Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 418 The Predator Trapping Plan (17)

Yan Zhen noticed his movement, turned her head, and met his signature blue eyes and a face that bore a resemblance to his original form.

The mirror sank!

As expected, I ran into him in the small world again.

Yan Zhen withdrew his gaze, his face showing no unusual expression.

Upon returning to Area C, the aircraft slowly landed at the base, and the three disembarked.

Shen Rong took the medicine into the abandoned spaceship and injected it into Haier. Yan Zhen looked at the man and extended his hand: "My name is Jiang Ti. My teammate Shen Rong is piloting the spaceship. There is another teammate Haier who is in charge of logistics. What's your name?"

The man put down the gas mask he was carrying, took off his gloves, and shook hands with her: "Qin Jiu."

Upon hearing this name, Yan Zhen recalled the "Boss Qin" that Sister Mei and the doctor had mentioned in their casual conversation when she first arrived in this world, and guessed that this was the person in front of her.

"Mr. Qin?"

Qin Jiu raised an eyebrow: "You know me?"

"Anyone who's worked in the red-light district knows your name," Yan Zhen said jokingly. "When Sister Mei was around, she went out of her way to curry favor with you."

Qin Jiu didn't refute, she just smiled.

Yan Zhen led him toward the cabin of the abandoned spaceship.

Upon entering, Haier was still unconscious; Shen Rong had already administered medication to him.

Qin Jiu asked, "What's wrong with him?"

"Heart disease."

Yan Zhen didn't explain much. He opened the storage compartment, took out three cups, washed them, poured three cups of filtered and boiled water, and handed one to Qin Jiu.

"These are the conditions on a garbage planet, so please bear with it."

Qin Jiu took the cup with a calm expression and sipped it twice.

After spending several hours in the red-light district, Yan Zhen was exhausted and starving. She gulped down a glass of water, took out three cans of meat, gave one to Shen Rong, and then asked Qin Jiu, "Want some?"

Qin Jiu reached out as if to take something.

Yan Zhen then tossed the canned food over.

The canned food smelled strongly of fish, and the cabin was poorly ventilated. Yan Zhen walked out of the cabin and climbed up the ladder to the top of the spaceship.

A short while later, Qin Jiu also came up.

The two sat side by side on top of the spaceship, eating the not-so-good-tasting canned food bite by bite with small forks.

Qin Jiu took a couple of bites, then suddenly asked, "Why did you save me?"

Yan Zhen replied frankly, "I need your help."

“I knew it.” Qin Jiu smiled. “After all, you don’t look like the kind of person who would risk saving me just because we have a ‘life-or-death’ relationship.”

"While I may not be exactly a concerned citizen, don't think of me as cold-blooded." Yan Zhen waved his hand and asked frankly, "Are you a psychic?"

"uh-huh."

"What level?"

“3S.”

"Wow!" Yan Zhen exclaimed, revealing an expression of admiration. "You're amazing, boss!"

Do you know what the concept of 3S mental strength is?

Yan Zhen paused for a moment, then said, "I don't know."

"Then why did you say I was amazing?" Qin Jiu saw through her little trick. "Hypocrite."

Yan Zhen shamelessly said, "I just heard from my teammates that I'm really good."

Qin Jiu snorted lightly, his gaze sweeping around before landing on the encircled spaceship not far away: "You repaired the spaceship, and you want me to take you away?"

“Yes!” Yan Zhen flattered again, “The intelligence of 3S is just different from that of ordinary people. He guessed what I wanted to do right away.”

"Since you kindly saved me, it's not impossible to take you away," Qin Jiu said. "But have you found a place to stay after leaving N613?"

With limited energy, the spaceship could not leave the star system. After leaving N613, they could only find nearby planets as landing sites.

However, in an era of highly advanced interstellar civilization, habitable planets, whether public or private, are basically already owned.

To enter the gravitational field of a planet, you need to obtain a pass or residency permit for that planet.

Without a pass or residence permit, you will be considered an illegal intruder and will either be expelled or shot down by the planet's air defense forces, along with your ship, outside the gravitational layer.

Instead of answering, Yan Zhen asked, "Boss, which planet do you live on?"

As soon as Yan Zhen said those words, Qin Jiu knew what she was up to.

This means he not only wants to take her away himself, but also wants to go to the planet where he lives.

Qin Jiu narrowed his eyes slightly and said after a while, "I don't have a fixed place to stay."

Yan Zhen frowned.

"Have you ever heard of interstellar criminals?" Qin Jiu said leisurely. "They commit heinous crimes and are wanted by the entire interstellar civilization. Once caught, they will be sent to the gallows... As an S-class wanted criminal, the bounty on my head is 3.7 billion star coins, so I cannot settle in one place for a long time."

After hearing this, Yan Zhen took a step back and looked Qin Jiu up and down from a distance.

"Three billion Star Coins?"

"Correct."

"What did you do to deserve such a high bounty?"

According to gossip that Yan Zhen unearthed from the original owner's memories, before the environmental degradation of N613, the top-ranked wanted criminals on the interstellar wanted list had only a little over a billion in bounties, and the crimes they committed were blowing up an entire small planet.

With a bounty of 3.7 billion, has Qin Jiu really punched a hole in the sky of interstellar civilization?

Qin Jiu put down the half-eaten can of beast meat in his hand and said quietly, "It's nothing much, just killing a few of the highest-ranking military officers of the A001 Empire and using mechs to destroy a military base..."

Yan Zhen: "..."

Just then, a voice came from behind: "You're just bragging."

Yan Zhen and Qin Jiu turned around at the same time. Shen Rong had climbed up at some point and was silently squatting two meters behind them. Her eyes were full of disdain as she looked at Qin Jiu, as if she had "you'll die if you don't pretend" written all over her face.

Meeting Qin Jiu's gaze, Shen Rong sneered: "Do you know how powerful the military force of the A001 Empire is? It gathers all the spiritual power owners in the entire interstellar space."

Even the most ordinary soldiers have A-level mental strength, and those with 2S or 3S mental strength are as common as hairs on a cow. You actually killed the highest-ranking officer in the Imperial military? You really just spout off like that… Next time, think before you brag.”

Qin Jiu wasn't angry at all after hearing this吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical comments), and just shrugged: "Oh ho, you saw through me."

Shen Rong's contempt intensified.

Compared to Shen Rong's disdain and contempt, Qin Jiu's nonchalant attitude didn't seem like a feigned calm after his lie was exposed; rather, it was as if he was already used to no one believing his words.

Yan Zhen had a gut feeling that Qin Jiu wasn't bragging. Worried that Shen Rong's straightforward nature might lead her to say something offensive, she immediately crawled over, grabbed Shen Rong's arm, and dragged her onto the spaceship that was under repair.

After closing the cabin door, Shen Rong brushed Yan Zhen's hand away: "What are you doing?"

Yan Zhen said, "I don't think Qin Jiu is lying."

Shen Rong scoffed: "Didn't you realize he was showing off? His kind of talk can only fool a naive girl like you. Anyone who understands the history of interstellar military development and knows what A001 represents would not be able to fool him."