Starting Cultivation in Wasteland

What? Qu Jianlei was a bit confused, the First Deputy Governor of Star No. 4... caught?

Subconsciously, the phrase "blacklisted" popped into his head, but that was the government system, unlikely to be related to him, right?

"He got arrested... what earth-shattering event happened?"

"He broke a big taboo," Camille answered calmly, "We haven't fully figured it out."

Of course, I know it's a big deal, thought Qu Jianlei, isn't this stating the obvious? "Then why should I run away?"

"You're a person from his residence," Camille seemed a bit schadenfreude, "The taboo... everyone related to him got caught."

Everyone got caught? Qu Jianlei was stupefied, the commotion was too big, he couldn't help but ask, "Related to the Divine Text?"

"Shush, don't say those two words," Camille jumped visibly.

"Now on Star No. 4, people are being arrested everywhere, try not to say these sensitive words!"

Qu Jianlei froze for a moment, instinctively replied, "Rest assured, our communication is relatively safe."

Camille responded bluntly, "Unsafe!"

"If not for the fact that you just had to help, I wouldn't even tell you this news... don't underestimate this matter!"

Qu Jianlei hesitated before speaking, "Do you know anything about Hell... that person?"

"Seriously injured and caught," Camille responded without hesitation, "Hoyel's guard team was completely wiped out."

"Not just Hertman himself, he's the Guard Captain, all direct relatives were caught too."

"Wow," Qu Jianlei was astonished upon hearing this, even Gradi was caught, what kind of trouble is this?

The next moment, he asked in a low voice, "I'm just a special consultant... can't escape either?"

Camille answered steadily, "Better to mistakenly catch than to let go... your relatives and friends might be spared."

Qu Jianlei pondered and asked again, "Who's responsible for catching people?"

"Star Domain Government and the military," Camille answered crisply, "You don't need to ask anymore, run away."

"One last question," Qu Jianlei gritted his teeth, "How long will it take to find out the reason?"

"Find out the reason..." Camille was a bit speechless, "I've told you so much, already taking a huge risk."

Qu Jianlei answered without hesitation, "A million... if that's not enough, name your price."

"Sigh, I still owe you two pieces of information," Camille sighed lightly, "Consider this as another piece of info."

"But I advise you, it's unnecessary to find this out, escape first, hide for twenty or thirty years then talk."

Qu Jianlei pondered for a moment before stating, "I'm not doing this for myself, I want to know if my companions will be affected."

"Your companions..." Camille fell silent, after a while she replied, "Three days!"

"Such a big thing, three days should be enough to figure it out, protect yourself first!"

"No problem, I owe you one," Qu Jianlei ended the communication.

Fortunately, in these days, though Bai Tian followed the rules during the day, he usually concealed his whereabouts at night.

In recent days, he's been synthesizing Paraquat, choosing a safe house away from downtown.

After thinking for a moment, he instructed Xiao Hu, "Help keep an eye on Star No. 2, to see when the warrant against me comes out."

The Big Head Butterfly circled twice, "I suggest pulling out the terminal of the Customs Enforcement Division."

"That's no problem," Qu Jianlei responded without hesitation, "I'm counting on you, let me finish my work first."

Although he was baffled, the situation was unprecedentedly dire, he still had to continue synthesizing Paraquat.

He had promised someone, he wouldn't leave halfway, besides now he didn't know what he could do either.

When daylight arrived, he stopped and took stock, manufacturing a total of over 230 kilograms of toxin.

Originally, he thought 200 kilograms would be enough, but now the situation changed, he had to produce more for self-defense.

He considered the perception of Wood Attribute, however, someone else's life can't be greater than his own, right?

But when he left the safe house, Xiao Hu said they had yet to find any warrant for him.

Was Camille joking? Qu Jianlei shook his head, ruled out the possibility, he didn't think she could be that idle.

Perhaps it's a secret arrest! He made an assumption.

Despite Camille casually delivering the news, it seemed like not many insiders knew, got to realize, they're cleaning crew!

Even they didn't know why Hoyel was caught, the possibility of a secret arrest was very high.

So now contacting Zi Jiu Immortal or Xiang Xue isn't very safe!

Also, it's just dawn, contacting them at this moment doesn't seem very appropriate either.

Qu Jianlei simply changed his appearance and headed straight to Green Water Academy.

He greeted the gatekeeper amicably, took advantage of the latter's daze, and entered the academy.

He spent ten minutes searching for Zi Jiu Immortal, not that he couldn't be faster, he just didn't want to arouse suspicion.

Then Qu Jianlei was surprised to find that the female professor was temporarily assigned a task: collaborating on improving a piece of machinery.

It sounded fine initially, she's a teacher supporting education off-planet, just returned, temporarily without teaching duties.

So isn't it normal to arrange a project to help casually?

However, when Qu Jianlei checked the location where she was helping out, he realized something was off.

It was an offline production laboratory, a very large workshop, not a small research lab.

Moreover, this workshop was in the assembly center of the Mechanical Engineering Department, with four or five such workshops.

The key is that this kind of workshop was entrusted with the heavy responsibility of turning research into applications, and security is very strict.

No matter which academy, they can't ignore their own intellectual property,

For Qu Jianlei, not only was access control not easy to enter, but there were also too many surveillance cameras inside.

Therefore, even if he managed to sneak in, trying to contact Zi Jiu Immortal would be very unsafe.

He thought about it for a while and decided not to contact her to avoid implicating her.

Disappointedly leaving the academy, he changed his appearance and clothes, then went to the Old City Library for a walk.

The library seemed unchanged, but there were a few idle people across the street.

Qu Jianlei still harbored some luck, thinking maybe he was scaring himself, but now it seems... there really might be a problem.

Thinking for a moment, he asked Xiao Hu to use a vortex to contact Sofia... of course, through a jump board.

"Hello, I heard you offer commercial guide services?"

"Yes... yes," Sofia's voice sounded a bit tense, "Who recommended you?"

"I heard it by chance," Qu Jianlei replied using a voice changer, "Could you tell me about the charges?"

He chose an audio conversation, but in fact, Xiao Hu had quietly activated the other party's camera.

As Sofia responded, Qu Jianlei could already see a blank-faced man standing behind her.

Patiently listening to the other party's introduction, Qu Jianlei said he needed to think about it, then casually hung up the call.

As soon as he hung up, Sofia's expression slightly changed, looking at the woman in front of her with fear.

"This voice doesn't sound like him... I didn't make any indication either."

There were three people beside her, two men and one woman.

The woman ignored her words and asked with a blank expression, "Have you locked the location?"

"No," another man shook his head, "The other party is using a proxy call, quite suspicious."

"Then investigate!" The woman rubbed her forehead and spoke helplessly, "Do it as quickly as possible."

The man behind Sofia spoke, "A Modified Warrior... is he really worth it?"

"I also thought he wasn't worth it," the woman answered wearily, "but now I must tell you two, it's definitely worth it!"

"Due to confidentiality regulations, I can't explain too much, but I can warn you that his fearsome nature far exceeds your imagination."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the two men slightly changed, then they looked at Sofia in unison.

"So... should we take this woman back?"

"First, lure her," the woman rubbed her forehead again, sighing in frustration, "Damn, could the news have leaked?"

Qu Jianlei had already confirmed that the other party had truly cast the Celestial Net over him.

"This damn intuition, can't it be wrong once?"

Now it wasn't suitable to contact Xiang Xue either, Qu Jianlei quickly left the library.

Next, he had to prepare for his run to the ends of the earth, though he wasn't sure what had actually happened.

He had built several secret camps on Star No. 2—inevitably, with plenty of supplies stored inside.

Over the next two days, he integrated various resources, ready to carry a bucket and run away at any time.

On the third day, he felt two Supreme auras hovering over Green Water City.

According to Imperial management rules, Supreme beings cannot casually release their aura in urban areas.

Let alone in the Central City of the planet, and there are two Supremes.

"Really?" he couldn't help but grimace, "I'm just a small Modified Warrior, do they have to regard me so highly?"

This thought was a bit overestimating himself, but he indeed couldn't think of any other event that could provoke two Supremes.

With Supremes searching like this, his situation was far from safe, even the secret camps might be sensed by the other side.

In fact, the Supreme's perception ability was indeed terrifying; half an hour later, a secret camp one kilometer away from him was discovered.

The uncovered secret camp was unrelated to Qu Jianlei, he didn't know who built it, but there were many in the Imperial realm with a lack of security.

However, the place was too close to him, and the forced break-in was loud, making him feel a bit uneasy.

"Can this Star No. 2 even be stayed on?"

Originally, he thought he could handle it like when he was on the Garbage Star, preparing a few secret camps and staying low.

In each secret camp, he had stored sufficient food and drink, and if he didn't bring too many companions, he could hide for twenty or thirty years without a problem.

But now, the Supreme beings were conducting a carpet search, which is simply... couldn't they be so unreasonable?