Jiang Cheng learned from the smuggler Old Bit about the location of their mothership and how many people they had. Without any delay, he immediately set off to find the whereabouts of this mothership based on the information provided by Old Bit.

On the southern end of the Nameless Planet, the mothership discovered by Jesus was parked on the ground.

Outside Zhou District Station, several people held weapons in their hands; some were chatting, while others were hurling curses nonstop.

"Old Bit, that old thing, did he get eaten by a monster? Why isn't he back yet after such a long time?"

A nearby smuggler defended Old Bit, "You're just cursing him behind his back. If you have the guts, try cursing him to his face!" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

The one cursing Old Bit remained stubborn, "So what if I curse him? What's wrong with that!"

"If we're delayed that long and we mess things up, won't we all get in trouble when the boss gets angry?"

Another smuggler came over to mediate, "Don't quarrel, you guys. Don't you know about Old Bit's way of handling things? He must have discovered something strange or met someone. Over the years, when have you ever seen him mess up a task?"

Both of them fell silent.

The hatch of the gunboat was guarded, and Jiang Cheng realized that force was not the solution. It wasn't that he feared these people or that the gunboat would attack him.

What he feared was that if he used force, he might damage the planetary coordinates inside the gunboat amidst the chaos, which would be a great loss.

Both people and tools must have planetary coordinates when navigating the vast universe; these smugglers certainly wouldn't ignore that. They must have left their coordinates on various planets. Naturally, as ordinary people, they had no means to leave mental coordinates; the coordinates they left might be some mechanical devices.

For example, a small device capable of emitting special signals continuously, and this special signal is unique to the forces of the Dark World.

In the dark world of the universe, there are countless large and small groups, each with its own planetary coordinates, and even within a single group, the coordinates left by different factions and departments are not the same.

What Jiang Cheng was worried about were those planetary coordinates; once destroyed, the gunboat would lose its purpose for him.

So how could he enter the gunboat without alerting these smugglers at the entrance?

Jiang Cheng turned around and left.

The smugglers guarding the gunboat suddenly noticed a few giant monsters running toward them from not far away.

These monsters were massive, moved quickly, and resembled werewolves with sharp teeth and claws.

The smugglers immediately started firing at the werewolves, with streaks of light shooting towards their targets.

Someone rushed into the boat in a panic, seemingly to alert those inside.

Sure enough, in a moment, more than a dozen people rushed out from the gunboat, with some of them carrying small lasers on their shoulders.

Although these smugglers were cunning and ruthless when fighting their own kind, they surely were not adept at fighting monsters. Especially on the Nameless Planet, where monsters had mutated significantly due to extensive radiation, becoming not only powerful in attack but also extremely aggressive.

Originally, the monsters' target wasn't the smugglers—they just happened to be noticed by Jiang Cheng and used to his advantage.

Faced with the smugglers at the gunboat entrance, Jiang Cheng decided against using force. Instead, he devised a strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

In the long history of the Hua Family's region, strategy has almost permeated the entire history. Some famous cases have achieved brilliant results by combining various stratagems.

Thus, not only in the Hua Family's region but also among other humans on Water Ball, strategies played a crucial role.

Even now, among the most well-known and continuously studied strategies in the Hua Family's region are the "Thirty-Six Stratagems."

The "Thirty-Six Stratagems" include a variety of strategies that not only people from the Hua Family's region but also other humans on Water Ball are eager to learn.

As a member of the Hua Family's region who is deeply interested in history, how could Jiang Cheng not study the "Thirty-Six Stratagems"?

At present, the strategy he used, "luring the tiger away from the mountain," is one of them.

The so-called "luring the tiger away from the mountain" strategy is to find a way to make the target leave their original position, allowing oneself to take subsequent actions.

Now, the group of smugglers were the tigers, and Jiang Cheng had to find a way to draw them away from the entrance so he could sneak into the gunboat.

This is the "luring the tiger away from the mountain" strategy. It sounds simple, but its effectiveness is truly remarkable.

Jiang Cheng successfully used the group of monsters to attract most of the smugglers' attention. At the gunboat entrance, the smugglers set up a temporary position, and for a while, it was a very lively scene with gunfire and explosions.

Unexpectedly, their fierce response further provoked the monsters' aggression. Originally, the monsters would initiate an attack, and now, as the smugglers fired at them, especially after two werewolves were injured, their ferocity intensified. They howled wildly as they charged at those who harmed them.

After successfully closing the distance between them, the werewolves entered their attack range. As they lunged towards the attackers, one werewolf was killed, making the others even more violent.

The smugglers' formation collapsed, and they began to fight individually. Some drew handguns, others brandished knives, and some wielded laser swords.

But in close quarters, they were no match for the werewolves, merely struggling desperately.

Jiang Cheng successfully used the monsters to distract the smugglers, and the "luring the tiger away from the mountain" strategy was executed successfully.

He initially intended to use the monsters to distract the smugglers, but he didn't expect the monsters to be so powerful. Even though there were more smugglers, they seemed no match for the werewolves.

Jiang Cheng wouldn't be like them. Toward these blood-stained individuals, he felt no sympathy.

These smugglers engaged not only in smuggling but also lived like bandits—robbing and killing was commonplace for them.

Especially in the vast cosmos, where countless uninhabited planets expanded their operational space, even legitimate cosmic forces had no way to deal with them effectively.

This made these smugglers even more arrogant and bold, and their methods increasingly cruel.