Star Iron, building an empire starting with game development

Chapter Two: Preparation

At an unknown time, in front of the burning fire

"This is absolutely outrageous, it's ridiculously outrageous..." Looking at the starry sky above, then at the roasted creature in his hand...

"How am I supposed to eat this?!" Xing's face was full of refusal, but because she was hungry, she had no choice but to take a vicious bite of this unknown thing with a look of disgust.

"Awoooooo~ Uh~!" A wolf howl suddenly came from afar, and the two Void Soldiers and Raiders instantly disappeared from their original positions, forcing the wolf howl to stop.

When the two Void Soldiers/Raiders returned, a wolf-like creature was brought back with them.

"Is this... a wolf?" Xing's attention shifted to the corpse that resembled a wolf.

“It’s very similar to a wolf, there’s no problem, it’s edible.” Dan Shu checked it over and found that apart from the cut being too smooth, there were no problems inside the creature before responding.

"I've been putting up with this thing for a long time." Xing threw away the unknown thing in his hand with a look of disgust, and then watched Dan Shu and Silver Mane Lieutenant prepare the wolf and put it on the fire to roast.

"...System, is there a spaceship or something that can leave this uninhabited planet?" Star looked up at the sky and asked the system, staring at the wolf meat that was being roasted.

"System self-check in progress... A spaceship has been detected flying and has sent a distress signal," the system responded.

"Spaceships, huh? I understand. System, recall them all to space. After all, these subordinates of the God of Destruction are quite frightening."

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"Whoosh~" A spaceship slowly landed on the ground, and then a person dressed in armor stepped out.

"Tsk~ A pure and beautiful person, and a silver branch at that." Xing saw the markings on the spaceship and then recognized the man with the striking red hair.

"System, give me some disguise."

"Received, cognitive fuzzing in progress," the system responded.

"Madam~" Yinzhi approached Xing with perfect manners and a gentle smile.

Please allow me to sincerely praise you!

"Uh~" Xing didn't know what to say for a moment, because the guy in front of her was so dazzling!

“You are like a flower on a cliff, strong and beautiful,” Yinzhi said.

"Alright, alright... Stop talking nonsense. I want to leave this desolate planet. Just take me with you." Xing finally couldn't hold back anymore and waved her hand in front of Yinzhi. Then, the system applied a cognitive effect to Yinzhi through Xing's action.

“Of course, beautiful lady,” Silver Branch replied, then stepped aside to invite Star onto the ship.

"..." Xing thought for a moment, and as she walked toward the spaceship, she was suddenly stopped.

"What do you mean?" Xing looked at Yinzhi.

“Beautiful lady, may I ask why you look exactly like my dear friend, the pioneer of the Star Train?” Silver Branch asked with a smile.

"System, has it blurred his understanding?" Xing asked.

"The other party has excessive self-control, and cognitive distortion is exponentially decreasing," the system responded.

"Tsk~ What a hassle~" Xing summoned all the monsters with displeasure and then gave the order to guide them away from the spaceship.

"Destroying pawns~ Such ugly creatures~" Without a word, Silver Branch drew her weapon and charged forward, only to be lured away by the pawns...

"They ran away already?" Xing asked in surprise.

"The system can replicate this spaceship for you. Once fully replicated, you can obtain starship units when the summoning module is activated," the system said.

"Let's hurry up then, I don't want to be blocked by Silver Branch again. Especially since there are already pioneers in this world," Xing said.

"Replication parsing in progress..."

An hour later, Silver Branch returned to the spaceship, only to find that the woman who had appeared to be a pioneer had disappeared.

"Hmm? Traces of a spaceship taking off?" Silver Branch noticed something.

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In space, a spaceship is traveling.

"Sigh... all those illusory soldiers we obtained are gone." Xing sighed.

"No problem, you can summon these ordinary cannon fodder monsters anytime, anywhere," the system said.

“Okay, I understand,” Xing replied, then maneuvered the spaceship away from the jump.

"This is... Black Tower Space Station?" Looking at the familiar space station in front of him, Xing twitched his lips, feeling that his luck was a bit off today.

"If you do not wish to travel to the Black Tower Space Station, please proceed to this area, where there is an ordinary planet backed by a hunter," the system notification stated.

"Tsk~" Xing started operating the control panel again, and soon the spaceship entered warp drive and left the star system.

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An unknown planet? With the system's assistance, Xing dropped the spaceship and was transported here, or rather, to a room.

"We have purchased a regular house for you on this planet through information coverage," the system said.

"Wow~" Xing looked at the hall in surprise. Hmm, it looked to be nearly 100 square meters. It felt like the kind of place that only rich people could buy outright and live in.

Xing went to the balcony and then noticed something tall standing there in the distance...

"Uh... System? Look at what's that in the distance?" Xing rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things.

"Jianmu." The system's response was simple and direct.

"Holy crap! Didn't you say it was just an ordinary planet for faith-hunting... Well, so the planet for faith-hunting is this Luofu Immortal Ship, right..." Xing said, suddenly realizing something.

"A fixed residence has been assigned to you. The system is beginning to differentiate you. Please select your desired mode," the system responded.

"Select mode? What does that mean?" Xing asked curiously.

"Before you left the unknown planet, this system served as a temporary summoning system to protect you and provide you with your own legion. Now that you have left the danger and have a permanent settlement, the formal differentiation will begin," the system responded.

"Can I still summon those monsters or something?" Xing asked.

"The system's differentiation will not affect the summoning module. This module is a separate module, and in addition to summoning monsters, it can also acquire starships in the future," the system responded.

"Hmm... okay, tell me what your differentiation is?" Xing thought for a moment and asked.

"PC/mobile game development, military expansion, Q&A live streaming short videos, identity usage, acquisition of concepts/ordinary powers," the system responded.

“Well, aside from military expansion, that’s almost everything I know,” Xing sighed.

"Please make a differentiation selection." The system prompted.

"What do you mean by military expansion?" Xing asked after thinking for a moment.

"After the military division, you will receive a resource universe and be provided with an unknown number of interstellar fleets, and launch attacks on other universes from the resource universe as the center," the system responded.