Qu Jianlei's New Base was located in the Blade Star Region, with no Habitable Stars nearby.
Blade was considered a somewhat fringe star region, with many unexplored sectors. This area was one of them.
He chose a desolate planet. Its size, gravity, and other conditions were quite suitable, and it even had a small amount of water.
Its only drawback was the low temperature. Even during the day, it was only sixty to seventy degrees below zero, while at night it dropped below one hundred degrees below zero.
Therefore, this place was destined never to become a Habitable Star. It was not that it could not be transformed, but the cost of doing so was simply too high.
However, this was nothing to Qu Jianlei and Old Lady Jia. They could survive in space, so why not here? Following their usual practice, the two found a cliff, dug a large cave at its base, and built a massive base.
With sufficient energy, the stone hall was warm as spring, and the thoroughly circulated air was fresh as well.
Over the course of nearly two years, Qu Jianlei first left the Above Supreme's body outside for half a year.
After half a year, the body still showed faint signs of life.
Qu Jianlei could wait no longer, so he began erasing the other party's Mental Strength—just as Paranoid had done before Body Seizure.
However, the Mental Strength of an Above Supreme was not so easily erased. Without enough caution, it was easy to fall into a trap.
Yet Qu Jianlei's meticulousness and caution were no exaggeration.
He used the clumsy method of sawing through flesh with a dull blade, wearing away only a tiny sliver of the other party's Mental Strength each time—so little that it barely seemed worthwhile.
In fact,