Elsewhere,
After logging off, Xu Jingming and Lin Qianxue sat facing each other in the Star Trace's lounge.
"Jingming, why didn't you agree?"
Lin Qianxue asked in a cool, puzzled voice:
"Aren't we looking for traces of the Insect Race?
Three Eternal Tiers—an opportunity like this is rare."
Xu Jingming did not answer immediately. Instead, he reached out and pulled her into his arms.
Lin Qianxue naturally leaned against his shoulder.
Her full breasts pressed into alluring curves beneath her black combat suit, their soft warmth reaching him.
His fingers gently stroked her slender waist, feeling its astonishing suppleness as he mused:
"There's something off about Ronan. He's too enthusiastic."
Even among the Human Race, the strong were respected above all else.
When facing two lone Eternal First Orders,
Kola and Erin's attitudes had been the normal ones.
Ronan, a dignified Eternal Tier 5, was far too easygoing.
He was even enthusiastic to an almost bizarre extent.
Hearing this, Lin Qianxue's slender brows furrowed slightly.
"You think there's something wrong with him?"
"Yes."
Xu Jingming nodded. "On the Outer Domain Battlefield, keeping one's guard up around strangers is the norm.
An invitation as open as his feels deliberate instead.
I'm worried there's a trap behind this."
"What do we do next? Abandon this lead?"
Lin Qianxue had realized it as well.
"We'll gather more information first. If that doesn't work, we'll give it up," Xu Jingming said thoughtfully.
He did possess the Chaos Bead.
But he was still far from invincible among Eternal Tiers.
At most, he could contend with an Eternal Tier 8.
If an even higher-ranked Insect Race member appeared, even he would be finished.
Therefore,
he would not act rashly before obtaining definite intelligence.
Just then, Xu Jingming's mind stirred.
Haili had sent a message through the