Chapter 188
The plan had been based on some information revealed by Lynn, as well as many clues they had found after they targeted the Sun family.
A while ago, a team under Lu Junzhi had happened to encounter a group of blind interstellar pirates during a routine cruise.
It was also amazing. Those pirates had all been “novices,” and the team under Lu Junzhi at the time had been disguised.
A group of clueless pirates had screamed and rushed forward, only to be wiped out immediately.
Not only that, but on the way back, a very important clue had been found in their cabin.
By following this clue, they had discovered the existence of the Black Star.
They had to pass through more than a dozen jump points to reach this planet, but for it to exist under the eyes of both the Alliance and the Empire for so many years without anyone knowing indicated how vast the power behind it was and how complex the network of relationships had to be.
Now that they had stumbled upon it, Lu Junzhi immediately decided to go over and investigate in person.
He first sent a few team members to take the lead and get a rough understanding of the situation before finally settling on the plan.
Chu Muxi then transformed into a man named Ximu, who had learned some mecha-repairing skills back in his hometown. However, due to the early death of his parents, he had been deceived into boarding a mining ship destined for another poor industrial zone.
Unfortunately, he had been thrown off during the journey because of an illness.
He happened to land on the Black Star, which was highly consistent with the circumstances on the Black Star.
There were too many people there who had been suddenly abandoned and cast aside.
Soon, they targeted the repair shop on the corner of the street closest to the slums in the central city.
After Chu Muxi wandered around for two days, he finally received some advice from others, who told him to try his luck at Uncle Casey’s shop.
“On the surface, this boss just runs a repair shop. In fact, he’s connected to Noah, the largest pirate group on the Black Star,” Zhou Xu added from the side. “Though his shop is unremarkable, it serves as a message transfer station. Most people who come here are directed to his store for initial screening.”
As the person who had the most contact with Casey, Chu Muxi had more to say.
“Yes, I’ve been in the store these past few days. I’ve met several people who came to the store to try their luck,” Chu Muxi recalled a middle-aged man who had suddenly barged into the store one day.
A middle-aged man with a sinister face and one blind eye was said to be a serial murderer on a certain planet within the Alliance. The most notorious case he’d committed was a murder.
The man had been very arrogant when he arrived. He openly recounted the details of how he’d killed people, deliberately trying to intimidate the boss.
At that time, the boss had told Chu Muxi to leave, and he hadn’t lingered.
As he left, the man had grinned evilly at Chu Muxi, exposing his large, yellowed teeth.
Then, two days later, Chu Muxi saw the man’s body discarded in a garbage corner in the slum area.
“This morning, I saw a dead man,” Chu Muxi remarked casually while handling the control panel.
The boss had responded dismissively, saying, “People die every day in this place. It’s normal.” He even teased him jokingly, “What? Are you scared? I told you that you could stay in the store.”
Chu Muxi shook his head. “No need.” But he had wisely refrained from mentioning the middle-aged man again.