For humanity, burn the stars.

After Qin Heling came to the rescue, the surrounding players were quiet for a moment before bursting into a response.

"Captain is awesome!"

"Is this what it means to belong to a faction? I love it!"

Regardless of how genuine their intentions are or how much they're trying to curry favor, the atmosphere has certainly become more lively.

Of course, their excitement stemmed not only from their leader's rescue but also primarily from the immense power of the plasma cannon.

The players surrounded Qin Heling and the guard robot, all eyes fixed on the cannon barrel that was cooling down.

"That cannon looks so small, yet it's so powerful!?"

"So cool! So powerful! Will we be able to use weapons like this someday?"

Facing the players' expectations, Qin Heling smiled gently and said confidently:

"Of course."

"As we continue to develop, our industrial system and technology will also be improved."

"Once our technology recovers to the point where we can manufacture plasma launchers, our plasma cannons will be able to be manufactured again."

"But all of this depends on your efforts."

Plasma cannon is just a general term; depending on the level of technology and power, it is also divided into three types: jet cannon, acceleration cannon, and cannon.

The most basic jet cannons aren't particularly advanced; Earth's technology is sufficient to replicate them. However, the Star Sea Federation robots use acceleration cannons.

Upon hearing Qin Heling's reply, the players were immediately excited and began to imagine themselves sweeping across the battlefield with such a powerful weapon.

Although they were excited, the players still restrained themselves and returned to the channel to discuss in front of Qin Heling.

"So when can I redeem the plasma cannon? I need to start saving up points!"

"The game's only just started, and you're already hoarding resources? Are you some kind of interstellar hamster?"

"It's not on the redemption list; I guess we'll have to wait for the technology to unlock."

After Qin Heling made grand promises, the players couldn't wait to go out and explore the map again and quickly advance their tech tree.

Unfortunately, the hidden settings such as the so-called "fatigue value" that players perceive are still in effect, and they need to rest.

After all, even if it carries the souls of the players, the body is just an undeveloped clone at this moment.

As everyone's emotions calmed down a bit, the players started staring at each other and waiting again.

It's rare for the leader to come out, so let's wait and see. If there's really nothing else to do, we can go back to the spaceship to rest.

Just then, Sun Xiaochuan finally managed to squeeze back to Qin Heling's side.

—When the players came up to watch the plasma cannon, he was pushed out of the circle.

Sun Xiaochuan looked at Qin Heling somewhat awkwardly, and finally bowed his head.

"Thank you for your help. I was indeed too rash just now."

"Thank you so much for your trouble."

Although in his eyes, this was normal behavior for players.

But from the NPC's perspective, that would be a real suicide mission.

Regardless, since the boss caught you doing something dangerous, you should apologize to avoid losing his goodwill.

It must be said that, due to this completely immersive gameplay, the players' sense of immersion is quite high.

Qin Heling's face remained expressionless, but he couldn't help feeling happy about the players' sense of immersion.

In this way, he can better exploit the players and make them contribute to the cause of humanity's resurgence.

When the day comes that players fight for 'humanity' from the bottom of their hearts, then the presence of humanity will never disappear from the sea of ​​stars again.

Coming back to his senses from the sudden surge of emotion, Qin Heling coughed lightly and shook his head.

He looked intently at [Senjouhara Sun Xiaochuan], and even spoke to him in a seemingly solemn manner:

"There's no need to thank me for this. As long as you continue to fight for the revival of humanity, we will always be comrades in the united front."

"Whether it's you or any other human being, if you are threatened, your safety is the only principle."

Qin Heling's gaze swept over the players who hadn't left yet, and he spoke again:

"Our human alliance may be weak now, but we will never turn a blind eye to any of our members."

"Each of you is important to me and to humanity."

Looking into Qin Heling's eyes, Sun Xiaochuan felt a surge of emotion.

In the real world, few people would tell someone like him, a marginal figure in society, "You are important too."

Damn it, he's just an NPC, why is he made to look so handsome!

Qin Heling watched Sun Xiaochuan leave and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Everything was going according to his plan, which pleased him greatly.

Just now, Qin Heling could have killed that mist owl, but he didn't.

The fog owl was initially just curious and didn't attack at first. It was only after being constantly provoked and enraged that it launched an attack on Sun Xiaochuan.

Of course, this is not the reason it escaped death.

Qin Heling did not feel any mercy or pity for it, nor did she spare it because of the so-called ecological reasons.

Compared to human safety, a mere beast is nothing; killing it is no big deal.

Qin Heling had other considerations for this, and just now he took the opportunity to achieve his goal.

For example, we can help players develop the good habit of doing things themselves.

Let them know that creatures that challenge human dignity must be defeated by their own hands.

Qin Heling glanced at the forum, where players who had learned the name "Mist Owl" from him had already begun discussing how to hunt it.

Clearly, they were treating this powerful natural creature as an elite monster.

In addition, his reputation among players has been further enhanced as his character has been developed.

Qin Heling was naturally quite satisfied with the effect of this guidance.

In this way, he can use "Fog Owl" to provide players with another early-game objective.

Furthermore, this topic can be used to issue related investigation, tracking, and even hunting missions.

Aside from that, Qin Heling really didn't want to use the spaceship's defense system to kill monsters.

His presence to protect the players is to make them understand that this is a protected safe zone within the base.

However, the reason for not killing the attacking monsters is to prevent players from luring them back and relying on the defense system to farm monsters.

Please, using bots to farm monsters in this game doesn't give you any experience.

In Qin Heling's view, using stored energy and resources to fight such wild monsters was a huge waste.

The only benefit they get from their entire bodies is a pitiful little bit of meat; it's like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

However, given Qin Heling's understanding of the player community, there would definitely be some guys who wanted to do this.

If the Fog Owl is defeated today, players may try to lure a horde of wild beasts tomorrow just to see the cannon fire.

Even if the reward is just an extra meal at night, or even no reward at all, there will still be people who are happy to participate.

After all, in their eyes, luring monsters would not pose a real threat to the base.

The action just now was both to protect the players and to dispel these thoughts in advance.

Qin Heling watched as the players returned to their spaceships one by one before returning inside to prepare for their journey to the mine.

He wasted a little time; he still had important things to do next.