Struggle for Control of the Star Boat

"Big brother, don't worry, we won't let anyone bother you!" Han Keke said.

Chen Lie stopped talking, found a chair against the wall inside the protective cabin, closed his eyes, and sat down.

The female Divine Sense Grandmaster among the Star Bandit outside is infiltrating the Star Boat. She has already broken through nine hundred fireproof shields. Once she completely breaks through one thousand fireproof shields, she will be able to seize control of the Star Boat.

She'll drive the Star Boat directly back to the Star Bandit' lair, and none of Chen Lie and his men will be able to escape. They'll be forced to ambush her from the shadows and prevent her from breaking through the Star Boat 'Optical Computer fireproof shield.

Although Chen Lie had cultivated the <Lingguang Divine Refining Chapter> and <Mengzhang Divine Refining Chapter>, he was only Second-Order Mid-Stage Divine Sense Master, and the gap between him and a Mental Power Grandmaster was like heaven and earth.

Therefore, we must not be careless in our efforts to stop that Divine Sense Grandmaster outside.

Fortunately, it wasn't a true clash of Mental Power; it was merely a struggle for control of the Star Boat.

Chen Lie's mastery of Mental Power is no less than that of the Mental Power geniuses of the Central Galactic Empire. Given that the enemy is in the open while he is in the dark, he may well be able to snatch food from the jaws of Mental Power Grandmaster.

Chen Lie divided his Mental Power into a thousand, using his divine sense as a guide to reinforce the Star Boat Optical Computer's fireproof shield, which had not yet been breached. He then hid in the shadows and began to contend with the Star Bandit.

Inside the Star Boat's cabin, the notifications from the Optical Computer were incessant.

"The 950th firewall has been breached - (950/1000)..."

"The 960th firewall has been breached - (960/1000)..."

Upon hearing the sound of the Star Boat's fireproof shield being breached, the group of Star Bandit began to speak.

"The young lady is really amazing after breaking through to the Mental Power Grandmaster; she even managed to take control of this Star Boat!"

"Yes, an eighth-level Mental Power Grandmaster is already this powerful. If the young lady's Mental Power breaks through to the ninth level and she becomes Grandmaster of divine sense, wouldn't she be even more terrifying?"

"Right now, the Star Boat is basically ownerless and unmanned, so it was easy for the young lady to seize control. If it were under someone's control, it wouldn't be so easy!"

The flamboyant Star Bandit, Divine Sense Grandmaster, was desperately trying to break through the fireproof shield, using multiple streams of Mental Power to destroy it.

Suddenly, her eyebrows furrowed, and she let out a soft "Huh?"

"What's wrong, Zi Yuan?" the young Grandmaster asked.

"It seems there's a mastermind secretly trying to trip me up. I'll investigate!"

The flamboyant Star Bandit, with a calm and collected demeanor, once again assaulted the fireproof shield of the Star Boat Optical Computer.

"The 999th firewall has been breached - (999/1000)..."

"Huh? What's going on? How come the 999th protective shield has been breached three times?" a Star Bandit wondered.

"As expected, there's a master swindling us from the shadows. Let me see just who you are!"

The flamboyant female Mental Power Grandmaster, Star Bandit, unleashed her divine senses, tracing back to the strange force that had just vanished.

But when she arrived with her divine sense, she found only a blank space.

"Huh? How is that possible?"

The flamboyant Star Bandit opened her eyes wide, her face filled with disbelief.

"Zi Yuan, what have you discovered?" The young Grandmaster beside her asked, noticing the woman's unusual behavior.

"Brother, is there a Mental Power Grandmaster from Canglong Star hiding inside the Star Boat's protective cabin? I sense someone secretly challenging me and preventing me from hacking into the Star Boat's Optical Computer."

I used my divine sense to search, but I couldn't find anything wrong.

"The information we received did not mention that Canglong Star sent Mental Power Grandmaster on this trip, so the information may be incorrect."

"Can you handle it? If not, I'll start using force to breach the protective pod. Transferring these new students from various Starry Sky University will also take time; we can't delay any longer."

"I'll try again!"

The flamboyant Star Bandit turned fierce, her tangible Mental Power becoming ethereal as she focused all her energy on attacking the Star Boat's fireproof shield.

Inside the safe cabin, Chen Lie immediately realized that the other party had become ruthless and stopped resisting them in the shadows.

Instead, while the opponent was attacking the Star Boat Optical Computer's fireproof shield, he cleverly bypassed the shield with his Mental Power and began to infiltrate the Star Boat Star Boat Optical Computer.

To prevent the Star Boat from falling into the hands of the Star Bandit, Chen Lie had no choice but to strike first and infiltrate the Star Boat.

"Alarm! Alarm!"

"Foreign Mental Power has been detected bypassing the firewall and is invading the Star Boat's Optical Computer..."

"The Star Boat's Optical Computer is being invaded by external Mental Power..."

"Intrusion progress: 0‰...1‰...5‰...10‰..."

"Holy crap, we're doomed! The Star Bandit' Mental Power Grandmaster outside have already started infiltrating the Optical Computer?"

"Can the Star-War Army from Heavy Rain Star still make it in time?"

Inside the safe cabin, many of the new students from the Starry Sky University on various planets wore expressions of despair.

Inside the Star Boat's cabin, the flamboyant female Mental Power Grandmaster who was struggling to crack the firewall was completely dumbfounded.

She's still cracking the fireproof shield and hasn't even touched the Star Boat Optical Computer yet. Who's hacking into the Star Boat Optical Computer?

"There's a master! There's definitely a Divine Sense Grandmaster hiding inside the protective pod. His Mental Power far surpasses mine; he can actually bypass the Star Boat's firewall and directly infiltrate the Star Boat's Optical Computer!"

"Zi Yuan, are you saying that you weren't the one hacking into the Star Boat's Optical Computer?"

"It wasn't me, it was someone else!"

The woman shook her head, her expression turning serious.

The Star Bandit outside were immediately startled.

Under the powerful intrusion of Chen Lie's Mental Power, the intrusion progressed at an alarming rate.

"Intrusion progress: 400‰...450...500‰...501‰..."

"Intrusion successful, control of the Optical Computer has changed hands..."

"Execute the master's first command: drain 80% of the Star Boat's energy and reinforce the Star Boat's protective pods..."

Having successfully hacked into the Star Boat's Optical Computer, Chen Lie immediately issued an order to reinforce the Star Boat's protective cabin for security.

A blue light suddenly emanated from the door of the protective cabin.

The newborns from various planets inside the protective chamber were immediately confused.

"The Star Boat was successfully hacked, but the intruders issued orders to reinforce the protective pods? What's going on?"

"Yes, shouldn't the Star Bandit have issued the order to activate the protective pod?"

Inside the Star Boat cabin, the flamboyant woman's face stiffened upon seeing the reinforced protective pod, followed by a burst of rage.

"This is outrageous! This is outrageous!"

Who exactly is this person? Do they dare to show themselves?

The Ninth-Order Grandmaster youth said, "It seems our information wasn't entirely accurate; Canglong Star also sent an eighth-tier Mental Power Grandmaster."

"A cowardly and secretive person is unworthy of being called Divine Sense Grandmaster!"

The young man shook his head. He knew about his sister's Mental Power; to be able to seize control of the Star Boat right under her nose meant that she was definitely no ordinary person.

"Alright, since seizing control of the Star Boat with Mental Power won't work, we'll have to resort to brute force!"

"Listen to my command! Take control of all these new students from various Starry Sky University and escort them to our Star Boat!" the young man ordered his Star Bandit henchmen.

"Yes!"

Hundreds of Star Bandit received orders to immediately escort the new students of Starry Sky University.

At this moment, the Star Boat's Optical Computer voice sounded again, "Execute the second command: repair the third Star Boat hatch (covered by the energy shield), and prohibit all entry and exit."

The third hatch of the Star Boat, which had been shattered by the young Grandmaster's punch, was instantly covered by an energy shield.

"Young Master, this..."

The young man's expression changed, and he said, "It's relatively easy to break through the energy shield of this Star Boat from the inside. In addition, it has already been shattered by me once, so it will only be more fragile. You several eighth-level Grandmaster can take turns attacking, and you can break through the energy shield in five minutes at most."

"Yes!"

The six Star Bandit Grandmaster arrived at the third Star Boat hatch and began a high-frequency attack on the energy shield.

The young man reached the protective pod and began his all-out attack.

The protective pod shook violently after being subjected to a fierce attack.

"What's going on? Have the Star Bandit started attacking the protective pod?"

"They didn't seize control of the Star Boat? Then who seized control of Star Boat?"

The freshmen of Starry Sky University were all puzzled.

At this moment, Chen Lie received a notification from the Star Boat Optical Computer.

"The protective pod is under attack. At this rate, it is expected to fall in ten minutes and fifty-two seconds."

Chen Lie used his Mental Power to inquire, "How long will it take for the Interstellar Allied Forces to arrive?"

"A message will be sent to the nearby Fourth and Sixth Interstellar Allied Forces for inquiry; the inquiry has been sent..."

"Message received: The Fourth Interstellar Allied Forces will arrive in 57 minutes, and the Sixth Interstellar Allied Forces will arrive in 32 minutes!"

"Urge them, then send out a distress signal to every 200,000 stars in the vicinity!"

"The Star Boat cannot cover a distress signal across 200,000 star mileage; at most, it can only cover a range of 50,000 star mileage."

"Then let's send out distress signals to a radius of 50,000 stars!"

"Sending a distress signal to a radius of 50,000 stars. Warning: Life has ceased to exist within this radius of 50,000 stars; no one will receive the distress signal."

Regardless of whether there is life within a radius of 50,000 stars, Chen Lie's task is to be able to pinpoint the location of the Star Boat Star Boat soon as the Star-War Army of Heavy Rain Star approaches within 50,000 stars.

After issuing these instructions, Chen Lie emerged from his meditative state. He had just been sparring with a Mental Power Grandmaster, and although they hadn't directly confronted each other, it had still taken a huge toll on his mental energy.

Fortunately, he had cultivated the <Mengzhang Divine Refining Chapter>. The <Mengzhang Divine Refining Chapter> was the supreme method in the Central Galactic Empire's Order Army, and generally only the most core generals were qualified to cultivate it.

Before the Order Army generals who had cultivated the ' Mengzhang Divine Refining Chapter ', any high-tech Star Boat or warships of alien races were practically nothing more than piles of scrap metal.

In the midst of battle, the alien races will find that, as the fighting progresses, their own Star Boat and warships inexplicably begin to obey the enemy's commands, becoming war machines controlled by the Order Army.

The ' Mengzhang Divine Refining Chapter ' has immeasurable uses for hacking into high-tech products' Optical Computer.

Without mastering the ' Mengzhang Divine Refining Chapter ', Chen Lie, relying solely on the ' Lingguang Divine Refining Chapter ', would likely not have been able to successfully infiltrate the Star Boat's Optical Computer and seize control of the Star Boat before the Star Bandit Grandmaster broke through the fireproof shield.

Seeing Chen Lie get up, Han Keke Chen Lie to him and asked, "Big brother, are you alright?"

Chen Lie hummed in agreement.

"You weren't just...?"

Han Keke not think too much about it. She had seen everything that happened inside and outside the Star Boat's protective cabin. Among the Star Bandit outside, there was a Mental Power Grandmaster who wanted to use his Mental Power to invade the Star Boat's Optical Computer and seize control of the Star Boat, but he failed and was preemptively taken over by an unknown entity.

It couldn't possibly have been Chen Lie who did it, could it? Even if a freshman from Starry Sky University has extraordinary talent, it's impossible for him to snatch control of the Star Boat from a Mental Power Grandmaster.

"Don't say things that you yourself think are unrealistic!"

Chen Lie glanced at Han Keke.

Han Keke's heart skipped a beat. She hadn't really believed her own idea, but now that Chen Lie said it, it felt like it was true.

"Chen Lie, what did you want us to do by asking you to protect us?" Zuo Yuan'er asked as she saw Chen Lie stand up.

Chen Lie waved his hand. "It's nothing. I just used up too much Mental Power sending messages and need to recover."

"Yes, even Third-Rank Divine Sense Master in the Central Star Region cannot penetrate Star Boat to send out distress messages, but you managed to do it. It must have cost you a lot."

"I wonder if the army from that planet in the Central Star Region will be able to arrive in time," Zuo Yuan'er murmured.

Meanwhile, Ji Lingxuan looked at Chen Lie with a probing gaze.

After a long pause, she whispered, "It seems Chen Lie has kept his secret very well hidden."

Chen Lie asked, "What did you figure out?"

Ji Lingxuan simply shook her head.

Just then, the protective cabin shook violently, and it was subjected to another fierce attack.

"Listen up, you Mental Power Grandmaster inside. The Interstellar Allied Forces will definitely not arrive within half an hour. Let alone half an hour, even ten minutes would be enough for us to break through the protective pod's defenses and kill everyone inside."

I said, we ' Blood Shadow ' are only here for money, not for indiscriminate killing. If you know what's good for you, open the door now. If you wait for us to forcibly break through the protective pod, then don't blame us for a massacre!"

The voice of the Star Bandit, Mental Power Grandmaster Realm, came from behind.

"What? There's another Mental Power Grandmaster in our cabin?"

"There should be, right? Otherwise, the Star Bandit would have taken control of the Star Boat long ago, and they wouldn't have needed to attack the hatch."

"But where is that master of Divine Sense Grandmaster?"

The new students at each of the Starry Sky University were all puzzled.

Chen Lie knew the saying "the nail that sticks out gets hammered down," so naturally he wouldn't step forward to admit that he had seized control.

He directly gave a message to the Star Boat's Optical Computer, which was then transmitted via broadcast.

"Listen up, Star Bandit outside! I am the eighth-level Divine Sense Master you've been looking for to seize control of the Star Boat."

I advise you that it's not too late to leave now; the Interstellar Allied Forces will arrive in ten minutes.

Once the Interstellar Allied Forces arrives, you won't be able to leave even if you want to."

"Trying to scare me? We did our research before Operation Blood Shadow. Based on the distance of the Starfield Army's deployment, the Interstellar Allied Forces couldn't possibly arrive within half an hour!"

The Grandmaster Realm Star Bandit snorted coldly and joined the attack on the protective pod.

Due to the high-frequency and high-intensity dual impact, the energy shield covering the protective chamber collapsed directly.

Chen Lie connected his Mental Power to the Optical Computer and could see the backend data.

"The protective pod is under heavy attack; at this rate, the pod's hatch is expected to collapse in six minutes."