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Chapter 984: 791: Star Tower

Chapter 984: Chapter 791: Star Tower

This was Xu Shuo’s first time stepping into the Script Space world outside of his personal space.

All around was no longer a vast expanse of whiteness.

Instead, it was an unbounded starry sky, the inky background dotted with countless shining stars, indistinguishable in distance; only the swirling galaxies and occasional shooting stars could be seen.

The shooting stars could be streaking overhead.

Or perhaps beneath his feet.

Ahead, a cluster of buildings floated amidst the stars, with the tallest structure being a hundred-story tower, surrounded by trajectories like star rings.

Many people flew across the starry sky, heading toward the cluster of buildings, with almost no one expressing amazement at the surrounding scenery.

Except for those who were here for the first time.

After a simple glance around, Xu Shuo retracted his gaze, maintaining a nonchalant expression.

The three of them were still standing on a golden altar, some distance away from the cluster of buildings, with no connecting bridges around.

It seemed like they would have to fly over…

“The state of this space is similar to the zero-gravity of the universe. Even if you can’t originally fly, you can still float over. The platform under our feet is the teleportation array that brought us here; it will disappear once we leave.”

This time, before Luo Kai could snatch the duty.

Hong Rao took the lead to explain.

She extended her hand to Xu Shuo with a playful smile: “Can you fly? If not, floating over might look a bit awkward~”

Xu Shuo outright refused: “Yes, I can.”

Hearing this, Hong Rao withdrew her hand with a smile, seemingly unsurprised by Xu Shuo’s refusal.

After all, she was just casually teasing him~

…

Although Xu Shuo did not possess a flying skill.

He smoothly left the altar, flying toward the cluster of buildings by enveloping himself with spiritual power, thanks to Alpha’s experience, and landed on a large plaza.

The purpose for the three of them was the Star Tower, which was available for learning.

So they didn’t waste much time sightseeing elsewhere along the way.

On the way, Hong Rao introduced Xu Shuo to this Star Guild outpost, telling him the purpose of different areas.

Such as the mission hall.

The Star Guild’s operation model involves posting tasks for members to choose from themselves.

Official members don’t need to take on tasks.

But external members need to take tasks to maintain their status with the Star Guild.

Like Luo Kai’s current situation.

Though he has the “God of Knowledge and Wisdom” mark, which qualifies him as an official member if he wishes, he remains an external member because he doesn’t want to commit his faith.

And then there are some external members.

Who wish to join the Star Guild but don’t have a Divine Mark.

“That’s why, this is something many people can’t get; you should seize this opportunity. Actually, offering faith to join the Star Guild isn’t that scary.” Hong Rao smiled, looking at Luo Kai beside her.

“…Will consider it.”

Luo Kai actually wanted to retort: If it’s so great, why don’t you join?

But he held back his current temperament at the time.

Don’t mess around; she’s a big deal.

However, Hong Rao seemed to pick up on his thoughts.

And she added with a smile, “When I first entered the Script Space, the Miracle Guild approached me first. Otherwise, I would probably have agreed if the Star Guild had found me first.”

More importantly.

Hong Rao hadn’t received a Divine Mark from the Star Guild…

So the Star Guild didn’t approach her.

Thus, instead of becoming a regular external member.

She chose to join the burgeoning Miracle Guild and become a founding member—similar to how someone who loves entrepreneurship prefers being their own boss.

…

The gigantic Star Tower looked close.

But because the landing plaza was excessively vast, the three of them walked a quite considerable distance.

Just then, as Hong Rao was about to lead the two into the Star Tower, her steps paused, and she turned back with some astonishment to look at the starry sky where the altar had appeared.

Seeing this, Xu Shuo asked, “What’s wrong?”

Hong Rao slightly bit her lip corner, her purple eyes showing a hint of frustration, and then immediately pushed Xu Shuo in the direction of the Star Tower.

“Quick, hide inside, a madman is coming over, I’ll go stall him!”

“…?”

Hearing this, Xu Shuo was momentarily at a loss for a response.

He was puzzled about what kind of madman would make him need to hide when Hong Rao had already turned and headed in the opposite direction of the plaza.

The originally enchanting and alluring slim-fitting cheongsam on her was forcibly worn like battle armor, as she charged toward the starry sky with aggressive momentum.

Xu Shuo watched: “…”

Luo Kai paused and said, “Maybe we should just head inside first…”

Seeing Hong Rao’s demeanor earlier, that madman probably wasn’t an enemy, but certainly someone who didn’t get along with Hong Rao.

So instead of waiting to potentially get caught in the crossfire of their possible dispute.

It was better to quickly slip away.

Xu Shuo glanced toward the direction of the starry sky, but with countless altars appearing and people coming and going, he momentarily couldn’t pinpoint which altar had the arriving person.

He just felt like there might be a gaze directed this way.

Since he couldn’t see.

Xu Shuo simply walked into the Star Tower.

…

The interior of the Star Tower was an extraordinarily vast hollow tower, with architecture in an ancient black-brown color, its light source undetectably suffusing the tower.

Due to the towering height, looking up, the top couldn’t be seen, though the hollow dome was a rotating starry sky.

A familiar starry sky.

Seemingly depicting a scene of prayer.

Or like a pair of eyes watching the bottom from above.

Xu Shuo took a look and then scanned around.

But there was nothing at the bottom level of the tower, no furniture for resting, no staircases visible; it was just wide open and empty.

All except for a column of white light leading straight up to the starry sky at the very center.

“The Star Tower has a total of a hundred floors, with infinite internal space, but the further up you go, the more important the recorded things are. With my one-star apprentice status, I can at most browse stuff from the bottom ten floors.” Luo Kai explained.

“Is that so, so it’s not just one floor, huh.” Xu Shuo replied.

“…”

Luo Kai looked at him speechlessly: “I heard your instructor got you a spot, how far up can you see?”

Xu Shuo shook his head: “Don’t know, there’s no token.”

But Hong Rao knew that the reason he came to the Star Guild was to precisely search the “spell collection” for spells, so she definitely wouldn’t let him see a pile of useless things.

…

There were quite a few players here to seek knowledge at the Star Tower.

But most players came and went hurriedly, mostly directly heading for the central white light column except for the occasional glance to see who was around.

Entering the light column would make one disappear instantly.

Xu Shuo and Luo Kai arrived at the white light column, where Luo Kai demonstrated by stepping in and immediately performing the Vanishing Spell.

Though the light column was semi-transparent.

Xu Shuo paused, then stepped into it as well.

The surrounding view was instantly consumed by white light.

And before him appeared a transparent screen composed of star tracks, possibly somewhat akin to the “Barriers” tower system, except the screen displayed his information panel.

[Player: Xu Shuo.]

[Level: Three.]

[Member Information: Non-member of Stars.]

[Permission inspection in progress…]

Xu Shuo quietly waited.

So he was a bit curious about how many floors he could access.

A new star track screen appeared in front of him.

[Permission granted, happy learning.]

The next moment.

The information panel disappeared in front of him.

The white light also disappeared.

The black-brown tower of the Star Tower reappeared in his field of vision, and he was floating mid-air inside the tower. At this moment, there was no one around; the crowd coming and going at the bottom floor had also disappeared.

So quiet as if only he was left inside the entire tower.

Oh, and a few four-pointed stars floating in the air.

Xu Shuo: “…”

So which floor should he go to?

Why is there no hint?

After thinking, Xu Shuo reached out and tapped a star floating in front of him, which turned into a rectangular search box.

[Please enter your connection command.]

So high-tech…

He used his spiritual power to input the four Chinese characters for “spell collection.”

After entering, he waited for three seconds, and the rectangular search box turned back into a twinkling star. Suddenly, Xu Shuo was swiftly brought back to the ground.

A circular corridor lay ahead, with a plaque on the wall beside the corridor.

[Eighteenth Floor.]

A floor number that wasn’t very pleasant sounding.

…