149: Chapter 149 Space Encounter

Watermelon Planet is about 1.1 times the size of Blue Star, but its land area is much larger.

This is because the planet has no oceans in the traditional sense.

The entire planet is almost entirely land.

Countless lakes of all sizes are scattered across the land like stars in the sky; it looked like a giant emerald studded with sapphire dots.

It was very beautiful!

Su Fan continued westward, diving down whenever he encountered a town or city.

He would directly pose as someone from the Canglan Empire, smoothly taking the Tree Demon Essence that had been stockpiled in various towns and cities for years.

The Great Elder and Xia Feifei used the same tactic.

It could be said that on the entire Watermelon Planet, except for Xitulu and his group, all the Watermelon People believed they were from the Canglan Empire.

After all, the ability to distinguish between different races varies.

For example, to humans, both black dogs and white dogs are just dogs.

In this way, the three of them quickly plundered all the Tree Demon Essence on the surface of Watermelon Planet.

As for whether the Watermelon Race would hide some privately, Su Fan believed they certainly would, but what did that have to do with him?

His harvest was already more than enough.

While traveling through various towns and cities, Su Fan discovered many Treants along the shores of many lakes that could secrete Tree Demon Toxin.

He immediately marked their locations one by one, waiting for the Red Queen to dispatch robots to collect it.

The Great Elder and Xia Feifei also found many and made similar markings.

Time passed slowly, and during this period, Su Fan visited Wangyou Town once more.

He originally wanted to slaughter all the Watermelon People in Wangyou Town.

But after thinking for a moment, he felt that instead of killing them, it was better to leave them to "bear witness."

Su Fan subtly flashed the Black Dragon Empire insignia on his person and "accidentally" let slip the words "Black Dragon Empire" while chatting with Xitulu.

Three days later, almost all the Tree Demon Essence and Tree Demon Toxin on Watermelon Planet had been pocketed by Su Fan and the others.

The reason it took so long was that Tree Demon Toxin was difficult to collect.

To this end, starting from the second day, the robot production line on the kongming mothership was activated, collecting ore from the nearby Planet No. 1 to mass-produce units.

Only then were they able to complete the collection of most of the Tree Demon Toxin on the entire planet in just three days.

Inside the kongming mothership, the three of them were grinning from ear to ear. The profits from these three days were too great, making them deeply realize the truth of the old saying: 'A man cannot get rich without a windfall, and a horse cannot get fat without midnight grass!'

Having a windfall hit them like this felt amazing!

"Red Queen, immediately distance us from this star system. Run as far as possible!"

"Um... let's head in this direction first!" Su Fan thought for a moment and pointed randomly.

"Direction confirmed. Preparing to activate the Warp Drive!" The Red Queen's voice echoed in the captain's bridge.

"3, 2, 1!"

"Warp Drive activated. Space jump initiated!"

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In the Fifth Ring South District of the Milky Way, in a place where star systems were more densely packed.

After more than a dozen consecutive jumps, Su Fan and the others had distanced themselves from Watermelon Planet and arrived here.

Hit and run, never staying in one place for too long—this was the essence of guerrilla warfare.

"A new star system has been discovered 11 light-years to the front left. Should we jump there immediately?" the Red Queen asked.

Su Fan discussed it with the Great Elder and Xia Feifei, and they decided to go take a look.

This place was over a hundred light-years from Watermelon Planet; they didn't need to worry about the Canglan Empire finding them for the time being.

The universe is vast and infinite; the Milky Way alone spans over a hundred thousand light-years.

In such a large area, even a Level 4 Civilization could not explore every corner.

During a spaceship's jump from one point to another, the area in between cannot be detected.

Furthermore, the sensors of a class-c spaceship from a Level 4 Civilization can only explore a distance of one light-year at most.

While that range seems large, compared to the hundred-thousand-light-year Milky Way and the billions-of-light-years-wide universe, it could only be described as insignificant.

The kongming mothership jumped another 10 light-years, leaving it only 1 light-year away from the newly discovered star system.

At this moment, the Red Queen suddenly issued an alarm.

"Alert! A spaceship fleet has been detected 0.9 light-years away!"

Su Fan's expression changed slightly, and he said in a solemn tone, "Report the number of ships, their size, propulsion methods, and other data."

"Number of ships: 123."

"Three of the ships are similar in size to kunpeng no. 2, and 120 are similar in size to kunpeng no. 1."

"By detecting propulsion fluctuations and energy dissipation values, it is inferred that the three large ships use Cold Nuclear Fusion engines, while the 120 small ships use Controlled Nuclear Fusion engines."

"Based on captured communication signals, the opponent has not mastered advanced quantum encryption technology. It is inferred that they are a Level 2 Civilization."

The Red Queen's voice resonated through the bridge. After hearing this, Su Fan and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

"Can they detect us?" Xia Feifei asked.

"The communication defense system has not detected any scanning waves. Combined with the opponent's technological level, it is inferred that they have not discovered us," the Red Queen analyzed.

"What's the plan?" Su Fan turned to ask the Great Elder.

The Great Elder looked at the star map, thought for a moment, and pointed to another direction of the star system, saying, "Go here first. This position allows us to bypass the enemy fleet while still detecting the situation within their star system."

Su Fan followed the Great Elder's hand to the star map. The position the Great Elder pointed to was on the far edge of the star system.

According to the detection range of the kongming's sensors, the entire star system could be scanned from that position.

"Agreed!" Su Fan nodded.

"I also agree!" Xia Feifei generally didn't participate in decision-making; whatever Su Fan and the Great Elder decided, she would second it!

"Red Queen, activate the Warp Drive and jump to this position. We'll flank them and take them from behind!" Su Fan said with a smile.

"Yes, Master!" the Red Queen replied sweetly.

"Su Fan, can you not be so crude? There's a lady here, you know!" Xia Feifei complained.

"Haha! You're over 100 years old and you still call yourself a 'lady'..." Su Fan mocked upon hearing Xia Feifei's words.

"Su... Fan!" Xia Feifei was furious, glaring at Su Fan with gritted teeth.

Suddenly, her mouth puckered, and tears began to fall pitter-patter!

"Grandpa! Su Fan is bullying me!"

When the Great Elder saw his granddaughter being wronged, he was instantly enraged. "Su Fan! Look what you've done!"

"A man should take responsibility for his actions. Whoever made her cry has to comfort her!"

Su Fan smiled helplessly, gave a sigh, and immediately stepped forward to comfort her.

Xia Feifei calling herself a girl wasn't exactly wrong; a hundred-year-old virgin could still be considered a girl!

Of course, he didn't dare say that out loud, or he'd be finished for sure.

While he was comforting Xia Feifei, the kongming mothership quickly jumped to the designated position.

Su Fan's expression immediately became serious.

Xia Feifei also stopped crying, wiped her tears, and stared at the large screen with a solemn gaze.

She could cry and make a scene, but at critical moments, she never messed things up!

"Red Queen, scan the entire star system!" Su Fan commanded in a heavy tone.

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