A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 549 - Chapter 549 406

Chapter 549: 406 Chapter 549: 406 Zhi Jingxiang’s level is currently around 30, which is above average.

Of course, if that was all there is to it, then it would be a pretty standard game mechanics. But there is an aspect that is quite un-game-like.

That is … these levels can not only increase, but also decrease!

Yes, in this world where all beings are born, if you do not engage in adventuring, leveling, and gaining experience for a long period of time, then your level will rapidly drop.

As the old saying goes, learning is like sailing against the current; if you don’t advance, you regress.

Now it seems the same goes for adventuring.

If this were to happen in an online game, it would be like a player leveling their character to the max, going AFK for a long time, and finding upon returning that their character’s level has dropped back to 1 …

Maria doesn’t really care. As an engineer, she’s not often on the frontlines, so it doesn’t impact her much if her level drops.

But for Zhi Jingxiang, this is a big deal …

“Since it’s like this, it’s perfect, I have a favor to ask you.”

“A favor? What kind?”

“I plan to establish a branch of the Tribunal here, mainly dealing with information gathering and survey. Since you’re adventuring in this world, how about helping me gather some information while you’re at it?”

Duanmu Huai had been contemplating this for quite some time. After all, the situation in this world is quite complex, especially after hearing Seth’s explanation.

“I don’t mind. But what kind of information are you looking for?”

“Firstly, information about the Demon King.”

Duanmu Huai handed over a file that contained Seth’s report on the Demon King. According to Seth, the previous Demon King Gaia summoned a young girl from another world to be his successor, but she was unwilling so she ran away, wounding Gaia severely causing his death.

Currently, this Little Demon King is trying to avoid the pursuit of the Demon Clan and is wandering around the Continent. Part of the reason why Camilla launched an invasion on Seth was to find this Little Demon King.

By the way, this is also the origin of the current era’s name for this continent.

It is now the LP2 year, and LP stands for the nickname of that Little Demon King — LITTLE PRINCESS.

“According to Seth, people who have inherited the Blood of the Demon King will gradually become tyrannical and mad, so even if she appears harmless, you must refrain from dealing with her directly. Just locate her position and inform me.”

“Alright.”

Regarding Duanmu Huai’s request, Zhi Jingxiang isn’t bothered. She has to travel around looking for her missing sister in any case. She doesn’t mind taking on an additional task.

“And the other thing is… I want you guys to investigate the Creator God.”

“Creator God?”

Hearing this, Zhi Jingxiang furrowed her brows.

“You should ask the people of the Church of AL about this.”

“I don’t really get along with the people from the Church of AL. Due to differences in doctrines, conflicts can easily arise.”

In the eyes of the Tribunal, the Church of AL is indeed a heretical cult, which should be directly exterminated.

In fact, Leia had previously told Duanmu Huai that if needed, Lisas can directly drive out all believers of the Church of AL and convert them to the Tribunal… Well, let’s put this gossip aside for now.

“As an adventurer like you, they will have a lower guard against you. You don’t need to dig up too much information, just investigate the high-ranking members of the Church of AL. Kaname will accompany you, after all… you can’t win on your own, right?”

“………..”

Hearing this, Zhi Jingxiang was at a loss for words, especially since Duanmu Huai wasn’t wrong.

Right now, she indeed couldn’t win against Najiji…

Thus, after simply solving the problem here, Duanmu Huai led the others back to the mothership.

At present, the transformation of the mothership has initially yielded results, but clearly, a complete revamp will still take some time…

However, what Duanmu Huai didn’t expect was that shortly after his return to the mothership, he received an unbelievable piece of information from Mia.

“Dadanir again? How can he run into problems every day?”

Duanmu Huai was speechless as he read through the report in his hands.

This was a request from Dadanir a while ago, stating that having successfully mined the ore from Pandora, the motherstar of the human civilization star system was gradually getting out of the predicament. Thus, Dadanir initiated the second round of evolution, opening up Cosmic Colonies.

Dadanir originally wanted to establish a colony on Pandora, but as Duanmu Huai had previously anticipated, the biodiversity of Pandora did not meet human requirements and was very challenging to transform. However, fortunately, Dadanir, being a true wandering merchant, found several nearby planets suitable for human colonization.

These planets were not as lush as Pandora, but to Dadanir, that was not an issue. In fact, such planets were even easier to deal with. No creatures meant no ecosystem. This allowed them to alter an entire planet’s atmosphere to meet human needs.

Thrilled, Dadanir organized several colonization armies and set off.

All went well and without encountering any dangers along the way, these colonization armies successfully arrived at their respective planets. The next step was to build transformation facilities to alter the environment of the entire planet to resemble Earth, before planting crops.

All was going swimmingly, which left Dadanir extremely delighted.

However…… but…… um……

Contact with one of the colonies was lost.

At first, Dadanir didn’t give it much thought and simply sent a team of his armed forces to handle the situation.

They too never returned.

Then, unwilling to concede defeat, Dadanir sent an even larger force, almost equal in size to the one colonizing Pandora.

The same results ensued.

This worried Dadanir.

So…… Doraemon…… sorry, I meant, ‘Judge, save me, please!’

“Hehe, this guy, though not very capable, sure can stir up trouble.”

Reading through Dadanir’s request, Duanmu Huai chuckled. He, in fact, did not mind Dadanir taking advantage of him. Or rather, Duanmu Huai quite enjoyed this mutual exploitation. Since, Dadanir, as an up-and-coming wandering merchant, was more likely to encounter a lot of troubles. Furthermore, merchants were always fearless. They were ready to take risks for profit, so there were often cases where Dadanir surprisingly found some places currently untouched by the tribunal.

Since the tribunal stood with humanity, as long as Dadanir didn’t make any fundamental mistakes, Duanmu Huai would certainly help him.

Just like the Namekians they met while developing Pandora. The tribunal wouldn’t side with aliens over humans, would they?

That’s not a logical choice, is it?

Having a wandering merchant like Dadanir out there, proactively triggering missions for himself, Duanmu Huai was more than pleased.

Back to the matter at hand.

Since Dadanir stated that this was an uninhabited barren planet, mostly, it wouldn’t turn out to be locals like it was with Pandora. In Duanmu Huai’s experience, such a situation would mean either the planet had an underground civilization, some unique creatures were encountered in the colony, or it was the army of aliens.

Of course, there might be something wrong with the planet itself.

After all, similar situations have occurred in the game before. Players were also given similar tasks to investigate the planet, where it was eventually revealed that the planet was an enormous creature in itself. It disguised itself as a planet, swallowed spaceships that passed by, released their distress signals to lure others in, and then devoured them.

But the specifics could only be known once they went there.

Duanmu Huai set down the report in his hands.

In conclusion, first, he would need to contact Dadanir and then decide based on the situation.

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