Chapter 1356: 444. Headquarters Reception_2
The suggestion resonated.
Another player said,
“This idea is not bad. The star thieves have sequentially dealt with three batches of synthetic human search teams, so they should have already established a fixed loot-sharing pattern. Whoever has the master control chip of a synthetic human, whoever takes the synthetic human’s bionic neural bundles, these patterns are established. Once we confirm that the star thieves have taken the master control chips from all previous three synthetic human search teams, we can directly approach them for a trade, or we can simply start robbing. After all, everyone in this star system is a star thief, unprotected by the United Bureau.”
“Then who will play the role of the synthetic human search team?” asked another person.
The crowd looked towards the Great Practitioner.
Among those present, only the team of the Great Practitioner had the exclusive vehicles from the Metallic Creation Group and were most suited to impersonate the synthetic human search teams.
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The Great Practitioner said,
“I am willing to spare a Sliding Gear for those impersonating the synthetic human search team. As for who should play the members, my suggestion is to let players who do not have part-time roles like ‘Interstellar Warrior’ or ‘Telekinetic Master’ participate. Because the synthetic humans of the group usually command small drones in battle and do not enter the battlefield themselves. They have a more even physique compared to players in combat roles, they are even rather lean.”
The group nodded in agreement.
The Great Practitioner, being a senior pilot of the Metallic Creation Group, had the highest understanding of the attributes of the group’s synthetic humans among everyone present.
Following his suggestion, everyone began selecting suitable candidates.
Strawberry Juice, Cat Stick, and Cat Litter, three female players, were directly selected due to their slim figures, without excess flesh, resembling synthetic humans closely.
Besides these three, three other players who only had part-time production jobs were selected.
The six-person synthetic human search squad boarded a Sliding Gear Ship.
To convincingly impersonate synthetic humans, they had to learn the speech patterns and behavior styles of synthetic humans.
In “reality,” habits that took years to develop would consume a lot of time. noveldrama
But here in the game world, players could quickly learn via brain-insert chips.
The Great Practitioner used his authority within the group to download the thought and behavior paradigms of synthetic engineers into brain-insert chips, which were then made available to Strawberry Juice and the others.
After about an hour, everyone was ready.
Strawberry Juice and the others had mastered the behavior style of synthetic humans and began piloting the spacecraft deep into Mach’s Trusted Star System.
The rest dispersed, hiding at the fringes of the star system to avoid startling the enemy.
Upon receiving a signal from Strawberry Juice and her team, they would engage their warp drives and proceed to provide reinforcement.
“Deep breath, deep breath, soon we will see the weird faces of the star thieves, we must not laugh, we have to keep a tight face.”
Strawberry Juice puffed up her chest, took several deep breaths, and encouraged her companions.
Mach’s Trusted Star System is located at the edge of the Silver Star Field, representing the outskirts of the territories controlled by the United Bureau.
Mach’s Trusted Star System is a paradise for star thieves, a breeding ground for chaos and wrongdoing, and an adversary to civilization and order.
Pure humans here are merely ordinary participants, making up only about 35% of the total population of the star system.
The remaining 65% includes hybrids of humans and machines, human-space creature hybrids, hybrids of humans and space monsters, and hybrids of humans and plants.
All imaginable, hard-to-accept biological forms can be found in Mach’s Trusted Star System.
For example, the bizarre species known as “Centaur-Serpent-Grass-Person” which is a chaotic creature combining the genetics of a centaur, human-headed snake, autonomous grass, and a pure human. It naturally features the limbs of a horse, the scales of a snake, grass-like hair, and human facial features.
With such bizarre species plentiful in Mach’s Trusted Star System, it’s paramount not to appear surprised because of their unique appearances.
Thus, Strawberry Juice repeatedly cautioned her companions to manage their expressions. They must always remember they are emotionless synthetic humans, not humans.
What Strawberry Juice did not know was that at the same time they were heading to Mach’s Trusted Star System, the team led by the Great Practitioner had quietly left their posts, flying towards the perilous outer reaches of Mach’s Trusted Star System.
The two Sliding Gear Ships activated their silent cruising mode, fully engaging their optical camouflage and radar signal-hiding coatings, displaying stealth capabilities far exceeding ordinary battleships.
On the ship, the Great Practitioner and his crowd of teammates said,
“Go invite the NPC out from the cabin.”
A junior player received the command and turned to run down the Corridor.
After a little while, a gaunt figure in a black robe, following the steps of the junior player, entered the cockpit.
The NPC lifted his hood, revealing a pale Skull and hollow black eye sockets—it was indeed a skeleton covered with mysterious engravings.
The Great Practitioner carefully weighed his tone, speaking with a slightly respectful demeanor,
“Honorable Mr. Skull, I have already arranged for a few Undying to draw the star thieves’ attention. Now, you can boldly guide us to the location of the vacuum bubble safety vault.”
The Great Practitioner’s team actually had another mission, directly related to the skeleton known as Mr. Skull present.
Why did the Metallic Creation Group arrange for a cruising observation satellite to pass through Mach’s Trusted Star System?
Yes, it was Mr. Skull who had hired the Metallic Creation Group to do so, he was the hidden financier behind this.