The many camouflage panels on the Unlucky Starship's hull had only been added recently.
After what had happened with the 6503 Warship, Qu Jianlei had become extremely wary of the authorities' methods for tracing starships.
So he later modified the Unlucky Starship, determined not to let the authorities track it down through the vessel again.
Although tracing civilian starships was much harder than tracing military vessels, it was still a major loophole—what if the Empire went mad?
Besides, the Unlucky Starship's reputation had once been far too famous. It was easier to investigate than other starships.
Qu Jianlei had given it a complete overhaul, not to enhance its combat power, but simply to ensure no one could trace it.
Now that they had the two new ships, 1314 and 520, they would no longer need the Unlucky Starship's official identity when landing on Habitable Stars.
Since it had already fulfilled its historical mission, it might as well be converted into a Black Starship and used solely for combat.
Later, he captured two camouflage merchant ships and drew some inspiration from them, so he simply added camouflage panels to the Unlucky Starship as well.
However, camouflage imposed high requirements on installation and integration. The panels in this modification had been installed rather carelessly, and the camouflage effect was terrible.
It was not that they lacked the money for further modifications. There was simply no need. The point was for it to look utterly bizarre, so that anyone could tell at a glance it was not to be provoked.
The Unlucky Starship swaggered onward and was soon spotted.
But this was the Smile Nebula, with countless celestial bodies of all sizes nearby. Without knowing their destination, no one was in a position to intercept them.
Only when they were roughly four million