"You arrived later than us. Where are you from?" Yao Bei turned her head slightly to face the empty corridor.

On the other side of the wall, Li Wenchuan casually rested one arm on his bent knees and replied calmly, "Federation."

Yao Bei's voice followed, "When Tu Ran escaped, the threshold gate was opened, but you didn't enter the threshold?"

"No, after the threshold was closed that time, it opened twice in succession. The group of guards on the opposite side came in the first time, and I was the second time."

"Why can the guards from the executive department also enter the Threshold?" Yao Bei asked again. When she left, the Federation was still trying to capture Tu Ran, and everything else was the same as usual. How could such a big change happen in such a short time?

"I can't control it." Li Wenchuan leaned his head against the wall, swinging his arms leisurely, and said with disdain, "The time when Tu Ran escaped, the guards witnessed the power of the inner elixir with their own eyes. They were unwilling to let the inner elixir be only given to the pioneers, so they squeezed into the threshold. At that time, ordinary people could not stop the scene."

"Can't stop it?"

Yao Bei doesn't believe the words "can't be stopped".

She could guess the little thoughts of the federal high-ranking officials without even having to think about it.

After those who are scrambling to enter the threshold have desperately found the inner elixir, those people above will find a way to take it away. They can get the inner elixir without any effort, so of course they will not stop them, because they are not the ones to die anyway.

In response to Yao Bei's question, Li Wenchuan just smiled silently.

They both knew it.

Because they were in prison, their conversation would be monitored and eavesdropped on, so the two of them tacitly agreed to only talk about things that were no longer secrets. After three to five minutes, the conversation would end and they would go back to their beds to rest.

The main star is night, and the 4344 star is also night.

Tu Ran leaned against a huge rock in the leeward area, folded her arms across her chest, and looked up at the starry sky with 4344 stars in boredom.

The night sky here is very beautiful. It is not gray as it is during the day, but purple. The deep purple light spreads across the entire sky. You can see the patterns of the light beams, with a few stars scattered among them.

There are no such things as stars in the Federation's sky. The air in the Federation is severely polluted and there are not even birds in the sky.

The sky above is not visible. When night falls, the sky becomes so dark that it seems to be pressing down on us. It is as if we are in the farthest corner of the universe with no stars around.

Tu Ran hadn't seen the stars for a long time and admired them very seriously.

Until Tang Ying came over with a small mental power tester in his hand.

Tu Ran noticed her walking towards him from the corner of her eye, but he didn't turn around to look at her, nor did he show any intention of standing up. He just completely ignored her.

Tang Ying stood still in front of her, and Tu Ran did not react.

Tang Ying frowned, looking unhappy, "Can't you see me?"

Tu Ran pretended to be surprised and looked up at her, "Hey, when did Secretary Tang come? Do you want to watch the stars with me? My stone is small and may not have enough room for you."

How could Tang Ying not hear the sarcasm in her tone? A layer of ice formed on her face. "Now I need to test your mental strength. Please stand up."

Tu Ran stood up cooperatively.

Tang Ying raised the mental power tester in her hand. Tu Ran paused and put his hand on it.

The value on the meter began to rise.

Until it stopped at 61.

Mental power level: 61.

Tu Ran already knew the result, so there was nothing surprising about it. After the value froze, she withdrew her hand. On the other hand, Tang Ying stared at the value on the instrument for a long time before turning it off, holding it with one hand and letting it hang by her side.

He looked up at Tu Ran and said, "You are the first person I have ever seen whose mental strength increased from 0 to 61 in a short period of time."

There was a smile in Tu Ran's eyes. She raised her chin and motioned Tang Ying to look at the drone behind her.

Tang Ying turned her head and just as she was wondering what Tu Ran meant, she heard her voice, "Can we let them leave temporarily?"

Tang Ying raised her hand and gestured, and the drone immediately turned around and flew towards other people.

Tang Ying turned around and looked at Tu Ran, "Can you tell me now?"

Tu Ran stopped pretending, her face was exceptionally cold. "I heard from the mecha researcher that every time you fight with alien beasts, you estimate the various possible damages to the mecha in advance and prepare the mecha repair materials."

"Yes, I am usually responsible for this matter." Tang Ying said straightforwardly.

Tu Ran: "The mecha I used this time does not have the corresponding repair materials. I will have no mecha available tomorrow."

Tang Ying frowned, "I have asked them to prepare an extra set of materials for a light mecha."

Tu Ran observed the expression on Tang Ying's face and narrowed her eyes. "Do you know that the mecha I'm using is an old model from a few years ago?"

"Old model?" Tang Ying was surprised and shook her head, "I don't know."

Tu Ran stared at her, pursed her lips and said nothing.

"So you suspect I did it on purpose?" Tang Ying suddenly understood why Tu Ran had that attitude towards her just now.

Although Tu Ran had not shown any affection for her before, he still had basic courtesy and just ignored her.

"I do doubt you," Tu Ran said frankly. She took a few steps back, leaned against the boulder, crossed her arms over her chest, and looked Tang Ying up and down. "You have always shown hostility towards me before. It was my fault that I chose an old model of mecha. It has nothing to do with you. But you were responsible for preparing the materials for the mecha. I thought you would not be so careless." Tu Ran took a breath and changed his tone. "But now it seems that you can be so careless."

Tang Ying: “…”

Although it was embarrassing and uncomfortable to hear Tu Ran say this, I have to admit that Tu Ran was right.

As Ye Hongci's secretary, she explained seriously, "I don't know much about mechas, and I didn't recognize that the mecha was an old model. I asked the mecha research department to prepare an extra set of materials for a light mecha. It was indeed my negligence that caused your current situation."

After a pause, Tang Ying seemed to have made up her mind, "Before, for personal reasons, I had some prejudices against you and showed a bad attitude, which made you doubt my conduct. I apologize to you."

Tang Ying lowered his head to express his apology. The movement was so quick that Tu Ran could hardly see it clearly. However, for someone as arrogant as Tang Ying, doing this was more sincere than for most people to kneel down.

Tu Ran would not hold on to it. She did not care at all whether Tang Ying treated her well or not. What mattered to her was that the other party did not play any tricks behind her back. She hated this kind of intrigue.

Now that everything is made clear, it’s good for everyone.

"I said the above to you as Chief Ye's secretary."

Tu Ran raised her eyebrows, "So what do you want to say to me as Tang Ying?"

"I, Tang Ying, am not the kind of mean person you think I am. I just don't like your arrogant look, but I won't stab you in the back. Make an old mecha just for you? Don't prepare materials just for you? I'm not that mean. I work with Chief Ye, so I won't do anything to bring shame to Chief Ye. You can rest assured! Besides, I'm born with a bad temper!"

After saying this in one breath, Tang Ying heaved a long sigh and returned to his previous cold and ruthless appearance, which was completely different from the person who had just been complaining.

Tu Ran: “…” His expression changed so quickly.

"I will discuss your mecha matter with the mecha researcher. You should go to bed early." Tang Ying said and was about to leave.

Tu Ran called her, "No need, the mecha researcher has already said that he will send me a new mecha from the main planet."

Tang Ying paused and looked back at her, "Send a new one? Has the main planet agreed?"

"Yes." Tu Ran nodded, "It may have been teleported here now."

At this time, she didn't know that Tang Ying's mecha was almost falling apart in a battle, and there was a serious shortage of repair materials. He reported this to the main star, but the main star did not agree to send a new mecha.

Tang Ying nodded absentmindedly, "That's great... I don't need to waste time thinking of a solution for you, you... go to bed early."

After saying that, she left in a hurry.

Tu Ran sat on the ground in the same position as before, leaning against a rock and looking up at the starry sky.

At this moment, the mecha has been teleported to planet 4344, and she feels the direction of the mecha.

Unfortunately, she couldn't say anything and could only pretend to be unaware and wait for the drone to find it.

It was still a little chilly at night, the wind was blowing through the stone forest, and Tu Ran hugged her arms tightly.

She was not sleepy, she was still waiting for someone.

Tang Ying walked for twenty minutes when another person approached with steady steps. He was a martial artist.

Tu Ran raised her head from her knees and saw the person coming.

Yeh Hong-ci.

She knew that Ye Hongci would not be able to sit still and would definitely come to find her.

"Commander Ye." Tu Ran stood up, smiling, "Commander Ye is still awake?"

Ye Hongci shook his head, sat down next to where Tu Ran had just sat, and patted the seat next to him, "Come and sit here too. It's very cold standing here in the strong wind."

Tu Ran smiled and sat back.

The two sat side by side under the stone, and the wind blew through the holes in the stone, making a long and ethereal sound.

"The giant bear today was the commander?" Ye Hongci went straight to the point.

"Yeah." Tu Ran's voice was so light that it almost drifted away with the wind.

"How did you find it?" Ye Hongci asked. Her voice sounded a little urgent, and she almost lost her usual composure. As the leader, she had never lost her composure like this even when fighting against strange beasts.

She was well aware of the importance of commanding the beast herd. The biggest challenge facing humanity now was the united beast herds. As long as the beast herds did not unite, humans could rely on the mechas made by humans to deal with the alien beasts, and the recovery of the Desolate Planet would be just around the corner.

Tu Ran had already thought of the answer before this.

"At first glance, it was the most suspicious of the beasts. It stood in the outer safety zone, and its eyes did not have the madness of the other beasts. The surrounding beasts also passed by it and did not squeeze it. I thought it might be."

Tu Ran added, "Of course, there was also an element of luck. I found seven or eight suspicious species and chose this one to verify. I didn't expect it to be successful."

She didn't know how much of the federal world had been exposed, and whether Ye Hongci knew about superpowers, so she could only test it first.

Hearing the reasons she made up, which were somewhat reasonable and somewhat ridiculous, Ye Hongci laughed, shook his head, and sighed, "You are really cautious."

Tu Ran wiped his face and felt sad. So, those people who came from the Federation also exposed the matter of superpowers.

(End of this chapter)