Palace of Astrum

Palace of Astrum is a subarea in the Central Starskiff Haven aboard The Xianzhou Luofu.
==Location==
==Points of Interest==
==Traveler's Guide==
==NPCs==
* Yukong
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* Greyla
* Xikui
* Yanming
* Wen Furui (after completing )
==Readables==
==Investigations==
===Secret Treasure===
;(After attempting to open the Basic Treasure in the Palace of Astrum)
:Yanming: Hello, , I'm standing right here! How dare you?
:Yanming: This is the Palace of Astrum, the private hub for the Sky-Faring Commission where important affairs are handled. You can't just muck about here like that — Hang on. What are you doing back here? Didn't I warn you last time not to mess around with official documents?
: But that's where the chest is!
::Yanming: That's also where your pathway to prison is. Just because you said something justifiable to you doesn't change the fact that you're about to become a criminal.
: This is part of the Way of Trailblaze!
::Yanming: The Way of Trailblaze... That makes sense. I heard the Express is running around in the cosmos again.
:Yanming: So you're one of those Nameless, then. I know exactly what people like you are up to!
:Yanming: Wherever you go, you just can't refrain from wandering about, kicking down doors to snoop around regardless of whether the host has invited you to or not.
:Yanming: Your greatest enemy is a locked chest, and if you can't open it, you'll lose sleep wondering about what's inside. Not even a trashcan is safe from your prying eyes!
:Yanming: With any living thing you meet, you'll try to strike up a conversation about anything. And if they're not reciprocal to your communication attempts, you'll check if a targeting crosshair has appeared on them.
:Yanming: If you ask me what the most terrifying threat in the entire universe is, it's gotta be your insatiable curiosity. As for the most fearsome creature. I'm afraid the Antimatter Legion and Abominations of Abundance both have to make way for you...
: Penetrating insight...
::Yanming: ...
: Hey, go easy on me!
:The man suddenly falls silent as he buries his memories deep within the shadow of his furrowed brows.
:Yanming: Because I, I was once just like you... I was once a Nameless. Akivili may have faded away, but THEIR legend still lives on.
:Yanming: I was bristling with the excitement of adventure, just like you. opening up any old chest with reckless abandon.
:Yanming: Until one day, l trod on some twigs sprouting from the sacred Vonwacq forest. The laws of the forest dictate that any broken twig must be repaid in kind — with two broken ribs.
:Yanming: Although my physical injury soon mended itself... psychological scars have cut deeply for the rest of my life! You're still young, and don't understand the terrors of following the wrong calling.
:Yanming: I'll keep an eye on you to help prevent you from going down the same cursed path I took.
:Yanming: So long as you're anywhere around the Palace of Astrum, I'll be watching you, capiche? A-n-y-w-h-e-r-e.
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;(Talk to Xikui)
: You're as busy as a bee...
::Xikui: Yeah. I was so busy, I almost kicked myself in the face. All in a day's work at the Sky-Faring Commission! Time for the guilds' list to be updated once again...
::Xikui: So, if you're here to invite me out for tea or theater, forget it.
:: Does it ever feel like someone here is slacking off? 
:::Xikui: Yeah, I mean, I only see you sauntering around as you do... Hang on, what's Yanming doing right now? He's staring daggers at us over here. Is he mad about something?
:: Shouldn't you hand over the guilds' list work to the guild to do themselves?
:::Xikui: *sigh* It's common practice for our secretary to process all of this paperwork. The amicassadors of all the guilds are tied down just from handling all of this year's materials...
:::Xikui: Hang on. what's Yanming doing right now? He's staring daggers at us over here. Is he mad about something?
::Xikui: Tsk, we're both working for the same Sky-Faring Commission, how is he able to slack off so openly?
::Xikui: Excuse me. I need to have a word with him.
::You watch as the two of them start bickering. each ducking the other's questions — bringing up each other's backers, whispering about other colleagues' incompetence. shouting about an already oversaturated workload.
::Yanming finally breaks for pause, just as Xikui takes the chance to shove a pile of documents into Yanming's hands — as if piercing him straight through the heart with a rapier.
::At last, victory. Yanming is stunned, before he slinks away, dejected. The curtain falls on another trivial scene from the Palace of Astrum's millennia-old office drama.
:;(Reward: Basic Treasure)
===Projection Sandpit===
;(Investigate the projection sandpit in the center of the area.)
: Projection Sandpit
:It is the holographic projection used to display the sandpit simulations. The Sky-Faring Commission uses it to study the movement of allies and enemies and formulate the best plan for the current situation.
:The Holographic Sandpit displays the environment of every part of the Luofu. When there is an emergency, the Sky-Faring Commission can rely on it to make a prompt response and wise decision.
:The workers at the Palace of Astrum use the sandpit to play warchess after work, and Yukong is the most excellent player among them. The game will lose all its fun when your opponent is Yukong.
:The workers at the Palace of Astrum use the sandpit to play warchess after work. Now, the best played hailed by the entire Palace of Astrum is a cleaner, who has defeated Yukong thrice and gained the title of "Broom Sage."
===Dendronette===
;(Investigate a dendronette.)
: Dendronette
:It is said that the tree will grow new parts in response to the changes in its surroundings. Hence, the Divination Commission will send diviners over regularly to trim its code.
:Occasionally, you will hear the workers at the Palace of Astrum talking about the green plants when the plants are actually blue.
:Placing bonsai trees in a workplace can improve work efficiency. Would a virtual one have the same effect?
:The Cangcheng Plum Blossom, which belongs to the genus of Prunus and the family Rosaceae, is a native species of the Xianzhou Cangcheng. It has become extinct following the destruction of the Cangcheng. Now, it has an appearance of a plant that gives out a bluish glow.
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