Starting Cultivation in Wasteland

Chapter 1015: Chapter 881: Time Lag

The supreme leaders in the Military Region held a consultation and decided to assist Talina and launch a massive operation to capture Rhodiola rosea.

The reason is simple. Although Talina has been beheaded, she’s still alive, and if treated promptly, there’s a strong chance to save her.

Additionally, the actions of the Rhodiola rosea team have been extremely malevolent, and such provocation must be countered forcefully.

At this moment, the divide between the military and the Anomalous Management Division no longer matters; upholding Imperial dignity is the primary goal.

However, to ensure they don’t fall into the Rhodiola rosea team’s trap, the focus must be entirely on the surroundings of the shopping mall.

This includes three supreme leaders and a batch of warships.

As for Qinghu, things can slow down there slightly—anyway, it seems her actions only knocked out two Watchers.

Not long after, a satellite monitoring the forest detected a shadow moving by in a bizarre manner.

The shadow’s movements were extremely elusive, and unlike Qinghu’s initial precise positioning, it continuously roamed among various cover.

Therefore, the satellite only captured it when the shadow got very close to the forest.

This shadow... how should one say it... moved faster than Qinghu, and its body technique was even more mysterious.

Unfortunately, the person moved so erratically, and appeared so briefly, more information couldn’t be gleaned.

From the direction the shadow appeared, it’s very likely related to the person acting in the shopping mall—not in a straight line, but the angle wasn’t too wide.

At this point in the analysis, the military was nearly coordinated, and several more warships were planning to take off to suppress Qinghu.

The strength of the military is very robust; they decided immediately to prioritize dealing with Rhodiola rosea and then allocate troops to handle other incidents.

In terms of sheer numbers, if the Star Domain Military fully mobilized, simultaneously dealing with a hundred and eighty scattered supremes would be no problem.

But two issues remain: one is assessing the severity of the situation, and the second is following procedures.

Thus, the deployment of these warships is somewhat delayed in terms of timing.

Yet upon learning that there’s likely another supreme near Qinghu, these warships... were a bit insufficient.

First of all, satellites cannot ascertain what Attribute and Cultivation Level Flower Scorpion has.

On the surface, her body technique and speed are similar to Qinghu’s.

However, Qinghu herself has a Sand Attribute, with a tendency to be compatible with Earth Attribute; despite her exceptional Combat Power, speed and body technique are not her strengths.

Hence, the military determined a high probability that Flower Scorpion is A-level but couldn’t rule out the possibility of being supreme.

Theoretically speaking, Qinghu’s escape shouldn’t be difficult; even if there’s a reception, there’s no need to send a supreme over.

But practically, if the opponent is supreme, deployed warships might achieve nothing or encounter an ambush.

Anyway, due to the appearance of this shadow, the military can basically confirm that the opponent revealed another supreme.

To be safe, the number of warships will certainly need to be increased.

This involves corresponding procedures to be followed—the number of prepared warships in the Military Region isn’t small, but guarding the home base is necessary, isn’t it?

What if both sides are bait and the actual target is the Military Region?

This scenario sounds somewhat absurd; one would say no one would go mad to such an extent.

Yet the Rhodiola rosea group, when they go crazy, really cannot be judged by common sense.

Apart from past achievements, just the recent example is sufficient.

In broad daylight, in a highly crowded shopping mall, bearing the numerous attacks to forcibly behead Talina.

How greatly does this disregard Imperial dignity?

In short, the military was fully mobilized, yet there’s a slight delay in timing.

Seizing this opportunity, Qu Jianlei successfully joined the two women, then raised his hands to perform Finger Technique, casting Rainfall Technique.

At this critical moment, he no longer cared about exposing his Attributeless nature.

Moreover... Qinghu may not necessarily believe he’s Attributeless; she herself is cultivating other Attributes concurrently!

Qu Jianlei, while raising his hands to perform Finger Technique, took out various items, handing them to Flower Scorpion to handle.

Flower Scorpion, who was already instructed by him, swiftly placed the items, connecting various wires.

Once he performed the Rainfall Technique, it generated intense Water Element fluctuations, causing energy sensors kilometers away to start frantically alarming.

However, that’s irrelevant now; he didn’t plan to hold back this time, as long as they can get away.

The energy sensors are networked, and once alarms go off, relevant information quickly gets transmitted.

Meanwhile, those receiving satellite images from the military also noticed, "This is bad, the moisture is too dense; it’s hard to see clearly."

"Such energy fluctuations must be from an A-level Water Attribute full force, right? Are any of the three Water Attribute?"

"Even if not, it doesn’t matter, perhaps there are other Awakened hidden in the forest."

"But in this case... should more warships be dispatched?"

Once Flower Scorpion positioned the items properly, Qinghu could finally identify what they were, "Are these for making explosive devices?"

Flower Scorpion responded calmly, "Besides explosive devices, there’s also a powerful incendiary agent."

Qinghu turned her head to look at Qu Jianlei, slightly puzzled: Why would they need these for escaping?

Qu Jianlei saw the clouds thickening as rain began to drizzle, so he stopped and took out a few more items and assembled them.

He assembled swiftly, within about ten seconds, forming a disc more than two meters in diameter.

"Stand on it," he gave no explanation at all, stepping to the center of the disc first. "Hold on to me!"

The two women, hearing this, followed without hesitation, clinging tightly to his left and right arms.

"Close your eyes!" Qu Jianlei shouted, then lifted his foot and stepped on a circular protrusion about five centimeters in diameter.

The two women had just closed their eyes when they felt dizzy and had the sensation of their bodies being torn apart.

After a wave of energy fluctuation, the three were nowhere to be seen.

"Huh?" A very faint voice sounded, and beside a big tree more than three hundred meters away, a distortion appeared in the air.

Two or three seconds later, under the reflection of the rain, a shadowy figure faintly appeared by the tree, obscure and indistinct.

The figure looked at the disc, mumbling softly with confusion, "Is this... the power of space? Should I..."

"Not good, this guy also set it to self-destruct on a timer!"

It was clear that the figure wanted to ponder over what the disc was.

But the next moment, the air distorted again, and the figure suddenly disappeared.

Immediately following a loud bang, the entire ground shook twice, then bright flames erupted.

The temperature of the flames was extremely high, instantly igniting the forest into a blazing fire.

With the loss of human control over the water element, the rain sharply decreased and could not affect the fire at all.

In fact, the rainwater falling onto the flames was burning fiercely.

This time, Qu Jianlei used a self-destruct accelerant that was strictly controlled by the Imperial, and ordinary firefighting methods could not extinguish it.

The next moment, three figures appeared in a dim basement, stepping on a similar disc beneath their feet.

Qu Jianlei and Qinghu reacted a bit better, but Flower Scorpion swayed several times with her eyes closed, her face exceptionally pale.

After twenty seconds, she gently took a breath and spoke slowly with her eyes closed.

"Ugh, I feel like throwing up... What is this thing?"

Qinghu, however, had basically recovered. She turned her head with a look of shock at Qu Jianlei. "Near-Earth jump?"

Her perception ability was much stronger than Flower Scorpion’s, sensing the power of spatial tearing.

But she was still a bit incredulous because jumping requires staying far away from planets, which is the most basic requirement for jumping.

Otherwise, a planet’s gravity would cause the jump to fail, and surviving would be sheer luck.

Moreover, the spatial tearing force generated during a jump would pose a huge risk to the planet.

The concept of "near-Earth jump" had long been mentioned by someone in the Imperial, with similar stories appearing in many literary works.

However, just like "teleportation" in Blue Star’s novels, it was merely an assumption. The possibility of realization...

Alright, quite a few people had done similar research, and successively spent a lot of money on it.

However, the theory of near-Earth jump, ultimately, was not as ethereal as a "perpetual motion machine," and it had been constantly improved over the years.

Still, no one had ever actually produced a tangible result; no matter how elaborate the theory, it remained just that—a theory, right?

Qinghu was not interested in the principles of mechanical equipment and the like, but she was very clear about the difficulty of near-Earth jump.

Near-Earth jump? Qu Jianlei raised his eyebrows, thinking that this description was quite suitable.

So he nodded, casually stating, "Defective product, extremely immature, very high danger level."

Strictly speaking, it should be called an "extremely immature prototype," but Qu Jianlei wasn’t in a hurry to show off.

Just after he finished speaking, a muffled sound came, and the entire disc shook, splitting open a thin crack in the middle.

The slight trembling of the disc made Flower Scorpion suddenly open her eyes, then she swayed again.

"Really... so dizzy, the feeling of riding it is very unfriendly."

"We’re lucky to get away at all," Qu Jianlei replied absentmindedly, then looked at Qinghu.

"The device on the other side self-destructed, causing this side’s device to be destroyed too... nothing can be done."

He wanted to use this to tell her that he had paid a significant price to help her escape.

But Qinghu didn’t think along those lines at all; she was deep in thought as she asked, "This principle... like quantum entanglement?"

When the concept of quantum entanglement was proposed... wasn’t it also categorized as mysterious? Qu Jianlei thought for a moment and nodded.

"Not exactly, but close enough."

Then he packed up the broken disc, nodded slightly to the two women, "Let’s go quickly, we should be able to launch with a time differential!"

It turned out that this basement was very close to the Star Port, initially a small underground warehouse.

There weren’t many goods here originally; the key was that no one had touched it for seven or eight years.

Qu Jianlei felt that the likelihood of the owner using the goods anytime soon was very small, so he took the risk of placing the teleportation disc here.

Now Bentley had already entered the Omen Ship and requested clearance for takeoff at the Star Port.

Qu Jianlei’s planned operation assigned roles to the three of them.

The plan was set at the Star Port, Flower Scorpion for reconnaissance and backup, while he was responsible for killing and drawing official attention.

The main strategy was to leverage a time differential.

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