Neither of them realized that Xi Xiu and the others had already tracked their movements. They thought changing their disguises had made them foolproof.
The two were still puzzled, because Huovian's technological development had been advancing at an astonishing pace lately.
They had never realized before that their own star system possessed so much black technology.
After coming to Jingsu, they discovered that Jingsu's technology far surpassed Huovian's.
The two unanimously believed it was because of energy, which meant Jingsu's development had never encountered a bottleneck.
Huovian's technology, meanwhile, had stagnated for many years because its energy reserves had been depleted.
They absolutely refused to admit it was because the Huovian people had become too absorbed in pleasure.
From childhood, they had been taught the importance of energy. It was only after learning that their reserves amounted to merely that tiny stored supply that the Huovian people had finally been fired up.
They surveyed every barren planet, asteroid, and uninhabited region around their star system three times over, yet found no planet with large energy reserves.
Then they turned their attention to Jingsu.
At first, their target had been Aura.
Tianwei's energy was nearly exhausted as well, and Aura was a new energy planet.
They had made every preparation, only to receive news that energy had been discovered during exploration of Ningkui Star.
After weighing their options, they decided Ningkui Star offered better odds.
So they changed course and came here.
They really did discover several planets that had never been visited before, showing signs of energy ore fluctuations.
The Huovian people erupted with excitement.
After marking their targets, they directly contacted the operatives who had remained in Jingsu. They went to great lengths to get here, had the other side help conceal much information, and successfully extracted a batch