Starting Cultivation in Wasteland

The Lost Star where Qu Jianlei and others are currently located is the outermost planet of the Celestial Hook Star System.

However, eight million kilometers away from the Lost Star is certainly still part of the Star System.

Qu Jianlei had previously set up numerous passive warning devices, and Little Lake had discovered the Star Wars early on.

But in fact, once the intense Star Wars broke out, it couldn’t be hidden in space at all.

The Lost Star is dusty, with extremely harsh climate; otherwise, even with an optical telescope one could discover the battle.

Upon hearing this news, Qu Jianlei immediately felt a headache, "Damn, caught in the crossfire again."

Eight million kilometers might seem far on land, but in space it really isn’t much distance.

Especially since the Lost Star, apart from a few satellites, has no large star bodies within tens of millions of kilometers nearby.

In such a battle, it won’t take long to be noticed by the Gemini Star, and then the Military will naturally respond.

By then, regardless of whether the battle is over, the Military will certainly conduct searches in the vicinity.

If the battle has ended, they will search for those who fled; if not, they will search for potential hidden bases.

And as the largest star body nearby, the Lost Star will certainly not escape the Military’s inspection.

In fact, as a Garbage Star, it naturally has a higher likelihood of hiding people than ordinary star bodies.

The garbage dumps of human society are preferable to barren star bodies with nothing, and for these matters, Qu Jianlei is quite knowledgeable.

Not long ago, during the Imperial big sweep, Military starships visited the Lost Star multiple times and conducted inspections.

Later, it was because the Military strengthened monitoring of the Lost Star that occurrences decreased.

Now, someone unknown is fighting nearby, and Qu Jianlei is about ready to curse.

You guys fight your own battles, why must it be near the Lost Star?

In the vastness of space, where can’t you perish, creating trouble for others, is there any point?

Soon, new information arrived, indicating four armed merchant ships are involved, without warships or anti-smuggling ships.

However, there are also five small attack ships participating in the battle.

"No official starship..." Qu Jianlei grinned, then called everyone, "Alright, let’s all stop for now."

There’s no choice; if there were an official starship, in the event of victory, the Lost Star might escape the hunt.

In a battle between two civilian forces, when the Military arrives, it’s definitely going to search everywhere!

Upon hearing this, everyone had to stop their cultivation and began dejectedly packing up various arrays and clearing energy aura.

Fortunately, everyone wasn’t doing this for the first time; they were already quite proficient.

Everyone had been cultivating here for months; various garbage had been harmlessly disposed of, and the rooms had been tidied up quite neatly.

Qinghu couldn’t help but mutter, "These people must be bored; do we need to destroy the room?"

"No need," Qu Jianlei shook his head, "The aura from destruction would need to be eliminated, and if we can’t come back, it’s convenient for others later."

After tidying up, everyone moved to a cramped space where there was a teleportation array plate, which would collapse the space automatically after teleportation.

The Omen Ship is hidden six million kilometers away—this is a recent breakthrough in teleportation array distance.

After six people entered the starship, Bentley suddenly spoke, "Should we intervene in the battle between those two families?"

Faced with such matters, everyone was very annoyed; Old Ben was never one to tolerate trouble, deeply resenting any impact on team interests.

Qu Jianlei thought for a moment, then replied, "Better change to another starship."

The Omen Ship had finally gained some reputation, with a clear sailing record accepted by many planets, and it couldn’t be lightly destroyed.

So everyone teleported onto the 3344 Ship, approaching stealthily.

The four armed merchant ships were still fighting, but three of the participating small attack ships had already been destroyed, with two others missing.

Likely injured, they were recovered into the merchant ship’s cargo hold.

All four merchant ships were heavily damaged but continued to fight fiercely without retreating.

Two of the merchant ships had silver-white stripes painted on them, clearly belonging to one faction.

The other two merchant ships looked quite ordinary, with one severely damaged yet still furiously outputting firepower.

In short, neither side was any good; this battle had gone on for so long, with ample ammunition and energy blocks.

The ones with silver-white stripes had stronger defense capabilities on their two merchant ships.

Of course, this is relative comparison; in fact, the defense capabilities of both factions were strong.

At least in Qu Jianlei’s view, he had never encountered armed merchant ships with stronger defenses than these—definitely reinforced.

The seemingly ordinary faction had a stronger attack capability—mainly due to their diverse attack methods.

Simply put, the silver-striped faction’s combat style was more similar to the Military, pursuing an open and straightforward approach.

Their opponents, the two seemingly ordinary merchant ships, were more like street fighter mercenaries.

With heavy punches and sometimes employing dirty tricks, the damage wasn’t large but was quite effective.

Especially since their starships, though more damaged, showed no intention of fleeing.

Occasionally, there were attempts to leave the battlefield, and there were opportunities for retreat, but they would always come back from another angle.

The group watched the battle for a moment, and Qinghu slowly spoke, "Both of these families have deep roots."

Even she, who doesn’t often participate in Star Wars, could see the signs, not to mention everyone else.

Bentley sighed lightly, "These two families are really difficult to deal with. How about we wait a bit before intervening?"

Don’t think his experience with Star Wars is limited. In fact, during the years searching for Qu Jianlei and the others, he had been wandering in space all along.

The battles he’s participated in might not be many, but the Star Wars he’s heard and seen are definitely numerous.

Otherwise, with his personality, if he planned to intervene in this battle, he wouldn’t retreat at the last moment.

Qu Jianlei nodded, also helplessly indicating, "If the military arrives, we’ll promptly withdraw."

Put it this way, he’s basically certain that the forces behind the two battling factions should have Supreme entities.

Ordinary forces simply couldn’t equip merchant ships this powerful; key is that their will to fight is exceptionally strong.

In the blink of an eye, they watched for half the day, and the firepower of both sides slightly weakened but continued to actively maneuver and engage.

"What kind of grudge is this?" Flower Scorpion expressed surprise, "At this point, even attempting to warp is difficult, right?"

Qu Jianlei twisted his lips, that statement was quite correct; at least three merchant ships have completely or almost lost the ability to warp.

To say "almost" implies it could warp with difficulty, but consequences aren’t guaranteed.

In other words, these two sides, fighting until the end, most likely can only sail conventionally, making it difficult to evade the military’s pursuit.

Under such circumstances, yet they persist in battle, do they have such a deep-seated grudge?

Bentley sighed lightly upon hearing, "Then it seems unnecessary to intervene; otherwise, we might face the military."

Just as he finished speaking, a silver-white lined merchant ship was heavily struck again.

The ship’s protective shield dropped sharply, and a big hole appeared in its hull.

Seeing things were unfavorable, the merchant ship drew an arc and fled, not sure if it’s trying to escape or maneuver.

However, its rear gun was still tenaciously firing; their tactical skills were no exaggeration.

Qu Jianlei and others secretly watched from about two million kilometers away, never imagining that the merchant ship would head straight towards them.

Originally, the angle they chose was quite effective, using the light of the star and the reflection from the planet for good concealment.

This merchant ship approached swiftly, seeming unwilling to turn back.

"Really going to escape?" Celestial Sound raised an eyebrow, "This battle willpower is still lacking."

However, leaving aside the fight will of this merchant ship, at least its equipment was extremely advanced.

million kilometers away from the 9384 ship, the merchant ship’s active detection system found the starship ahead.

The active detection system’s range was significantly further, not to mention when boosted to the highest level.

But even so, 3344 was a high-fidelity warship with invisibility activated, yet it was detected from this distance.

"Starship ahead, we are the Steff Adventurer Group, we need your help, we need your help!"

"My goodness," Bentley was dumbfounded, "From such a distance... need to reassess our evaluation of them!"

"Leave?" Celestial Sound looked at Qu Jianlei, as the situation developed beyond their expectations.

"Steff Adventurer Group?" Granny Jia raised her eyebrows, "It’s from the Steff Count Clan... no wonder!"

Only the forces of Count Clans dare to recklessly engage in such wild battles.

Flower Scorpion asked, "Compared to the Haiyin Family... how does the Steff measure up?"

"Haiyin can’t compare," Qinghu responded, "Both are Counts, but the Steff Clan always has a Supreme."

"Moreover, this family has always been near the Core Circle."

The Haiyin Family is currently strong, but that’s largely because Rhine has been close to certain Supreme entities, prior to this, it was quite lacking.

To say nothing else, the location of the Haiyin Family within the Celestial Hook Star Realm doesn’t even qualify as Inner Circle, and this fact alone speaks volumes.

Seeing no response from them, the fleeing merchant ship became anxious, "Do you want the friendship or hatred of the Steff Clan?"

Bentley immediately retorted, opening the communication device, "Can you speak properly, the Steff Clan is quite powerful?"

"You!" The other side clearly didn’t expect a stealthy starship watching the battle to respond like this.

If you had any strength, would you need to sneak around there waiting for scraps?

"Not powerful? Listen, your starship has been requisitioned by the Count Clan, if unwilling... damn, is this a warship?"

The distance is indeed somewhat far, making observation inconvenient, plus the appearance of a high-fidelity warship is indeed intimidating.

So they decisively indicated, "Our opponent is the Archeological Society, it’s the Archeological Society!"

"That’s an illegal civilian organization, and since you are a warship, you have the obligation to capture them!"

Qu Jianlei and others exchanged glances upon hearing, surprised, so it’s the Archeological Society?

"Participate?" Flower Scorpion asked quietly, "Xiang Xue is still in Paradise."