“We’re not doing anything. We’re just helping salvage supplies.”

Second Lieutenant Leto explained with a sycophantic smile.

“Bullshit! Does salvaging supplies require you to unseal them? Put those stones back.”

The soldier from the Third Legion berated Second Lieutenant Leto.

“Alright!”

Still smiling obsequiously, Second Lieutenant Leto had his subordinates put the stones back.

“Hmph. I’ll be reporting this.”

The soldier showed no concern that Second Lieutenant Leto outranked him. On the contrary, his eyes were filled with contempt.

“Hey, friend, we can talk this out!”

Second Lieutenant Leto stepped forward, trying to sound friendly.

“There’s nothing to talk about.”

The soldier replied disdainfully.

“Oh? Then you can go die!”

Without any warning, Second Lieutenant Leto raised the blade in his hand and plunged it directly into the soldier’s body. Blood immediately splattered everywhere.

“You!”

The soldier’s eyes went wide.

Second Lieutenant Leto pulled the blade out and stabbed him again and again, growling viciously.

“Can’t be helped. Who told you to get in the way of our payday? Rest in peace!”

The soldier collapsed instantly.

Just then, Long Ming was passing by in the distance and saw the whole thing. His brow furrowed tightly.

But he didn’t meddle in other people’s business. He just walked straight past. After all, he was on his way to steal something himself.

After finishing off the Third Legion soldier, Second Lieutenant Leto immediately urged his subordinates.

“Hurry up and grab them!”

“Yes, sir!”

Their safe was small, so they could only store the contents by taking them out of their original packaging.

In truth, although they were all part of the Star Alliance, their sense of belonging and their compensation were worlds apart.

The Star Alliance had forty-two legions. The higher-ranked legions were directly subordinate to the Star Alliance command, and even their common soldiers received very high pay. All told, it was nearly ten times more than what an ordinary soldier in the 42nd Legion made.

Therefore, they had a strong sense of loyalty and a high status. An ordinary soldier from a top legion might even look down on an officer from the 42nd Legion.

As for the 42nd Legion, to put it bluntly, it was just a hodgepodge of countless Little Civilizations.

These soldiers received meager wages to do the most tedious work, and they weren’t even respected for it. As a result, they didn’t feel a strong sense of belonging to the Star Alliance.

Whatever money they earned was wired back to their respective civilizations.

…..

Just then, Long Ming hurried to the A2 storage area.

The path was littered with the corpses of soldiers and insects, a testament to the ferocity of the battle here.

“Hurry up.”

Hilic constantly urged Long Ming.

Long Ming picked up his pace, but he was still careful to avoid the surveillance cameras along the way.

Soon, he arrived at a cargo storage area. This section was filled with sealed metal containers. Unlike the other containers, these ones were all branded with hazard symbols.

“Here?”

Long Ming asked tentatively.

“That’s right.”

Hilic replied excitedly.

“Don’t tell me these are all Energy Crystals?”

Long Ming asked with a grave expression, staring at the thousands of sealed containers.

“That’s right, and the quality is quite good!”

Hilic was ecstatic.

“What now?”

Long Ming asked, a headache already forming.

He was now hoping that the Kunpeng would be lost for good and never reclaimed. Otherwise, if so many energy ores went missing, the higher-ups would surely fly into a thunderous rage.

“Give me control of the body.”

Hilic said to Long Ming excitedly.

“Fine, but you’d better not do anything reckless.”

Long Ming warned Hilic.

“Hmph. I’m not like you cunning humans. I have more principles than you do.”

Hilic sneered at Long Ming.

Long Ming didn’t say anything, just relaxed his mind.

Hilic immediately took over Long Ming’s body. It removed the armor covering the left hand, and gruesome, bloody tentacles extended out. They pierced through the sealed metal containers one by one, frantically devouring the Energy Crystals.

Long Ming could clearly see countless blue points of light gathering into his body through the bloody tentacles.

‘Are you sure this is okay? I’m not going to explode from all this, am I?’

Long Ming asked cautiously.

There were so many Energy Crystals stored here that he started to doubt if his small body could handle it all.

“Hmph, you won’t explode! If anything, this isn’t enough.”

Hilic replied contemptuously.

Hearing Hilic’s words, Long Ming’s mind went a little numb.

These Energy Crystals were worth a fortune; their value was incalculable.

And Hilic was still saying it wasn’t enough? ‘This guy is a monster that devours gold.’

The thought sent a shiver down Long Ming’s spine.

In reality, for an Emperor Level monster like Hilic, evolution was often fueled by the no-expense-spared resources of an entire race. Therefore, it was normal for its requirements to be enormous.

Soon, Hilic had swept the area clean, consuming all the Energy Crystals.

“Haha.”

Hilic was incredibly excited, its entire body emanating terrifying waves of Power.

‘Get it under control! Are you trying to attract attention?’

Long Ming said to Hilic in a low tone.

“Hmph.”

Hilic was in an excellent mood and didn’t argue with Long Ming, directly returning control of the body to him.

Just as Long Ming was about to leave,

BOOM—

a huge explosion suddenly sounded in the distance, and the entire Kunpeng trembled slightly.

“What’s going on?”

Long Ming was also very shocked.

The explosion seemed to have come from the A1 storage area, which was quite close to him.

“Go take a look and you’ll find out.”

Hilic said to Long Ming.

Long Ming’s expression flickered, and he then snuck toward the area of the explosion.

「Sometime later.」

Long Ming crept to the edge of the A1 storage area and saw, from a distance, a giant, egg-shaped object wrapped in a special canvas.

The Fourth Generation Mechanical God, Storm Envoy, and five Destroyers were standing guard in front of the unidentified egg-shaped object.

In front of them was a massive, mantis-like Type IV Elite-class member of the Insect Race named Kaelin. It had three pairs of red insect eyes on its head and a mouth full of sharp teeth. It roared continuously, driving countless insects to swarm forward.

The Storm Envoy swung its two Light Blades, swiftly cutting down one insect after another while shouting sternly at its subordinates.

“All of you, stay sharp! Do not allow a single insect to get past and snatch that egg!”

“Yes, Lieutenant Colonel Fei Ang!”

The five Destroyer pilots responded with grave expressions.

At that moment, Hilic became instantly fanatical. It said to Long Ming, who had shrunk back into the corridor,

“I want that egg.”

‘Are you crazy? Didn’t you see that Fourth Generation Storm Envoy and five Destroyers guarding it? The moment I dare to touch that egg, they’ll chop me to pieces. This Gale can’t take that kind of punishment.’

Long Ming was well aware of the gap between a Fourth Generation Mechanical God and a Third Generation Mechanical God.

If he had the Red Ghost mecha armor with him, he might have been able to give it a try. But if even one of them got away, he’d have the entire Star Alliance hunting him down.

“I have a way to take it without anyone knowing.”

Hilic said to Long Ming.

“What way?”

Long Ming asked with a serious expression.

“Remove the armor covering your left arm.”

Hilic told Long Ming.

“Okay.”

Although Long Ming didn’t know what Hilic was planning, he complied and removed the armor on his left arm.

Just then, the skin on his left palm split open, and a ball of flesh squirmed out, differentiating into a tiny Blood Breath Spider.

‘Are you sure this Blood Breath Spider will work? What if it gets scanned?’

Long Ming asked, worried.

“Relax. This Blood Breath Spider was differentiated from my very essence; it has powerful camouflage abilities. If that were a custom Fourth Generation Mechanical God, I wouldn’t be so sure. But against a standard-issue Fourth Generation Mechanical God, it’s no problem!”

Hilic explained to Long Ming.

“You’re sure?”

“I’m sure!”

“Alright then!”

Long Ming could only nod in agreement.

At that moment, Kaelin, seeing its subordinates unable to break through, let out a roar and charged forward furiously.

“You’re courting death!”

Lieutenant Colonel Fei Ang immediately piloted the Storm Envoy to meet the charge.

The two collided, and a massive shockwave swept outward.

“Now’s our chance!”

Hilic immediately controlled the Blood Breath Spider, which began to crawl toward the egg.

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