In front of the pedestrian passageway are two alloy doors, fifty meters wide and twenty meters high.

At this moment, they cut off the path like a guillotine!

The crowd behind instantly squeezed together, and the airflow unleashed as the gate closed blew everyone's hair and clothes, also blowing apart the strands of hair on Mu Fan's forehead.

Revealing a pair of black, shiny eyes, calm and indifferent...

Over a thousand travelers on the hovering platforms simultaneously paused, initially stunned, then massive dissatisfaction appeared on their faces.

"What are you trying to do!"

"Why are you cutting off our passage?"

However, as the voices of complaints and insults spread, and as more people gathered, a group of soldiers dressed in light brown military uniforms and dozens of Flame Star staff members in blue customs uniforms emerged from both sides of the checkpoint.

"We are very sorry, there are some unexpected changes, please don't worry, travelers."

The staff spoke exceptionally kindly to the crowd, but as the team led by Grove appeared, the atmosphere on-site began to plummet to freezing point.

"I am Major General Grove of the Firmament Corps garrison. I apologize for today's events, please take other passages."

After saying this short sentence, he went silent directly.

Instead, Kim Sang-geun, the corpulent fellow beside him, ran trembling to the front of the crowd, loudly explaining the current situation and personally demonstrating to guide the people at the front to leave.

Layer by layer, under the kind consolation of the Flame Star staff, the crowd quickly thinned.

But Mu Fan and others stood in place, not moving.

Their faces turned from initial confusion to gradually indifferent.

"It seems they come with ill intentions," White Hair murmured.

Mu Fan calmly scanned the crowd with his gaze and gently nodded.

Roughly seven groups of people in front were all taken away, and then...

All personnel stood around in silence, watching Mu Fan and others.

At this moment, everyone sensed something was off, finally understanding that the people from the Aohan Freedom Alliance and the Firmament Corps were here to cause trouble for these few individuals.

"Retribution really comes quickly, haha."

The bald brute from earlier now sneered with schadenfreude from behind.

His chest still throbbed with intense pain, and every time he recalled the scene of being humiliated, he wished he could shoot that damned white-haired guy on the spot.

"Firmament Corps handling matters, irrelevant people disperse."

A clatter of firearms being raised was heard.

The soldiers actually raised their guns simultaneously aimed at Mu Fan and the others!

The few of them did not move, only Mu Fan first quietly looked down, then slowly lifted his lowered eyelids, looking at Kim Sang-geun ten meters away, who was guarded by soldiers.

"Is this your rule?"

At this moment, a fake smile appeared on the fat face, "Of course, this is not the rule, you are an exception, I am Kim Sang-geun, level four patrol officer of Flame Star, welcome you distinguished guests from the Galaxy Federation."

At this moment, the fat, pudgy middle-aged patrol officer squinted his eyes at Mu Fan, examining closely without a trace of guilt, instead cursing inwardly.

It was these damned guys in front of him that made him lose face in front of his colleagues.

Anyway, the money was in hand, let the Firmament Corps take the blame for handling it.

"Too much nonsense."

A cold voice came from the side.

Finally, Grove lifted his proud head, speaking indifferently, and then walked forward unhurriedly.

Swish, swish...

Neat and uniform footsteps sounded on both sides.

At this moment, the surrounding crowd, who hadn't had time to disperse, couldn't help but retreat further.

These armed guys were clearly ill-intentioned.

Who knew how these young people ended up provoking the officers from the Firmament Corps?

Four exoskeleton armored soldiers, each over 2 meters high, made a metallic clank with each step, adding a touch of deadly seriousness.

Thud, Grove stopped, twenty meters to the side of Mu Fan and the others.

"I suspect you're hiding prohibited weapons on your ship, conspiring to sabotage Flame Star. So now, please come with me, once things are investigated, you can leave."

Upon hearing this, Mu Fan and the others showed no reaction yet, but the outsiders were in an uproar.

How could it be!?

When did Flame Star start intervening in such matters?

Weapons are just weapons, does Outer Domain Galaxy still talk about prohibited weapons?

Is it like the highly unified countries of the Galaxy Federation and Gardot Empire?

Why are they taking this route? Many people know well; naturally, they pay a hefty transit fee for a chance to mine gold deep in the Outer Domain Galaxy.

As for what gold to mine...

Half of the travelers are openly "smugglers!"

They pay a transit fee to directly evade checks from dozens of forces.

So, how could there be no weapons on the ships!?

If there really was nothing, that would be a joke.

In the eyes of surrounding travelers, Grove's reasoning was utterly flawed.

Kim Sang-geun laughed in agreement, clapping his hands and looking at Mu Fan, "Dear friends, you better cooperate with us. This is the Aohan Freedom Alliance, please have no other ideas. Look, your warship, weapons... they're all over there. So, it's better to cooperate."

Smile-face tiger Kim Sang-geun was downright despicable.

Several regular travelers cursed inwardly at this moment, the act was just too shameless.

"Isn't Flaming Star in this business? They're reaching too far!"

A voice of discontent came from the side, from a tall, thin mercenary in a leather jacket.

"Did I, let you speak?"

Grove coldly turned his gaze.

"You're so overbearing, does that mean everyone won't take this route anymore? I'm not standing up for him, but don't blame us for thinking ahead!"

The tall thin man's voice instantly resonated with many people.

"Yes, from now on we'll..."

"Everyone thrives on this."

A buzz of discussion arose.

Grove sneered, lifting his dead-fish eyes towards the tall thin man, coldly spitting out three words:

"Take him away."

The tall thin man was instantly not having it, glaring at Grove, "You don't plan to keep doing this route business anymore!?"

Thud!

A muffled sound.

An exoskeleton soldier lifted his right hand, and a wave of white flashed, as the tall thin man was directly hit by a white blur, shrieking miserably as he flew back.

When he landed ten meters away, his entire body was tightly bound by ropes, his face badly bruised and battered.

As he struggled, a rifle butt came crashing down, rendering the tall thin man voiceless.

"Even if I killed you today, so what?"

Grove's mocking voice echoed word by word, and his gaze once again turned to the front.

Mu Fan and the others met his gaze with bright eyes.

"Will you come by yourself... or will I drag you over?"

At this moment, Grove's face wore a mocking smile.