The Genius Society Doesn't Understand Ley Lines

In a tavern in the largest oasis on the equator of Aijihazuo, Dan Lei was complaining to his unreliable guide.

"Ashley, we've been at the equator for almost half a year, and I've found all the local maps around here for you. Have you found your home yet? I can't possibly take you all the way around the equator to find it."

Ashley was embarrassed. She had known Dan Lei for half a year, and she was truly grateful to him for saving her from hardship and providing her with food and clothing. However, navigating the desert was already difficult, and after a sandstorm, many landmarks would change or even disappear.

So, Ashley could only reply awkwardly, "Lord Dan Lei, with just these maps, I really can't find my home...

I only remember that the guests from beyond the stars erected metal pillars that pierced the sky near our tribe back then.

But they dismantled and took all those pillars with them when they left, so there are no particularly obvious landmarks now."

Dan Lei was truly troubled at this moment, contemplating whether to hand Ashley over to a local tribe and set up his formation in a larger oasis on the equator himself.

Although he wasn't short on time, he had been in Aijihazuo for half a year, and the Holy Grail could only absorb a faint amount of Ley Line energy using the accessory made from Nezuko's hair. This was contrary to his original intention.

However, just as Dan Lei was agonizing, a scrawny, sharp-featured interstellar refugee suddenly approached. He didn't dare get too close, only saying from afar, "Butcher, I just heard you talking about the detection devices the IPC erected on this planet before. I have some information, are you interested?"

Butcher was a nickname the people of this oasis gave Dan Lei because he would kill people at the slightest disagreement, and he would slaughter entire groups without any reason.

Of course, Dan Lei did this intentionally. He knew that arguing with these interstellar pirates was a waste of time. It was most efficient to just kill his way through until no one dared to provoke him.

Like now, in this oasis, as long as he didn't go to the headquarters of those gangs, no one dared to stop him. When he exchanged materials with merchants, no one dared to make things difficult for him.

So, Dan Lei flicked his magic threads, binding the interstellar refugee into the air. He then took out a thick stack of credit chips (loot from eliminating gangs) and asked, "If the information is useful, this money is yours. If not, you're dinner for the Horned Beast today."

This interstellar refugee dared to talk to Dan Lei because he had made some preparations. He realized that Dan Lei was the type of person who wouldn't bother you if you didn't provoke him.

Therefore, he immediately said loudly, "My boss has the blueprints for the detection devices the IPC deployed in Aijihazuo back then.

These things are useless now and were auctioned off by the IPC under the guise of classified information, which is why they leaked.

My boss got this. If you're interested, I can introduce you.

My boss isn't on this planet. If I die, you won't get the blueprints!!"

Upon hearing this, Dan Lei released the man, took a pill from his pocket, and shot it into the refugee's mouth. He then gave him one-third of the credit chips in his hand and said, "This money is for your errand. The pill I gave you is a poison that causes intermittent, unbearable itching all over your body. You'll experience its effects in about an hour.

It will act up about once a day and kill you in three days.

If the job is done, I'll give you the antidote. Otherwise, this money is your funeral expenses."

Dan Lei wasn't lying. The poison pills in his pocket were all concocted by him in Luofu, using Luofu's medicinal ingredients.

It could be said that even if this interstellar refugee found the IPC, it wouldn't be easy to get an antidote, and he would surely die if he couldn't.

However, this fit Dan Lei's current persona perfectly. So, the refugee grabbed the money Dan Lei gave him and ran, likely to bring back good news soon.

As expected, in less than a day, the man returned with what Dan Lei wanted. Although he had clearly been beaten up to some extent, he had apparently convinced his boss.

Therefore, Dan Lei didn't make things too difficult for him. After confirming the blueprints were fine, he gave him the money and the antidote and let him go.

Upon obtaining the IPC's detection device blueprints, Dan Lei immediately began to study them.

Looking at the blueprints, Dan Lei's first thought was that the Genius Society members who came to Aijihazuo probably only understood science and not planetary Ley Line studies.

Well, in the Star Rail Universe, Ley Line studies were also a science. The Armed Archaeology faction of the Genius Society had indeed researched this.

They couldn't possibly explore the universe's most dangerous ruins with brute force alone.

If they destroyed the ruins without finding any treasures, what would they be exploring? That would be pure vandalism.

Anyway, judging by the blueprints, the Genius Society had directly erected planetary detectors in entire arrays on Aijihazuo for scanning, without modifying their positions based on the specific Ley Line energy flows.

However, this also made it easier for Ashley to find her home.

The blueprints included topographical maps around each detector. By searching among the hundreds of detector pillars on the equator, they could find Ashley's hometown.

At this point, Ashley truly wanted to go home. In just half a day, she found her hometown on the topographical map.

Then, Dan Lei looked speechlessly at the coordinates on the opposite side of the planet and had no choice but to spend money to take Ashley straight up into the sky and fly directly to the other side of the planet from space.

All he could say was that interstellar refugees were indeed wild to dare transport a Horned Beast.

And this Horned Beast, which had become Dan Lei's familiar, would sleep when Dan Lei told it to. Otherwise, Dan Lei would have to abandon it and make use of its remains by refining it into a life crystal.

Fortunately, the rest of the process went very smoothly.

After disembarking from the spaceship, Ashley met her uncle, who was working at the airport, and happily welcomed Dan Lei back to the tribe.

Then, in this tribe, Dan Lei saw the real evidence that had convinced the Genius Society to make such a big fuss on this planet.

A helmet, a helmet made from the carapace of a Sub-Drone.

To be honest, Sub-Drone carapaces weren't too rare in the universe, as the Swarm was still one of the natural disasters in the universe at this time.

The disasters brought by the Antimatter Legion came after the Swarm.

After all, when encountering the Swarm, there was almost no room for negotiation; if you couldn't escape, you had to fight.

And the Swarm usually appeared in large numbers; it was as easy as playing for them to sweep through one or two planets.

However, Aijihazuo had been investigated by the IPC long ago. There were no traces of Swarm activity in the nearby star systems for hundreds of Amber Eras.

It should be noted that Sub-Drones do not act alone; where they appear, the Swarm must be present.

As for the claim that this item originally fell into the hands of the local inhabitants from interstellar space, according to Ashley's parents, the older tribes on Aijihazuo all possessed similar items.