Star Odyssey

ion City would no longer suspect anything.
However, even though the Envoy wanted to leave, Lu Yin refused.

Not only did Lu Yin refuse to leave, but he also became determined to sabotage the cooperation between First Edition City and the Sixth Mainland.

On the sixth day, Lu Yin followed the Envoy to his meeting with the vice city master.
Starting on their third day in the city, the Cloud Valley Master’s servant had taken one person with him to each meeting, so the deputy city master had become used to it.

The negotiations failed during the meeting on the sixth day as well.
The vice city master insisted that only a million androids and no more than a single one at the Envoy level could be sent to reinforce the Sixth Mainland.
However, it was impossible for the Sixth Mainland’s representative to agree to such terms.
The meeting did not last long before the deputy city master left.

“Master Sword Servant, his excellency Bluedome Elder was very clear: we need to get First Edition City to send at least five million androids to the Outerverse, at least three of which have the strength of an Envoy.
Their attitude is terrible now, so please ask his excellency to step forward.
His excellency already said that if First Edition City refuses to cooperate, the Four Empyreans will move together against the city and destroy it before forcing the Master Brain to fall under their control.
After all, it’s impossible to ask the Progenitor of Combat to come out at this time,” Lu Yin spoke sharply.

The Sixth Mainland’s representative’s face twisted, but Lu Yin’s hand was on the Envoy’s shoulder, preventing him from speaking.

Off in the distance, the vice city master heard Lu Yin’s words, and the bear’s eyes started blazing.
Do they want to take control of my First Edition City? The Sixth Mainland’s lost their roots, and they’re no longer able to provide with as many resources.
The expected transaction is no longer possible, so they want to strong-arm us now.
Hmph!

Lu Yin removed his hand, and the Envoy’s face grew pale.
“Are you not afraid to mention the Progenitor of Combat? Are you trying to intimidate this place?”

“This has nothing to do with you,” Lu Yin replied coldly.

…

First Edition City was covered with pipes, and it was not a place that was suitable for human habitation.
Still, there was one thing that was similar to human cities, which was the presence of plants.

The city was full of lush plants, and there were many gardens, some of which even had creatures living in them.
They were rare oases of life within First Edition City.

When one wandered around the city, what they saw was only the tip of the iceberg.
The dominant consciousnesses that lived in First Edition City needed ways to relax, and some of them would use vessels with a humanoid form, only to destroy the vessel later.
There were others that used vessels to devour all kinds of metals.
And there were still others who enjoyed the scenery of the verdant gardens.

At first, Lu Yin had no idea what the androids were doing, so he had looked through the provided gadget to learn more.

Humans had their own means of relaxing, and these dominant consciousnesses had their own as well, though their forms of pleasure were quite bizarre to Lu Yin.

Lu Yin visited a garden, from where the huge, glowing brain was only vaguely visible through the branches and leaves of the plants.
There was more than one android in the garden, through most of them were sitting about in a daze.
It was also in this place that Lu Yin saw Little R1O.

Little R1O was staring at a lake, looking quite stressed.
Lu Yin wondered what Little R1O was thinking about.

Lu Yin walked over and commented, “It’s been a very exciting competition.”

Little R1O was startled, and he looked over at Lu Yin.
“Thank you.
Are you a human?”

Lu Yin nodded.
“Can’t you tell?”

“Of course.
I just need a glance to determine the make and model of any android, as well as their potential for future development,” R1O proudly stated.

Lu Yin was impressed.
“That’s amazing! You deserve to be a semi-finalist.”

When Lu Yin said this, Little R1O dropped his head.
“This is about as far as I can go.”

“Why? Are you not confident?” Lu Yin asked.

Little R1O shook his head.
“I’m confident.
I can easily see through the weapons and attack methods that powerhouses use, but I don’t have the necessary materials to deal with such weaponry.
While my android is powerful, it’s not enough to withstand a bombardment from those weapons.
That’s why I’ll eventually lose.”

“That’s not fair!” Lu Yin ranted.

Little R1O was surprised.
“Not fair? Why?”

“Isn’t it unfair to lose because of your limited materials? I’ve heard that your opponent’s been famous for a long time, so the amount of resources that they’ve received far surpasses what you have,” Lu Yin said.

Little R1O hesitated for a moment.
“Are you humans really that naïve?”

Lu Yin was stunned by his reaction.
“Why do you say that?”

Little R1O explained, “Materials are the most valuable resources in our Technocracy, and they’re no different from your humans’ battle techniques.
Some of you even have what you call secret techniques, but do you demand that all of your fights with other humans be fair in terms of battle techniques?”

After considering this perspective, Lu Yin felt that it had merit.
He had forgotten that, for the residents of the Technocracy, materials were the most valuable resources.
There was nothing fair in the universe.
After many more years, Little R1O would manage to gain more fame and be pitted against other research teams.
In such a situation, the materials that they could acquire were simply another type of advantage.

“That’s a pity.
Your design’s really impressive,” Lu Yin said regretfully.

Little R1O glanced over, but he did not want to pay any further attention to the human.
As far as Little R1O was concerned, how could any human understand the wonder of his android? This person was just bragging.

“As long as you give it the right materials, your android design can be instantly enhanced, which is completely different from other designs.
Other androids are very difficult to upgrade, and that’s even when the upgrade succeeds.
Also…” Lu Yin began to talk on and on.
Even though he did not understand all the details in the designs that he had Pilfered, he could still remember what they were about.

Little R1O had developed the unique design himself, and Lu Yin was basically regurgitating Little R1O’s own ideas back to him.
This surprised Little R1O, and he could not help himself from continuing the conversation with Lu Yin.

Given Lu Yin’s poor understanding of the technology, there was no way he was capable of keeping up with Little R1O, so Lu Yin quickly stopped talking.
Instead, he just listened while making the occasional comment that built off of Little R1O’s own ideas.
This surprised Little R1O even more than before.
To use human terminology, Litter R1O felt like he had found a confidant.

Little R1O had never thought that he could have such a passionate discussion with a human.
The more the conversation progressed, the more Little R1O realized that this human was highly intelligent.
His ideas were so consistently aligned with Little R1O’s own that they felt identical.
This human was a genius on the same level as himself!

OMA’s Thoughts

Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC’ed By: OMA

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