Mysteries: Arcana Wars

"...Regarding the restart of the [Divine Punishment] plan, we have already discussed it with the Steam Church. Although they have not made it clear, it can be seen that they are also very positive...

"...So when we come into contact with the Church of Evernight today, we must remember that our main goal is not to gain the approval of the Church of Evernight, but to test their attitude towards the restart of [Divine Punishment]...

"...We understand this caution. After all, we, Steam, and the Church of Evernight have spent a lot of manpower and resources on [Divine Punishment] and have not succeeded in researching it for a hundred years. Although many of the results have been put into daily use and transformed into tangible benefits, it is not so easy for them to restart [Divine Punishment]...

"...They need some time to verify the possibility of this visit. This may be because they are taking some measures internally and trying some possibilities. For example, for the Church of the Night, which is responsible for ground support in the plan, we only need to see if they have built any new ground facilities after this visit...

"...Of course, we Abrahams must also show some sincerity and prove that we are now capable of supporting the continued development of [Heavenly Punishment] and give the two churches some hope of success...

"...So, Luna, your interstellar mission this time is far more than just going to the outpost to repair the satellite. If the negotiations go well, you must be prepared to stay at the outpost to cooperate with the further advancement of [Heavenly Punishment]...

"...Luna, are you listening...

"Luna Abraham!"

Luna finally woke up from her fugue.

"In! Mr. Petyr!"

Petyr Tassan frowned, glared at Luna in the back seat through the rearview mirror with dissatisfaction, and continued to mutter while driving.

"That Janina made a fool of herself in front of the Steam Church last time. You have to save face for us Abraham this time. Show some energy."

Speaking of this, Petyr's resentment rose again.

“I said, those people sent a business executive who has no business dealings with extraordinary affairs to negotiate with the bigwigs of the church. It’s like their brains were crushed by a steamroller!

"Fortunately, it was the Council of Elders who took charge this time, and the business departments stationed in the Backlund region did not intervene."

People in technical positions are somewhat paranoid about their work, and Petyr is one of them. As a middle-level executive at the Star Technology Center, he was very unhappy with the way Backlund handled the tractor accident. Backlund's people did not report it to their satellite department at the time, but blocked the news at the lower level and treated it as an ordinary business accident.

The green light came on, and Petyr stepped on the accelerator amid endless complaints, and the black convoy slowly merged into the traffic.

In fact, for Abraham, a motorcade is not necessary most of the time. But as a high-level official visit, the Abraham family - or the Abraham Group should show due etiquette, instead of finding an extraordinary item and bringing people directly to someone's door.

On the other hand, not all middle and senior executives of the Abraham Group are Beyonders who can "travel", especially for some technical departments that mainly research mortal technology. Petyr is an example. He is just a record officer of Sequence 6 of the Apprentice Path, and there are many mortal scientists in his caravan.

But he had not worried about the safety of this visit, because the leader of the delegation was Dr. Helgi Abraham, the general director of the Abraham Space Technology Center and the Apprentice Path Sequence 3. Of course, he was in another car now.

Luna sat in the back seat in a daze, listening to Petyr's indignation and thinking about the name.

It seemed that she had met Dr. Helgi a long time ago, Luna thought, at the place where her parents worked.

Whether in the Abraham Group or other Star Technology companies, the position of "astronaut" has enough respect. Luna's parents are both astronauts, and their family has received endless kindness at the Abraham Star Technology Center.

But Luna didn't want to be an astronaut.

She quietly looked at the rearview mirror, staring at her own round face with freckles, and counted the spots on her face with her deep blue eyes, trying to use this method to relieve her tension and anxiety.

Not all astronauts in the group have the last name Abraham. On the contrary, since astronauts have very high requirements for physical fitness and spiritual talent, the family certainly hopes to find suitable talents from all walks of life and provide them with training and extraordinary characteristics until they grow into Sequence 5 travelers and become qualified astronauts who can be put into use.

Of course, the first source of Abraham astronauts is the Abraham family.

Luna didn't know when the Elders Council decided on this astronaut program. Abraham's children would be tested when they reached a certain age, and those who passed would be registered. After years of observation and screening, those who remained on the list would begin special training when they reached adulthood and become astronaut candidates.

After that, the promotion of Beyonder characteristics and the digestion of magic potions will eliminate more than half of the few reserve personnel. Some of these people will be promoted to demigods, become senior technicians, participate in other more important activities, and the number will be further reduced. In the end, only a few astronauts can be involved in daily operations and on standby at any time.

This is a nearly mandatory tradition, and Luna was horrified to discover as she grew up that, as the child of two astronauts, she had long been the focus of her family's attention. Seeing herself passing the various tests time and time again, Luna felt as if she was getting closer and closer to the starry sky. A series of bright red or dark black characters approached her like bullets chasing her, counting down her life.

This deepening fear made Luna decide to rebel. She began to deliberately mess up the test and scribble on the test paper. But the technical center always had ways to make the children cooperate, from material rewards to ruthless and extraordinary means. Whenever the terrifying Dr. Helgi appeared at the test site, Luna's clumsy rebellion was immediately ended.

So Luna began to study hard, trying to tell Dr. Helgi through facts that keeping her in a technical position could create more value for the family and the group.

It was hard for Luna to say where this inexplicable fear and rejection came from. Maybe it was when she was a child, her father shot himself in the next room after returning from the surface of the starry sky; maybe it was when she was a student, the overwhelming number of opponents of starry sky technology spread the terrifying and weird "starry sky sequelae" and "plutocracy scam"; maybe it was after she became an adult, the mandatory astronaut training warned her of the dangers deep in the starry sky.

Regardless, Luna succeeded. She really became a mid-level or senior executive at the Star Technology Center, and through her own merits, she obtained the extraordinary characteristic of Sequence 5 "Traveler".

The elders complained about Luna's negative attitude, but her mother, who loved her job as an astronaut, did not say anything. She would support any choice Luna made and even negotiate with Dr. Helgi, hoping that during her service, Luna and her sister's names would not be on the waiting list. For this promise, the mother was willing to extend her service to build a wall between her two daughters.

Whether she was a coward or a wimp, no matter what, she once thought that she had successfully escaped from the list and got rid of the starry sky that was approaching her fate.

But now, Luna was sitting in Abraham's car, and the name on her badge did not read "technical director of a certain department", but "Astronaut" Luna Abraham.

"I have to say that the decisions of the Council of Elders are reliable in this matter. After your mother Raphne died, there is no astronaut candidate more suitable for this mission than you."

Petyr gave the steering wheel a sharp turn.

"You have passed the selection and completed the training. Your Extraordinary Sequence has reached Sequence 5. What's even better is that you are very good at technology. You are simply the best choice to go up and repair the satellite and cooperate with [Heavenly Punishment]!"

The green light in front of the car came on.

Now there was nothing standing between her and the stars.