001 Got Out, But Not Completely

After entering the Sky Ring, Li Aoz quickly abandoned the locomotive, got off at the Old Era Jiang Zhida Station, changed back into the garbage collector's clothes, and began walking.

In fact, although he had entered the territory of Sky Ring, those familiar with Sky Ring knew that the country's borders were never fixed.

Besides the ambitious Sky Ring army, Sky Ring's civilian armed forces have also expanded to an extreme extent. In Sky Ring's company registration categories, there are even words like "Armed Corporation" and "Land Reclamation and Development Group".

These militia groups would use the pretext of land reclamation to invade the native settlements of Outland.

Unlike Frostplate's Law Enforcement Division Three, which involves assassinations and infiltration, the Heavenly Ring Nation doesn't care about these civilian armed forces at all. They can burn, kill, and plunder as they please, and as long as they obediently pay taxes to the country, they will basically be ignored.

These self-governing civilian groups are essentially the mobile borders of the Heavenly Ring Nation.

In the Heavenly Ring Nation, it was common for villagers to contribute a knife and a gun to form a "Pioneering Group" to plunder and seize land and resources.

Therefore, Li Aoz was not worried at all about the people of Sky Ring checking for illegal entry—there were plenty of people who entered illegally, and outside was just the vast snowfield of the Outland. The refugees had no way out. Their only hope for survival was to run to the invaders' hometown, and they mostly ran to the outlying cities of Sky Ring.

More than a decade later, the descendants of these people will become new Heavenly Ring Warrior, or laborers on an assembly line, serving the people who invaded them.

For Li Aoz, it didn't matter much: if a player doesn't break through the checkpoints three or four times, can he even say he's been to Sky Ring? Li Aoz estimated his location: he was currently 450 kilometers away from the nearest Forward City of Sky Ring, so he might as well turn around and find a settlement to stay in, rest and recover from his injuries, and get his two part-time jobs sorted out.

The secondary profession of "Biochemist" requires a lot of professional knowledge to build up one's mimicry health.

The [Biochemist] branch of the [Craftsmanship] system is the most outrageous branch in the early stages among the four volumes of ' Devil's Life Chassis '. Leaving aside the fact that everyone is on equal footing in the later stages, there are very few classes that can be as versatile as the [Biochemist] in the early stages.

Is the team lacking a support person?

— [Biochemist] can concoct potions on the spot, and can even make you hot Chili Sauce, yogurt, and milk tea flavors. It's full of technology and ruthless skills.

Is the team lacking investigative information?

— [Biochemist] can release their own bio-engineered war beasts, which can either bite and kill or subdue enemies, and the noise is minimal, making them much more effective than drones.

Is the team lacking a tanky front-line unit?

—The Biochemist's high mimicry health is even more outrageous than some Martial Artist ' health bars. Wearing Combat Engineer Armor and installing a few Tao Steel Plate, he angered the enemy so much that they wanted to bring over a mortar.

Is the team lacking a main damage dealer?

—After the [Biochemist] pulls out the poison and virus, you'll understand why there are international conventions restricting the use of these weapons. Even if the trees in the forest could talk, after this battle, there might not even be any leaves left.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the [Biochemist] must have a sufficient amount of knowledge.

The core attribute of this profession was originally [Intelligence], but Li Aoz possessed the [Perpetual: Arbitrary, and all attribute judgments relied entirely on [Charisma], so learning the knowledge of [Biochemist] was not difficult for him.

As for the crafting profession... this profession is currently not active, but the prerequisite skills and knowledge it requires are not uncommon and can be easily found.

The continuous battles left Li Aoz exhausted. He found a secluded gap in the subway platform, crawled inside, pulled up his hood, stuffed a few Compressed Biscuit into his mouth, and then fell asleep immediately.

[Blood of Immortality] and [Natural Ignition] are the only Aoneng currently remaining in his pod.

[Blood of Immortality] was upgraded from over nine hundred Aoneng absorbed from the body of the Bio-Kongou. It was recalculated in the pod and, like [Natural Ignition], is considered a new Aoneng, thus it can continue to be used.

The appearance of [Natural Ignition] also fulfills the Aoneng energy required for Li Aoz's envisioned [Bloodfiend Style].

Next, only one crucial Aoneng remains—[Death Link]

When this style reached its peak, Li Aoz had absolute confidence in taking up that "Timeless Masterpiece" weapon.

Li Aoz stood up and went into hibernation. [Blood of Immortality] has an automatic awakening function when encountering a crisis.

During his hibernation period, Li Aoz carefully reviewed the situation so far, as well as his shortcomings and deficiencies.

"Let's check the tasks at hand first."

He opened the task list:

[Main Quest]: ① "Remember Them"

[Mission Difficulty]: Scary Progress: Settlement Condition C. "Uproot" - Eliminate the entire sponsors and project owners of the Nethermark Humanity and expose their actions to the public.

② "White Frost Gold Bones"

[Mission Difficulty]: Splendid Story A. "Historical Progress" - Eliminate the current government of the Frostplate Republic.

B. "Desire to Change" - Reconstructing the cultural and social structure of the Frostplate Ethnicity Frostplate People, enabling them to return to a normal life.

C. "The Terminate the Evil Consequences" - Permanently eradicate the problems of Frostplate and the Outland, and ensure that the Frostplate People will not overcorrect.

"Whether it's the settlement condition C of ' Remember Them ' or the three settlement conditions of ' White Frost Gold Bones' — the Main Quest are quite difficult. I can't solve them by myself."

Li Aoz shook his head; this was not a problem that could be solved by individual efforts.

Regardless of which one it is, it involves the issue of Frostplate's voice, and coincidentally, he has no voice in Frostplate.

"I probably wouldn't have had a chance before Dai Weilin took office."

Li Aoz thought of it.

That's why he didn't take Ya Wen away.

Although Ya Wen's Favorability had reached the point where she could share the [Objective Resonance] talent... Li Aoz secretly exchanged for the [White Wax Fantasy Crystal] only to discover that this item was only effective when in a limited team.

"Damn swindler!"

His main purpose in coming to Sky Ring was to kill, cultivate his power, and poach talent. With Ya Wen's current Combat Power, such dangerous tasks would only be a burden if she were by his side. It would be better to send her back so that she could lend a hand when Du Zexin planned the prison break.

Besides the Main Quest and his personal collection, Li Aoz has two other major goals.

First: Eradicate the Forgery Society · Philolis.

Second: Go to space.

These two things seem unrelated, but in fact, they are not contradictory at all; on the contrary, they are one.

Rather, this is precisely where Li Aoz's greatest advantage lies.

All his actions so far, accumulating Combat Power and expanding the player base of the [Dominator] system, have been for this purpose.

—To the universe.

If he could, Li Aoz even had a crazy idea: he would go to Star Abyss once before the players' Level Cap reached 60.

Layered Abyss, Realm Abyss, Zhou Abyss, Group Abyss, Dark Abyss, Source Abyss.

The Sixth Layer Star Abyss: each dive unleashes an individual's limits, elevating their power to new heights and bestowing a blessing. Yet, the alluring Star Abyss can also inflict a curse.

Each ascent brings with it an increasingly severe curse. Therefore, most powerful individuals dare not sacrifice their strength to ascend, and usually settle only on a single level.

However, if it only happens once or twice, Li Aoz has ways to avoid it.

In fact, the curse of descending from the Abyss to the Realm of Mirrors and then rising back up from the Realm of Mirrors can only be avoided by the prerequisite profession of [Starcaller], [Bishop].

When people were still trapped on Earth by gravity, they never thought that the solution to all problems lay in space.

Li Aoz firmly believed this. As one of the people who personally destroyed Azure Planet, he knew the reasons for Azure Planet's destruction better than ordinary players.

The Forgery Society · Philolis and its Imitation Human Invasion are just one example.

More importantly, a far more serious threat is brewing on this planet. It is currently just an larva, but once released, it could spread rapidly throughout the entire star system in less than a century.

Social intrusion is at most disgusting to Narrative-level Civilization; it's impossible to kill or catch up with, and it's neither easy to manage nor easy to ignore, it's just annoying.

But Li Aoz was very clear: once that thing was born, it would completely damage the foundation of civilizations below the Narrative-level.

That thing was precisely the reason Philolis came here.

There are also disparities within societies. As a living entity, civilization is a kind of evil predator. It feeds on civilization, but it does not need resources to sustain its own life. What motivates it to grow and evolve is an abstract 'concept'.

The most powerful society that Li Aoz had ever seen was the Outer Society of Pergalai, which stood at the top of hundreds of societies. Official data showed that the Outworld Wind of Pergalai could corrupt all material worlds, and its bottomless abyss contained at least 666 Omega-class (equivalent to level 480) Abyss Lords.

Pergalai is also the most powerful character that players can learn about in Star Abyss.

However, such powerful opponents are generally just background figures. In his previous life, Li Aoz had only killed 10 great demons, the lowest level of which was 290.

The abundance of resources in the universe is beyond the comprehension of humans on Earth; only in such an environment can a vast number of powerful beings be born.

In comparison, the level 270 Forgery Society · Philolis is as pitiful as a baby.

Within the Star Abyss, there are forces with even greater Combat Power.

Conversely, if the problem is resolved in its nascent stage, Philolis will give up and abandon its invasion of Azure Planet, Galaxy Civilization will naturally not choose to destroy the planet.

The thing that Philolis coveted, that the Galaxy Civilization feared, and that they were willing to risk violating interstellar ethics to destroy the Azure Planet, will become the players' eternal enemy in the future.

It is simply because He belongs to a noble and ancient race: the Ithofia.

This tongue-twisting pronunciation is difficult to remember and carries an inexplicable magical power, so people euphemistically refer to them by their titles:

—Entropy.