<h4>Chapter 265: Simple and Crude Yet, Effective</h4>


    Trantor: EndlessFantasy Trantion Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion


    With the exception of totalitarian civilisations, all societies—Aerymian included—had opposition and dissidents. These dissidents were not necessarily extremists or evil. They had good intentions but, due to certain realities, their ideologies were notpatible with their rulers. The situation in Aerym was better. They were much more united than most mortal civilisations; although there were people of different political ideologies, they had the same zeal in protecting the Aerymian Civilisation. With this premise, the Lotto Group garnered the support of arge elven following, which consisted of those who opposed the migration decision.


    To put it inly, they were just being overly sensitive and skeptical about things that sounded too good to be true. It was totally understandable. There were bound to be some who would insist on not taking the elixir even if it was given to them for free. So, Hilda did not force her will on the dissidents. She instead mobilised her covert agents, public opinion and political clout to gather all the opposition on Darklight Isle.


    It was sort of like the “gazetted venue for political protest” on Earth. Just that it was in arger scale in Aerym.


    Hilda’s n was to leave the opposition in the cold temporarily while shepleted the migration. Only then would she convince the opposition with facts to do the same. The blunt 883 captain felt that the queen’s move was a waste of time. He pointed at Kayber, a humanoid looking nt and said, “This is Kayber, a sylph. We’ve known each other for 30 years. It can help you with the holdout.”


    “A sylph? Hao Ren looked at Kayber in bewilderment. “A humanoid nt? Err… I’m sorry, I don’t mean to offend you. I just didn’t know nts could evolve into intelligent beings.”


    “Most people have the exact reaction as you the first time they see a sylph.” Kayber waved its leaves at Hao Ren. “As far as I know, intelligent nts capable of thinking in the Macroworld form only five percent of all intelligent life forms. And only one percent of these intelligent nt races have evolved into the Interster Age. Our basic life form isn’t built for evolution of the brain but, with the assistance of these equipment, sylphs have be the best transporters in the Macroworld.”


    Kayber showcased its lower body where its roots were fused with the machine. The machine was not just helping with its mobility but also amplifying its senses and speed of response. As amazing as this life form was, Hao Ren was more interested in how it would solve the houldout problem.


    “It’s simple. Follow me and you’ll understand.” 883 invited everyone out of the spacecraft. “I’m not used to staying onnd. The spacecraft feels more like home. Now, the first batch of migrants have almost finished boarding. Let’s go the ‘site’, shall we?”


    There were not many elves in the first boarding site. Excluding the required personnel, the spaceships were mostly loaded with various materials andrge equipment. They needed these things to first establish a base in their new home. Then, the subsequent migrants would be able to adapt to their new life on the new. The loading of materials and equipment was a lot faster than boarding elves, not to mention, there were teleportation devices on some of the spacecrafts. As such, most spacecrafts were already loaded up when they got there. Hilda understood this. She rose to her feet and said, “I’ll go with you. Vimm, you stay.”


    ording to the n, Hilda would go with the first batch of personnel to the new. She would be the spiritual support and y the role of a suprememander in case of an emergency situation. She would helm the outpost in the new until the migration waspleted. While Vimm would be stationed on the Aerymian ind chain to ensure that the whole migration process ended smoothly. The first batch of spacecrafts were ready to leave and it was time for Hilda and Vimm to say goodbye to each other. The young prince regent got to his feet and bowed before his mother. “Mother, safe travels. Do not forget to send back the first image of our new home when you get there. I will be waiting.”


    Hilda only had one thing to say. “Look after our home.”


    As everyone left the royal tform, Hilda looked at the dome above the city: the dome had protected the Aerymian elves for thousands of years; it was a sanctuary as well as a jail, which was slowly decaying. A never-before seen scenario was unfolding in Aerym as gigantic, interster spacecrafts hovered above the dome while transport vessels, fully-loaded with personnel and materials left the city in a hurry; the city streets were filled with elves—busy yet orderly, as the city was in itsst moments of hustle and bustle. The queen could not help butment. “I never expected things to end this way.”


    “Hmm, at least it’s a happy ending.” Hao Ren smiled. “Let’s take my spaceship. The Petrachelys is loaded with people too.”


    The Petrachelys was docked on the tform at the edge of the isle. It was not a cargo ship, but it had the most advanced cargo expansion space, which other spacecraftscked. So, it could move a considerable amount of materials and people at the same time. Hao Ren decided to join the migration fleet, thinking that he should not let what he had go to waste, and also because he could. The MDT connected to the mainputer and autonomous robots in the Petrachelys. From the very beginning, tonnes of cargo had been loaded into the spacecraft and it was almost filled to the brim at this point.


    Hao Ren did not need to get his hands dirty—and he also did not know how to.


    The 883 captain came up together with his group of veteran pilots. They became excited and surrounded Hao Ren when they heard what he said. “We’d like to go onboard too…”


    A female captain said with a broad grin across her face, “We never had the chance to visit the inspector’s spacecraft. The imperial spacecraft is one of the four mysteries of the Macroworld. We’re gonna have a look today!”


    “It’s not as mysterious as you think.” Hao Renughed, and did not refuse them entry. The spacecraft had different levels of locking protocol—no one could ess the highly ssified zone of the spacecraft. Everyone finally arrived at the tform, where the Petrachelys was docked. Thest batch of passengers were boarding: elven kids and women were queuing up with luggages while robotic squids were standing at the side to maintain order.


    Even though the autonomous robots were gentle, their appearances were not particrly pleasing. When it came to the aesthetic views of most intelligent beings, the consensus was a cold, mechanical monster look and tentacles were not the good kind. Under the instruction of the autonomous robots, the elves boarded without a hitch however, the flying, robotic monsters had frightened the wits out of many children and women. It looked as if they would pounce on them at any moment. Hilda’s appearance caused a ruckus among the elves but the good thing was, they became less nervous. Hao Ren could even hear kids shouting, “The queen has arrived!”


    “I will board with everyone.” Hilda waved to the elves. “Let us move. Follow the robots’ instructions.”


    The elves finally calmed down as they lined up and entered the spacecraft. The 883 captain and his friends were at the rear of the line. They mumbled among themselves as they pointed at the autonomous robots. “Do you think we can buy one in the ck market?”


    “Are you dreaming? It’s military! Anyone who gets caught selling this stuff would be shot first and questionedter.”


    “But, I’ve heard that they’re selling it in the ck market…”


    “That’s a modified version of the retired version. It’s inferior to the original.”


    “What if we steal one from here…”


    “I think that’s a little impractical.”


    “Why do you say so?”


    “Because there are two robotic squids pointing their cutting des at the back of your head right now.”


    “Oh f*ck, do they understand ournguage?”


    Hao Ren shook his head,menting; he found that he had to be really careful with these unscrupulous profiteers a.k.a illegal pilots.


    The Petrachelys finally lifted off and left Dawnbreak Ind. Smaller transportation ships and utility vessels were traversing to and fro, in and around the Aerymian ind chain, which looked a little busier than usual. Meanwhile, a few fully-loaded spacecrafts were shing their lights, ready to elerate and take off. Hao Ren flew his spacecraft over the space above Darklight Isle. It was extremely quiet.


    The holdouts upying the floating isle were indeed in an awkward position; they were unwilling to board the spacecrafts or negotiate with Hilda.


    “They are stubborn.” Hilda stood next to Hao Ren, visibly embarrased. “Some of them have actually softened upon seeing the migration fleet. But, people at the upper cadres of Lotto are guarding the entrances and exits of the isle. I am not sure if I should send an army in there to get those people out.”


    The spacecraft’s mainputer intercepted some of the telmunications in Darklight Isle, mostly of Lotto’s propaganda. The stubborn skeptics were urging people on the isle not to board the spacecrafts, and not to believe in the unknown, extraterrestrial civilisation. There was even a loud voice shouting, “We will not leave this city. We will stay here until the very end…”


    Hao Ren turned to Kayber. “How are you going to convince these holdouts to get onboard?”


    Wielding its leaves, Kayber contacted its subordinates as it yelled, “Vessel One, Two and Three, it’s showtime! Let us first work on the isle that I’ve earmarked!”


    Everyone was curious as three strange-looking, sylphic spaceships suddenly appeared from afar. The three spaceships were not like any other cargo ship; each one had a narrow and curvy shape very much like an elegant crescent. So, these were obviously not cargo ships. As the three spaceships approached Darklight Isle, they formed a triangr formation and rounded up the isle. Suddenly, a burst of light from the three spacecrafts formed a giant ring of light.


    Then, a transmission from one of the sylpic spaceships said, “Energy field has been activated. We’ll proceed first!”


    Meanwhile, some leaders of the Lotto Group could still be heard shouting, “Don’t abandon our city, the queen has been blinded…”


    Before their voices trailed off, the giant ring of light shed. Soon after, the three spaceships together with Darklight Isle disappeared.


    The houldouts did not need to get out of the buildings.


    Because, the mad, veteran pilots had moved the entire isle.


    883 guffawed. “That’s the way to solve a problem in the Interster Era—simple and crude.


    Hao Ren was left speechless.


    This was moving house at its best!