white star stealing star

Chapter 287 is about to get chaotic.
Two days ago, upon receiving a distress call from the planet Extreme Flame, Roro decided to personally lead a team to meet White Star, who was planning to escape.

Roro risked her life to rescue the then "red-hot" Shirahoshi from the planet Polar Flame, not only because she believed that even though almost all of the Annihilators had fallen to the Federation's sneak attack, she still had great value as an ally, but also because she had too many questions that she needed to get answers from her.

The most prominent of these is the mysterious fog that they have been following all along.

The first to notice the fog were still the Doyama Trees inside their flagship.

It has entered a period of renewed growth, and its positive recovery is even more pronounced than when Shirahoshi was nearby.

Within a day, Lolo can communicate with the tree species for a longer period of time, which results in a huge consumption of physical energy during this time. After each communication session, she will faint for a while.

But she gained more insights. For this purpose, the entire Shattered Star Cluster risked being discovered by the Federation and closely followed the almost elusive fog area, approaching Extreme Flame Star very early on.

At the same time, before the Annihilators fell, Liquor, who had maintained contact with Roro, sent the escaped Bai Ban to the Shattered Stars through a final communication.

This mech, personally improved by Bai Xing, possesses an intelligence that other mechs lack. Its actions prioritize Bai Xing, and it understands everything about her. With the final solution devised by Li Jiu, it used the brief period of disorientation caused by the fog to deceive the Federation's patrols and send information about its own and the Annihilators' fall to Extreme Flame Star first.

This is risky, and there's only one extremely low chance.

But they succeeded.

This is why she can now appear in front of Roro completely intact.

But right now, the priority is not to reminisce, but to escape as quickly as possible, getting as far away from Polar Flame Star as possible.

Luo Luo didn't ask any questions, but quickly ordered everyone to move forward at full speed according to the coordinates. Bai Xing also understood without saying anything and went to the rest room to sleep alone.

She was exhausted and desperately needed to recover.

But she had only closed her eyes for half an hour when she was woken up by Luo Luo's second-in-command. When she got to the cockpit, she saw an unknown target locked on the radar. It had been silently following the Shattered Star Cluster without her noticing.

"It caught up with us ten minutes ago. No matter how fast we sped up or how we made emergency course adjustments, it kept chasing us. The other driver was very skilled and always kept a distance that was just beyond the radar's limit. We couldn't shake it off, even if we didn't get close."

Luo Luo looked at Bai Xing with an "you must know" look and told her how the other person appeared.

Bai Xing stared at the radar for a long time before seemingly realizing something.

"I understand." She yawned and turned to walk back to the lounge. "Give me two minutes, and it will give up."

Roro's second-in-command didn't know much about Shirahoshi. She was a newcomer who had just been recruited into the Shattered Stars Corps this month. Because her piloting skills were quite good and there was a shortage of manpower, she was assigned to be Roro's second-in-command.

She was curious about this controversial figure who only appeared in the news. Seeing that the other party had left after saying such a sentence, Luo Luo did not question it. She quickly returned to the passenger seat and had just sat down when she heard Bai Xing making a call to someone in the lounge.

She spoke a few words in an unfriendly tone to the person on the other end of the communication line, and then fell silent. Just as she said, not long after, the 'little tail' disappeared from the radar area.

The voyage lasted half a day, during which time the StarNet messages were being updated frantically every second.

The entire star system was focused on Polar Flame Star, with news, both true and false, constantly updating, making it impossible to discern what was actually happening on Polar Flame Star. Meanwhile, on White Star's side, Roro piloted the mecha, leading her and the entire Shattered Star Cluster away from the storm's vortex, to settle on a lonely star occupied by the Zerg.

This is a star cluster with scarce natural resources, and the insect swarms living on the planets are the lowest-level, power insects with no value for mining or consumption.

But in Lolo's eyes, who can communicate with living beings, these power worms can serve as free labor, making them a good transit point.

"I'll lend you a mech ship." After Bai Xing finally woke up, Luo Luo directed the power insects to move resources into the brand-new mech ship that had been vacated, and said generously to her, "Just tell me what's behind that fog."

Bai Xing was very tempted, but still shook her head, "How could you think I definitely know?"

“That’s a Gnu snail, isn’t it?” Roro looked at her confidently. “You knew that, didn’t you?”

Bai Xing didn't answer, but looked through the huge glass at the rows of insects with naturally thick shells carrying oil drums from the main ship of the Shattered Star Cluster to the ship that Luo Luo was going to give her.

"I promised them I would keep it a secret." Bai Xing didn't say whether it was true or not, but her words gave Luo Luo a sense of certainty.

“She’s the one who left behind to study the incomplete manuscript, the one who ‘boarded the snail.’ Like us, she’s also searching for the existence of the undefeated ship. Who is she?” Roro was clearly excited. “You won’t tell me, so let me guess.”

"A genius who could create such technology, who could figure out a way to board the snail and use it to track down ships... that acid gun of yours."

"I should have realized it sooner. There's only one person who's been missing for so many years."

The name was on the tip of Luo Luo's tongue, and her slightly pale lips trembled with excitement.

Bai Xing said somewhat helplessly, "You already have your answer, so are you still planning to give me the mecha ship?"

"Of course I'll give it to you!" Roro laughed and patted her shoulder. "You and she are both geniuses. I don't want you to die, nor do I want to see the Annihilators perish. If you have a plan, perhaps I can help you rescue them. Don't think I'm crazy, I have a feeling, Shirahoshi!"

Her eyes were bloodshot, yet filled with ecstatic joy.

"The Odin Galaxy is about to descend into chaos!"

Shirahoshi remained noncommittal.

Having received her answer, Lolo left behind the resource-laden ship and quickly departed the lonely star with the Shattered Star Cluster. As she left, she said she was going to follow the snails, which would be much more useful than communicating with the tree species alone.

As soon as she left, the power insects sank back into the sand. Bai Xing did not linger and soon piloted her mecha away from the lifeless star cluster.

Her first destination was the Coral Cluster, where she had arranged to meet quite a few people.

She didn't care whether the world was going to fall into chaos; her top priority was to rescue all the Annihilators unharmed.

If any one of them were missing, she wouldn't mind making the galaxy even more chaotic and degenerate even more completely.