Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'

"This is not a game, it's a scam, did Qiqiao Network collude with the government? Is all this intended to solve the surplus population? Or are the government and big corporations preparing to jointly harm all players, turning us into electronic slaves."

"Bad game, makes people die! Bad game, makes people die! Bad game, makes people die——"

Calm down.

'This is a game, at least for now, Qiqiao Network is making us believe it's a game.'

Calm down.

'But if "Starry Abyss" is not a game, it's a normal world, and the life within it is real, then our previous actions...'

Calm down, Yutianxiao, calm down.

Yutianxiao bit his lip, trying to calm himself down.

He looked at Long Yuqiong, thought for a moment about what to say, and asked:

"Is 'Starry Abyss' a real world?"

At this moment, a prompt suddenly appeared in front of him:

[Warning, your speech may involve sensitive information, the cognition filter system will temporarily restrict your speaking privileges (3 days).]

Yutianxiao looked at Long Yuqiong.

The latter showed no sign, expressionless, completely detached.

"Looks like there's no answer."

Just then, Night Fighting Sword suddenly spoke:

"First place! Winning the chicken dinner! 111111——"

Yutianxiao froze, looked at Long Yuqiong, then at Night Fighting Sword, who had shut down the game interface.

From his angle, he could see the red text 'Eighth Place' displayed above.

At that moment, Yutianxiao suddenly understood everything.

"Two final questions."

He asked Long Yuqiong:

"Are we cannon fodder?"

Long Yuqiong had no reaction, while Night Fighting Sword glanced at the friend list and suddenly shouted:

"Oh my, the first place is amazing, who is it? Turns out it's me."

Yutianxiao's eyelids drooped as he fell silent for a moment, then asked:

"Final question."

"Are our actions in 'Starry Abyss' correct?"

Long Yuqiong did nothing, he turned around, tidying up the animal skin on the ground.

After a while, Night Fighting Sword said:

"The first place might lack virtue, but the second place is undoubtedly an idiot. Seems like all twelve have some screw-ups."

Yutianxiao nodded, speaking towards Long Yuqiong's back:

"Thank you, I understand now——"

"What do you understand now?"

Lai Anding's voice suddenly rang out, startling everyone. They turned to look, but Lai Anding had quietly appeared beside them, without a sound, making it difficult to judge whether she had just arrived or had been lurking nearby all along...

Lai Anding walked to Long Yuqiong's side, held his shoulder, and pulled the towering Long Yuqiong over:

"Oshen, your efficiency is too low, why haven't you reached Kappa Rank (10) yet?"

"Please understand," Long Yuqiong explained, "After all, our base has just been built, many things aren't ready yet..."

Lai Anding ignored his words, tossing Long Yuqiong like a rabbit next to Yutianxiao and Night Fighting Sword, looking at the three:

"No need to prepare anymore, you, you, and you——Congratulations, you've got work coming."

Yutianxiao frowned, asked, "What do you want us to do?"

"You three are too weak now, only three of you, the player army won't arrive for months. At this rate, finding Land Loyd would be like looking for a needle in a haystack, meaningless."

Lai Anding said:

"Since you are now stuck in 'Soul Hometown', surrounded by necromancers and corpses, it's idle to just sit around, why not revive some powerful beings to enhance our side's combat power."

"Why our side?" Night Fighting Sword complained, "I know you're with the authorities, but isn't it too obvious to form a faction after diving in? That would be direct exposure to outsiders."

"Rest assured, I'm using an NPC template, plus our headquarters is in 'Soul Hometown', not many players will find it here." Lai Anding said calmly:

"Enough talk, the task location and information have been sent to you."

['Lai Anding' has issued you a task commission—'Immortals Alliance']

[Type]: Combat/Adventure

[Time Limit]: 3 calendar months

[Mission Difficulty]: Secret (Confidential)

Secret difficulty is lower than regular S-grade tasks but involves strict confidentiality procedures. Once the task content is known by other players, it will significantly decrease task rewards.

[Introduction]:

"In the distant era of War Beyond the Abyss, a group of criminals and captives was exiled to the Border Abyss area. At that time, Border Abyss was just developing civilization, and these criminals interbred with local beings, leaving offspring with divine blood."

"However, their identities are not recognized by Starry Abyss, even with their power, they cannot be accepted by the Pathway. Some became wild deities and holy beasts, yet others couldn't cleanse their sins and died in obscurity. As their souls were unaccepted, they could only wander the Border Abyss land."

"The latter, to cleanse their sins, converted to the Pathway or Soul Return to the Nether Abyss, reincarnating despite all costs. We once overlooked their existence—but now, it's time to utilize their strength."

"Revive these past holy beasts and wild gods, form an eternal legion, and let the Great Starry Abyss once again accept their existence, to jointly confront the true enemy."

[Settlement Conditions]:

A. 'Enfeoff Sacred Beast':

Some sacred beasts still exist in the present world and have a large number of local believers. You need to challenge their angel envoys, win the opportunity to meet the sacred beasts, and convey the enfeoff intentions so that the sacred beasts are willing to align with Starry Abyss.

[White Wolf] Ebi Sohacha Tenggelinohai — Khan of Sodanland

[Hydra] Valanay Houdra — Floating Sea

[Sky Bear] Winter Roar — Desperate Ice Vein

[Rock Ghost] Terafall — Border area between Oxiulia and Edelweiss Kingdom.

Settlement Reward:

None

B. 'Resurrect Wild God':

Wild gods bearing hatred and thwarted aspirations, trapped in the necromancer's land of Soul Hometown, unable to leave. Gather tokens and divine artifacts to prepare their return.

[God of Sworn Oaths and Glory] Dil Yuetun — requires a Golden Laurel Leaf, a cursed Covenant Scroll, and a 17-year-old healthy, blonde, poetry-loving youth.

[God of Health and Blessing] Rodney — requires fragments of Divine Warhammer Clement, Demon Seed Heart*20, and a girl born on Silver Moon Night.

[God of Praise and Order] Gabriel Weiss — requires 15 duty-driven, career-loving police officers, Heart of the Rainbow-tailed Merfolk, collect fragments of Divine Sword Zanfulei, and requires a Soul Ritualist to successfully call upon.

Gather these deities and bless them with the Starry Abyss's glory, these former wild gods will become your support.

Settlement Reward:

None.