Plenty of Time Ahead

Qu Jianlei arrived at the Escort Ship and found that the sealed compartment was tightly shut.

He then asked Xiao Hu and learned that it had a manual hatch, with no mechanical transmission controls and no surveillance equipment inside.

Big Head Butterfly had already realized what was going on. The hatch was locked from the inside, and someone was most likely hiding within.

It said aggrievedly, "I'm not capable of inspecting this kind of compartment... I already have too much to deal with right now."

Too many types of starships had been involved in this battle. Just taking inventory was an enormous amount of work.

Moreover, the capital ships were all types it had never encountered before. Much of their structure was being seen for the first time, so a little oversight was understandable.

Qu Jianlei nodded slightly, then scanned with his Mental Strength, but found nothing.

He looked around, picked up a metal rod, and knocked on the hatch a few times.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as he glanced at Paranoid. "You already figured it out, yet you still called me over."

From the information carried by the sound and vibrations, he confirmed that someone really was hiding inside.

Yet his Mental Strength could not detect them, and there was neither heat nor any sign of life. No wonder Xiao Hu had failed to find anyone.

If they could evade even his mental perception, they were almost certainly a Supreme.

However, Qu Jianlei did not believe Paranoid had failed to notice them—why had he called Qu Jianlei over to join the fun? Paranoid smiled faintly as well. "I don't want to experience a Supreme's backlash before death... Use Mental Attack."

In truth, he was simply annoyed at having been directed around by Xiao