Chapter 44: Zerg and Conspiracy

The appearance of the Zerg caused the door of the box on the third floor to vibrate and buzz. Liu Ming's fleeting life was like a switch that turned on chaos, and the screams downstairs had exploded into thunder.

As the foul wind from downstairs began to blow, Ye Heng's command pierced through the chaos: "Ye Mang, follow me and defend the front! Xu Li seals off the west passage, Zhao Kun leads the people on the second floor to retreat!"

Before he finished speaking, the dark green mental power in his palm surged out.

Mo Yun, a thirty-meter-long figure suddenly appeared, and his scales glowed with a cold light like black jade.

The moment it landed, it suddenly arched its body, and its huge snake body stretched between the swarm of insects and the crowd, like a moving dark green barrier.

The Zerg in the front had raised its barbed forelimbs, its sharp shell flashing with a cold light, and slashed straight at the man squatting on the ground looking for his glasses.

He had been pushed down during the pirate riot just now, and hadn't gotten up yet. Half of his lens was broken, and he was trembling as he fumbled for the scattered documents.

At the critical moment, Mo Yun's tail tip lashed out like a whip, accurately wrapping around the Zerg's forelimbs!

With a crisp "clang" sound, the insect's limbs were blocked, and Mo Yun's scales were shaken to ripple, but he did not move at all.

It pulled its insect limbs back, and the huge body of the Zerg staggered forward, revealing the soft armor on its chest.

"Hold." Ye Heng's voice was as cold as ice.

Mo Yun released his tail tip, and his body shot out like a living creature, instantly wrapping around the Zerg's torso. His scales suddenly stood up, like countless tiny blades wedging into the crevices of the insect's armor, and then began to tighten frantically.

With the crisp sound of "crack, crack", spider-web-like cracks appeared on the Zerg's shell, and blue-green body fluids seeped out through the gaps.

It let out a painful scream and kicked the ground with its hind legs in vain, causing the broken glass to crunch.

Ye Heng walked quickly forward on the messy ground and glanced at the frightened man as he passed by.

The man was still squatting, his face as pale as paper, and his throat was making hoarse sounds, as if fear was strangling his neck.

"Either stand up and run, or stay and feed the worms." Ye Heng's boots rolled over a piece of broken glass, and there was no warmth in his voice.

He did not stop, and his mental blade, like a tsunami, followed the trajectory of the black cloud and headed towards a Zerg that had just drilled through the hole.

The man seemed to be awakened by these words. He shuddered violently and rolled over to grab the leg of the seat next to him.

When he looked up, he saw Mo Yun suddenly open his huge mouth, and his fangs pierced the compound eyes of a Zerg. Blue-green slurry splashed on the scales of the anaconda, and pungent white smoke rose up;

Ye Heng's mental blade had penetrated the mouthparts of another Zerg. The moment the blade passed through, the body of the Zerg collapsed, and its shell quickly became charred and curled, which was the mark of being burned by mental power.

"Run! Run!" The man finally found his voice and crawled towards Zhao Kun. Even after running far away, he could still hear a muffled "bang" sound coming from behind him.

That was the sound of Mo Yun crushing the Zerg, mixed with the sharp sound of Ye Heng's mental blade cutting through the air, like a death drumbeat, forcing him not to look back.

On the other side, Ye Mang's mutated poisonous python had fallen to the ground with a loud bang.

Its khaki scales were covered with dark blue poisonous patterns. It suddenly leaped out and bit the Zerg that was trying to get around it. The moment its fangs pierced the shell, dark blue venom injected through the gaps between its teeth.

Just as the insect raised its front limbs, its movements suddenly froze, and gray spots appeared on its shell at a speed visible to the naked eye. In a few breaths, it became as soft as rotten wood, and was smashed into the wall by the poisonous python, breaking into pieces.

"Two are missing on the left!" Ye Mang's roar was mixed with the hissing of the poisonous python. He was controlling his spirit body to entangle the third Zerg.

Amid the "sizzling" sound of the venom corroding the insect's armor, the poisonous python's body tightened more and more, and the sound of the insect's armor shattering was endless.

Ye Heng expanded the range of the mental blade, sweeping away the missed and newly appeared Zerg like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

Xu Li's spiritual form, the giant crocodile, was guarding the western entrance, its blue-gray carapace glowing coldly.

It lay in the shadows, and as soon as the two Zergs poked their heads in, it suddenly leaped out, its huge mouth snapping shut, and bit the insect limbs directly off between its teeth.

Blue-green fluid dripped down the crocodile's teeth, but it didn't care.

The tail vertebrae slammed into the ground, causing the other Zerg to stagger. It took advantage of the momentum to swing its head and charge forward. The ridges of the carapace scraped against the Zerg's armor, leaving deep bloody marks, forcing the Zerg to temporarily avoid approaching the passage.

"People on the second floor, come down quickly! Walk close to the wall!" Zhao Kun's roar pierced through the chaos.

His brown bear spirit body was like a mobile fortress, its dark brown mane exploding. As its bear paws smashed the floor tiles, it flattened a Zerg that was rushing towards the stairs against the wall.

He dragged a frightened, crying child into the aisle, and with his other hand, he pushed aside the huddled crowd: "Don't crowd together! Hurry!"

Ye Heng and Mo Yun have already fought their way deep into the insect swarm.

The spiritual blades at his fingertips continuously gathered and swept across, the blades of light shuttled through the insect shadows like green meteors, accurately slicing at the compound eyes and joints of the Zerg;

The black cloud was like black lightning. Every time it wrapped around the insect's body, it was accompanied by a strangling sound like bones breaking. Wherever it passed, the insect's armor quickly rotted and broke.

The man and the snake cooperated perfectly. The dark green scales and blade shadows intertwined into a web of death. Wherever they passed, insect corpses piled up. Blue-green slurry overflowed the floor tiles, emitting a strange luster under the light.

The man with glasses finally rushed into the passage guarded by Zhao Kun. He leaned against the wall, gasping for breath, and looked back.

The two sentinels and their spirit bodies shuttled through the growing swarm of insects, bringing up fragments of insect armor, and their mental blades pierced through one Zerg after another that tried to approach.

The scene was tragic and gorgeous, like a firework blooming in blood and fire, forcing people to dare not look directly at it, but inexplicably giving rise to a sense of security of being protected.

-

"Zerg?" Yan Rufeng's voice suddenly rose, and the ending tone contained a panic that he himself did not even notice.

He had been keeping a certain distance from Lin Yao and was on guard, but now he pressed his entire body against the window glass, as if he was going to rush out from here in the next second.

"How is it possible..." He stared at the dark green compound eyes downstairs, his pupils suddenly shrinking to the size of needles.

"With the Central Planet's deep-space radar and wormhole early warning network...with layers of defense, how could these bastards sneak in without making a sound?!"

His eyes swept across the mess left by the pirates downstairs, and then fell back on the Zerg who were fighting with Ye Heng and his men. A thought suddenly pierced his mind like a poisoned needle.

"It was pirates?" Yan Rufeng's voice tightened, his fingertips scratching the glass unconsciously. "Was it those bastards who did it? They deliberately distracted the defenses and let the Zerg in?"

"No..." Yan Rufeng's fingertips scratched a few white marks on the cold glass. He didn't say anything else because the scene downstairs didn't allow him to think too much.

The insects pouring out of the hole were like a black tide bursting its banks, one wave after another. Their dark green compound eyes formed a winding green river in the dim light, which made people's neck numb.

Mo Yun's strangling speed was already very fast, but as soon as he let go of the body, three new Zergs pounced on it.

When the tip of the tail swept across the insect's armor, it did not break the armor into pieces like before. Instead, it was hooked by the barbs and left a few shallow marks. There was an imperceptible bitterness in the low hiss.

Ye Heng's psychic blade sweep also weakened with each wave of Zerg, and its speed and area were gradually decreasing.

The light blade slashed the carapace of the last Zerg, leaving only a fleeting white mark. The sweat from his temples hit his collar, and the breath from his throat was heavier than before.

Continuous fighting caused his mental strength to leak out rapidly like a punctured bag.

"Fuck! Is there a bug nest in here?!" Ye Mang roared and gasped as he rushed over.

His poisonous python spirit body wrapped around a Zerg, and the depth of its fangs' penetration became significantly shallower, the range of the venom spraying also shrank, and the edge of the light body even had a layer of vague white, as if it was about to fall apart due to being corroded by the insect fluid.

Just now, when he swung his tail to hit the swarm of flying insects, his movement was delayed for half a second, and he was almost hit by the forelimbs of an insect.

Yan Rufeng's eyes tightened as he watched from the third floor. Ye Heng and the other man were almost unable to hold on. The reinforcements had not arrived yet, and the only ones who could help were Xu Li and Zhao Kun.

But everyone in the hall has been evacuated, so why haven’t these two gone to provide support?

Did something go wrong with the evacuation on the second floor?

Yan Rufeng said to Lin Yao, "Stay here, I'm going to go down and take a look!"

He is a military doctor and a guide, and has combat experience. His joining may allow these four people to hold on until the legion arrives.

Yan Rufeng was stopped from leaving by Lin Yao: "One person is not as powerful as two people. I will go with you."

Yan Rufeng looked at him in surprise, but nodded in agreement in just a second. One more person means one more force. They can help evacuate and free Xu Li and Zhao Kun.

-

The heavy alloy door on the third floor was opened, and the fishy smell that was isolated outside rushed into the nostrils of the two people frantically. Lin Yao subconsciously clenched his fist against the tip of his nose and followed Yan Rufeng's pace.

It turns out that there is a problem with the drainage here.

Xu Li, who was originally responsible for the evacuation of the first floor lobby, was using his giant crocodile spirit body to hold back the swarm of insects with his carapace. There were large amounts of insect fluid on his carapace, and every roar made the floor tiles tremble.

The people in the hall were quite cooperative. Under the pressure of life and death, even though they were so scared that their legs were weak, they still gritted their teeth and squeezed out of the passage.

The trouble started at the second floor stairs.

As soon as Xu Li had time to help Zhao Kun pick up the people on the second floor, the giant crocodile guarded the entrance and exit of the stairs on the first floor.

But crocodiles are born ferocious. At this moment, their carapaces are stained with blue-green insect fluid, and their fangs flash coldly when their huge mouths open and close.

Unfortunately, the people on the second floor had never faced the brutality of the Zerg. They only saw this ferocious beast guarding the intersection and were so frightened that they dared not move.

"Let's go! This is to protect you!" Xu Li shouted at the top of his voice.

The giant crocodile also cooperated by taking half a step back, but in the eyes of the frightened people, that action looked like it was about to pounce.

The woman holding the child covered the child's eyes tightly, her body shaking like a leaf in the wind; several old people held their crutches, their feet as if nailed to the stairs.

One woman even cried out, "Don't, don't come over here... This thing is scarier than a bug..."

What's worse is that the people at the back are still rushing down, but the people at the front are stuck in place, and the traffic is instantly blocked into an airtight lump.

A Zerg took the opportunity to come out from the gap and pounced on the most crowded area of ​​the crowd. The crocodile instinctively turned its head and bit it.

But the space here was already narrow, and when it moved, the people in front became even more panicked. Some people even screamed and retreated, knocking the people behind them down several steps.

"Damn it!" Xu Li was so anxious that veins popped on his forehead.

He wanted to pull people out, but he was afraid that once the giant crocodile retreated, the swarm of insects would surge up the stairs. He could only watch the lump getting more and more blocked, with cold sweat dripping down his chin.

Yan Rufeng stared at the entrance and exit that was about to be blocked.

Seeing Xu Li spinning around in circles in a panic, and seeing the crocodile being treated as a threat even though it was clearly protecting someone, his knuckles clenched white, and even his breathing became heavier.

The giant crocodile intimidated the Zerg and also intimidated the humans.

"We can't wait any longer." Lin Yao's voice came from the side.

Then ice-blue vines sprang out, and ten vines grew in the wind, interweaving into a solid vine wall. It followed the stairs and reached the entrance and exit of the first floor, separating the giant crocodile from the crowd.

Yan Rufeng understood instantly and released his own petrel to fly to the entrance. His voice also reached Xu Li's ears: "We are here, go help the Marshal!"

Xu Li used the giant crocodile to test the vine wall. After finding that it was quite strong, he took the giant crocodile to support Ye Heng and the others.

With the vine wall blocking the way, the rather delicate group of people finally quieted down. Yan Rufeng shouted "make way" and walked down. After arriving at the entrance, he immediately got into action and evacuated the crowd.

The ice-blue vines were still growing wildly. The moment their roots penetrated the cracks in the stairs, they had already spread along the passage opened by Xu Li and the others towards the entrance of Jiuchen Auction.

The wall covered with vines glowed with an icy blue light, as if it were carved from a whole piece of ice jade.

Even the dull thud of the Zerg's collision was blocked outside the wall, only causing the vines to shake slightly, but not even a crack appeared.

Lin Yao stood at the entrance of the second floor, his back against the cold wall, his fingertips moving slightly, controlling the direction of the vine wall through his perception with Shasha.

He looked down at Yan Rufeng, who was already clearing the crowd at the entrance and exit. He then raised his eyes to the chaotic corridor on the second floor and shouted, "Go to the passage! It's safe inside the vine wall!"

Just as he finished speaking, hurried footsteps were heard from the end of the corridor.

Su Qing and Ye Lang came together.

Su Qing leaned against the wall of the corridor and gasped for breath, her hair at the temples wet with cold sweat.

She glanced sideways at Ye Lang beside her and couldn't help asking, "Young Master Lang, why are you shaking? Are you scared?"

Ye Lang didn't respond, but he felt that the sweat in his palms was about to soften his cuffs.

When Zhao Kun dragged him out from under the table just now, he clearly heard the man yell, "The Marshal is downstairs, keeping order!"

Marshal? It was his cousin Ye Heng, who had the rules ingrained in his bones.

"I, I'm not scared!" Ye Lang retorted with his neck stiff, but his voice was faint.

He subconsciously touched the communicator on his waist, remembering the way his grandfather knocked on his knee with his cane a few days ago:

"If you dare to go to those filthy auction houses again, I'll throw you out to work on Mining Planet for three years when I get back!"

At that time he had promised that he would definitely not do that, but now, not only did he encounter the pirates and Zerg who broke into the space at the same time, but even worse, he also ran into Ye Heng!

Zhao Kun is Ye Heng's personal guard. He has followed Ye Heng for ten years and can recognize Ye Heng's back with his eyes closed.

When he was pulled out just now, Zhao Kun's eyes swept over him, clearly with a look of understanding: "Oh, isn't this Young Master Ye?"

That look was like a needle, pricking the back of his neck and making it numb.

"It's over, it's over..." Ye Lang muttered softly, his fingertips unconsciously picking at the pattern on the pink clothes:

Zhao Kun will definitely tell his cousin... and his cousin will tell Grandpa... Kuangxing... three years...

Su Qing didn't know all this and just thought Ye Lang was just being stubborn. But fortunately, someone came to rescue them and they just needed to escape.

Su Qing looked up and saw Lin Yao standing in front of her, as well as the ice-blue vine wall. She pulled Ye Lang and said, "Let's go. It's safe outside."

They didn't recognize Lin Yao after he took off his disguise, and both of them thanked him when they passed by him.

Ye Lang was dragged forward, but his eyes involuntarily glanced towards the stairs.

It seemed as if Ye Heng would come up from downstairs in the next second and ask him expressionlessly, "Why are you here?"

He could even imagine his grandfather standing at the entrance holding a rattan stick, and his calves felt a little weak.

The two of them just walked along with the crowd, and during this time, Lin Yao made eye contact with Chen Yan who was mixed in the crowd.

His spirit form, the Fluffy Cat, had previously helped Xu Li pacify this group of people, and was indeed suitable for joining the army, but the giant crocodile was still too scary for this group of people.

When Chen Yan's eyes met his, he felt a mixture of joy and embarrassment. Before he could say anything, he was pushed forward by the crowd.

-

The light pattern of the brown bear's spirit body had faded as if covered by a layer of fog, and the dark brown halo of its forepaws was almost invisible. Every step it took was accompanied by heavy breathing.

It had just knocked open the deformed door of the last box, and with the cooperation of Zhao Kun, it rescued the two people huddled together inside. At this moment, the edge of the light body was even trembling slightly.

Zhao Kun followed behind, the sleeve of his clothes was burned by the insect fluid, and the sweat on his forehead dripped down along his jawline and fell on the stained ground.

As soon as he turned the corner of the corridor, he saw Lin Yao standing next to the vine wall. He stopped abruptly, and the brown bear also stopped, shaking his head in confusion.

Zhao Kun's tone was filled with surprise: "Guide Lin? Why are you here?"

He glanced up and down at Lin Yao, then looked at the ice-blue vine wall, and instantly realized, "Did you build this wall?"

Lin Yao didn't look at him. His fingertips gently repaired a crack in the vine wall, and his voice was flat:

"Yan Rufeng and I are coming down to help. He'll be clearing the way at the entrance, and I'll be guarding the second floor."

Zhao Kun said "Oh" and was about to ask again when he heard Mo Yun's roar coming from downstairs, which was more urgent than before, mixed with Ye Heng's low shout.

His face tightened and he cursed, "Damn these beasts!" He turned around and wanted to rush to the stairs. The brown bear also raised its front paws and pretended to follow him.

"What about the third floor?" Lin Yao suddenly asked, his eyes fixed on the stairs above. "Aren't the people on the third floor evacuated?"

Zhao Kun paused and remained silent for a moment with his back to Lin Yao.

The only sounds in the corridor were the brown bear's panting and the faint sounds of fighting downstairs. He raised his hand to wipe his face, his voice deeper than before: "No need for the third floor."

Lin Yao frowned and before he could ask, "Why?" Zhao Kun turned around and said, "They left a long time ago."

There is a special passage on the third floor. After the star pirates appeared, Ye Heng went to box number one and met the people inside. Then, except for boxes one and three, everyone in the remaining three rooms evacuated through the special passage.

Even the people in Box No. 1 left after Heng resisted their order to stay overnight.

After everyone on the second floor left, there were only six of them left in the entire Jiuchen Auction House.

"Let's go!" Zhao Kun patted the brown bear's body. The giant bear growled and followed him to the stairs.

Lin Yao didn't respond, but just watched Zhao Kun and Brown Bear disappear around the corner of the stairs, and listened to their footsteps blending into the sounds of fighting downstairs.

He raised his eyes and looked towards the third floor. The ice-blue vines swayed gently at his fingertips. Finally, he withdrew his gaze and focused on repairing the vine wall.

Now they just have to wait for everyone on the second floor to get out safely. Only after the area is cleared can Ye Heng and the others rush forward without any worries.

After sensing from Shasha that the last person had left, Lin Yao immediately ran to the first floor.

As soon as he turned into the hall, his heart tightened at the sight before him. The insect corpses on the ground were almost ankle-deep, and the blue-green slurry formed a winding stream.

Yan Rufeng's figure disappeared into the hole on the auction table, where various sounds were mixed. Lin Yao didn't care about the filth on the ground and ran towards the platform.

-

Behind the auction screen is a huge temporary storage warehouse for the auction items, which currently contains countless Zergs and their corpses.

There were fewer of the black guys from before, but more guys with dark red patterns on their shells. The strong wind created when their forelimbs swung out could actually split Mo Yun's scales, leaving shallow blood marks.

Ye Heng and Ye Mang have gone deep into the Zerg swarm because they discovered the passage through which the Zerg came here. Deep in this storage warehouse, there is a wormhole connecting to the Zerg nest.

If they don't destroy it, they will face a steady stream of Zergs, and they will surely die in the continuous battle.

Mo Yun was strangling a sturdy Zerg, but his dark green body was stuck by the bone spurs on the other's carapace. Every inch of tightening was accompanied by a sharp sound of scales rubbing against each other.

After sweeping with his mental blade for a long time, coupled with the endless stream of Zerg and the delayed arrival of reinforcements, in order to conserve his mental strength, Ye Heng could only condense a mental blade and then get close to fight.

The sharp blade pierced the Zerg's compound eyes. The moment the light blade penetrated, the insect suddenly sprayed out acid. Mo Yun was unable to dodge, and the tip of his tail was burned and white smoke came out. He let out a sharp hiss in pain.

"Damn it! I hate poisonous insects the most!" Ye Mang's poisonous python was being besieged by two red-striped insects.

The depth of the fangs penetrating the insect's armor became shallower and shallower, and the venom sprayed on the opponent's back only emitted a little green smoke before dissipating.

The dark blue lines on the giant python's light body flickered, and it was obvious that it had reached its limit and its venom was almost gone.

Fortunately, Xu Li and Zhao Kun filled the gap in time.

The giant crocodile bit down on the hind legs of a red-striped insect and dragged it against the wall. Sparks flew from its blue-gray carapace as the insect's limbs swept across it.

Zhao Kun's brown bear was like a mobile fortress, using its body to block the charge of the insect swarm. Amid the muffled sound of the bear's paws smashing the insect armor, the shadows at the edge of the light body became heavier and heavier.

Yan Rufeng, who had just entered at this time, quickly joined the battle.

He stood at a slightly further distance, and the silver-gray petrel floating beside him rose directly into the air. It did not attack the Zerg directly, but circled and chirped continuously.

Silver-gray light patterns spread out with the chirping. They were the guide's mental waves, which paralyzed and delayed the Zerg's attack while dispelling the negative energy on the sentinels and spirit bodies.

With Haiyan's help, the four sentinels felt a little more relaxed.

"Psychic wave!" Xu Li roared, knocking a Zerg away. "Damn it, I should have done this earlier!"

Yan Rufeng heard it but did not respond. He just controlled the petrel to fly faster. The silver-gray light patterns formed an invisible net between the insect swarm and the sentinels, constantly repairing their overdrawn mental strength.

Sweat was also oozing from his forehead. The guide's continuous release of mental waves was already a huge drain, not to mention supporting four sentinels in high-intensity combat at the same time.

Ye Heng glanced in the direction of Yan Rufeng and found that he was alone. He frowned slightly and then continued the battle in his hands.

The strong wind brought by the insect limbs brushed against Ye Heng's side face. He just turned to avoid it, and caught a glimpse of another insect's barbed forelimbs attacking from the rear.

The distance was too close, and it was too late to condense the mental blade. Mo Yun was entangled by two Zergs and could not get away at all.

At this critical moment, ice-blue vines shot out like lightning and arrived with a sound of breaking through the air.

It accurately lay across Ye Heng's back, hitting the insect's limbs with a clang, and its barbs pierced the vines, leaving only a few pale white marks.

After helping Ye Heng block an attack, the vines quickly wrapped around Ye Heng's wrist. Bright green healing light flowed along the vines over his forearm, and the red marks caused by the insect fluid just now disappeared instantly.

The parts of Mo Yun's flank that were pierced by bone spurs and corroded by venom healed visibly as the green light seeped in. His body, which had been tense with pain, relaxed noticeably.

The other three people and three spirits were also cared for by the vines, and the bright green color healed their existing wounds without hesitation.

The four of them looked along the vines and saw Lin Yao, who was at the source of the vines, standing next to Yan Rufeng.

A vine also fell on Yan Rufeng's shoulder, and bright green light spread to his temples. His brows, which had been tense due to the continuous release of mental waves, gradually relaxed.

The silver-gray petrel light pattern also became brighter, and the circling speed increased again.

'Lin Yao.'

Ye Heng repeated it in his mind. His wrists were wrapped by vines, and bright green light flowed in continuously. He could even feel that the loss of his mental strength was being filled up bit by bit.

Ye Heng's sight passed through the chaotic swarm of insects and met Lin Yao's.

The moment their eyes met, Ye Heng's heart skipped a beat. It was more of an expected certainty than surprise.

He should have thought that if Yan Rufeng came, Lin Yao would never sit idly by.

Lin Yao nodded at him imperceptibly, as if to say, "I'm here."

Ye Heng's throat moved slightly, but he didn't say anything. He just suddenly condensed a large-scale mental blade. Countless dark green light blades were brighter and faster than before, and went towards the group of insects accurately.

When he saw Lin Yao staying with Yan Rufeng, he felt more at ease than when he saw Yan Rufeng alone just now.

The bright green healing light continued to flow, and Haiyan also re-wove a denser spiritual web, interweaving with the healing light of the vines, like a double shield.

Ye Heng knocked down a large number of people with one sweep, and together with Mo Yun and Ye Mang, they checked for any gaps and soon they were approaching the wormhole like crazy.

When victory was in sight, a deafening roar came from the wormhole.

A Zerg nearly twenty meters in size crawled out. Its carapace had a metallic luster, and it had seven pairs of compound eyes on its head. Its forelimbs were not blade-shaped, but giant claws with barbs.

The appearance of the Overlord Bug means that it brings a large-scale bug swarm.

Ye Mang cursed in a low voice, and with this curse, worms appeared in the wormhole like a gusher.

Soon, except for Ye Heng, the remaining three were already at the end of their strength.

-

An airship without any markings is traveling in the universe, and the interior decoration is luxurious.

"Damn it, are there still no trace of those damn pirates?" An angry male voice broke the peace in the boat.

"Star pirates come and go without a trace, so please be patient, Third Prince." The old man in a robe with intricate patterns asked him to calm down.

"At least this thing didn't fall into the hands of others, especially not into Ye Heng's hands."

The old man's words calmed the third prince Karen Thorne down instantly.

Then he stroked the wall of the champagne glass with his fingertips and asked:

"Has the wormhole launch program been confirmed to be activated? Ye Heng's mental fluctuation value is indeed stable at 92? Oh, and what about the support legion?"

The old man bowed his head and spoke in a steady voice, "Your Highness, everything has been confirmed! The wormhole coordinates have been calibrated. Marshal Ye's mental monitoring values ​​have not changed. The Red Shadow Legion's support has been delayed."

A smile instantly spread across Karen Thorne's eyes. She tilted her head back and took a sip of champagne. The tingling sensation of the bubbles bursting on her tongue was not as real as the anticipation in her heart.

He looked through the rear window of the airship at the underground trading ground that was gradually shrinking into a dark spot, and a meaningful arc appeared at the corner of his lips.

The special item for tonight is the wreckage of the mecha 'Pozhen' that he piloted in battle on Gamma Star five years ago.

Rather than being a memorial, it serves as evidence of Karen Thorne's reckless disregard for human life.

It's better that he was kidnapped by the space pirates, so that Ye Heng won't chase him. However, the imperial marshal must be alive before he can chase him!

Karen Thorne raised her glass towards the underground trading ground that had long been out of sight, hoping to hear good news soon.