Starting Cultivation in Wasteland-Chapter 514 - 384: Best Not to Act Rashly

Granny, your curiosity... Qu Jianlei chuckled helplessly, "Besides revenge, they thought I would have an Electromagnetic Attribute Body Technique."

"Electromagnetic Body Technique?" Granny Jia blinked her cloudy old eyes, then nodded.

"If it’s for that... it’s indeed worth noting, but isn’t this nonsense? Do you need that technique?"

No wonder she’s lived so long; she grasps many obscure points of knowledge, making conversation effortless.

"Who says it’s not?" Qu Jianlei smiled wryly, "I didn’t provoke them at all, yet they have their eyes on me."

"Just greed," Granny Jia said nonchalantly. She had seen too much forceful plunder to be easily surprised anymore.

After a pause, she spoke suddenly, "Two Supreme ones."

She spoke cryptically, but Qu Jianlei understood, "You mean Tru can deploy at most two Supreme ones?"

"Not just Tru," the old lady waved her hand, "An Electromagnetic Attribute Body Technique... is worth at most two Supremes!"

This was good news; Qu Jianlei nodded silently, hoping it was only worth one Supreme instead.

However, in the next moment, he realized a problem, "Did Director Kadani mention Teng Wenli?"

The Teng Family was embroiled in the Xiang Xue assassination incident just days ago, and now they might be in for another big pitfall, quite remarkable.

"Teng Wenli..." Granny Jia really didn’t have the mind to focus on such small figures; she thought for a moment before recalling.

"That C-level in the Red Lotus District who introduced you to a job? Kadani did mention it."

"Tch," Qu Jianlei clicked his tongue in frustration and frowned, "Why is her mouth so fast..."

Upon hearing this, Granny Jia scanned him with her cloudy old eyes, "Being concerned for such a small character, that’s quite rare."

"I never care about cultivation level in friendships," Qu Jianlei replied solemnly, "nor am I accustomed to disappointing friends."

Granny Jia pondered for a moment, then shook her head, "That young man shouldn’t have any trouble."

"Really?" Qu Jianlei was delighted to hear this, as he was fed up with his trouble-attracting aura.

Then he humbly asked, "Can you explain why?"

Granny Jia’s reasoning was simple: so far, the Tru Conglomerate was investigating covertly.

Since they feared alarming the Panda, they were unlikely to openly do anything to Teng Wenli.

Especially noteworthy: Teng Wenli was a government official, even though he was only C-level, he held real authority.

If the interests were huge enough, capital wouldn’t mind trampling the law, but so far, no one could confirm Panda was Black Heaven.

Taking striking action against an official with real authority for a negligible possibility, that would be purely brainless behavior.

The fact that the Tru Conglomerate has grown to its current size means they couldn’t operate without some brains.

Of course, with so many people, a few impulsive ones in the Tru Conglomerate would be normal.

However, the fact remains, the two people probing were very cautious; they just didn’t expect there to be a Supreme in the library, which revealed their purpose.

It could be imagined that those responsible for probing Teng Wenli were probably primarily guided by these two.

So, what style of action would they take? Does it even need guessing?

The old lady didn’t break everything down thoroughly; she really wasn’t interested in saying so much.

She just said a few things generally, focusing on pointing out the relationship between the government and the conglomerate.

And such knowledge was exactly what Qu Jianlei lacked, something you couldn’t get from books.

Then he supplemented his knowledge smoothly and set his mind at ease.

He had very little faith in his own constitution—or rather too much faith, always worried about unexpected events.

But one can’t be too fussy; he’s thought through all he needed to consider, and fulfilled his responsibility.

In this situation, if Teng Wenli still meets with an accident, it would just be a matter of bad luck.

He thanked the old lady again for clearing his doubts, and then asked, "What attribute has Tru’s current Supreme awakened?"

"You really plan to kill a Supreme?" Granny Jia was indeed taken aback once more.

Qu Jianlei answered vaguely, "Just asking around, better safe than sorry."

I don’t believe you at all! Granny Jia, wise through her years, still doubted whether the Panda could kill a Supreme alone.

Perhaps... it might be someone from his background sending people to take action, she felt she found the right answer.

In the end, she shook her head, "A Supreme is hard to move lightly... I’ll help you ask about the relationship between Tru and Quantum first."

"Alright," Qu Jianlei was out of options after all, the old lady helped him so much, he couldn’t be too stubborn.

However, he had a strong sense of insecurity, "Granny Jia, could you briefly talk about Tru’s situation in this Star Realm?"

He still didn’t give up, and Granny Jia was a bit helpless too.

However, in any case, it’s still better than focusing on killing and fighting Supremes, so she simply said a few words.

Tru Conglomerate has a station in the Hope Star Realm, similar to a branch office.

The manpower doing things for the conglomerate is not small, over five hundred people, but truly from the core Imperial region, fewer than twenty.

Including key positions like finance, intelligence, and technical personnel.

Otherwise, it’s hard to say if there are even ten people in total.

The others include those who have moved to the core area, though a larger number are locals who know the ins and outs.

As for those recruited informants and superpower warriors hired for help... they don’t even qualify to be on the five hundred person list.

Tru’s main purpose in the Hope Star Realm is intelligence gathering, focusing on intelligence analysis and synthesis.

Unless there’s an event with particularly huge benefits, the stationed point would start actual operations.

But once operations begin, the signal released by Tru makes many forces in the Hope Star Realm willing to cooperate.

With Tru’s reputation far and wide, having developed here for a long time, finding partners is no trouble.

Most of the time, it’s the conglomerate choosing which forces can cooperate, rather than them asking others to cooperate. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

This institution is Tru’s tentacle reaching into the Hope Star Realm, small in size but with strong significance.

Precisely because of this, Granny Jia hopes Panda can restrain themselves and avoid provoking the other side, which would be no ordinary trouble.

Qu Jianlei, after listening, said, "I didn’t intend to provoke the other side, but since they came to me, I need to be prepared, right?"

Granny Jia was truly helpless, "Give me two days, take two days off... once there’s a result, you can return, okay?"

Qu Jianlei was willing to give Granny Jia face, while also reminding, "Be careful yourself while gathering news."

Even if you’re Supreme, you can’t withstand multiple Supremes teaming up, let alone being an elderly person who has dropped in Realm.

"Wish me something good," Granny Jia retorted irritably, "Good things don’t work, bad things do... that’s too unlucky!"

Interestingly, ordinary people in the Imperial don’t pay much attention to luck, while powerful superpower warriors care more about it.

But it’s not surprising, as superpower warriors face life-and-death struggles much more often than ordinary people.

In such situations, taboo-heavy practices naturally increase—not whether they work, but at least they’re psychologically comforting.

Thinking about his own constitution, Qu Jianlei naturally dared not speak out.

Returning to the rented villa, he called Dave, indicating he needed at least two days off.

Previously, when he went out, he only needed to shut down the library borrowing, but this time, since it was longer, it was best to follow protocol.

Many companies on Blue Star stipulate that telephone leave requests are not allowed—they must be made face-to-face.

But Dave reacted in a very library-like way, saying he knew of it and would arrange for someone else to cover.

He even very considerately suggested that if two days aren’t enough, Qu Jianlei could extend his leave with the wristwatch directly and not be shy about it.

Is it that easy to talk to? Qu Jianlei hung up the communication, a bit puzzled.

But quickly realized: after all, he’s the favorite of the City Library.

The Old City Library couldn’t offer higher pay, and knowing he’s a Modified Warrior, giving appropriate accommodation... makes sense, right?

In the next two days, Qu Jianlei didn’t even leave home, just staying put, cultivating, and pondering the Array Map.

And when he had spare time, he thought about how he would systematically study if he had the opportunity to go to Green Water Academy.

Besides that, he frequently perceived the surroundings, looking to see if any eye-catching individuals appeared.

He focused not just on his courtyard but also kept an eye on Teng Wenli’s home.

As for consuming Inner Breath, he couldn’t be bothered considering that; conserving previously was meant for crucial moments, wasn’t it?

Surprisingly, in such an extremely tense state, the efficiency of completing the Array turned out to be unprecedentedly high.

In two days, he even completed the second edition of the Array complement.

It took him over twenty days for the first edition, yet just a week for the second!

This had much to do with his previously lacking Array knowledge, but it couldn’t be denied that the second edition was much more precise than the first!

The second edition wasn’t the final version; it still had many deficiencies.

Especially in the past few days, the Gold Attribute improved Cultivation Method he calculated for a long time was pinpointed by Granny Jia for several places that could be fine-tuned.

This made him realize that truly polishing skills... wasn’t as hard as imagined, provided he didn’t forcefully pursue it.

Thus, he wasn’t anxious to perfect the Array in the short term; revising several editions could help him better understand Array knowledge.

Setting aside these issues, what he was most concerned about, the Tru Conglomerate, didn’t send anyone nearby in the last two days.

Qu Jianlei wasn’t sure what Teng Wenli encountered at work, but he hadn’t noticed anything unusual.

Every day when Old Teng came home, he had a cheerful look and seemed to be in a good mood.

On the morning of the third day, he drove to the library, not bothering to ask Granny Jia for more news.

Wristwatch communication being unsafe was just one factor; mainly, the more proactive he was, the less risk there was for Teng Wenli.

Seeing him come to work, even before the library opened, Granny Jia leisurely walked over.

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