Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'

Chapter 948 - 24: [Lord Entropy] Yituo Feiya’s Battle in Desperation (Part 3)

"Yes." Long Yuqiong nodded: "Caramel Snail’s character completion is very high. If he didn’t rely so much on Arcane Energy, he might not have been my opponent in the end."

"After all, Caramel Snail is the most acquainted with Li Aozi."

Yutianxiao paused, then looked at Xia Yubing:

"Isn’t Caramel Snail the player with fast movement speed and strong attacks?"

"Eh?"

Xia Yubing was taken aback and pondered for a while, comparing player data in her mind:

"Uh, that seems right... Because he has a mutation effect from [Turbocharged Lung Lobes]: permanently +15 yards movement speed, +10% sprinting speed, +60% stamina recovery rate, so if it’s him, he might actually catch up to a vampire."

"And his normal attack is a long-range AOE, making it easier to hit that vampire."

Long Yuqiong remembered clearly that the unending Sword Qi storm from Gio Zieou—Caramel Snail impressed him deeply in their battle.

"Then I’ll just call Caramel Snail over."

Yutianxiao smiled:

"Never thought, with the update, we can team up again."

"Achoo!"

Caramel Snail rubbed his nose; the cold air on the battlefield made the role’s body uncomfortable—after all, he’s just a Gamma Phase now, at a level of an ordinary resident in the cosmic scale, still feeling cold, heat, and catching the flu.

He tightened his scarf, drew the tachi from an Apostle of Entropy’s chest, and looked ahead to the battlefield: the sun on the horizon was sinking, slowly running out of time for Azure Star.

Even though the number of Apostles of Entropy had decreased greatly, and the sun had returned, players still didn’t feel much relief.

"Something feels off..."

Caramel Snail glanced at task progress, furrowing his brows:

"To just battle like this, waiting for Li Aozi and Lord Entropy to fight it out, play the CG sequence, then the plot of Azure Star ends?"

"Usually, at this point, there should be a final boss, right."

Azi shouldered her cannon, complained:

"We’ve fought down this road, and while there were many different monsters, none were easy; yet it feels odd—no regional bosses blocking the way, and we spent perhaps thirty percent of the time in transport-people-fighting-sweeping, then following task prompts onward, searching for monsters, clearing enemies—where’s the boss?"

"Azi has a point, I’ve felt the same."

Lanan emerged from the Spirit Realm, hands behind her back, obediently said:

"We’ve been clearing trash mobs along the way, and the Elite Monsters we’ve encountered are just Gamma Phase, and at most lv.70 Apostles of Entropy commanders, not many in number. This is starkly different from the traditional MMORPG difficulty curve."

"Instead of saving the world, it feels like we’re being made to do mass clean-up."

Severston replied perfunctorily.

Though he had been slacking around, casually gathering Starry Abyss information, even he could tell this task clearly differed from previous main quests in "Starry Abyss".

He had seen footage from beta and 1.0 version.

Comparing prior version’s main quest, escorting Li Aozi to space, the whole process was extremely exciting and tight, progressing from Outer World to Sky Ring, infiltrating the company, uncovering secrets, stealing nuclear bombs, to obstructing Sky Ring army later—truly exhilarating.

When it came to Baizhu Star’s plot, it was even better. Li Aozi activated Growth-armored Vanguard, letting players enjoy a cathartic mowing down experience, pounding [Mechanical World Society] and the three Senators fiercely, though there wasn’t much of a story, it was indeed thrilling.

But now... frankly, neither have they seen much ’performance’ in the plot, nor really felt thrilled.

There’s not even any cutscene conversation, this was even worse than games where you can’t skip the story, at least those have plots to watch.

"Logically, it shouldn’t be like this. Lai Anding, after all, is managing the entire game system. Fairy Spirit should have accounted for pacing to retain player online time."

Severston rubbed his chin:

"So, where exactly is the problem?"

He looked towards Leoz, the Invincible True General nearby, this guy still remained mostly silent as before.

Though it’s gotten a lot better than before, at least when others tease his nickname, Leoz actually changed his ID to ’True General’.

But better not count on him. Severston was aware of Leoz’s true identity as Cannon Fodder Deity and knew this guy loses all Talent outside Morphederia and is completely unfamiliar with gaming.

He glanced at everyone, then said:

"Let’s set that aside for now. Caramel, the enemies near Frost Plated are cleared; what’s the next step?"

"Uh, the task system indicates we have two options."

Caramel Snail brought up the panel, read:

"A: Go to Fertile Village to join the final showdown against Apostles of Entropy and Judgment Mech Cavalry."

"B: Head to Zhengxu Democratic Republic to participate in the process of freeing Zhengxu."

"The task rewards should be similar. With Red Arrow suppressed by Baizhu Fleet, these two objectives are all that remain."

Cumin Powder glanced at the terminal:

"Time is running out—only one task can be accepted at a time, and it must be completed before choosing the second. The teleportation time is pretty much the same."