The Starry Sky Station was thirty li away.
Zheng Yi piloted a Mecha forward at a slow pace.
He had just received orders from Zhang Zechuan. A possible deposit of Star Source Ore had been detected 250 kilometers to the east, and Zheng Yi was to take the instruments and investigate it thoroughly.
But as soon as he was thirty kilometers from the station, he switched off the Mecha's radar positioning and changed course, heading north.
Everyone else was resting at the station, yet he alone had been sent out on a mission.
And they expected him to believe they'd found Star Source Ore? Did they take him for a fool?
Though Zheng Yi had no idea what Zhang Zechuan was up to, he suspected it couldn't be anything good.
But he couldn't refuse his superior's orders. He had no choice but to head out alone in a Mecha.
To avoid being tracked, he'd switched off the radar positioning and turned north.
He'd return to the station to report once the Mecha's energy was nearly depleted.
Then he'd simply say he hadn't found anything.
What Zheng Yi didn't know was that Zhang Zechuan was watching him closely from the sky in the distance.
Every move he made was being observed.
Sending one person out on a mission was suspicious no matter how you looked at it.
It was nothing more than an excuse to get him out of the way.
Zheng Yi wasn't stupid. Zhang Zechuan had guessed he wouldn't follow orders, which was why he'd secretly followed him.
First, he wanted to tell Lu Feng where Zheng Yi was, so the kid could come challenge him whenever he wanted.
Second, he wanted to ensure Lu Feng's safety.
Zhang Zechuan had already made up his mind: he had to take