Chapter 321

Chapter 321. Who Am I? “The King of Neutrality.” (2)

Anyway, after suddenly taking in about 30 refugee(?) users, the next morning.

After waking up on a soft and squishy jelly mattress.

While starting my day with the warm morning coffee Jessica brought, I suddenly had a thought.

‘Wait, how did they plan to start a rebellion without a fleet?’

Even if they had superhumans, without a fleet, a commander-type superhuman would be useless.

Close-combat superhumans wouldn’t even be able to ‘get close,’ so they’d need a bunch of long-range firepower superhumans like Pashtira, right?

Could they have planned to rely on the base’s defense facilities to counter the fleet while recklessly deploying superhumans?

With that thought, I casually asked the users in question.

In response to my question, the representative of the settlement said:

-“Oh, that? Well, we have a couple of SSS-Class superhumans, so we thought it’d work.”

“Oh.”

-“Of course, given the situation, their leveling isn’t complete, so they’re a bit… lacking in some areas.”

As they replied to my communication, they naturally showed off the superhumans stationed at their bases.

Surprisingly, they had not one, not two, but three Pashtiras—the pinnacle of firepower-type superhumans.

‘P-P-Pashtira!’

Of course, it wasn’t just Pashtiras; there were plenty of other superhumans too.

Unlike Pashtira, who generates and fires particles, there was one who shot powerful beams from their mouth like some kind of ‘Draconian.’

There were also superhumans who fired charged particle beams from their hands or chest.

And as mentioned earlier, not all superhumans were just beam-spamming types.

-“Layla, come say hello.”

-“Nice to meet you, Commander Icarus.”

“Oh… you’ve got a rare one there.”

-“Thanks to her, we’ve been able to hold out for quite a while.”

Apart from firepower-projecting types like Pashtira, there were also superhumans like the recently emerged ‘Layla,’ who wielded their own superweapons to unleash firepower.

-“Can we introduce ourselves too?”

-“Of course.”

“…”

There were even superhumans who used powerful telekinesis to turn small ships into crushed cans in seconds.

In terms of sheer firepower, they seemed capable of holding their own against a well-developed ranker’s fleet.

And considering the earlier explanation, if you added in the close-combat and commander-type superhumans stationed somewhere in the base…

I realized why the users who had been plundering these guys had gritted their teeth and cut down their fleet power by any means necessary.

‘The real muscle was right here.’

Anyway, after wrapping up the communication, I sighed and muttered to Jessica beside me.

“Seriously, if this isn’t muscle, then what is?”

“I guess so…”

“30 users… no, 32 users, with nearly 50 SSS-Class superhumans? Does that even make sense?”

“Well, Commander, you’ve got like 7 or 8 SSS-Class superhumans all by yourself.”

“…Now that you mention it, that’s true.”

Of course, Jessica’s ruthless fact-checking left me speechless.

Feeling like I had nothing more to say, I quietly decided to go back to my daily quests.

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While Icarus was busy with various tasks, his superhumans and the settlement’s superhumans had a brief meeting…

Superhumans like Belial and Pashtira praised their own commanders while complimenting the others’ commanders.

As for the Ignis ‘group,’ since there were over 10 of them, they were having their own sports match(?).

But unlike the others, Gryanarr…

“Hmm, so your ‘me’ focuses on Earth Federation technology?”

“Then it seems you’ve been diving deep into Space Monsters.”

“There’s one from the Xenobia Empire and one from the Pirate Alliance too.”

“When will we get another chance like this? An opportunity to share knowledge and boost our intelligence.”

“True, it’s rare.”

“Then let’s get started right away.”

By some strange coincidence, out of the 32 users, there were three Gryanarrs.

And with each Gryanarr having studied different factions, combined with Icarus’s Gryanarr…

“Your IQ is 400, my IQ is 400.”

“With the combined IQ of four, totaling 1600, it’s time to create the ultimate invention.”

-“Kids, what on earth are you making?”

“Nothing!”

-“If it’s nothing, then why are you building a Space Mech Dragon Fortress with elf ears?”

“Ah.”

“We’ve been caught.”

The four great…

Caught in the act of trying to create the ‘Space Confucian Elf Mecha Mobile Fortress Dragon’ by mobilizing all of Ryeok’s technological prowess.

As a result, they were dragged away by their respective commanders, and at the same time, that Space Whatever Dragon was dismantled, deemed ‘useless.’

Anyway, that’s how superhumans stick with superhumans, and users stick with users.

As those guys mentioned, I had already left a ‘proof post’ about this incident in the gallery.

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Title: Refugees swarming near the base;;

Author: Icarus

Content: [Proof of refugees from the settlement.jpg], [The base’s state, utterly devastated.jpg], [Not a single ship left at the docking facility.jpg]

The situation is just too dire, and they asked for time to leave on their own, so I decided to leave them be until the base warp is possible in a month.

Feeling a bit… something.

Comments:

-[???]

-[Why are the settlement uncles there?]

-[The settlement guys got too greedy with looting, and the pissed-off kids started a rebellion.]

-[Are they idiots?]

-[Yeah, they’re idiots. They grew by looting resources and ships from there, so without it, they’d starve to death.]

-[Where the hell do you live?]

-[Yeah, you don’t know where I live, right? Pissed off?]

-[Why are these idiots fighting here?]

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Of course, most reactions to my proof post were puzzled.

Some even hinted at what would happen if those users looted my base and formed a clan.

Of course, such reactions were proof of being a ‘newbie,’ so the seasoned veterans quickly bombarded them with answers.

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Title: But what if those refugee users take over the base?

Author: ㅇㅇ

Content: [Close-up screenshot of confirmed superhumans.jpg]

Looks like there are at least 100 superhumans among the refugees.

If these guys infiltrate the base, aren’t we just screwed?

Comments:

-[Fresh newbie, huh?]

-[That’s not an invasion but a ‘neutral-friendly’ state, so superhumans can’t infiltrate and take over the base.]

-[Why not? Can’t they just charge in and declare war?] (Author)

-[Then the system forcibly ejects the superhumans outside and disconnects the base and the settlement.]

-[But can’t the superhumans still enter the base without using assault pods, like climbing over walls?] (Author)

-[Our gamer’s imagination is wild.]

-[Once war is declared, all entrances are automatically sealed with external armor plates, and even Pashtira’s maximum output beam cannon can’t scratch it.]

-[Ah, I see.] (Author)

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Aside from that, there were also talks about me trying to form a clan.

Unlike me, who wasn’t interested, it seems the settlement’s existence was quite famous.

When it was revealed that the users I accepted into the base were the ‘real settlement,’ the gallery’s opinion turned surprisingly positive.

But amidst all this…

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<Penicillin has requested a chat with the Commander!>

<Will you accept?>

<Y/N>

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This time, out of the blue, a user who wasn’t from the settlement sent me a chat request.

Feeling puzzled but thinking it wouldn’t be a big deal, I decided to accept the chat.

But right after…

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-[Dude, dude, dude, dude, dude]

-[Can I dock at your base too?]

-[???] (Icarus)

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‘What the hell is this guy doing?’

Hearing such a sudden request, I felt my sense of reality skyrocketing.