Arc 35Tournament and Pirate Pursuit

Ye Feng won the Hartell Star tournament, then slipped away as the Hartell and Guzman Families investigated him. While traveling in disguise, he intervened against Hartell abuses on Artush Star and survived a pirate attack, leaving with Lukash Bastos as they headed for a transfer station.

  • Ye Feng saved Carlos and Filiya from the Pox team, then helped the contestants break the team’s formation and survive the Arena battles.
  • Ye Feng advanced through the tournament, defeating Soba and Tuō'ěrběn before overcoming Farouk in the final and winning the championship.
  • After the Hartell and Guzman Families began investigating him, Ye Feng took Holy Spirit Fruit and supplies, faked seclusion, and secretly left Saikeer’s spaceship.
  • On Artush Star, Ye Feng killed an overseer who was abusing a laborer, then forced the Hartell administrator to improve conditions for the miners and free three Humanoid women.
  • Ye Feng traveled toward the Starfeather Imperial Domain in Xiao Ling’s identity, where Lukash Bastos repeatedly annoyed him before the Skull Pirate Group seized their spaceship.
  • Ye Feng escaped his shackles, killed the green-haired pirate, and infiltrated the pirates’ search before attacking their bald leader and learning they had been hired to kill the Tuosibasi Family’s eldest young master.
  • Ye Feng took the unconscious Lukash with him, used Lukash’s Black Ball to find a route to an inhabited planet, and boarded a spaceship toward a transfer station.
  • When Lukash realized Ye Feng was a man disguised as Xiao Ling, Ye Feng threatened him into silence as they continued their journey.
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Ch. 851Ye Feng entered the fray

Ye Feng revealed his mastery of Space-Time Power when he rescued Carlos and Filiya from a deadly attack by the Pox team. Meanwhile, Frey-a watched Ye Feng’s interaction with Filiya and grew jealous, despite Saikeer defending him.

  • The Pox team charged Ye Feng’s group, and Carlos dodged with Ye Feng and Filiya before warning Ye Feng to leave the Arena.
  • When an enormous blade of light threatened Carlos and Filiya, Ye Feng used Space-Time Power to move them out of its path.
  • Carlos and Filiya realized Ye Feng had saved them, and Ye Feng promised they would be safe with him.
  • Filiya flirted with Ye Feng, while Frey-a watched from afar and complained to Saikeer about his behavior.
  • Saikeer revealed that Frey-a was Ferid’s daughter and Ye Feng’s arranged fiancée, and he defended Ye Feng’s talent and worth.

Ch. 852Keeping the opponents in check

Pox's team used space-time powers and a defensive formation to dominate the Arena, while Ye Feng intervened when they targeted another contestant. The Pox Family's Third Elder demanded to learn which family Ye Feng belonged to.

  • Ye Feng told Carlos he would keep him from losing, while Carlos and Filiya said they could handle the rest.
  • Pox's team used five space-time cultivators to kill contestants who were charging up their powers, then returned them to the team's formation to recover.
  • The contestants joined forces and unleashed attacks, but they could not break Pox's team's defenses.
  • When the five space-time cultivators attacked another group of contestants, Ye Feng killed one of them before the five could return to their team.
  • The Pox Family's Third Elder saw Ye Feng and ordered someone to find out which family he belonged to.

Ch. 853Things Looked Bad

Ye Feng used his Space-Time Power to protect the other competitors from the Pox Family team's ambushes, but the team's captain unleashed a devastating group attack that killed nearly fifty people. With the competition turning even more dangerous, Ye Feng prepared to send Carlos into the Pox Family formation to attack its members.

  • The Third Elder learned that Ye Feng was close to Saikeer and ordered his subordinates to monitor him rather than provoke the Makarov Family.
  • Ye Feng anticipated the Pox Family team's ambushes and blocked their four Space-Time Power users from striking their targets.
  • The Pox Family captain gathered his team's power into a saber strike that killed nearly fifty competitors and injured dozens more.
  • Ye Feng asked Carlos to prepare an explosive attack against the Pox Family team, and Carlos compressed Fire-Type Law Force into a fireball.
  • After Carlos said the attack was ready, Ye Feng and Carlos vanished from their spot.

Ch. 854Pox Is Eliminated

Ye Feng and Carlos disrupted Pox’s attack, forcing the team to retreat from the Arena. As the remaining contestants turned on Ye Feng, he left Carlos and Filiya to fight while he lounged and ate fruit, then let six attackers’ weapons pass through him.

  • Ye Feng and Carlos appeared among the Pox team, left behind an expanding fireball, and vanished as it scattered the formation and killed several cultivators.
  • The other contestants attacked the weakened Pox team, killing more than twenty members before the captain ordered a retreat from the Arena.
  • With Pox gone, some contestants targeted Ye Feng, but he lounged and told Carlos and Filiya to handle the rest.
  • Carlos fought off several opponents while Filiya used a brief lapse in an enemy’s attention to stab him, then dodged the other attackers.
  • Six cultivators struck Ye Feng as Frey-a cried out, but their weapons passed through him without hitting anything solid.

Ch. 855The final sixteen emerge

Ye Feng used shadow techniques and evasive teleportation to survive the selection tournament’s chaotic group battles. The final sixteen were chosen, and the Nascent Soul Realm round began immediately, leaving Ye Feng suspicious of the Hartell Family.

  • Ye Feng restrained six opponents with Shadow Possession Jutsu until Carlos cut down three, then Carlos and Filiya helped eliminate the rest.
  • The remaining contestants formed five groups, and the largest group attacked the Carter and Lawston alliance while the Hartell Family targeted Ye Feng’s trio.
  • Ye Feng repeatedly teleported his trio away from the Hartell Family and the allied families, steering them into fighting one another.
  • The fighting ended with four Guzman Family members, six Hartell Family members, three Makaluosu Family members, and three contestants from other families remaining.
  • The host announced the Nascent Soul Realm round of sixteen, and Carlos explained that the tournament rules offered no rest period.
  • Staff directed Ye Feng’s trio to their families’ spectator areas, and Ye Feng suspected a conspiracy involving the Hartell Family.

Ch. 856A special relationship

Ye Feng learned that the Makarov Family had Holy Spirit Fruits and received a protective bracelet from Saikeer before entering the tournament’s round of sixteen. He faced Hartell Family contestant Soba, who raised a mysterious Formation around them as their match began.

  • Saikeer told Ye Feng that the Makarov Family had Holy Spirit Fruits and pointed out powerful cultivators from the Hartell and Guzman Families.
  • Saikeer warned Ye Feng that the Hartell Family might target his Space-Time Power and gave him a Flame Turtle Shell bracelet for protection.
  • Ye Feng teased Saikeer about his relationship with Frey-a, and Saikeer changed the subject to the tournament matches.
  • A Hartell Family cultivator won the championship, and Ye Feng was paired with Hartell contestant Soba in the round of sixteen.
  • Soba activated a sphere that raised a Formation around himself and Ye Feng, but Ye Feng sensed no immediate restriction on his strength.

Ch. 857The Guzman Family's Recruitment Offer

Ye Feng killed Soba after using airborne stones to spread shadows across the Arena, then advanced to the quarterfinals against Tuō'ěrběn of the Guzman Family. Tuō'ěrběn tried to recruit him before the match and then wounded him with a prepared attack, leaving Ye Feng eager to continue testing his strength.

  • Ye Feng defeated Soba by extending his shadow across the Arena and strangling him, then destroyed Soba's soul.
  • Ophir ordered a subordinate to match Ye Feng against the Guzman Family to reveal more of his abilities.
  • In the round of sixteen, Carlos advanced, Filiya surrendered to a Guzman opponent, and three Guzman and three Hartell contestants moved on.
  • Before their quarterfinal match, Tuō'ěrběn offered Ye Feng a place in the Guzman Family, but Ye Feng declined and traded threats with him.
  • Tuō'ěrběn surrounded the Arena with light to block Ye Feng's Shadow Imitation Technique and wounded his calf with spikes, but Ye Feng escaped the following Sword Light with Space-Time Power.
  • Ye Feng teleported behind Tuō'ěrběn to attack, but Tuō'ěrběn anticipated him, prompting Ye Feng to reappear at the other end of the Arena.

Ch. 858Susanoo appeared again

Ye Feng used his speed and abilities to counter Tuō'ěrběn, then summoned Susanoo after Tuō'ěrběn transformed. The chapter ended with Ye Feng immobilizing Tuō'ěrběn using his shadow.

  • Ye Feng used Ōnoki's Ultra-Light Rock Technique to overcome the Arena's gravity and attacked Tuō'ěrběn at high speed.
  • Tuō'ěrběn summoned tracking lightning, but Ye Feng deflected it and struck at him with the Super Heavy Rock Technique.
  • Tuō'ěrběn transformed into a towering, muscular form, and Ye Feng summoned an eight-meter Susanoo.
  • Ye Feng pierced Tuō'ěrběn with the Kusanagi Sword and then spun it to create a tornado across the Arena.
  • Ye Feng used the tornado to destroy Tuō'ěrběn's light orbs, then appeared above him and immobilized him with shadow control.

Ch. 859Farouk

Ye Feng defeated Tuō'ěrběn after using Susanoo to weaken his resistance, and Farouk conceded the match for the Guzman Family. The semifinals were set, leaving Ye Feng to face Tabang while Carlos faced Farouk, whose strength Saikeer warned was far beyond ordinary Deity Transformation Realm Complete cultivators.

  • Ye Feng used Susanoo to repeatedly punch Tuō'ěrběn while his Shadow Imitation Technique restrained him, but Tuō'ěrběn refused to concede despite coughing up blood.
  • Farouk conceded the match on the Guzman Family's behalf, and Ye Feng released Tuō'ěrběn before Farouk thanked him for showing mercy.
  • Ye Feng learned that the quarterfinals had ended with himself, Farouk, Carlos, and Tabang advancing to the semifinals.
  • The semifinal matchups were announced as Carlos against Farouk and Ye Feng against Tabang.
  • Saikeer told Ye Feng that Farouk was the Guzman clan leader's exceptionally gifted, unacknowledged illegitimate son and warned that Ye Feng's early-stage cultivation put him at a disadvantage.

Ch. 860The formidable Tabang

Ye Feng received Carlos’s one-use weapon before entering the Arena to face the ruthless Tabang. Tabang’s opening attack overwhelmed Ye Feng, who barely escaped being driven into the light barrier.

  • Carlos conceded to Farouk after realizing the gap between their strength was too great.
  • Saikeer told Ye Feng that Carlos had a one-use weapon capable of unleashing a strike near the Tribulation Transcendence Realm middle stage.
  • Saikeer warned Ye Feng to take Carlos’s weapon because Tabang might use underhanded tactics, and Carlos passed Ye Feng the transforming ring.
  • Ye Feng and Tabang began their match, and Tabang vanished before charging toward Ye Feng’s reappearance point.
  • Ye Feng blocked Tabang’s saber with the Kusanagi Sword, was sent flying by the force, and used Space-Time Power to avoid the Arena’s barrier.

Ch. 861Choosing to concede

Ye Feng fought Tabang in the Arena, but Tabang’s overwhelming strength and hidden Tribulation Transcendence Realm armor left Ye Feng close to conceding. When Tabang urged him to retreat, Ye Feng sensed an ulterior motive and said he would concede anyway, surprising Tabang.

  • Tabang sealed the space and cut down what appeared to be Ye Feng, but Ye Feng’s body turned out to be a wooden decoy as the real Ye Feng attacked from below.
  • Ye Feng’s Kusanagi Sword failed to pierce Tabang’s armor, prompting Saikeer to accuse the Hartell Family of cheating by using Tribulation Transcendence Realm Battle Armor.
  • Tabang broke free of Ye Feng’s Shadow Imitation Technique and overpowered him with attacks that slammed him against the Arena’s curtain of light.
  • Ye Feng considered conceding to avoid revealing more of his strength, but Tabang’s unusual taunts made him suspect there was another reason Tabang wanted him to give up.
  • Ye Feng said Tabang’s armor made him impossible to defeat and that he would concede, surprising Tabang.

Ch. 862Laws Domain

Ye Feng tried to concede, but Tabang kept him trapped and revealed an embryonic Earth Laws domain that nullified Earth attacks. Ye Feng countered with a powerful Wood Laws technique, leaving Tabang facing a thousand-armed Guanyin statue’s assault.

  • Ye Feng realized Ophir had likely directed Tabang to target him, but Tabang interrupted his attempt to concede and continued attacking.
  • Tabang used his speed and Earth Dao to prevent Ye Feng from escaping, driving Ye Feng to fight back with an earth spike and a twenty-meter earth giant.
  • Tabang walked through the earth giant’s attacks as they vanished near him, prompting Saikeer and Frey-a to identify his ability as the embryonic form of a laws domain.
  • Ye Feng recognized Tabang’s mastery of Earth Laws and summoned a towering Guanyin statue with his Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.
  • The statue launched over a thousand arms at Tabang, who was unsure whether he could withstand the barrage.

Ch. 863Tabang's Grief and Fury

Ye Feng used his hidden speed and sealing techniques to overpower Tabang, leaving him unable to wield his Earth Laws. He mocked and punched the restrained Tabang while Saikeer and Frey-a cheered from outside the arena.

  • Tabang’s Earth Giant Beast fought the Thousand-Armed Kannon, but Ye Feng realized he could not win a contest of Law Force by attrition.
  • Ye Feng used Lightning Release Law Force and the Ultra-Light Rock Technique to move behind Tabang at extreme speed and attack him with the Kusanagi Sword.
  • Tabang escaped Ye Feng’s strike by covering himself with his bracelet armor, breaking their agreement and prompting Ye Feng to mock him.
  • Ye Feng restrained Tabang with shadow techniques, Eight Trigrams Sealing chains, and Yin-Yang Release Black Rods that restricted his Law energy.
  • Ye Feng punched the helpless Tabang, while Saikeer and Frey-a cheered him on from outside the arena.

Ch. 864Preparing an Ultimate Technique

Ye Feng defeated Tabang after the Hartell Family ended their match, then began the final against Farouk by gathering Hartell Star’s power into immense thunderclouds. The clouds grew powerful enough to alarm Farouk and the watching families as Ye Feng continued preparing his attack.

  • Ophir ordered a subordinate to contact the host and end Tabang’s match to limit the Hartell Family’s disgrace.
  • The host declared Ye Feng the winner, and Ye Feng stopped beating Tabang before warning him that he had more tricks left.
  • The host announced that the final would begin shortly, and Ye Feng faced Farouk while considering surrender if the fight became too dangerous.
  • Farouk sensed danger from Ye Feng, invited him to attack first, and waited as Ye Feng raised fireballs and gathered law force into the sky.
  • Ye Feng borrowed Hartell Star’s natural power to strengthen the thunderclouds, which grew beyond the Deity Transformation Realm and alarmed Farouk and the watching families.

Ch. 865A true Laws Domain

Ye Feng unleashed his full-powered black Lightning Kirin against Farouk, who stopped the attack with his bare hands. Farouk revealed a true Laws Domain that immobilized Ye Feng and stunned the spectators, leaving the Guzman Family representative wondering whether the family could repair its estrangement with him.

  • Ye Feng summoned a gigantic black Lightning Kirin and sent it charging at Farouk.
  • Farouk caught the Kirin by its head and held it back, astonishing the spectators with his strength.
  • Ye Feng turned the Kirin into bolts of lightning and attacked Farouk from behind with the Kusanagi Sword and his shadow.
  • Farouk's Laws Domain froze Ye Feng and the lightning in place, prompting Saikeer and the spectators to recognize its power.
  • The Guzman Family representative ordered his subordinate to report Farouk's Laws Domain to the Clan Leader and worried that the family might have lost its chance to reconcile with him.

Ch. 866The competition ends

Ye Feng defeated Farouk after breaking free of his Laws Domain, and Farouk surrendered, making Ye Feng the competition champion. Ye Feng collected his prize and left for Makarov Planet with Saikeer and Frey-a, while Saikeer’s mood darkened aboard the spaceship.

  • Ye Feng used his Kusanagi Sword and restraining techniques to overcome Farouk, who surrendered after being unable to break free.
  • Spectators debated how Ye Feng had escaped Farouk’s Laws Domain, while Ophir and Guzman’s representative ordered investigations into Ye Feng.
  • Ye Feng received his prize at a sparsely attended award ceremony, and Saikeer told him that several Hartell Family investigators had collapsed after trying to investigate him.
  • Saikeer and Frey-a skipped the family gathering and took Ye Feng back to their spaceship, where Saikeer’s expression gradually darkened.

Ch. 867Slipping away

After learning the Guzman Family was investigating him, Ye Feng pretended to enter seclusion at the Makarov Family estate, then secretly left the Central Star Domain. Three months later, he reached a small inhabited planet and found it had no defensive barrier or guards.

  • Saikeer warned Ye Feng that the Guzman Family had specifically investigated him, making Ye Feng fear they might discover his secret and seize his small world.
  • Ye Feng asked Saikeer for Holy Spirit Fruit and supplies, then sealed himself inside a prepared secret chamber under the pretense of cultivating in seclusion.
  • After Saikeer left, Ye Feng vanished from the chamber with the supplies and left a note explaining that he had gone to seek opportunities elsewhere.
  • The Hartell Family and the Guzman Family learned only that Ye Feng was cultivating in seclusion, so they set aside their investigations while awaiting more information.
  • During three months of wandering, Ye Feng shared the Holy Spirit Fruit with the Five Women and Shion, and Tian Nai and Yuna reached the Golden Core Realm.
  • Ye Feng found an inhabited planet with no barrier or guard soldiers and approached it to look for a spaceship terminal or directions to a larger planet.

Ch. 868Artush Star

Ye Feng arrived on Artush Star, where the Hartell Family enslaved the planet’s inhabitants to mine ore, and killed an overseer who was whipping an old laborer. After healing the old man, Ye Feng learned about the Hartell Family’s exploitation and the danger of their retaliation.

  • Ye Feng scanned Artush Star and saw its inhabitants mining ore under the watch of harsh overseers.
  • When an overseer whipped a frail old laborer, Ye Feng intervened and reduced the overseer to ash.
  • Ye Feng healed the old man with Wood Laws and helped him rest.
  • The old man warned Ye Feng that the Hartell Family would hunt him for killing the overseer.
  • The old man explained that the Hartell Family had seized Artush Star and enslaved its people to mine ore, while stronger inhabitants faced dangerous work elsewhere.

Ch. 869The brutal administrator

Ye Feng found the Hartell administrator on Artush Star and confronted him over his brutal treatment of the inhabitants. The administrator tried to blame his own superior for raising the mining quotas, but Ye Feng cut him off.

  • Ye Feng healed the old man's lingering injuries, left him food, and followed his directions to the Hartell administrator's fortress.
  • Ye Feng entered the fortress unseen and found the administrator abusing Humanoid Race women while ordering one woman punished for displeasing him.
  • Ye Feng killed the administrator's two subordinates and used his killing intent to pin the administrator in place.
  • Ye Feng reassured the two women by knocking them unconscious, then told the administrator he knew about the Hartell Family and objected to his actions on Artush.
  • The administrator pleaded that his superior's rising quotas had forced him to squeeze the miners, but Ye Feng interrupted him.

Ch. 870Impersonating Xiao Ling

Ye Feng pressured the administrator on Artush Star into improving the miners’ conditions and freeing and treating the three Humanoid women before leaving for the transfer station. He chose to travel through the Starfeather Imperial Domain toward the Ōtsutsuki Star Region under Xiao Ling’s identity, where a persistent man began bothering him.

  • Ye Feng threatened the administrator into providing the miners with adequate rest, food, and clothing, then warned him not to mistreat them after Ye Feng left.
  • Ye Feng ordered the administrator to free the three Humanoid women and arrange treatment for the injured one before departing Artush Star.
  • At the transfer station, Ye Feng learned he was near the Starfeather Imperial Domain and decided to approach the Ōtsutsuki Star Region from there to misdirect suspicion.
  • Ye Feng used Xiao Ling’s identity to pass the transfer station’s strict checks and boarded a spaceship bound for the Starfeather Imperial Domain.
  • Lukash Bastos approached Ye Feng, disguised as Xiao Ling, and kept trying to strike up a conversation after Ye Feng ignored him.

Ch. 871The Skull Pirate Group

Ye Feng kept Lukash at a distance during the journey, then discovered the spaceship had been attacked after crossing into the Starfeather Imperial Domain. The Skull Pirate Group arrived, and panicked passengers began trying to flee.

  • A flight attendant's announcement forced Lukash to return to his seat, but he soon sat beside Ye Feng and tried to frighten and impress him with talk of space bandits.
  • When Lukash leaned toward him, Ye Feng held a short sword to his neck and warned him not to bother him again.
  • After four days, Ye Feng ordered the exhausted Lukash to leave, and Lukash scrambled away in fear.
  • The spaceship jolted, and Ye Feng sensed that its cockpit had been destroyed and a black vessel was approaching.
  • Passengers recognized the approaching vessel's monster-skeleton emblem as belonging to the Skull Pirate Group, and one man fled first.

Ch. 872Breaking free of restraints

Ye Feng was captured with the spaceship’s passengers and fitted with shackles that blocked Law Force, but he secretly cut through them with the Kusanagi Sword. A pirate search party failed to find its target and ordered a thorough search of the ship, while Ye Feng continued pretending to be restrained.

  • The Skull Pirate Group surrounded the passenger ship, captured everyone aboard, and put special shackles on them.
  • Ye Feng sensed a powerful presence, concealed his strength, and discovered that the shackles kept Law Force away while his connection to the Divine Realm remained intact.
  • Ye Feng used a miniature Kusanagi Sword to cut through his shackles without alerting the pirates.
  • A bald pirate leader sent a green-haired man and a scantily dressed woman to inspect the passengers for someone they were seeking.
  • The green-haired man examined Ye Feng and moved on, and Ye Feng finished cutting through his shackles but pretended they were still intact.
  • After the searchers found no target, the bald leader ordered the pirates to search every part of the ship again.

Ch. 873Concealment and a Deadly Counterattack

Ye Feng killed the green-haired man and used a Wood Clone and disguises to infiltrate the kidnappers’ group. After the bald leader’s men slaughtered the hall’s occupants, Ye Feng attacked the leader as the group prepared to leave, leaving the fight unresolved.

  • Ye Feng killed the green-haired man with the Kusanagi Sword and used a Wood Clone to deceive the bald leader.
  • Ye Feng disguised himself as the green-haired man while the Wood Clone posed as Xiao Ling.
  • The alluring woman returned with Lukash, and the bald leader confirmed he was the Bastos Family heir.
  • The bald leader ordered his men to kill everyone else in the hall, and Lukash fainted at the massacre.
  • Ye Feng stabbed the bald leader from behind, then struck him with lightning as the alluring woman attacked.

Ch. 874The young master of a great family

Ye Feng defeated the Skull Pirate Group after learning they had been hired to kill Lukash, the Tuosibasi Family's eldest young master. He took the cowardly Lukash with him through space, and the chapter ended with Lukash urgently trying to tell him something.

  • Ye Feng captured the bald pirate leader, subdued the other pirates, and questioned the alluring woman, who revealed the group had been hired to kill the Tuosibasi Family's eldest young master.
  • The alluring woman said she did not know the mysterious employer's identity, so Ye Feng killed her and took the unconscious Lukash with him.
  • When Lukash woke, he panicked and begged Ye Feng for mercy before celebrating his survival and boasting about becoming his family's head.
  • Ye Feng sealed Lukash's mouth and bound his limbs to stop his incessant talking as they traveled through the dark Universe.
  • After two days without finding an inhabited planet, Ye Feng agreed to let Lukash speak if he had something worthwhile to say.

Ch. 875Lukash's Breakdown

Ye Feng used Lukash’s Black Ball to find a route to a planet with spaceship service, then disguised himself as Xiao Ling to pass an identity check and board a ship. After learning Ye Feng was a man, Lukash broke down over his earlier advances, and Ye Feng threatened him into silence as they headed for a transfer station.

  • Lukash told Ye Feng that his Black Ball recorded routes to every planet in the Starfeather Imperial Domain and reluctantly handed it over.
  • Ye Feng used the Black Ball’s three-dimensional map to locate a planet with a spaceship route three days away, then sealed Lukash’s mouth and traveled there with him.
  • Ye Feng transformed into Xiao Ling to pass the planet’s identity check, and he boarded a spaceship with Lukash for the nearest transfer-station planet.
  • Ye Feng lifted Lukash’s seal aboard the spaceship, and Lukash grabbed him, asking whether he was the beauty from the earlier spaceship and whether his appearances were fake.
  • Ye Feng spoke in a man’s voice, prompting Lukash to realize he had made advances toward a man and begin lamenting his lost purity.
  • Ye Feng grabbed Lukash by the collar and threatened him, silencing him as the spaceship continued toward the transfer station.
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