Starting Cultivation in Wasteland

Chapter 916 - 784: Be More Confident

Qu Jianlei originally thought he could return to Celestial Handle Star to rest for a while, preferably for a year or so.Unexpectedly, the Paranoid clearly informed him that the Haiyin Family might not withstand the potential "strong allies."

He was actually a bit curious about what kind of strong allies the opposing side would have.

However, considering he was no longer alone, it would be better to avoid, "How about we change to another starship?"

The Paranoid pondered for a moment and nodded, "That works too, if you have a suitable place, it’s best to change to another Star Realm."

Qu Jianlei mused for a moment but still shook his head, "Let’s drift in space for a while, I want to see what kind of people might come."

The Paranoid waved his hand, "Don’t act on impulse, hiding first isn’t disgraceful; you’ll know who comes eventually."

Qu Jianlei was a bit surprised, "I thought you always liked to act recklessly."

The Paranoid rolled his eyes at the words, "If I were that brainless, I would’ve died over two hundred years ago."

Qu Jianlei nodded, true, being paranoid doesn’t mean being mindless.

The next moment, his eyes turned, "Why not, go to Celestial Blade for a trip and see if we can target the Mist Mansion’s agenda?"

The Paranoid slapped his leg with excitement, eyebrows dancing, "Good idea!"

Essentially, he was someone who feared the world wouldn’t be chaotic enough, "Once the Celestial Hook Enigma Mansion is thrown into chaos, they’ll definitely panic."

After saying this, he went out directly to arrange workers, demanding the completion of the current project within two days.

Meanwhile, a small starship had just emerged, located in the Star System where Celestial Sharp resided.

This starship wasn’t large, about the size of a Company Level warship, looking more like a private starship, but with plenty of weapon launch ports.

Inside the starship, there was a luxurious cabin about thirty square meters, with four people sitting inside.

One young man appeared to be only in his thirties, yet already with an A-level cultivation level.

His face was gloomy, "Master, it’s burdensome for you to make a special trip for my matter, I’m truly ashamed."

"It’s nothing," a slightly overweight middle-aged man shook his head, "but as for you, don’t let hatred influence you, it’s detrimental to your growth."

Another A-level female spoke up, "I’m curious, the Laval Clan acts with discretion, who could be so mad?"

When this starship approached Celestial Sharp, an armed merchant ship sailed towards it, looking quite shabby.

The female A-level inadvertently saw it and couldn’t help but exclaim, "It’s so battered, yet still dares to travel in space?"

"After all, the Celestial Hook Star Realm is somewhat remote," the A-level from the Laval Clan replied sternly, "not comparable to the Prosperous Star Realm."

No one could have imagined, the nemesis of the Laval Clan passed by them.

After Qu Jianlei’s group distanced themselves from Celestial Sharp, they rendezvoused behind a meteorite over ten kilometers in diameter with the 3344 ship.

He and the Paranoid boarded the Gao Fang warship, while the other five stayed on the 8384 ship.

The Paranoid already knew about Little Lake’s existence, but still was a bit surprised after boarding the ship.

"Artificial intelligence with full autopilot... can it already self-replicate?"

"This is basic operation, okay?" Little Lake’s voice came from the central control room, "I can also conduct fully autonomous aerial combat!"

The Paranoid shook his head, "Say less, if the Imperial finds out... you’ll regret acting so intelligent."

The Big Head Butterfly circled around but didn’t respond.

Several days later, the 3344 ship arrived above Celestial Blade Star, beginning its landing application.

The appearance of the Gao Fang warship attracted military attention, but after seeing the documentation, they didn’t inquire further.

Once the starship docked at port, Qu Jianlei and another person stepped out, as usual, inspected by guards—from the military.

However, the two showed their documents again and left Star Port.

Qu Jianlei accompanied Luo Hanshuang here before, so the semi-underground structures were quite familiar to him.

The Paranoid, though, after observing for a while, couldn’t help but express, "It’s colder than before, indeed it’s been chilling down all along."

Qu Jianlei responded with a question, "When you came back then, were there many Supremes here?"

"Seven or eight," the Paranoid replied casually, "but it’s nearly excavated here, the military intends to seize Mist Mansion."

Sure enough, Qu Jianlei guessed correctly, the military was eyeing the entire Mist Mansion.

Yet, after staying in Celestial Blade for three days, they were surprised to find that there were even more Supremes now on Celestial Blade Star.

Just the Supremes they discovered numbered nine, with six guarding the entrance to Mist Mansion.

Upon realizing this, Qu Jianlei had to admit, "I was a bit unrealistic; these people might be lying in wait for Ran Bingluan."

The Paranoid shook his head, "Be confident, remove the ’might,’ they’re definitely lying in wait for you!"

Qu Jianlei sighed helplessly; it was obvious that the Tribulation Thunder during Core Formation was the troublemaker.

Tribulation Thunder didn’t belong to the Awakened System, while Mist Mansion was left by the predecessors of Divine Land, which explained their precautions.

"Forget it, there’s no way to act here, it’s best to leave."

To prevent attracting attention from those with ulterior motives, they lingered for two more days, then piloted the 3344 ship to depart.

After meeting up with Bentley and the other four, the two starships turned around and headed straight for the Blade Star Realm.

The Blade Star Realm was very far from Celestial Hook, and just the warp state lasted for more than ten days.

After the warp ended, what came into view was a magnificent starry sky.

The Blade Star Realm also has mineral stars, among which two planets are rich in energy stone ores.

For the Empire, such minerals are no different from cash—in strict terms, energy blocks are more sought after than silver notes.

However, it is a great pity that the information related to energy stone ores is tightly blocked by the Empire and cannot be found in public channels.

But Qu Jianlei didn’t mind; his purpose this time was to cause trouble for Cyan Blade Commerce Association.

However, this matter was not urgent for the moment; he first set his sights on the well-known Cybertron Mineral Star.

This planet has a diameter of over 20,000 kilometers, with abundant minerals, but it is extremely hot with large temperature differences between day and night.

There are dozens of settlements on Cybertron, but they are all spontaneously formed by miners, and the government’s presence is weak.

After all, this is due to the fierce customs of the Blade Star Realm, where the government cannot effectively govern this chaotic zone.

Though the planet does have garrisons, they are stationed in space fortresses, not on the planet itself.

Occasionally, there are small patrol ships conducting inspections along the space orbit.

The government’s attitude is very clear; they only want to make nominal governance of this planet.

As for the fights and killings over various minerals on the planet, the government has no interest in getting involved.

After all, it’s an internal struggle of the Blade people; even if the government means well, people won’t appreciate it and will think they’re meddling instead.

If that’s the case, it’s better to let them handle it themselves, and the officials can just keep control overall.

According to the information Qu Jianlei received, neither the government nor the military inspects the starships coming and going.

In short, they don’t care about the life and death of the Blade people, as the minerals can’t exactly grow legs and fly away.

However, just as the 3344 ship was approaching Cybertron, something unexpected happened; a warship suddenly intervened for inspection.

Qu Jianlei was quite puzzled, "Since when did inspections start here?"

The military warship opposite was irritated by this, "This is the territory of the Empire; it’s reasonable whenever we conduct inspections!"

"Don’t give me that crap!" Qu Jianlei retorted without hesitation, "They clearly didn’t check before!"

"We could check before too!" The warship on the opposite side felt their dignity was injured, "Just because we didn’t check doesn’t mean we don’t have the authority to!"

Upon hearing this, Qu Jianlei understood that his words had touched a sensitive nerve on the other side.

So he decided to take a step back, "Then we won’t enter Cybertron, that’s okay, right?"

"That still requires an inspection!" The warship on the opposite side argued seriously, "Who knows what you’re up to!"

"Try inspecting then!" Qu Jianlei sneered, the protective shield of the 3344 started fluctuating, clearly beginning to increase in strength.

It’s not that he disrespected the military, but... the Blade people really are of this temperament.

"Duty calls!" The opposing warship was unmoved, "Now stop your ship... accept the inspection!"

"Heh," Qu Jianlei sneered again, "Try inspecting!"

He wasn’t bluffing; the 3344’s design was a high imitation of a military warship, and the other side hadn’t reacted immediately.

What does this mean? The Blade people are really fierce, and even the military doesn’t want to provoke them easily.

After finishing speaking, the 3344 didn’t move, and neither did the warship opposite.

"Hmph, I thought you had more guts," Qu Jianlei snorted disdainfully, and the 3344 began to gradually leave.

Seeing the ship resembling a military warship leaving, the soldiers on this side were so angry their teeth were itching, "Bastard, so infuriating!"

"You’ll get used to it," a colleague advised, "It’s not your first day in the Blade realm."

However, this person sneered, "I just can’t get used to it!"

The 3344 ship hadn’t retreated far, just a hundred thousand kilometers, closer than the distance starships usually keep when meeting in space.

But at least it was a gesture, and around the planet, there was no need to maintain too high a level of alertness.

However, the 3344 stayed here, obviously not planning to give the military much face.

After a while, Paranoid suggested, "How about we change direction and land?"

Qu Jianlei gave him a glance, "What if the military intercepts us again, then what do we do?"

Paranoid was rendered speechless by the words; this question was indeed difficult to answer.

If the military intercepts again, retreating would mean a continuous retreat, which for an instigator would imply a lack of self-respect.

If they don’t retreat, a big confrontation might occur; though the military seemed soft, how could they endure such bullying?

Paranoid understood the essence inside but still asked, "So we just wait like this?"

"Wait and see," Qu Jianlei responded leisurely, "see if they retreat."

However, this time the military was also infuriated, that warship sailed back and forth but didn’t leave, clearly determined to keep an eye on them.