Chapter 75: Star Alliance Contribution Points

As soon as Lin Lei spoke, everyone present, except for Old Xiao, looked at him in shock.

Yuan Shanxing used the bloody facts of the Star Alliance in the past to build the invincible reputation of the Saint, but Lin Lei stood up immediately and refuted the authority of the Saint.

Whether this was madness or confidence in his own combat power , no one knew.

Yuan Shanxing looked earnestly into Lin Lei’s eyes, and Lin Lei looked back at him with a firm gaze.

In his eyes, a flame akin to madness was burning fiercely, scorching Yuan Shanxing’s eyes.

This kind of irrational flame was not something possessed by the warriors of the Watcher Civilization, but Yuan Shanxing knew that this was a quality a top warrior must possess.

The Universe was too vast; as tiny intelligent beings, only by possessing great persistence and great fearlessness could one speak of challenges. The warriors of the Watcher Civilization were too smart; they saw everything too clearly, and as a result, they lost the courage to risk their lives.

In the Universe, there were only two kinds of intelligent beings that could move steadfastly toward their goals: one was the Pan-dimensional Creature with supreme wisdom, and the second was the fool. Foolishness was not stupidity; it was just that such people had a persistence others found hard to understand.

And the intelligent beings in the middle, more or less, possessed the petty cleverness to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Unfortunately, Lin Lei was seen as a fool by Yuan Shanxing, but a fool he admired.

“Earth will be proud of you, Lin Lei! You are now a formal member of the Star Alliance. You will receive the basic 20 Contribution Points, plus the Star Alliance has specially added 20 Contribution Points for providing us with precious Curse research data this time. You can use these to exchange for any items you need in the Star Alliance.”

Saying this, Yuan Shanxing handed Lin Lei a silver, transparent, cross-star-shaped badge.

“This is the symbol of the Star Alliance, and also an emergency teleportation locator and communicator. It also stores your Star Alliance Contribution Points. You can place it on any part of your body, and afterwards, it will automatically attach to your body.”

Lin Lei took the badge; it felt slightly heavy in his hand, and the material was warm and smooth, a bit like jade. He pressed the badge against his arm. After a second, he only felt a slight coolness on his arm. When he looked again, the badge had already fused into his body, leaving only an inconspicuous silver cross-star on his skin.

“Abnormal substance has entered the surface of the Host’s body. Should we dissolve it?” This was the voice of the System.

…What a busybody, Lin Lei rolled his eyes in his heart and helplessly chose to deny.

“Where can I view the exchange list, Yuan Shanxing?”

“This is exactly the place I am taking you. As for your companions, Master Xiao will arrange it; he now also belongs to the Star Alliance.”

Lin Lei was secretly happy; this was good. Xiao Boru could enter the Star Alliance and was even addressed as Master, so in the future, he would have a trustworthy and very powerful ally.

Lin Lei followed Yuan Shanxing to the outside of a small, exquisite wooden house. At the entrance of the wooden house, there was simply a sign placed with some text on it. After the System translated it, what appeared in Lin Lei’s eyes were the words “Star Alliance Equipment Library.”

The two stepped into the wooden house in one stride, and what appeared before Lin Lei’s eyes was a very vast space; this space was fully hundreds of thousands of square meters.

The entire space was divided into cubicles of dozens of square meters, and in each cubicle, there was an intelligent terminal.

“As long as you are a formal warrior of the Star Alliance, you can log into the Star Alliance’s virtual equipment library through the terminal. There, you can freely use your Contribution Points and also communicate with others. The items you choose will be automatically teleported to the residence arranged for you by the Star Alliance. Next, it’s up to your choice. Go, warrior!”

Lin Lei walked casually into an empty cubicle. As soon as he walked in, a light and shadow appeared in the air out of nowhere. The light and shadow quickly turned into an Earth female. Lin Lei glanced at her, and there was only one feeling in his mind: perfect, conforming to all his aesthetics!

“I am an intelligent assistant specially created for you based on your aesthetics, responsible for clearing up your doubts.” Her voice was also very gentle, like the sounds of nature.

Alright, this service was really… really tempting enough. Was this virtual image a bit too perfect? Lin Lei could not pick out any flaws in this external appearance at all.

Flaws were what made others remember things deeply; pure perfection could only be appreciated but was forgotten after a glance. At least, after Lin Lei turned his eyes away for a few seconds, when he tried to recall it, only the concept of “very beautiful” remained in his brain; he could not imagine the specific face anymore.

Perhaps this was the Star Alliance’s real intention: to provide warriors with top-tier service while not hoping they would become addicted to it.

With the help of the intelligent assistant, Lin Lei quickly entered the virtual equipment library. In this space, the first thing that appeared before Lin Lei was a list. In the bottom right corner of the list, Lin Lei’s Contribution Points were displayed, exactly 40 points.

The items above were divided into two major categories: one was the main combat category; the other was the auxiliary category.

Lin Lei chose the main combat category. Three options appeared before Lin Lei: Source Mecha; Armor of Light; Crystallized Mecha.

The first two options had tags saying “Insufficient authority, unable to view.” Lin Lei could only click on the last option.

Immediately, three different styles of Mecha appeared before Lin Lei, and each style had dozens of types.

The appearances of these Mecha were divided into the Fallen Angel series, the Demon series, and the Epic Beast series, all corresponding to the terrifying dark creatures in the mythological legends of the Andromeda Galaxy.

Lin Lei carefully looked at the performance of the Mecha and found that the energy of all the Mecha was provided by a miniature black hole, and the energy output limit was extremely high. Here, the thing restricting the instantaneous energy output of the Mecha was only the person driving the Mecha.

In other words, if the warrior was strong, the Mecha was strong. Whatever the warrior’s combat style was, the Mecha could also instantly reorganize combat weapons corresponding to that style.

Lin Lei naturally chose the Demon series Mecha he loved. He casually pointed out a model in the Demon series that looked pleasing to the eye. This Mecha was instantly enlarged in front of Lin Lei and then immediately shrank into something like a watch.

“Subspace compression technology can store large-volume items well. You just need to concentrate your mind and sense it in your heart to successfully equip it.” It was the intelligent assistant who had been by Lin Lei’s side all along that gave the explanation.

Following the instructions, Lin Lei wore the “watch” on his wrist, then focused all his spirit on it and chanted in his heart: “Equip Mecha!”

After three times, he saw black scale-like crystals starting to extend from his wrist and quickly covered his whole body. Subsequently, the black crystals began to reorganize and deform.

After a series of changes, a Demon Mecha exactly the same as before appeared in the virtual space, and Lin Lei was already inside the cockpit.

The Mecha was five meters high, and its whole body emitted a black light mist. It was extremely cool, and its performance parameters made Lin Lei exclaim in amazement even more.

Demon Crystallized Mecha (Corresponding to the Flame Demon Fretaza in the mythology of the Andromeda Galaxy)

Power: Miniature Black Hole Engine (Service life: 100 years)

Mecha composition material: Perfect Crystallized Li-pattern Gold, perfect energy conductivity.

Current maximum energy output power: 5000 Standard Energy Level per second. (Determined by the current Mecha owner’s various physical qualities)

Mecha Protective Force Field instantaneous resistance attack intensity: 6000 Standard Energy Level

Current weapons: Energy Binding Weapon (Shape changeable) × 2

Wind resistance coefficient under standard atmospheric pressure: 0.005 (Omni-directional movement coefficient unchanged)

Note: This Mecha has limited buffering system functions. Those without a Protective Force Field are prohibited from using it!

This last condition alone eliminated 99.99% of the people not from the Watcher Civilization. If Lin Lei had not been lucky enough, he would have been able to do nothing but sigh at it at this time.

What Lin Lei was most interested in were the two Energy Binding Weapons of the Mecha. As soon as he gripped these handle-like things, a piece of information was transmitted into his brain.

“Proceed with weapon function and appearance design?”

Lin Lei selected confirm, and then followed the prompts to start imagining the appearance of the weapon in his mind. The first thing he imagined was a long knife, six meters long, assembled from two Energy Binding Weapons.

Soon, this fierce weapon took shape in the Mecha’s hand. The long knife emitted the unique faint light of cold weapons. Whether it was appearance or texture, it was like a real cold weapon, and of the kind that was a peerless divine weapon.

Lin Lei imagined more than a dozen weapons in his mind, including hot weapons and cold weapons. Every single one was exactly like the real thing, and the same in function.

He even constructed an anti-matter cannon. Under the purple-black energy rays, it was almost indestructible. Unfortunately, these high-power things could only be fired once, and the preparation time was too long; it definitely would not hit that perverted Archmage.

And the Subspace Annihilation Cannon could also be assembled, but due to the Mecha’s own energy output limit, the Annihilation attack was not very powerful. Moreover, even if it was a Subspace attack, the Archmage’s Energy Shield could still intercept it. This was the essential difference between the Energy Shield and the Protective Force Field.

However, in any case, Lin Lei still loved this Mecha endlessly. He looked at the price; it only required fifteen Contribution Points.

He originally thought the Star Alliance was stingy, but now it seemed that these forty Contribution Points were actually a huge sum!

Lin Lei bought it without saying a word.

Subsequently, he found some good things for strengthening the body in the auxiliary category. These were things similar in principle to the Epic Beast pure energy crystal dissociation liquid Lin Lei had used before, but more advanced and stable.

These strengthening liquids had detailed instructions for use. Various concentrations corresponded to warriors of different body strengths. Because Lin Lei had the System to regulate his body, he could use the Strengthening Original Liquid arbitrarily.

As for Li Yi and Li Dasong, because their physical foundation was really low, they had to dilute the original liquid before using it. But precisely because their foundation was low and they had no bottlenecks, their improvement would be faster.

Moreover, this strengthening liquid was also very cheap. One Contribution Point could be exchanged for two hundred milliliters of original liquid. Lin Lei exchanged a full liter, directly reaching the Star Alliance’s daily exchange limit.

Lin Lei even found an option to exchange for Galactic Universal Currency. One Contribution Point exchanged for five hundred thousand Galactic Universal Currency. In other words, Lin Lei’s forty Contribution Points could be exchanged for twenty million Galactic Universal Currency. This was indeed just as Yan Siyu had said; as long as one participated in a few big events, it would be enough capital for clan restoration. This greatly increased Lin Lei’s motivation.

Lin Lei browsed for a while longer and found that although there were many exchangeable items in this auxiliary category, many options were tagged with “Insufficient authority, unable to view.”

He simply stopped looking and asked the intelligent assistant directly.

“Assistant, how can I improve my authority?”

“This authority is only linked to your physical fitness. The Star Alliance’s purpose is to provide warriors with the best items they can currently use. In other words, the items you cannot currently view have exceeded the range your current physical fitness can use.”

So that was it. Lin Lei nodded and said, “Then if I want to use the Armor of Light among them, or even the Source Mecha, what kind of physical fitness do I need to reach?”

The intelligent assistant answered everything: “The minimum limit for using the Armor of Light is a body Energy Level of 35.0, and the limit for using the Source Mecha is a body Energy Level of 45.0. The latter two Mecha have added many auxiliary functions, and their specific combat power has improved relative to the Crystallized Mecha, but there is no qualitative change.”

But Yan Qingming’s body strength back then was only 15.5, how could he also use the Armor of Light? Lin Lei asked directly: “Is there an Armor of Light with lower usage limits?”

“Yes, but it does not exist in the Star Alliance, because the Armor of Light with lower limits is inferior to the Crystallized Mecha in combat power and has been eliminated by the Star Alliance.”

“Oh, by comparison, the Crystallized Mecha isn’t that useless after all. So, Assistant, can you teleport me back to my residence now?”

“Of course, please wait a moment.”

Then a light flashed before Lin Lei’s eyes. When he opened his eyes again, he was already in an independent large manor. Li Yi and Li Dasong were also here.

This was Lin Lei’s residence in the Star Alliance station. The Star Alliance was indeed generous enough.