A Low Rank Female Goes Viral Across the Galaxy-Chapter 288: Splitting the Forces
Although Yamaguchi Qiongzi had been cursing out the Heavenly Gang non-stop, Jiang Qin still managed to learn quite a bit from her tirade.
The gist was that this gang followed the tenets of a God: as long as you laid down your weapon and repented for your sins, they would accept you, no matter how vicious or wicked you were.
And they constantly preached the hypocritical ideals that all beings are equal and everyone can be redeemed.
This was also the reason why that group of deformed refugees could live in this city.
Although they had to cover their faces when walking through the city, at least they had a place to stay.
The only price they had to pay was praying in the chapel for an hour every night.
That was why many people from the lowest rungs of society, as well as many failed experiments from labs, flocked to the cities under the Heavenly Gang’s jurisdiction to make a living.
After gathering the information, Jiang Qin wanted to give them some sort of tip, but she really didn’t have anything suitable on her.
She could only give a cool nod before turning and heading into the city.
Of course, her behavior also matched this group’s perception of Beastmen.
After all, the fact that she hadn’t casually killed or beaten anyone, let alone given them a hard time, already made her a very friendly Beastman.
Seeing Jiang Qin leave, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
A scruffy, middle-aged male with deformed hands and feet praised, "Good thing Xiaojie was quick on his feet. Otherwise, we might have angered that lord."
They had all been scared stiff, and no one had even thought to answer her questions.
Thankfully, Xiaojie—the clever boy from before who was so thin he looked like a shriveled husk—had answered in time.
The praised Xiaojie showed no hint of a smile on his face. He just gave a silent nod and continued walking onward with his head down.
Each of them carried a tattered bag in their hands.
These were their tools for scavenging.
Trash was dumped daily at the garbage field outside the city, which was the source of livelihood for people like them.
***
As Jiang Qin entered the city, she was stopped by two male Half-beastman guards at the gate.
They asked respectfully, "Sir, is this your first time in Red Leaf City?"
"Yes."
"Do you have a Chaotic Star travel permit?"
"No."
Hearing this, the guard showed no particular reaction.
After all, on the Chaotic Star, at least seventy percent of the population lacked a travel permit for one reason or another.
The remaining thirty percent who did have one were basically people you couldn’t afford to offend.
"If you don’t have one, we will need to register you. Is that acceptable?"
Jiang Qin nodded in agreement.
"Would you mind taking off your hat and mask, Sir? We need to take a visual recording for the registration," the guard said cautiously.
The two Half-beastmen were very tense, afraid that Jiang Qin would fly into a rage and kill them.
This was because people on the Chaotic Star hated facial registration more than anything.
But it was the rule... and they didn’t dare violate the City Lord’s regulations.
"Is a facial scan absolutely necessary for the registration?"
The guard looked troubled. "I’m sorry, Sir, but this is a regulation issued by our City Lord.
We heard that a few test subjects recently escaped from a lab, and the entire planet is on the hunt for them."
"Test subjects escaped?"
The guard nodded. "That’s right. But the announcement didn’t specify which lab they escaped from.
All we know is that test subjects escaped and that they took some of the lab’s data with them.
The bounty for them has already risen to three million Star Coins."
For comparison, the average price of a slave on the Chaotic Star was only about fifty thousand Star Coins.
In the end, Jiang Qin took off her hat and mask.
Her delicate eyebrows were transformed into sharp, sword-like brows. Her sparkling eyes were now small, single-lidded ones, and the mole at the corner of her eye was completely concealed.
Her red lips had been widened, making them look much more masculine.
Combined with a full head of dreadlocks tied with colorful cords and a black Combat Suit partially covered in armor, she looked every bit the part of a wild, rebellious young male.
Jiang Qin had also changed her skin tone to a bronze color.
The guards checked her face against the wanted list. After confirming she wasn’t on it, they respectfully took out a device and began entering her information.
"May I have your name, Sir?"
"Yan Li."
She didn’t use her partners’ surnames, as that would be too easy to trace. Instead, she just combined two syllables from their names.
After all, she had to leave some kind of signal so it would be easier for people to find her.
As for whether anyone would come looking for her, Jiang Qin had no doubt.
...
She was right. Right now, many people were looking for her.
The Star Network was in an uproar.
The commotion on the Main Star had been so huge that it was impossible to keep any of the news under wraps.
[Damn, I told you the Federation officials needed to be replaced.]
[How exactly was she taken? And how did they even get in? I still can’t wrap my head around it.]
[You can’t really blame the Law Enforcement Team this time. I heard it was Fox Ear and Sakura Lady.
You guys should know about them, right? Sakura Lady is an expert at abducting females. She rarely fails, and to this day, no one knows what she actually looks like.
Every time she appears, it’s by impersonating someone else.
Dr. A has a machine that can briefly interfere with Gene scanners.]
[It was Sakura Lady? Hasn’t she been laying low for the past few years?]
[Rumor has it, Sakura Lady is female and she’s into other females.
Everyone in the underworld knows she has a mysterious female lover. All the fortune she’s earned from her crimes is to support her.
Her lover probably needs something again, so she’s come out to take on another job.]
[So have they figured out where Jiang Qin was taken?]
[It has to be one of the Chaotic Stars.]
[I’m a little worried. The front lines are extremely short-staffed right now. I’m afraid they won’t be able to spare anyone for a rescue mission.]
...
In the Jiang Fan group, several of the admins were also discussing the topic.
Wen Jiaqi: [The news I got is that the Law Enforcement Team dispatched by the Federation is mostly made up of military academy students who are about to graduate this year.]
The stronger warriors have to remain on standby, ready to be deployed to the battlefield for support at any moment, so the Federation Law Enforcement Department is truly short-handed.]
Wen Xueli: [It’s infuriating, but the situation on the battlefield is definitely more urgent.
As for Qin Bao, we’ll just have to rely on our own collective efforts.]
Wen Jiaqi: [Assistant Xie said that Qin Bao’s partners have already narrowed it down to the seven most likely Chaotic Stars and have split up to head there.]
[Mr. Shi Lichuan is familiar with the Bounty Hunters and has already hired all the top-100 Hunters who were willing to take the job.]
[As for searching the regular planets, Mr. Lan Yuyan, Mr. Bai Mufeng of the Bai family, and Boss You Wei are handling it, so that shouldn’t be a problem.]
[As for the Dark Web, don’t even think about it. The Star Thieves are all very cunning, so everyone be careful not to get tricked.
If you receive any messages from people claiming to sell information about Qin Bao, you must contact me. Don’t try to negotiate on your own.]
Group Leader: [I’ve contacted the Sound Listening Gang and asked them to gather information. This gang’s intel is reliable; selling information is their business.]
Wen Jiaqi had no doubts about the group leader’s connections and just said: [If you get any news, please be sure to contact me, Group Leader.]
