Chapter 160: Staying Out of the Spotlight

He knew his own limitations and that the goods were not something the two of them could touch.

Li Ming just shook his head, and then pinched out a virtual screen from the smart terminal. On it was a series of coordinates - "***.***.***"

Ya Luo was stunned for a moment and blurted out, "How do you know!?"

This coordinate is exactly where he hid the goods.

As soon as he finished speaking, the spacecraft suddenly shook, and the cruise coordinates that had been set long ago changed, and the final destination became the coordinates on the virtual screen.

Yaluo's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly sat in the driver's seat. After a while of operation, only a red warning sign flashed on the screen, and he could not control it at all.

"You...you controlled my spaceship?" Yaluo finally reacted and was shocked.

Although his spaceship is not a good thing, it is definitely impossible to crack it by someone who has no experience in hacking.

I haven't heard Luochuan mention that Li Ming is also a famous hacker, and his skills seem to be quite good.

"Oh..." Ya Luo sighed dejectedly, "Junior Brother, it's not that I don't want to take you with me, nor am I trying to keep all this stuff for myself. It's just that this stuff is too much trouble."

Li Ming also seemed helpless. "Brother Yaluo, don't get me wrong. It's just that due to some special circumstances, I really need this batch of goods."

"This stuff is a bomb. Whoever touches it will die." Yaluo deliberately exaggerated and stood up from his seat. "The Star Hunters and the Sera people are not to be trifled with. With our small bodies, I'm afraid there won't be even a trace left of us."

"Will there be an A-level life form?" Li Ming couldn't help but frown.

"A-class?" Yaluo paused, then shook his head. "That's not the case. This shipment isn't enough to alarm an A-class lifeform. The one who took action was only a branch fleet of the Star Hunters, led by a B-class lifeform."

Then he emphasized: "Even if it is a B-level life form, it is not something we can deal with."

Li Ming glanced at the flight time and said, "The estimated arrival time is also one month. It's about the same time."

Yaluo didn't understand. "Almost? What do you mean by almost?"

Li Ming had no intention of explaining.

Yaluo finally understood what the meaningful expression on Luochuan's face and the words "take good care of yourself" meant when he left.

"Alas, Master, I'm so sorry. I can't even fulfill this little instruction." Ya Luo lamented repeatedly: "Don't worry, Junior Brother will definitely die before me."

Li Ming had no choice but to promise that he would not take action if there was any danger. Only then did Ya Luo reluctantly agree to go and take a look.

"I read the spacecraft's operation log. After leaving Jingnan Star, you changed direction several times. Originally, you should have wanted to go there to take a look." Li Ming looked at Yaluo who was sighing with a smile.

Yaluo was startled and his eyes evaded. "That's not the case, I..."

That was goods worth 1 billion star coins, which was naturally a huge sum of money for him. The things were just there, so how could he not think about it.

It was only because of Wu Yanqing's instructions and the fact that Li Ming was following him, and the fact that the danger was indeed too high, that he suppressed his thoughts.

Yalu felt like he was being seen through, so he quickly changed the subject and asked Li Ming what he wanted to do with the goods.

"I was just trying to build something. I came in a hurry and didn't bring anything with me." Li Ming said casually. Ya Luo seemed to be thinking about it and breathed a sigh of relief. "If I hadn't taken action, the risk of this batch of goods wouldn't be that great. I almost forgot you're an expert in mechanics."

"Fuck..." He cursed under his breath and slapped his face, "I haven't got the thing yet, what are you thinking about?"

………

This is a desolate and decaying land. The rich gray color seems to fill every inch of the air. There is no green at all and it is lifeless.

At this time, dozens of narrow shuttle-shaped spaceships were quietly parked here, and a group of Sera people wearing interstellar combat uniforms were swinging some instruments here.

Soon, a faint roar came from above, getting closer and closer, and finally became clearly audible.

An exquisite green spaceship, over a hundred meters long, slowly descended. Its propulsion engine bent, and the flames it spewed out gradually went out, and it landed in a hovering position.

The Sera people below came trotting over and formed two teams in front of the spaceship. The hatch opened, and the leader had a dignified look on his face, but his expression was not very good.

"Duke Bai Ye!" One of the people waiting in line took a step forward, his voice high and excited, and the black glass of his helmet became transparent.

"Team Ghostlight, Major Neil, greetings to His Excellency the Duke!"

Duke Bai Ye showed a look of realization, "Neil, it turned out to be you."

"Your Highness, do you still remember me?" Neil was even more excited.

"You performed very well in that incident last time." Bai Ye said casually, followed by a fully armed team, all of whom looked elite.

"I didn't expect you to come here in person to handle this matter." Neil stepped forward and said, "With you here, we can definitely resolve this matter."

When Bai Ye mentioned this, his expression changed. "I just happened to hear about this, so I came to see what's going on. This concerns Sera's reputation, so we need to resolve it as soon as possible."

In fact, he came to avoid the limelight. The turmoil caused by the death of Isius had not yet completely ended, and he wanted to wait for the storm to pass.

It happened that Sera was tracking down this batch of goods, so he volunteered to come.

"What's the situation now?" Bai Ye got to the point.

"Your Excellency," Neil reported, "Based on the clues provided by the citizens who escaped, we have locked down this area."

"This area contains independent planets, meteorite belts, and stardust clouds. We don't know exactly where they are. We're currently conducting detailed exploration, but we should be able to locate the target soon."

Duke Bai Ye nodded, "Was it the Star Hunter who did it?"

"Yes, the Star Hunter's fourth fleet is led by Class B life forms." Neil quickly retrieved the information from the smart terminal.

"However, something unexpected happened. One of his men, for some reason, betrayed him, stole the spaceship, and escaped, even releasing all our citizens." Neil's words were somewhat unbelievable. "If it weren't for that, we wouldn't have found this place."

"Wouldn't it be better to release the citizens?" Duke Bai Ye glanced at him and frowned, "Are you sure that the goods are still in his hands?"

Neil nodded hurriedly in his heart: "It's certain. Star Hunter has issued a wanted order and spread the word. No one should dare to buy this batch of goods. Even if they do, it will be at a very low price."

He pulled up the wanted poster and showed it to Duke Bai Ye. He then noticed that the Duke, who had been calm at first, suddenly became serious and asked in surprise, "It's him..."

"Do you know him?" Neil asked in surprise, adding, "This man has several disguises. The one released by the Star Hunter should be his true form."

"This guy has been hanging around in the Land of Stars for many years, but his presence is not very noticeable and he hasn't done anything special. He calls himself the Wind Hunter."

Duke Bai Ye's expression flickered: "He is Wu Yanqing's student."

"Wu Yanqing?" Neil looked bewildered, quite unfamiliar with the name. After swiping on his smart device for a while, he suddenly realized, "Is he from Blue Star?"

Then he was quite indignant, "They were actually behind this."

Duke Bai Ye looked indifferent and impatient, "Why didn't you inform me earlier?"

"This..." Neil looked hesitant.

"Forget it." Duke Bai Ye waved his hand again. The government agencies of every civilization are extremely large and bloated. He had not been in charge of this matter before, so naturally he would not know about it.

"I'll go and ask around. We don't have an extradition treaty with Blue Star, so we can only do our best." He walked aside, turned on his smart terminal, and then contacted someone.

After a moment, he came back with a frown on his face.

"Duke..." Neil started tentatively.

"He has already left Blue Star..." Duke Bai Ye's tone seemed to be filled with deep confusion, "He also took Li Ming with him."

"Li Ming?" Neil was even more confused.

"Why did Li Ming leave..." Duke Bai Ye pondered, seemingly having forgotten Neil. "Could it be that he has something to hide?"

Halfway through his thought, Bai Ye's face turned awkward, but he quickly restrained himself. It seemed that he was the first one to run away.

"Li Ming, he's the one who brought the Royal Academy..." Neil couldn't help but exclaimed as he looked at the information on the screen.

When he looked up, he saw Duke Bai Ye's gloomy face and did not dare to say the second half of the sentence.

After taking another closer look at the information, Neil couldn't help but wonder, "Isn't he one of the people present when Isius died?"

"And his potential for development is astonishing. He should be the focus of cultivation by the Itlan civilization. Why would he leave with someone who hangs out in the Land of Stars?"

"Could it be that... he is absconding from the crime?" Neil made a bold guess while carefully observing Duke Bai Ye's expression.

Li Ming dealt a heavy blow to the Sera Royal Academy. The entire Sera civilization was quite hostile to him, so it was right to throw dirty water on him.

Unexpectedly, Duke Bai Ye's expression turned even uglier, and he scolded, "The death of His Highness Isius is such a serious matter, and you dare to talk nonsense!"

"Leaving is absconding from the crime, so can't there be other things?"

In terms of time, he was the first one to run away.

"Go and explore quickly!" Duke Bai Ye shouted angrily.

Neil didn't know how he hit the horse's hoof, and didn't dare to refute. He hurriedly took people to explore.

"Your Highness, please return to the spaceship first." The guard following behind him whispered.

Duke Bai Ye's expression eased a little. He returned to the spaceship and his personal guard whispered:

"While Neil's words may not be logical, they do make sense. Li Ming has incredible potential and should have gone to the Itlan civilization, but he suddenly left. This is truly thought-provoking."

"Didn't you say before that anyone who becomes an enemy of Li Ming will have a bad ending? Do you want to talk directly to the Itlan civilization?"

"Neil doesn't think before he speaks, but you do?" Bai Ye said coldly, "You believe such nonsense. This sentence can also be applied to you. You are still alive today, and more of your enemies have died."

This statement can be applied to every living being.

He targeted Li Ming only because the other party had too much development potential and belonged to Blue Star, so he would definitely be a big disaster in the future, so he wanted to get rid of him.

But this kind of report will hurt the enemy by a thousand and hurt yourself by eight hundred. It has no evidence and will only bring trouble.

"But didn't you say before that Li Ming was near where Saiyin and Isius died?" The guard asked doubtfully. "Isius's death is such a serious matter. Even if the reason is a bit far-fetched, it's enough to be investigated."

"You only thought of Li Ming. Chen Jinglong was there too, didn't you know?" Duke Bai Ye had certainly thought about it, but he denied it himself. "We were there too, have you forgotten?"

The guard was puzzled: "But our timeline..."

"Information from various sources has confirmed that there are indeed dimensional spirits within the Torch, and this is top secret. Rumor has it that they possess all sorts of terrifying abilities and are the most powerful dimensional creatures the Torch Organization has found in recent years." Duke Bai Ye shook his head helplessly.

"Judging from the current abilities of the dimensional spirits, if they can communicate regardless of space, then our timeline doesn't count at all. We're already very close to the starport and should have been included in it."

The Torch Organization has admitted that they did it and have found a fire source in the Wing Shadow Fleet.

Although after memory review, the other party did not cooperate with the inside and outside, and did not even know the name of the dimensional god.

But Ford believes that since the dimensional gods have psychic abilities, erasing their memories is naturally very simple.

Coyle has been killed, and the most important thing now is to take revenge on the Torch, not to suspect more people.

Therefore, Duke Bai Ye did not intend to make a fuss about this matter, because he was also one of the "suspects" and might get himself involved again.

But Li Ming's sudden departure really made him curious.

"This seems like an opportunity. If you leave Jingnan, no one will protect you. Do you really think that it's so easy to survive in the interstellar space?" Duke Bai Ye couldn't help but sneer and gave the order:

"Try your best to gather all the information about this Wind Hunter. If he shows up again, we must capture him immediately."

"yes!"

For the next period of time, Duke Bai Ye's men continued to search for the target planet based on the clues they had. This was a time-consuming task.

Even if the scope has been defined, it will still take time to search one by one.

In this way, more than half a month passed in a flash.

…

In the dilapidated spaceship, Yaluo was anxious every day. One day, he was looking through his smart terminal and couldn't help but grit his teeth and curse:

"Fuck, another one asking me about my well-being. When I asked them to borrow money before, none of them lent me money."

"Everyone wants to take me out for a bounty!"

Yaluo cursed continuously as he wandered around in the narrow cabin. He accidentally bumped his head. Although it didn't hurt, it ignited his anger. He pointed at the spaceship and cursed:

"You heartless bastard! I've disciplined you so many times and never left you, yet you treat me like this!"

After cursing for a long time, he felt even more sad. Even the spacecraft operating system was in the shape of Li Ming.

"Senior brother, why are you so irritable?" Li Ming pushed open the door, steam rising from his body.

"You finally made it out," Yaluo said hurriedly. "A few of my old friends in the Hunter Group told me that the Fourth Fleet hasn't returned yet."

"I guess they are still looking for the location of that shipment."

"Old friend?" Li Ming was quite surprised.

(End of this chapter)