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Chapter 383 - 261: Not as Advertised · Oct 13, 2026

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351 Chapter 351 - 231: Déjà Vu 2026-10-13
352 Chapter 352 - 232: Insider 2026-10-13
353 Chapter 353 - 233: Regret Comes Too Late 2026-10-13
354 Chapter 354 - 234: Supreme’s Endorsement 2026-10-13
355 Chapter 355 - 235: Truly Ruthless 2026-10-13
356 Chapter 356 - 236: Madman 2026-10-13
357 Chapter 357 - 237: Landing 2026-10-13
358 Chapter 358 - 238: Breaking Through 2026-10-13
359 Chapter 359 - 239: Breakout 2026-10-13
360 Chapter 360 - 240: Who Is the Second One? 2026-10-13
361 Chapter 361 - 241: Encounter 2026-10-13
362 Chapter 362 - 242: Struggling to Make Ends Meet 2026-10-13
363 Chapter 363 - 243: Invitation 2026-10-13
364 Chapter 364 - 244: Like the Wasteland? 2026-10-13
365 Chapter 365 - 245: Power Restored 2026-10-13
366 Chapter 366 - 246: Improvement 2026-10-13
367 Chapter 367 - 247: Spread 2026-10-13
368 Chapter 368 - 248: Surrounded by Predators 2026-10-13
369 Chapter 369 - 249: The Harvest 2026-10-13
370 Chapter 370 - 250: Lethal Strike 2026-10-13
371 Chapter 371 - 251: Too Hard to Turn Back 2026-10-13
372 Chapter 372 - 252: Bottom Line 2026-10-13
373 Chapter 373 - 253: Better Wronged Than Let Go 2026-10-13
374 Chapter 374 - 254: Information Discrepancy (First Update Dedicated to Master He Meng, Old Mu) 2026-10-13
375 Chapter 375 - 255: Sudden Uprising – Breaking the Deadlock (Double - ) 2026-10-13
376 Chapter 376 - 255: Sudden Assault – Breaking the Deadlock (Double - ) 2 2026-10-13
377 Chapter 377 - 255: Sudden Uprising – Breaking the Deadlock (Double - ) 3 2026-10-13
378 Chapter 378 - 255: Sudden Assault – Breaking the Deadlock (Double - ) 4 2026-10-13
379 Chapter 379 - 257: Countering Reinforcements 2026-10-13
380 Chapter 380 - 258: At the Bottom of the Barrel 2026-10-13
381 Chapter 381 - 259: Slipping Through the Cracks 2026-10-13
382 Chapter 382 - 260: Hurtful Truths 2026-10-13
383 Chapter 383 - 261: Not as Advertised 2026-10-13
384 Chapter 384 - 262: Farewell, Youyou 2026-10-13
385 Chapter 385 - 263: Courting Death 2026-10-13
386 Chapter 386 - 264: The Indifference of the Powerful (Second Update) 2026-10-13
387 Chapter 387 - 265: Fishing in Troubled Waters 2026-10-13
388 Chapter 388 - 266: Oppressive Bullying 2026-10-13
389 Chapter 389 - 267: Targeted 2026-10-13
390 Chapter 390 - 268: Impersonating Myself 2026-10-13
391 Chapter 391 - 269: Clarity of Mind 2026-10-13
392 Chapter 392 - 270: This Warehouse Is Suspicious 2026-10-13
393 Chapter 393 - 271: Targeted Again 2026-10-13
394 Chapter 394 - 272: A Mistaken Identity 2026-10-13
395 Chapter 395 - 273: Who Can Still Be Trusted 2026-10-13
396 Chapter 396 - 274: Long Time No See 2026-10-13
397 Chapter 397 - 275: Impervious to Reason 2026-10-13
398 Chapter 398 - 276: Cooperation? 2026-10-13
399 Chapter 399 - 277: Turning Their Own Scheme Against Them 2026-10-13
400 Chapter 400 - 278: Shameless Ambush 2026-10-13

Chapter 383: Chapter 261: Not as Advertised

”One hundred silver coins, and you want to buy the Celestial Level Team’s movements?” The woman looked at Qu Jianlei in surprise, ”Who gave you such courage?”

The comment was a bit sharp, but Qu Jianlei didn’t mind. He straightforwardly said, ”I don’t have more money.”

”Tsk,” now it was the woman’s turn to be at a loss. She had mentally prepared for a ”small business,” but wasn’t this too small?

She looked Qu Jianlei up and down twice, suddenly asking, ”When you’re doing that... how’s your stamina?”

”Doing that... stamina?” Qu Jianlei was stunned once more.

He was dazed for quite a while before uncertainly asking, ”Are you saying... that kind of thing?”

”What else could it be?” The woman’s face turned slightly black, ”Since you have no money, what else is there? It’s just your body!”

Qu Jianlei’s mouth twitched, and he shook his head slowly, ”Sorry about that.”

The woman’s face grew even darker. She was purely interested for the moment, but she didn’t expect to be outright rejected, without even an excuse.

”You’re really asking for it, I was just in a good mood today... Do you think too highly of yourself?”

Qu Jianlei stayed silent with a chuckle. What could he say to that?

”I’m not doing this business!” The middle-aged woman was nearly exploding with anger.

However, upon second thought, since she was already there, she asked awkwardly, ”Why, do you think I’m not worthy of you?”

Who do you think you are to match me? Qu Jianlei pursed his lips and replied sullenly, ”Some things don’t necessarily need a reason.”

”Oh?” The woman raised her eyebrows, then looked at him with a playful smile, ”Hehe, that’s interesting... What do you want to buy?”

Qu Jianlei answered seriously, ”With the big battle imminent, I want to buy the Celestial Level Team’s response to Blazing Fire being besieged.”

”What are you thinking?” The woman laughed angrily, ”Don’t even mention a hundred, multiply it by a hundred and it still wouldn’t be enough!”

Qu Jianlei wasn’t surprised; he knew she wasn’t exaggerating, ”Then I’ll buy some less important information.”

The woman didn’t doubt his attitude, as it was just for dealing with an assessment. There was no need to purchase those secrets at high prices.

But even this amount of money was still inadequate, ”Even the most basic movements of the Celestial Level Team can’t be bought for a hundred... and you want low redundancy.”

Qu Jianlei thought for a moment, then asked again, ”What can I buy then?”

The woman answered without hesitation, ”At most, it’s the movements of a Profound-level Team, and only one team... This way you can effectively reduce redundancy.”

”Profound level,” Qu Jianlei frowned in frustration. He really wasn’t keen on the Profound-level Team’s movements.

The four Profound-level Pioneer Teams on Zarif Star each had only one A-level member, even if they fully supported Blazing Fire, it wouldn’t cause much of a stir.

He tried to make a final effort, ”Just buy the most basic movement of one Celestial Level Team... can’t we negotiate?”

The woman stared at him thoughtfully, and after thinking for a while, she replied, ”The minimum, the minimum would be a hundred fifty.”

”That’s doable,” Qu Jianlei nodded without hesitation, ”Even though I don’t have much money, I can scrape together that amount.”

The woman didn’t care about such a small business, she lazily asked, ”What do you plan to pay with?”

”Silver Notes...” Qu Jianlei dragged out his tone, ”Probably not acceptable, right?”

Pioneer Team’s supplies were lacking, and the Silver Notes they carried had lost their place, causing the Energy Block Silver Notes to drastically drop in value.

Qu Jianlei had considered this possibility before, and now he said it just to test the waters.

”At least you’re not going mad,” the woman snorted coldly, ”Otherwise I would have reported you. What’s your payment plan?”

Qu Jianlei hesitated for a moment and said, ”Food, I have stored up quite a bit of food below.”

This wasn’t his own doing, but the act of the substitute flagpole.

On any Pioneer Planet, food was of utmost importance, especially on Zarif Planet due to the appearance of Star Thieves.

As a spy, the flagpole was tasked with secretly collecting grain. If he didn’t take advantage of this, that would be too foolish.

”Food...” the woman lost even more interest upon hearing this.

For others, food was an extremely stable hard currency, easy to make a small profit by simply turning it over.

But for someone who was used to making quick cash like her, this small margin was really uninteresting.

After thinking for a bit, she tentatively said, ”Actually, you might consider my suggestion.”

Qu Jianlei blinked and very straightforwardly stated, ”Ten percent discount!”

”Fine,” the woman felt thoroughly uninterested, ”Write an IOU, I’ll send someone to collect it later.”

She wasn’t worried about him backing out at all, clearly believing she had enough leverage over him.

”Okay,” Qu Jianlei nodded briskly, ”Can I buy information on any Celestial Level Team?”

”Don’t even think about Black Rain,” the woman immediately stated, ”You can’t afford it.”

Qu Jianlei thought for a moment and then asked, ”So I can buy Quantum’s... Is that okay?”

”Quantum... sure,” the woman thought for a moment before replying, ”Wait a bit, I’ll be right back.”

She opened the door and left. After ten minutes, there was a knock and she entered, holding a few sheets of paper, ”Write an IOU.”

Qu Jianlei scribbled a couple of lines, closely matching the handwriting of the flagpole.

Then he took out his identity verification and stamped it.

The woman had been watching him operate with a calm demeanor, only speaking up when she saw this, ”Why not use a fingerprint?”

Qu Jianlei responded without looking up, ”Because I don’t trust you people, and I don’t want to be betrayed again.”

The Pioneer Team is relatively friendly to the Indigenous People, but their methods are very cruel to spies hidden among them.

Once his identity was exposed, it wasn’t a matter of life and death, but how to suffer less before dying.

So in case his fingerprint was leaked, it would bring about too many worrying consequences.

Hearing his tone filled with resentment, the woman smiled indifferently, put down a few sheets of paper she had in her hand, and left with the IOU.

Qu Jianlei flipped through those few sheets and was a bit dumbfounded, ”Is this it?”

Actually, the information provided was not scarce, and much of it was new to him, but... mainly it was the Quantum Team’s personnel structure!

There’s also the personnel structure of the Profound-level Fat Fox Pioneer Team.

As for the Earth Level Pioneer Team further down, only a name and corresponding numbers of people and combat power were listed.

Qu Jianlei believed that much of the information in there wasn’t even known to Mu Guoguo—after all, that was the Celestial Level Team.

If it would cost Mu 150 silver coins to buy this information, she would certainly be willing.

However, Qu Jianlei felt a bit frustrated: I wanted to buy the Quantum Team’s movements, not these introductions!

There’s certainly value, but the crucial problem is... the goods don’t match the description!

Regarding the current movements of the Quantum Team, the intelligence reports indicate—”no very obvious reaction.”

Nevertheless, the intelligence provided a bit of information: At least three B-level Warriors from the Fat Fox Pioneer Team are active in the vicinity.

”At least it’s... better than nothing,” Qu Jianlei muttered quietly to himself. For 150 silver coins, what more could I expect to buy?

The next morning, he checked out of his room, wandered around the area for half a day, and left after having lunch.

He took a passenger motorcycle and by nightfall, he had reached the edge of the controlled zone.

Qu Jianlei found a small hotel to stay in again. Early the next morning, he continued his journey and soon entered the security zone.

Everyone he met could confirm that he indeed left the control center, but by evening, he vanished from public view.

He probed for information in a bar, casually doing so as any gains would be good, but no gains wouldn’t matter either.

The main goal was to get familiar with the periphery of the core area and slightly perceive the situation in the core area.

The vigilance in the core area was truly not a joke; as soon as his Spiritual Power was slightly amplified, there was an energy response from the other side.

In terms of defensive strictness, it was as rigorous as the base.

So, this is what a planetary-level guard is like?

Yet, even with such tight defenses, he still had to attempt infiltration to see how Youyou was doing.

That night, he quietly returned and easily passed through the periphery of the core area.

At the moment the searchlights crossed, he climbed over the barrier and entered the core area.

The area around the railing was filled with various alarms and traps, but those two days were not wasted; he wouldn’t make low-level mistakes.

Still, even so, the rhythm of the alternating searchlights suddenly changed,

and the scanning frequency at the place he climbed over noticeably increased.

Qu Jianlei believed that under the effect of the Blinding Technique, the guards on the opposite side theoretically shouldn’t be able to see him.

So, it must be that the intelligent center of surveillance detected some anomaly, and the control system automatically made adjustments.

Realizing this, he couldn’t help but silently marvel, what a testament to the technology of the interstellar era, not knowing if it triggered an alarm.

Regardless of whether it triggered an alarm, he needed to leave the vicinity of the barrier first and find a place to hide.

Fortunately, despite the tight security in the core area, it was a bit large and not as crazy as the base.

Still, there wasn’t much difference either.

Qu Jianlei carefully applied Ice Armor, quickly dodging, blending into the night like a shadow.

Unbeknownst to him, at the moment he crossed the fence, the core area’s monitoring center issued an alarm.

”Level-three alarm, suspected intruder! Level-three alarm, suspected intruder!”

Star Thieves on duty immediately pulled up the relevant images of the alarm and began analyzing.

However, there were so many monitors in the core area; after taking a glance, one of the guards asked the companion, ”Did it seem like a human shadow?”

”Doesn’t feel like it, right?” the colleague murmured lightly, ”Moving so quickly, it could be something like a Night Owl.”

”What a waste,” the former grumbled unsatisfactorily, ”They’ve set the sensitivity so high, what’s the idea?”

”After all, it’s not the tech guys on duty,” the colleague also complained.

But ultimately, he expressed, ”Forget it, just note down the anomaly; after all, it’s a special period.”

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