VAP - Chapter 105
Chapter 105: The Federal Marshal's Journey is the Sea of Stars (1)
Main God Space, Main God’s office.
The Main God leaned listlessly against the light screen, waiting for the boss to arrive.
For the past few days, the boss hadn't come over because they had to suppress Her power while also taking care of their original work. Now that the work was over for the time being, they would probably come to inspect the results.
The Main God looked at a new, tenderly colored little point of light that had appeared on the screen and thought absent-mindedly.
Sure enough, in less than three seconds, the boss appeared silently behind the Main God.
The Main God saw the reflection on the screen and raised a hand in greeting. "Boss."
The boss’s face was grim. "This time failed too, right?"
The Main God said, "This one is very sorry."
The boss replied, "It has nothing to do with you. She is too difficult to deal with. Her weakest period has now passed, and I can no longer suppress Her."
The Main God let out an "oh" and lowered his head, pretending to look at the screen seriously.
The boss watched with the Main God and suddenly said, "Has System 0996's next mission world been decided?"
The Main God replied, "No, she's been on vacation in the space recently."
The boss said, "Let me see, which small worlds does She still exist in."
As they spoke, their fingertip tapped a small silver point of light on the screen. "This is a world where technology reigns supreme, isn't it?"
The Main God confirmed, "Yes, this is the Spiral Star System 001 Small World, classified as a technology-side world."
The boss expressed satisfaction. "This one it is."
Any small world will limit all living beings within it based on the strength of the theoretically strongest individuals of its native species.
Once someone exceeds that ceiling, their power will be weakened.
This is a rule.
But for a technology-side world, a person's combat power is not equivalent to the strength of the living being itself, but is related to multiple factors such as the weapons used and the manipulation of tools.
In other words, if a technology-side world is chosen, then even if Her fragment's power is overwhelmingly strong, in that small world, her fate will be determined by her equipment.
Isn't this pretty much the same as me suppressing Her myself?
The Main God said, "...Boss, you don't actually need to be so fixated on making Her destroy worlds with Her own hands. After all, even if you issue tasks in a roundabout way, She and 0996 can complete them in a non-destructive manner. What's the point of that?"
Seeing the boss staring at the screen without speaking, the Main God continued, "This one believes my work completion rate is very high, and I can recruit more systems to work in the future. Why go to such lengths to induce Her to reclaim small worlds?"
The boss looked up.
The Main God stared intently through his glasses.
"Ah, I just received a new setting. It looks good. I'm going back to work now."
The boss ignored his gaze, turned, and left.
The Main God: "..." They weren't listening at all!
Sometimes I really just want to quit!
This time, Yue Du rested in the Main God Space for a full seven days to alleviate the discomfort from crossing the world barriers and avoid cumulative damage.
During these seven days, she met an online friend in person for the first time—Turasu had also returned to the Main God Space.
The meeting was in the public lounge area.
In person, Turasu was even more talkative than in the chat group. She was also very popular among the systems, and systems of all shapes and sizes would come over to greet her.
"I plan to rest for a month. I hope I don't get a technology-side world next time. I hate technology-side worlds," Turasu said, flicking her leopard ears.
Yue Du asked, "Are technology-side worlds difficult?"
Turasu replied, "Not necessarily. Some systems quite like them, but not me. Everything there relies on technology. There's no market for a good brawl, and it's so frustratingly stifling."
Yue Du was quite interested in this topic. "No fighting, so does that mean it's relatively peaceful? Or do they achieve their goals through virtual warfare?"
Turasu shook her head vigorously. "No, no, no, they fight with technology. But what kind of brawl is it when chunks of iron are just hitting each other? Only tearing through an enemy's flesh and blood with claws and fangs can be considered a true fight to the death!"
Yue Du: "..."
Right, Turasu has the mindset of a primitive beastman.
Chatting with Turasu was a very relaxing affair, probably because she said whatever came to mind and didn't hide things in her heart. You didn't need to use your brain at all when talking to her—no, I mean, your data core.
A few days later, after confirming she had rested enough, Yue Du packed up simply and headed to the main hall.
The customer service representative was the same parrot who had assisted her last time.
"The current mission world is Spiral Star System 001 Small World. The mission data has been sent. Please check for it."
Yue Du said, "Thank you."
She browsed through the data and fell into deep thought.
It was just as they say, speak of the devil. Just two days ago she was discussing technology-side worlds with Turasu, and now she had to go to a small world with an interstellar setting.
Interstellar was not an unfamiliar term. In Yue Du's original world, futuristic sci-fi movies had always been a hot topic.
Wen Yilan's first on-screen work was a sci-fi film, in which she played a female scientist with a secret crush on the male lead.
As it turned out, the movie was a huge hit.
At the time, Yue Du was very invested in it, constantly monitoring online reviews. Fortunately, Wen Yilan herself lived up to expectations, giving a very spirited performance, and the vast majority of comments were positive.
...The only unexpected thing was that a master editor on Bilibili made a shipping video of Wen Yilan and the female lead of the sci-fi film. They took the clips of the female scientist gazing affectionately at the male lead from behind and spliced them onto the female lead, editing it into a mutual pining trope.
The editing skills were god-tier, and the silly netizens of the day happily consumed the content, making this ship popular on Bilibili for quite some time.
Yue Du was quite puzzled at the time. "Am I just lacking the eyes to see love?"
Wen Yilan herself said frankly, "It's just shipping. They edit videos of everyone. Last time, someone even edited me together with the sisters from some historical drama, it just didn't get popular."
Yue Du said, "Oh, I see."
After thinking about it, she felt something was off. "Wait, I didn't even notice this. How did you know?"
Wen Yilan gave a dry laugh. "Ha, haha, I was just casually browsing Bilibili, searched my name, so—"
Yue Du smiled. "Is that so? If you get into a relationship, don't forget to tell me. I'll draw up a PR plan for you."
"...Okay, Sister Yue."
I've digressed.
In short, Yue Du was fairly familiar with interstellar settings.
When the scheduled transport time arrived, Yue Du collected her thoughts and sank into the silvery-white pool for the fourth time.
Unexpectedly, she felt a sense of excitement, like she was setting off to see a long-distance girlfriend.
Spiral Star System, Star Calendar year 3000.
Humanity's migration to the Spiral Star System happened three thousand years ago.
When the planet they originally inhabited suffered a devastating natural disaster, humanity, having already mastered space travel technology and become highly advanced, finally decided to abandon their home planet. They began a space migration, arriving in the distant Spiral Star System.
This was a prosperous star system with many habitable planets.
However, the Spiral Star System had native inhabitants. After lengthy negotiations with the Spiralians, who resembled humans in appearance, humanity was finally able to settle and reproduce in the Spiral Star System.
The Spiralians were slightly inferior to humans in terms of technology, but they themselves possessed a greater advantage.
About seven percent of Spiralians would "awaken" on their own during puberty, differentiating into groups different from ordinary people: Sentinels and Guides.
These two types of people were enhanced in sensory perception, physical strength, and mental power, respectively, making them more acute and powerful than ordinary people.
It was said that when humans first arrived in the Spiral Star System, someone encountered a frenzied Spiralian Sentinel. Terrified, they raised their gun and fired, only to for the other party to charge through the hail of bullets as if they were invulnerable.
It almost made the human high command think all Spiralians were such fierce warriors...
However, as humans settled in the Spiral Star System, a very small number of humans also began to show signs of awakening, and the reproductive isolation between them and the Spiralians gradually disappeared.
Neither side could explain this phenomenon. To this day, it remains an unsolved mystery subject to much speculation.
In the year 3000 of the Star Calendar, the Human Federation and the Spiralian Empire each had their own territories, together occupying most of the habitable planets in the Spiral Star System.
The relationship between the two nations... well, to say it was good would be a stretch; it was somewhat delicate. But to say it was bad wasn't quite right either, because they had a common enemy—the space-faring Zerg.
Yue Du: "..."
There it is! The requisite villainous race in any interstellar storyline, the Zerg!
But even the Zerg couldn't shake her host's status as the absolute final boss villain.
The final villain in the plotline was named Sheng Xuejiu, Marshal of the Human Federation, and the undisputed number one Sentinel.
Fighting the Zerg, intimidating the Spiralians, possessing unparalleled power and beauty—it was only natural for such a person to be fanatically adored by the public.
...If only she weren't so tyrannical.
It couldn't be helped. The most prominent weakness of Sentinels was mental instability; their five senses were far too acute.
Ordinary, everyday scenes could be an unbearable collection of noise and irritating smells to them. This sensory overload could also cause instability in their mental power, making it easy for them to lose control.
Unless a Guide helped them sort through it.
Therefore, many Sentinels were synonymous with danger. Ordinary people respected them for their contributions to defending the Human Federation, but also feared the harm they could cause if they lost control.
Marshal Sheng Xuejiu was the most dangerous one of them all.
When Yue Du woke up, she was lying on her side, face to face with her host.
She was startled at first, wondering why her host's face was flat this time. A tenth of a second later, she realized it wasn't her host's face... but a poster printed with her host's magnificent beauty.
The woman on the poster still had that familiar face.
She was wearing a Federation military uniform, her expression faint. Her deep black eyes weren't looking at the camera at all; their focus was unclear, revealing not a hint of emotion.
Her features were closer to Nai Yin's, more three-dimensional, but she lacked that bewitching, seductive aura that belonged to "Lust." Instead, she resembled a cold, tyrannical monarch.
Her slightly wavy long hair wasn't the jet black or silvery white she had seen before, but a brilliant shade of light gold, more dazzling than the golden insignia and tassels on her shoulders.
Just looking at the flat photograph made her feel unapproachable.
—This was the Federal Marshal, Sheng Xuejiu.
Yue Du stared at the poster for a few seconds, then rolled over and sat up, looking around.
She was in a dimly lit room. The sunlight outside probably wasn't very strong to begin with, and even less of it could filter through the thick, gray curtains.
Even so, Yue Du could still make out what was in the room.
On the left, the wall was covered with posters of Sheng Xuejiu.
On the right, also posters of Sheng Xuejiu.
Hesitantly, she looked up, and her gaze met a huge poster of Sheng Xuejiu.
The poster was so large it nearly covered the entire ceiling. No matter how stunningly beautiful the person in the picture was, in this situation, it became eerie, creating a faintly terrifying atmosphere.
It was a good thing she hadn't been lying on her back when she woke up, or she might have been so startled her heart would have stopped!
Yue Du raised a hand to cover her eyes and took a deep breath.
Who on earth decorated this room?!
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