?Chapter 1252: 402. ess System


    The person who emerged from thebat cabin was tall, standing at a height of about one meter eighty.


    He was d in power armor with evident repair marks. The armor sported numerous ces patched up with metal skins, green in some spots, purple in others, looking both poverty-stricken and shabby.


    Nnd Lee estimated that he had likely run into one of those professional yers who focused on exploration and reputation grinding with factions.


    Since it was all for the sake of story exploration, as long as the storyline was eptable, there was no need to splurge on equipment.


    Nnd’s gaze lingered on the man’s face.


    The man’s head was covered by a power helmet with a transparent ss cover, which had a searchlight emitting light from within. <div>


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    The halo of the searchlight barely illuminated the man’s face, which appeared to be about thirty years old, ordinary-looking, not particrly handsome but remarkably calm andposed, exuding courage.


    Even when facing Nnd Lee, a “little boss” whose depth was unknown, the man remained poised and collected.


    In this, the indestructible nature characteristic of a yer was his greatest reliance.


    The yermander stopped about thirty meters from Nnd Lee.


    He pulled an iron box out of the armor pocket on his chest.


    After pressing a button on the box, he aimed it at Nnd Lee and said:


    “Greetings, honored elder of the Prayer for the dead. We apologize for our previous offense and ask for your forgiveness for our impolite actions.”


    The iron box was a simultaneous trantor.


    The words spoken by the yermander were tranted by the box into thenguage of the Prayer for the dead and yed back.


    “We are legal interster mercenaries from the Dikaga Federation. Not long ago, we epted a contract from the United Bureau’smand division to investigate a mysterious signal being emitted from the Lisom-13. I am one of themanders for this mission…”


    The yermander paused at this point, hisplexion turning somewhat strange, evidently feeling a bit awkward.


    Almost one second passed before he continued:


    “I am one of the actingmanders for this mission, captain of the interster mercenary squad, Crisp Cucumber Slice.”


    Ha.


    Nnd Lee almostughed out loud.


    Had these yers never considered that one day they would have to introduce themselves to significant NPCs when picking names for their characters?


    What serious person would name themselves “Crisp Cucumber Slice”?


    Clearly, the yermander also knew his name was not suited for polite society, so he decided to go all in, converting his personal embarrassment into a collective difort.


    “I have also brought my teammates: Crunchy Potato Sticks, Sweet Strawberry Juice, Tangy Lemon Water…”


    The yermander mentioned each of his teammates in turn, triggering a wave of snark from within thebat cabin.


    Seeing their group enjoying augh without eliciting any desire to attack from the little boss, they couldn’t help feeling a bit more confident.


    The yermander cleared his throat, returning to the matter at hand.


    These mechanistic-type bosses always follow a fixed routine.


    First, one must figure out what game mechanism the boss in front of you uses.


    Answering questions,peting, handing over items, or taking on a side quest.


    The yermander got straight to the point and said:


    “ording to our investigation, we’ve determined that buried beneath this lies an artifact of the Prayer for the dead, a death artifact. It is this artifact that is broadcasting a mysterious signal to the entire Universe. Together with the Split Bear Star Thief band roaming this star system, we’ve explored thisosphere. Based on the clues we’ve gathered, the chair you’re sitting on is the Great Gate to the location of the artifact. If we wish to enter the artifact’s location and obtain the death artifact, what kind of price should we be prepared to pay?”


    Nnd Lee was about to speak his prepared response when he suddenly, and quite unexpectedly, discovered a new system message in his mind that he had never seen before!


    [Attention! The massive multiyer online role-ying game Starry Sea sends its greetings to you!]


    [Mysterious and ancient being, you have encountered a Starry Sea yer. They are lively life creatures who will run around tirelessly for you for a small favor.]


    [When they make requests of you, you can demand items, information, or ask them to join you temporarily.]


    [Of course, you can also use force to body them.]


    [Before you respond to them, the Starry Sea game system needs to assess your identity and strength.]


    [Do you confirm to ept a simple detection by the game system?]


    Nnd Lee slightly raised his eyebrows, truly not expecting that his own iplete Deconstruction Core System would be able to receive system information from the Starry Sea game.


    But after deeper consideration, it didn’t seem so strange to Nnd.


    The Assassin Angel had previously mentioned that behind the yers—also known as the Undying—there should be an entity known as the Command ne’s Core.


    During the existence of the Supreme Star Pce, the ne’s Core had supplied a number of deities to the Pce, and the two had a cooperative rtionship.


    Therefore, a system interface created by the Star Pce being able to intervene in the Starry Sea game also made sense.


    The Assassin Angel had a rather positive assessment of the Command ne’s Core.


    Based on this, Nnd gradually realized that leveraging the yers to help him destroy the Metal Creation Group seemed like a viable course of action.


    Nnd pondered for a moment, then mentally affirmed:


    “ept detection.”


    System information came through.


    [The Starry Sea game system is conducting a simple detection.]


    [Progress 1%…2%…3%]


    About three secondster, the progress bar reached 100%, and a few more system messages popped up.