Long Yi followed the guide to the library, where he saw that half of the bookshelves had been emptied, but a substantial number of books remained. The ones left were mostly inconsequential books, like the one Long Yi was holding in his hand: "Beautiful Girls Monthly Magazine."

On the cover, there was a beautiful girl in a swimsuit, expressing a shy expression, set against the background of a beautiful beach. In the farthest distance, beyond the horizon, three large stars could be seen lining up.

Below the cover read the small words: "The Nine Star Alignment! Spectacular Wonders and Beautiful Girls!"

As Long Yi flipped through it, the contents were as vulgar as he imagined. He decisively examined the illustrated contents from beginning to end carefully before putting the book down.

A general survey found that there wasn’t much useful information left on the bookshelves, let alone any description of the descent of the Heavenly Kingdom.

According to the guidance of the map, Long Yi did a basic tour of all the areas. However, it’s apparent that this isn’t all the space in the near-kilometer diameter observation station.

"Golem, I noticed that I’ve been moving around the lower floors. I saw several passages leading to the upper floors earlier, but they’re not on the map. Why can’t I go in?"

Asked Long Yi.

The Maintenance Golem woke, its eyes emitting light that scanned Long Yi before replying: "It is once again confirmed that you are a bloodline pioneer. According to the Golem guidebook, those with Pioneer bloodline can only enter the publicly open area when they come here."

"Why?" Long Yi didn’t understand. Are those with Pioneer bloodlines discriminated against?

"To prevent Pioneers from deploying their overpowering force to disrupt the World’s original operating method." the Golem replied.

"Can you explain in detail the meaning of the Pioneer bloodline?" Long Yi became increasingly puzzled. Exactly what is this so-called Pioneer?

"Indeed, I am authorized to explain for you."

It turns out that the so-called Pioneers are a special means for Giants to understand a particular form of life. Through special methods, Giants disguise themselves as a specific life form to integrate themselves into that life form’s inner circle, thus personally experiencing how that life form survives.

This is a Pioneer.

However, as a Pioneer, you would not be able to enjoy the various conveniences from the Giants. These conveniences include everything one might imagine. In short, if you have the capability, even if you turn the world upside down, no one will care. But if you don’t possess that capability, don’t even think about seeking help from the Giants.

"So, can a Pioneer restore the power of the Giants?" Long Yi asked.

"Of course, a Pioneer is to experience, not to die. Every Pioneer- including yourself, is noble and great because not every Giant can survive after losing most of their power. Nor can every Giant tolerate a bunch of Brazen Dragon Clan members showing off in front of them."

Clearly, this Maintenance Golem knows what happened in the Human Realm, and is also aware of why Long Yi came here.

"So, can you help me? This is why I came here." Long Yi sincerely said.

"If I were the decision-maker, as soon as those dragons declared war on you two years ago, there wouldn’t have been a single dragon left on the ground. However, unfortunately, I’m just a Golem. I must act in accordance with my instructions. I can only watch all of this happen."

"Is there no way to change your instructions?"

"Yes, unless you can find the three scepters. However, it’s impossible as there are only two scepters in the Human Realm."

The Maintenance Golem had already explained this much. What else could Long Yi ask?

"Looks like I came here in vain this time." Long Yi seemed a bit helpless and his eyes searched around, trying to see if there was anything that might be beneficial to him.

"I’m very sorry to have let you down. However, you can take away any item you see. According to the Giant’s law, everything left by the Giants in the entire Human Realm, no, in the Multiverse, now belongs to you. Of course, you must still abide by the Pioneer’s terms and conditions."

Can take away anything?

Long Yi’s eyes suddenly lit up.

Well, let’s see, what can I takeaway!

This matter directly concerned his personal interests. Now, Long Yi started walking around devotedly, trying to find anything useful.

Basically, Long Yi could only move around within the living area where there was a food storage and entertainment facilities. But there’s not much useful stuff and after all the trouble to get here, should he just take a sofa back?

After going around a few times, as he was passing by a certain machine in the entertainment area, Long Yi suddenly found that his bracelet began to glow!

Having been out of the Dragon Knight Academy for so long, Long Yi had been using the bracelet like a regular timekeeping device. He almost forgot that the thing is fundamentally made by the Giants.

"What’s this?" Long Yi asked the Maintenance Golem.

The Maintenance Golem came over, its eyes flickering with light.

"This is a standard Identity Recognizer. It’s a very early invention of the Giants. During that period, the Giants hadn’t developed intelligent golems like me yet. Some devices couldn’t accurately identify the users, so they had to confirm through bracelets." The Maintenance Golem responded.

"Can I use this bracelet to replace me as my identity recognition sign?" Long Yi immediately conceived a devious idea.

"Of course." replied the Maintenance Golem.

"So what’s the identity of this bracelet?" Long Yi asked.

"Long Yi, student of the Dragon Knight Academy of the White Dragon Empire, Pioneer Bloodline Giant." The Maintenance Golem answered.

"Oh well, it seems to be the same. It would be great if I could modify the contents inside." Long Yi said helplessly.

"It’s not impossible." The Maintenance Golem suddenly responded.

"What? Seriously?" Long Yi was stunned.

"I’m a Maintenance Golem. I can’t do anything against the instructions. But I’m merely a machine and don’t know how to adapt. If you ask to use the bracelet as a recognition mark, I can only execute the command. Even if I am fully aware that you’ve modified the identity, I still can’t go against the command... Do you understand what I’m saying?"

Having said that, the Maintenance Golem entered sleep mode again.

With the hint given, how could Long Yi not understand? This Maintenance Golem seems to be subtly suggesting that it would turn a blind eye to Long Yi’s plan to cheat. No! It seems to be hoping to help Long Yi cheat!

But how to modify it?

Long Yi was in a hurry, scrolling through his tablet for related information. Only a partial introduction was listed - bracelet, a very long-obsolete technology. It employed ancient methods and lacked safety measures.

Damn it! I know it lacks safety measures! But even if it’s a computer without any antivirus software, I can’t create a new program out of thin air, can I? I need software!

Ask the Golem?

Definitely won’t work, that would be cheating.

Divine Power!

Long Yi thought of the omnipotent Divine Power.

But obviously, that wouldn’t work either. Modifying the bracelet was beyond his understanding, and Divine Power didn’t work at all.

So what else is there?

Long Yi took out his sceptre and asked the Maintenance Golem.

"Can this thing be used as an identity identifier?"

The Golem came to life.

"No, this is just a high-end tool. It can make atomic-level corrections to matter and rewrite information. Although it sounds advanced, it’s just as ordinary as a wrench or pair of pliers."

Long Yi felt like he was about to sweat bullets. How badly do you want me to cheat?

With some inherited knowledge about the Giants, a little trial and error, and many roundabout hints from the Maintenance Golem, Long Yi found a solution. However, it can’t be resolved here. To re-login, he needed to return to the place where he received the bracelet.

"Well, I’m off for now, I’ll be back soon," Long Yi said to the Maintenance Golem.

"I will use the pulling Array to place you and your cockpit in the outer atmosphere. Then you can leave the cockpit. Once you return, you can choose any Observation Station, we are information synchronized," the Maintenance Golem explained.

"Alright! Thank you!"

Long Yi nodded forcefully, then took off with the Giant Swallow Dragon, who had been munching on something, to his cockpit.

The Array’s light beam guided the cockpit away from the Observation Station, smoothly descending. His tablet continued to monitor the changing surroundings.

After reaching a limit, the guiding Array disappeared, and the cockpit began to fall directly.

"It’s probably going to get hot in a bit, so be prepared," Long Yi warned.

The Giant Swallow Dragon nodded; Long Yi had already emphasized this several times.

The speed continued to increase, quickly surpassing the speed of sound as the cockpit began to shake violently. Soon, the outer wall of the cockpit became extremely hot.

Bang! Due to the intense friction, the cockpit began to heat up and turn red. Despite being prepared, Long Yi didn’t expect it to be this hot. It was like being inside a giant furnace.

With the violent shaking and disturbed airflow, Long Yi finally spotted the location of Gentle Wind Plain.

Bang! A gigantic Array sprung open. The cockpit’s rate of descent immediately slowed, but cracks began to appear all over the cockpit; it couldn’t hold on much longer.

"Get ready, we’re about to exit!"

In the midst of the deafening roar, Long Yi yelled at the Giant Swallow Dragon.

While he was still speaking, the cockpit suddenly shattered!

Long Yi took a deep breath, then quickly held it while grabbing onto the Giant Swallow Dragon. Both of them began to fall rapidly from the sky.

The Array functioned like a parachute, albeit a bit difficult to control its direction. Long Yi controlled the thrust of the Array, constantly adjusting.

Finally, Long Yi entered the troposphere from the stratosphere. Now at the very bottom, the Giant Swallow Dragon recovered its combat state, wide-winged, carrying Long Yi straight for the Gentle Wind Plain.

By now, a whole day had passed since Long Yi left.

Due to the contract, Ai Lin immediately knew when Long Yi returned.

Nearly all the members of the Long Yi Legion had gathered to welcome his return.

Long Yi looked pretty disheveled, his clothes having been carbonized by the high temperature and shattered into pieces.

"Brother Long! Were you attacked?!" Ai Lin exclaimed in shock.

"No, this is from the air friction due to the high speed," Long Yi explained.

"You can get this burnt from air friction?!" Ai Lin was utterly amazed. Not only Ai Lin, every person present was astonished. Most people would assume that wind should cool you down, not burn you up!

"We can talk about that later, any updates from Asus?" Long Yi hurriedly left to take a shower and change his clothes, speaking as he walked away.

"Yes, the Chairman of Asus has returned. He says they’re willing to provide us with some information. Over at Dragon Island, they’re working full steam to craft the Double-headed Black Dragons while the normal Black Dragons are committing suicide. It seems like they’re planning to fight entirely with Double-headed Black Dragons," Ai Lin said.

"Okay, in that case, we have more time," Long Yi responded.

"Brother Long, did you find the satellite up there?" Ai Lin asked.

"I found it; it was easier than I expected. But the tricky part is, I might need to use some measures to get help. This time I came back just to figure out a way."

"Where to?"

"The Dragon Knight Academy." (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for me at qidian.com. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users can read at m.qidian.com.)