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Chapter 1120 - 986: Black Zone · Oct 13, 2026

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1101 Chapter 1101 - 967: Are You Stupid? 2026-10-13
1102 Chapter 1102 - 968: Snake Swallows Elephant 2026-10-13
1103 Chapter 1103 - 969: Tremendous Gains 2026-10-13
1104 Chapter 1104 - 970: Mismatched 2026-10-13
1105 Chapter 1105 - 971: No Privacy 2026-10-13
1106 Chapter 1106 - 972: Jumping Clown 2026-10-13
1107 Chapter 1107 - 973: Appearance Fee 2026-10-13
1108 Chapter 1108 - 974: Undercurrents Surging 2026-10-13
1109 Chapter 1109 - 975: Overthinking 2026-10-13
1110 Chapter 1110 - 976: They’re All Ruthless Characters 2026-10-13
1111 Chapter 1111 - 977: Fermentation 2026-10-13
1112 Chapter 1112 - 978: Absurd Wanted Notice 2026-10-13
1113 Chapter 1113 - 979: Governor Seeks Help 2026-10-13
1114 Chapter 1114 - 980: Like Toothpaste 2026-10-13
1115 Chapter 1115 - 981: The Twig Beats the Wolf 2026-10-13
1116 Chapter 1116 - 982: Reluctant to Part 2026-10-13
1117 Chapter 1117 - 983: Difficult Situation 2026-10-13
1118 Chapter 1118 - 984: Not Coddling Bad Habits 2026-10-13
1119 Chapter 1119 - 985: Coming to the Door 2026-10-13
1120 Chapter 1120 - 986: Black Zone 2026-10-13
1121 Chapter 1121 - 987: Sudden Attack 2026-10-13
1122 Chapter 1122 - 988: Morale Soaring 2026-10-13
1123 Chapter 1123 - 989: The Second Unit 2026-10-13
1124 Chapter 1124 - 990: Old Grievances 2026-10-13
1125 Chapter 1125 - 991: Public Trial 2026-10-13
1126 Chapter 1126 - 992: Chaos Erupts 2026-10-13
1127 Chapter 1127 - 993: Talented Individuals Everywhere 2026-10-13
1128 Chapter 1128 - 994: Blood River Butcher 2026-10-13
1129 Chapter 1129 - 995: When False Becomes True, True Becomes False 2026-10-13
1130 Chapter 1130 - 996: Countdown Disabled 2026-10-13
1131 Chapter 1131 - 997: Divine Script Secret Transmission 2026-10-13
1132 Chapter 1132 - 998: Centering on Fairness 2026-10-13
1133 Chapter 1133 - 999: Déjà Vu 2026-10-13
1134 Chapter 1134 - 1000: Internal Strife Erupts 2026-10-13
1135 Chapter 1135 - 1001: Missing 2026-10-13
1136 Chapter 1136 - 1002: Enormous Harvest 2026-10-13
1137 Chapter 1137 - 1003: The Storm Arrives 2026-10-13
1138 Chapter 1138 - 1004: Exceeding Expectations 2026-10-13
1139 Chapter 1139 - 1005: Schooled 2026-10-13
1140 Chapter 1140 - 1006: So That’s How It Is 2026-10-13
1141 Chapter 1141 - 1007: Bottleneck 2026-10-13
1142 Chapter 1142 - 1008: Limited 2026-10-13
1143 Chapter 1143 - 1009: Unknown to All 2026-10-13
1144 Chapter 1144 - 1010: Don’t Kill on the Spot 2026-10-13
1145 Chapter 1145 - 1011: Unfriendly 2026-10-13
1146 Chapter 1146 - 1012: Fiery Temper 2026-10-13
1147 Chapter 1147 - 1013: Hot Temper (Second Update) 2026-10-13
1148 Chapter 1148 - 1014: Remember to Hide 2026-10-13
1149 Chapter 1149 - 1015: The Distinction Between Inner and Outer Circles 2026-10-13
1150 Chapter 1150 - 1016: Sight Deprivation 2026-10-13

Chapter 1120: Chapter 986: Black Zone

Little Lake had deployed a large number of monitoring devices nearby and discovered the opposing side when it was still six million kilometers away.

Just as everyone was preparing for battle, Flower Scorpion angrily cursed, ”It must be the military playing tricks...”

She felt that she and the boss had been unreasonably harassed for over a day, certainly to stall their side so the other could catch up.

However, the details involved ”Golden Cicada Shedding Its Shell,” and explaining further would touch upon near-Earth teleportation, which she couldn’t talk about.

Qu Jianlei thought things weren’t that simple. Did the military send someone to chase them just to vent some anger?

There indeed were people who acted on impulse, but it wasn’t common.

”Forget it, I’ll go check if someone has been implanted with a locator.”

An hour later, he discovered it—not a locator, but purely an insider was emitting signals!

The insider was an A-level under Patrice, who openly expressed support for her in the Marquis’s mansion.

Patrice was quite upset by this and initially refused to accept the reality.

She even asked the person, ”Have I not been sincere enough, or didn’t I pay you enough? Why are you doing this to me?”

The person, without any guilt, bluntly replied, ”There aren’t all dead men yet, why would a woman get to be Marquis?”

With a raised hand, Qu Jianlei cut off the person’s head, calmly saying, ”He’s lying.”

”His emotional fluctuations are abnormal, surely someone bought him off. There’s no need to provoke a gender conflict.”

In fact, the nerves of Imperial people were much tougher than he imagined.

Palamera regretfully suggested, ”We could actually search his soul to see who exactly is pursuing us.”

But just then, Granny Jia, who had been mostly silent, suddenly spoke up, ”Soul searching is not good for you.”

”If you ever want to surpass the supreme, don’t carelessly use the Soul Searching Skill.”

Palamera was stunned for over a second upon hearing this: We’re talking about verifying the enemy’s identity, why bring up surpassing the supreme?

However, immediately after, he was overjoyed, his delight obvious on his face, even his lips trembled.

”Thank you, senior, for your guidance... Can you tell me why?”

This was information about surpassing the supreme, something money couldn’t buy!

The other three supremos on the deck instantly perked their ears upon hearing it.

Granny Jia smiled, pointed to her own boss, and said nothing else.

When she was young, she was the type to set fires without putting them out, and now that attitude flared up again.

However, seeing that she pointed to Qu Jianlei, the four supremos instantly lost their spirit—he was the most difficult to deal with.

”Alright, let’s first leave the Shattered Star Belt,” Qu Jianlei spoke up, ”Does anyone know of a suitable battlefield?”

”Head to the Storm Star System!” Someone spoke, surprisingly it was the injured Supremo Cartier.

”On the way, we’ll pass through a large electromagnetic chaos belt, where the starship’s combat power won’t exceed ten percent, but we have many supremos.”

In his view, they had six intact supremos, and in such a place, they could maximize their effectiveness.

Qu Jianlei replied, ”We have more than one starship.”

If I really listened to you, I’d lose my greatest advantage in space battles.

Upon hearing this, Cartier fell silent. His combat power had been severely diminished, leaving him unqualified to say more.

”Let’s head to the Black Zone,” Genetic Vine suggested, ”but the celestial phenomena there are a bit complex and demand more from ship handlers.”

The Black Zone in the universe is a not-so-rare complex region with various celestial phenomena.

As such, it’s not convenient for outside observation—you might see something distorted, though it’s not that it can’t be observed.

”Then the Black Zone it is,” Big Head Butterfly straightforwardly stated, ”This Black Zone in particular doesn’t faze me.”

Qu Jianlei had great trust in Little Lake’s words, ”Then the Black Zone it is!”

Since the insider’s signaling device was always in his hand, the two groups of starships, one chasing and one fleeing, headed straight for the Black Zone.

The distance between them exceeded four million kilometers.

Though the three pursuing starships were powerful, they couldn’t discern what type of ships they were chasing.

In fact, they had no idea where the opposing starships originated from.

”Did they repair a damaged starship? In space, who has such abnormal repair skills?”

”Maybe they stole someone else’s starship, there are several supremos aboard. Once they decide to throw decorum to the wind, who can stop them?”

”I’m curious how they got out of the Shattered Star Belt, could they have received reinforcements?”

”Rest assured, reinforcements won’t get past the military... at least we would know if that happened.”

Indeed, Flower Scorpion was not wronging the military; the two sides were indeed colluding.

And just like that, a pursuit-escape game dragged on for five days.

As the distance drew closer to four million kilometers, the former plunged headlong into the Black Zone.

”Is this their last struggle?” the pursuers behind laughed.

In fact, over the past two days, they had realized the other’s intentions, but... would the Black Zone actually help?

The three starships they displayed were not all they had; back then, three against one was enough.

Now they have five starships in total: one imitation warship and four armed merchant ships,

A previous warship had already left—it was a real warship, just temporarily disguised, looking somewhat odd.

The warship had a time limit and had to leave, but a hidden armed merchant ship joined the fleet.

As for the two additional armed merchant ships, they joined the fleet later through a mix of coercion and inducement.

Then again, what they’re doing now is illegal, and if anyone was determined not to get involved, no one could force them.

This particular Black Zone is quite large, with a diameter of over twenty million kilometers.

For the pursuers, it’s a significant challenge, but for the escapees, it’s no different.

Theoretically, they could escape the Black Zone by fleeing in a straight line, but that’s not realistic!

In the Black Zone, no one can achieve ”straight,” as both human eyes and instruments are deceived.

This is not normal space; no one dares to enter a Black Zone directly during interstellar travel.

However, escaping the Black Zone is not impossible; with careful observation and calculation, it’s possible to come out given some time.

To the pursuers, the opponent seems desperate, trying to break into the Black Zone for a last chance.

But are they afraid? With five starships together, even if they have to push through, they can pave a path.

Ultimately, this Black Zone isn’t extremely dangerous; more than one starship has escaped before.

It’s just a pity the Black Zone is dynamically changing; otherwise, knowing the escape route would make it fearless to wander inside.

Five against one, how can this be compared? Especially since the opponent has their locator.

”Finally... entered the Black Zone,” Palamera’s expression was a bit peculiar.

For someone who dares to venture into the Maiden Star Realm for fortune, the Black Zone is not entirely unbearable.

Yet he asked, ”What about our other support starships?”

”Really dare to chase in,” Qu Jianlei murmured softly, ”Entered the Black Zone, and I can blow up their five ships with just one.”

”Fi-five ships?” Palamera was stunned, ”Wasn’t it three?”

”Five ships,” Qu Jianlei answered decisively, ”One warship, four armed merchant ships.”

The four Supreme looked at each other for a long while before Genetic Vine spoke in a deep voice, ”We only encountered three before.”

”Hmm, I trust you,” Qu Jianlei replied casually, ”Anyway, it doesn’t matter, just five ships.”

Palamera asked in a deep voice, ”Is there anything you want us to do?”

”Just watch silently,” Qu Jianlei replied, ”Alright... the first one.”

The first one was the armed merchant ship that joined later, eager to make a contribution, it charged too far ahead.

Little Lake was entering the Black Zone for the first time, but had previously analyzed many cases.

After rushing into the Black Zone, it analyzed various data while complaining about its computational power still being inadequate.

However, at the edge of the Black Zone, the related information was relatively easier to calculate, and soon it deduced several countermeasures.

With enough hardware, artificial intelligence has much greater computing power than humans.

However, lacking enough comparative samples and learning content, it had to verify with Qu Jianlei on how to handle the situation.

With a brief analysis, Qu Jianlei determined that some curved force fields and refracted waves could be utilized.

”Just plant large antimatter space mines at these points.”

Space mines were weapons from the early space era, gradually phased out later.

The reason was simply their lack of mobility and the ease of being detected—unless in complex space environments.

Ultimately, there’s too much space to maneuver in space, making this tactic uneconomical even in pre-set battlefields.

Gradually, this tactic was phased out, now only used occasionally at crucial passage points.

However, undoubtedly, due to their immobility, space mines emphasize explosive power.

Especially large space mines, usually much more formidable than a ship cannon’s main cannon—not exploding is fine, but if it explodes, it must be effective!

In Qu Jianlei’s reserves, there weren’t many large antimatter space mines; he forgot where he obtained them from.

Big Head Butterfly hesitated slightly, ”Can we rely on luck for this?”

”It’s not much use keeping them,” Qu Jianlei replied indifferently; objects without much usefulness shouldn’t take up space?

They’re not treasures to be preserved as a foundation.

Big Head Butterfly turned slightly, ”They can be sold for money.”

”Take it easy,” Qu Jianlei was a bit unbearable, ”Proceed with the planting quickly, space mines also need time to conceal.”

After space mines are planted, they need some time to adapt to the surrounding space environment for maximum concealment.

Although this mainly doesn’t have much of a function, any little concealment is better than none.

It didn’t take long after the space mines were planted before, against all odds, the first pursuing starship collided into it.

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