After several twists and turns, they finally arrived at the last stop that the civilian starship could reach.
Beyond this lies a vast, unexplored starfield within the Locust Clan's territory. The Locust Clan is impoverished, their people lacking creativity beyond food. Surrounded by a vast expanse of starfields with no capacity for development, they've simply opened it up to the public, inviting adventurers to explore and taking a commission from their collections. As a result, this region is frequented by adventurers from across the empire, generating a significant flow of visitors. This is also why there's a large supply depot and numerous private flying vessels for rent.
Church took his men to pick out a flying ship. After a day's rest, they set off again, heading towards the vast and unknown star field ahead.
Since seeing them on the starship, Xue Meigui had been following them, even sharing the ship. He wasn't short of money, so when Qin Changqing asked for a large sum of money, he agreed without blinking an eye.
"Fortunately, you are the Fourth Master's lover, otherwise there would be few men in the entire empire who could support you." Although she gave the money without blinking an eye, Blood Rose did not forget to tease Qin Changqing.
"How do you know that coming here will help you find out what happened back then?" Qin Changqing was too lazy to talk to him. He had a feeling that this man was here to take advantage of their "treasure map" route - of course, catching big fish was their original goal - so he wanted to dig out any information he could from him, so he asked directly for anything he thought of, and he was not shy about asking for money.
"I have inside information." Blood Rose smiled at him.
Qin Changqing wanted to say something else when a glass of juice was suddenly placed in front of him.
Ah Si's serious voice said above him, "Master, you've talked so much, it's time to drink some water."
Qin Changqing: "..." Doesn't he know whether he should drink water or not?
He rolled his eyes at his nosy guard, and thinking of what he had experienced in the past, he sighed inwardly and finally stopped sulking with him. He reached out and took the juice from his hand and took a sip.
Seeing that his attitude had softened, Lan Sinian finally felt relieved. His master looked so cute when he was angry, but he couldn't bear to do it.
Xue Meigui sat across from the two of them, shaking the transparent wine glass in her hand and observing their interaction with a smile. She said to Qin Changqing, "You're really welcome."
Qin Changqing was completely confused. No, he wasn't popular at all. In fact, he was only popular with one person, because those people were his schizophrenia...
After being interrupted by Lan Sinian, Xue Meigui tried to change the subject, so Qin Changqing did not ask any further questions.
The star chart analyzed by Lansnian's men was crystal clear. He had already calculated that there were no dangers in this area, and if there were any, he could handle them. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let Qin Changqing take such a risk. Therefore, the task of choosing the route was fully entrusted to Church.
During the break that day, Church's men suddenly reported to them, "It seems that there are several flying ships following us from behind. Should we take a detour to shake them off?"
Qin Changqing and Lan Sinian exchanged a glance, knowing that the real big fish had been hooked. Qin Changqing smiled and ordered, "Don't worry about them."
Church and others still don’t know their identities, nor do they know the real purpose of their adventure, but since the financiers said so, they don’t bother to care.
Only Blood Rose looked at them with deep thoughts in her eyes. She accidentally glanced at the silent servant they brought with them, Cong, and found that he was actually a member of the Dragon Fish Clan. Interest showed on her handsome face.
Two days later, everyone finally found the asteroid marked on the "treasure map" and was very excited.
Of course, the most excited one was Ji Sai. He wanted to welcome back Prince Al with all his heart. He had waited for this opportunity for more than 20 years, and finally he got it!
After receiving Qin Changqing's order, the appearance of the flying ship changed and it landed directly on the planet.
Flying ships are different from starships. Starships are large and can carry a lot of cargo, allowing them to travel through space for long periods of time and remain self-sufficient. However, they are too large to directly land on planets. Flying ships can fly through space and, after changing their appearance, fly close to the Earth, but they cannot directly travel through space. Lan Sinian gave Qin Changqing this kind of flying ship as a birthday gift—although the appearance of the flying ship was modified to resemble the beast of the Emperor, it was actually a changeable form. He was driven by pure possessiveness and insisted on putting his own label on everything Qin Changqing owned, including himself...
"The area marked on the star map should be the only ocean on this planet, but it is currently on the back of the star and is in darkness. I suggest waiting until daybreak before exploring that ocean," Church said to everyone.
Qin Changqing glanced at the star map, nodded and said, "Just do as you say."
The space inside the flying ship is not big, and living in it for a long time would feel very cramped. After he nodded in agreement, everyone got off the aircraft and found a flat ground nearby, ready to stretch their legs and eat outside.
This planet is very large. According to Lan Sinian, it is at least twice the size of the Earth, but its surface is made up of one ocean and one land, and the ocean only accounts for one-fifth of the total area. Therefore, when viewed from space, the surface of the huge sphere is covered with green vegetation, but the middle looks like a big hole, with a vast blue sea inside. From this perspective, the sea water looks like a sapphire inlaid in a piece of green diamonds, which is very beautiful.
Finally setting foot on this land, Ji Sai's heart had already flown away, but he also knew how dangerous it was to adventure at night on such a strange and unregistered planet. So even though he wanted to fly to the ocean immediately to bring back Al, his husband, he did not express it.
However, Qin Changqing and others were not as optimistic as Ji Sai. Al was a prince of a clan, but he had been stranded on an asteroid for twenty years without returning to the clan... He might have met with an accident a long time ago, but no one dared to tell Ji Sai such words.
While the other mercenaries were making the necessary preparations for camping, Church was using the instruments on the flying ship to scan the entire planet. He reported to Qin Changqing, "There shouldn't be any large dangerous creatures on land, but in that ocean... for some reason, we can't detect anything."
Qin Changqing and Lan Sinian exchanged a glance. The instruments were unable to detect anything, and both of them simultaneously thought of Fort Kahler, which was in the same situation...
In order to regain their strength, they returned to the spaceship to rest after eating.
As soon as Qin Changqing lay down, Lan Sinian squeezed into his rest cabin.
"What are you doing?" Qin Changqing glanced at him, but still moved in a little to make room for him.
Lan Sinian looked at the empty space in front of him with a smile on his face, and then he lay down on his side. After he lay down, he immediately hugged the person in his arms. Qin Changqing felt something caressing him from head to toe. Although he had long known that Lan Sinian had eight invisible tentacles hidden on his body, every time he was touched like this, Qin Changqing always felt goose bumps falling down his body. This feeling was too weird!
"Pa!" He slapped Lan Sinian on the arm and warned him, "Don't touch me, or I'll beat you up."
"I won't touch you." Lan Sinian looked at him with a smile, and put his hand into his clothes while saying, "I can't bear to see you suffer..."
Indeed, although Lan Sinian always touched him when they were outside, he never went all the way because he was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable.
Just as Qin Changqing was thinking this, he felt his belt being pulled open and screamed in fright.
"Don't be afraid, vent a little and you will rest better." The two of them were almost face to face, and they could feel each other's hot breath.
Qin Changqing had to be careful not to scream, and had to endure Lan Sinian's fingers ravaging his body. A fine layer of hot sweat broke out on his forehead, and his body was so sensitive that it arched.
Lan Sinian smiled and held him carefully in his arms, serving him wholeheartedly with his fingers until Qin Changqing finally let out his release. Then he took his hand back and shook the thing on his hand in front of him as if to show off, almost dripping it on his face.
Qin Changqing was furious and shouted angrily, "Get out of here if you keep making trouble." This bastard would be so happy if he got some sunshine!
Lan Sinian said innocently, "I just hope the master can rest better."
Qin Changqing: "..." Then thank you so much! You are such a dedicated guard!
Although the method was very speechless, it had to be said that it was actually very effective. At least Qin Changqing fell asleep quickly and slept very soundly.
Lan Sinian had received special training and was very tolerant in many aspects, including this one. Seeing the person in his arms fall asleep, he could simply ignore the arrogance and toughness of his younger brother, hugged the person in his arms tightly, closed his eyes and rested.
But their trip was destined to be turbulent. Qin Changqing had been asleep for less than two hours when Lan Sinian, who was resting with his eyes closed beside him, opened his eyes.
Perhaps because of what happened before bed, or perhaps because Lan Sinian was right beside him, Qin Changqing slept very soundly and peacefully. Lan Sinian tilted his head slightly and kissed him on the forehead, then carefully pulled his arm out and left his rest cabin.
As expected, Church and the others outside also got up. Lan Sinian asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"
Church and others have seen a lot of the world, but the scenes coming from outside the opposite flight cabin still make them feel terrified!
"Those are all human beings? Mania?!" one of the mercenaries couldn't help but shout.
"Hasn't this place ever been registered?! Where the hell is all this mania coming from?!"
"What's that outside?!"
Lan Sinian frowned and strode to the front of the screen, and saw in the dim view outside, countless people rushing towards their aircraft!
Those people walked in a crazy manner, with bulging blue veins all over their faces and bodies, and their facial features were as ferocious as mad beasts. What made people most frightened and uneasy were the scarlet eyes on their faces that were full of evil!
"This is... waste." Blood Rose, who appeared out of nowhere, murmured.
"What do you know?" Lan Sinian turned his head, his eyes as sharp as a knife, sweeping across his face mercilessly.
Perhaps because Lan Sinian had left his side, Qin Changqing, who was in a deep sleep, woke up quickly. When he put on his clothes and walked out of the cabin, he could feel the tense atmosphere between Lan Sinian and Blood Rose from afar.
"What's wrong?" Qin Changqing walked over with a frown.
Lan Sinian averted his gaze upon hearing his voice, and the pressure he had always exerted was instantly withdrawn. He walked over to help him put on his clothes, and whispered, "Did I wake you?"
Qin Changqing shook his head and asked again, "What happened?"
"There are so many monsters outside!" Church's mercenaries' faces changed drastically. They probably never expected that they would encounter such terrible monsters during an ordinary escort mission!
Qin Changqing glanced at him, frowned, and walked to the screen.
The scene captured on the screen was just like the doomsday blockbusters he had seen in his previous life. There were huge crowds of humanoid monsters, all with crazy faces, swarming towards the flying ship they were on!
"Let's set off immediately!" Lan Sinian said directly this time.
Qin Changqing had no objection, and the flying ship took off from the ground, but some of the monsters obviously had special abilities, and they suddenly climbed onto the window of the flying ship and released a burst of fire!
Fortunately, this was a flying ship, not a helicopter from Earth, and the powerful weapon quickly shot down the monster.
"Is this... mania?" Qin Changqing saw the complete body of a monster on the big screen and found that the monster's eyes were bloodshot. Unfortunately, the camera could not capture the black monkey parasite. He did not meet them face to face on the spot, and did not know whether they had that kind of parasite.
"They're junk." At this time, Blood Rose spoke again, successfully drawing everyone's attention. He then continued with a half-smile, "You can also call them 'perfect body' failures."
"Perfect body?" Qin Changqing frowned.
"Yes, a 'perfect body' failure. Isn't this name contradictory and ironic?" Blood Rose asked with a smile.
Qin Changqing's eyes moved slightly, and he suddenly remembered that he had seen this kind of humanoid monster with red light in its eyes. It was also that time that Lan Sinian, who had always been so powerful that he seemed to be able to help others hold up the entire sky, suddenly fell into a coma after seeing them.
He suddenly turned his head to look at Lan Sinian, his face full of worry for him.
Lan Sinian patted his shoulder soothingly, indicating that he was fine.
Qin Changqing's face was solemn. He turned his gaze to Xue Meigui and asked in a deep voice, "What else do you know?"
"'Perfect Bodies' include scraps, inferior products, and truly perfect ones. The scraps, meaning those half-human, half-ghost monsters, are the most numerous, followed by the inferior products. As for the perfect ones, they may not have appeared yet." Blood Rose smiled and shook her head, as if she was saying she wanted barbecue for dinner. "As for the rest, I don't know."
Before he could finish his words, Qin Changqing had already connected the "perfect body" he mentioned with his frequent bouts of mania. Suddenly, a crazy idea came to his mind. Could it be that...
Before he could confirm whether this crazy idea had any basis, he suddenly saw in front of the screen that a flying ship seemed to have a problem and could not take off, and was actually surrounded by a large number of monsters!
"This is?"
"It should be the person who followed us." Lan Sinian said in a deep voice.
The two looked at each other, and Qin Changqing immediately said, "Save him."
Church's face was gloomy, and he clearly disagreed with his decision. His mercenaries shouted in dissatisfaction, "No! We might be dragged down!"
Qin Changqing glanced at him and sneered, "If I remember correctly, I paid for all the expenses of this trip, right?"
The mercenary had a face full of flesh and was about to challenge him, but he saw his powerful psychic guard walking up to the two of them and looking at him coldly. The curse that was about to burst out of his throat was suddenly blocked. His face turned purple and he didn't dare to say another word.
Church glanced at the two of them, and finally said, "Why don't we first see who the other party is."
Qin Changqing thought about it and nodded.
However, when Qin Changqing connected with the other party's flight cabin via video and saw the face that appeared on the screen, he really had the urge to swallow back everything he had just said!
The unlucky guy who was surrounded by monsters was actually Sosito.
Qin Changqing immediately gave up the idea of saving people.
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