Starting Cultivation in Wasteland

The dissipating nebulas... There are many similar missions, with the universe so vast, countless nebulas dissipate every day.

But discussing this task in the Sirius star domain, there is only one—it is the wealth of the Traveler!

There was once a nebula called Traveler, which appeared in the Sirius star domain.

Most places in space are very vast, areas without celestial bodies, hundreds of billions of kilometers of vast zones.

This nebula appeared suddenly in a vast zone—previously, no one had discovered that there was actually a nebula here.

The Sirius star domain is close to the core zone, but in this space, there are still large areas unexplored.

It’s like the First Emperor dividing counties, the zones are mapped out, but thoroughly surveying the areas is not a one-shot deal.

Even in exceptionally thriving counties, there are still places in remote areas where no one has ever reached.

These places are mostly uninhabitable, but not necessarily all of them.

As long as there are no major anomalies, one can ensure the prosperity and stability of the counties, so nobody overly worries about them.

Thus it can be said that this nebula appeared truly anomalous, and it moves along rather bizarre trajectories.

After the Sirius star domain discovered this nebula, the government began organizing an investigation.

When the government explores unknown spaces, it follows a set of procedures, first using unmanned starships to probe,

but during the jump process, the unmanned starships met with unexpected incidents, disappearing and losing contact.

This means that space millions of kilometers across cannot use jumps and can only rely on starships to travel long distances.

Simply put, after a decade the unmanned starships finally arrived at the nebula and found immense wealth within it.

This includes but is not limited to Gold, Energy Stones, various rare metals, and unspeakable abnormal energies.

These abnormal energies aren’t necessarily the Spiritual Qi that Qu Jianlei and his team mentioned, the unmanned starships’ testing abilities are limited, it’s definitely abnormal.

Abnormal energy may be harmful simply because the correct utilization method hasn’t been found yet.

Aside from this, there are also some ancient artifacts and even traces of divine texts.

Upon receiving related information, the Star Domain Government coordinated with the military to officially form an expedition team to explore the unknown nebula.

If it were in the Edge Star Realm, it would consider issuing a Pioneer mission, letting the Pioneer Team investigate.

However, in the Inner Circle star realms, especially so close to the core circle, the concept of pioneering does not exist.

The surrounding circumstances exhibit no major anomalies, the situation is generally controllable, why use civilian Pioneer Teams?

Especially given that the wealth inside is too astonishing, it can’t let civilian forces touch it first.

In short, the official expedition team experienced difficulties, lost many crew and starships, finally reaching the nebula.

They discovered that the wealth within the nebula was indeed massive, but quite unstable.

Due to the bizarre movement orbit of the nebula, they termed the nebula as "Traveler."

More than eighty years after Traveler Nebula was discovered, it mysteriously vanished.

At that time, the government hadn’t even had time to organize a formal excavation team.

The discussions on mining area division, related interest distribution were nowhere on the table.

Primarily, early expedition teams and the military escort warships suffered severe losses.

Thirty-plus starships went missing or lost contact, the number of missing and dead reached four digits.

For the Imperial scale, the loss of several thousand lives was shocking, not to mention all being professional researchers and elite military personnel.

The detection and surveying equipment damaged and went missing beyond count.

Even the few starships and personnel who escaped couldn’t explain clearly what they encountered.

This decades-long survey brought huge losses to the Sirius star domain.

Fortunately, during the survey process, the empire and military provided strong support, otherwise the losses would significantly impact government operations.

However, this matter did not thereby completely end.

In the years to come, countless people went to the place where the nebula vanished, trying to uncover any clues.

Because during the expedition most areas couldn’t use jumps, making each venture’s cycle extremely long.

As for danger, that’s needless to mention, the nebula disappeared but various abnormal fluctuations persisted.

Ninety-nine percent of the people who ventured forth never returned, and those who did could not explain how they returned.

Initially some reckless individuals attempted the risk for wealth, but over time, fewer and fewer dared to go.

Now even Awakened seeking redemption resolutely refuse this death mission.

When Celestial Sound heard Qian He mention this task, she immediately interjected, her gaze also very unkind.

The young master, hearing this, gave an awkward smile, "The wealth you seek is too vast, so I was merely suggesting..."

Qu Jianlei spoke calmly, "You proposed this suggestion, there must be some other reason, right?"

Qian He paused slightly, nodded gently, "Actually, we hold some crude information, but unfortunately, the path keeps changing..."

If the counterpart didn’t question, he wasn’t planning to share this information, but his thoughts couldn’t evade their perceptive eyes.

Mu Yu, upon hearing this, shook her head gently at Qu Jianlei; her dread of space deeply ingrained, frightened that the leader might be swayed.

She also understood Rhodiola rosea was a cautious person, but... wasn’t there the impression of desperation lately?

Upon hearing this, Qu Jianlei shook his head too, funds indeed being tight recently, but as one to survive pragmatically, why would he pursue death?

"Rather than seeking the wealth of Traveler, I might as well adventure in the Maiden Star Realm."

"Maiden Star Realm adventure?" The young master brightened up upon hearing this, "This could work, I can send some people to cooperate."

"You?" Qu Jianlei cast him a faint glance, without saying much.

But the meaning was clear, with your handful of people, why team up with us?

Qian He felt slighted but wasn’t angry; instead, he said.

"I can still invite three to five Supremes... I can try to get more Supremes."

Celestial Sound heard this and merely smiled, not speaking, but the disdain on his face was obvious.

Although their team also only had five Supremes, each one is a Strong Supreme!

The young master realized this now, understanding that the other side dared to think about contacting forces that could heavily damage the Imperial might.

So... really deserves to be underestimated!

Yet he didn’t mind, he had plenty of forces to utilize, but there’s no need to explain to the other.

This is the confidence of someone with strength, and so he asked again, "The Divine Text Association’s project, are you taking it on?"

"No," this time Mu Yu spoke up, expressing decisively, "That bunch is disgusting."

"Disgusting?" Qian He hesitated for a moment, then nodded with a bitter smile, "Not wrong indeed..."

"Then leave a contact, if I have a project, I can reach out to you promptly."

"No need," Celestial Sound stated directly, "Leave your wristwatch number, if there’s anything, just write it into your own wristwatch."

Can it be done this way? The young master was stunned, refreshing his evaluation of the three once more.

Turns out, they’re not just strong in combat power, they’re also excellent in data security, otherwise, they wouldn’t be this confident.

Does this mean they have a sizeable team behind them?

At this moment, he wanted to ask them, "My encryption level is very high, can you really do it?"

But this question seemed somewhat tactless, with a hint of provocation.

If he really encountered an emergency and wished to seek their help, couldn’t he just lower his encryption levels?

Thus, he chuckled indifferently and provided his number, "... How long will you all stay on Forward Star?"

Qu Jianlei replied solemnly, "Just passing through, planning to play for a few days, but not long."

The young master wanted their wristwatch numbers too, but seeing they didn’t voluntarily offer them, he gave up the idea decisively.

The conversation had reached a point where it couldn’t progress further.

Everything to be discussed had been mentioned, saying more might lead to speaking too deeply with shallow familiarity.

He had invited them into his room, but now... asking them to leave seemed unsuitable.

However, the young master was skilled at handling these matters, expressing straightforwardly.

"Rest here, if you feel bored, head to the hall, I’ll open another room."

As for how they got on the starship or whether they had rooms, he didn’t ask at all.

His arrogance was reserved for ordinary people; with those of value, his conduct was impeccable.

Vacating this room was just a small gesture of sincerity, if they didn’t want to stay, it wasn’t a problem, just some minor expense.

The three remained silent; the two women didn’t know how to respond, and Qu Jianlei was too lazy to talk.

But in the young master’s view, it seemed the three were used to such flattery and didn’t feel occupying the room was inappropriate.

Indeed, they were people accustomed to seeing the world; as he left the room, he mused quietly.

Next moment, another maid approached him, "The master requests your presence."

Qian He pushed open the door and saw the burly man once more.

The man nodded to him and asked solemnly, "Learned anything?"

"They’re formidable, not ones to provoke lightly," the young master replied solemnly, "The conversation was pleasant... thanks for the tip."

The burly man frowned; that wasn’t the answer he wanted.

"You clever fox, that’s as good as saying nothing!"

"The talk went well, it’s my resource," the young master replied arrogantly, "Why share my resource with others?"

The burly man rolled his eyes angrily, "Truly selfishly righteous, will they cause trouble for our journey?"

The young master shook his head after pondering, "I personally feel unlikely."

"Why?"

"Because they’re too arrogant," Qian He replied solemnly, "Arrogant to the point where even I can’t stand it."

"Such people, if they want to deal with someone, they’ll act directly, not bothering to hide."

"True," the burly man nodded thoughtfully, "Oh, that man might also be a Supreme!"

"Don’t look at me like that, hurry and leave, so you won’t feel discomfort during the transition."

The young master nodded and turned away; neither mentioned whether these three might be the ones targeting the Imperial forces.

Because it wasn’t necessary, their meeting was coincidental, and with the Imperial no bond of friendship, why speculate?

Don’t ask for trouble, and trouble won’t find you.

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