Chapter 2712 - 11: Gray Zone
"It must be a special race, with so many species in the starry sky, having one or two special races is too normal."
"Sigh, in the future, when we rob, we must be careful with people. And while there are many opportunities in this gray area, the possibility of encountering the strong ones is also too high. This way, we’ll die someday."
The three Respect-Level Beings all sighed.
Jia Yan ignored the three Respect-Level Beings and quickly piloted the lifeboat, crashing towards the planet with signs of life and civilization not far away.
This planet was exactly the one the three Respect-Level Beings wanted Jia Yan to enter.
Jia Yan also heard what they said from afar.
In fact, they had no idea that what they encountered wasn’t semi-permanent star level but a super great power level existence that had reached the Galaxy Level.
It’s important to know that although the Galaxy Level is more prevalent in this starry sky, it remains a very strong existence. No matter if Jia Yan comes from the rural star region or not, Galaxy Level is Galaxy Level. If Jia Yan had not thought to avoid unnecessary trouble earlier, none would have resented if he killed them for their disrespect towards a Galaxy Level individual.
Of course, no one would dare voice any resentment either. At Star River Middle Stage, you have already surpassed numerous strong ones, and only those at Galaxy Level or above dare speak strongly with Galaxy Level beings.
"This gray area, it’s just as marked on my map, remaining a gray area. If it were annexed by the surrounding starfield, there wouldn’t be such overbearing Respectful ones here."
Because of the appearance of those three Respect-Level Beings, Jia Yan confirmed that he had picked the right place.
"That lifeboat, get lost."
When Jia Yan was waiting in line above the planet to enter its orbit in the lifeboat, a domineering voice sounded from behind him.
He was helpless again.
Didn’t he just not release his semi-permanent star level aura? Why does someone always provoke him?
He simply worried that if released, it would draw too much attention.
But semi-permanent star level isn’t much anyway; at least in this starfield, the semi-permanent star level is not high, just a middle-tier existence.
Of course, middle-tier is sufficient.
Hmph.
When Jia Yan released his Brainwave Power, causing atmospheric interference that only a semi-permanent star level could achieve.
"Uh, this semi-permanent star level Lord, please go ahead, I have eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai."
The high-ranking Respect Level being behind him immediately faltered.
Bouts of laughter erupted around.
For the creatures here, such incidents are seen often.
They had never seen such a small semi-permanent star level being before.
The creature that just clamored was hoping to take advantage seeing that the lifeboat ahead was so small.
Unfortunately, it hit a tough spot.
Jia Yan had no intention of speaking to him, simply ignoring him completely.
Following that, he simply didn’t suppress his strength anymore, releasing a faint semi-permanent star level pressure, causing all creatures not at semi-permanent star level around to feel a chill and not dare to come close.
Which was indeed fine, at least the disturbances were fewer.
"You... semi-permanent star level, are you? Okay, you may go in."
When Jia Yan passed through the checkpoint, the semi-permanent star level being stationed there didn’t even bother to check Jia Yan’s credentials, just told him to go in.
Whether one had credentials or not wasn’t important in this gray star region; credentials were binding and effective only for the weak; as for the strong, they wouldn’t bother.
Semi-permanent star level isn’t very strong but is barely above the threshold.
"Thank you."
Jia Yan expressed thanks, then returned to the lifeboat.
Nothing was unexpected for him.
Because these things are almost the same in other parts of the starry sky.
If someone of semi-permanent star level arrives inside the Orion Arm, any planet would give a green light, unless it’s a military secret or a planet like Earth that requires significant protection.
All in all, the planet in front is no military secret, nor has anything worth protecting, so this semi-permanent star level strong Jia Yan was allowed in.
If he showed his true body, revealing his true strength, it would likely make it difficult to enter this planet at all, considering such a powerful presence would raise high alerts among strong ones.
"Oh? The technology here is actually so advanced..."
Once Jia Yan landed on the planet below after piloting the lifeboat down, he immediately realized how extremely developed this gray area planet was.
Despite having a sense of disorder, and chaos occurring everywhere on the planet, it remains advanced nonetheless.
Flying cars filled the skies frequently colliding with one another.
Buildings could move by themselves, but the freedom was too much, leading to disputes and even bloody conflicts over property issues.
This contradictory feeling of being both advanced and chaotic was quite stark.
Truthfully, the technology was good, but the people using it were not right.
This didn’t mean the planet itself was advanced, but rather that the surrounding starfield of this gray area was advanced.
Taking the long view, even this chaotic gray area possesses such advanced technology; how splendid and advanced must a regular ordinary starfield be then?
"No matter about that, my purpose here is to see if there’s a proper channel to obtain a star core; if not, I’ll look for intelligence to see if there’s a chance of getting a star core from the nearby celestial bodies..."
Jia Yan came to this planet actually to seek information on star cores.
And each piece of such information is extremely valuable; if he wants to purchase a star core, the price could be extraordinarily high.
Jia Yan had never hoped that he could buy such a star core through regular channels.
Because the value of star cores is so high, even in the area near the center of the Milky Way, it’s something all strong ones want; there’s no way an outsider like Jia Yan could buy one, right?
They already consume it internally; it’s surprising to get it for a stranger outside like you.
His main objective is still to gather some intelligence.
"Excuse me, could you tell me where to buy energy items in your city?"
Jia Yan piloted the survival boat and suddenly intercepted a flying car in front.
Inside the car was a Heavenly creature several dozen meters tall.
This Heavenly creature was furious seeing a small flying craft dare to intercept it, ready to fight.
But the moment it sensed there was a semi-permanent star level being inside the survival boat, its mood immediately softened, plastering a smile on its face.
"This honorable visitor, there are quite a few energy selling points nearby. I wonder which one you’d like to go to?"
"The biggest one."
"Here’s the thing, you must be from the Outer City or an alien planet, right? I’ll give you a map, and also point out the route for you. Would that be alright?"
"Of course, thank you for your assistance."
"Not at all."
After the flying car Jia Yan let go almost fled in a hurry, a set of data was added to Jia Yan’s survival boat.
That was a map of the city along with the guidance path provided by the other party.
"Yes, I should first gather some local intelligence, like connecting to the network to download some information."
Jia Yan recalled the primary task he should have started with.
Unfortunately, when he activated the survival boat’s network feature, he found the signal wasn’t connecting at all.
The technological gap and disparity in signal module details made it impossible to connect.
"Forget it, it’s better to search later for basic materials on intelligence and geography. After finding those, the best would be to update Adisa’s geographic knowledge."
Jia Yan, having walked blindly through hundreds of light years in the starry sky, deeply understood the crucial role of intelligence, so he didn’t intend to waste time. Apart from sourcing energy, updating basic knowledge was also crucial.