Aili wasn’t worried that these collapsing towering buildings would harm innocent people.
Not to mention whether these aristocrats, who enjoyed everything on this planet and even monopolized the sunlight, were innocent.
These towering buildings had actually considered the issue of accidental collapse during their initial construction. There were many means to ensure the safety of the residents inside.
When she arrived on this planet and toured the buildings as a trainee of the Cosmic Academy, she had seen them all.
So she had no qualms about destroying them.
“Lao Ai is so strong now, worthy of being the invincible King Ai in the main cast!”
“Lao Ai’s cheats are a bit too much. Anvil isn’t at the bottom of the main cast’s combat power now, is he?”
“People in the building: Speak up for me! How did my home collapse after one fight?”
“Call 911 quickly!”
Considering that once the aristocrats in the building were safe, they would definitely send people down to investigate the cause of the collapse, Aili didn’t plan to stay long.
She chose to confirm the operation information with Lin Zhen and the others on the way.
A Level 2 star energy user at their limit could destroy a city, seemingly far beyond the scope of ordinary people.
But in the face of technological weapons that had developed for nearly ten thousand years, they were still as fragile as ordinary people.
These aristocrats had exploited the entire planet for over a thousand years, never overthrown by star energy users who awakened in the slums.
It was enough to prove that they definitely had incredible technological weapons as trump cards to protect their interests.
Many star energy users had used the Academy’s power to cultivate a batch of star energy users loyal to themselves. Not to mention, these wealthy aristocrats certainly funneled many benefits to the Academy.
Having finally obtained information related to the Saints’ hand society, she didn’t want to cause any complications at this critical moment.
But to prevent these innocent victims from being caught back by the aristocrats on the way, Aili and Anvil still took the risk, driving a surviving truck found from a nearby Rat Gang base, and sent them to the nearest settlement in the Under-Building World.
During this time, there were people who begged Aili and Anvil to take them away from this hopeless hell.
But precisely, this seemingly simple request—just driving a spaceship to send these people to the nearest life-sustaining planet—was the most difficult thing.
Aili and Anvil had come to this planet as students of the Academy for a tour. The spaceships were all docked at the outer spaceport.
They themselves could easily fly back to the world above and enter the starport to return to the Academy.
But if they had to lead these paupers without any identity through the building world full of AI surveillance, it would be extremely difficult.
***
In the interstellar era, the Empire ruled the entire universe and had defeated the ruling race of the Negative universe. The citizens of the Empire, possessing infinite resources, seemed like they should be happy.
But this happiness never belonged to these true baser folk who were invisible and didn’t even have an Empire identity.
Even because these resources were limited by the distances between planets and couldn’t be properly distributed, countless Empire citizens on countless planets still lived in poverty.
Aili herself had once been one of them.
So after refusing these people’s requests, Aili felt somewhat uncomfortable.
But thinking that she would soon obtain clues about the Saints’ hand society and advance the progress of saving her sister, she cast this small unhappiness aside.
Without even returning to the Academy, she directly boarded a spaceship and headed to the agreed rendezvous point according to the communication with Lin Zhen.
At this point, all six members of the main cast of Season 1 of Starfall, except for Lin Zhen himself, had been notified.
Among them, Aili and Anvil chose to depart immediately. And Lin Zhen and Zi Jiu, after making preparations, boarded the spaceship on time that evening.
The anime’s screen split into three at this moment. The spaceships carrying Lin Zhen, Zi Jiu, Aili, and Anvil all appeared on the screen simultaneously. And they had the same destination.
Fifth Spaceport outside Hundred Sail Stargate!
“Classic Erlang Shen perspective of Starfall, engage!”
“Season 2 starts and half the main cast is missing. After getting used to the noise of the second half of Season 1, it’s really quiet.”
“Tell a horror story—everyone look at the progress bar!”
“Huh? That’s it? So short? Who’s that enough for?”
“Yeah, yeah, if word gets out, they’ll think we look down on anime.”
“Give us seven more episodes, one per day!”
As the barrages said, Episode 1’s progress had passed more than half, leaving only a small tail that slowly moved toward the end as the three spaceships traveled.
Many viewers had noticed: it seemed that when the spaceships arrived at the destination, Episode 1 would completely end.
On the screen, Lin Zhen piloted the spaceship to a jump node and pressed the warp button without hesitation.
“Warp!”
The spaceship was immediately covered by a transparent light membrane, faded, and slid into the thin membrane between the Positive and Negative universes. Under the squeeze of the membrane, it crossed countless light-years at terrifying speed.
After an hour, the light membrane neared its limit, and the spaceship left the membrane wall, returning to the Positive universe.
[Warp distance: 300 light-years]
The dashboard displayed the warp distance prompt.
Warp could be said to be the fastest mode of travel for Empire spaceships. Relying on the squeeze of the cosmic membrane, the average speed of the spaceship could reach 800,000 times the speed of light. Fast and safe.
Of course, provided that the warp process did not slide into the Negative universe. Entering the Negative universe from the Positive universe carried great risk.
It was very likely that because the spaceship rashly entered a Star Sea area with high star energy concentration, the membrane would be unable to adapt and directly burst, causing the spaceship to “disintegrate” during the warp.
This was also the main reason for spaceship crashes during warp before the discovery of the Negative universe.
In comparison, entering the Positive universe from the Negative universe was fine, because entering a low-concentration area from a high star energy concentration area meant the membrane would not break due to maladaptation.
One just needed to pay attention to increasing the strength of the cosmic membrane in advance when crossing the membrane wall on both sides.
So moving entirely within the cosmic membrane like this time was the correct warp posture.
Of course, the Negative universe wasn’t easy to enter either; one needed to find the jump node of the Negative universe within the membrane. Without special detection devices, one had to rely on the driver’s warp skill and eyesight.
“Isn’t it just osmotic pressure difference.”
“Exactly, osmotic pressure difference causes cell membrane rupture, now it all matches.”
“What is osmotic pressure difference? Dead biology knowledge is attacking my brain.”
Lin Zhen glanced at the dashboard. Then, without changing his expression, he continued to detect nearby jump nodes, preparing for a second warp.
This warp distance was actually a bit shorter than he had expected.
It might have been because the spaceship entered the node at a wrong angle, causing the membrane to receive excessive pressure and break prematurely. But as long as he paid attention afterward, it wouldn’t affect the journey.