Titanium Crystal, Complete!

At the same time, "Mirage Shadow" itself had no physical form.

As long as it remained hidden,

passing through the City of Light Wall was simplicity itself.

That was exactly what the Dark Peng did.

First, it sent "Mirage Shadow" through the City of Light Wall and into the base.

Then, through Space Displacement,

the Dark Peng's true body completed its infiltration with ease.

Next came the frontline supply depot.

It was located toward the rear of the Xitu Federation's border defense base.

As a frontline depot, it was naturally heavily guarded.

Unlike the Mani Republic's strategic reserve depot from last time, which had been designed to stay hidden,

this one was out in the open, inside a space fortress.

The space fortress itself served as its guard, and a separate logistics fleet protected it as well.

Wang Dong understood at a glance.

Repeating their old trick and sneaking inside to loot it thoroughly was clearly impossible.

He was a little disappointed,

but he knew what mattered.

He was about to give up on looting the depot and simply destroy it when Liu Zhi stopped him.

"Captain, there's another way!"

Wang Dong had a certain level of faith in the potential of this radar operator. Liu Zhi had the talent to make a name for himself as a "master thief" and become an interstellar pirate, but in this life, Wang Dong had recruited him to the ship first.

Since Liu Zhi said he had a way,

Wang Dong was naturally willing to listen patiently.

"Most of what's stored in this frontline depot is wartime supplies, like ammunition, energy blocks, and provisions.

None of those are what we need.

The only things we're after are the small quantities of specialized resources stored there, such as titanium crystals.

So we don't need