From the Star Abyss
Chapter 272

129: Final Mobilization

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The atmosphere at the temporary outpost gradually became solemn. Players dug trenches, built fortifications, bought weapons, equipment and ammunition from NPCs in Du Zexin and Triangle Town, or rented Aoneng from Li Aoz. Some even bought gene weapons from N4.

Anyway, they're about to go into space, and the aliens won't accept the worthless paper in their hands. However, Li Aoz has already issued the mission of "Farewell Battle". Next, they will face the powerful Heavenly Ring Soldiers until the Biochemical Pool group is modified.

Since that's the case, the players stopped holding back and spent all their experience and Azure Planet currency, exchanging them all for luxuries they wouldn't normally dare to dream of.

High Potassium Protein Injection, restores 90% of life in one go—buy it!

Beta Acid Bomb are effective at killing infantry units—buy them!

High-explosive tungsten-core armor-piercing metal jacket rounds, also known as the coin rounds from the Derby launcher—buy them!

Auckland Lord immediately perked up. Many of the items were produced by his workshop, which had outsourced the blueprints and orders to Du Zexin. In just two hours, the players generated 2 million derby points in revenue for him.

"These arrivals are practically doing charity."

Auckland Lord of Triangle Town watched as pickup trucks came and went, transporting all sorts of weapons and explosives. Players snapped up the expensive equipment without batting an eye, and he couldn't help but sigh:

"If only there were more of these Descendants."

These players actually have quite a bit of money on hand thanks to the various characters that Li Aoz had previously released.

They handed it over to Du Zexin, Du Zexin immediately called Li Aoz, saying bluntly, "I'm a robot now, money is useless to me."

Li Aoz, naturally, didn't hold back, immediately taking the money and issuing various tasks to the players. He particularly emphasized:

"These tasks can be shared with people you know. Right now, we need manpower, the more the better!"

Of course, just saying that isn't enough. Li Aoz discovered that his NPC Template had a feature: his quests could be shared on the Game Forum.

Although Li Aoz himself has been banned from speaking, players can still share links to allow more people to join Li Aoz's missions, participate in construction, and earn rewards.

Unfortunately, the people present at the previous event held by Li Aoz to select the top spots were mostly core members of their respective organizations, and their influence was considerable. After they shared the task link, it quickly spread among various guilds, teams, and forums.

"Huh? This is a mission issued by Li Aoz!"

"It's a side quest of the Main Quest, there's a story to watch. I'm going to do it."

"Oh my god, the person you guys are talking about who shares tasks is my colleague."

His actions successfully attracted players from Azure Planet to his location to dig trenches, build fortifications, and lay mines.

To speed up the work, the players spent money to buy tools from Du Zexin.

Du Zexin transferred the money to Li Aoz as before.

Li Aoz then used money to attract players, distributing it to them as rewards.

The players used the money to buy military equipment in Triangle Town.

Auckland Lord, having received the money, felt that Li Aoz had brought him considerable benefits and that he should repay him properly. So, he took the opportunity to give Li Aoz a portion of the money earned by the players as a token of his gratitude.

So Li Aoz continued to give money to reward the players, who then spent it all. After that, the Auckland Lord gave Li Aoz a portion of it...

After this cycle, Li Aoz's wallet actually got fatter, the players gained a lot of resources, their eloquence and trading skills improved rapidly, and Du Zexin also effectively disposed of the junk parts he had on hand.

Everyone felt they had gained something.

The massive Mobile Armor has now changed its appearance. With the huge Biochemical Pool at the top, it looks like a mushroom. Du Zexin assembled a large number of engineering robots to assist in the modification and assembly, transforming a killing machine into a booster rocket.

They planned to send the Biochemical Pool high into the sky, detonate the Hydrogen Bomb first to clear a path, and then have Du Zexin detonate the reactor once it entered the upper atmosphere to disperse the concentrated Malefic Calamity.

The whole plan looks simple and straightforward, but it actually requires precise calculations and places very high demands on Li Aoz's own skills.

To protect the safety of the Biochemical Pool and Li Aoz and prevent them from drifting in space, Du Zexin added another set of rocket thrusters to the Biochemical Pool so that they could quickly escape the kill zone after the Hydrogen Bomb exploded.

However, because there are more things to consider, the renovation will take longer, and something must be done before that.

Li Aoz glanced at the surveillance drone sent out by Du Zexin. Sky Ring's soldiers were crossing a series of broken mountains at a very fast speed.

This can't go on.

Li Aoz stood up, looked around, and realized that thanks to the sharing by various players, 3,000 of the 5,000 players in the closed beta had already been transferred over.

In terms of numbers, they are not at a significant disadvantage, but the quality of their recruits is still lacking.

Li Aoz thought for a moment and then made another phone call.

"Hello?"

"Aoz?"

Alexia said with delight:

"It's been so long since I heard your voice. Did you miss me?"

"Ellie, although I really want to catch up with you, now is not the time," Li Aoz said. "The Heavenly Ring People have sent a large army of warriors to hunt me down, and I need your strength."

Alexia put away her relaxed demeanor and immediately said seriously, "Is that so... I understand. I'll contact President Sisron right away, and we'll meet soon."

See you later.

After hanging up the phone, Li Aoz glanced at his contacts again— Zhengxu probably wouldn't help. The Red Arrow Empire was likely cleaning up his mess now. He had demolished almost half of Qiongan Capital, Heavenly Ring People would definitely use Li Aoz's nationality as leverage.

After looking through the list again and again, Li Aoz it off one by one, until only a few people remained.

However, the other party probably won't have much use for it.

"... Never mind, as long as one person does their part."

Li Aoz was really short-handed, so he simply made the call:

"Nimoting, are you there?"

On the other end of the terminal, Nimoting was enjoying his vacation in casual clothes. But when he saw Li Aoz's handsome face, he looked as if he had seen the Yan Wang.

"Ahem, Mr. Li, Your Excellency Li Aoz..."

Nimoting trembled with fear, his face contorted in a grimace, and said, "What have I done to offend you? Please let me go, I'm just a Beta-rank."

"Wow, you actually advanced to the Beta-rank. That's quite useful."

Li Aoz glanced at the surroundings of the tall woman:

"Oh? Qiongan Capital Holiday Hotel, you're here on a mission in Sky Ring? Then come and lend a hand."

"I... I really came here for a vacation..."

"Get here within three hours. You'll be responsible for the consequences if you're late."

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