101: Elites of the Free Star Alliance

It was unknown how much time had passed.

Zhang Huaiyuan slowly opened his eyes, feeling energized; the exhaustion from continuous late nights and his brain running at overload was completely swept away.

"Hmm..."

He scanned the air in front of him, and a stream of data fed back into his mind.

"Oxygen content 20.05%... inert sedative gas content 30.21%, dopamine catalyst content..."

"Effect: Relieves mental stress, improves sleep quality, continuously generates mild happiness and satisfaction..."

"No wonder this environment feels exceptionally comfortable..."

Zhang Huaiyuan curled the corner of his mouth into a smile and said softly, "Thank you."

"You are welcome, Excellency. How are you feeling now?"

The integrated device on his right wrist lit up instantly, transmitting a voice with a hint of concern.

"I feel... quite good."

Zhang Huaiyuan carefully sensed himself; his brain seemed to have broken through some boundary, and many complex calculations could be concluded in a single thought, almost comparable to a Star River-level supercomputer.

"How long did I sleep?"

"Twenty-seven hours exactly, Excellency."

The Statue of Liberty's voice carried a hint of a smile: "Before you rested, your body had reached its limit. If you hadn't stopped in time, for safety reasons, I might have had to dispatch a robot to stun you."

"Fortunately, you didn't. This wasn't just the moment an apple fell, but the moment all the apples on the tree fell."

Zhang Huaiyuan smiled, then suddenly seemed to remember something, his expression changing slightly:

"Right... you mentioned before that the Star Alliance Head would send envoys and an inspection team in half a month... how many days did my research take..."

"75 days. But it doesn't matter, Excellency. They are all very willing to wait for you outside."

"Uh... it's not good to keep people waiting for so long, but... I haven't even had time to prepare any talking points..."

Zhang Huaiyuan frowned slightly, reached out to put on a household mech suit, and gently pressed the self-cleaning button. In an instant, the nano-level cleaning washed away all the dust from his body.

"That is not a problem, Excellency. I will turn off their lie detectors in a moment."

The Statue of Liberty said matter-of-factly, seemingly having completely forgotten her status as the chief steward of the Free Star Alliance.

"Then let's go meet them."

Zhang Huaiyuan raised an eyebrow in surprise, picked out a casual black T-shirt and trousers to put on, and walked straight outside.

"Wait a moment, Excellency. The sunlight outside might be a bit blinding; it would be better to take this with you."

Amidst the concerned voice, a robot quickly moved over, holding a pair of sunglasses.

"Thank you."

Zhang Huaiyuan took them with some surprise. The Statue of Liberty had become increasingly... well... thoughtful?

He put on the sunglasses and chuckled: "How is it? Does it look a bit incongruous?"

"Very handsome, Excellency. It surpasses 99.999%... of the lifeforms within the Star Alliance."

"Oh? And what about the remaining 0.0000...1%?"

"That is you without the sunglasses, Excellency."

The Statue of Liberty said with a straight face, but her voice carried irrepressible amusement.

"Uh..."

Zhang Huaiyuan couldn't help but laugh at this.

He seemed to have been teased by an intelligent lifeform.

However... this could also be considered a major breakthrough in algorithms.

He walked quickly out of the laboratory door, and the somewhat blinding sunlight hit his face, but wearing the optical sunglasses, he didn't feel any discomfort.

Passing through the long corridor and walking into the hall, four extraordinary-looking beings were already seated, leisurely drinking tea.

It was unclear whether they had been waiting here the whole time or if the Statue of Liberty had notified them in advance.

"I had some insights and lost track of time. I apologize for keeping you all waiting, please excuse me."

Zhang Huaiyuan spoke first, while simultaneously scanning the four of them with his gaze.

【Stan】

Classification: Carbon-based and silicon-based hybrid lifeform.

Mastery Ability: Eye of Wisdom — Mysterious-type extraordinary ability, capable of processing and distributing received information at an unimaginably fast speed. When actively used, it can trigger inspiration depending on the difficulty of the content encountered.

Ability Level: Transcendence Level.

extraordinary level: S.

Occupation Level: Grandmaster Level.

Favorability: -10-20 (If you are indeed a capable person, he is willing to forgive you for making them wait so long and will recommend you to the Star Alliance Supreme Research Institute.)

Strategy Suggestion: Fully demonstrate your ability level.

Luck Value: 32.

The other two old men were similar, both Grandmaster Level Researchers, and under the vision of True Sight, it could be clearly seen that many parts of their bodies had been replaced with some kind of special alloy and machinery, and even parts of their brains had been modified.

"Good grief, they sent three Grandmaster Level ones to assess me."

Zhang Huaiyuan's eyes flickered, and he looked at the remaining man in white who was sitting with his arms crossed and eyes closed, resting.

【Kols】

Classification: Special lifeform.

Mastery Ability: Will of the Wind God — Top-tier wind-type extraordinary ability, controlling the movement of wind elements, integrating attack, defense, and agility; an extraordinary ability with almost no flaws under low-level rules.

Ability Level: Gods Chosen.

extraordinary level: SSS.

Favorability: 1 (He feels he should be in the Cataclysm-level Disaster Zone dealing with Galaxy Beasts of the same level, rather than acting as a bodyguard for a bunch of frail Researchers.)

Strategy Suggestion: Compliment the other party or defeat them in direct combat.

Luck Value: 80.

"...Class 3S Experts, and a Gods Chosen ability user?"

Zhang Huaiyuan's pupils shrank sharply.

This was the first Gods Chosen-level ability user he had seen since arriving in this world. If nothing went wrong, there were probably not many experts of this level in the entire Free Star Alliance.

An unprecedentedly complex extraordinary diagram came into view... no, it wasn't just complex; it also contained something involving Tier 2 knowledge rules.

"Hey, kid, why are you looking at me? I'm just a bodyguard; the ones responsible for assessing you are those three."

Seeming to notice the other person's gaze, the man in white suddenly opened his eyes and said nonchalantly.

"Mr. Kols, Excellency Zhang Huaiyuan is an irreplaceable national treasure-level Researcher of the Star Alliance. Please mind your attitude."

A light screen suddenly lit up, transmitting the serious voice of the Statue of Liberty. She seemed to have absolutely no reservations about the other person's identity as a Class 3S Experts.

"Hmm?"

The man in white suddenly widened his eyes and said in disbelief: "Me? Kols! I need to mind my attitude towards this kid?"

"Mr. Kols, I will repeat it again: please mind your attitude. Otherwise, regarding your deployment application, I will consider your emotional instability and re-evaluate whether you meet the qualifications to enter the Cataclysm-level Disaster Zone."

The Statue of Liberty repeated calmly.

"Uh... don't... I've applied three times already, and it was so hard to get it approved!"

The man in white's expression changed, and he said reluctantly and sullenly: "Little... Mr. Researcher, nice to meet you, nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you. Sorry, Mr. Kols, it's my first time seeing such an outstanding presence; I couldn't help but look twice just now."

Zhang Huaiyuan remembered the strategy suggestion and couldn't help but smile and cup his hands.

"Hey, no problem, no problem."

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, the man in white's expression softened significantly. After a couple of dry laughs, he crossed his arms again and returned to his expert-like demeanor.

Meanwhile, one of the Grandmaster Level Researchers suddenly spoke up:

"To be so defended by the Statue of Liberty, Researcher Zhang's knowledge must far exceed that of ordinary people. Might you be able to clear up some confusion for us?"