Chapter 1326: 431. Being in the “Tong” Camp_3

Seeing those 100 artificial angels pointing their guns at them, the players at the edge of the battle line immediately opened the ship’s broadcasting system and sent frantic signals for peace to all nearby.

“Respected Angel Enterprises Alliance, though we come from the territory of the United Bureau, we have always admired your side. We have voluntarily shut down all firing systems and ship defense systems. Please believe in our sincerity.”

This line was concocted by the loose players in the game’s “local” channel.

The Angel Enterprise Alliance, being an “in-game NPC,” naturally couldn’t know what was said in the game chat channel.

The players made sure to translate their message into different languages and repeatedly broadcast it to ensure the message was understood.

Their action was effective, but the effect came a bit late.

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The artificial angels stopped blasting the ships to pieces only when the commander ordered them to cease fire after destroying half of the fleet.

Those loose players from the remaining half of the fleet each breathed a sigh of relief, their faces beaming with smiles.

A ceasefire was the first successful step.

What followed would be easier.

Under Noland Lee’s watchful eye, the players let crew members from the Angel Enterprise Alliance board their ships, gain control, and fly towards the artificial angels.

The players’ ships were taken over using force fields by the artificial angels, and the players themselves were only allowed to board the shuttle to the Archangel Group’s ships after forcibly relinquishing all their weapons.

Noland Lee flew above the fleet of ships, with a grand view of the entire situation.

There were 107 artificial angels, and 10 Archangel ships, all special engineering ships.

The ship the players boarded was the command ship of this fleet.

Throwing out a bit of mental magic, Noland Lee successfully activated Magic Vision inside that battleship.

The fleet commander was also long-headed, his skull packed with angel crystals.

Unlike past commanders Noland Lee had seen, this one could actually use mind powers.

Yes, that’s right, mind powers, not mental magic.

His mind power seemed to focus on “detection.”

Upon seeing the players, the commander didn’t hesitate to use his mind powers to probe their inner thoughts, launching a mental power akin to the Mind Reading Technique.

The players he looked at had their eyes glazed over with a strange yellow light at the bottom of their eyes, their bodies twitching slightly as if someone was messing with their brains. noveldrama

Perhaps because the players had received some game task, they showed little response to this treatment.

The commander’s inspection was rather quick, and about ten minutes later, the players who came to defect to the Angel Enterprise Alliance were all checked.

The fleet commander spoke a few words with his deputy.

The players were taken away by the crew and locked in separate cabins.

Once inside, the players saw that each room had a bed, a window, and even hot water and entertainment equipment. Thinking they were accepted, they were extremely excited.

What excited them even more was that within half a minute of entering the room, a crew member delivered digital tags, registering their essential information.

It was at this moment that the group of players received a prompt from the game.

Noland Lee was not sure what prompt the game had sent the players, but he knew the outcome.

Because as soon as the players wrote down their names on the digital tags, the game sent Noland Lee a long series of messages with the same meaning.

[ID 0328832 player has defected from your Academy.]

[ID 0932234 player has defected from your Academy.]

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Noland Lee read the messages in his mind, nodded to himself, and began to analyze:

“I’ve actually guessed it right. The Order Plane’s Core isn’t picky. As long as a player doesn’t escape the game’s control, it doesn’t care which universe power the players join. In other words, only when a player can break free from the game’s shackles and rise above the rules of the game will it provoke the Order Plane’s Core’s strict control.”

Noland Lee remembered the reporting function the game had given him.

This function might not be as simple as just forcing players to log off and ban their accounts.

If a player diagnosed by passive deconstruction as being tainted by the Dark Divine Cult, that player is highly likely to be permanently banned by the Order Plane’s Core, but at the same time, that player’s soul will be forcibly “cleansed” by the Order Plane’s Core to ensure there is no taint of the Dark Divine Cult on the soul.

But what if the soul can’t be “cleaned” of its taint no matter what?

What then would the Order Plane’s Core do?

Would it just eradicate that soul?

As Noland Lee pondered, he gradually realized:

Human conflicts are often about material resources.

At the level of the Plane Core, souls are the chips, and the deities who stand out from the multitude of souls are just chess pieces of the Plane Cores.

In other words, the leak of the Starry Sea Game’s source code is essentially the Order Plane’s Core contending against the Plane Core behind the Dark Divine Cult.

As for the identity of the Plane Core behind the Dark Divine Cult…

That’s a multitude.

Every Plane Core behind the Dark Deities can be said to be the backing of this universe’s extraterrestrial religious sect…

“The Order’s position doesn’t look good. Can it, a single core, overcome so many?”

Realizing he was caught in the whirlpool of inter-core conflict, Noland Lee decisively decided to find an opportunity to contact his backing, to inquire about their intentions.

Noland Lee’s backing was the Escape Core of the Plane and the Scroll Angel.

The Scroll Angel needs no mention; in terms of erudition, Noland Lee was no match for the other.

The Escape Plane’s Core had a carefree nature and liked to wander around without developing its own universe forces.

With the nature of “Escape,” it probably did not want to get involved in the strife.

Noland Lee eventually decided to seek assistance from the Scroll Angel.

He patiently planned the ceremony to communicate with the Inner Cosmos, quietly staying on the Archangel Ship.

Before long, the fleet had finished cleaning up the battlefield, gathered the wreckage of the ships, called in transport ships to carry it away, and prepared it for recovery.

The handful of artificial angels shattered by the players were also collected and taken away.

White light flashed, and only the Engineering Guardian Ship responsible for extracting battle data worked busily, with all other ships leaving by jump.

Noland Lee hitched a ride on a convenient ship, heading toward the Star Gate in the Motuoli Starfield.