Chapter 404

Posted by Kuze, ? Views, Released on January 2, 2025

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Episode 404. I’m a High-Maintenance Person. (1)

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**<Antares-Indypatible-Menaldu Chat Room>**

– [If we bring in Icarus, we can meet our combat needs.] (Menaldu)

– [Last time we attacked Tanhoizer, we mobilized 450,000 ships.]

– [Now, it’s only going to increase, not decrease, right?] (Indypatible)

– [Hmmmmm… interesting.] (Antares)

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Of course, that tempting thought was only temporary.

A few days ago, by using a spy team passing through Tanhoizer, they managed to leak high-level information and barely paid off their debts.

If they ended up in debt again here, there was no telling what price they’d have to pay in the future.

Antares couldn’t help but feel a negative vibe, thinking, *“Even if I don’t know, if things go wrong, all of Humanity might get screwed.”*

But then again, there wasn’t exactly a sharp alternative plan either…

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**<Humanity Executive Chat Room>**

**<Notice: Urgent Measures Needed Regarding the Earth Federation>**

– [We’re starting to get danger signals from clan members and lower clan leaders.]

– [What’s the problem?]

– [The ship replenishment rate can’t keep up. If this continues, we’ll fall behind.]

– [Ah, f*ck.]

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On the surface, things seemed chaotic but somewhat balanced. However, in reality, as time went on, the system was becoming increasingly unfavorable for the users.

Like it or not, Antares needed a new way to break out of this situation.

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And even the users in the gallery could see that, though some were scratching their heads, wondering what the hell all this nonsense was about.

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**Title:** LMAO, idiots, of course users are supposed to win in a long-term war.

**Author:** ㅇㅇ

**Content:** [Image of a toad staring straight ahead]

So why does Humanity become more disadvantaged as time goes on?

If you don’t explain, I’ll flood this place with cursed images while the mods are busy.

[Collection of cursed images, all ‘mosaic’ censored.jpg]

**Comments:**

– [Damn, throwing curveballs twice now.]

– [Thought it was a newbie’s gallery-style question, but turns out it’s a question-asking thug with a gun.]

– [Declares they’ll post a page of cursed images every time they don’t get an answer.]

– [“We will never negotiate with terrorists!”]

– [Soooo, what can you even do, lol?]

– [Frustrating.]

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And eventually, the gallery veterans, caving to this ‘threat,’ provided a simple and clear answer.

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**Title:** To the question-asking thug, read this post.

**Author:** ㅇㅇ

**Content:** [Image of a toad holding a gun]

It’s because, system-wise, NPCs replenish ships faster.

Sure, users have buffs from superhumans and gacha ships, so it’s not a problem.

But for users, even small ships take a day to produce if they’re destroyed.

And for large ships, especially battleship-class, it takes almost a week.

Unlike NPCs, who can mass-produce fleet-level ships, users can only produce ships at 5-6 regular shipyards and 3-4 large shipyards when docked at a base.

And even then, if there are no resources, they can’t produce anything.

Got it? Now go post 50 carefully selected NSFW images in 10 separate posts.

If you don’t, I’ll flood the gallery with cursed images first.

[Collection of ‘ammo’—countless cursed images—bundled into multiple collections.jpg]

**Comments:**

– [Damn, there’s not a single normal person here.]

– [If you’re gonna fight, just make a chat room and fight among yourselves, please.]

– [Stop mutually assured destruction, you bastards.]

– [But if they look decent, can’t they just team up with female superhumans and work it out?]

– [SHUT!!! UP!!!!!!!!!!!] (Author)

– [Well, that’s that.]

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In the process, one poor veteran suffered irreparable emotional damage.

Not wanting to suffer alone, they flooded the gallery with dozens of pages of cursed images, exposing other users to visual trauma…

Meanwhile, Antares, the actual person involved, wasn’t even looking at the gallery.

And our protagonist Icarus, along with Königs, who had nothing better to do, were…

Even though I was a ranker and managed the gallery as a “wristband,” I ended up suffering visual terrorism.

In a fit of rage, I spammed blocking beams everywhere, and a bunch of terrorists and innocent users got blocked en masse.

But hey, at least no one has to suffer anymore because of it, so I guess it all worked out in the end.

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Anyway, while Icarus was having a rough time in the gallery.

Antares and Humanity’s inner circle, after much deliberation, decided to ask Icarus for support.

But at this point, someone had to point out the obvious.

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-[But Icarus has a high rank, right?]

-[Yeah]

-[Third place, but why?]

-[If we ask for support, doesn’t that mean our Clan Leader has to step up personally?]

-[Hmm, well…]

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The point was, since Icarus’s rank was so high, Antares should personally request support from Icarus as a matter of protocol.

Of course, that wasn’t entirely wrong, but…

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-[But that would mean we’re publicly asking for support, right?]

-[Icarus is technically a solo player, but they’re practically the Clan Leader of the Central Zone]

-[If it gets out that Icarus is moving because of our request, our whole containment plan could go down the drain]

-[Ugh, damn it]

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If Antares asked Icarus for support.

And if it got out that Icarus agreed to move, Loki, Justice, and Biomass might think Humanity’s plans aren’t going well.

They might send a large expeditionary force to stop Humanity from dominating the Earth Federation and becoming overwhelmingly number one.

Suddenly, Humanity’s executives, even while dealing with a civil war with the Earth Federation, had to review the situation again.

And after squeezing their brains dry, almost to the point of adding “baldness” to their character traits.

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-[Why don’t we just not do it directly?]

-[We don’t have to involve our Clan Leader directly, we can use Indypatible or Menaldu as intermediaries]

-[Yeah, I heard those two owe Icarus a favor]

-[That’s the answer, let’s go]

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After squeezing their tired brains, Antares immediately contacted Indypatible and Menaldu, who were external mercenaries.

They decided to ask them to “negotiate” with Icarus for support.

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<Antares-Indypatible-Menaldu Chat Room>

-[So, for that reason, we’d like you guys to negotiate with Icarus](Antares)

-[Wow]

-[You guys really make things complicated](Indypatible)

-[Alright, alright]

-[Well, the compensation is better, so we’ll take it](Menaldu)

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But… when Indypatible and Menaldu actually contacted Icarus via chat, our dear Icarus said.

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<Icarus-Indypatible-Menaldu Chat Room>

-[Sorry, I don’t have the resources to help]

-[Bye](Icarus)

-[???](Indypatible)

-[No resources?](Menaldu)

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With that blunt rejection (?), the two rankers were left completely stunned.

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