A lot of capital is mining minerals in the asteroid belt, and it's really not surprising that starships appear here.

Crucially, many starships are armed merchant ships – mining minerals requires armed protection, and transport ships need to be protected from robbery.

Is it rare? It's really not rare at all, minerals are something that can be realized quickly and is not easy to trace, so it is the favorite of most capital.

Even now, in the asteroid belt of the Sky Blade Star, it is not uncommon to fight and kill.

However, the general small forces no longer dare to participate in the battle easily, and those who dare to set foot are all giants.

What the small forces can do is to contract a vein and make some hard-earned money.

After Qu Jianlei came to Tianhu, he deliberately collected information here, and because of Xiaohu's help, he knew a lot.

The Star Thief actually chose the lair here, and to be honest, it was quite a surprise to him.

He felt that with the strength that the Star Thieves were currently showing, it would not be difficult to obliterate the mine warships of some large forces.

So, this is black under the lights again? Qu Jianlei was not sure if his thoughts were correct.

However, he can be sure of one thing, the location of these star thieves jumps away from the asteroid belt.... It's not usually close.

Generally speaking, it is best to move away from the stars for a starship jump, otherwise it may pose uncontrollable risks.

Qu Jianlei has made many interstellar voyages, and the starship he is on will not consider jumping until at least a day and a half later.

Similarly, there must not be any stars near the end of the starship jump..... Keep a minimum of one and a half days on the flight.

But the end of their current jump is only half a day's journey from the asteroid belt.

In other words, it is likely that the Star Thief has mastered a more advanced or precise jump technique.

Realizing this, Qu Jianlei was really surprised, the star thief's technological level could be stronger than the empire?

But technology, it's really hard to say, accumulation is the foundation, but occasionally mutation is allowed.

Half a day later, three starships landed on an asteroid. The asteroid is not small, with a diameter of more than five hundred kilometers.

The celestial phenomena around the asteroid are extremely complex, and there are many ray sources of unknown origin, which can cause cognitive confusion to ordinary people.

After Qu Jianlei's analysis, he believes that such an environment can be regarded as having hallucinogenic ability.

The starship passed through complex celestial phenomena and entered the asteroid, and then it turned out that the natural environment on the asteroid was also terrible.

The weather is cold, cosmic rays are rampant, and most critically, the asteroid does not even have an atmosphere.

"It's more than 200 degrees below zero, and it doesn't feel very cold," Qu Jianlei released his perception.

"That's because you're strong," Xiaohu replied leisurely, "It's more than minus 200 degrees, I have to warm up before I can turn it on."

But to be honest, the asteroid chosen by the star thieves is really a bit of a talk.

The planet's rocks have a high oxygen content, which is enough, and because the celestial phenomena are complex, there are not many minerals, so no one cares.

There is a lack of water on the asteroid, but this doesn't matter, there are many awakened people with water attributes in the star thief.

Of course, compared to the number of star thieves, the number of awakened people with water attribute is still a little less, but ..... Isn't it recyclable?

Three battleships fell in a wide gap, and on the stone wall of the gap, a gate slowly rose.

This door is more than 100 meters high and more than 300 meters wide, and the speed of its rise is not slow.

Looking at the large hydraulic columns on both sides of the door, as well as the oblique traction cable, Qu Jianlei couldn't help but nod secretly.

Such a magnificent project is nothing in the Empire, but the Star Thieves can build it, and it is obviously not a grassroots settlement.

After entering the gate, there is also a cave inside, which is quite spacious, and it feels like a Tianfeng dungeon.

Qu Jianlei walked down the gangway on crutches, and looked around for a while before a C-class warrior came over with two people.

"You're Tesla? Follow me!"

What is rare is that the star thieves actually have a security check, and Qu Jianlei's alloy crutches have been checked.

However, Xiaohu had already invaded the other party's network, and the hollow of the crutches was not found.

Qu Jianlei's spiritual power can also affect the star thieves, but they are worried that some judgments are done automatically through the control system.

Therefore, let Xiaohu shoot directly, save worry and effort.

After passing through the security checkpoint, the C-class warrior handed Qu Jianlei to a scarface, turned around and left.

Scarface is a reformed warrior with a pitted face that looks scary.

This person had a deep anger and didn't talk much, so he rode a battery car and left with Qu Jianlei.

As he walked, Qu Jianlei found that he still overestimated the star thieves, and the road became narrower and narrower.

However, being able to walk two or three kilometers means that there are a lot of people living there, so he asked, "How many people are here?"

Scarface replied sullenly, "Almost eighty thousand."

Qu Jianlei listened secretly, the scale of this star thief is not small. The key is that the strength of this star thief is not bad, he can dig such a large dungeon, and there is enough power lighting.

After a while, Scarface takes him to a large courtyard - a courtyard without a sky.

This is the maintenance department of the Star Thief, and Scarface gave him another access card, saying that you will follow me in the future.

Qu Jianlei was assigned to a four-person room, but there was a separate bathroom.

There were originally two people in the four-person room, an old man and a middle-aged man, all of whom were ordinary people.

The middle-aged man was cold and didn't care about people, but the old man was relatively enthusiastic, especially after he knew that Tesla was a transformation warrior.

What's wrong with a lame leg? The strength of the transformation warriors is still stronger than that of ordinary people.

Qu Jianlei was not as indifferent as when he was on the starship, and he chatted with the old man without a match.

After all, he was more interested in the situation of the Star Thieves, but he didn't want to waste too much time.

When the old man learned that the other party was brought from the starship, he actually took the initiative to comfort him, because he was also a maintenance engineer who was arrested.

But he has a very bad evaluation of the empire, and he thinks a lot of bad things, but he thinks that the star thief is more humane.

Qu Jianlei couldn't listen to it anymore, "I just came here to tell me about the situation here."

The old man is quite enthusiastic and willing to popularize science for new colleagues. The number of star thieves is almost less than 80,000, but a small half of them are family members of star thieves.

In other words, the number of star thieves is about 50,000 in total.

It is said that this is also a force that is not weak, resting on the blue star, it is enough to subvert the regime of a small and medium-sized country.

But the old man didn't think that this group of star thieves was very strong, mainly because the empire was too big.

Qu Jianlei thought about it, but this is also the reason.

For example, Blue Star's Wagner Group has a lot of people, and they are all outlaws, but in the friction of major powers, what is it?

Therefore, the scale of this star thief is decent at best, and it is more than enough to be below the top.

Then the old man said that in this group of star thieves, there are at least four A-level and more than ten B-level.

In this way, the probability of becoming a talent in the A and B levels of the Star Thief team is much higher than that of the Empire?

In terms of probability alone, it is almost impossible to give birth to an A-class without a population of 100,000.

But Qu Jianlei doesn't think so, who is the star thief? That's a gang of vicious bandits!

If you want to be a successful gangster, it is not easy, you have to be ruthless, you can't be too stupid, and you have to have a little luck.

There is a saying in China that the vast majority of criminals in prisons are smarter than ordinary people.

If you are not so smart, you will generally not be guilty of much sin.

As for luck, it's even more important, there is a very strong survivorship bias in being a star thief.

The strength is not enough, especially the unlucky star thief, who has long been buried in the ditch.

So he asked again, "This

On such a large scale, is there no supreme refuge?"

"Of course there is," replied the old man, as he should, "otherwise how could he afford such a big scene?"

At this moment, the middle-aged man spoke coldly, "If you don't want to die, don't talk about this topic."

Qu Jianlei snorted lightly when he heard this, "I have to figure this out in order to cultivate a sense of belonging, right?"

His time is precious, where does he have the heart to talk nonsense with these people? "Sense of belonging....." The middle-aged man glanced at him lightly and did not speak again.

The old man shook his head, "Forget it, don't talk about it...... This one took the initiative to take refuge in him, and he has a good relationship with the above."

Take the initiative to take refuge in the star thieves? Qu Jianlei glanced at the middle-aged man strangely, is the star thief's eyes and ears in the maintenance department?

Then there are some things that you can't ask, "I'm new here, can I get out of the yard and take a walk?"

The old man nodded, "You can walk, but you have a ..... Count, I'll walk with you for a while."

This is simply a lonely stronghold in space, and even if the star thieves are not worried about the newcomers, they are not worried about them escaping.

The business of the maintenance department was still very full, and the next day, Qu Jianlei was sent to inspect the ventilation system.

His work efficiency was recognized by the Star Thieves, and when he returned to the courtyard, Scarface's attitude was a little kinder.

In a blink of an eye, Qu Jianlei stayed in the star thief's lair for five days, and because of his dedication, no one usually paid attention to his entry and exit.

Through careful perception and Xiaohu's cooperation, he also figured out the general situation here.

The Star Thief does have a supreme name, he doesn't know very well, this person is not currently in the lair.

Qu Jianlei originally wanted to wait for this person to come back before he did anything here, after all, it was supreme, and there should be more good things on his body.

However, on the sixth day, he was repairing a minecart when he received a short notice to repair a circulating water pump.

This pump is located close to the energy power center and is specially designed to cool the power center.

Here's your chance! Just as his identity disappeared silently.

Such a large nest power center is not small, not to mention the strict defense, it is still two systems.

But this can't help Xiaohu, when Qu Jianlei was repairing the pump, it output a series of wrong instructions.

"The tide has begun, and the fire is expected to explode within twenty seconds." In the control room of the power center, the screeching alarm sounded incessantly. The three attendants of the Star Thieves were as dead as they quickly typed in their commands, "Oops, the equipment is too slow!"

(Updated to, ask for commuter passes, catch-up tickets, and recommended tickets.) ）