Chapter 63 Chapter 63 Oh no, this time the star thief is really on the run...

In the vast galaxy, passenger ships pass by from time to time. The interstellar orbit is very busy. Several small reconnaissance aircraft patrol nearby in turn, transmitting the orbit operation images back to the main starship of the alliance in real time.

A cold and merciless electronic voice broadcasts every hour.

"Track 1 is operating normally."

"Everything is going well at Leap 9."

Inside the spaceship, Zhuo Lan was listening to the broadcast and stroking his chin, puzzled. "Strange, weren't there two gangs of pirates roaming around here arrogantly for many days? How come they all disappeared?"

The captain of Team 7 was also confused and guessed, "Maybe they didn't dare to come out after knowing we were coming."

Zhuo Lan disagreed with this view. "That shouldn't be the case. The main starship of the alliance didn't appear on the first day, but has been parked here the whole time. I don't see that the group is very jealous, but instead they often cause disturbances. I guess the group is eyeing the routes of other starships."

Jing Miao sat in the office chair and tapped his fingers. An electronic screen appeared in front of his eyes. On it was a star map of interstellar orbits. The densely packed red coordinate points represented each small planet, and the intricate white long lines were the orbits connecting the planets.

During this period, all routes have strengthened their defenses. In order to avoid reconnaissance aircraft, the pirates' ships will most likely choose some inconspicuous deserted planets as their landing points.

Not long after, the starship terminal received a message stating that the spacecraft had discovered traces of unknown star ships docked on several unnamed stars.

Jing Miao made a quick decision and sent most of his men to Wuming Star to capture people.

Not long after the majority of the troops left, news came from the terminal that a cargo ship on Route 37 had been hijacked. One after another, bad news about starship hijackings continued to arrive.

This means that there are more than two gangs of star pirates active at the moment.

Surprisingly, this group of people did not fight each other this year. Instead, they learned to stick together for warmth.

Jing Miao's expression turned slightly cold, and he immediately sent the specific coordinates of the hijacked starships to the guard team, which seemed to be heading to the nameless star but was actually on standby halfway.

The complacent gang of pirates has already dreamed of getting rich, and hijacking a starship is enough for them to eat, drink and have fun for a whole year.

Before they could divide the loot, they found themselves surrounded by a group of escort starships that appeared out of nowhere, with fully-powered blasters pointed at them. In the end, each star pirate received a pair of silver fashion items and a single black suite.

Looking at the batch of pirates being escorted back, Zhuo Lan shook his head helplessly. He was too confident in these people. They only had those few tricks and were not sure about the tricks of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, or luring the tiger away from the mountain.

Their Admiral Jing is a pirate catcher. He has been involved in catching pirates since he was a high school student and knows everything about pirates.

Over the years, he has arrested ninety-nine out of the hundred bandits caught.

There was no way that trick could have been hidden from him.

After all the thieves were arrested, Zhuo Lan turned around and asked Jing Miao what he thought.

Jing Miao said calmly: "You go back to Ganan with me and find out who is responsible for this incident."

Zhuo Lan: "What about you? Aren't you going back to Canaan?"

Changed sex?

Jing Miao paused and said, "I'm going to Wuming Star."

Zhuo Lan said: "It has been confirmed that the starships on the nameless star are all abandoned pieces of junk. The pirates put them there deliberately to confuse people."

Zhuo Lan suddenly remembered that Doctor Lu seemed to be conducting a snow season survey on an unknown planet. He looked at Jing Miao and instantly understood.

I understand. This unknown star is not that unknown star.

Zhuo Lan smiled and made a face to tease him, "Hey, you really are..." When he felt the death stare from Jing Miao, he immediately put away his smile, looked up at the sky and whistled, changing the subject in the first step, "Haha, the starship seems to be leaving soon, I'll go take a look."

The second step is to get away.

A stingy person, who doesn't like to be talked about in love.

After watching the starship escorting the pirates leave, Jing Miao led a small team to those suspicious unnamed stars.

This time Zhuo Lan was truly mistaken. Reconnaissance aircraft could detect traces of starships, but small star shuttles might not be able to do so. Some star shuttles that had been modified on the black market also had the ability to shield invisible scanning light.

In the images sent back by the aircraft, Jing Miao discovered several places where there were suspected to be star shuttles.

To be on the safe side, it is best to go there in person to avoid any unnecessary worries.

The snow was flying in the air. A dozen people were squatting in the snow with their heads in their hands. Around them were several burly men holding electromagnetic beam guns, staring at the people in the middle with fierce eyes, like hungry wolves surrounding a flock of sheep.

Not far away, there were a dozen people standing or sitting, with heavy weapons at their hands, and a dangerous aura emanating from their bodies. Facing the group of people shivering in the snow, their eyes were calm, with a ruthless and decisive look that only desperadoes could have.

"Boss, it's been so long, could another group of fat sheep not come?" A shorter man walked up to the leading man, his tone somewhat doubtful.

The man glanced sideways with a gloomy and deep gaze. The short man's heart skipped a beat and he gave an awkward, ingratiating smile, his shoulders slightly hunched.

"What's the hurry?" The man's entire face was exposed in front of him while he spoke. The left eye socket was empty, as if it was a bottomless abyss that would swallow him up if he was not careful. The eyeball of his right eye was intact, but there were three scars on his eyelid.

The short man felt sympathetic and couldn't help but mutter in his heart that the person in front of him seemed to have been cursed. All the wounds were on his face, which was full of pits and looked really hideous.

But he didn't dare to show it. Facing the man's cold gaze, he said with a stiff face, "I'm worried that the brothers will freeze if they stay in the snow for too long. Besides, didn't we steal their starship? Why don't we wait on the ship?"

Man: "Idiot, go wait on the boat. It's telling people that the boat has been robbed. Don't come."

"If they run away before they get off the boat, can you catch them?"

The short man nodded and said, "Yes, yes, the boss is right."

In fact, he didn't understand. In the past, they relied on force to suppress starship robberies. They would rob when they saw them, run away after robbing, and rob again after squandering their wealth. If they encountered someone who didn't obey, they would just kill them. What's the big deal?

It's nothing like the current situation, where they have clearly snatched it, but are leaving the warm and comfortable starship to freeze outside.

Although he was unwilling, the short man said nothing and quietly retreated.

The speed of the falling snow in the distance increased, and the direction of the air flow changed. The man's eyes were sharp, and he said in a sharp voice: "It's coming."

The pirates around were cheered up upon hearing this, and they all took up their weapons and prepared for battle.

Above the snow, a starship is slowly descending.

"Wow, the snow on the Nameless Star is still heavier than that on the Ganan Snowfield as always." Fang Yi stood by the window of the starship and looked out. The snow was falling in flakes, and it was almost impossible to see clearly more than two meters away.

This year, several members of the second team, like Lu Zhiluan, were newcomers who came for the first time. They were all stunned. The team leader explained to them: "The snow season here is very long, eight months, and it can be said that the snow never melts all year round."

Someone asked curiously: "After so long, there won't be many different types of vegetation here. Won't the animals be short of food during the snowy season?"

Team leader: "No, that's not the case. There are several underground hot springs that span half the planet. The areas where the hot springs flow have fertile soil, which is just right for plant growth. Moreover, the plants on the nameless star are different from other ordinary plant species. They grow in giant sizes."

The team leader pointed to a white ice hill in front of him and said, "Just like that one, you thought it was a hill, but it was actually the crown of a tree."

"Wow!" The newlyweds exclaimed in surprise and were full of anticipation for the upcoming activities.

According to the set coordinates, the spaceship landed on a flat snowy ground.

Everyone on the boat had already put on their winter clothes and carried their backpacks. They were standing guard at the door like a group of huskies crying for a walk in the snow, their eyes bright and frightening.

The team leader said, "Wait a minute, don't worry, I'll contact Team 1 to ask about the situation first."

He took out his short-wave communicator and sent a message to another starship.

Another starship was parked nearby, only a few hundred meters away, but it was snowing heavily and the situation over there could not be seen.

Ten minutes passed and no one on the other side responded.

The team leader looked puzzled: "Strange, no one replied, could it be that they are all out on an inspection trip?"

Someone suggested: "How about we split up and go over there to take a look?"

After discussion, the team leader took seven team members to take a look first, while the rest stayed on the starship waiting for news.

Soon, the team leader and his team arrived outside another starship and found that the snow on the stairs was a bit thick and there were no footprints, which meant that no one had entered or exited in a short period of time.

The team leader suppressed the strange feeling in his heart, went to the door, and entered the password.

After the door opened, a warm breeze blew towards me. The interior of the starship was bright and warm, but very quiet, without any human voice.

The team leader looked around and called out, "Teacher Zhou?"

I searched the entire starship, but there was no one there.

Even the boat driver was missing.

Nothing will happen, right?

However, there were no signs of a fight inside the starship, and all instruments were operating smoothly. It looked more like the people on board had temporarily left for something.

The communicator lit up and Fang Yi's voice came over, "Team Leader, what's going on over there?"

The team leader frowned and replied, "No one in team one is on board."

"What's going on? Should we go over there?"

Team leader: "Don't come out yet. Let's talk about it after we get back."

The team leader took another look at the empty starship, and became increasingly uneasy. He said to the others, "Let's leave here first."

The group exited the starship and returned the same way.

Just when they were halfway there, they heard the sound of footsteps on the snow ahead. The team leader looked up and saw several figures walking towards them. He thought they were the team members on the boat coming down to pick them up.

"Didn't I tell you to stay on the boat and wait for..." us?

The words he hadn't finished were stuck in his throat as he was faced with several black gun muzzles.

Hearing the screams of his teammates behind him, the team leader turned his head stiffly and saw the same gun muzzle.

"No, they are only a few hundred meters away. Why haven't they come back yet?"

Fang Yi paced back and forth in confusion, "It's already been twenty minutes."

"Nothing unexpected will happen, right?"

The newlyweds, who were originally very excited, now looked worried.

The team leader exclaimed: "There's a communication coming!"

The sound of the wind and snow was so loud that the leader's voice seemed heavy. He paused and said with difficulty, "Everyone come down. We found a team. There was...something unexpected."

Sure enough, something happened. Was it an injury? Or something more serious?

This question was answered soon after they disembarked.

Fang Yi squatted in the snow with his head in his hands. Surrounded by armed bandits, he whispered to his team leader, "Why don't you give me some hints?"

The team leader who was threatened to kill his team members if they didn't communicate: "..."

It was already as dark as possible, but I didn't expect you to rush down without saying a word, without even thinking of bringing a gun.