Lin Dong had just logged in and had yet to sit down when a friend message was sent.

"You are online too. What a coincidence. I learned a skill today. Let's see if it works."

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A crisp young girl's voice sounded out.

It was a voice message from Night Elf.

Lin Dong chuckled as he replied, "Sure, I'll let you experience my true skills. I was just teasing you in the past."

"Hahaha, do you want me to teach you how to adjust the position of the engine?"

The young lady's clear laughter echoed out, as if she was an elf.

The 2 of them were good friends in the game, and their relationship was limited to 'Sea of Stars'. Other than that, there was no other connection between them.

However, due to Night Elf's high gaming standards, her insight into the control of battleships and tactics was far superior to Lin Dong's. Therefore, in the early stages of the game, Lin Dong got to know Night Elf, but he did not know how to control battleships and tactics. Thus, he could only ask Night Elf. She could be considered as his teacher.

From Lin Dong's current perspective, Night Elf's gaming level was high, and she had a special status.

Meanwhile, she claimed to be a student at the Royal Academy of Higher Education in the Ardent Fire Empire.

Based on the knowledge and skill that she displayed, Lin Dong believed in her.

Thanks to her guidance, Lin Dong did not just play 'Sea of Starts', but he started training his skills.

From the beginning, he controlled the battleship to advance, fly sideways, shoot and other basic operations, to the later stages of the battleship's speed control, attack and dodge, change of direction, tactical evasion and so on. Later on, he started training the tactics that could be used in battle.

This was only a virtual game, but its operations were more or less connected to the real battleship and were useful.

From then on, Lin Dong persevered. He did not gave up easily when he faced difficulties.

It was thanks to his training during this period of time that Lin Dong was able to fully display himself after inheriting the Thunder Flash.

Without the foundation of his initial training in the 'Sea of Stars', under the pursuit of the Sylvester family's pursuers, he would not be able to escape for 10 years. 1 month would already be considered not bad.

Therefore, regardless of whether it was in the past or now, Lin Dong was thankful that he had a friend like Night Elf.

As for Lin Dong, who had made rapid progress under her care, Night Elf also felt a sense of accomplishment.

As a result, the relationship between the 2 became better and better.

They would also reveal some details to each other.

Night Elf would not avoid mentioning her own situation. The relationship between the 2 of them was very close in 'Sea of Stars', but they had not met in real life.

Occasionally, when they were online together, Lin Dong would take the initiative to challenge her to verify his gaming skills.

Night Elf would often tease Lin Dong about the adjustment of the engine position that he had learned for 2 months before agreeing to it.

However, it was usually Night Elf who won, and Lin Dong had never won before.

This was because Night Elf had taught him techniques and tactics, and he had yet to master them. How could he defeat his teacher?

Lin Dong curled his lips. "It happened in the past. Why are you still bringing it up?"

"If you challenge me again this time, I'll beat you to a pulp and make you kneel down and call me Big Brother."

"Hahaha, try me." Night Elf's laughter rang out and echoed in Lin Dong's ears.

"However, I'm not playing today. I'm only here to take a look. I don't have the energy to start a 1-on-1 battle."

"Alright." Lin Dong did not insist. Instead, he asked, "The last time, you said that you were a student at the Royal Academy of Higher Education. Is that true?"

Night Elf chuckled as she replied, "Of course it's true. A first year freshman at the Royal Academy of Higher Education. Of course, in a few months, I'll be a sophomore. Why are you asking me this, do you want to give me a gift?"

"It's like a military school. You can't enter our school."

Lin Dong smiled embarrassedly. "That's such a pity."

He was originally thinking about whether he would have the chance to meet her offline. After all, Night Elf's voice was very sweet, and every time it would seduce him, causing him to have some sort of impulse.

If Lin Dong met her in the real world and booked a room in a hotel, it would be perfect for something to happen, right?

Who would have thought that it would actually be a military academy.

"Let's see if I have the chance in the future. My time is up. Talk to you next time. Practice more of the things I taught you previously." After replying to the message, Night Elf directly went offline. She did it rather quickly.

The students of the military-managed Royal Academy of Higher Education had a daily time limit for surfing the internet. They could not surf the net for too long. After chatting for a while, it was already time for her to stop.

After bidding farewell, Lin Dong's friend status instantly turned greyish-white.

As he looked at the greyish-white name, Lin Dong felt both happy and disappointed.

Night Elf's final response did not seem to resist meeting Lin Dong offline. However, he could not set off from Planet A3999 to the Ardent Fire Empire at the moment.

There were Sylvester family's pursuers following him.

However, after dealing with the pursuers and using the personal support system, it was only a matter of time before he could meet Night Elf.

He had already avoided the 1st round of danger. As long as he steadied himself, he would have everything he needed.

Lin Dong played in the Thousand Leaf net café for half a day before he finally left with an expression of wanting more.

In the next few days, Lin Dong just did what he would do. He did whatever he needed to do. He did not seem suspicious at all.

He did not even mention the energy blocks to anyone, let alone buying them.

As Boss Liu's side could not keep up with Lin Dong's speed after the previous mining journey, 2 out of the 8 people had left the group. The remaining 6 people felt indignant in their hearts. However, after knowing how good Lin Dong was, they became much calmer.

Everything went smoothly.

Until July 20th, another mining day arrived.

Early in the morning, Lin Dong arrived at the parking lot of the mining company in high spirits.

However, he saw quite a number of miners gathered together. Not only did they not queue up to choose a mining spaceship, they were even whispering amongst themselves.

The manager stood in the distance and did not rush him. The manager was not focus at all.

This was not normal. If it was in the past, they would have fought over the queue. Why did it become so harmonious?

Lin Dong was curious in his heart. He stopped for a moment before approaching the group of people.

"Boss Liu, are you telling the truth?"

"Is there really an unknown battleship appearing in our mining area?"

"It's true? I've seen it with my own eyes. All of you have seen the records on the mining spaceship. How can I make it up?"

Boss Liu was surrounded by everyone. When he saw their anxious expressions, he chuckled and explained.

"Not only is it a battleship, it is also a Spark battleship. Do any of you know what a Spark battleship is?"

"Who cares about battleships? What I'm worried about now is the mining area. Battleships are not something that mining spaceships like us can handle. It's impossible for them to appear for no reason, right?"

"That's right. What did Boss Qin say? He has already contracted the mining area. He has to give an explanation."

"If this goes on, we might not have money to survive."

"I don't dare to go to the mining area when I think of the battleships. I'm worried that I'll be hit by their cannons."

The miners discussed animatedly with fear on their faces.

The existence of the battleships had seriously affected their own profits.

Seeing that the topic had changed and no one was flattering him, Boss Liu berated them with a dissatisfied expression. "What are you worried about? The Spark battleships won't even care about miners like us, right?"

"Even if you spend your entire life mining, you won't be able to buy a piece of armor of the battleship. You have a poor mindset. No wonder you're poor."

When Lin Dong heard this, his heart did not waver at all.

Boss Liu should have encountered the Sylvester family's Spark battleship, which was searching for the Thunder Flash in the mining area.