180: Chapter 180 Jia Yan, a Slave? Let's Go!

Regarding Li Daguo's concerns.

Li Fan said he could understand, but chose to politely decline.

After all, if Li Daguo went along, it would be harder for him to conduct an interrogation.

Immediately after.

Li Fan headed towards the experimental base where Jia Yan was imprisoned.

Inside the base's cell at this moment.

Jia Yan had already woken up and was now brooding in a daze.

"My strength is recovering so slowly. I haven't even reached the Apprentice Level yet. It's probably going to be difficult to send the coordinates and escape this place."

Jia Yan muttered to himself, feeling quite depressed.

He never expected the speed of his recovery to be this slow.

Even now, he had only recovered to roughly the level of a mid-grade Saint.

At this rate, it probably wouldn't be possible to recover to his peak Star-Treading Level, third tier, without at least ten days to half a month of effort.

And just as he was pondering this.

A figure appeared silently outside the cell.

Jia Yan looked and saw that this time, it wasn't Li Daguo who came, but a young punk whose aura wasn't particularly strong. He immediately lost any interest in engaging.

Most likely, he was the son of some big shot on this planet, coming to see the alien visitor—like going to a zoo to look at animals—to satisfy his curiosity.

And the one who came was none other.

Than Li Fan!

Li Fan walked in, gave a slight glance around the environment, and then immediately asked Skin Bear telepathically.

"Can you simulate the visuals here? I'd rather outsiders not hear our conversation."

In the blink of an eye, Skin Bear gave a reply.

"Shielding and simulation activated. External monitoring cannot observe the internal visuals or audio; they will be replaced by simulated footage."

After receiving the confirmation.

Li Fan then turned his gaze towards Jia Yan.

Seeing Jia Yan's expression of not wanting to bother with him, Li Fan didn't show much emotion. He just said softly:

"Tell me, what role do you play in the Black Abyss Star Pirate Group?"

As soon as these words were spoken.

Jia Yan, who originally wore a face full of disdain, suddenly changed expression.

"Who are you?!"

"How do you know about the Black Abyss Star Pirate Group?"

In response to Jia Yan's shock and confusion, Li Fan remained unhurried.

"My current identity is the Lord of Blue Star."

"As for how I know about the Black Abyss Star Pirate Group, you don't need to know. You just need to answer my questions."

Hearing this.

Jia Yan's expression grew even more astonished.

Lord of Blue Star?

Not only did this young man before him know about the Black Abyss Star Pirate Group behind him, but he had already registered this planet with the Silver Dragon Federation?

For a moment.

He truly didn't dare to look down on Li Fan anymore.

Because, in his current view, Li Fan was probably not a native of Blue Star, but the descendant of some big shot from another civilization.

He had preemptively snatched Blue Star!

"What role do I play in Black Abyss? Well, just a working role. I'm just responsible for scouting, finding coordinates of low-level civilizations, and sending the coordinates back. You could think of me as an errand runner."

Jia Yan pointed at the collar around his neck and said flatly,

"Originally, this planet was the last job of my contract period. After completing it, I could resign and be free, rid of this damn collar. But since you've snatched this planet now, I'll just have to find the next job."

After listening to Jia Yan's words, Li Fan's expression turned slightly odd. He spoke up, "So, you're a slave?"

Hearing this, Jia Yan immediately became agitated.

A slave?

That word really didn't sit well!

But just as he was about to flare up, he held himself back.

"If you put it that way, it's not wrong. After all, I was tricked into signing this contract. The work I do and the money I get aren't much different from a slave's."

"You should know too, anyone with a normal brain wouldn't work for a star pirate group."

Jia Yan shrugged, feeling both helpless and deeply resentful.

As for Jia Yan's circumstances, Li Fan naturally had little interest.

After gaining some understanding of Jia Yan as a person.

Li Fan also stopped wasting words and got straight to the point.

"Alright, my purpose in coming to find you is simple: take me to the headquarters of the Black Abyss Star Pirate Group."

"Of course, you can refuse. But the consequence of refusal is death on this planet."

Li Fan's tone turned cold at this point.

Jia Yan didn't like being threatened.

But after considering the current situation, he could only accept.

Although he didn't know why Li Fan wanted to find the Black Abyss Star Pirate Group, it wasn't important. After all, he had no affection for Black Abyss, only hatred at most.

If Li Fan wanted to go, then he'd take him.

And so, Jia Yan agreed very readily,

"It's a small matter, nothing worth refusing."

"When do we leave? You pick a date."

Seeing Jia Yan agree so readily, Li Fan was somewhat surprised.

But since he agreed, it was naturally a good thing.

"In the next couple of days. Wait for my message."

After saying this, Li Fan turned and left.

Before leaving, he still had to come up with a suitable excuse to placate parents and Gu Ling.

...

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

During these two days.

Li Fan spent another day with Gu Ling. Then, using the reason of having Jia Yan accompany him to meet the Silver Dragon Federation guards, he convinced parents of his decision to take Jia Yan away from Blue Star alone.

Finally, on the morning of the third day.

Li Fan, with Jia Yan in tow, embarked on the journey into space.

The method of leaving Blue Star was quite simple and unadorned: he asked Zhu Tianzheng for a spaceship. Although called a spaceship, it was really just a vessel that could barely navigate in space.

"Wait, we're going in this thing?"

Inside the spaceship, Jia Yan was utterly dumbfounded.

The technological level of this ship wasn't even as good as the lowest-grade F-class spaceship.

The gap between it and an F-class ship was like the difference between a rickety, falling-apart bicycle and a top-tier supercar.

Didn't Li Fan have a big shot backing him?

And the big shot provided a ship like this?

Traveling in this ship, when would they ever reach the Black Abyss Star Pirate Group headquarters?

To this, Li Fan did not respond.

Only after the ship sailed deep into space, far from Earth, did Li Fan finally speak up,

"Skin Bear, switch to the Dark Star now."

"Head to the nearest energy star to replenish supplies first."

As soon as Li Fan's words fell.

The Dark Star immediately floated out from the space ring.

After a spatial shift, the massive form of the Dark Star suddenly appeared ahead.

"Let's go. That's the ship we'll be taking."