Qu Jianlei had a lot of doubts in his heart, but his running speed was not slow at all. He didn't want to be exposed to gunfire again.
Of course, his running speed cannot match that of a cannonball, but he can't just stand and wait for death.
But then, something strange happened. The roaring shells struck accurately.
It's not surprising that the strike was accurate, but the opponent locked onto an area of about 100,000 square meters, and the artillery fire plowed the ground back and forth.
One hundred thousand square meters is not small, but it is only the area of a dozen standard football fields.
To be more intuitive, it is a circle with a radius of about 170 meters.
What was fired were high-explosive artillery shells. After plowing the ground three times, the attack was stopped. The thermobaric shells were useless.
In fact, the artillery shells manufactured by Imperial Technology were so powerful that it only took more than a hundred artillery shells to clean the ground three times.
The range of the shell's lethality was actually close to 200,000 square meters.
Obviously, the other party regarded the person holding the radio station as an ordinary person.
However, with the level of this kind of attack, even if it were a modified warrior, it would probably be seriously injured.
But Qu Jianlei used his wind-based movement skills. When the cannonball hit the ground, he had already escaped seven or eight hundred meters away and was still running.
After discovering the abnormality, he did not stop and did not start to slow down until he had run about 1,500 meters.
When he really stopped, he was two kilometers away.
Then he began to carefully savor the artillery shells: a precise strike was enough to knock him down, but were the artillery shells so wasteful?
The Star Thief's supplies are much richer than those of the Pioneer Group, but they are still scarce in nature.
The last time the Star Thieves washed the land regardless of the cost, the main reason was that there might be A-level warriors in the area, so it was worth the gamble.
While trying to kill Class A, it can also destroy the supplies carried by the transport mecha, preventing the pioneer team from being replenished.
But for an ordinary spy, is it really worth consuming more than a hundred artillery shells?
Then Qu Jianlei realized: those who launched the attack might be the pioneers who helped the star thieves defend their lair.
This explanation seems to make sense. Anyway, I am using other people's materials, so I don't feel bad about it.
At the same moment, in the military station where the attack was launched, a B-class soldier was furious, "Who made you waste so much?"
Another B-level soldier replied coldly, "These spies are too cunning and difficult to catch. In the current war, it is necessary to eliminate hidden dangers."
The former laughed angrily, "Even if we don't say it's a waste of artillery shells, this is our security area, and you're using artillery shells to plow the ground?"
"I don't know, I thought it fell...Have you considered the impact? Or are you still thinking about the pioneering group?"
The latter replied calmly, "There are no settlements around there. It is a rare bombing point. It can be used to warn other spies."
When the former heard this, he was immediately speechless. It took him a long time to say angrily, "Then we should save some artillery shells."
Therefore, the responsibility for being bombarded this time still lies with Qu Jianlei himself.
In order to buy enough time to explain the strange things he encountered, he specially chose an inaccessible area.
Unexpectedly, the other party saw that this place was suitable for shelling, so they opened fire decisively.
Qu Jianlei really didn't expect this, but he figured it out: if he was close to a settlement, the opponent would not be able to clear the ground with shells.
There was no way around it. The shelling had already caused some psychological shadow on him, so he had to avoid it as much as possible.
In fact, it is easy to get caught when you are close to a settlement. This is also the original intention of the opponent's firing - either you will get fired, or you will be careful.
But that was not what Qu Jianlei was thinking about. What he was thinking about was: What if the other party dared to fire near the settlement?
Given the technological level here, the artillery strikes are relatively accurate, but the possibility of accidents exists objectively.
The key is that people in settlements do not only move around their residences, but are surrounded by their activities.
Qu Jianlei's character is that he never likes to involve others, and the aborigines of Planet Zarif are already very miserable.
The Star Thieves were previously willing to show some sympathy to the aborigines, but now the situation has changed drastically, and they may not still be sympathetic when they are angry.
The point is, although Qu Jianlei doesn't want to admit it, he also feels that... he might be a bit of a swindler.
So what he wanted to do was to choose those settlements that had once existed in the collection and management points, where the indigenous people tended to be more star pirates.
If the other party dares to open fire here...well, innocent people may still be hurt, but the Star Thieves will be even more unpopular.
The lesser of two evils! He thought about it and chose a settlement where he had burned down military depots.
The next contact time was seven and a half hours later, when he started calling Mu Guoguo.
Commander Mu connected to the radio, and his first words were, "Why are you bombarded?"
"This matter is not important," Qu Jianlei did not take up the topic and quickly explained in detail the abnormal situation he encountered.
Finally, he said, "I think there is a relatively large pioneering group that is colluding with the Star Pirates... You have to be careful."
Captain Mu was silent for almost three seconds. As you can imagine, this news shocked him quite a bit.
Then he asked directly, "Do you have any suspicions?"
"Quantum," Qu Jianlei replied without hesitation, "This group is suspicious...unless those pioneers are from multiple groups."
A team of six to seven thousand people can be dispatched to help Star Thieves look after their homes. Such rich human resources can only be possessed by a heaven-level group.
The Xuan-level regiment can gather so many manpower, but its own camp is no longer defended, and the supplies are no longer needed?
"Quantum..." Captain Mu smiled bitterly, "Do you think it's not enough for me to offend the Star Pirates alone, and you have to add the Pioneers to it?"
I couldn't help but smile bitterly, that was Quantum, one of the four major carriages of the Pioneer Regiment.
Qu Jianlei replied seriously, "You asked me to make a guess."
"Okay," Captain Mu is not irresponsible, "Is there any evidence? Suspects will be considered."
"No," Qu Jianlei replied without hesitation, "It's just intuition."
At this point, he did not lie. His doubts about quantum first began with Lucio.
It was the B-level Wood Attribute of the Seventh Master, captured while hunting a herd of armored cattle.
Lucio reported himself to be Feihu at the time. If Qu Jianlei didn't have the ability to distinguish emotions, he would most likely have to ask Feihu for verification.
Why does he dare to think that Feihu will definitely protect him?
Later, the two fat foxes who followed Pan Yifu were B-level.
Although these two people also participated in the attack on the military station, is it normal for spies to do this in order to win the trust of others?
The key is that Feihu's territory is quite far away from the security area. How could he meet Pan Yifu who had escaped in a hurry?
Then there is Fat Fox’s secret camp in the cave, where there are actually many people hiding.
Qu Jianlei didn't think it was anything at the time, but now that he thinks about it, it's a bit strange.
There are many people hiding in the Star Thief's security area, but no decent attack has been launched - do we need so many people to collect intelligence?
However, these suspicions were too far-fetched, and Qu Jianlei could not even use these speculations to try to convince Commander Mu.
Anyway, he felt that Fei Hu might have a problem, and the heaven-level group that hired Fei Hu was Quantum.
Then Quantum... is naturally suspect, but Qu Jianlei himself is too embarrassed to speak out about such a speculation process.
"Intuition..." Captain Mu was a little confused when he heard him talking about intuition.
When others talk about intuition, he thinks it is a joke. He does not believe it, but when it comes from Krishna's mouth, it is different.
After all, this person can sense other people's emotions.
But he finally made up his mind, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Maybe it was someone put together by multiple pioneer groups."
Qu Jianlei poured a ladle of cold water coldly, "In that case, the consequences will be even more serious."
"Who can say for sure?" Captain Mu replied casually, but it's hard to say whether he was in such a relaxed mood.
"You haven't finished talking about the shelling just now. What's going on? Tell me about it?"
Qu Jianlei told what happened, and Captain Mu couldn't help but was speechless.
"I'll go for it. Is it so dangerous to be a spy now? Where are you now? Are you in danger?"
After he understood Qu Jianlei's logic, he made it very clear.
"That's right. No matter how important the information is, don't go to the wilderness to distribute it. Where can a drop of water be hidden so that it is not easy to find?"
"Of course it's Jiang Haili," Qu Jianlei replied helplessly, and he finally realized what the problem was.
But the next moment, he sighed, "Okay, someone is here to search. I'll contact you at the next time."
It's too close to a settlement, which is bad. Once the radio station is discovered, someone will come out soon.
It was still midnight, and the people who came out to search were all aborigines, otherwise he might not even be able to finish what he said.
"Wait, the last sentence," Commander Mu solemnly warned, "under the premise of ensuring safety, try to find out their identities as much as possible."
Qu Jianlei smiled bitterly upon hearing this, "I will work hard, that's it, let's go."
He put away the radio and left quietly, but in the end he did not take action against the aborigines.
Even if those people's hearts are indeed biased toward the Star Thief, they still accept the Star Thief's instructions to search for spies.
Then, he went to the secret camp of Feihu Pioneer Regiment again.
The exchange with Captain Mu helped him clarify his clues, and now he wanted to take a look at this somewhat suspicious team.
It was midnight when he arrived, and he was not in a hurry to get a feel for Shandong. Instead, he found a secret place to take a rest.
By the time it was daytime the next day, there was still no movement in the secret camp.
On the evening of the third day, two people came, opened the door of the secret camp and went in, but did not come out again.
However, the moment he opened the door, Qu Jianlei noticed: There seemed to be no one in the secret camp!
So many people had been hidden before, where had they gone now? He became more and more suspicious.
But to say that these people all voted for the Star Thieves... is really unwarranted.
Qu Jianlei could capture these two people and get the truth after torture, but what if it wasn't what he thought?
That would completely offend Fei Hu, unless he could kill these two people and silence them.
"Having a clear conscience" is easy to say, but to achieve it, you really need to exercise restraint.
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