They stayed on the starship for more than half a day, and perhaps Zhou Yan's deception was effective, as no one came to find them during this period.
Spending a long time in a place without a concept of time completely disrupted their living habits. Zhuo Nian could no longer distinguish between day and night. Only the system recorded that the starship had flown for seven hours in space and experienced one jump. Later in the evening, they arrived at the main planet of the SZ star system.
They knew it was evening because the main planet of SZ, along with several other planets, orbited a star, and when they disembarked, the sun was setting.
"We still have a mission and cannot take you back. You can leave on your own."
Zhou Yan offered them compensation, which was naturally refused.
Su Yanyun looked at the three people not far away and asked, "If you really want to thank us, tell us the identities of those three people."
Zhou Yan faltered for a moment.
"If I say we are your saviors, would you believe me?"
She looked up slightly: "She said they are saviors."
Su Yanyun's eyes darkened as he suddenly understood something.
However, he made no move and instead feigned disbelief, asking, "Are you joking?"
Zhou Yan wanted to explain, but he interrupted, "Never mind, you should leave. They might be from a prominent family and wish to remain incognito, which is normal."
Zhou Yan was stunned, then smiled: "You are right."
What saviors could there be in this world?
Cheng Tian took the others and left first. She walked over to bid farewell to the three: "Thank you for your help during this time. We must be going now. Goodbye."
"Goodbye."
Zhou Yan turned to leave but inexplicably asked again, "Are you really...?"
Luan Yu was bewildered: "Are we what?"
She smiled: "It's nothing. Goodbye."
After saying that, she left without looking back.
Luan Yu found it strange and looked at the person opposite her: "What do we do now?"
"Wait for the rabbit."
Under the system's arrangement, the three successfully checked into a hotel. As they rode the elevator upwards, Luan Yu looked at the somewhat dilapidated elevator and sighed, "It seems humanity isn't doing too well even after entering the interstellar age. This is worse than the last world."
Zhuo Nian did not respond, but the system was displeased: [This was retired hundreds of years ago. This planet is too poor, and so is this hotel. If you had enough money to stay in the Sky Garden, you could use a light-photography elevator. No, that's not an elevator.]
"You don't have money?"
The system said dejectedly: [My money isn't enough to stay in the Sky Garden, host. I apologize for the inconvenience.]
Thinking of something, it added: [But this is also your fault. If you had actively sought out Su Yanyun, revealed your identity, and contacted the main system, he would surely have welcomed you with the highest protocol. Perhaps you could have stayed in a private Sky Garden.]
They exited the elevator and walked down the corridor, looking for their room.
"Has the main system replied yet?"
[No. I've been away for too long and don't know many things. If he sent out people from Sector Nine, it must be for a very important reason. If it's not to find us, then things are serious.]
"Why?"
"We're here." Luan Yu used the card given by the front desk to open the room. Although many of the facilities inside were unfamiliar, the overall layout of the room was not much different from the last world, and there was nothing particularly remarkable about it.
They had booked a suite, which included a living room, master and secondary bedrooms, and a kitchen.
"Where will you sleep?"
"Anywhere."
Luan Yu then pulled the person towards the master bedroom.
Zhuo Nian walked towards the other room and asked, "Why?"
The system choked for a moment and replied: [I'll tell you about the layout of the SA star system. This world mainly has two major powers: the Temporal Administration, led by the main network system, and the Confederation of Noble Families, led by the Zhang, Gu, and Meng families. On the 19 planets of the SA star system, there are 40 top noble families, all of whom have armies and weapons, much like... much like the top wealthy families in some worlds you've experienced. However, there are 40 such top noble families in the SA star system. Most of these 40 families are at odds with the Temporal Administration. A few are neutral, and a minority side with the main network. These noble families monopolize resources and do all sorts of evil for their own benefit. They possess weapons and armies, so they can protect themselves when aliens invade, thus they oppose the leadership of the main network. They are thoroughly bad people. They...]
Zhuo Nian: "..."
The system chattered on about the evil deeds of those noble families. Only when it finally realized Zhuo Nian was not interested did it steer the conversation back to the main topic.
[The SA star system has a total of 16 military sectors. The heads of Sectors Two, Three, Nine, and Ten were trained by the main network. These four military sectors are almost entirely under his control. Of the other 12 military sectors, eight are neutral, and the remaining four are in the hands of the noble families. Therefore, the main network and the Confederation of Noble Families are almost evenly matched.]
"19 planets, why only 16 military sectors?"
The system said indignantly: [Because one planet is the private property of that Zhang family, one belongs to the Aston family, and another is a place where the main system cultivates talent. Originally, half of the land on the Zhang family's planet also belonged to the main system, but somehow they managed to exchange their half away. As for the planet belonging to the Aston family, it's not entirely theirs; it's been divided among several families led by the Aston family.]
Zhuo Nian gradually began to understand some of the world's affairs. According to 007, the main system's rule was already precarious. Ordinary citizens were increasingly dissatisfied with his methods, and the noble families were even more eager for him to step down immediately. Although he still held much power, the systems used by those noble families were independent of his own and were almost beyond his jurisdiction.
Coupled with the aliens all over the world, many communication facilities had been destroyed. His position as the main network was already nominal.
It was worse than she had imagined.
In Zhuo Nian's opinion, she and the main system should be considered collaborators for the time being. It was 007, sent by the main system, who had brought her into various small worlds, allowing her to find Chong Yan and understand her past.
He was currently facing internal and external threats, with enemies on all sides. Perhaps, as 007 had said, something had happened in the interstellar realm that caused him to not reply for so long.
She felt that finding the person herself was more hopeful.
However, before that, she wanted to deal with the imposter and the other Luan Yu.