Chapter 597: 591: Accepting the Task

Chapter 597: Chapter 591: Accepting the Task

Although the worker bees could slowly gather resources themselves, the speed at which they do so was far too slow for Finn Lewis’s liking. This time, he found Kabbalah in much the same state as before. If anything, Keller had grown even larger in size.

Moreover, Lewis could feel that Keller had become even more powerful. However, Keller remained as respectful towards Lewis as ever.

“Supreme Ruler, should we maintain the current status quo and continue to accumulate our forces?” Keller asked directly after Lewis had inspected all units of the Insect Species.

“There’s no need to hoard too many troops. However, we could increase our space exploration efforts. How long before we can finish exploring the planets we’re interested in?” Lewis turned to Keller and asked.

Perhaps going to the Galactic Federation and claiming his inheritance might be a good choice. However, even if Lewis were to inherit everything as mentioned, it wouldn’t necessarily deter others from coveting this place. The reason was simple—there was a high potential for profit.

The allure of a substance equivalent to the elixir of life was irresistible to the upper echelons of society. Its price, undoubtedly more extravagant than any luxury on earth, was unimaginable to ordinary people. Yet, the pursuit of extended life was a powerful motivator.

There’s no substitute for this luxury—paying any price to acquire these items would be reasonable. If not, why would the Federation enact such stringent bans yet still have so many people risking everything to defy them? The profit in this was self-explanatory.

Therefore, Lewis believed he was in danger. If danger was indeed imminent, Lewis felt relying solely on Zero might not suffice for his protection.

Lewis wasn’t sure how large the warehouses were. All he knew was that they were definitely not small. If he were to choose, he could essentially amass an unimaginable fortune. The reward of a hundred million points was the largest ever since the advent of the point system. But what surprised Lewis most was the cash reward.

He already had control over a tremendous amount of money, but this wasn’t in Federal coins or Flame Nation coins. Instead, it was in a currency called star credits that Lewis had never heard of before. However, he quickly realized they were likely the Galactic Federation’s currency.

Without a doubt, its purchasing power was impressive. Money that could buy extraterrestrial technology that is at least a thousand years more advanced than Earth was invaluable compared to Earth’s currency. Regardless of the exchange rate, the worth of Earth’s currency was negligible. If Lewis chose to publicize this, whether it was the Flame Nation or the North Federation, they might willingly offer an exchange rate of one to ten thousand or even one to a hundred thousand for these one million star credits.

This was the purchasing power of a higher civilization’s currency. If not, why would Federal coins be acknowledged as the world’s currency and also be universally accepted in many less developed countries? In countries like Cambodia, Federal coins were practically replacing Cambodia’s national currency. This was because the strong economy of the North Federation guaranteed the worth of their Federal coins. A powerful nation naturally had its benefits.

“Can I know what the mission is?” Lewis asked straightforwardly.

“You may choose to accept the mission,” Zero responded simply.

“Well... alright then. I accept the mission,” Lewis said immediately without a second thought. Refusing wasn’t an option simply because the rewards were too tempting. More importantly, the consequence of refusing the mission, as implied by Zero, was too dreadful to consider.

What did ‘unpredictable consequences’ mean? They added that there were no penalties, so this consequence wasn’t additional but rather something that might arise from other aspects. Consequently, Lewis had to take it seriously, not least because of what Zero had mentioned earlier about the mission node.

What was a node? A node was a crucial juncture. Could it be that because he had gotten to know these two extraterrestrials, he had reached a certain mission node?