Starting Cultivation in Wasteland

Chapter 1084: Chapter 950: Another Mine (Second Update)

Qu Jianlei ultimately did not decide on anyone to stay, as with the foundations being laid in various places, his manpower began to run short.

However, the communication point on Purple Star must be maintained, so he could only reconsider who to send later.

Next, they participated in the celebration banquet for the first batch of energy blocks being shipped back.

Zhan Donglai was not present this time; he only sent the Guard Captain, which didn’t carry an official tone but definitely represented a private inclination.

No matter what, the participants noticed that all five Supreme individuals who had previously appeared on the Star Body were present.

This means that the Ping’an Trading Group has kept close contact with these five over the past two months.

Otherwise, with the Supreme’s numerous daily affairs, how could the original crew all appear?

With the return of the energy blocks, it’s hard to say whether they’ve attracted covetous gazes.

However, the appearance of the five Supreme individuals certainly poses a powerful deterrent.

Duoduo also joined the banquet; she was unusually drunk because of her good mood and rested at headquarters that day.

By the next afternoon, when she returned to Shanshui Small Building, she was astonished to find everyone had disappeared.

Fortunately, Flower Scorpion left her a message, meaning she left temporarily for some business and would send someone over again later.

Duoduo didn’t dare delay and reported it immediately—this time everyone had left.

Upon hearing this, Jilt was also taken aback, then sighed lightly, "Indeed, it’s about time."

"By the way, increase the development of the energy stone ores, leverage their left-behind deterrence, and further bind them."

As a businessman, he clearly understands the influence of interests on people, and Ping’an’s only way to appeal is through interests.

Then focus on exerting force in each one’s area of expertise to achieve sincere cooperation...

Qu Jianlei and others returned to Paradise Star and received good news: Claire had gone into seclusion and was about to break through to B-level.

With the improved Cultivation Technique from the leader, now no one in the team fears breaking through, basically passing anything below A-level easily.

As for breaking through to Supreme... no one has tried yet, and results cannot be predicted.

Claire had been suppressed at C-level for a long time, and this time the breakthrough was exceptionally smooth, taking only three days.

Qu Jianlei finally used all his transport power and moved the entire large computer setup.

The setup was installed in Paradise; Homeland Star, though more peaceful, was mainly agriculture and animal husbandry, not consuming many energy blocks.

Yunwu Mountain here is a tourist area, and the homestays primarily highlight luxury style, consuming more energy blocks without drawing attention.

Next, Qu Jianlei went to Homeland and finally found a suitable candidate to go to Purple Star—Xiao Moshan.

Shadowless Blade’s advancement to A-level wasn’t long ago, and there’s no rush to breakthrough in the short term, making him suitable for foreign assignments.

He and Flower Scorpion both have Wind Attributes, but truthfully, he’s more suitable for solitary living and action.

Ignoring gender, both are quite alert, but Xiao Moshan has evaded being wanted for years, with exceptionally rich survival experience.

Old Xiao has a bit of a one-track mind, but he’d rather risk being silenced by his teammates than not return to the army; he’s a person of obsession.

So Qu Jianlei handed over the Spirit Gathering Array and Teleportation Array Plate to him and felt assured.

Upon hearing about this foreign assignment, Xiao Qin also actively applied, as she felt the homestay’s miscellaneous tasks were too many.

She’s been at B-level for years and has vaguely touched the threshold for A-level breakthroughs, wanting to focus on cultivation for a while.

Truthfully, if Xiao Qin applied for the task alone, Qu Jianlei would indeed be uneasy about giving her the array and array plates.

Besides trustworthiness, it also deals with decision-making ability and execution capability, in which Xiao Qin is slightly lacking in all three.

The Fourth Master also recommended two people, who were with him when working as Star Thieves, and afterward went to the Living Dead together.

It’s unknown how he contacted them, knowing that both have not been doing very well recently.

However, this request was postponed by Qu Jianlei, as his team is not only skilled but involved in too many secrets, so there’s no rush to recruit.

In addition, Qu Jianlei also refined a large number of Teleportation Array Plates, arranging for everyone to go to various planets to deploy.

Three months flew by, and Little Lake finally calculated the preliminary version of the Super Qi Gathering Array and Spirit Gathering Array.

Qu Jianlei plans to defer the improvement of the Super Qi Gathering Array, concentrating efforts on enhancing the Spirit Gathering Array.

For the former, he has ones available for temporary use.

Next, it’s time to procure materials again, which are more strictly controlled this time.

Purchasing on Paradise Star isn’t impossible, but attracting others’ attention is quite unnecessary.

Qu Jianlei also has planning for this; by this time, the gold mine on Qingsha Star should have some indication.

A large number of Teleportation Array Plates were deployed earlier, and several starships felt overused, needing maintenance.

On Lost Star, Qu Jianlei spent half a month completing maintenance work for each ship.

It’s... very costly, including deploying Teleportation Array Plates, consuming several tens of millions overall, and he again faced financial strain.

But these investments are necessary; many planets have three to four Teleportation Array Plates installed, focusing mainly on safety.

As the time to leave arrived again, Qu Jianlei began to count the manpower for outgoing tasks.

Homeland Star continued to be guarded by the Fourth Master and Youyou, with Youyou also close to advancing to A-level.

Their relationship is a very stable friendship; it’s unclear why it hasn’t progressed further.

However, after being stationed on Homeland Star for a long time, they’ve become familiar with the neighbors and increasingly resemble farm-living folks.

If needed, the two could travel to Paradise Star for leisure and shopping, as long as they temporarily put away the Qi Gathering Array, leaving briefly wouldn’t be an issue.

Many here in Paradise want to leave—apart from Bentley, everyone wants to go out for a stroll.

Old Ben has recently achieved some progress with cultivation using the Spirit Gathering Array and cannot leave temporarily.

Though he can be a combat power for holding the ground, it’s not advisable for him to act rashly, so Qu Jianlei left Mu Yu behind.

Mu Yu is still far from breaking through to the Supreme level; his progress is even slower than Qinghu’s, so he needs to focus more on cultivation.

In addition, Qu Jianlei persuaded Xiang Xue to stay; she has been managing this place as the supervisor for too long, knowing all the local faces.

He promised to take her out next time.

Xiang Xue could only give up reluctantly, "I wanted to experience the legendary near-earth teleportation, truly disappointing."

The group drives the Omen Ship, typically stopping at Iron Wood Star to verify each individual’s whereabouts.

Actually, they didn’t stay long, directly teleporting to the 8384 ship in space,

Afterwards, 8384 navigated for a few days, and then teleported to Qingsha Star.

Claire teleported for the first time, feeling dizzy upon arriving at 8384, and then again when reaching Qingsha Star.

This was fortunate as she was B-level, otherwise the negative reaction would have been stronger.

She couldn’t help but voice, "Boss, why not directly jump from Iron Wood to Qingsha?"

Gemini Stars are in the same star system, theoretically, the difficulty of teleportation is not that high,

Qu Jianlei could only smile bitterly upon hearing this, "I would like to too, but this has to be explored step by step."

Previously, the teleportation array plate on Qingsha Star was set by Flower Scorpion, located in a dense mountain forest.

No one complained, thinking the site was indeed well chosen, not only evading ground monitoring but also satellite tracking.

The group trekked out of the forest, taking a day to arrive at Koning Supreme’s estate.

Little Lake had already understood that Koning was currently on Qingsha, having not left the planet for a long time.

Upon reaching the estate’s gate, they were stopped by guards; Celestial Sound stepped forward stating, "Please inform Supreme Lord that an old acquaintance is visiting."

Koning was hosting guests in the courtyard; upon hearing an "old acquaintance" had come, his heart skipped a beat.

He raised his wristwatch for a glance, recognizing the visitor, sighing slightly, "Let her in."

The guard, typical of being oblivious, upon hearing to let "her" in, really only let one person inside.

The four Supremes and Flower Scorpion paid no mind—they entered to save face, it didn’t matter not going in.

But Claire felt a bit discontent, glaring fiercely at the guard.

The guard found it strange, but since the woman entering was the Lord’s acquaintance, he lazily ignored the girl.

Koning found seeing Celestial Sound alone strange; he’d glanced earlier, noticing she seemed accompanied.

However, it’s normal for only one person to enter; the Supreme estate is indeed not freely accessible.

Knowing this woman’s strength, he smilingly said, "You came at just the right time, let me introduce someone to you."

He then pointed to the woman beside him, "This is Hillary Supreme; you’ve heard of her, right?"

Hillary’s slender eyes and thin lips appeared acerbic.

Celestial Sound glanced at her calmly, nodding slightly, "Greetings, Supreme Lord."

She remembered this woman; back in the day when her uncle needed help, he also sought assistance from this Supreme.

Hillary’s wealth was immense, but she was notably greedy, immediately requesting the entire mine as compensation.

Kong Se knew of this woman’s large appetite but had no other choice, willing to give the mine to eliminate the crisis.

His condition was that after the crisis was resolved, he would offer the mine with both hands.

But Hillary disagreed, demanding the mine’s transfer first, otherwise she would not address it.

Kong Se understood the malice in human hearts, knowing this woman’s bad reputation for taking money without acting, occurring often.

Being a Lord, he would rather stand and die than be swindled into poverty before being humiliated to death.

Ultimately, negotiations failed, and Hillary watched as the Lord’s family met destruction.

Celestial Sound held a poor impression of the woman who profiteered from disaster, but the opponent didn’t aid either side ultimately, so no grudge was formed.

Importantly, Lord Kong Se’s relationship with Hillary remained lukewarm, far less than that with Koning.

However, in Celestial Sound’s plan, once she becomes Supreme, maybe she would seek an explanation from the opponent.

Anyway, asking the team to plea for this female Supreme felt unsuitable to her.

Hillary briefly looked at her, frowning slightly, thinking she wasn’t respectful enough, "You may leave now."

"I am here to see Koning Supreme!" Celestial Sound replied expressionlessly, "This is not your Lord’s estate."

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