The Fertile Chalk Galaxy was a peculiar galaxy that was located between the Norse Empire and Pan's Galaxy.
From the outside, this galaxy looked like a sharp sword piercing through the center of a windmill. It was colorful and beautiful.
The tip of the sword was aimed at the Frogmen Kingdom, while the hilt was in the hands of the Norse Empire. The center of the windmill was a galaxy that neither side dared to venture into. The reason why it was called the Fertile Chalk Galaxy was because this galaxy was too complicated. Whether it was the terrain or the structure, it was something that the research teams of the major countries could not understand.
The conflict between the Empire and the frogmen had always been on the left side of the windmill. In fact, the armies were always fighting on the periphery. Only sporadic forces entered the windmill. Four years ago, the frogmen were basically forced to retreat from the tip of the sword by the Empire. It was only in recent years that they slowly counterattacked and were basically able to gain a foothold in the sword tip.
At this time, the Empire's army took the initiative to retreat tens of billions of kilometers. On the surface, it looked like the frogmen had the upper hand, but in reality, everyone had overlooked a problem. Only sporadic forces entered the windmill. Compared to before, they could not get close to the windmill. The frogmen now had a slight chance, but the overall situation of the Fertile Chalk Galaxy was still firmly in the hands of the Empire.
Ding Meng hesitated. "Is Lian Luo a galactic unregistered resident?"
Galactic unregistered residents were similar to mercenaries and hunters. However, the mercenaries accepted missions from their employers, while the unregistered residents were stragglers who took the initiative to find things to do.
Of course, while they were stragglers, the unregistered residents still had some skills. They often fought alone and dared to venture into the depths of the galaxy. To put it bluntly, they were risking their lives to make money. However, once the unregistered residents found something, the returns were usually very high. They did not open for business for three years, but once they opened, they would eat for three years.
The Bat Queen said, "Lian Luo and Sam are partners. Sam provides excellent labor, and Lian Luo loses money to him in the arena."
Ding Meng nodded his head. This transaction was actually not bad. Sam had earned eight to ten million star coins in one go. At most, he would lose a bunch of workers. On the other hand, once Lian Luo found something good, the money he lost to Sam would be nothing.
"What do they usually find?" Ding Meng asked again.
The Bat Queen said, "Silver core stones, inverse source crystals, diamonds, gold, platinum, titanium, molybdenum, and so on. After the imperial army retreated, I heard that some people even found krypton gold in the Deep Star Field. In short, they do all the valuable business."
Ding Meng nodded again. He had long heard that the Federal Empire had many natural Inverse Source Crystals, and they were all produced in the Fertile Chalk Star System. Therefore, not only was the Fertile Chalk Star System at war all year round, but the situation there was also extremely complicated. Other than the military forces, there were also various civilian teams mixed in. Those who did not have any ability would be courting death if they entered.
"Then, has Luotao ever found a treasure?" Ding Meng continued to ask.
The Bat Queen said, "Definitely, but I don't know what it is exactly."
Ding Meng suddenly looked up and stared at her. "If I'm not wrong, those who helped him probably didn't have a good ending, right?"
The Bat Queen shut up this time. They were not fools. If there were really laborers who helped Lian Luo get something good, there was no reason for the concentration camp to let them go. The so-called prisoner exchange was actually a pretense. However, if you really wanted to return to the Empire, then Sam and the others would have to kill you.
It was not difficult to explain why there were experts like the Bat Queen and the old man in the arena of the concentration camp. This proved that they had all helped the Iron Mane people before and were unwilling to go out.
Ding Meng suddenly sighed. "Do you want your face to return to normal?"
"Yes!" The Bat Queen answered almost without hesitation.
Ding Meng asked again, "Do you want the poison on your face to be completely removed?"
The Bat Queen stared at him. "You can do it, right?"
Ding Meng said calmly, "That depends on your choice. Anyway, I'll leave it here."
The Bat Queen understood what he meant. She now had two choices. She could choose to stay in the concentration camp and continue to be the Iron Mane people's lackey. At least her life would not be in danger, or she could choose to stand on Ding Meng's side. The benefits were that she could recover her face and strength, but the price was that she might not be able to return.
The Bat Queen was silent for a long time before she said, "How did you see that I was holding back in the arena?"
"If I can see it, then I can see it. If I can't, then I'll never be able to see it." Ding Meng's seemingly profound answer was actually to scare her.
What couldn't he see with his telekinesis vision?
As soon as he released his telekinesis, Ding Meng knew that there was an origin point on the face behind the mask. The ability to retain one's face definitely belonged to the biochemical branch of the mutated category. The Bat Queen also knew martial arts like Instant Afterimage. It was obvious that she was a dual-elementalist. There were only two possibilities for a dual-elementalist to this extent. One was that her strength had regressed after being injured, just like Ding Meng's current situation. The other was that she was deliberately hiding her strength. Ding Meng was both, and so was the Bat Queen.
That was why Ding Meng had made such a strange request to Lian Luo. He didn't want anything else but women. It was normal for Lian Luo to agree. For the animals in the concentration camp, women were more valuable than expensive metals, let alone women like the Bat Queen.
At this time, the Bat Queen's clothes had fallen to the ground. Her naked body walked straight toward Ding Meng. She had used her actions to tell Ding Meng her choice. Sometimes, men yearned for freedom and dignity, but women cared more about their appearance and body.
After just one glance at the Bat Queen's body, Ding Meng felt his mouth go dry. "You should put on your clothes. I'm not interested in this."
The Bat Queen was stunned. It was the first time she had seen such a strange person like Ding Meng. How could such a young man not be interested in a woman like her?
Who would believe that?
Ding Meng said indifferently, "Do you think I lack women?"
The Bat Queen thought about it and felt that Ding Meng's words were reasonable. As long as a source power warrior was willing to nod his head, countless women would flock to him. Of course, if she knew Ding Meng's true strength, she would probably be willing to be one of dozens of lovers without hesitation.
"Then what do you need me to do?" the Bat Queen asked.
Ding Meng pointed into the distance. "I want you to rest in the sensor cabin now and wait for the Steel Mane people to notify us."
The Bat Queen was surprised to hear this request, but she did not ask much. Ordinary people could not understand the thoughts of experts.
As soon as she entered the sensor cabin, Ding Meng immediately sat down cross-legged to rest.
Ding Meng wasn't cultivating. Instead, she was using her psychic vision to spread out. Little Rascal and Little Ai were reading the system and database of the probe ship. At the same time, Ding Meng could also use their vision to spy on everything happening on the starship.
In fact, when Ding Meng was sent to the room to rest, the starship had already taken off. The Bat Queen had not lied to him. Lian Luo's probe ship's target was the Fertile Chalk System. It took a big detour to avoid the frontline of the frogmen's war zone, which was the Sword Tip System. Then, it circled to the right wing of the entire system and entered the Pinwheel Star from the center.
Because they were afraid of causing too much noise, the probe ship used short-distance transmission to advance. Of course, this was based on the premise that they avoided the routes of the major fleets. By the time they entered the Pinwheel Star's periphery, eight months had passed. At this time, the starship could only fly normally.
From Little Ai's vision, Ding Meng found that there were many meteorite clusters and belts outside the star's periphery. It was similar to the periphery of Planet Extreme Flame. It was very difficult for large starships to enter, unless they were like the Conqueror, which had a few years of energy and then used a space bomb to enter. The cost of this was very high, so if the military wanted to enter on a large scale, they would have to think carefully. It was best not to act rashly before they had a clear target.
Secondly, there was a lot of interstellar dust in the periphery. It was like a thick fog that enveloped the entire star region. This dust had already formed a fog-like nebula, and the complexity of its composition was unprecedented. Asteroid belts, interstellar dust, dark matter, starship wreckage, energy impurities, as well as all sorts of strange magnetic fields, strong electricity, weak energy, radiation, mutation, and so on intertwined together, forming a natural barrier. The periphery was completely a chaotic world.
Compared to the screen here, the barrier at the periphery of Cypress Ancient Planet was child's play. This was because the periphery stretched for tens of billions of kilometers.
Ding Meng began to understand why the Empire and the frogmen had been at war for so many years. It was all because of this interstellar terrain. Progress was too slow, and no one dared to rashly enter. This was like a treasure hidden in the thorns of a forest. They could only use the surgical method to peel off the skin bit by bit and slowly explore. At the same time, they had to be wary of the movements of other hunters.
Thinking of this, Ding Meng was somewhat impressed by Lian Luo's interstellar illegal activities. As the saying went, "Wealth comes from danger." Breaking in with a small amount of private forces, there was no need to worry.
In fact, after entering the periphery, Ding Meng also noticed an interesting phenomenon. On the way here, the exploration ship encountered many individual starships belonging to the frogmen and humans. They were all well-hidden exploration ships and reconnaissance ships. Everyone had one thing in common, and that was that there were no markings on the hull of the starships. There was a tacit understanding between them, and they did not send signals or interfere with each other. They went their own routes and lived together peacefully.
It could be imagined that these people were all private forces or civilian forces. Anyway, no matter what force they belonged to, they were definitely not military forces. Everyone was here to find treasure, and there was no need to fight halfway. There was no need for the diggers to make things difficult for themselves.
Just as Ding Meng was feeling funny, the alloy door of the training hall opened automatically. A Steel Mane warrior walked in and said, "Time's up. Everyone, get ready to go."
Ding Meng was a little helpless. He could only retract his telekinesis. Xiao Ai's reconnaissance vision could only monitor the interior of the starship. She could not see the situation in outer space.