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Over two days, Xu Wuyi refined every last piece of the remaining resources in his storage pouch.

The energy crystal density in his blood and qi had reached 21.1 percent. The improvement was exceedingly slight, but it was enough. At least it proved that his body was still progressing—just much more slowly than before.

The surname Wang officer's voice came from the cockpit, kept low.

"Grandmaster Xu, the mining zone is about an hour's voyage ahead. The stealth reconnaissance ship cannot go any farther. If we do, Southern Martial Star Realm's detection sensors will spot us. If you fly from here, with your speed, you should arrive in roughly half an hour."

Xu Wuyi opened his eyes, rose to his feet, and walked to the hatch. When he pushed it open, the deep-purple radiance of the nebula poured in from outside, shining over his dark-gray combat uniform.

He leaped into the void. Behind him, the stealth reconnaissance ship concealed all of its energy fluctuations within seconds and vanished into the nebula's glow.

He accelerated toward the mining zone.

Order perception spread out in full, bringing every stretch of void for thousands of kilometers ahead into his sensory range.

Southern Martial Star Realm's detection sensors were densely scattered throughout the void. The position of every one, each one's scanning frequency, and each one's energy signature all appeared clearly within his perception.

He threaded his way through the gaps between the sensors, his figure moving rapidly through the nebula's light. He was so fast that the detection sensors had no time to catch his trail.

A scanning beam from an energy barrier swept over from ahead. He adjusted his flight path in advance and let the beam brush past him without triggering a single warning signal.

Half an hour later, the outline