Starting Cultivation in Wasteland

Don’t underestimate Mu Yu and Qinghu just because they’re women; when they make up their minds, they’re no less resolute than men.

Granny Jia hesitated for a moment and then nodded slightly, "I support it too. I’m too old to afford losing face."

Flower Scorpion’s stance was clear, "I follow the boss!"

Among everyone, the most hesitant was the Paranoid. Besides the uncomfortable feeling of nearly two hundred years, he was also worried about Mu Yu.

But Mu Yu instead said: You nag like a woman, aren’t you supposed to act like a man?

With the discussion reaching this point, everyone turned to Qu Jianlei: it’s up to you to decide!

Qu Jianlei has always prioritized discretion, but he’s also concerned about his dignity!

With so many women deciding to take the gamble, as a man... he must rise to the occasion.

"Since everyone trusts me like this, I can’t let you down, can I? Anyway, if we live or die, we’re all in this together."

The last man, Xiao Moshan, showed a B-level sense of awareness, "Don’t ask me, my opinion doesn’t matter."

Now that it’s settled, it’s time for last-minute preparations!

Qu Jianlei directed everyone to dig out a large pit—this will hold the Energy Blocks!

If we’re going to teleport, we definitely need power, right? He’s used Energy Blocks for power before.

The conversion formula for Energy Blocks is roughly one block per person per kilometer.

Last time, Qu Jianlei and two others used a Teleportation Array for a distance of more than three thousand kilometers, and he prepared twelve thousand Energy Blocks at that time.

— Anyway, it’s always better to prepare extra.

For seven people across five million kilometers, at least... thirty-five million Energy Blocks, plus extra on hand would mean forty million Energy Blocks.

The pit dug out was big enough, and it housed forty-five million Energy Blocks.

With four supreme beings taking action, digging wasn’t too time-consuming, while Qu Jianlei took charge of setting up self-destruct devices and such.

He only realized much later... the energy used in space teleportation isn’t calculated like this.

By around two in the morning, all sorts of preparations were complete.

Everyone had a solemn expression, the impending mysterious journey brought immense pressure to all.

Yet no one backed down, not even the Paranoid who previously looked uneasy, as he said no more words.

At the same moment, a Starship landed at the Star Port of Star No. 3, completely ignoring the Star Domain Military’s blockade order.

But the military didn’t have much of a temper, even with two military supreme beings waiting at the Star Port for the Starship to land...

In the stone cave, Qu Jianlei released two Lifeboats, looking at Flower Scorpion and Xiao Moshan, "You two, get in!"

The two said nothing, demonstrating their support through their actions.

"Boss, do you have another one?" Mu Yu’s eyes lit up, "Give me one."

She had a scent pouch and a Storage Talisman, with the scent pouch given by the Paranoid, no need to go into that.

But she really hadn’t prepared a Lifeboat; she knew Senior Chao Yun probably had one but wouldn’t ask him for it.

Qu Jianlei took out another Lifeboat.

Mu Yu glanced at the Paranoid, "Alright then, you go in!"

"You wish!" The Paranoid’s face turned green with anger, "You go in... or I’ll oppose teleportation!"

"In that case..." Mu Yu thought for a moment and then smiled sweetly, "Let’s not go in, okay?"

The Paranoid hesitated for a moment and then nodded decisively, "No problem."

"You’re really pushing it," Qu Jianlei snorted, then looked toward Qinghu and Granny Jia, "You two..."

"No need!" The two supreme beings shook their heads simultaneously, answering crisply.

"Then let’s get ready," Qu Jianlei retrieved a bunch of items and soon formed a disc.

While connecting the Energy Pod to the Energy Blocks, the Paranoid asked, "Is this... a teleportation device?"

Except for Qinghu, all other supreme beings assumed that near-Earth teleportation required setting the coordinates of the destination.

Not one of them thought about using auxiliary equipment to achieve this.

Qu Jianlei while working, casually nodded, "Hmm, something like that."

Hearing this, the Paranoid vaguely thought of something, "Is it... an array?"

"Why so much talking?" Qu Jianlei retorted without hesitation, "Wait until the teleportation succeeds, then..."

Forget it, no need to make rash claims, "Hurry and meditate, do the final preparation."

The Paranoid took out a few A-level Crystals, split them with Mu Yu, and seeing this, Qinghu and Granny Jia followed suit.

The Paranoid glanced at Qu Jianlei again, hesitated, then said, "Boss, want some capsules?"

"Is there a need to be so fussy?" Qu Jianlei replied irritably, "Capsules aren’t needed now!"

Twenty minutes later, a massive Energy Fluctuation emanated from the stone cave.

This fluctuation was so intense that it even alerted the remote sensing satellites above.

Within twenty or thirty seconds, someone had taken notice, "Huh... what kind of energy is this?"

No one answered his question, but a warship received notification and rushed quickly to the scene.

The movement speed of the warship was swift, within three minutes, the first warship arrived at the site.

Below, the energy fluctuation continued and grew increasingly violent.

"This could be a good hiding spot," the captain concluded.

But he merely ordered the weapons aboard the ship to lock onto the target, refraining from initiating an attack, and instead requested instructions from his superiors.

Within two minutes, two more warships arrived and issued a hailing message.

"Attention to those below, cease all unknown testing on Star No. 3, otherwise bear the consequences!"

The response was a slight muffled sound, followed immediately by a gap in the ground below, spewing bright flames.

"That’s PPS751-type combustible agent!" someone shouted in the public channel, "Everyone be careful, it’s extremely difficult to extinguish!"

"Then all the more reason to extinguish it," someone coldly replied from the military command room.

"The opposing side might be planning to destroy something, all warships present, listen to me..."

However, at that moment, there came a gigantic muffled sound from below, and the ground began to roll and shake.

In the blink of an eye, the flaming gap vanished without a trace.

"Trouble, the other side has collapsed the tunnel," someone realized, "Anyone brought a sapper ship?"

In the night sky, where no one was paying attention, the air subtly twisted.

"There’s an abnormal spatial fluctuation!" a warship discovered the anomaly.

At this moment, the military command room issued another directive, "Don’t bother with the spatial anomaly, right now, hold off on excavation too."

From the area of spatial distortion, a faint voice uttered, "Still arrived too late."

"But this fluctuation seems strange... Why does it feel a bit uncontrollable?"

Indeed, it was quite uncontrollable when Qu Jianlei opened his eyes and was instantly stunned: Where is this?

Next moment, the Paranoid clutching him also opened his eyes.

"This feeling sure is... My gosh, we’re in outer space?"

Surrounding them was endless darkness, with faint starlight visible in the distance, clearly they were in space.

Immediately afterward, on the other side, Qinghu also opened his eyes, "Ah, indeed in outer space... Where’s the Starship?"

By the response time, one could discern the strength of cultivation level; Qinghu indeed ranked third among the five Supreme beings.

Although Granny Jia once reached Supreme Peak and even attempted to surpass Supreme, she ultimately didn’t return to her optimal state.

Mu Yu was the fifth to awaken, her cultivation level had largely recovered, and her spiritual power even stronger than before freezing.

But even before freezing, her cultivation level hadn’t reached Supreme Peak.

After staring blankly for a while, the five finally understood, they were currently floating in space.

Qu Jianlei perceived the surrounding stars, coughed dryly, "There’s some good news and some bad news, which do you want to hear first?"

"Good news!" the Paranoid replied without hesitation.

Mu Yu shot him a glance, "Isn’t the good news that we safely left the planet? Nothing’s better than that news."

Supreme beings indeed can live briefly in space, but to safely fly into space from Star No. 3, that’s purely dreaming.

"I know," the Paranoid replied cheerfully, "I just want to double the joy."

Qinghu nodded at the words, "Yes, I want to double the joy too, what’s the good news?"

"The good news is..." Qu Jianlei smiled wryly, "We’ve not warped onto a Starship."

Qinghu’s lips couldn’t help but twitch a bit, "That counts as good news, how terrible is the bad news then?"

Qu Jianlei sighed, "The bad news is, I’m very unfamiliar with this Star Realm... I have no idea where this is."

"That’s alright," Mu Yu comforted him, "Anyway, we’ve made it out, we’ll find our way slowly."

"I said, it’s not that simple!" the Paranoid couldn’t help but voice, "Do you think everyone’s as directionally challenged as you?"

He was more than aware of his junior’s situation, everything was fine except for a terrible sense of direction.

Ironically, Mu Yu didn’t think it was a big deal... If you don’t know the way, you can just ask someone, right?

But the problem is, this is space, even if you want to ask for directions, you have to find someone first, don’t you?

Hearing the words, Qinghu’s expression grew serious, "We’re still in the Mikhail Star System here, right?"

Star No. 3 is located within the Mikhail Star System, just a few million kilometers away; could it really be outside the Star System?

However, Granny Jia spoke up, her expression solemn, "This... probably isn’t the Hope Star Realm!"

She has stayed in the Hope Star Realm for too long, at least in star map identification, she’s even stronger than most navigators.

"Not in the Hope Star Realm?" Qinghu was taken aback hearing it; she knew that Jia Shuqing never liked to joke.

Then she looked at Qu Jianlei in shock, "How could you warp so far?"

"Take your time, no hurry," Mu Yu raised a hand, releasing a lifeboat.

The boat wasn’t big, Qu Jianlei first encountered Rhine aboard a similar vessel.

Still, it was sufficient for the current five people plus two rescue pods.

Qu Jianlei felt a bit puzzled: I know your sachet is quite sizable, but would you really carry such a thing?

So, is it true "Men are from Mars, women are from Venus"?

Then he turned his head slightly, his gaze somewhat momentarily vacant.

Beside Granny Jia, a lifeboat appeared, astonishingly... the same model as Mu Yu’s!

Could that be considered wearing matching outfits?

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