118: Change course and board a medium-sized ship

Lin Mengzi also very much wanted to improve her strength.

Just as Ryunosuke said, 1 million star coins was only the first hurdle.

There were more hurdles ahead that required combat power to overcome.

And she and Lin Fei had to complete all tasks on this trip, because it involved finding clues about Lu Zhifei.

Subsequently, Lin Mengzi selected another rune stone that emitted a faint green glow.

【Rune Stone Name: Siphon (Epic Grade)】

【Effect: When your summon deals damage to an enemy, it will drain a certain percentage of their vitality and convert it into a healing effect, restoring the summon's own health.】

【Price: 7 million star coins】

This Siphon rune stone perfectly compensated for the defense reduction brought by 【Bad Temper】, and could also greatly enhance the undead's sustainability.

However, as the saying goes, skill rune stones could only be embedded into the corresponding skill.

That is to say, it could only strengthen one skill.

Lin Mengzi thought for a moment and finally chose to strengthen the Bone Dragon.

The three Epic-grade skill rune stones cost a total of 17 million star coins.

Lin Fei and Lin Mengzi's star coins were instantly depleted.

"They spent so fast. I thought a few tens of millions would be enough for us to spend for a long time," Lin Mengzi muttered.

Lin Fei laughed: "If star coins aren't spent, they are just meaningless numbers to us.

Only when converted into combat power are they useful to us.

The purpose of money is, after all, for purchasing."

"What you said is also true."

The Epic-grade rune stones purchased in the mall all contained powerful energy. After using them, both felt it was worth the price.

Besides skill rune stones, there were many other good things in the mall.

Lin Fei spent some more star coins to buy some Advanced Sanity Stabilizers and food, all of which were put into the safety backpack.

Now, both of their safety backpacks had reached nine slots.

The price was more expensive; they were bought in the ninth-level shop previously, and one safety backpack cost 2 million killing coins.

However, the benefit was that the same items could be stacked, although the maximum stacking capacity of a single item slot could not exceed 1 cubic meter.

Lin Mengzi was very interested in some peculiar alien plants and Ore that could enhance Mental Energy and improve Soul strength, so she bought quite a lot.

The two went on a shopping spree in the VIP area, and only after spending most of the newly acquired star coins did they leave the official mall with satisfaction.

Another five days passed.

The Starship was still sailing steadily in the pitch-black Universe.

For most passengers, these five days were uneventful, even a bit boring.

But for Lin Fei and Lin Mengzi, it was the longest time they had been away from Zhou Shan Orphanage ever.

Counting it up, they had been away for more than ten days.

It was the first time Lin Mengzi had been away from the orphanage for so long. Although she had a sufficient sense of security by Lin Fei's side, in the dead of night, she would still miss home, miss Aunt Chen, and miss the group of lively and cute younger brothers and sisters at the orphanage.

Although Lin Fei was not as emotional as his sister, he often thought about his younger brothers far away in another world.

He wondered how Xu Zhengyang and the others were doing these days.

How was the Thousand Wings Guild managing the cities of the Luo Country?

Was the order in New Jeju stable?

Was the Blue Flag Country still harboring evil intentions and secretly plotting new conspiracies?

Lin Fei looked up at the dark starry sky, his thoughts drifting.

On this day, the public broadcast in all areas of the Starship suddenly sounded simultaneously.

The One-Eyed Captain's calm and slightly majestic voice spread to every corner:

"Attention passengers, this is the captain speaking."

"This ship has just received an emergency notice from the Interstellar Alliance. Due to a sudden military conflict between the two major Empires on the scheduled route ahead, the interstellar route has been temporarily blocked."

"To ensure the safety of all passengers, this ship will immediately change course to avoid the conflict zone."

"For passengers who insist on going to Saka Star α, this ship will dispatch a special medium-sized Starship to continue sailing according to the original plan.

But because this diversion is due to force majeure and the operating cost of the special Starship is high, passengers who choose to continue to Saka Star α must pay an additional 1 million star coins as route maintenance fees for the ticket."

"Please interested passengers go to the service desk in each area to handle registration and payment procedures within 12 hours. Late arrivals will not be accommodated."

This sudden broadcast caused quite a commotion inside the Starship.

The vast majority of ordinary passengers were naturally unwilling to risk their lives to go to an area where war might break out.

They were all grateful for the captain's wise decision to choose a safer route.

However, for some local humans and some players targeting Saka Star α, this news was no less than a bolt from the blue.

It emptied their already not-so-wealthy wallets once again.

Some even couldn't afford the 1 million and had to sell some items.

"One million! That's really extortionate!"

"Where would we get so many star coins? Damn it, this mission is completely impossible to complete!"

"What should we do? I see the Starship is recruiting guards. Shall we sign up?"

"That's all we can do."

"I guess this is the real screening stage of the pass mission." Some players without any intelligence were helpless at this moment.

"We must board that medium-sized Starship, otherwise the mission will be considered a failure."

"Yes!"

Lin Fei and his team were not surprised by this at all.

All of this was in the intelligence previously provided by Ishida Ryunosuke and the others.

The members of the Alliance Squad did not hesitate at all.

They immediately went to the service desk and paid the 1 million star coins route maintenance fee per person.

After them, Mordi of the Angela Conglomerate and Allen of the Blackwater Group also brought their respective team members and paid the fees with gloomy faces.

Although they lost to the Alliance Squad in the arena, they were wealthy and could still afford the money.

However, since witnessing the world-destroying strength of Lin Fei and Lin Mengzi, the players of these two conglomerates were completely cowed.

After boarding the special medium-sized Starship, they stayed honestly in their luxury suites and didn't even dare to go out.

They were afraid that if they were careless, they would run into Lin Fei or Lin Mengzi in the corridor and be cleared away by the way.

This special medium-sized Starship was about two thousand meters long, much smaller than the giant main ship that was like a mobile city.

But although it was small, it was fully equipped; various living facilities and entertainment venues were all available.

It was just that the number of passengers had plummeted. Except for players like Lin Fei and the others, there were only some passengers who had to go to Saka Star α and the Starship's staff.

There were only a few thousand people in the entire medium-sized Starship, which seemed a bit deserted.

12 hours later.

The Starship slowly sailed away from the main ship, adjusted its course, and accelerated into the vast sea of stars.

Lin Mengzi stood by the porthole, looking at the main ship that was moving further and further away.

"Sister, missing home?" Lin Fei walked to her side and asked softly.

"Mhm, a little." Lin Mengzi did not hide her emotions and nodded gently, "But I've only been away for a few days, and I already miss home very much."

"Shi Jin and Lu Zhifei, as well as the other sisters, they must be enduring even more longing."

"Yes."

Lin Fei rubbed her long hair, his voice gentle, "We will definitely be able to find the Third Sister and bring her back together."

"Mhm! We definitely can!"

Lin Mengzi nodded heavily, and a bright smile bloomed on her face again.

As long as she was by Lin Fei's side, no matter how dangerous the unknown path ahead was, she had the confidence to face it.

In the bridge command room of the medium-sized Starship.

The captain of the medium-sized ship was a One-Eyed old man with a majestic face and graying temples.

He was staring intently at the huge star map in front of him.

On the star map, the green dot representing their route was moving slowly and steadily towards a distant galaxy.

"Report Captain, we have successfully detached from the main ship and are expected to arrive at Saka Star α in seven standard days," a young female navigator reported.

"Mhm." The One-Eyed Captain nodded slightly, his voice hoarse and low, "Stay vigilant and pay close attention to the energy fluctuations around the route.

Although the main battlefield of the two major Empires is not on our route, it is hard to guarantee that there won't be some roving interstellar pirates or fleets wanting to take advantage of the chaos."

"Understood!"

At this moment.

Lin Fei and the others were gathered in the restaurant, enjoying a delicious dinner.

After the battle in the arena, the relationship between everyone was more harmonious.

And everyone also had a common goal.

"Brother Lin, we have now embarked on the last leg of the journey to Saka Star α." Ishida Ryunosuke raised his glass and said solemnly, "I hope we can all successfully achieve our goals on this trip."

"Mhm, let's cooperate. As for the fighting, my sister and I will solve it. If it's other problems, we will have to rely on you." Lin Fei raised his glass to clink with him.

"Definitely!" Zhao Zicong and others nodded heavily.

After the arena ended, those who made money following Lin Fei took turns paying to treat everyone to delicious food.

In their view, this could be considered a small way of reciprocating kindness.