This irregular meteor had five very small, highly concealed starships hidden in its depression.
These starships were even smaller than ordinary escape pods, having completely sacrificed comfort for infiltration and surprise attacks.
When Qu Jianlei and the others had first infiltrated the Federation, they had used similar starships.
Back then, they did not have an Abode capable of holding living beings, so some people had ridden outside the starship. Qu Jianlei had called them Hanging Tickets.
Now, it was obvious that Federation soldiers or adventurers had risked their lives to sneak in here.
Everyone could tell that this meteor was already very close to the Asura Channel Entrance.
Even if the meteor's position changed, a normal space voyage from here would take no more than twenty-five days to reach the black hole.
This was the Core Area occupied by the Asura, not the territory the Federation had declared recovered—the two were far apart.
Last time, Digital Phantom had led a Federation fleet through this place and had even occupied the Channel Entrance for a time.
But it had only been "for a time." By the time Qu Jianlei and the others left, the Federation's follow-up reinforcements had not yet arrived.
After more than two years away, no one believed the Federation military could still be holding that place.
In fact, even the Isolation Zone they had established back then had probably fallen back into Asura hands.
It was not that they looked down on the Federation military's combat strength. The Asura had suffered such a huge loss last time; it would have been strange if they had not retaliated madly! Yet now, someone had secretly infiltrated again. The group could not help but admire them.
Within the range of their divine senses, at least three Outpost Nests and two Grandchild