Chapter 815 - Socializing Mad Genius (2/2)
In the next version, the players would indeed be able to cross to another Star Fields on a large scale. However, unlike what Galaxy Times had speculated, the players would gather in the Flickering World instead of freely going to different areas.
Galaxy Times misguided the players, which was unavoidable. Other than Han Xiao, no players knew that the Flickering World would be the main stage of the next version.
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“The players who are following me to the Flickering World still don’t know how much of an advantage they’ve gained.”
After looking at the forums for half an hour, only then did Han Xiao start to do other things. He patrolled around the army headquarters before heading to the Logistics Department.
When he entered Reynold’s office, he saw Nero, who was buried in the mountain of books.
“Godfather!” As soon as Nero looked up, his deep and dark eye bags were clearly visible. Realizing that it was Han Xiao, joy bloomed on his exhausted face. He immediately threw away the theory book in his hands and dashed into Han Xiao’s arms.
Looking at the terrifying amount of homework Reynold had given, Han Xiao’s mouth twitched.
This is almost on the level of child abuse…
Scolding Reynold in his mind, Han Xiao patted Nero’s head and said, “Come, I’m taking you out.”
“Really‽” Nero was so overjoyed and surprised that his tears almost gushed out.
When he left Planet Aquamarine, Nero thought that he had followed his godfather out to play. To his absolute shock, there was an infinite amount of homework that he could never finish waiting for him!
Given Reynold’s personality, the thing he was best at was forceful education. In the past two months, Nero felt like he was in living hell, and seeing Han Xiao was like seeing an angel who had come to save him—he could finally escape this endless misery!
“I promised you, right?” Han Xiao smiled. Actually, the main goal was not to take Nero sightseeing but to go to the Tyla Civilization, which Harrofal had been part of, and search for the set of wormhole travel data back from when EsGod’s doppelganger entered it.
Other than Nero, Han Xiao only took Hila, Aurora, and Feidin along. They took the extremely quick Blacklight Stealth, so it would not take long for a return trip and would not delay the Flickering World mission.
As Harrofal had been killed by EsGod’s subordinate long ago, the chances of finding the wormhole data were very slim, which was why Han Xiao brought his two lucky mascots—Feidin and Nero—to offset his luck.
After all, those who believed in luck were… the unluckiest ones.
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The Blacklight Stealth flew through the stargate and did not make any stops along the way. Not many days later, Han Xiao and the others arrived at one of the Tyla Civilization’s governance planets to visit the high-level mechanic school that Harrofal had been part of.
With Han Xiao’s identity, as long as his intentions were not hostile, he was welcomed as a guest by all the civilizations in the Shattered Star Ring… except the Klent Kingdom, who had been cursing him every day, and the Star Pupil Holy Race, who had been secretly sticking needles into his voodoo doll.
This mechanic school was government-based and raised many Mechanic talents for the Tyla Civilization. The school was vast and magnificent.
The principal was already waiting at the entrance of the school with others. Han Xiao was met with a warm welcome the moment he arrived.
“Your Excellency Black Star, it’s our honor to have you.” The principal smiled brightly.
“You’re too kind.” Han Xiao nodded.
“Please, follow me.” Mechanical hoverboards arrived as the principal raised his arm. These were all public carriers inside the school.
Han Xiao stepped onto the hoverboard and followed the principal to head to the guest room, chatting and laughing along the way.
They passed through the school, and to Han Xiao’s surprise, they attracted a lot of attention.
It seemed like some students had recognized him and spread the message out, leading to groups of students following behind them on mechanical hoverboards and watching them from afar.
Han Xiao looked behind him and said with surprise, “These are all students of this school, right? Why are they following behind us?”
The principal said with resignation, “Your Excellency Black Star, as you know, this is a mechanic school. All the students here are Mechanic class Supers…”
“And?”
“Ahem, you don’t seem to know your significance in the hearts of the Mechanic class students…”
Han Xiao suddenly understood. He then looked back and realized that the students behind him were all filled with excitement, surprise, and admiration as they looked at him. It was almost worshipping.
He was the one and only Beyond Grade A Mechanic in the Shattered Star Ring, so his position was even more special in the eyes of the Mechanic Supers. He was basically the top authority of the Mechanics in the Shattered Star Ring. His visit to this school caused a sensation among the students.
The principal smiled and said, “Your Excellency Black Star, why don’t you host a lecture here and teach them a tiny bit of your infinite wisdom on the path of the machinery. What do you think?”
“Hmm…” Han Xiao thought about it and did not reject it. He waved his hand and said, “I’ll see to it, if this trip goes smoothly.”
“Is there a goal for this visit?” the principal asked. Han Xiao only requested to visit and had yet to tell him his goal.
“Harrofal was my friend. I’m here to look for a set of data he had left behind.”
The principal was stunned for a moment. “Oh, him… alas, some time ago, the school was attacked, and he was killed by a group of kidnappers. He was an amazing researcher, and regretfully, we lost a crucial talent.”
“Those killers were EsGod’s subordinates. I’ve already avenged him.”
After a moment’s silence, the principal suddenly asked, “Did those EsGod subordinates you spoke of kidnap him because of that set of data you mentioned?”
This was not difficult to deduce, so Han Xiao was not surprised. He glanced at him and nodded.
“Yes. When Harrofal was doing wormhole research, I visited him many times. One time, we were attacked by the DarkStar leader, and I was forced to fight an EsGod doppelganger. However, back then, I was no match for it. Only thanks to Harrofal’s help was I able to lure the EsGod doppelganger into a wormhole and banish it. What I want is that set of location data for that wormhole.”
The wormhole cluster of the Taralam Star Cluster was the center of the Shattered Star Ring. The teleportation location of every unstable wormhole was random, unlike stargates, which had a fixed destination. Also, the chance of those random destinations repeating was infinitely close to zero, so finding that same wormhole would do nothing. Only the recorded coordinates data would be useful.
The principal shook his head. “When Harrofal was kidnapped, all the wormhole detectors in his lab were taken away, every single one of them.”
“He should’ve recorded the data into the internal database of your school. I hope that you can give me the authority to search for it.”
“Er… the database consisting of the research data is highly confidential. I can only allow outsiders to browse it when it’s approved by the upper echelons of the civilization… I’m not even sure if Harrofal backed up that data. Also, there are too many sets of wormhole data he recorded. If you don’t recall the date and time, we won’t know which set of data you’re looking for…”
“Then please notify the upper echelons of the Tyla Civilization for me,” Han Xiao said with a deep voice.
Internal databases that had something to do with the government definitely had extremely strong virtual defense measures. As there were still hopes of obtaining the data through a just method, he did not want to use Virtual Intrusion and make a Star Cluster his enemy.
As a Beyond Grade A, he could not always do things sneakily. Furthermore, he still had no idea what was so important about the set of wormhole data that EsGod mentioned.
[1] LFxM is a common term in MMOs meaning Looking For x More player(s).