Starting Cultivation in Wasteland-Chapter 402 - 280: Owing a Favor

The Fat Fox Secret Camp indeed has a dual fingerprint and iris recognition system. Once an outsider tries to enter, the interior will automatically lock.

If forcibly breached, it will trigger a detonation device. The supplies won’t be entirely destroyed, but the commotion will be enough to attract star pirates.

However, with an Earth Attribute B-level leading the way, the three of them still entered the Secret Camp with ease.

The space inside is not small, amounting to more than a thousand square meters, with seventy to eighty separate rooms on the stone walls.

The supplies are substantial too, mainly food and ammunition. The amount of Energy Blocks and fuel is minimal.

Pan Yifu’s eyes instantly lit up, "When will the Fat Fox people return?"

The Earth Attribute B-level responded honestly, "That’s not something I can know, but it’s basically safe before daylight."

Pan Yifu glanced at Qu Jianlei, "These supplies... how should we divide them?"

Qu Jianlei thought for a moment before replying, "Forty-sixty, you forty me sixty... I still have a team to feed."

His team is purely fictitious, but Blazing Fire needs to transport the wounded out, so he has to organize some supplies, doesn’t he?

"I have no objections," Pan Yifu replied very straightforwardly, completely convinced by the other’s combat power.

Not to mention forty-sixty, even thirty-seventy he had no objections, but if it were any less, he would have to strive for it.

Pan Yifu had already learned a lot about the current situation on Zarif Star, knowing very well that rescue would take a long wait.

A-levels need to eat too, right? He was mentally prepared for a prolonged battle, his military background making him frighteningly pragmatic.

However, Pan Yifu had a small condition, "Since you have many people, can you help me transport some supplies?"

The supplies aren’t many, but they’re enough for forty to fifty Modified Warriors to carry.

Qu Jianlei pondered for a moment, then took out a Storage Talisman, showing it to the other, "There’s still a search outside, I’ll do it myself."

"Storage Talisman?" Pan Yifu’s eyes instantly brightened, almost giving rise to the impulse to rob.

However, he immediately realized how dangerous his thoughts were, only to smile bitterly, "You truly are exceptional."

Qu Jianlei looked at him indifferently, "Old Pan, how do we calculate the wear and tear on the Storage Talisman?"

He didn’t mind helping to transport, but the wear and tear couldn’t be overlooked.

Pan Yifu pondered for a moment, "I want to buy it with Silver Notes, but I guess you wouldn’t agree... what do you want?"

"What I want, you probably wouldn’t want to give," Qu Jianlei pondered, "How about you owe me a personal favor?"

"A personal favor..." Pan Yifu contemplated. This man’s favor was not so easily returned.

But considering the urgency of his supplies, he braced himself and nodded, "Alright, just so it’s not a favor that costs me my life."

He figured the other merely valued his combat power, probably planning to ambush the star pirates and wanted him to cooperate.

Cooperating against the star pirates was fine, but if it meant a suicidal mission, he couldn’t agree, could he?

Qu Jianlei blinked and smiled, "Just a little loss, how can it compare to the life of an A-level?"

This remark was too candid. Hearing this, Pan Yifu nodded slightly, "Then thank you. How big is your Storage Talisman?"

Qu Jianlei answered solemnly, "Fourteen cubic meters."

The Storage Talisman is actually sixteen cubic meters, but since it originally belonged to the base, he couldn’t be completely honest.

"Not small," Pan Yifu looked at the Fat Fox’s supplies, roughly forty-four to forty-five cubic meters in total.

"Why don’t you help me transport once, and the remaining supplies are all yours, how about that?"

"No problem," Qu Jianlei replied without hesitation, "After helping you move, when I come back, I’ll need to borrow this man."

"Of course," Pan Yifu answered without hesitation, "I’ve already said, you can take him away."

"If you give him to me, I’ll just kill him," Qu Jianlei replied calmly, "Alright, let’s help you move first."

While the star pirates outside continued their search, the three of them started moving the supplies.

Qu Jianlei used the Storage Talisman, but the three of them didn’t leave empty-handed, carrying large and small bags.

Anyway, Pan Yifu took away less than forty percent of the supplies, and Qu Jianlei couldn’t be bothered to quibble.

The three of them tiptoed for more than forty kilometers before Pan Yifu called to halt, "Alright, we’re not far from my Secret Vault."

Although he had reached a mutual understanding with the other, he still needed to keep the location of the Secret Vault confidential.

Qu Jianlei said nothing, released the supplies from the Storage Talisman, and, grabbing the Earth Attribute, turned and left.

Pan Yifu watched him disappear into the night and pondered, shaking his head slowly, "Whose disciple is this?"

The next moment, he picked up a few packages and briskly left.

He transported all the supplies in twelve trips, fortunate that his Secret Vault was indeed close, otherwise, it would have been quite exhausting.

However, when he returned for the twelfth time, he coincidentally met Qu Jianlei coming back.

Qu Jianlei tossed down the Earth Attribute Warrior, raised his hand, and cupped his fist, "My business is finished, contact via radio if there’s anything."

Pan Yifu watched the person disappear again, and then looked at the Earth Attribute, "Where is Wen Xin’s secret vault roughly located?"

He didn’t intend to do anything to Qu Jianlei, just felt that the more information he knew, the easier it would be to survive.

"I don’t know," the B-level Earth Attribute warrior slowly shook his head, looking helpless, "After entering the secret camp, he knocked me out."

"This is really...," Pan Yifu chuckled bitterly and shook his head, then spoke in a deep voice, "What other secret camps does Fat Fox have?"

Qu Jianlei really didn’t expect that Pan Yifu would set his eyes on other supplies of Fat Fox.

The next day, he hung the heads of the third-in-command and three B-level warriors on a big tree in the security zone.

The star thieves who received the news were in an uproar, and the first thief to arrive recognized the third-in-command but didn’t dare to take the heads down.

More than an hour later, the tall second-in-command arrived, took down the heads with a dark face and left without saying a word.

Qu Jianlei didn’t stick around to watch the excitement; two heads of star thieves were dead, and it was still uncertain how frenzied they would become.

A day later, he received a new message that the star thieves’ attack troops had been ordered to consolidate their positions and stop expanding.

This is a typical shift from offense to defense. Anyone with a bit of intelligence could guess: maybe the situation was about to change.

Qu Jianlei felt that the star thieves’ actions were not particularly surprising.

However, another move by the star thieves did catch him a bit off guard.

They publicly announced that the Pioneer Teams like Diamond and Fat Fox had already defected to the marauders.

The star thieves hoped the pioneers would be sensible enough to make the right choice. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Upon hearing this news, Qu Jianlei truly couldn’t comprehend it: weren’t you helping the Pioneer Teams root out spies?

If they didn’t leak this information, some Pioneer Teams could continue to lurk, causing greater harm to the pioneers.

In fact, when Black Rain informed other Pioneer Teams that Diamond defected to the star thieves, many Pioneer Teams were skeptical.

Even with the reputable Engineer Battalion vouching, some still thought it might be infighting among Celestial Level Teams.

After all, Diamond was a Celestial Level Team, possessing a Supreme presence within the Imperial base, defecting to star thieves... what a joke?

However, Qu Jianlei reconsidered, realizing that the star thieves were indeed low on morale and needed some good news.

No matter what, those defending Diamond were sure to face a wave of criticism.

Therefore, while this move by the star thieves might boost morale, it also was a typical shortsighted action, focused only on the immediate future without considering the consequences.

That night, Qu Jianlei contacted Mu Guoguo again.

Before he could ask about the wounded, Captain Mu asked first, "Black Heaven, can you now contact Pan Yifu?"

Qu Jianlei answered straightforwardly, "I don’t know him, nor do I want to contact him."

"That’s a bit childish," Mu Guoguo chuckled, "Didn’t you know? He just killed two A-level heads of the star thieves."

"Did he kill them alone?" Qu Jianlei scoffed, "I’m behind the star thieves; my information is quite up-to-date."

Upon hearing that he knew about this, Mu Guoguo openly stated, "I want to find Pan Yifu’s partner, the A-level Earth Attribute warrior."

Even though he was besieged, his information remained quite current.

"An esteemed A-level bigwig, avenging Blazing Fire by beheading many star thieves... I want to thank him in person."

Qu Jianlei steadily replied, "I’m just a lowly B-level, unworthy of contacting an A-level... are your wounded planning to break through the siege?"

"We definitely plan to break through," Mu Guoguo answered without hesitation, "However, the star thieves’ defensive and offensive arrangements have changed drastically recently."

"I’ll send them out once I figure out the pattern."

"You might want to wait," Qu Jianlei couldn’t help but suggest, "The star thieves’ defenses are contracting."

"That might not be the truth," Mu Guoguo bluntly stated, "The star thieves are masters of deception."

"They’re in a hurry," Qu Jianlei thought he saw it clearly, "They even exposed Diamond and Fat Fox’s origins."

"That might not be from being in a hurry," Mu Guoguo replied, "They want to create conflict among the Pioneer Teams."

Create conflict? Qu Jianlei heard a different interpretation and momentarily felt curious, "Are there more sympathizers for Diamond?"

"Not really," Mu Guoguo was quite practical and wouldn’t talk loosely, "Diamond is indeed isolated now."

However, he immediately changed his tone, "But they also slandered many innocent Pioneer Teams."

"For instance, they claimed that Qian Duoduo Pioneer Team also had frequent contacts with them."

"The Profound Level Team hired by Diamond?" Qu Jianlei remembered, he also thought back then that Qian Duoduo was not very trustworthy.

However, he didn’t continue to look into it, so he had no say, anyway, he wasn’t acquainted with that team and didn’t have much feeling about them.

"There was only contact; I remember the list included several Pioneer Teams... Is Qian Duoduo really that reliable?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Guoguo couldn’t help but chuckle bitterly, "I don’t know what your amnesia has made you forget or remember."

"But the Qian Duoduo Pioneer Team was supported by the Energy Block Alliance... Understand?"