Seeing that the situation seemed to be getting tense, Captain Planck hurriedly reassured them, "Don't worry. Even if the route leading to our secret base were marked on a star map, it would only be a dotted line. Even if the Empire's lackeys really brought over a large gravity-detection ship, they wouldn't be able to find us that easily. If something really goes wrong, we can still escape from the other side."
Even a mouse hole couldn't possibly have only one entrance or exit. As an excellent pirate, Captain Planck naturally couldn't hide with his companions in a star system with only one route in or out.
In fact, the barren star system they were in had two unstable gravity wells. One connected to the "main line" of the New Continent Highway, while the other led to the "Lansa Star Sector"—a stretch of space whose preliminary exploration had only been completed last year. It was where Lan Jiufeng and Duke Sadulan had jointly discovered the Enlighteners' ancient unmanned exploration ship, which was why it had been given that temporary name.
The number of star systems in that stretch of space was almost comparable to that of the "Dawn Star Sector," but they had discovered only a dozen or so Earth-like planets and three naturally habitable planets in total. It went without saying how extraordinarily gifted the latter were by nature.
He had heard that several private planetary exploration companies were conducting preliminary surveys there. They also knew that exploration companies were quite capable fighters. However, Captain Planck felt that everyone should mind their own business. If he really led his crew in retreating in that direction, they probably wouldn't run into any conflicts.
Probably...
Regardless, anyone with even a little sense could feel the tense situation on the New Continent