Before the Purple Source Crystal Stone completely cools, this advanced material can only be stored in a specially made crystal storage box.

Just at this moment, descending from the sky and landing in front of Gu Qijue, was a specially made crystal storage box.

Gu Qijue quickly picked up the crystal storage box and then fled without looking back.

This time, he had no choice but to run because behind him was an E-Tier and five F-Tier Cosmic Level powerhouses chasing him.

Even after his decisive escape, their pursuit did not stop.

Even if Gu Qijue continued to rupture space to leave, they could still lock onto the crystal storage box.

After running some distance, an idea suddenly struck Gu Qijue.

He began to try whether he could put the crystal storage box into the storage space of the Infinite Engine.

A general space storage device would be unable to accommodate this crystal storage box.

But the storage space of the Infinite Engine obviously was not on the same level as ordinary space storage devices.

After a simple test, he again confirmed that the technological level of the Infinite Engine exceeded that of a Star Cluster-level civilization.

The tasks impossible for a Star Cluster-level civilization's space storage devices were possible for the Infinite Engine's storage space.

If not for this mission being primarily to rescue Commander Lorraine,

Gu Qijue would have already been thinking about making a fortune.

The Purple Source Crystal Stones he obtained could all be stored in the storage space of the Infinite Engine.

This way, no matter how many Purple Source Crystal Stones he obtained, no one else would know.

While the plan was feasible, he did not do this and instead continued seeking people.

In the Star War Ruins, inside the remains of a planet.

This place was an extraordinarily vast underground complex.

Commander Lorraine and her assistant Eve were struggling to find a way out.

Weakly collapsing to the ground, Lorraine faintly asked Eve, "Eve, what's our current situation?"

Her injuries were severe, and Eve lacked the means to treat them.

Lorraine's survival was purely due to her tenacity.

After Lorraine inquired, Eve responded with a sense of despair.

"Commander, we still haven't found an exit."

"However, the number of mechanical beetles here is relatively low."

"So far, no mechanical beetles have appeared."

Eve's report was not particularly favorable news.

This was a gigantic maze, teeming with mechanical beetles.

Had Lorraine not been injured, these mechanical beetles would have been nothing to worry about.

However, in her current dire state, and with Eve being a long-time non-combatant with very weak combat capabilities,

As the sense of helplessness surged within Lorraine's heart, Eve inquired:

"Commander, will there truly be someone to rescue us?"

Lorraine nodded with certainty: "There will be."

She could only comfort Eve this way, as by now, if there was a rescue team, they should have already arrived.

The absence of a rescue team suggested two possibilities.

First, they might have been abandoned.

Second, the place was too dangerous, making it difficult even for rescuers to approach.

Lorraine could only pray they were dealing with the second situation.

The state she and Eve were in was quite dire; without rescue, leaving this place would be impossible.

While Commander Lorraine and young Eve waited for rescue,

Rescue member Su Fan was earnestly trying to find Commander Lorraine.

However, both Lorraine's and Eve's technological devices had been destroyed during an earlier electromagnetic storm assault.

At this time, beyond knowing that Commander Lorraine was still alive, external parties knew nothing else.

Yet, it seemed that hard work pays off; while lingering in this area, Gu Qijue discovered some underground passageways.

His technological equipment was intact.

In this place, he was not worried about getting lost.

Soon after entering the underground passage, Gu Qijue discovered that this area seemed to have once harbored a civilization that built a city underground.

"Swish—"

As soon as he appeared in this place, a blinding purple laser suddenly shot towards him.

At the moment the laser appeared, Gu Qijue's spiritual power identified its source.

It was a mechanical beetle, not an ordinary intelligent machine, but a mechanical lifeform.

"Boom!"

Gu Qijue chose to ignore the mechanical beetle's attack.

His Demonic Power formed a powerful force field around him, easily deflecting the mechanical beetle's attack.

Other attacks from surrounding mechanical beetles were either deflected by Gu Qijue or directly shattered.

Upon approaching the mechanical beetles, he easily crushed them.

Compared to non-combatant Eve, his combat power was explosively strong.

Thus, Gu Qijue continued his search for Commander Lorraine within the underground city.

Unaware that after traveling a certain distance, his technological equipment was also being disrupted by a special force field.

At this moment, only the Infinite Engine, among his high-tech gear, was still operational.

The rest of his technological devices were unusable.

Yet fortune favors the diligent, and after wandering the underground city for a length of time, he found some clues.

He saw mechanical mechas destroyed by a light saber and laser gun.

Gu Qijue's heart leaped: "There are indeed others here; I just don't know if it's Commander Lorraine."

He was now deep within the underground city, and if he couldn't find Commander Lorraine soon, he would have to stop and carefully contemplate his next steps.

Since evidence showed mechanical beetles had been destroyed here, he naturally intended to follow these traces in his search.

Lorraine was severely injured and extremely weak, while Eve was a non-combatant.

This meant even if they could fight and move, they wouldn't have gotten far.

After another half hour of searching, he heard a timid voice.

"Who are you? Raise your hands! Don't come any closer!"

The speaker was none other than Lorraine's assistant, Eve.

Although Gu Qijue was not afraid of Eve, he did not recklessly approach but instead identified himself: "I am Gu Qijue, the Alliance Leader of the Desolate Star System, Vermilion Bird Star Cluster."

Eve and Lorraine were unfamiliar with the Desolate Star System.

Understandably so, as a Star System included numerous star systems.

Excluding the very famous star systems, they had never heard of others.

Nonetheless, it didn't matter, as Gu Qijue's next statement eased their worries.

"I received the task of searching for Commander Lorraine, deliberately coming to this area to find her."

"Of the two of you, which one is Commander Lorraine?"

As he spoke, he pulled out his Identity Crystal Card.

With the Identity Crystal Card from the Vermilion Bird Star Cluster, his identity was unequivocally confirmed.

Lorraine's power surged, and in the next moment, she revealed her true form.

This time, Gu Qijue confirmed that fortune indeed smiled upon him.

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