340 Qualia-Direction (Part 2)

"Proletaria?"

Li Aoz curiously took the business card from the other party, and the synthetic human receptionist immediately smiled and introduced:

"As a hunter of the Abyss, you are naturally unaware of the situation. Our leader, Proletaria, comes from the Third Floor of the Star Abyss —Zhou Yuan."

Beneath the dark mist, Li Aoz's expression changed. "The void?"

Yes and no.

The synthetic host smiled and said, "Although the Void has only one narrative and belongs only to Void species, there are also many forces formed by the gathering of Subterraneans within the Void. We are one of them. Although the Void harbors malice towards other narratives, everyone's attitude towards [society] is the same."

"Annihilate them," Li Aoz said.

"That's exactly right. In order to deal with [society], all narratives will go to great lengths."

The synthetic female receptionist nodded slightly, then raised her hand and pointed to the subspace portal:

"Lioz Dominate, the Silver Hunter, this is not the place to talk—please come this way."

Silver runes lit up in Li Aoz's eyes. He scanned them to confirm that there were no problems with the passage and the business card before accepting the business card with peace of mind and stepping into the subspace passage.

Swoosh—————

As soon as Li Aoz stepped into the passage, he immediately appeared in a deep, dark universe. Subspace teleportation does not require disassembling the structure, and the process is much more comfortable, efficient, and fast than molecular jump teleportation.

The cost is high; tearing open subspace in such a solid space as the Abyss is very difficult.

Li Aoz hovered in the vacuum. Sensing something, he immediately looked up and saw a massive, silver-gray structure slowly descending from the boundless deep space. Its structure slowly unfolded, and the outer shield armor stretched outward, like human muscles, rotating around the planet of the structure. Even without doing anything, the magnetic field it generated was enough to neutralize the beams of the ship's cannons.

In terms of diameter, it is ten times the size of Azure Planet and five times the size of White Candle Star. Not counting the tens of millions of kilometers of expansion of the outer perimeter, which form a dense array of mechanical satellites like a honeycomb, the diameter of the main body alone is at least 800,000 kilometers. The pure white structure reflects a brilliant white light in the universe. Li Aoz can even see the dense grid of factories scattered like stars beneath the shallow atmosphere, continuously producing various materials, synthetic humanoid soldiers, and autonomous mechs.

Even in the Abyss, the size of this colossal structure is terrifying, so much so that it relies on radiating a large amount of light outward just to dissipate heat from its massive computing power.

Li Aoz was a full four million kilometers away from the other party, and his perceived temperature reached 461°C. For mortals, this temperature would have long been familiar, but for the earthly deity Zeta-rank (6), it was not even a hot bath.

Li Aoz narrowed his eyes and began to observe the other person.

Far exceeding the undulating pulse of the giant armor, the dense network on the planet formed nerves, rapidly transmitting signals, fully scanning Li Aoz's information and disseminating all information into the ubiquitous void network of outer space, completing the information exchange.

Despite being a colossal mechanical planet, its existence was as vibrant as if it were alive. Then, it released gravity, connecting with him.

"Welcome to my home, Lioz Dominate."

The Gravity Wave, carrying information, resonated directly in Li Aoz's mind. Although it was well concealed, Li Aoz could still sense the Daoist aura emanating from the other party.

——Sigma (18)

This planet is alive.

No, that's not how it should be said— Li Aoz thought—it should be said that a living person has stuffed their soul into this planet.

The Mechanic has this method and is particularly good at it. As long as they complete the consciousness upload and dive into the Star Abyss to obtain the 'independent will' Star Abyss Blessing, lifespan is not a problem for them. They can copy and replicate their souls at will, and when they die, they can immediately and seamlessly connect to another mechanical body.

Steel bones are immortal, souls migrate.

To put it in perspective, the Sigma-rank represents at least level 360, but its body is completely mechanized and lacks the power of divinity, unless it is willing to change into an activated mechanical body.

As one of the most popular professions, Li Aoz knows quite a bit about the characteristics of the [Mechanic].

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Your Excellency Proletaria."

Li Aoz said neither humbly nor arrogantly that the Sigma-rank (18) was higher than his level in the game in his previous life, but that did not mean he had never seen it before.

Sigma-rank (18) are high-ranking figures in Narrative-level Civilization, usually officials in charge of the core forces. Proletaria should be one of the high-ranking members of the Hunters organization.

Since the other party specifically requested to see him, Li Aoz knew that Mr. Disville's side must have already sent the information.

In fact, the Level Cap for Qiqiao Network version 14.0 was Sigma-rank. If he hadn't transmigrated here, he would probably be at that level by now.

Although the entire Abyss is said to have accumulated hundreds of millions of Omega-rank (24) beings, when distributed among the various civilizations, the number immediately decreases significantly.

However, it is well known that all data is somewhat exaggerated, especially when it is prefixed with "claimed".

In ancient warfare, armies often claimed to number 100,000, but in reality, only a few thousand people might have actually fought and killed in the initial engagements. After a battle, the army would collapse after losing a few hundred men.

The same applies to Fangchengyuan.

After removing those too deeply cursed to move, too old to fight, corrupted by society, or those who abandoned politics and the goal of godhood to enjoy a free life, the truly combat-ready Omega-rank in the Abyss are only... about three hundred? Due to the distance, the two exchanges were delayed. Li Aoz replied, and the other's words took a second to arrive. "We have received the information you reported. The existence of the [Hidden Society] surprised us, and it was confirmed after we questioned several hunters in the Lower Star Abyss. Some hunters said they had encountered citizens 'possessing poisonous blood,' who were very adept at manipulating the rules, calling themselves [lawyers], and able to easily incite chaos and reverse the rules."

"The Lower Star Abyss?" Li Aoz pondered. "Perhaps this means that Gaia's true form from the Hidden Society is hunting in the lower Star Abyss. It must be suffering from many curses. Perhaps we should find an opportunity to kill it."

"No, we need more data and information before we can make a decision. Blindly advancing will only expose our strength and alert the enemy."

Proletaria meticulously stated, "Compared to the harm caused by the [Hidden Society], its existence actually reveals a more terrifying impact—does the civilization that was once secretly invaded still have citizens lurking in the shadows?"

"Perhaps they have been lying in wait, and as long as they don't bleed, no one can tell them apart—in other words, even if they bleed and are injured, they will immediately poison the innocent people around them, and the survivors will become hidden cellular slaves, becoming expendable materials to help the enemy."

"Unfortunately, we are currently unable to hunt down Gaia of the Hidden Society, and we know nothing about her—but rest assured, we have already established a special hunting file for her. In the future, countless hunters will bring news of her and her venomous henchmen, laying the foundation for our final hunt."

Li Aoz nodded. "That's exactly what I've been hoping for. This information should prevent many fellow hunters from dying and expand our hunting grounds. Sooner or later, we'll send those Earthlings back to Earth and let them shed their poisonous blood on their land."

"Excellent ambition. I admire your tone and ability, Lioz Dominate. The Hunters have always been fair in their rewards and punishments. After discussion, you may make three requests to me, but you must make them now."

Proletaria's voice echoed in Li Aoz's mind. Li Aoz smiled slightly. That's good. He doesn't need to go through so much trouble to hunt for treasures at the gathering.

However, the dumping still needs to be done, otherwise it would be a waste of the money that Li Aoz was swindled out of by the old hunter in his previous life.

I have three wishes:

Without hesitation, Li Aoz immediately said:

"First: I wish to provide political asylum services for my home planet, Azure Planet. I need a Kappa-rank (10) hunter to intervene when necessary, without having to take action, just to prevent Azure Planet from falling into war."

This is for the sake of Azure Planet's future independence. Li Aoz already knows that the Maxwell Syndicate deliberately released advanced knowledge into Azure Planet in order to attack the Fiennes Federation, thus angering Entropy.

Once the Entropy King is dealt with, the conflict between the two Interstellar Civilization, Feneth and Maxwell, will immediately come to the fore.

Azure Planet will definitely become the front line of the battle between two behemoths, or to put it bluntly, the two Big Brother are playing chess and fighting each other to their hearts' content, while Azure Planet is the chessboard, being hit by a flurry of moves and thrown into chaos.

"Passed," Proletaria said immediately. "But the Hunters are not a political organization. We only hunt [societies]. Our representatives can only negotiate on your behalf and do not represent our political stance."

"No problem."

Li Aoz continued, "Secondly: Recently, there have been frequent incidents of Silent Uncontact. I hope to find another way to descend into the Star Abyss, so that I don't have to go with anyone. I will take my fellow Daoists and subordinates with me to descend."

"Pass."

Proletaria said calmly:

"Our Deep Abyss Squad in the Layered Abyss will have its next batch in 19 months. I will send you the coordinates. With you, the team is expected to have 202 people."

"The composition is as follows: 157 people in the [Destruction] category, 20 people in the [Strange] category, 13 people in the [Craftsmanship] category, 7 people in the Redemption Class] category, 4 people in the [Plunder] category, and 1 person in the [Domination] category."

"Pay attention to the time."

Everything went smoothly. Li Aoz nodded and made one last request. "Third: I want to obtain information about one of the Origin Species, ' Enrique' — its Qualia-Direction orientation. It would be best if you could provide detailed coordinates."

"Pass."

Proletaria said calmly:

"I just received news from the Void, so I'll tell you the location now: Hengxia System - Dragon Satellite. There's only one Qualia-Direction in the Layer Abyss, and it's currently on that planet."

Li Aoz. This planet wasn't too far from him; the X Fleet could reach it just around the corner.

The name sounded vaguely familiar to him, so he asked:

"You said you learned about this from the void. Is there anything special about this Dragon Satellite?"

"The Dragon Satellite is nothing special."

Proletaria casually remarked, "It's just that a Void Overlord is projected into this star system."