The necromancer just wants to plant trees.

Chapter 479: Space Castle and the Beautiful Female Devil

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The dark and boundless starry sky is like an eternal curtain, frozen in every area within the sight of tiny creatures.

Except for the occasional flash of starlight that briefly illuminates the desolate star region.

Most of the time, there is only loneliness and coldness here.

The tentacles at the tail of the Cuttlefish boat twisted and rotated rapidly like a propeller. The sudden burst of thrust, combined with the seemingly stuck but actually very rhythmic "jumps", continued to push the Cuttlefish boat towards the area where the coordinates were located.

More than an hour later.

Matthew saw through the huge convex mirror and telescope a large number of starships and star creatures docked near a star reef.

Groups of giant celestial hermit crabs surrounded the bottom of the star reef. The anchors dropped from their tails tightly wrapped around the star reef, and they were connected to each other by some very tough steel cables.

The upper part of the hermit crab's shell is carved out into layers of decks and towers.

There were quite a few star world murloc sailors busy moving something.

Except for the star murlocs and hermit crab fleets.

Matthew also observed several squid ships!
The squid ships were obviously much more heavily guarded than the hermit crab fleet. Matthew accidentally saw a fully armed squid alchemist walking across the deck menacingly, and all the sailors and soldiers fell silent.

The alchemist lay on the edge of the deck and cursed at the hermit crab fleet for a while.

The actions of the Star Realm fishmen suddenly became more compact.

obviously.

This is a star-realm transit station similar to an isolated island in the sea.

Stuluk Industries established a small base on this isolated star reef.

These squid ships are currently resupplying with the Star Hermit Crab fleet that they are responsible for escorting.

Matthew estimated that it wouldn't take long.

They will set off again.

"There are almost no firepower facilities on the giant hermit crab, even for a merchant ship, which is a bit unreasonable."

"The only explanation is that this group of star world fishmen have become vassals of Stuluk Industries. They are only responsible for commercial transportation, and safety is entirely handed over to the squid fleet under Stuluk Industries..."

Matthew speculated secretly in his heart.

However, many doubts also arose in his heart——

After the Blood Moon attack.

Logically speaking, the Squid Alchemists were completely wiped out.

So where do these squid ships come from?
After the Great Rip.

Melinda, who worked at Stuluk Industries, also passed information to Matthew twice.

But later, due to the serious separation between the material world and the astral world, the two sides gradually lost contact.

Although Matthew was determined to collect intelligence on Stuluk Industries.

But since that shot.

The Necrons are keeping a low profile even more than they have been since the Blood Moon.

They have almost lost their presence in the material world.

But Matthew knew very well that this did not mean that Stuluk Industries had lost interest in the material world. They were just biding their time.

Keeping a low profile is just for better hibernation and recovery.

And based on the scraps of information he collected.

Stuluk Industries' activities in the astral plane are still very frequent, they have simply reduced their presence in the material world.

In the astral realm.

They are still a superpower slightly inferior to the Starry Night God—

And the latter's reputation is watered down.

This is not the case with Stuluk Industries.

"They really haven't stopped recruiting the forces of the Star Realm."

"I wonder what Melinda's situation is like now?"

Matthew stared at those star world fishmen in a daze.

Then he asked Little Landmine:
"If they're heading for Stuluk, can we follow them?"

Little Mine responded:

"It's hard."

"They are all medium to large starships. They travel very fast in the astral ocean currents, and their jump frequency is far higher than our cuttlefish boats."

"The only way is to hitchhike, but this has certain risks..."

Matthew thought for a while:
"Try it?"

Little Mine immediately inserted two additional cables under the control console of the Cuttlefish boat, which produced a crackling sound accompanied by a handful of bright yellow sparks.

The Cuttlefish boat quickly activated stealth mode.

It nimbly and swiftly approached the bottom of a giant hermit crab.

Immediately.

The tail tentacles of the cuttlefish boat stuck tightly to the belly of the hermit crab like a suction cup.

The invisibility aura is turned on.

It's like they don't exist.

Matthew chose this hermit crab.

He had just observed through the long-distance viewing equipment that the hermit crab had completed the cargo transportation work, and the sailors had left the deck and ran to the cabin to rest.

Moreover, this hermit crab is one of the later ones in the numbering of the murloc fleet, and is relatively difficult to find.

as predicted.

Ten minutes later.

The squid ship set off first.

The hermit crab fleet also set off one after another. The fish people controlled the bodies of each hermit crab and drifted towards the astral ocean current at the other end of the star reef.

Until you successfully catch a ride on the astral ocean current.

No one noticed that there was an uninvited guest under a hermit crab.

Whoohoo!
A slight fluid disturbance hit the front convex mirror of the Cuttlefish boat.

But besides that.

There was no other movement in the Astral Currents.

Only the faint lights coming from the squid ships and other hermit crabs can give people a sense of still being in the world.

The ocean current route opened up by the squid ship is extremely fast.

Less than an hour.

They had successfully approached the planet Stuluk.

Stuluk is a plane.

In the multiverse, there are many different carriers of planes——

There are single flat surfaces and relatively complex curved surfaces, as is the case with most minor planes;
There are also complex structures with a large number of curved surfaces nested and folded into each other, which are often seen in the abyss, purgatory, or the evil spirit world;
The most special of them are the planets.

Iendor itself is a planet with many curved planes, among which the super surface built directly on the core of the star is the main material world.

Therefore in plane studies.

All planes that have planetary form are considered to have the potential to become the Prime Material Plane.

The planet Stuluk is one.

This was also the new world that the God of Light and Knowledge and the Squid Alchemist had previously tried to build on the Arcturus Reef.

the difference is.

The new world of Arcturus Reef is younger and has more potential.

If that planet was still slowly ascending when Eindor suffered the Great Tear, it might really have a chance to replace Eindor and become the new main material world.

It’s a pity that the blood moon attack destroyed everything.

And relatively speaking.

The potential of the planet Stuluk is much weaker.

This is also because it was formed at the wrong time.

When the Stuluk plane formed a planet, it was the heyday of the planet Eindor.

Theoretically, there can be multiple main material realms in the multiverse.

But the premise is that they are far enough apart.

The planet Stuluk obviously does not meet this condition.

However, this does not prevent this planet from being one of the most stable astral planes besides Iendor.

Because it was not affected too much by the fall of Tianlun Palace.

The life on the planet Stuluk may have faced less survival pressure than Iondo in the past six months!
As Matthew got closer and closer to the planet Stuluk.

This conjecture was confirmed. "What a stable plane structure!"

"I feel like the order here is much better than in Aindo!"

Even in the astral realm.

Matthew's super perception has also converged on the planet that appears at the end of the convex mirror.

According to his original plan.

It is to blend into the hermit crab fleet and enter the planet Stuluk, and then look for the whereabouts of the butterfly.

However, variables soon emerged.

He discovered that the interstellar caravan he had infiltrated was not heading directly to the planet Stuluk.

In fact.

There was no direct connection between those squid ships and the psychic communications that Little Mine had intercepted earlier.

They are not qualified to participate in the capture of the Ether Core!
As a result, as soon as they approached the planet Stuluk, they were informed by a group of Necrons that the nearby star field had been blocked and the caravan had to immediately change route to a nearby port area.

Matthew also thought about leaving the main force on his own initiative.

Use the Cuttlefish boat's camouflage ability to quietly land on the planet Stuluk.

But Little Mine told him.

There was no way the Cuttlefish could enter Stuluk without being detected by the Necrons.

Without any choice.

They could only go with the flow and follow the clumsy giant hermit crabs to bypass the front of the planet Stuluk and come to an area on the back where three super-giant meteorites were suspended.

Here.

It is the gathering place of the three satellites of the planet Stuluk - Hume 1, 2, and 3 - and a large number of celestial beings enslaved by the Stuluk industry.

An hour and a half later.

Hume III.

Space Castle.

After hosting the disguised cuttlefish boat at a private starry sky dock outside.

Matthew disguised himself and sneaked into the gathering place of this astral creature.

He used True Shape to immobilize a dragon wizard.

The reason why I chose the dragon man.

This is because dragon people are not rare in the astral world, but after Matthew's undead disaster, the space where dragon people are active has gradually spread from the sampan plane to the outside world.

Based on the information provided by Xiao Dilei.

More and more dragon people tend to join Stuluk Industries in exchange for a stable job.

It makes sense that the dragon mage played by Matthew would appear here and closely seek access to the planet Stuluk.

Da da da!
The dragon mage's boots made a pleasant rhythmic sound as they stepped on the neat and thick stone slabs.

As Matthew walked in the area of ​​Hume III called the Space Castle, he felt a little subtle.

Along the way.

He saw many exotic buildings and landscapes——

Spiral houses were built towards Stuluk, probably to adapt to the more unstable gravity field in space;
From time to time, a mantis man wearing a light blue jet pack, a bright searchlight on his head, and a folding mechanical pickaxe or magic drill in his hand would fly over his head.

Those were local Mantis miners mining the rare minerals in the core area of ​​Hume III, mainly astral white crystals and some special magical metals;

Near Starry Sky Pier.

Countless metal cables spread like a spider web to various areas of Hume III.

Cable cars carrying humanoids or mineral resources follow specific traffic rules, quickly completing rounds of intersections and overtaking;
And above the space castle.

Countless brass cables wrapped around the wriggling heart of a giant star beast, which released a large amount of green juice with every beat.

Giant washbasins are suspended below the heart.

The faint blue flame coming out of the basin evaporated and diluted the obviously poisonous juice, eventually disappearing into thin air.

The end of the brass wire.

It is a row of space telephone poles.

Through the transmission of these electric poles, massive amounts of electricity are delivered to every corner of Hume III.

Wherever Matthew went.

Every ten or so meters there is an incandescent lamp, either standing, embedded, or suspended.

The lights filled the entire space castle and the Hume III satellite.

This makes the isolated satellite belt outside the planet Stuluk look as bright as an artificial moon.

Even though Matthew was quite hostile towards Stuluk Industries.

He also had to admit that the Necrons had built the planet Stuluk quite well.

And in terms of order.

At least the security in Space City is as good as that in Rolling Stone City.

Matthew traveled between the busy main streets and the deserted alleys, encountered all kinds of astral races, but never witnessed the birth of a crime.

Want to talk about the patrol intensity of law enforcement officers?

In fact, that's it.

Most of the day passed.

Twice he encountered Necrons that wrapped themselves in tin cans, and a squid alchemist carrying a giant tube of liquid metal on his back.

Most of the intelligent life forms in the walled city are in a relaxed state.

Even if they returned from outside and were fully armed, once they entered the space city, all life forms would consciously abide by certain unwritten rules.

Matthew was secretly amazed by these scenes.

"Stuluk Industries has done a lot of bad things, but their technology, management and system do have their merits..."

After most of the day.

The dragon wizard played by Matthew has also initially integrated into the Space Castle, a wonderful community full of celestial creatures.

He understood.

Stuluk Industries does not directly interfere in the rule and management of the Space City and the settlements on the other two satellites.

There are roughly three forces that dominate the development, policing, taxation and management of this area.

they are, respectively--

The Star Mantis forces led by the wealthy businessman Christopher;

The Giza forces led by the god-level fortune teller Pierce;
There are also four space giants who are highly regarded by Stuluk Industries, and the Giant Brotherhood they established.

at the same time.

Matthew also found out.

In the past, the space fortress had a portal leading to the planet Stuluk. As long as you had good relations with one of the three major forces, you would have the opportunity to enter Stuluk through the portal.

But due to some recent events, the portal was temporarily closed.

Now the residents of the space castle are also very curious about when the portal between the two places will be opened.

In order to find out more information.

Matthew came to an "Explorer Tavern" opened by the Mantis People.

He walked to the counter, ordered a few drinks, and then pretended to be casual and asked the mantis bartender about the recent interesting things in the space city.

Seeing Matthew's generosity, the bartender answered without hesitation:

“There are many interesting things, but there are only two that are most talked about.”

Matthew raised his eyebrows:
"You said."

The bartender said as he mixed the drinks:

"The first thing is that Mr. Christopher is about to host another Treasure Conference. As long as you can win the Treasure Conference, you will become a leader of Mr. Christopher's Chamber of Commerce, or have the opportunity to join the Stuluk Industrial Business Department."

Matthew smiled:
"Sounds great."

The bartender agreed:

"Of course, everyone wants to join Stuluk, but unfortunately I don't have any treasures, otherwise I would also like to participate in the treasure conference."

"The second one..."

"I heard that a female demon king who kills without leaving any trace of blood has come to the next city and has committed several tragic crimes recently."

"The Mantis Law Enforcement Team has been fully dispatched."

"They are frantically searching the entire country for the female devil..."

Matthew raised his eyebrows:
"Is this funny?"

The bartender said mysteriously:

"It is said that the female demon queen is very beautiful and comes from the Blood Flag Family in Purgatory..."

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(End of this chapter)