Starting Cultivation in Wasteland-Chapter 353 - 233: Regret Comes Too Late

Qu Jianlei was completely in the dark about space battles—he had heard that interstellar travel took less than a month.

But just at the moment the spaceship shook, he reached out and grabbed the railing on the cargo hold, then he held onto Youyou.

Actually, Youyou’s reaction wasn’t slow either; her hand was always on the railing, just gripping tightly in an instant was enough.

Is it about to start fighting? Qu Jianlei saw her tightly grasping the railing and immediately took out the buckle locks of two seat belts.

Both of them were tied with seat belts, there were also buckle holes on them, which was all prepared in advance.

They strapped themselves to the railing, the buckle locks were over half a meter long, able to ensure they wouldn’t fly out, yet not affecting their movement too much.

Then Qu Jianlei realized, that B-level with Water Attribute, surprisingly, had not made any corresponding reaction.

At this point, he no longer thought the other party didn’t understand, but felt...there should be another explanation.

Youyou whispered, "It should be a warning shot."

Although this spacecraft was civilian-grade, it could withstand sub-light-speed travel, endure the spatial tear during transition, its defense capability must be fine.

So having taken a shell with no reaction wasn’t strange, so the Star Thieves firing warning shots wasn’t a problem either.

"It’s the Banshen Snake Corps!" There was a shout from the speaker again, "Oh no, it’s those Star Thieves who take both money and lives!"

Qu Jianlei and Youyou exchanged glances, one was on their first interstellar trip, and the other was a warrior who had spent years stationed at a base.

Neither of them knew what kind of name the Banshen Snake Corps had.

"Then prepare to fight," the speaker was a cacophony, with all sorts of shouting.

Youyou’s expression was serious, she looked at Qu Jianlei thoughtfully, "Are we...going to join in?"

Qu Jianlei hesitated for a moment, then smiled bitterly, "If we join...what can we do?"

When a wanted criminal, he, Xiao Moshan, and Bentley, helped Black Panther fight against the Fallen.

But that was a ground battle, and he had a good relationship with Black Panther, attacking the enemy of the Human Race didn’t require much consideration.

But now they were in space, neither of them was good at this, right?

Besides, as stowaways...even if they helped win, how would they disembark and land, that’s also a big problem.

Of course, he wouldn’t blame Youyou for thinking this way; their wanted status was an injustice, is it wrong to lean towards the light?

With this retort, Youyou also froze, after thinking, she smiled bitterly, "It would be great if there were Space Mechas."

Qu Jianlei curiously asked, "You know how to use Space Mechas?"

"Received training," Youyou replied softly, then sighed, "Unfortunately, even if there are, they wouldn’t let me use them."

There were quite a few warriors trained at the base, even a few in the passenger cabin, how could it be her, a wanted criminal’s turn to use one?

Just then, the water attribute warrior moved, stood up, and headed towards the direction of the cargo lift.

Qu Jianlei and Youyou were stunned at this sight.

Immediately after, Youyou raised a thumb, "He’s a bold fellow, not afraid of exposing his identity as a stowaway!"

Qu Jianlei was somewhat indifferent, "He could be stowed in the cargo hold and sent here; maybe he just missed an entry quota."

Not all stowaways are the same, he felt it was necessary to make her realize this.

The guy indeed had some confidence; he actually walked onto the cargo lift, apparently heading for the isolation door between the passenger and cargo holds.

By now, the speaker’s output was relatively unified, people were assigning tasks, planning to resist the Star Thieves.

Among them, someone was shouting, "How many sets of Space Mechas are there? I participated in the Mecha Tournament!"

Mecha Tournament... Qu Jianlei’s mouth twitched a bit, there’s such a tournament?

But anyway, whether it’s the crew or passengers, everyone on the ship is willing to fight life and death against the Star Thieves.

Indeed, this Empire’s citizens are not lacking in courage, which can be a good thing for a country.

However, at this moment, a muffled sound rang out, followed by several piercing screams and loud yelling.

Immediately after, gunfire erupted, the muffled thuds were astonishing, Qu Jianlei was stunned, "Hand Cannon...This is madness?"

In the next moment, an exceptionally sharp voice rang out, sounding unusually excited.

"Give up resisting, or I’ll blow up the spaceship!"

"It’s you!" Someone exclaimed, clearly recognizing the newcomer.

"Meng Ningge, don’t act impulsively, if the base knows, you won’t have a place to die!"

"How did you get on the ship? Stowaways are a taboo, Meng Ningge, take advantage of not making a big mistake yet..."

With a "bang" the last person’s speech was interrupted, then the sharp voice rang out again.

"Big mistake? Not following your arrangements is a big mistake? Haha, know who sent the Star Thieves the coordinates?"

"That’s right, it was me who sent them! A-level is so impressive? Rejecting the boarding quota time and time again, where am I unqualified?"

Qu Jianlei and Youyou were speechless to each other; the stowaway who was just in the same cabin with them, was actually in cahoots with the Star Thieves?

Youyou grit her teeth and murmured softly, "If I had known...I should have killed that guy!"

Qu Jianlei didn’t have time to complain. Instead, he released his spiritual power, sensed for a moment, and then his expression changed.

The next moment, he raised his hand and took out a well-folded tent. With a flick of his wrist, the tent opened, "Wind Roll!"

With a gust of wind, the tent flew over a cargo container and, as it landed, it covered the container tightly.

This container was the one someone crawled out of earlier. He sensed it, and there should be an explosive device inside.

The tent he took out had a metallic coating, which could prevent radiation.

In this way, it formed a simple Faraday Cage, but... it’s still not enough!

He pressed the safety belt lock clip, released himself, and floated directly toward the container.

Youyou was also cooperating well, performing a finger technique to release a vine towards him, "Don’t dodge!"

If it weren’t for this shout, Qu Jianlei might have reflexively dodged. At this moment, his nerves were taut.

By the time the vine wrapped around his waist, he had already reached the container.

He raised his hand to exert force, feeling that this container... wasn’t normally heavy.

He could push it over, but when it fell, it definitely wouldn’t be light, and it might trigger an explosion.

Qu Jianlei first pushed the container to tilt a little. When a gap appeared at the bottom, he first stuffed in two metal blocks.

Then he took out two wedge-shaped cones, gradually widening the gap at the bottom.

Finally, he ran to the other side of the container, gesturing to Youyou.

Youyou understood what he wanted to do and released another vine, winding it around the top of the container, slowly exerting force to pull it.

With their cooperation, the container slowly tilted towards Qu Jianlei, and he eventually shouldered it down slowly.

Once the container was on the ground, he raised the other side and completely wrapped the container with the tent, finally letting out a long sigh of relief.

Even though he was A-level, it wasn’t easy to complete this task. The friction coefficient between the tent and the container was very small, making it slippery.

Moreover, he couldn’t make big movements. Not only had he to prevent an accidental explosion, but also avoid drawing attention.

Otherwise, in a panic, Meng Ningge might remotely detonate it, and that would be the end.

In this vast space, if the spaceship exploded and he didn’t have a space suit, the chances of survival would be zero.

Youyou was even more nervous than him. Seeing him relax, she hurriedly reminded him in a low voice, "Check the other containers to see if there’s more danger."

"They couldn’t be that insane, right?" Qu Jianlei muttered quietly. Was one cargo container explosion not enough?

Despite his words, he still sensed the last batch of containers that had been added.

He ignored the ones loaded earlier.

Spiritual power is a good thing, but it’s exhausting to use, and he wanted to reserve some for potential emergencies.

Sure enough, inside those containers, there were basically no items suspected of being explosive.

But then, he let out a faint "Eh," "Youyou, it seems there’s a Mecha in the last batch of cargo."

Hearing this, Youyou got excited too, "Quickly open it, if it’s a Space Mecha, we might be saved."

"It looks like a single soldier type," Qu Jianlei muttered.

What’s happening in the passenger cabin isn’t very clear, and now opening someone else’s container... can’t keep this hidden!

However, he ultimately wasn’t someone who shirks responsibility. While thinking this, his hand had already grasped the crowbar.

It took about two minutes for him to silently pry open a container, revealing a Mecha inside.

Youyou wound a vine around the railing and came over as well. Seeing this, she was overjoyed, "Space Mecha!"

Then her face turned solemn, "Eighty percent new; this is clearly a base’s Mecha... Meng Ningge really deserves to die!"

"Quickly check," Qu Jianlei spoke in a deep voice, "I have an Energy Block."

"This type is agile, used for close-range support," Youyou said with a dark face, "Can’t load many Energy Blocks."

"Hurry up," Qu Jianlei impatiently urged her, "It doesn’t need long-distance travel... if it fails, we’ll turn to being Star Thieves."

"I’ll give it a try," Youyou skillfully input a string of codes on the Mecha’s shell, "I only have the public password."

The next moment, the Mecha’s cockpit door opened with a faint sound.

But Youyou didn’t rush to go in and test it. Instead, she looked at Qu Jianlei, "Single soldier... can only fit one person."

Earlier, she was considering the loading capacity of the Energy Block with the single-soldier Mecha in mind.

"You go try it first," Qu Jianlei said with a dark expression, "At least one of us must make it out alive."

Does he really disregard his own life? Of course not, but Youyou... she’s a comrade.

After all, his ability is higher than Youyou’s, and maybe he’ll encounter a turning point. His survival ability in turning situations is higher than hers.

Youyou silently looked at him, tears glistening in her eyes.

Qu Jianlei spread his hands slightly helplessly, "Please, I’ve never used a Space Mecha!"

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