Chapter 316 The Price
The edge of the Bray Galaxy.
The density of interstellar matter here is extremely thin, and even the starlight from afar seems very dim.
This can almost be called a forbidden zone for civilizations - in a cosmic bubble, most civilizations are not capable of setting foot in this barren land.
Suddenly, a sudden space-time fluctuation broke the tranquility of this starry sky.
Waves instantly rose on the calm ocean of space-time.
A fleet slowly appeared in the dim starry sky.
The scale of the fleet is not large, and there are only thousands of warships at most.
But...
in the center of these thousands of warships, there is a silver-white planetary fortress hovering!
Swish!
The space-time fluctuation flashed again, and this fleet composed of a planetary fortress and thousands of conventional warships quietly disappeared in the visible universe.
A ripple that gradually moved away also appeared on the space-time ocean that had just returned to calm.
The direction in which the ripple spread was the Bray Galaxy not far away!
...
Two thousand light years away.
The central area of the 943rd Free Trade Market of the Breeze Alliance.
Unlike the usual atmosphere, the atmosphere inside the labor exchange at this moment is particularly solemn.
"What? This is impossible!!"
A sharp voice came from the closed door of the exchange: "The colony ships of the Swamp Abyss Civilization have passed the security inspection procedures of the free trade market. How could such a situation occur?!"
Inside the door.
Ya Gao sat on a large chair and stared at the screen in front of him.
Deep in his eyes, there was a hint of doubt and surprise.
"Sir Ya Gao, this is the fact."
On the screen, Naji raised his right wing, tapped the screen next to him with his sharp nails, and skillfully called up several video files.
The files clearly showed the scenes inside each Swamp Abyss colony ship.
Ya Gao looked at the simulated dummies lying in the hibernation cabin in the picture with an expressionless face, and the doubts in his eyes gradually turned into anger.
Before Yagao could speak, Naji's voice, which was light but equally sharp, rang out: "The Swamp Civilization discovered a loophole in the security check procedure, forged a large number of simulated dummies, and successfully passed the security check procedure." "
The preliminary interrogation results show that the mastermind of this incident is Captain Olaya and Councillor Baroka of the Swamp Civilization."
Naji simply told Yagao the results of the previous inquiry.
"Olaya, Baroka..." Yagao's expression was a little gloomy.
The transaction process was only a month, so he naturally had not forgotten these two names.
The figures of the two shaky, short and ugly Swamp people quickly emerged in his mind: "So it was them..."
An inexplicable anger rose from Yagao's heart.
This is a naked joke!
Two low-level lives of the third-level civilization dared to play with the Bray civilization!
They deserve to be killed! !
In the tachyon communication channel, Naji's voice continued to be heard: "Respected Sir Yagao, if it was twenty years ago, [Turbine] would not have embarrassed you over such a small matter."
"But... you should know [Turbine]'s current situation better than me."
"The raw material gap is huge, and the output of star sand has also begun to gradually decline..."
Yagao interrupted the other party directly: "Enough."
"Naji, just tell me, what do you need me to do?"
On the screen, Naji saluted silently: "Sir Yagao, according to the order of Commander Yaqi, you need to recover the lost Swamp people as soon as possible. After all... Turbine's raw material gap is too large."
"You can start with the two masterminds."
"In addition..." Naji paused, and said again, "Commander Yaqi believes that it is impossible that only Olaya and Baroka are involved in this matter. There should be the support of the Swamp Council behind it."
"Such behavior is a provocation to the Bray Civilization and the Bray Alliance. Commander Yaqi hopes that you can hold the Swamp Civilization accountable."
Yagao nodded calmly and responded to these instructions from Yaqi.
"Tell Yaqi that I will make the Swamp Civilization pay the price."
"But it may not be an easy task to find those lost Swamp people."
"You just said that the two Swamp people may have sent their people away from the Swamp Civilization and the Colonial Fleet."
The communication was interrupted.
The screen in front of him also quietly went out, reflecting Yagao's somewhat gloomy inverted triangle face.
"Has the Swamp Civilization fleet left?"
Yagao pondered for a moment, turned his head and asked his fellow tribesman beside him.
The minelayer quickly entered several query commands on the terminal in front of him.
Soon, Yagao got the answer.
"No records of the departure of the Swamp Fleet were found."
Yagao was a little surprised: "Did they not escape in advance?"
"No, in fact, since a month ago, the Swamp Fleet has been staying on the edge of the free trade market. They have not purchased any resources or sold any resources."
The minelayer in charge of the query hesitated: "It seems... what is this fleet waiting for?"
Yagao stood up from his chair with an indifferent expression, and the anger in his eyes disappeared in an instant.
"Notify the Self-Defense Fleet."
"Bring those damned Swamp People to me!"
...
The edge of the 943 Free Trade Market. After
abstaining from Star Sand for a long time, Olaya felt that his consciousness had become somewhat scattered.
But anyway, he succeeded - perhaps because the amount of Star Sand he took was not large, after suffering the initial torment and torture, his desire for Star Sand has gradually decreased.
Of course.
The sequelae have not completely disappeared.
"Barroka..."
Olaya slumped in the cockpit, his complexion pale, and whispered softly: "Tell me, when will our colony ships be discovered..."
"When we..."
Baroka, who was also pale, suddenly interrupted Olaya: "It's coming."
"What, what's coming?" Olaya raised his head in a daze and cast a surprised look at Baroka, "Is it Mr. Chen Fan?"
"He's back so soon?"
In Olaya's confused eyes, Baroka slowly shook his head and said a shocking word: "Mine-laying fleet."
"..."
Olaya was silent for a moment, and his originally scattered eyes became clear at a speed visible to the naked eye.
He sat up and glanced out of the porthole.
At some point, a mine-laying warship with a forward-swept wing structure came to the corner area where the Swamp Fleet was located and surrounded the entire fleet.
"What, what is this for..."
Although he already had a guess in his mind, Olaya still asked in a trembling voice.
"What else could it be?"
Baroka chuckled and stood up from the driver's seat: "Get ready, we've been discovered."
"So fast?!" Olaya widened his eyes and exclaimed.
At the same time, a communication request popped up on the screen on the console.
"Swamp Fleet."
The moment the communication was connected, a sharp and serious voice came: "Please immediately open all control rights of your fleet and follow us to the labor exchange."
"Otherwise, this fleet has the right to regard the Swamp Fleet as an illegal intruder."
As soon as the voice fell, a bright beam of light flashed outside the porthole.
The next second.
Boom! !
Violent explosions and flames burst out in the Swamp Fleet, and several Swamp Starships exploded and turned into countless dust in the starry sky.
Looking at the dim light flashing at the guns of the mine-laying warships, Olaya swallowed his saliva again, and his originally bleak skin color turned into bright blue.
He didn't dare to say anything more, so he could only obey the other party's request, silently handed over all control rights, and leaned back in the driver's seat behind him.
"This may be our last time."
Olaya looked at the scene outside the porthole and sighed deeply: "Mr. Chen Fan should be in the Bree Civilization. I guess he can't help us."
Baroka shrugged and said nothing.
In fact, at the beginning of the plan, he was ready to die calmly.
The scene outside the porthole began to change slowly.
Under the control of the mine-laying warship, hundreds of Swamp Abyss starships became prison cars for prisoners, slowly passing through the steel floating islands in the free trade market and heading towards the labor exchange in the center.
...
An hour later.
Just as Baroka thought, the problem of the colony ship had been discovered by the Bree Civilization.
"Respected Mr. Yagao, I..."
Baroka's hoarse voice sounded in the labor exchange.
The next second, a sharp voice came from the depths, interrupting Baroka's words.
Da, da, da...
accompanied by a rhythmic sound of footsteps coming from the front, a familiar figure appeared in front of everyone.
Yagao walked in front of Baroka and looked down at the Swamp Abyss giant salamander in front of him.
Her voice was even, "I know what you want to say."
"You replaced the dummies in the colony ship, didn't you?"
Baroka raised his head suddenly and looked at Yagao in front of him in disbelief.
The development of the situation was completely beyond his expectations.
"Your own people betrayed you." Yagao looked at Baroka jokingly, "What you did doesn't seem to be recognized by your own people." Thoughts
flashed through Baroka's mind, and he soon guessed the reason - this was the assist Chen Fan brought him!
In just a few seconds, his eyes quickly changed from surprise and confusion to anger and helplessness.
"I..." Baroka's face was bleak, and he clenched his fists hard, and a trace of grief and anger appeared on his face just right, "Sir Yagao, this is my plan alone." "
I am willing to pay the price of my life for this. I can refund all prepaid alliance coins, and even pay the full amount of liquidated damages..."
This is the plan Baroka had thought of a long time ago.
Refund plus compensation for liquidated damages, plus the life of the mastermind.
It should be enough to calm the anger of the Bray civilization.
And the Swamp Abyss civilization will also get a perfect opportunity to recuperate.
"Alliance coins?"
Yagao shook his head: "This little bit of Alliance coins is just a small matter."
Hearing this, Baroka's heart trembled, and he had a bad premonition.
Sure enough.
Under Baroka's horrified eyes, Yagao gave an order in a calm tone:
"As the first civilization to attempt to challenge the order of the mine-laying alliance, the Swamp Abyss civilization needs to pay a higher price for this."
"As for you..." Yagao changed his tone, "You don't have to pay any price."
"You just need to watch your civilization being destroyed by the gunfire of the mine-laying fleet with your own eyes."
(End of this chapter)
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