I'll report this to the government and send all the main characters to jail.

Chapter 255 Fleeing Away

Su Chen quietly returned to the abandoned refinery where he had hidden his spaceship.

Qianmian had been anxiously waiting in the cockpit. When he saw Su Chen appear unharmed, his gray face revealed obvious excitement and admiration.

"My lord! You're back! Outside...outside is complete chaos!"

"As expected." Su Chen sat in the driver's seat, his expression calm.

"Has the market been blocked?"

"Yes! The Vickers Corporation's security fleet has sealed off all regular entrances and exits and is conducting mandatory boarding checks on every ship attempting to leave!"

"They've gone mad, claiming a 100 million credit point bounty for whoever catches the killer 'Shadow'!"

"Very good." Su Chen nodded, showing no worry whatsoever.

"It seems they haven't discovered the theft of the vault yet; all their attention is focused on the battle. Our chance has come."

He glanced at Qianmian: "Is your secret passage reliable?"

"Absolutely reliable, sir!" Thousand Faces patted his chest and assured him.

"That's a smuggling route that's been abandoned for over a hundred years. It bypasses the entire sensor network around the market by going through a huge, outdated garbage compactor! Only rats like us know how to get there."

"Set a course, let's leave here."

"yes!"

Su Chen's dilapidated Peregrine-class cargo ship was like an inconspicuous shadow in the night.

It quietly left the parking spot without alerting anyone.

They plunged headlong into the maze-like pipe system beneath the market.

The spaceship lurched forward through a narrow, dark passageway, surrounded by mountains of metal debris and discarded mechanical parts.

Through the porthole, you can even see some unknown extraterrestrial creatures wriggling in the garbage heap.

Meanwhile, communications on the market's public channels have completely exploded.

"This is Vickers Security Center! Repeat! The market is under a state of emergency! All ships are prohibited from leaving port! Violators will be considered accomplices of terrorists and destroyed on the spot!"

"Report! Energy reaction suspected to be from 'The Shadow' detected in Sector C-9! Requesting backup!"

"Bullshit! Shadow is clearly in the G-5 district's trade center! Our people are engaged in combat with him! We request immediate support from the Purifier!"

As Su Chen listened to the chaotic communications, a playful smile appeared on his lips.

He could imagine that Shadow must be trapped with nowhere to go, surrounded and blocked by the forces of the entire market.

The members of the Star Devouring Cult, having had their identities exposed, found themselves under siege.

A few minutes later, the spaceship suddenly jolted, and the view ahead opened up.

They succeeded.

The spaceship burst out of a huge garbage dump and entered the vast and silent universe.

Behind them, the chaotic city of steel and neon lights looked like a hornet's nest that had been poked, with countless points of light flashing and exploding wildly within it.

But all of this is no longer their concern.

Su Chen set the jump coordinates, and the spaceship transformed into a streak of light, disappearing into deep space.

Shortly after his departure, the fighting within the Void Relics Market gradually subsided.

The ragged and badly injured Shadow, after paying a heavy price, finally managed to tear a hole and escape the market in a sorry state.

His heart was filled with endless humiliation and anger.

He quickly learned, through his own channels, news that enraged him:

The "Key to the Tranquil Universe," which he believed to be the ultimate goal of the Star Eater Cult, was actually the true fragment of the map, but it disappeared in the chaos!

[It's them! It must be the Star-Eating Cult; they stole the remaining map in the chaos!]

The shadow's mental world was filled with mad roars.

They used the Soul-Gathering Orchid as bait to lure me into a trap; their real purpose was to steal that item! I will never let you get away with this!

Meanwhile, the surviving members of the Star Devouring Cult received the same news.

Their leader was that refined-looking middle-aged man.

His face was ashen, he clutched his chest, and his eyes burned with fury.