Starting Cultivation in Wasteland

Chapter 1105: Chapter 971: No Privacy

The adventure of the Flower Scorpion, while it came at a considerable cost, also yielded significant rewards.

At least everyone was interested in the memories she received in her mind.

Fortunately, Qu Jianlei could keep things under control; otherwise, seeing how anxious the Paranoid was, he might have resorted to violence.

However, to be fair, Qu Jianlei truly deserved his status as the leader; he was not only decent in handling things but also impressive with his calculation skills.

In the memories received by Flower Scorpion, this was the most crucial aspect.

In the storage bag obtained by Lund, there were some other items.

But unfortunately, the storage bag was damaged shortly after acquiring it.

This was a significant loss for Lund because he only managed to retrieve some items, many of which he had already used.

Besides, something that Qu Jianlei and the others were concerned about was the mysteriously disappeared Gedley.

However, this person had indeed vanished mysteriously, even Lund didn’t know where he went.

After sorting through the related gains, everyone decided to return directly to the Warhammer Star Realm, instead of visiting Hope or Celestial Hook.

Because Lund’s appearance reminded everyone that the path of cultivation is far beyond what they understood.

Lund was unprepared and caught off guard due to the lack of caution.

If the opponent had more Supreme Ghosts or a few more Supreme teammates, it’s uncertain who would have won.

Half a month later, the Ominous Ship landed on Homeland Star and quickly took off again.

Then Qu Jianlei and others arrived at Paradise Star, beginning another concentrated cultivation session.

This excursion lasted half a year, not considered too short.

However, they gained hard currency up to three billion, which completely relieved economic pressure and was enough to satisfy them.

Even though the cash flow was abundant, Qu Jianlei did not plan to repay the loan for purchasing the computer set in advance.

The reasoning stood, the gains from Lund’s case couldn’t be explained to others, apart from Hillary’s eight-billion compensation.

If the debt was repaid in one go, someone might associate these two instances together.

Although they were across two star realms, one in the Celestial River and one in the Sirius,

paying a dozen billion in cash all at once was certainly not a small sum.

So it’s best to repay slowly; at most, there would just be that bit of interest; spending the stolen money really isn’t painful.

On the fifth day back in Paradise, Qu Jianlei found Bentley.

"Old Ben, you’re in good form now. Here’s a pill, take it in seclusion, don’t tell anyone."

Previously, Bentley, although he trusted the leader very much, would ask before taking any medicine without explanation.

But now there was no need, as everyone knew the leader could refine elixirs.

Under normal circumstances, such a strange matter like Lund’s should be controlled in terms of information dissemination.

However, unfortunately, the Supreme stationed in Paradise who didn’t leave was Mu Yu!

With the relationship between the Paranoid and Mu Yu, there couldn’t be any secrets between them.

In fact, the Paranoid described things in great detail for Mu Yu’s safety, intending to ensure she didn’t underestimate others.

But even as the information leaked during this stage, Flower Scorpion understandably couldn’t let Bentley, the old comrade, remain unaware.

Qu Jianlei understood all of this well, but he wouldn’t stop it, as long as the information wasn’t spread further.

The dangers on the path of cultivation needed to be known to everyone, not to mention the government on Xueye Star had already detected abnormalities.

Now Bentley understood clearly; since the leader wanted secrecy, he simply refrained from asking further questions.

No choice, currently there were five Supreme beings in the guesthouse, all strong Supremes with heavy curiosity.

As a teammate, he couldn’t accuse others of invading privacy, so all he could do was silently comply.

Two days later, Bentley announced his seclusion, and this lasted for over a month.

Upon ending the seclusion, he didn’t rush to exit the Spirit Gathering Array, indicating that he needed more time to adjust.

No choice, his face had become too young, and amidst the joy, he didn’t dare reveal himself.

Truth is, Bentley had learned the art of altering appearances.

But simultaneously, he was very aware that the vigorous life within him could not be suppressed! He couldn’t hide it from the other Supremes.

Of course, he also knew roughly the effects of the pill given to him by the leader.

It was no wonder the leader had said before not to worry too much about breaking through to Supreme level, as he would help resolve it.

Once the elixir was shared, the consequences... Bentley wouldn’t dare imagine!

He roughly guessed that Granny Jia might have received one too, but he wouldn’t delve into that.

Anyway, with this pill ingested, even if he ultimately didn’t reach Supreme level, he wouldn’t have any regrets in this life.

All Bentley could do now was work on stabilizing his breath, striving to avoid others noticing anything unusual.

Continuously keeping a low profile, Claire was slightly worried; seeing three months had passed, she reached out via hand radio.

"Are you alright now?"

"I’m fine, testing some ideas," a very normal reply; under Qu Jianlei’s influence, the team had a strong research atmosphere.

In truth, Bentley wanted Qu Jianlei to devise a plan to better conceal his energy, "What is the leader busy with?"

Qu Jianlei has been quite busy with several things, besides testing the expansion distance of the teleportation array, he’s also refining the super spirit gathering array.

As a result, he spends most of his time away from Paradise Star, going to Lost Star more often.

Teleporting over a long distance consumes a lot of energy blocks, so for safety’s sake, constant retesting is necessary.

Fortunately, he recently acquired some unexpected extra income, otherwise he’d really be finding it hard to make ends meet.

Apart from the teleportation array, Qu Jianlei is also testing and adjusting the super spirit gathering array.

This array’s impact is too significant, making it unsuitable for testing on Paradise Star... or any habitable star for that matter.

So, he might as well set it all up on Lost Star.

Besides this, he has started studying alchemy, a subject he’s clueless about and essentially has to learn from scratch.

Moreover, he has set up a spirit gathering array on Lost Star as well, for his daily cultivation use.

Currently, in the team, the Paranoid is steadily recovering his cultivation level, Granny Jia is just one step away from breaking through to above the Supreme level.

As the leader of the team, he can’t fall behind everyone else, can he?

On this particular day, he finished setting up the new version of the super spirit gathering array and waited to observe the effect after activation.

During the waiting period, he didn’t stay idle but analyzed the elixir formula for "Qi Recovery Pill."

At this time, Big Head Butterfly spun in his mind, "Boss, another military starship is headed towards here."

Lost Star shares the same star system with Gemini Star, and starships occasionally come to dump trash.

Sometimes, starships from the civil affairs department visit to observe the status of Garbage Star, but there’s really no need for military ships to come over.

Yet, recently, the military starship has been here twice, and it’s been less than half a month since the last time.

At this moment, the warship is still five to six million kilometers away from Lost Star, detected by the modified monitor made by Qu Jianlei.

This monitor is very small in size, just a bit larger than a fly, triggered passively, extremely discreet.

To protect the experiment site, Qu Jianlei has installed many monitors, capable of detecting as far as eight million kilometers.

Upon hearing this, Qu Jianlei shut down the super spirit gathering array and erased various traces—there’s still plenty of time anyway.

However, he couldn’t quite understand, "What happened?"

"I don’t know either," Little Lake replied sullenly, "You’ve been away for nearly three months."

Qu Jianlei blinked upon hearing this, "Have you established the communication channel with Paradise Star yet?"

This channel was entirely constructed by himself, connecting through multiple relay stations.

However, the latter part of the construction was completed by unmanned small attack ships, and he isn’t very clear on the progress.

"It’s set up," Little Lake replied, "But to prevent detection, I’ll use it only at the right time."

Qu Jianlei was aware of this point.

In his plan, unless there’s an emergency, neither Paradise Star nor he would openly use this channel.

If any starship passes by or other incidents occur, under the premise that the signal can be ignored, Little Lake can communicate with the doppelganger.

Little Lake understood his intention, "Five days ago, a slight universal wind passed through... nothing happened on Yunwu Mountain."

Qu Jianlei nodded slightly upon hearing and paused before saying, "Forget it, it’s better to go back and check."

Four days later, at night, the teleportation array plate in the lodging had some fluctuations, and Qu Jianlei emerged.

Claire was responsible for guarding the teleportation array at night, sensing the fluctuation, she happily spoke up, "Boss, you’re finally back."

"Finally?" Qu Jianlei raised an eyebrow upon hearing, "Did something happen?"

"Old Ben kept talking about you," Claire replied, "If you had returned three days earlier, he wouldn’t need to rush out of seclusion."

Upon hearing this, Qu Jianlei could guess the reason, but he believed that, with Old Ben’s shrewdness, he wouldn’t leak too much regarding such matters.

As for subtle traces, he didn’t pay much attention, the Supreme beings in the team are sensible people, knowing when to play dumb.

As long as things aren’t too obvious, so that the Supreme beings don’t feel their intelligence underestimated, there won’t be any major issues.

He nodded slightly, "I thought there was something significant."

"Old Ben has become noticeably lively," Claire gossiped a bit, but merely mentioned it offhand.

Then she raised her eyebrows, "The government issued a notice, asking Supremes to voluntarily report their identities."

"Report their identities?" Qu Jianlei was stunned upon hearing, "Has the Paradise Government lost its mind?"

Supremes, this group has privileges!

"It’s not the Paradise Government’s action," Qinghu appeared in a flash.

"Word is that it’s an order from the Imperial, conducting a statistical survey of the top combat power."

The next moment, another figure flashed, it was Granny Jia, speaking solemnly.

"Some of my friends have also had their identities investigated, seems like the Imperial is quite firm in its stance this time."

Then, the Paranoid’s spiritual power transmitted, "=ε=ε=ε=(/￣▽￣)/?"

Tsk, Qu Jianlei felt speechless, as soon as I returned, everyone gathered for a meeting...

In this small lodging, Supremes are indeed too many, there’s really no privacy at all!

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