat out harsh words, sat up from the bed, and walked toward outside the bedroom.

"Mr. Zhang Jie, good morning!"

"Driver, good morning!"

Xiao Jiu and another girl smiled and greeted Zhang Jie.

Xiao Jiu needs no further explanation—she is Zhang Jie's starship Humanoid Lifeform; the other girl is a consultant arranged by Lin Ran for Zhang Jie, able to meet his various demands.

These "various demands" naturally must be within reasonable bounds.

"Hello, Miss Consultant, could you trouble yourself to handle a matter for me?"

Zhang Jie spoke politely, and the consultant respectfully said to him.

"You need not be so courteous; the Leader specially instructed that your status equals hers, so feel free to voice any needs."

"Alright, then I'll trouble you."

"Help me look up a planet named Fa'erwengsuosi."

"Alright, please wait; I'll contact the relevant parties to look it up for you..."

Ten minutes later...

"Mr. Zhang Jie, sorry for keeping you waiting."

The consultant politely said to Zhang Jie.

"I don't know why you're looking for this planet, but I'm sorry—the civilization on this planet had already been destroyed 177 years ago."

"Destroyed...?"

Zhang Jie sighed; this time he not only learned the timing of his own simulation, but also obtained the exact destruction information of this world.

Zhang Jie originally intended, before the second simulation, to examine all individuals named Zhang Jie within the civilizations that had accessed the Star Sea.

But because there were far too many duplicates, and he wasn't sure whether he still went by the name Zhang Jie in the simulation, Zhang Jie abandoned the idea.

He simply wanted to see whether the simulator's claim of archiving to reality was true.

But the countless civilizations in the Star Sea are destined; this speculation can never be verified.

But Zhang Jie still tends to believe that he truly changed the past; after all, in his impression, the leader of the Alliance was not Lin Ran but a carbon-based snail person.

It became leader through various promotions; strictly speaking, it was already the fifty-seventh leader of the Alliance, but Lin Ran ousted her and became the Alliance's sole leader.

Zhang Jie had once encountered that snail person; now he follows Lin Ran's footsteps in hunting natural disasters, his life seems to have changed, yet it also seems unchanged.

This made Zhang Jie wonder: what is the meaning of the simulator's simulation? What is the meaning of the simulator's existence?

But no matter what, Zhang Jie is certain that the simulator must have come with some purpose.

It couldn't be that it came just to endlessly bring him wives, could it?

"Ah... actually, this is fine..."

"Do you still need me to do anything?"

"Do you have any idle warships? Can you take me to see the planet where that civilization once existed?"