Starting Cultivation in Wasteland

Chapter 1042: Chapter 908: Throwing a Tantrum

This raid, Qu Jianlei and the other two moved quickly both to and from the site.

The spoils included a Storage Talisman, but apart from that, there was also a Protective Talisman—shattered beyond repair.

"This is really... unlucky," Qu Jianlei grumbled, "I wanted to figure out what kind of Protective Talisman it was."

As Qinghu sped along, he asked quietly, "How did you manage to snag the Storage Talisman?"

Qu Jianlei didn’t hide it, "After the last Thunder Dragon, I conveniently launched a Spiritual Power attack, grabbed the item, and left."

The Paranoid chuckled as he listened, "That guy had a Protective Talisman, there must have been other good stuff—I should have grabbed something too."

Qinghu didn’t feel Qu Jianlei’s action, but he truly sensed it.

To put it bluntly, Collins was a rare talent among the normal Supremes, possibly on par with Qinghu, but still not as good as these two.

At the same time, Collins was also assessing the battle—there were at least two opponents he might not have been able to defeat under normal circumstances!

One was a Peak Gold Attribute Supreme, and the other was an Electromagnetic Supreme with Wind Attribute Body Technique.

In fact, analyzing the four Supremes who appeared that night already explained quite a lot.

Two with Electromagnetic Attributes, two with Gold Attributes—he didn’t believe this lineup was a coincidence.

The Patrol Guard’s vehicles finally arrived, not because they intentionally delayed, but due to dreadful weather tonight.

Collins did not stay behind to interact with the Patrol Guard; he instructed a B-level female Awakened, and slipped away quietly.

Past intelligence showed that if the opposing organization had acted once and their side didn’t provoke further, the ordeal usually ended there.

He reached a hidden base with his injuries, then contacted the A-level with Fire Attribute who was with him at Ping’an.

Fortunately, the latter hadn’t faced any attacks today, but hearing about Collins’ encounter was quite a shock.

"So, how did it turn out, my lord, do you need help?"

"I’m injured," Collins answered flatly, "They were four Supremes, they spared my life."

Sparing his life? The Fire Attribute A-level almost thought he misheard—he knew too well how arrogant this leader was deep down.

Collins wasn’t particularly high-profile in the Scavengers’ headquarters, but his prowess ranked at least in the top five among the Thirteen Heads.

After a moment of thought, the A-level cautiously asked, "Sir, what should I do now?"

"Inform the Military, just say I’m injured," Collins replied flatly, "We can’t handle matters in Ping’an anymore."

The A-level paused for a moment before speaking again, "Should I brief them on the specifics?"

"Brief my ass!" Collins cursed angrily.

"I’m telling you this for your own good; you’d better hide as well. They don’t kill Supremes, but they won’t hesitate with ordinary A-levels!"

Last time was similar—Kopache only lost his sight, but several Ducas members lost their lives.

"Okay, my mistake," the A-level admitted decisively, "Where should I hide to be relatively safe?"

Collins pondered for a moment, giving a light sigh, "There’s really no safe place to hide. There are just too many Supremes on their side."

So many Supremes? The A-level cautiously asked, "Mainly Earth Attribute?"

"Today there were two Electromagnetic Supremes, and two Gold Supremes," Collins replied flatly.

"You can only imagine how strong their thirst for revenge is."

Qu Jianlei and the others returned to Shanshui Small Building by noon the next day.

To avoid drawing attention, they didn’t use aircraft; they rented a car for the journey back.

Another three days passed, marking the eighth day, and Jia Shuqing finally emerged from seclusion.

Among the group of five Supremes, she was the second to go into seclusion after Mu Yu, and everyone was curious about the outcome.

Granny Jia didn’t disappoint; upon emerging, she exuded a remarkably vigorous aura.

"As expected, Supreme Peak," the Paranoid nodded, yet he was a bit curious, "Can’t you control your aura?"

In his view, someone who had surmounted the Supreme should manage such control effortlessly.

Granny Jia replied with a beaming smile, "Just recovering, releasing a bit is good for the body, it’ll settle in a day or two."

Mu Yu, as a woman, observed another key detail, "You seem to look... younger?"

Granny Jia blinked her eyes twice, answering with a smile, "Thank you for the compliment, senior; those are words I love to hear. It must be true what they say—joy rejuvenates the spirit."

Qinghu also nodded along, "It indeed feels like you’ve become a bit younger, with vitality quite vibrant."

She will only get younger from now on, Granny Jia mused quietly.

She deliberately maintained a relatively aged appearance to prevent anyone from instantly noticing anything amiss.

Controlling it bit by bit, she would gradually appear more youthful over time.

"Qinghu, you brat, don’t you know how to talk to your elders, no matter how young I get, I can’t compare to you?"

Though Granny Jia could control her mindset, the sudden thirty-year life extension was a delight hard to suppress.

The key thing was, she had another chance to surpass the Supreme, and if successful, her life span would increase dramatically.

Needless to say, the Paranoid has only beheld the landscape above Supreme; now his soul is already four hundred years old.

So she took the initiative to say, "This time the gains are not small, and I need to settle them a bit. Is there anything on the Zi Hong star?"

She planned to take on some tasks on her own initiative, so that even if others found out later that she got the longevity pill, she would have contributed, right?

However, as soon as she said this, the other three Supremes looked at her with somewhat... strange eyes!

Qinghu even took the initiative to ask, "Senior Shui Qing, what benefits did you actually get?"

Everyone knew that Jia Shuqing didn’t have much time left, and even if she got a spiritual energy supplement, it was just to mend the foundation.

So the old lady always avoided fierce battles, although she occasionally created large-scale rain clouds, her methods were relatively mild.

Now she actually took the initiative to take on tasks. Who would believe there wasn’t something fishy going on?

"Well... the boss is really too awesome," the old lady called the boss very naturally, "You will understand in the future."

The paranoid one thought less, anyway, he had long known the perversion of Rhodiola rosea, so he wasn’t in a hurry to find out irrelevant matters.

"Recently, the calculation unit is relatively difficult to buy, mainly because the starship hasn’t been sold, could you go to Ping’an and push them a bit?"

The starship is painted with the Star Thief logo, and the propulsion system serial number is of a missing starship.

Even the weapon system is a hodgepodge, and the true source cannot be traced.

But without finding the mastermind behind it, even if Ping’an was willing to sell, the government would not agree, it’s still being held back officially.

"That’s not a problem," Granny Jia nodded, and then looked at Qu Jianlei, "Do you want me to go?"

"Well... the appearance," Qu Jianlei raised his hand and pointed at her, "Are you sure no one will recognize you?"

Among the five Supremes, the only one who might be recognized was Jia Shuqing, followed by Qinghu.

However, Qinghu’s state has always been good, and she deliberately changed her appearance, which doesn’t take too long either.

In addition, her control over her aura is excellent, so pretending to be an ordinary person is not easy to detect, and her chances of exposure are not high.

Granny Jia thought for a moment, then nodded, "Then let’s wait for a while."

However, it turned out that whether she went or not didn’t matter.

When the news of Collins being injured spread, the entire Star Realm once again reassessed the Ping’an Trading Group.

Because of the Scavenger organization’s special nature, few people knew about this news, but those who did were certainly not ordinary people.

In the eyes of these people, even Ducas’ security couldn’t compare to this vast organization spread across the entire Empire.

Not even worthy to carry their shoes.

But even such an organization, after Collins, one of the thirteen giants, fell, did not voice any retaliation.

On the contrary, it is said that someone sent a message to Ping’an saying that this matter ended here, and both sides were even.

How could this be considered even? Clearly, the Scavenger suffered a big loss!

In theory, with this organization’s secrecy, such a disgraceful message couldn’t have leaked out, but... wasn’t the military also involved?

The truth of this news is hard to determine, but the Scavenger has indeed distanced itself from Ping’an and no longer took related commissions.

Afterward, Ping’an Trading Group’s path became smoother.

After half a month, the government probably verified the news and hinted that Ping’an’s people could take the starship.

Of course, some corresponding quiet deal-making was inevitable, but that’s the norm.

After some little money was slipped out, the trading group quickly took back the withheld Star Thief starship, and the procedures were legalized.

Ping’an simply didn’t sell it anymore and kept it for their own use.

During this process, they also had other slick operations, causing Ducas to pay a sum of money—as if buying the starship.

Ducas caused the trading group significant losses, so compensating a starship wasn’t excessive, was it?

Of course, Ping’an still needed to repair the starship a little more since the repair conditions back then were too rudimentary and needed perfecting.

But the trading group kept the overhauled starship for their own use, also with other considerations.

After all, this was what they procured from Qu Jianlei, at least it’s beneficial for maintaining relationships.

The procurement money Ducas paid for the starship totaled 450 million, not too expensive nor too cheap.

It’s just a pity, this money never reached Qu Jianlei’s hands.

Because a detailed quote for the calculation unit group arrived, the price... was considerably moving.

Qu Jianlei took a fancy to a 600 million calculation unit, he just needed to tack on 150 million from savings to get it.

So he discussed with Little Lake, "600 million... The computing power is at least twenty times higher than that 80 million version, not bad."

This is called a large calculation unit, with more stringent usage requirements, but cost-effectiveness is non-linear as well.

Big Head Butterfly didn’t spin around this time, just laid down and rolled, "I won’t, I just won’t... I won’t settle for less than a billion!"

Qu Jianlei spoke with a dark face, "Then will we still live our lives in the future, we always have to leave some money as a backup, right?"

First was the Balrog incident, then the teleportation failure; these two unexpected events made him understand the importance of having provisions on hand.

"But on the Zi Hong star, our development is smooth," Little Lake continued to roll, "I’m still helping you keep track of all kinds of news!"

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