The special cargo stolen from the Qiongqi Star Cluster was hidden underground.

The so-called special cargo was actually a captive.

It was a top talent captured by the Qiongqi Star Cluster during an attack on other clusters.

This person was a mechanician, whom the Qiongqi Star Cluster wanted to bring to this resource planet for some tasks.

Unexpectedly, some incident occurred, leading this top mechanician to fall into the hands of the Vermilion Bird Star Cluster's combat forces.

Of course, this incident could have been an accident or a trap set by the Qiongqi Star Cluster.

After all, many spies hidden within the Qiongqi Star Cluster were exposed because of this incident.

At the same time, the Earth Holding Divine Spirit was frantically escaping.

As the distance from the ground increased, he even felt he was already safe.

Just as he was about to stop and take a break, a terrifying bright light suddenly attacked from behind him.

"Boom——"

The depleted uranium drilling tracking bomb easily reached the position where the Earth Holding Divine Spirit was fleeing.

After a thunderous explosion, it was as if a sun appeared in the underground space.

The Earth Holding Divine Spirit never imagined that he would die in such an ugly manner.

Actually, he was wrong about one thing: he didn't even leave behind a Divine Spirit Crystal Core, so no one knew whether he died in an ugly manner or not.

When the Earth Holding Divine Spirit died, Gu Qijue and Ziling, along with Beigong Zhai and the others, stopped.

They had tactical wristbands that could show the survival status of their teammates.

The number of squad members in this area was originally twenty-three, and it had now become twenty-two.

This meant that one of them had died.

Gu Qijue and Ziling quickly knew who the deceased was.

Ziling said sadly, "The Earth Holding is dead."

Gu Qijue nodded, "Yes, so we must hurry to explore this resource planet."

"We need to find a way to leave here, and if we absolutely can't, we need to find an appropriate hiding place."

"If worst comes to worst, we'll play hide and seek with the Qiongqi Star Cluster's combat troops using the terrain to our advantage."

"If my guess isn't wrong, the rescue team from the Vermilion Bird Star Cluster should already be on the way."

Ziling knew that Gu Qijue was right, but she still couldn't help feeling a bit worried.

Before they could continue on, the number of squad members who had perished went from one to two.

While Gu Qijue and Ziling were talking, another person had been taken out!

This served as a wake-up call for both of them and everyone else still alive.

Those who had been hiding in various places, hoping to survive with their superb hiding skills, all began to move like Gu Qijue and Ziling.

From the beginning, Gu Qijue and Ziling were exploring everywhere, and at this point, they were even more determined to stick to their established strategy.

As Gu Qijue explored the area, he was contemplating a very important question.

That is, what exactly was the treasure that had both star cluster-level civilizations so invested?

For Ziling, Beigong Zhai, and the others, when their lives were on the line, there was no room to consider this.

But Gu Qijue was different; he not only thought about this question.

He also prepared to find an opportunity to understand it, even planning to make a big move!

There's no doubt that a treasure contended over by two star cluster-level civilizations would be extraordinary.

If this thing had immense value for the star cluster-level civilizations,

then surely its value to the Emperor Star Alliance would be substantial, perhaps even sky-high.

Taking such a treasure to the Emperor Star would undoubtedly lead to rapid development and progress.

With this thought, Gu Qijue was ready to go on the offensive against the Qiongqi Star Cluster's combat troops.

If he were to act against the Qiongqi Star Cluster's combat troops, he definitely couldn't bring Ziling along.

If he were on his own and things went sideways, he could instantly break through by entering the Blood Dragon God state.

If he took Ziling along, he might be fine, but Ziling would likely end up stuck in this place.

Gu Qijue immediately took out a location device from a space device and handed it to Ziling.

"We'll split up from here. If you run into trouble, activate the location device and I'll come to help."

Ziling took the location device but shook her head, saying, "You're planning to do something, aren't you?"

She wasn't entirely sure if Gu Qijue was going to do something.

But she felt that Gu Qijue seemed like he was about to take some action.

Gu Qijue didn't expect this woman to be so clever when she was being clever.

He hadn't said anything, yet she had guessed it.

After thinking it over, he nodded, "I'm planning to investigate what those two star cluster-level civilizations are competing over."

Hearing this, Ziling was dumbfounded. Was this something they could involve themselves in?

She hesitantly asked, "You're going to attack the Qiongqi Star Cluster's combat troops?"

Gu Qijue straightforwardly nodded, "Yes."

When he nodded, Ziling's mind was overwhelmed.

If not for Gu Qijue's consistently reliable behavior so far, she would have wondered if something was wrong with him.

Ziling advised, "Why are you investigating this? It has nothing to do with us..."

She stopped halfway through.

Because she already thought of a very crazy thing—to extract teeth from a tiger's mouth!

Gu Qijue wasn't just playing with fire; he was attempting a spectacular heist, a bold grab from the jaws of a tiger!

The thing that the Vermilion Bird Empire and Qiongqi Empire, those two star cluster-level civilizations, were fighting over had caught his interest!

It's not that Gu Qijue couldn't be interested in it, but wasn't this a bit too thrilling?

Keep in mind that whether it was the Divine Desolate Continent or the Emperor Star, they were only quasi-star system-level civilizations.

Star cluster-level civilizations ruled countless quasi-star system-level and star system-level civilizations.

Yet Gu Qijue dared to challenge these behemoths and snatch the opportunity.

In the past, Ziling wouldn't have dared to do something this crazy.

But after seeing Gu Qijue's mysterious confidence, Ziling couldn't help but feel a bit excited and thought that she could join in on the action.

With this thought, Ziling nervously asked, "Can I join in on this?"

The Divine Desolate Continent never had this kind of phrasing before, but Ziling clearly learned to phrase it this way from the materials left by Lu Yuzhe and others.

Gu Qijue nodded, saying, "If you're not afraid of danger, you can join."

"Afterward, the more contributions you make, the more benefits you'll receive."

Gu Qijue didn't know what these two star cluster-level civilizations were fighting over.

However, having a partner in crime surely increased the success rate compared to working solo.

In desperate situations, the treasure could be handed over to Ziling, while he led the pursuers away. It could also work the other way around.

After listening to Gu Qijue, Ziling decisively nodded.

The two didn't waste time and quickly took action.

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