Chapter 122: Public Mission (2/2)

“It’s a secret,” Little Pao put a finger to his lips, leaving the girl disappointed.

Meanwhile, Michelle glanced at Lu Yin before entering the ported battles herself. Lu Yin himself bid farewell to Little Pao and Coco to head to the treasury where the reward awaited him. Some of the Astral Combat Academy’s missions were restricted to specific academies, while others were public to all ten. Those missions were generally quite difficult to complete and would cause a commotion across the entire Astral Combat Academy when they were finished. The most difficult Sentinel mission was to obtain three consecutive victories in teleportation battles, and it was public. This had been Hart Phoenix’s goal, but he’d been defeated by Lu Yin in his third match. The mission was also removed once Lu Yin completed it.

Astral-9.

“Someone actually finished the top Sentinel mission? And they’re from Astral-10, too; they might be making a comeback.”

“Bull. They’re in the Frostwave Weave, could there possibly be any geniuses so remote? Someone powerful from the Innerverse must have joined them.”

Astral-5.

“Junior Hart’s mission was just completed by a… Lu Yin, I think? He must be a real talent to get three wins in a row.”

“It’s a pity that he’s from Astral-10, his potential will definitely be wasted there.”

Astral-1.

“The top Sentinel mission? What a joke, this mission was only hanging around because some people didn’t want to draw attention. It seems narrow-minded for Astral-10 to look for recognition this way.”

“Don’t say that. We still have to give them some respect, even if they’re driven out.” A gorgeous girl nearby turned to look at Lu Yin’s name before leaving.

Back in Astral-10, the old bearded man marveled at Lu Yin so hard that he felt disgusted by the stare. “Tutor, can I get the reward now?”

The old man cackled, “Why so formal, young man? Just call me Old Cai from now.”

Lu Yin raised a brow, “Old Cai?”

Old Cai nodded approvingly, “Not bad, not bad at all. Astral-10 hasn’t done anything impressive in a while. You’re not bad, young man, haha!”

“It’s just good luck,” Lu Yin replied humbly.

Old Cai waved his hand, “Luck is also a part of ability. Alright, here’s your reward. Keep it up and try to finish more public missions, it’ll help us out a lot.”

Lu Yin grabbed the cosmic ring that was thrown towards him and inspected it, finding 10,000 star crystals within and growing excited immediately. He finally had money again! 10,000 star crystals was a sizable figure.

“Your Aurora is at the space station. That thing will require endless resources, just do your best for now,” Old Cai added, giving Lu Yin permission to leave.

Lu Yin promptly headed to the space station, finding one of the Aurora spaceships and registering himself as its owner. Most of the resources in the Astral Combat Academies were sponsored by major economic forces, and the Aurora Space Company was one such supporter. These spaceships looked quite similar to most others—the personal model Lu Yin had gotten was less than three meters across— but they had a special energy converter on them. These things relied on pure energy to jump through space, and rare materials that passed through the converter were assimilated into the spaceship’s structure itself. This was the core feature that made the company famous, but it was rumored to have originated from ancient technology that other companies could not replicate.

The better the quality of the materials someone used on an Aurora, the faster and sturdier the ship would become. That was why Old Cai had said it would require endless resources; the spaceship would need it all to upgrade. However, once upgraded, the Aurora’s functions would far exceed a normal spaceship. Lu Yin had done his research, and all Auroras were at an elementary stage. The addition of the energy converter actually made them slightly worse than most other spaceships, but even at the radiant grade, they were ten times faster than normal spaceships and could defend from a Cruiser’s attacks. Another upgrade would bring them to the black hole grade, where they were 100x the speed of ordinary ships while also capable of blocking Hunter attacks. Their name came from the idea that they could rip right through black holes; they were certainly essential on long journeys.