Chapter 332: Fleet from Meditation

The Scavengers Union was considered a large-scale chain organization in the interstellar space. Simply put, they were scavengers.

However, picking up trash in the universe wasn't as simple as picking up a few bottles.

Large-scale interstellar battlefields, various Galactic Forbidden Zones... these were all places frequented by scavengers.

Therefore, they couldn't be said to be weak; they could even be considered a relatively powerful organization.

However, no matter how powerful the organization was, they temporarily had no jurisdiction over Li Yu.

"Take us to the place where you detained the captives," Stanley said coldly.

Carol had already learned from his companions' mouths about his previous state of telling everything he knew without holding back.

He also understood that resisting was completely meaningless. He could only droop his head and lead the crowd towards his spaceship.

"Isn't that the scavenger—Blood Wrath, Carol?" Along the way, someone recognized Carol, and their heart skipped a beat in shock.

"I just heard Iron Hand say that a group of ruthless people came and attacked at the drop of a hat. Could it be them?"

"..."

"F*ck, did you guys only see Carol? Did no one notice that snake head?" Someone couldn't help but say.

"Damn, we're not Snake-persons, how could we recognize who he is?" A companion rolled his eyes.

"Idiots, in what direction did the battle just break out? It was the Serpent's Nest! That f*cking is..." Speaking up to here, his voice abruptly lowered several degrees: "It's... Poisonous Fangs—Anthony!"

"Hiss..."

His words drew a burst of gasps. Clearly, the shock brought by Anthony's capture was much greater than Carol's.

"Where exactly did these fierce people come from..." The evildoers on the street made way one after another, fundamentally not daring to block them.

Olena approached Anthony, looked at that green snake head, and bluntly asked: "Who is behind you?"

"I am from Grey Snake, an underground organization. My recent mission is to observe the recent anomalies in the Ancient Starpath." Anthony was very cooperative, immediately selling out the organization behind him.

Grey Snake... Li Yu slightly raised his eyebrows. One of the former eight major underground organizations of the Black Hole Network. Their intelligence and information capabilities were comparable to the intelligence organizations of many top-tier civilizations, and they also engaged in various Black Trades.

However, due to the Intelligence Crisis, the power of the Black Hole Network was greatly weakened, and these underground organizations had also been acting relatively low-profile in recent years.

"...When Carol's subordinates were selling Suster Civilization junk, they accidentally let slip, allowing me to learn that they had encountered an unknown fleet. Therefore, I set this trap to lure Carol here."

Hearing this, Carol couldn't help but spit, secretly cursing that idiot who let it slip. If it weren't for that guy, he wouldn't have ended up in this situation.

After saying this, Anthony cautiously glanced at Li Yu again.

Because of the mechanical mask's obstruction, he couldn't see Li Yu's expression. He could only bite his snake teeth and say: "I am still of value to you. You don't need to kill me for now."

"Pah!" Carol smiled contemptuously: "Coward!"

The two companions beside him glanced at him in fear and trepidation, constantly winking at him, hoping he would speak less.

Idiot! Anthony sneered in his heart. He wasn't a reckless guy. If there was a hope of survival, he would grasp it at all costs.

Olena glanced at Li Yu, then looked at Anthony with interest and asked: "What value do you have to us?"

"I know you also have your own intentions regarding the Ancient Starpath. I can mislead the Grey Snake behind me and make them make wrong judgments." Anthony racked his brains, trying hard to demonstrate his value:

"I am well-versed in dark schemes and am ruthless. I can also advise and strategize for you."

Li Yu was noncommittal, just waving his hand at Olena. This made Anthony breathe a sigh of relief; this hurdle was considered passed.

Arriving at the port, those people from the Scavengers Union were at first extremely indignant seeing their boss captured.

Then they timidly and coweringly made way, making Carol stomp his feet in anger.

Stanley had already assembled the Iron Fist Squad, and most of the supplies had been purchased. They took over the entire Scavenger Ship.

The exterior of the Scavenger Ship was relatively dilapidated, but after undergoing several extreme modifications, its firepower equipment and navigation performance were no less than a conventional warship.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to come and go freely in the Ancient Starpath. The previous Transport Ship was far incomparable to this Scavenger Ship.

Naturally, this spaceship became Li Yu's ride, being forcibly requisitioned.

The fleet captives were detained deep inside the spaceship. Under Carol's guidance, the Iron Fist Squad quickly brought back dozens of Svir People wearing electromagnetic shackles.

This Interstellar Race had narrow and long eyes, ears like the elves in Galactic Biographies, and silver-white pupils.

They were distributed in many civilizations, mainly active in the Star Glory Empire, but one couldn't conclude that they were from the Star Glory Empire just because of this.

Speaking of which, it was also outrageous. A Scavenger Ship like Carol's clearly had no ability to resist in front of the other party's warship.

But precisely by relying on his familiarity with the Ancient Starpath, not only was he able to defeat the other party, but he even managed to capture dozens of people.

"Are these all the captives?" Stanley questioned.

A conventional warship, not counting the Ship-Breaking Squad, should have at least several hundred Staff Members to operate the entire warship.

"If I hadn't reacted quickly and thrown in a few anesthetic bombs, we wouldn't even have these captives," Carol explained.

"I don't know which faction cultivated these Fanatic Operatives. After the Psionic Tide damaged more than half of the ship's hull, they prepared to commit suicide."

"These were the ones left behind to destroy the data, so their suicides were a bit slower than the others."

These captives were all fitted with various anti-suicide devices, and even equipped with precious Vital Signs monitoring devices.

Even Carol's Squad Members didn't have this kind of treatment.

Although Carol acted carelessly, being able to survive in the Ancient Starpath meant he was bold but mindful of details.

He clearly knew that it was impossible for a large-scale fleet to appear in this kind of place. Once it appeared, it meant something major was happening in the Ancient Starpath.

These captives were an extremely crucial wealth. It was a pity his subordinates had loose lips; after all, they weren't trained elites, and leaked the information.

These Svir People showed no sign of fear, instead sizing up their surroundings, eventually locking their gazes onto Li Yu.

"Release their restraints," Li Yu spoke.

"Don't... don't..." Carol hurriedly tried to stop it: "I also wanted to interrogate them before, but the moment their restraints were released, they immediately used various methods to commit suicide."

The Iron Fist Squad completely ignored him. They pulled out a captive at random and released his restraints.

Indeed, as Carol had said, the moment the captive's restraints were released, he smashed himself towards the sharp objects in the room.

Unfortunately, Li Yu wasn't Carol. An invisible force froze the captive in place, unable to move. Eerie syllables were spat out from Li Yu's mouth.

Then, the captive's eyes first lost focus for a moment, and then his head suddenly exploded like a watermelon. Red and white matter scattered all over the floor, some even splashing onto Carol.

Carol revealed a disgusted expression and took a step back.

Li Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. Mental Resistance?

Although mental control was relatively rare, many large factions had prepared countermeasures to prevent their secrets from being easily leaked.

The two A-Tier Lifeforms from the Salvation Ark that Li Yu encountered previously also had methods to guard against mental control.

However, the methods of the Salvation Ark were clearly more advanced, perhaps also because A-Tier Lifeforms were relatively precious, so they didn't use destructive methods.

But the faction here used a destructive method. Once a trend of being mentally controlled was detected, their heads would be directly exploded.

Li Yu casually pulled over another captive, stared intently at his face, and then used the 【Bewitching Sound Seed】 again.

Sure enough, purple light shimmered in the captive's silver-white pupils, and then his head directly exploded. The various bloody matters were blocked outside by a Force Barrier.

Li Yu frowned slightly, then looked at Soul-Shaking Heaven and instructed: "Enter his Spiritual Body and take a look."

"Yes!" Soul-Shaking Heaven immediately stepped forward. A pale golden, transparent Spiritual Body separated from his Mechanical Body and began to extend into the captive's forehead.

Following the invasion of the Spiritual Body, that captive's head exploded again. However, Soul-Shaking Heaven still found a clue and reported:

"Chief God, a purple symbol wraps around his Spiritual Body."

A complex symbol appeared on Soul-Shaking Heaven's Mechanical Hand.

Claptrap quickly connected to the Interstellar Network and the Black Hole Network, but gained nothing in a short time.

Valuable information and data could only be purchased, and even then, its authenticity was unknown.

"It shouldn't be hard to investigate. It's impossible for them to not have been active before." Li Yu pondered slightly, then cast his gaze towards Anthony in the corner.

Seeing the Masked Man look at him, Anthony immediately stepped forward tactfully and inquired: "My Lord, what are your orders?"

"It's time to manifest your value." Li Yu casually drew a symbol, "Investigate the origin of this symbol."

Anthony's heart jumped to his throat. This was the second test. If he couldn't pass, then he would only become a useless corpse.

Quickly glancing at that symbol, Anthony dialed a Communication Link in front of Li Yu.

"Code..." A hoarse voice came from the other side of the communication. Anthony immediately underwent various verifications to prove his Identity.

"Identity verified, Director of Lant Hub Branch, state your business."

"I need to know the origin of this symbol!" Anthony quickly transmitted the symbol over.

After a moment, a cold response came from the other side: "Insufficient Authority, no reply will be given."

Instantly, Anthony felt a chill permeating his snake skin. He involuntarily flicked out his forked tongue.

Subsequently, he had a sudden flash of wit and said: "Initiate special channel—Ancient Starpath Incident. I discovered a fleet in the Ancient Starpath and apply to submit captive evidence."

Recently, the Grey Snake organization was focusing on gathering intelligence in the Ancient Starpath. They opened a special channel where information exchange could bypass Authority.

"Submission of evidence approved." The other party replied. Joy surged in Anthony's snake pupils, and he immediately looked at Li Yu again.

This guy is quite quick-witted. Li Yu pondered slightly. This fleet wasn't allied, so there was no need to keep it a secret. He immediately nodded, letting Anthony operate freely.

Anthony asked Carol for the battle Recording, warship debris, and the final captive video, and submitted them.

Although Carol was unwilling, he had no choice. Muttering under his breath, he got the task done.

"This is a fleet that appeared in..."

Not long after the information was submitted, the Grey Snake organization sent a reply.

"Review completed, intelligence has been sent... Keep a close watch on the Ancient Starpath. Report again if there is any information."

Closing the communication, the information regarding this rune had already been transmitted over.

"Meditation?" Li Yu looked up and saw a familiar name.

This rune came from the Meditation Organization and was known as the—Vega Mental Protection Rune. It was their key method used to control low-level combat personnel and prevent confidential data from leaking.

According to the Grey Snake organization's data, in order to research this rune, Meditation paid a huge price, capturing several Deities to develop it.

Although apart from the Radiant Council, other civilizations didn't promote the path of Deities, many factions frequently researched Deities to obtain many valuable things.

It had to be said that the path of Deities had its own uniqueness. They could easily accomplish many things that cutting-edge Technology couldn't, and vice versa.

"Meditation Research Institute, they sure aren't slow to enter the game." Li Yu pondered, unable to help but think of that ring.

He caused quite a commotion killing the Sleeper. Meditation should also know. It was highly likely that he was among the mission targets of this fleet.

However, the other party probably didn't know he had come to the Ancient Starpath. The current situation was that the enemy was out in the open, and he was in the dark.

Meditation Research Institute?

The rest of the people looked at each other in dismay. This large Research Institute's reputation in interstellar space was not low. Exactly what had happened in this section of the Ancient Starpath?

Stanley suppressed the curiosity in his heart and didn't ask.

Li Yu had never told them what exactly they had come to the Ancient Starpath for.

It was the same last time in the Tabli Galaxy. It wasn't until the end that they knew the mission target was actually the Gene Optimization Device.

"Carol, what do you think is the likelihood that this fleet is still at its original location?" Li Yu pondered for a moment, then looked at Carol again.

Carol sneered: "As long as they aren't Idiots, they wouldn't stay in their original location."

"Mind your tone!" Stanley shouted sternly.

Carol curled his lips again and had to add: "However, Warp Travel is impossible near a Psionic Tide. Even if they leave, they can only move normally using Thrusters."

"It's only been about ten days since I saw them. At the speed of Thrusters, they shouldn't be able to leave too far."

"In that case, then take us to have a look." The corner of Li Yu's mouth under the mask curled up slightly.

(End of this chapter)