He turned to look at the alien scavenger whose limbs had been cut off. "Search its storage pouch."
Gwen, fighting down her nausea, pulled out the leather pouch from the scavenger’s belly.
Inside were just a few low-purity energy crystals and so moldy dried at.
She checked the seams and shook her head. "No rune column fragnts."
"The materials for making exemption runes are all used up. Those three 24-hour runes are the maximum we can make."
"But I’m sure this scavenger’s corrosive fluid can improve the soul stabilizer."
"This dicine can help you use your premonition ability longer, reduce the pain in your forehead caused by ntal Power consumption, but it can’t break the plane suppression."
Logan nodded and made a decision. "Focus on researching the stabilizer."
"We won’t consider the exemption runes for now. The three we have are already enough for critical battles."
Logan and the others had everything cleaned up in just a few minutes.
Not far away, the scouting team mbers who had been recruited by Logan watched the scene, full of respect.
If they had just been forced to give in due to Logan’s power before, now they felt they were incredibly lucky to have followed the right leader.
On the distant mountain peak, a five-person team quietly stood up.
The leader, Marco, took one last look at Logan’s direction before disappearing behind the rocks.
...
After the battle, the canyon still slled of blood.
Logan stood on a rock, holding a half of a map he had taken from the private soldiers of the Brutus family.
At that mont, Gwen ca over with her dicine box. She took the map and put it together with the previous fragnts.
Gwen pointed at the energy circuit on the map and said in surprise: "The map is getting clearer. There’s even a teleportation gate design on it. This is a treasure."
At that mont, Fischl suddenly closed her eyes and her body trembled slightly.
Suddenly, a shadow crow jumped through a space crack and landed on her shoulder.
Fischl quickly read the mories of the black crow. Her face turned pale. "Logan, ergency!"
"Maya Archbishop has sent new information. Black not only joined forces with the Eye of Power, but also with three elders from the Congo family. They’ve set up an ambush at the entrance of an ancient ruin, aiming to kill you and take the map!"
Logan heard this and let out a cold smile. "Let her keep playing her role."
"If Black thinks I’m injured, let him keep thinking that way."
Fischl nodded and pointed to a high ground five kiloters into the canyon.
She whispered: "The black crow also sent another ssage. There’s a five-person team in that direction. The leader is at 29 Star Saint level, and the other four are all above 25 Star."
"They are wearing different uniform styles from the Brutus family. They’ve been watching us quietly for at least ten minutes."
Logan heard this and imdiately used his soul power and space sensing.
Five kiloters was exactly within Logan’s active detection range.
Soon, Logan sensed them.
The five presences were calm and restrained. The leader had an energy fluctuation with a unique data-like feature, similar to Turing’s aura, but even colder.
Logan made a quick judgnt: "It should be the Eye of Power. The one at 29 Star should be from Pinocchini Data Company. Don’t approach them for now. Mark the position and let the shadow crows keep watching."
Fischl nodded when she heard this.
Dozens of crows silently flew toward the high ground and hid in the rock cracks.
Natalia slowly retracted her Web Domain.
After completely restraining the five private soldiers, she walked over to Logan and asked, "Should we take out that observation team? My Web Domain can reach there."
Logan looked deeper into the canyon.
In the fog, a huge rock arch was barely visible. The surface of the arch was covered with glowing runes.
Logan shook his head. "No, they’re harmless for now."
"Our goal is the energy crystals and the ruins. Black is waiting for , and I’m also looking for him."
Then, Logan ordered the team to spread out and collect resources.
With Natalia’s Web Domain providing accurate positioning, they avoided dangerous energy turbulence zones and focused on finding high-purity energy crystal veins.
The scouting team mbers who had been recruited worked very efficiently under the protection of the Dawn Blade. They continuously packed the crystals into their space equipnt.
Gwen collected while analyzing the composition of the corrosive fluid.
She dropped a few drops of the dark green liquid into a test tube and added so Federation extraction agent.
The test tube quickly released white smoke, and the liquid beca clearer.
Gwen’s eyes lit up. "It’s working! The Federation materials can effectively neutralize the corrosiveness and extract the divine essence. That way, we can make a stabilizer to reduce the plane suppression."
After saying that, Gwen looked at Bobbi. "Keep watch for !"
She didn’t wait for Bobbi’s reply and started ssing with the bottles and tubes on her own.
Bobbi rolled her eyes but then stood by Gwen’s side.
She kept scanning the surrounding rock walls with her eyes, and her 22 star marks on her back kept rotating at high speed.
"How long do I have to keep watch?" Bobbi said, a bit impatient.
Gwen didn’t even look up. "About two more hours."
Bobbi almost fainted, but she still nodded. "Okay, I’ll watch. When we get back, you’re buying a al!"
...
Six hours later, the collection mission was almost done.
Jessica counted the loot, her voice full of excitent. "Total collected: 5 high-purity energy crystals, 20 dium-purity, 150 low-purity, and 3 lightning cores."
"According to the task points, our crystal collection is three tis that of the second place."
When they heard this number, the recruited scouting team mbers cheered.
The scar-faced team leader turned red with excitent. "Three tis! This breaks the history record for the Abyss collection mission!"
Logan stood on a high ground at the canyon entrance, tightly holding the map.
His eyes were always fixed on the archway deep in the canyon.
Logan knew that Black was waiting for him there, setting up a trap.
Now that the collection was done, Logan coldly said, "Black, I won’t fall for your trap!"
...
Half an hour later, Logan turned to the group and gave the order.
"Return! Everyone, gather here!"
Logan’s voice echoed at the canyon entrance.
Everyone heard Logan’s voice and, whether they were mbers of Dawn Blade or the recruited scouting team, they quickly organized and lined up.
They walked back the way they ca, all of them showing excited expressions on their faces.
Although Logan took most of the resources, they had gathered several tis more than usual, thanks to his protection.
It could be said that this ti, being forcibly taken by Logan actually made them a big profit.
So, everyone of them secretly hoped that Logan would recruit them again soon.
At this mont, Fischl sensed another ssage from the crows again and said, "Logan, sothing’s happening."
"Five energy sources on the high ground, three o’clock direction behind us. They’re Brutus family’s remaining private soldiers. They’ve been following us all the ti, but now they’ve stopped."
Logan didn’t turn around when he heard this. His soul power and space sensing had already picked up their presence. "Can you tell who they are? Are they old mbers of War Hamr?"
Fischl shared her vision with the crows and imdiately sent the image to Logan through ntal power.
In the crows’ eyes, five private soldiers stood on the rocks, their faces pale as they watched the group moving away.
Fischl shared the vision while explaining, "These people should be Brutus family’s elite troops."
"They wanted to attack us, but after seeing our strength from the battle, they hesitated."
Logan laughed coldly. "Smart choice."
Then, Logan decided to save his energy. He told Nel and Bobbi to plan the return route.
Nel sketched the path on the map while reminding him, "There are so intelligence about Pinocchini you need to know."
"Black has a big influence in the Dream Committee. He’s not only a war hawk, but also controls the distribution of resources in three districts."
"Also, the Congo family’s Shadow Stealth ability is very dangerous. They can teleport through shadows, making it hard for enemies to defend."
Logan thought for a mont. "Shadow Stealth? Those scavengers were also good at hiding."
Nel shook her head, looking serious. "It’s different. The Congo family are real high-level assassins. Their Shadow Stealth allows them to switch between physical form and shadow freely, even briefly blocking physical attacks."
Logan felt Nel’s worry and gently held her hand. "Don’t worry. My premonition can catch their movents."
Nel looked down at their joined hands but didn’t pull away. She just gave a soft "Hmm."
After driving for several hours, the group finally reached the outskirts of Pinocchini.
Logan didn’t go straight to the task hall. Instead, he ordered the team to stop at the outskirts of the thirteenth District.
At that mont, Taliban and others ca forward. When they saw the group returning with so much loot, Sanchez and Quinn whistled. "Did you rob an energy company’s warehouse? So many crystals?"
Logan laughed and patted their shoulders. He pointed to the recruited scouting team behind them and ordered, "Gwen, check all the team mbers’ injuries and hand out healing potions."
"Jessica, count the collected materials and make a detailed list of the supplies."
"Taliban, arrange people to unload the energy crystals and store them in the base warehouse."
Everyone responded in unison and started working.
Logan looked toward the center of the hub area and said coldly, "Hurry up. We’re short on ti right now."
Thirteenth District, an abandoned maintenance station.
Logan looked at Nel. "Are you sure Turing will co here?"
Nel leaned against the wall, tapping her communicator. "This is the safe house he designated."
The air in the center of the room suddenly twisted.
Blue data streams poured out of nowhere, forming a semi-transparent figure.
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