"Fu Zhu. They are March 7th, Xing, and Dan Heng. As for the reason you asked about, Commander Gepard..."
Fu Zhu hesitated slightly, casting an questioning glance towards Dan Heng.
Dan Heng gave a silent nod, and only then did Fu Zhu continue speaking.
"We are not actually citizens of Belobog."
Gepard's eyebrows raised slightly. He gave a slight nod, signaling Fu Zhu to continue.
"We are Naless from the Astral Express, originating from beyond this planet. Due to certain circumstances, we had to make a temporary stop here. If you don't believe ..."
Fu Zhu retrieved a crafting table block from his inventory and placed it directly on the side of the long table. At the sa ti, he showed Gepard the iron door fragnts left over from the space station, which he still hadn't used up. Then, with a casual toss to the side, the fragnts transford into a full iron door the instant they landed.
Witnessing this scene, Gepard's eyes widened involuntarily. Not only the strange wooden cube, but also Fu Zhu's ability to casually transform materials left him astonished.
"Commander Gepard, surely you believe now? Nobody in your Belobog should possess such thods, correct? Besides, if I were a resident of Belobog, with this skill alone, I should have at least so reputation within the city."
Fu Zhu wasn't boasting; it was simply the truth.
Even Herta, an Emanator of Erudition, was surprised by this material transformation ability, let alone Belobog, whose technological level seed far inferior to the Herta Space Station.
After the initial shock, Gepard took a few deep breaths, quickly calming himself.
"I understand. If what you all say is true, then I'm afraid I cannot handle your situation. Later, I will assign a team to escort you into Belobog proper and simultaneously report the details to the Great Guardian, allowing Her Excellency the Great Guardian to speak with you in detail."
Visitors from beyond the sky – just thinking of those words, Gepard understood this matter was beyond his authority.
He had browsed through nurous history books, yet none recorded any visits from off-worlders. This was likely the first ti!
Perhaps these visitors from beyond the sky could bring a turning point to the Eternal Freeze disaster plaguing Belobog? Of course, they could also bring disaster. But these matters required the Great Guardian's personal decision. His duty was to defend the front line.
Fu Zhu's group wasn't surprised by Gepard's handling of the situation; in fact, they were quite happy to hear it.
Their goal on this trip was to resolve the Stellaron crisis on Jarilo-VI. To find clues about the Stellaron, likely only the Great Guardian in all of Belobog could provide them.
After so more idle chat to learn a bit about the Astral Express, Gepard's favorable impression of the group increased considerably. He imdiately called soone over to arrange transport into the city for Fu Zhu and the others.
However, just as Gepard was arranging the vehicle, a Silvermane Guard ran over urgently and spoke quietly with Gepard for a few monts.
Gepard, who had still worn a slight smile, imdiately frowned deeply. This made Fu Zhu's group curious about their conversation, but given their current status, it wasn't appropriate to ask.
After finishing his conversation with the Silvermane Guard, Gepard turned back and nodded at the group: "The vehicle is ready. Soone will be waiting to receive you in the city. Please, board the vehicle."
"Woohoo! Finally, no more freezing outside!"
March 7th and Xing were the first ones onto the vehicle, even picking out comfortable spots. Dan Heng followed closely behind, but after getting on, he noticed Fu Zhu still standing motionless and couldn't help but pause.
"Fu Zhu?"
Fu Zhu pondered for a mont, glancing at Gepard nearby.
This man not only had distinctive attire and rank, but could he, like Sampo, be an important figure in the Trailblazing journey?
If he could unlock an achievent related to him, his path to becoming stronger would speed up considerably.
Having made his decision, Fu Zhu stepped forward and closed the vehicle door directly, leaving everyone looking surprised.
Gepard was particularly puzzled and asked, "Mr. Fu Zhu, what is the aning of this?"
Fu Zhu smiled and explained to Gepard, "Let my three companions go speak with the Great Guardian. I'm sowhat curious about the disaster here, the Eternal Freeze. Could you allow to observe and record things here for a while? I promise I won't cause any trouble."
"This..."
Gepard hesitated. After all, Fu Zhu was an off-worlder with a sensitive identity. If any accident occurred here on the front line, he couldn't bear the responsibility. Yet, at the sa ti, he was curious about Fu Zhu's perspective on the Eternal Freeze. Perhaps they could glean so thods to alleviate or even solve the crisis from these visitors.
"Alright. However, I hope Mr. Fu Zhu can abide by so of the front line regulations."
Seeing Gepard agree, Fu Zhu nodded his assent. Only then did he turn back to his companions, "I still have so personal matters I want to resolve here. You guys go ahead first. I'll et up with you tomorrow."
"Then Bro, I'll go with you!"
Hearing Fu Zhu was staying behind, Xing stood up, wanting to get off the vehicle too, but Fu Zhu stopped her.
"It's just for one night. It won't take long."
"Okay then."
Dan Heng didn't say much either, just reminding Fu Zhu to be careful, then told the driver to depart.
After watching the vehicle leave, Fu Zhu turned to ask Gepard, "Commander Gepard, I saw your expression change after speaking with your subordinate earlier. Is sothing about to happen here?"
Gepard gave Fu Zhu a slightly surprised look. After a mont of silence, he turned and started walking towards the city wall.
"Follow ."
Fu Zhu followed Gepard up onto the city wall. Amidst the biting cold wind, waves of low, guttural roars echoed, crossing the wall and reaching Fu Zhu's ears.
And outside the towering city wall, Fu Zhu could see hundreds of humanoid monsters surging towards them.
"These monsters are?"
Gepard gritted his teeth and spat out the words: "Fragntum creatures."
Fu Zhu imdiately opened his achievent list, searching for achievents related to Fragntum creatures.
Wouldn't you know it, he actually found three related achievents. The requirents were simple: kill 10, 100, and 500 Fragntum creatures, respectively. The Achievent Point rewards were also quite generous, especially for killing five hundred – a full 20 Achievent Points!
Just those 20 points were enough for him to add two more small mods.
Fu Zhu had just closed the achievent list when he saw Silvermane Guards already heading out to engage these Fragntum creatures. Although dealing with them seed sowhat difficult, the Silvermane Guards clearly had experience coordinating against them many tis. After one round of attacks, they successfully killed a few Fragntum creatures.
Seeing the Fragntum creatures fall, Fu Zhu instantly beca anxious.
"Let go of those monsters, let handle them!"
Those were precious experience points! And who knew what novel drops they might have!
I, Fu 'Steve' Zhu, absolutely will not allow these monsters to die at the hands of the Silvermane Guards!
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