Jing Yuan's fingers kept tapping on the tabletop.
What Levi said basically had no credibility at all.
If the subject had been an ordinary person, Jing Yuan might have believed it a little, but the subject was a Stellaron Hunter.
Every Stellaron Hunter is someone who walks a Path.
And not just an ordinary Pathstrider.
For example, the Stellaron Hunters they had captured, Blade and Silver Wolf.
One is an Abundance abomination that simply can't be killed.
The other is a legend that came out of Punklorde.
Each of them has a bounty with an astronomical number attached to it at the Corporation.
Every time they appear, they bring Stellaron activity and chaos.
No one knows their true purpose.
No one knows why they want to create chaos.
They're like a group of lunatics, carrying Stellarons and taking revenge on the world like madmen.
That's also why Fu Xuan, without much thought, attributed the sudden outbreak of a Stellaron on the Luofu to the Stellaron Hunters who had infiltrated it.
When there's no major abnormal change, their suspicion is the greatest.
'He didn't discover something, did he?'
Looking at Jing Yuan's contemplative expression, Levi thought to himself.
He knew better than anyone how outrageous his excuse really was.
Just saying that Silver Wolf, a legendary figure from Punklorde, got knocked out by a cup of soda fermented bean juice, if a vendor selling soda fermented bean juice heard that, they'd probably hang that message straight on their shop sign.
'Something that can knock out a famous Stellaron Hunter, aren't you curious?!'
If Levi heard there was such a thing, he'd at least buy two bottles to keep at home to ward off evil spirits.
Just in case a Stellaron Hunter broke in again.
'But it feels like Jing Yuan already noticed something long ago.'
After all, every time he met Jing Yuan, the guy always wore a smiling face.
As if he was just short of writing "I've already seen through you" on his face.
After a moment of silence.
Jing Yuan nodded at Levi. "I already know about the matter. You've rendered meritorious service, go to Fu Xuan to receive your reward."
In the end, Jing Yuan didn't choose to expose Levi's lie.
The truth of the matter wasn't important, let alone the fact that searching for that truth might very well push a powerful existence to the opposing side.
That was something Jing Yuan, as a general, could not accept.
Although it was still just speculation, and there was no concrete evidence.
As long as there was a possibility, and that probability wasn't low, Jing Yuan wouldn't take the risk.
After symbolically bidding Jing Yuan a polite farewell, Levi turned to leave.
But Jing Yuan suddenly thought of something and called him back.
"With the Stellaron outbreak on the Luofu right now, if you discover any suspicious individuals, contact me directly, or Fu Xuan will do as well."
"Don't, like this time, bring a wanted criminal over by yourself."
Levi nodded in understanding. On the surface, Jing Yuan was telling him to pay attention to safety, but in reality, he just didn't want Levi acting on his own without a word.
The previous two incidents had already caused a huge impact on the Luofu.
Now, among the Vidyadhara, an organization called… what was it… Love Gate had already emerged.
Although this organization hadn't done anything illegal.
Every day they just handed out flyers, occasionally cosplayed as charlatans… priests, holding pink books with the words "Love Gate" printed on them, their faces full of benevolence.
Of course, as the general of the Luofu, Jing Yuan wouldn't restrict people's beliefs.
Even if they believed in Abundance, as long as they didn't commit crimes or stir up trouble like the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, Jing Yuan wouldn't be too inclined to interfere.
What Jing Yuan really cared about was the influence brought by the white-haired and pink-haired individuals.
The white-haired one was fine, the incident happened late at night, and not many people saw it.
But the appearance of the pink-haired one happened in broad daylight and triggered phenomena across the entire Xianzhou.
You had to know, the Xianzhou is far larger than an ordinary planet by an unknown margin.
To be able to cover the Xianzhou and be visible was proof of how powerful that individual was.
An existence like that showing up once or twice was fine, but if it happened frequently…
It would inevitably cause panic.
When that time came, he'd have to find a way to appease the populace.
During that period, remnants of Abundance might seize the opportunity to infiltrate and mislead the people of the Xianzhou, and then another major battle would be unavoidable.
"Isn't that a bit too serious?"
Listening to Jing Yuan's analysis, Levi's mouth twitched repeatedly.
But the Stellaron had already erupted on the Luofu?
After leaving the General's residence, Levi arrived beneath a pavilion and looked toward the withered Ambrosial Arbor in the distance.
He had never seen the Ambrosial Arbor in a lush, flourishing state.
Not just him, even Xianzhou natives with lifespans far exceeding ordinary people had never seen what the Ambrosial Arbor originally looked like.
After all, the event where the Reignbow Arbiter severed the Ambrosial Arbor's vitality happened several thousand years ago, and the lifespan of Xianzhou people, which is to say, the point when they fall into mara, at most only reaches around a thousand years.
So the current generation of Xianzhou people had never seen the Ambrosial Arbor's original form. At best, they only knew what it was like through storytellers and records.
"But if the Stellaron erupted on the Luofu… doesn't that mean Tingyun has already been replaced by Phantylia?"
After all, that Stellaron had been brought in by her, not by the Stellaron Hunters as the Luofu currently believed.
Levi stroked his chin, a figure with a big tail and big ears appearing in his mind.
Those were the only two things about foxians that truly attracted him.
Of course, there was a prerequisite, the other party had to be a female foxian.
Male foxians held no attraction for Levi at all.
Including their ears and tails, he had absolutely no desire or urge to touch them.
If some foxians with extreme ideologies heard this, they'd probably point at Levi's nose and curse him for gender discrimination.
There was even a chance they'd force him to make physical contact with male foxians.
So Levi didn't dare say these thoughts out loud.
He didn't want to be jolted awake by nightmares in the middle of the night.
Sitting beneath the pavilion, Levi thought about whether to go find the real Tingyun, or stay on the Luofu and wait for the chat group to finish upgrading, then help Stelle resolve the Stellaron issue on Belobog.
At the same time, he checked what he'd gained during this period.
In just half a day, the gains were quite substantial.
The card he'd pulled out at the card parlor was something that dropped from Asta.
[Asta's Attached Gold Card]
[Description: Omitted]
[Note: Give you a hundred years to swipe freely, if you can finish swiping it, the system self-destructs]
Just from the system's description, you could tell this thing's value didn't need any further explanation.
That single word, "omitted", said everything.
Especially the small line of text at the bottom.
It summarized the item's ability in an extremely simple and brutal way.
Swipe freely.
Excited, Levi suddenly thought of something and frowned deeply. 'Does Asta know about this?'
If she didn't, wouldn't that make him a thief stealing a group member's credits?
[Ding! She knows!]
Just as he was about to proactively tell Asta, the system suddenly spoke, startling Levi badly.
Normally, the system never responded to his questions, acting completely like a rigid machine.
'So now this was… another upgrade?'
———
[Belobog]
Asta knew that after she suddenly disappeared, Lady Herta and the other researchers must be extremely worried.
So she kept trying to contact the space station.
Unfortunately, the station's communications seemed to be having problems.
No matter how Asta changed her approach, she couldn't send any messages to the space station.
Looking at the chat interface with everyone from the space station on her phone,
every message Asta sent had the words "Send failed" beneath it.
'Ding-dong!'
Just as she was about to put the phone away, it chimed. Asta thought communications had been restored.
But when she opened it, it was a message from an ID she had never seen before.