The little female is incredibly sweet and soft, healing the five evil beasts right from the start.

Chapter 299 Planet
In the universe near the remote planet J1.

Starships patrolled and roamed the nearby star system.

The clouds surrounding planet J1 churned rapidly, seemingly filled with all sorts of extreme weather conditions.

Therefore, no preparations were made at the moment, and no starships directly broke in.

Only by sending out probe starships to explore, bring back news, and then preparing for subsequent activities can we proceed.

"This planet is uninhabited, sparsely populated, and highly polluted, so there's practically no one to live on it," Butterfly slowly explained. "Currently, we've discovered extremely rare Milky Way Star Stones, which take a thousand years to form."

Jiang Mian and Zhao Ci stood to the side, listening to the report from his subordinates.

"Currently, besides us, there are two groups that have their eyes on the Milky Way Star Stones of this planet: Yan Xie and his group, and the seven wandering space pirates," Diexu continued.

This time, their identity is naturally that of a space pirate group.

The Star-Seeking Wandering Group of the Imperial Decree has a certain reputation in the universe, which can be attributed to the reputation they built up in previous years.

He was quite famous among space pirates, something Jiang Mian only just learned about.

So when everyone learned that this planet had rare minerals, they knew it was the Star-Seeking Wandering Group of the Imperial Decree.

The smaller pirate groups didn't dare to get involved, so only two other factions, fearless enough to risk their lives, wanted to compete with the imperial edict for it.

Jiang Mian looked at the messages about the other two factions on the personal terminal.

Both factions are quite well-known in interstellar space. Yan Xie, in particular, has recently risen to prominence, dominating and seizing planets in various places. He has accumulated many followers in the early stages of the resource competition.

The seven-man space pirate group was a space pirate with some reputation before. They liked to sit back and reap the benefits, waiting for others to dig things up before robbing them, and they did so openly.

The seven-man pirate group's starship is also nearby, and they're moving at a leisurely pace, seemingly waiting for the other two factions to finish scouting, clearing the area around the mine, and establishing a secure facility before raiding it.

Jiang Mian had only just found out and thought that this seven-person space pirate group was truly shameless.

Yan Xie's group was the largest in number. At this moment, their starships kept passing through the planetary clouds to enter planet J1 for exploration, seemingly wanting to occupy the land before Zhao Ci and his group.

The edict slid across the optical computer, displaying the terrain results returned by their surveyors.

“The mine is covered with all kinds of plants, and the surrounding area is also dense with jungles and many strange insects,” Diexu continued. “The air pollution level has reached over 80%, making it impossible to breathe normally. Extreme weather events include torrential rain, hail, and strong winds, which can occur randomly.”

Therefore, they must overcome these problems if they want to mine normally.

So the first step is to fence off the mine and then establish a safe mining site.

Enclosing the mine requires installing three protective shield landing points, located in a triangular area around the mine, to form a protective shield that completely covers the mine.

“Yan Xie and the others have already gone to install the defensive shield landing devices.” Zhao Ge frowned and said, “I’m going to send people to install the landing devices now, and I need to get them installed before they do.”

“Zhaoge goes north, Diexu goes southwest, I go southeast.” Zhaoci made a quick decision. “The terrain and dangers are clear. Let’s pack our things and get ready to set off.”

"Alright!" Zhao Ge excitedly led his men away.

Diexu also led some people away.

The imperial edict also changed into a special black outfit. This kind of clothing can effectively prevent plants from touching the skin and causing pollution. It is also necessary to wear a mask to prevent inhaling polluted air. There are quite a lot of equipment required.

“I’ll go with you too.” Jiang Mian walked to Zhao Ci’s side.

Zhao Ci paused, then turned his head to look at her and said softly, "You can stay here on the starship and wait for us."

“I’ll go with you. If you get hurt, I can take care of it immediately.” Jiang Mian stepped forward. “Besides, I’m not as weak as you think.” At least she’s not the same person she used to be.

“It’s very dangerous.” Zhao Ci still frowned slightly. “You can stay on the starship and wait for us.”

Jiang Mian frowned and said, "Then what's the point of me coming here? I might as well just go have some fun. Am I just going to watch you guys take action and then stay here on this starship waiting?"

“You said you would follow my arrangements.” Zhao Ci’s tone was unusually serious, but he spoke softly, “Be good, we can go on an adventure, you don’t have to take any risks.”

Jiang Mian lowered her long eyelashes: "But I don't want to be protected all the time."

“You have your own shining qualities; adventure and fighting aren’t for you.” Zhao Ci gently patted her head and continued to patiently explain.

"Ah Ci, aren't we leaving yet?" A tall, slender female beastman dressed in the same black outfit walked over, her gaze casually sweeping over Jiang Mian. "Don't delay us."

Aci?

Jiang Mian paused and looked at the female beastman.

"Mianmian, stay here and be a good girl." Zhao Ci gently kissed her forehead again. "Wait for me to come back."

Soon, Zhao Ci left with the female beastman.

"Your voice is so gentle. I've been on missions with you for so many years, and I've never seen you treat me like this before," the female orc said leisurely. "Ugh, so cloying, it's giving me goosebumps."

"Then don't look." Zhao Ci resumed his expressionless demeanor, his eyelids half-closed, seemingly uninterested in talking to the female orc.

"Hey, you really like her?" the female orc asked again.

"I like it." Zhao Ci glanced at the female orc with a cool, indifferent gaze. "You've been talking too much nonsense today."

The female orc paused, then changed the subject to get down to business: "Let's talk about the plan for later."

……

The two people left.

Jiang Mian knew that Zhao Ci had many capable subordinates, but it seemed that only this female beastman directly called him A Ci.

But perhaps it was a woman's intuition, Jiang Mian felt that the way the other person looked at her just now, and the way they deliberately called her "A-Ci," had a provocative meaning.

That female orc definitely loves imperial edicts.

Jiang Mian hadn't reacted yet.

A tall female orc walked in at that moment.

"Hey, you're Jiang Mian?" The female orc looked her up and down.

"Who are you?" Jiang Mian looked at her in confusion.

"Be sensible and leave Lord Zhaoci's side." The female beastman looked at her leisurely.

"What do you mean?" Jiang Mian frowned. "You like him?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm just warning you." The female orc's eyes turned cold. "The person who has always been by Zhao Ci's side is my elder sister. He and my elder sister are the ones who go on missions together. My elder sister has fought alongside Zhao Ci for so many years. She is not someone you, a sudden third party, can take away."

(End of this chapter)