Chapter 173: Promise (2/2)

“I have 50,000 star crystals. I’ll give it all to you in exchange for a single Lockbreaking attempt by you. This will take whenever and wherever I demand it.”

Lu Yin sneered. “Lady, you must be crazy. 50,000 is an appropriate payment for the lowest level Junior Lockbreaker to attempt to unlock a Sourcebox. But to demand it whenever and wherever, that’s just impossible. Even 100,000 star crystals would not be worth it. A Lockbreaker is not a servant that you can call upon at will.”

“Then I’ll waste both of our times here. I won’t kill you, but I can keep you here for quite a while. One, two, maybe even three years. I seem to recall that the Astral Combat Academy has its Astral Combat Tournament coming up soon. I don’t know if you can afford to wait for long.”

Lu Yin was angered by Zhuo Daynight’s threat. “I will report this matter to the society and have them step in.”

“It won’t matter. My Daynight clan has elders who are members of the society and their statuses are much higher than yours. As long as I don’t kill you, restraining you in this manner is quite easy.”

“I can agree to your deal, but I have some conditions of my own.”

“Speak.” Her voice betrayed a trace of expectation.

“You must give me six months of forewarning.”

“No more than one month.”

“No, five months.”

“Two.”

“The universe is so big that even getting to your location could take more than two months. How about four.”

“Three, and that’s all I’ll concede. We just keep waiting here until you agree.”

Lu Yin finally agreed. “Fine, three months then. But I won’t go to a dangerous place that’s beyond my abilities.”

“You’re stronger than me. If I can go, then you’ll be able to go there too,” Zhuo Daynight said. AFter these final words, she disconnected the call.

Lu Yin had a sullen expression; he had been threatened for no reason and had even been forced to make a promise. He may have gained 50,000 star crystals today, but he would rather not have them. A promise to the Daynight clan was definitely not going to be easily fulfilled.

Back aboard the warship, Zhuo Daynight looked at Lu Yin’s profile on the Lockbreaker network. She had a curious expression on her face, as he was clearly a genius who had succeeded in his first Lockbreaking attempt. In fact, the Lockbreaker Society had only approved of his qualifications a month ago, and before that, he had not had any connections to the society or Lockbreaking in general. He was an absolute genius, and he was worth far more than the Giant Emperor’s third eye. What a profit.

Soon after, Lu Yin received a transfer of Zhuo Daynight’s 50,000 crystals. It was his first time realizing that money could burn him as well.

Lu Yin ground his teeth as the warship moved aside. Girl, it’s a small universe. We’ll meet again someday.

Zhuo Daynight’s cold eyes held a trace of anticipation as she watched the Aurora spacecraft disappear into the darkness.

Ever since Earth’s trial, Lu Yin had always been suppressed by one person or another. Most had done so through their own overwhelming personal strength, but Zhuo Daynight had suppressed him while being weaker than him. The situation even caused Lu Yin to pout over the situation as this seldom happened. There was only one other time when he had felt like this. It had been when he had first arrived at Earth, and it was a vivid memory that still bothered him to this day.

In the end, this had only happened because his spacecraft was too slow. Otherwise, Zhuo Daynight would have never caught up to him.

“Open the material conversion equipment.”

Soon after he gave the commandd, a silver vortex half a meter in diameter appeared behind Lu Yin. This was the sole energy source that the Aurora spacecraft relied on for protection while it flew and jumped through space. Other spacecraft required a remodelling for its upgrades, but the Aurora spacecraft was able to take uncommon materials and disassemble, absorb, and integrate them into the spacecraft’s composition, allowing the spacecraft to continuously upgrade on its own. This was also the foundation that had popularized the Aurora Company in the first place.

No one knew even the exact theory behind this material conversion device, not even the Aurora spacecraft technicians themselves. This technology actually hailed from the ancient ages, and the Aurora Company had only coincidentally stumbled upon it. They were merely distributors and disseminators of the technology and were not its manufacturers. Even so, this unique technology had allowed them to become a powerful organization that could rival the Mavis Bank.

Lu Yin placed the materials that he had previously disassembled into the device. There were some he recognized and some he didn’t, but they all went into the material conversion device. He even included the grey metal that he had received from his first Lockbreaking attempt.

Rather than upgrading the spacecraft, it felt more like he was venting his anger.

The material entered the device and disappeared. There was no sound as it happened; it was as if he had just thrown it all into the void through a hole in the spacecraft.