Starting Cultivation in Wasteland-Chapter 390 - 268: Impersonating Myself

The Star Thief’s patrol team would never be polite to the indigenous teenagers—appearing here at this time could only mean scouts.

One teenager was immediately shot in the leg, the other was about to be beheaded.

The latter panicked, disregarding all caution, "We are from Black Heaven, you should weigh your actions carefully."

Qu Jianlei, who happened to be passing by, was stunned by this remark: Could my reputation really be used in this way?

And against all odds, the Star Thieves, upon hearing this, actually spared the two teenagers.

They said, please pass a message to Black Heaven, join our ranks and you’ll have endless riches and honor.

And, if you really manage to persuade him, you can receive a reward of twenty kilograms of gold.

Anyway, the Star Thieves did not hold the two accountable and simply let them go.

In the end, taking two innocent lives wouldn’t make much sense; it might be better to express goodwill to Black Heaven.

Qu Jianlei thought so, as did the Star Thieves, but the two teenagers had more ideas.

On their way back, the two discussed cheerfully.

Since Black Heaven’s name is so useful, should we... borrow it more often in the future?

Qu Jianlei listened in utter disbelief, have you understood the Star Thieves’ intentions?

But eventually, he laughed himself: Do the Star Thieves’ intentions really matter to these two teenagers?

Regardless, this experience made him realize that waving a big flag as a façade was common practice.

Then Qu Jianlei suddenly realized: If you disguise as me, it’s fine, what if I disguise as myself?

Electromagnetic Technique is his specialty, but since it’s a disguise, why can’t it be another technique?

Anyway, others just want to capitalize on his name; whether or not he did certain things... does it even matter?

Understanding this, he completely liberated himself.

Previously, he had tried to cover up his other techniques, only using Electromagnetic Technique.

However, a single technique inevitably has weaknesses, and the Star Thieves had developed countermeasures.

If he pretended to be himself, there’s no need to worry; whatever technique suited the situation, he’d use it.

But to avoid attracting undue attention from the Star Thieves, he primarily used techniques from the Five Major Attributes.

Nevertheless, the Five Major Attributes were enough for him to play with, pretending to be two people ambushing, offering many combinations.

Of course, the frequency of strikes must be relatively controlled; the rear terrain should not become the main battlefield.

He had a great time, yet his stash of crystals gradually dwindled.

This was the main reason he dared not act recklessly: on Zarif Planet, there were no Mutant Beasts!

Crystal resources were finite, if he didn’t rely on crystals to restore Inner Breath, efficiency would be extremely low.

Eating large amounts of food could also boost the recovery of Inner Breath, but not as effectively as crystals, and... nowadays everyone lacked food.

Qu Jianlei had to reserve enough crystals for Cultivation, even though he was far from advancing to Supreme, he couldn’t give up, right?

Actually, he was a bit puzzled as to how the Pioneer Team members cultivated without crystals.

But this question... without others speaking up, he had no way to ask.

In his observations of the Pioneer Team Members, none relied on external objects for Cultivation, they absorbed free elements through their physical bodies to restore Inner Breath.

Various attackers waving Black Heaven’s banner brought significant troubles to the Star Thieves.

They also set traps targeted at these attackers, severely injuring two groups of raiders, even killing one B-level Warrior.

Yet this was far from enough, there were many fearless Pioneers; scattered soldiers weren’t terrifying, but solitary masters were.

Once these masters let go of their pride to sneak attack, they overwhelmed everyone.

The Pioneer Team Members weren’t foolish, observing the Star Thieves’ panic and low morale, they intensified such ambushes.

Unnoticed, the battle situation began to develop in another direction.

During this, Qu Jianlei’s self entertainment played a significant role.

Especially his daring nature, when he didn’t want to take action it was fine, but once his Inner Breath was replenished and he decided to act, he didn’t mind the risk.

As long as the situation presented an escape for a B-level Warrior, he’d act decisively.

One day, Qu Jianlei overheard news outside the Star Thieves’ camp.

The Blazing Fire’s hydroelectric generator had been destroyed, and the camp had fallen.

The Star Thieves didn’t kill many people, nor seize much material, but regarding the siege objective, they achieved a stage victory.

Over a dozen seriously injured captives were beheaded by the Star Thieves, and their heads were displayed at the former camp.

Qu Jianlei heard this news and felt extremely upset.

Rationally, he understood; seriously injured captives consumed significant medical resources and couldn’t work for a while, being killed was normal.

But beheading, and hanging the heads for public display... was such cruelty necessary?

Qu Jianlei had killed without hesitation, but he had never insulted corpses in such a manner.

The key is... although the fall of Blazing Fire Camp was inevitable, he was responsible for holding back the Star Thieves in the rear.

The containment indeed played a certain role; however, he originally could have done more.

He’s not a saint who likes to take responsibility, but at this moment, he felt somewhat guilty.

So he decided to make a big move, even at the cost of consuming some Crystals, otherwise, his mind would remain unsettled.

Three days later, Qu Jianlei found an opportunity when a Star Thief unit of over five hundred people came out of the barracks.

Five hundred people were divided into three groups. The vanguard was a search team of nearly a hundred, mainly responsible for scouting, akin to scouts.

The middle had the most people, with over three hundred, about two hundred of which were mechas, seventy percent of which were transport mechas.

Behind, there were also over a hundred people, more than thirty combat mechas, and two flying mechas.

The flying mechas did not take off, only walking on the ground, as flying in the wild makes them easy targets.

However, once engaged in combat, flying mechas will provide necessary air support whenever needed.

There were a total of four B-level warriors, one each at the front and back teams, and two in the middle.

This was not a simple logistical convoy; it had quite formidable combat capability, probably planning to set up some forward camp.

It’s them! Qu Jianlei made up his mind, though it seemed tough to chew, it doesn’t matter, he must inflict pain on the opponent.

The speed of the team’s advance was not too fast. Besides scouting the way, someone was also clearing paths, facilitating the advance of the follow-up team.

The wilds of the Pioneer Planet are like this; by noon, they had only traveled a little over thirty kilometers.

Just as this team stopped to take a short break, Qu Jianlei acted.

This time it was the Quicksand Technique, with an extensive range, enveloping everyone except a few scouts.

With the anomalous fluctuation of the Elements, at least two B-level warriors shouted, "Watch out, enemy attack~"

Immediately afterward, an ear-piercing alarm sounded in the middle team, indicating they also carried instruments detecting Perception Energy Field anomalies.

Although the Star Thieves were a motley crew, their small team’s coordination had no problem; everyone took a defensive stance on the spot.

They really didn’t expect the opponent to use the Quicksand Technique.

This technique is not uncommon, but to cast it on such a large scale, ordinary Earth Attribute Warriors do not truly possess the strength.

If it were a small-range Quicksand Technique, it would be of little significance to such a large team.

When the Quicksand Technique formed, everyone’s face changed, and several mechas cursed out loud directly.

In the middle team, there was a B-level Gold Attribute, the team leader, who shouted, "A-level, request assistance!"

Qu Jianlei could have interfered with the magnetic field, preventing them from sending a distress signal, but he did not do so.

His body flickered, pulling out an Anti-Armor Laser Sniper Rifle, taking down two flying mechas with two shots.

Then he flickered again, swiftly leaving the shooting position.

As expected, some Star Thieves found the position where the laser was fired, and all kinds of light and heavy weapons swept over.

Qu Jianlei was fast enough to dodge, but still got hit by four or five shots.

Fortunately, the bullets weren’t very powerful, and he wore Double-layer Armor, with Rock Armor over Golden Armor, so he was unharmed.

But this also fully illustrates that during the focus fire of hot weapons, even an A-level warrior cannot afford to be complacent.

If a string of machine cannon shots hit him, it might have been a different outcome.

The place where he had been hiding was pelted with flying debris, and shortly after, four or five more shells landed.

Such dense firepower makes survival almost impossible, but the shooting continued.

The reason is simple, the Star Thieves believe this is an A-level Earth Attribute, creating a solid cover isn’t too hard for them.

It turns out, they were not wrong. Although fire continued, the Quicksand Technique’s effect persisted.

Realizing this, all the Star Thieves panicked, starting to fire erratically.

Some mechas were already deeply trapped in the quicksand, losing balance, shooting even more disorderly, some even firing at the sky.

Qu Jianlei found this indiscriminate shooting quite troubling, as he remembered how Xiao Moshan was disabled.

However, he had no good solution, instead silently increasing the output of the Quicksand Technique.

An A-level warrior going all out produced terrifying results; in less than two minutes, the majority of the mechas were swallowed by the quicksand.

Some warriors not in mechas, clung to rocks or climbed trees to barely survive.

Of the five hundred people, now more than half were submerged in the quicksand.

The surviving Star Thieves kept firing wildly, and some were desperately calling for rescue.

Three minutes later, the rescue team arrived, with more than ten flying mechas.

However, under Qu Jianlei’s sniper gun, these flying mechas were nothing but obvious targets.

The flying mechas also returned fire, but in-flight, their accuracy... was really lacking.

One by one, the mechas dropped, and one by one, the pilots ejected to escape.

Finally, a figure quickly flew over from afar.