"Ah... let me guess. You found the star system I left for you, didn't you?"
The moment Trazyn spoke, he carried himself with the confidence of someone who had everything under control.
"I found the system, but I didn't come to talk about how good a bargain this planet was... I'm looking for planets that produce Blackstone. Can you recommend a few?"
"...Are you serious?"
For some reason, Lin Fan felt that Trazyn's tone was rather strange, as if someone were watching over him.
But he truly needed Blackstone ore, so Lin Fan repeated his request.
"Name your price. I just need to get some ore."
After a long silence, Lin Fan began to wonder whether Trazyn had gone offline.
"Perhaps I should come back myself..." Trazyn sighed, then appeared behind Lin Fan the very next second.
An icy metal claw touched Lin Fan's shoulder. Trazyn saw the surprised expression on Lin Fan's face as he turned around.
"How did you get back so quickly? Have you been staying by my side this whole time?"
"You could see it that way."
Trazyn did not discuss the matter further with Lin Fan. Casually, he picked a chair and sat down, pulling a bottle of liquor from thin air and tossing it to Lin Fan.
"This star system is rather interesting... So this is what lies beyond the barrier."
"I thought that barrier was your doing."
"If we had made it, this system would never have been left for you to explore. It was probably a conceptual barrier created by some containment object on Terra."
Only then did Lin Fan remember that he had yet to ask Oedmeir about the origins of those containment objects and the underground dark prison on Terra. But Trazyn clearly seemed to know about it.
Still, he