The explosives detonated by the Rank C Warrior were quite powerful, destroying three compartments.
Fortunately, Claire had been searching that area.
She had always been cautious, and having just advanced to Rank A, she had cast a wide-area Dimming Art.
When that person suddenly found that he could not see anything, he instinctively assumed he had been discovered and detonated the explosives.
Claire suffered some minor collateral damage, but only light scrapes.
Instead, three soldiers were severely wounded by the violent explosion and nearly died.
Fortunately, the interior of the Battalion-Class Ship was quite sturdy. The possibility of a Boarding Action had been considered during its design.
So although there had been quite a lot of explosives, they had only destroyed three compartments, with negligible other effects.
As for those three compartments, they were not particularly important. It would not matter even if they were left unrepaired.
Still, Qu Jianlei released robots to perform some basic cleanup and repairs—there was simply no cure for his compulsive tendencies.
As for the 484 surviving people aboard the starship, they were all placed under restrictions and held together.
The injured also received temporary treatment.
Qinghu's suggestion was to kill them all—how many people had the Federation killed on Hope Fourth Star?
"You're becoming a little obsessed," Qu Jianlei said seriously. "Killing is easy, but the vicious energy in your heart... is easy to release and hard to rein in."
Qinghu froze for a moment before speaking in astonishment. "Heart Devil Tribulation?"
"Maybe," Qu Jianlei replied, unable to be sure. "They can no longer resist. Wouldn't it be better to take more prisoners?"
Qinghu nodded, but her attention was entirely elsewhere. "So I need to start preparing to advance to the Nascent Soul Realm too?"
"I feel like... you should accumulate more for a