Qu Jianlei and the others encountered a little trouble on their way back to Paradise Planet this time.
The accident did not occur on the ominous ship, but on the 3344th ship following it.
After they entered the Canopy Galaxy, Qu Jianlei decided to go to the Lost Star and take a look at it from a distance to see if the military was still watching.
However, the Lost Star was still far away, so Xiaohu told Qu Jianlei that something had happened.
The 3344th ship behind actually triggered the passive space early warning device.
In such a vast space, there are actually people setting up early warning devices, which is really unexpected.
Ship 3344 turned on its stealth and did not take the initiative to explore other situations - not far ahead, there was its own starship exploring the way.
I never thought that I would trigger an early warning device that came from nowhere.
To make matters worse, the signal sent by the early warning device is very strong and encrypted.
"Ninety-nine percent of it was set up by the military," the big-headed butterfly turned, "Boss, what should I do?"
"Let 3344 continue to jump," Qu Jianlei issued the command, "The target... I hope the star field is healed."
High imitation warships don't appear often, but last time they were nearby and encountered a melee between the Stepford Adventure Group and Tufuzi.
For this reason, the Stepford family also specifically contacted Paradise Star and wanted to issue a reward, but they did not get what they wanted.
However, Qu Jianlei thought again, this jump might alarm the military, and that ominous ship... would not be suitable to return to the paradise in the short term.
Regardless of whether there is an iron snake in the bag, as long as someone is suspected of being involved, there may be trouble in the future.
"Forget it, let's go to the Hope Star Territory too. We haven't been back for a long time."
Shortly after the two starships jumped, two warships actually came over, and the ones painted on them were "Military Police".
"The other party immediately implemented interference, but it can be seen that it should be a standard warship type."
In order to conceal its presence, passive early warning devices usually do not issue active detection. They will only detect when an alarm is triggered.
The person controlling 3344 is Xiaohu, so his reaction speed is definitely no problem, but it still allows the other party to spy a little bit.
"Is there really something wrong with the military here? Or... is it a counterfeit warship?"
It seems that the military also knows that someone is messing around under their banner, such as a certain archaeological organization.
"Anyway, there must be something wrong, otherwise they wouldn't have escaped through the jump. Can they lock their whereabouts?"
"How is that possible...it's not the official standard jump channel. It's a pity, the other party is too alert."
"Then the surrounding inspections will be more rigorous, and some more starships will be brought over."
The two starships jumped to the Hope Star Field one after the other, and it took half a day to establish contact.
Qu Jianlei really wants to go to the four habitable stars to see what the Hope Star Field looks like now.
But it is very regrettable that even if the ominous ship is registered here, it is not suitable for landing casually.
"Let's wander around for a while first," Mrs. Jia suggested, "to see if there are any suitable landing opportunities."
Anyway, it is not suitable for them to go back to the paradise in the short term, so it would be good to find something to kill time.
Don't tell me, the old lady seemed to have opened her mouth. Five days later, they really found an opportunity.
It was a cheap passenger starship that encountered a malfunction and frantically sent out distress signals to all around.
The starship is not completely unusable, but the situation is still very dangerous and failures continue to spread.
There is no doubt that there are no high-level maintenance technicians on this flight.
But this is not a huge problem. The signal they send will reach the headquarters sooner or later.
The headquarters will definitely send someone to rescue him, but it will take some time on the way.
After the ominous ship discovered the signal, it drove directly over and said bluntly, "How to calculate the maintenance cost?"
The person on the other side really said that it is hard to give up good money, and said that our maintenance costs are limited, so let's see where the fault is first, okay?
Qu Jianlei drove the starship close to the opponent, and actually boarded the passenger ship to take a look.
The fault is not too big but not too small. For another person, even if there are enough spare parts, it is not that difficult to fix it in space!
Qu Jianlei directly offered a sky-high price: I'll provide the spare parts, and I'll guarantee repairs for 20 million!
He indeed quoted a high salary. Four to five million is enough for this kind of work with materials - this is after taking into account the difficulty of space operations.
But Qu Jianlei had no intention of repairing it at all, so he quoted a sky-high price.
Sure enough, the other person said he was too shady - he could have done it for a million or so!
These people run space passenger transport all year round. Although they are not good at repairs, they still know the approximate prices of common faults.
They hope that Qu Jianlei can charge a reasonable fee, and also said that the company's annual maintenance budget is limited.
"Cultivation or not!" Qu Jianlei turned around and left, "How much does it cost to send someone from your company for one visit?"
"How much money did you make less while you were waiting?"
Anyway, he just looks like a philistine, trying to make excess profits by "presenting facts and reasoning."
However, the crew also had a hard time giving up their good fortune and resolutely refused to agree to such extortion. In the end, the two families broke up on bad terms.
After Qu Jianlei boarded the ominous ship, he left without any intention of bargaining.
So much so that some passengers on the ship complained, "This guy can cut the price to some extent. Does he have a grudge against money?"
Qu Jianlei had no grudge against Qian, but he came forward to negotiate the price mainly because he wanted to send Mrs. Jia into the starship.
The old lady's own concealment ability was very strong. With a little magic, it would not be difficult for him to cover the old lady's entry into the cabin.
Anyway, if he doesn't accept the order, it means he is just a profit-seeking person.
Are there many people like this? There are indeed many of them. You can meet them casually on the street, and many passengers won’t find them strange.
Seriously, if he repairs the starship, it will attract more attention from everyone, and the level of repairing the starship can be seen at a glance.
Kind-hearted people are so rare, let alone capable kind-hearted people?
We have all seen so many people who are fussy and fussy about things, but we don’t take them to heart.
It's best if you don't pay attention to me! The ominous ship just sailed away.
Three days later, maintenance engineers arrived with other starships and spent half a day temporarily solving the starship's problem.
"You can drive it somewhere first and then repair it thoroughly."
No one noticed that a vague shadow appeared in the cargo hold of the passenger starship.
The destination of the passenger starship is the Hope Star, and the old lady left two teleportation array disks on the Hope Star.
Then she went to Star 4 and Star 2 - the atmosphere at Star 3 was still quite tense at the moment, so there was no rush to go.
Qu Jianlei and others also came to Star No. 2. It was really a different feeling to revisit the old place.
Fortunately, he actually saw Sophia on the street.
The former commercial tour guide has become a little plump and has an automatic stroller by his side.
And her lower abdomen also showed an obviously abnormal bulge - it should be that she had given birth to new life.
Qu Jianlei smiled subconsciously and shook his head. This probably meant "you have your life, and I have my journey."
However, the reality did not make him sad for too long. Mrs. Jia came over with a dark face and said, "Jiu Xian has been taken away."
"Take it away?" Qu Jianlei raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, "Took him to where?"
"The Abnormal Object Observation Team," Mrs. Jia sighed softly, "She has strong research abilities, and... she has a good family background."
"The origin of family education?" Qu Jianlei repeated, and then asked with a strange expression, "Is it influenced by you?"
"This... there should be a little bit of it," Mrs. Jia nodded hesitantly, "but mainly archeology has become more popular recently."
The trigger for the popularity of archeology is the ghost cultivator incident in the Blade Star Region, but there are deeper reasons.
Listening to the words of the middle-aged young master Qianhe, you can know that the empire has accumulated too many things.
Ran Bingluan's tribulation thunder, Rhodiola rosea's spiritual magic, the theft of the super gas gathering array...
This was only related to him. When old dean Lushui began to study divine literature, it would be difficult to stop this trend.
However, the empire has always emphasized that it is strictly forbidden to study divine texts in private - I may not pursue it, but this does not mean that you are legal!
Because there are so many accumulated grievances, all kinds of conflicts are beginning to break out now.
"Isn't this too short-sighted?" Qu Jianlei's eyes flashed coldly, "Are you going to mess with them?"
"It's okay so far. We're on Star 3," Mrs. Jia replied calmly, "It's not convenient for us to go there for the time being."
I have to admit that the people of the Empire are really big-hearted, and when things like this happen to their great-granddaughter, she doesn't take it easy.
"That's okay," Qu Jianlei nodded. Even the sufferer said there was no need to worry. It's useless for him to worry alone, right?
"Anyway, just keep in touch with them. Just let them know if you need anything."
"I hope it won't come to that day," Mrs. Jia's eyes flashed with coldness, "By the way, now the boss of the second star is Kerian."
"Ke Ruian?" Qu Jianlei frowned, "This person...should I know him?"
Mrs. Jia said calmly, "Do you remember Hoyle, the second in command of Star 4, the one who made you wanted?"
"Of course," Qu Jianlei replied without hesitation. It was a completely innocent disaster. How could he forget it?
At that time, he had already planned to integrate into the imperial society and become a normal person.
But it was this incident that allowed him to completely see the basic logic of the operation of imperial society, which led him to escape to this day.
By now, his mind has gone wild and he can't even go back.
Of course, from another perspective, maybe he should be grateful for this change, which allowed him to live a more sober life.
But who can tell clearly what is right and wrong here?
Mrs. Jia spoke leisurely, "Korian was the biggest driving force in bringing down Hoyle, even though he was not in the Hope Star Territory at the time."
Qu Jianlei raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "The people who are embarrassing Hoyle should be people from the Divine Literature Society, right?"
"Ke Ruian is from the Divine Literary Society," the old lady said firmly.
"Hoyle's mother's grandfather was tricked by him."
"Of course, there are others in their group, but Corian is definitely the main person involved!"
