Chapter 394: Long Time No See, Master

Afla's visit ultimately stirred a sense of urgency in Li Ang, even though this female junior councilor had not forced him to serve the Federation.

Looking at the few coordinates emerging from the spiritual particle calculator before him, Li Ang let out a quiet breath.

These were the world coordinates he had encountered during his previous journeys, but merely reading them was useless—truly making them useful required intervention during the activation of the 【Traveler】 talent.

To be honest, Li Ang wasn't very confident; after all, this was his first time attempting to interfere with the 【Traveler】 talent's operation, and especially under its altered state.

Fortunately, since his promotion to the Fourth Echelon, this talent was no longer invisible or intangible to him, just as he had recently sensed an external influence upon it.

With less than ten days remaining until the 【Traveler】 talent activated, Li Ang had no rush to begin a new journey—he needed to prepare thoroughly.

For instance, arranging matters on Morabiss Star, and pre-making artificial human maids for world development.

In addition, Christine had frequently sent messages to Li Ang during this time.

One could only say this vampire's attitude was the complete opposite of Octavio's—excessively fawning, so much so that he'd probably gladly crawl onto Li Ang's bed if allowed.

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Looking at the shockingly bold message in the communication device, Li Ang shook his head in disbelief, then issued an order for her to conceal her identity.

During this period, Christine had already handed the early-version formula of the Blood of Creation to the Plant Union; now Calina was researching new products based on this formula.

With Christine's assistance, the Plant Union's development momentum had been excellent, and it had begun steadily expanding toward surrounding star systems.

Not only had the Clear series functional beverages sold well, but Li Ang's artificial human maids had also sold well.

More precisely, these were lower-tier entities created by the artificial human maids through the 【Dollhouse】.

Of course, precisely because of this, these lower-tier dolls had no standout functions and only came in a few fixed templates.

Even so, these dolls surpassed the vast majority of similar products on the market—at least in the star systems near Morabiss Star.

Appearance, spiritual intelligence.

One could only say that artificial life created by mastering artificial human technology from the Type-Moon world, combined with the specialized abilities of the 【Master of Living Dolls】 series, was an absolute dimensional downgrade in this region.

Moreover, Li Ang had left backdoors in all these dolls—he could even trigger a small-scale sentient machine crisis if needed.

Of course, these were merely minor safety measures; if he truly intended to incite rebellion, Afla and Gavin would show up the next moment.

Precisely because of the dolls' popularity, the title 【King of Bronze and Fire】 had gradually begun spreading through this region.

After all, anyone with eyes could see how terrifying the technology within the artificial human maids was; curiosity toward their creator was only natural.

Thanks to them, Li Ang's alchemical workshop 【Seven Kingdoms】 had finally opened, and many wealthy individuals had come to him seeking custom orders.

Li Ang had refused all of them.

First, he had no time; second, if some people wanted to die, they shouldn't splatter blood on him.

Why did he only sell dolls using fixed templates? Precisely to eliminate certain possibilities.

'Do wealthy people also suffer from sexual repression?'

Pushing aside the bewildered thought, Li Ang began crafting a new batch of artificial humans.

This batch was based on the Baijue transformed from the Fesa star bandits, and their quality was significantly better than the previous ones—perfect for world development.

'I hope everything goes smoothly.'

With this thought, Li Ang settled his mind and entered his work state.

【Performing alchemical work, profession experience +2381】.

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Time quickly arrived at the final day of the countdown.

These past days, Li Ang had made thorough preparations; only the final and most crucial step remained: interfering with the 【Traveler】 talent.

Before initiating the interference, he briefly instructed Lu Ke and the other two, then sealed the 【Alchemical Kingdom】.

Of course, he publicly claimed he needed to assimilate his recent gains, so the trio didn't think much of it.

Looking at the metal palace before them, its doors tightly shut, the trio exchanged glances, then turned and walked toward Central City.

"Do you think Li Ang will reach the Fifth Echelon this time?"

"Yawn. Maybe. But I thought he'd reach the Fifth Echelon right after returning from outside."

"Ugh, we won't see Lord Li Ang for a long time again."

As the trio conversed, a massive beam of light plummeted from the sky and crashed violently into the ground.

Boom—

In the deafening roar, the earth surged outward like a tidal wave.

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Danika and the other two stared at the scene far ahead, momentarily bewildered.

Fortunately, Morabiss Star was vast and sparsely populated; otherwise, this impact alone would have caused heavy casualties.

Soon, Danika snapped back to her senses, her face falling as she muttered under her breath: "Has Morabiss Star really been cursed? Why does this keep happening?!"

The reason the big-reality office drone said this was simple: it wasn't a beam of light at all, but a high-echelon professional.

Fortunately, it hadn't been long since Li Ang sealed the 【Alchemical Kingdom】; he should have sensed what happened outside.

Just as Danika thought this, a slightly dazed female voice suddenly rang out across the plain: "Pfft! Arrived?"

After a brief silence, the voice continued: "Of course, sleeping while flying is still unsafe."

"But the mud here is sweet, Haochi!"

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What is this person talking about?

Upon hearing these words, not only Danika, but even Lu Ke and Apache were rendered speechless.

It sounded like the person had been recklessly piloting and crashed—but what did "sweet mud, Haochi" mean?

Just as the three were puzzled, a slightly authoritative, icy female voice suddenly came from above: "Your Typhra Division still has no manners—don't you fear scaring that little child?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a fierce wind swept across, and a massive dragon, its entire body covered in gemstone scales, flapped its wings and slowly landed upon the earth.

At this moment, without needing to say more, the trio had already realized that the two high-energy dragons in the distance had most likely come looking for the planet's Viceroy.

As the smoke kicked up by the earlier falling stream of light gradually dispersed, a black dragon that was continuously gnawing on the dirt appeared before Lu Ke and the others' eyes.

"Stop eating, Elise." The Gem Dragon looked at the fellow dragon acting like a starved ghost reincarnated, a hint of displeasure in her words, "If that little friend sees you, they'll think our Iou Logistics is some gathering place for broke ghosts."

"*Munch munch. *" The black dragon reluctantly swallowed the last mouthful of dirt, then said with some grievance, "But it really is delicious. Sophia, won't you try some?"

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The Gem Dragon did not reply, merely turning those golden vertical pupils toward the trio's numb expressions.

If Li Ang were present at this moment, he would notice that this Gem Dragon's pupils greatly resembled Seth's.

Unlike the extremely harsh attitude she had toward the black dragon, the Gem Dragon's tone was extremely gentle when facing the trio: "Little friends, might you tell us where the Viceroy of this planet resides?"

"Don't worry, we are friends with the planet's Viceroy."

As if to show she meant no threat, the Gem Dragon's body suddenly radiated waves of radiant light, and then she transformed into human form.