Most Earth Star People travel in groups, ranging from a dozen or more to five or six people. These groups are so numerous that it would be quite difficult for a single probe ship to intercept them all.
If even one of them escapes, that would be extremely bad.
After observing for several days, they had gained some understanding of the travel patterns of the people in the dock. Based on the rotation of the planet next to them, a large number of people would leave the dock half the time, and some would return the other half.
Fortunately, their efforts paid off, and after several days of waiting, they finally found their "prey".
"Hey everyone, attention! A target has appeared!"
The person in charge of monitoring the surveillance equipment was Leopard Head. When he saw a lone person emerge from the dock, his eyes, which had been narrowed to slits, immediately widened, and a dazzling light shone from them.
Leopard Head's shout woke up the others on the boat. They Huhu awoke from their sleep, each in a different state.
Arriving in the Solar System for the first time, the unfamiliar cosmic environment and the vastly different physical properties made their sleep quite uncomfortable.
Leopard Head glanced back; the others were either still dazed or slowly climbing out of their sleep pods.
The size of this sleeping pod is too small for some races. After all, this thing was made according to the standards of Snail People. For them, who are cannon fodder at the bottom, it's good enough if they can even use it.
For example, the Tree People on the ship could only tie themselves to a corner inside the ship to get some sleep, and didn't even have a proper bed.
"Damn it, be quick-witted, what are you dawdling for?"
Leopard Head kicked the sleep pod hard, sending the lid flying off.
"Alright, alright, we didn't get promoted even though we did something good, I don't know why you're in such a hurry."
The Kobolds rubbed its bleary eyes and climbed out of the sleep pod. It then grabbed a toothbrush from the nearby sink and began brushing its teeth.
The Tree People, leaning against the side of the cabin, pulled out a showerhead from somewhere and started watering his head.
"I've figured it out now, you're definitely a mutated pig-headed man, you might as well just stay lazy to death."
Leopard Head cursed a few times, but he wasn't in a hurry. After all, the universe was too vast, and even if that person had several days, the spaceship could still lock onto his location.
It pulled a comb from beside the sink and began grooming itself.
"That's right, what's the rush? These are all good things. You'd have to pay a huge price to get a set like this on your home planet. We have a quota on the spaceship, so why not use it?"
"Just let the spaceship automatically track that guy. We'll act once he's a bit further away."
"Yes, even the recycled water on this spaceship is much better than the water on my planet. Over there, we were exposed to acid rain, which hurt, and we had no choice but to drink it."
The Tree People carrying the showerhead looked quite content, but judging from the water in his hands, it didn't seem entirely clean.
Leopard Head set up the spaceship, keeping it far behind the lone cultivator, waiting for him to move away from Earth Star.
Meanwhile, in space, Hupo, who was preparing for her Road to Immortality, suddenly sensed that something was watching her.
In retrospect, Hupo's early life was indeed quite fortunate. From the first year she started school, Divine Land intensified its promotion of cultivation, and everyone was required to take cultivation-related courses starting from elementary school.
The bright and clever girl sensed Spiritual Qi in just one semester. While other children were struggling to meditate due to their restless nature, she had already begun Qi Refining cultivation.
Her talent for cultivation was also quite good. After graduating from university, she successfully reached the Late Qi Refining Stage, which made her feel relieved. This was already higher than 80% of the cultivators in Divine Land.
When she first started cultivating, she often heard her teachers and senior students talk about the so-called Road to Immortality, thinking that she would take that journey someday if she had some free time.
Unfortunately, there was still a significant gap between her and her peers, and she hadn't found a single like-minded teammate until the day she set off to achieve her goal.
The lack of teammates couldn't stop her. After all, so many people now walk the Road to Immortality, and basic safety measures are in place along the way. Even if she sets off alone, there shouldn't be any major problems.
It wasn't until she stepped into space and flew a distance in the vast universe that she discovered a major problem.
She was so engrossed in her cultivation that her grades in other subjects were a complete mess. Things like red-shifting, blue-shifting, and orbital maneuvers were things she didn't understand at all after excitedly running out of the dock.
Although the massive Earth Star is right behind us, and returning wouldn't be a problem, it would be too embarrassing to have to slink back on our first space exploration because we're terrible with directions.
Anyway Earth Star is right behind us; we can go back anytime.
Yes, believe in yourself, you can do it.
After giving himself a pep talk, Hupo gritted her teeth and continued forward.
"I remember, the moon should be like this..."
Having lost all sense of direction, she looked around for a while before pointing at Mars and saying...
Meanwhile, the real moon covered its face.
Just as she was about to embark on this journey that was destined to take her in the opposite direction, she was suddenly startled, feeling as if something was looking at her.
She looked around in all directions but didn't find anything strange or anyone watching her, yet a sense of vigilance still lingered in her heart.
Undeterred, she looked around again, but still found nothing.
She then chuckled, turned around, and continued forward.
"You're scaring yourself."
Just as Hupo was about to continue flying forward, she suddenly felt as if she had sunk into a swamp, and she couldn't fly anymore no matter how hard she tried.
"Wh-what is that?!"
Being in space for the first time, the environment was already unfamiliar, and suddenly it felt like something was grabbing her foot, which startled her.
Looking back, not far behind him, a strange point appeared, radiating a force field that enveloped him.
Gravity Field!
She was familiar with this. When she was choosing Qi Refining Method, there was one that specifically focused on cultivating gravity, but she didn't choose it then. After all, the Sun and Moon Qi Refining Method was more useful to her.
"After choosing this Qi Refining Method, I won't be afraid of getting a tan no matter how much sun I get."
She remembered what her friend had told her when she chose the Qi Refining Method.
It's perfectly normal for a young girl to choose a skin-whitening Qi Refining Method at an age when she's concerned about her appearance.
Now she's starting to regret not having looked into the Moonlight Qi Refining Method as well, otherwise she wouldn't be stuck with this thing.