This is really not mechanical ascension
Chapter 297 - 163 Ya Ro: In front of Li Ming, I’m like a greenhorn who’s just entered the interstellar world

Chapter 297: Chapter 163 Ya Ro: In front of Li Ming, I’m like a greenhorn who’s just entered the interstellar world

Fuck, why didn’t I think of this, Ya Ro cursed inwardly, suddenly feeling somewhat embarrassed.

Li Ming tucked it into his embrace, this thing with the smell, he had experience with it from Silver Grey Star, and had specifically asked Luo Chuan to create this smell-neutralizing spray.

This planet has no star, visibility on the surface is extremely low, sneaking in quietly, Ya Ro naturally didn’t dare use a searchlight, carrying night vision gear instead.

Seeing that Li Ming didn’t take out another night vision device from his embrace, he couldn’t help but say, "You should be able to feel my presence, just follow me and don’t stray too far."

Li Ming nodded, Ya Ro crouched and carefully moved forward, and after not too long, Li Ming was utterly speechless.

"At this pace, when are we ever going to get to the place where you’ve hidden the goods?"

"You need to be patient, we don’t have any detection instruments, not to mention those professional Sela soldiers, even the raiders, a kilometer or two away, might detect us with their equipment," Ya Ro shook his head, erring on the side of caution.

"Forget it, follow me," Li Ming, not wanting to talk further, simply leaped past Ya Ro at a great speed.

"Fuck, wait for me!" Ya Ro’s face twitched, disregarding everything else, he hurriedly chased after him: "Azure Dragon, slow down, I’m begging you."

Ya Ro had mixed in the interstellar world for many years, but at this moment he felt like a greenhorn, filled with uncertainty and apprehension.

Because Li Ming was too reckless, this was an alien planet, not his home turf, who knew what dangers lurked in the shadows.

Li Ming didn’t care, and what surprised Ya Ro further was that even if he tried his hardest, he could barely keep up with Li Ming.

"Is this what Luo Chuan said about being good at speed?" they sprinted across the ground, the wind whistling past their ears, Ya Ro marveled internally.

It was apparent that Li Ming had it easy, even deliberately waiting for him.

He was heart-stoppingly frightened along the way, afraid that Duke Bai Ye or Atom might appear out of nowhere.

But as the two of them traveled, and Li Ming adjusted directions several times, they really didn’t encounter anyone, and Ya Ro internally praised their luck.

Hours later, Li Ming suddenly raised his hand, Ya Ro quickly stopped, breathing slightly heavily, but looking at the composed Li Ming, he tried to calm himself down.

"What’s wrong?"

Li Ming frowned slightly, "There are people ahead."

"People?" Ya Ro’s heart skipped a beat, he looked around and strained his eyes into the distance but saw nothing.

"Where are the people?" he asked.

"4956 meters away," Li Ming seemed to be pondering something and responded casually.

Ya Ro looked stunned, "How, how many?"

"On the way here, I spotted four or five groups of people, they seem to have divided the area, searching within their respective territories," Li Ming whispered.

"What?" Ya Ro looked even more bewildered, no, big brother, are you sure you’re not joking?

He stared at Li Ming’s expression, which was very solemn, not seeming like a joke.

He encountered four or five groups of people along the way? How did he not notice anything?

"The people we’ve discovered now are in a standoff, must be the Sela soldiers facing off against the raiders," Li Ming continued,

"This place isn’t far from where you’ve hidden your goods, and their detection zone likely covers that area too, if we ignore it, we might run into trouble."

Ya Ro’s skin crawled with goosebumps, looking at Li Ming speculate, he felt a sense of eerie fear.

He didn’t know if what Li Ming said was true or false, but there was no point for Li Ming to lie to him.

"Let’s take a look," after thinking for a moment, Li Ming seemed to have made up his mind, he leaped out again.

And Ya Ro clenched his teeth and followed, at that moment, he was only interested in validating the truth of Li Ming’s words, even pushing the thought of potential dangers to the back of his mind.

A few minutes later, Li Ming lay on a bare slope, while the muttering Ya Ro beside him was filled with incredulous thoughts.

Not far away, several beams from searchlights swept through, without a doubt, there were people.

"There really are people..." Ya Ro couldn’t fathom how Li Ming had detected enemies nearly five thousand meters away.

From this, it could be inferred that those other enemies Li Ming mentioned along the road must also be real, his throat bobbed.

Turns out it wasn’t good luck; it was Li Ming sensing them early and avoiding them all.

Where in the hell did the old man find such a freak.

The two carefully crawled forward and upon closer observation, Ya Ro was thoroughly convinced; the scene was indeed a standoff between both parties, the raiders, and the Sela soldiers.

...

"Green-head algae, get the hell out, this territory is ours!" The leading raider was short, donning a scarlet combat armor, wielding a massive axe, and spitting out a glob of yellow phlegm.

"Who gave you the right to divide up territory on this planet, how come we didn’t know about this?" the Sela person was clad in standard green armor, wielding firearms, with a voice characterized by an echo within a hollow cavity.

"tmd, all this nonsense, don’t like it, come and take it!"

The two sides were shouting at each other, seemingly on the verge of combat, yet none were willing to make the first move.

"That guy is Axe—Lu Ka, a C-class life form, he’s always had a bad relationship with me," Ya Ro whispered quietly over the channel.

"They don’t seem very keen on fighting?" Li Ming whispered.

"Although raiders are ruthless, they’re driven by profit, fighting in such a situation is pointless," Ya Ro shook his head, "As for the Sela people, they probably have orders not to start conflicts until they find the goods."

Li Ming shook his head, "Boring."

Ya Ro bit his tongue, you really enjoy stirring the pot.

In the scene, the trash-talk continued with lines like—

"Shoot, if you don’t, you’re my son!"

"Got the guts, you shoot first, if not, you’re my grandson," and the like.