Jing Li's attempts to clear her name only made things worse. After leaving Tianwang, Lian Han went to see Yuan Yuan again. Seeing her heartbroken and dejected, he had no interest in asking her about the armor maker and simply took his leave.
The other party didn't know why Jingli betrayed the old man, and there was no need for her to stay any longer. She should hurry to the Demon Abyss to resolve the character card issue. Time was running out. Although it was just a side quest, the character cards represented Old Man Xing's hard work, and she couldn't stand idly by.
The Demon Abyss was quite far from Tristar, and Lian Han didn't want to over-consume the energy of the God-level card, so on the old man's advice, he decided to hitch a ride to save time and effort.
only--
What are you doing here?
Looking at the person who had suddenly appeared in her arms, Lian Han was speechless. If only this girl had appeared half an hour earlier! Half an hour ago, she could have gotten the person back, but now she was—
"Who are you?" Pei Sumei looked at Lian Han with surprise. "Are you an elf? You look familiar."
[A system task has been triggered to eliminate the intruding system.]
[Ding! Danger level five. Please get away from the advanced system immediately! Please get away from the advanced system immediately! Please get away from the advanced system immediately...]
The sudden sound startled both women. Did the other party have a system?
[Please stay away from advanced systems!]
Advanced system? Pei Sumei was stunned for a moment, and tried to break free, but was held firmly in the other's arms, who whispered a scolding: "Don't move if you don't want to die!"
Pei Sumei then noticed her surroundings. It was a dimly lit, small, and quiet room.
Pei Sumei's gaze returned to the elf, still amazed. "Where is this place?"
"A warship."
Warships? She'd never even seen a real warship before!
Pei Sumei was slightly excited and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"Smuggling themselves in."
Lian Han's tone was lighthearted, but it terrified Pei Sumei. "Sister Elf, smuggling is wrong. Especially smuggling onto a warship, that will land you in federal court!"
[Please stay away from danger, host.] — Xiao Ya was still struggling in his death throes. If he had known he would be teleported to such a dangerous place, he would have preferred to have just spent many times more energy to throw that unknown person into the space tunnel!
"But I'm just stopping by for a bit on my way. Why isn't that okay?"
The blue-haired, golden-eyed, pointy-eared elf tilted her head and looked at her, her eyes seemingly filled with her. Pei Sumei was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned her head away. "This is too unfair. I finally managed to become somewhat immune to my sister, how could I encounter such a beautiful elf? Even more beautiful than my sister—no, they can't compare at all."
Upon hearing this, Lian Han raised an eyebrow, preparing to give her a loving lesson, when she continued, "They are two completely opposite kinds of beauty."
She escaped a terrible ordeal.
[What is a system, an external system? Is it on Xiao Mei?]
The system paused for a moment, then said, [The card system was born out of the needs of this world's rules, and is recognized by those rules. Its mission is to assist selected individuals in their growth and promote the development of this world. Foreign systems, however, come from other worlds and aim to seize the power of this world's rules; their intentions are despicable! Any system encountered will be eliminated!]
The system rarely spoke with such certainty. Lian Han and Old Man Xing exchanged speechless glances, having learned something new. Besides interstellar space, there were other worlds? They had both thought the system was unique.
"Is this the difference between a biological son and a stepson? Besides, this stepson wants to seize the family business, so he'll surely be eliminated by the legitimate son," said Old Man Xing.
[This is also a difference between the natives and the outsiders.] After Lian Han finished speaking, he asked the system, [Will erasing that system affect Xiao Mei?]
[Once an external system binds to a selected host, it will reside in their spiritual sea, just like mine. But being an outsider, it cannot be without support; it must possess something belonging to the system. Destroying this thing will eliminate the external system. However, at the same time, the spiritual sea of the being colluding with the external system will suffer irreparable damage.]
[Let's try another approach.]
[Once the binding is broken, the external systems will return to this entity. Eliminating them at that point won't have any adverse effects on the host. But this is almost impossible.] The system paused. [Even more systems will choose to self-destruct, taking the host with them. Knowing they're going to die, they'll naturally find someone to take them down with them.]
Lian Han: ...So this is what kind of system you are.
However, Lian Han was still unwilling to give up. [Isn't there any other way?]
[No. Since the card system appeared, it has eliminated quite a few foreign systems, but very few of their hosts have survived.]
This is a bit of a headache.
Just then, Pei Sumei couldn't help but ask, "Does Sister Elf have something called a system?"
"What do you think?" Lian Han raised an eyebrow.
Pei Sumei pouted, "Could you please not target us?"
"You've only been bound to that system for a very short time. How can you be sure it won't harm you or have any ulterior motives?" The system hadn't mentioned any external systems before, so this Xiao Mei system must have happened in the last ten days or so. What a blunder.
“He won’t,” Pei Sumei said with certainty.
"What's the reason?"
“Because…” Before Pei Sumei could finish speaking, Lian Han suddenly covered her mouth and pressed his body down.
The door was pushed open at that moment, and two people came in and looked around. There was no one in the small room.
"Nothing's wrong. Let's check other areas."...
On the S-516 warship, commissioned by the Federal military, Rella stood respectfully before the long-established Federal general. "We are not worried about Your Highness's safety."
"oh?"
Ning Jue asked in a questioning tone, his deep eyes revealing neither joy nor anger, yet seemingly possessing the ability to see through all truths. Rella felt uneasy under his gaze. That look reminded her of the first time she saw Prince Qianya after he woke up.
So Rella quickly revealed the truth, "We are certain that no individual in the interstellar space has the strength to kill Prince Qianya, but we cannot guarantee the safety of the enemy. His Highness is—he is used to being capricious, the kind who does whatever he pleases."
"If they were pirates, they deserved to die." After all, they were the ones who kidnapped the people; they brought it upon themselves.
"But Your Highness..."
The warship suddenly shuddered, and someone immediately spoke up: "An inanimate object has appeared above the warship. Requesting instructions."
"Turn the screen around."
"Yes. Wait—it's disappeared again?"
Rella sighed, "Let's go look for it. Maybe it's..."
Rella felt a tap on the shoulder, and a boy with a beaming smile said, "Found it!"
"Your Highness, you'll scare us to death sooner or later," Rella said helplessly.
"I'm fine, aren't I?" Qianya glanced around. "Isn't this the original starship?"
"Military warships," Ning Jue began. "Aren't you going to introduce them?"
He was an outstandingly handsome young man, seemingly harmless. But that was all he could do. Although he didn't sense any spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from the other person, based on his perception of danger—it was extremely dangerous. No wonder he dared to send him to the Imperial Capital Star.
"This is His Highness Qianya. This is General Ning Jue of the Federation. I originally asked the General to find His Highness."
"Greetings, General." Qianya looked over and saw that he was indeed a perfect man. Few could match his imposing presence.
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