Chapter 36 Escape, Blood is Hot.
His Majesty's movements appeared methodical, and he even had the mind to ask Shi Wei if she was afraid.
The screen was covered with countless red dots, which were beginning to surround them. Shi Wei stared blankly at these suddenly appearing enemies, rubbing her eyes: "Wait, why wasn't there any warning?"
The man seemed calm: "There are jamming devices. Mercenaries are very good at these things—ambush, assassination, kidnapping, massacre—they do all the dirty work."
Shi Wei looked at him expectantly: "It seems you already guessed they would set up an ambush, right?"
King Sklag II glanced at her and hummed in agreement.
She breathed a sigh of relief: "So Lavezzi is coming to meet us right away, right!"
His Majesty raised an eyebrow at her, and Shi Wei sensed something was wrong.
She asked cautiously, "Won't we get caught?"
King Scolag II changed the flight mode and entered a series of commands, seemingly in a good mood: "The guards were on their way here ten minutes ago, but they were stopped and are now engaged in battle."
Shi Wei looked at the red dots getting closer and closer on the screen, on the verge of tears: "I don't want to be caught!"
"Don't worry, they won't kill anyone," His Majesty reassured him, deftly maneuvering the spaceship. "They'll just use us to pay the ransom."
"But I'm worthless, so why are you always targeting me?" Shi Wei froze in her seat, her good mood completely gone.
"I'm valuable," His Majesty chuckled.
The ship began to spin and jump. Shi Wei saw them leave a gap, but were caught up even faster. Cruiser III released the "bend bubble" it carried, and the protective barrier on Shi Wei's seat opened automatically.
Scolag II, being an S-class Alpha, could operate without activating the barrier. He directly activated the warp drive, and the space behind Cruiser III began to expand rapidly, repelling some pursuers that were close enough to engage.
Yi Lan watched as the silver spaceship was enveloped in a transparent bubble and began to fly faster than light, instantly widening the distance between them.
He chuckled. "They've got money to burn, even equipping a Cruiser starship with a warp engine."
"Preheat the missile launcher." He gave the order: "Launch the cage."
The female officer frowned and said, "The convention—"
Before she could finish reading the treaty, Yi Lan impatiently interrupted her: "Come on, we're kidnapping people right now, you're definitely the villains, why are you bothering with the treaty?"
After a moment of silence, the female officer reluctantly entered the command.
King Sklag II quickly received a notification from the main force. He glanced at the screen and hissed.
As shameless as ever.
Shi Wei was unaware of this; she was still spinning, and the spaceship was moving rapidly forward in two-dimensional space, the thrust making her a little dizzy.
However, the bending engine was shut down not long afterward. Cruiser III did not have a high-speed ballistic calculation system and relied entirely on data provided by the main force. In order to avoid the "Cage" missile, it had to stop its faster-than-light travel.
Hundreds of stars away from them, a "cage" opened, but the prey slowed down and did not rush in.
Shi Wei saw the protective shield open, and King Sklag II glanced at her and asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"
He was worried because her physique was not as good as that of an Alpha warrior.
"The original plan was to travel faster than light for a period of time, then jump once, but the distance isn't enough, and your body can only withstand one jump." The pursuers hadn't arrived yet, and Sklag II pondered, "Lavezzi is also jumping, but there's nothing he can do..."
Shi Wei shook her dizzy head and said, "Then let's jump twice."
The man looked at her and frowned: "You just did a jump a few days ago. Two jumps in a row are definitely not something you can handle. Are you already starting to feel dizzy?"
"It's not because of that, it's nothing." Shi Wei was a little embarrassed: "I have a good tolerance for the pressure of jumps. I've jumped twice before when I was traveling, and I was fine."
Queen Skolag II recalled her previous escape route, which involved several jumps in a single spaceship.
He paused for a moment, thinking that she wouldn't joke about her own body, and asked again, "Is it really okay?"
Shi Wei nodded vigorously: What are two mere leaps? Compared to being captured by Yi Lan, it's nothing.
In that case, it seems like we can retaliate.
His Majesty, who had been chased and beaten for a long time, was also very unhappy and issued an order to Lavezzi.
Begin the leap—
"The second jump will be in about 20 minutes. If you feel uncomfortable during this time, just tell me. It's okay if you can't jump, there are other ways." He activated life monitoring to prevent any unforeseen accidents from happening.
"Don't worry," Shi Wei's voice sounded calm.
Lavezzi, who received the message, was taken aback for a moment, but still began to do as His Majesty instructed.
Similan was also stunned when he saw the message: "Huh? Two jumps? No, he's fine, but can Shi Wei handle it?"
On the other screen, Cyril frowned and said, "Omega's physique cannot undergo continuous leaps. What is Father thinking?"
Similan sounded somewhat anxious: "Didn't you say you'd wait for us to get there? Anyway, there aren't many mercenaries, so even if they're trapped, it'll only be temporary. We'll surround them all later..."
Lavezzi has begun setting up an ambush, deploying various particles—
"You've gone mad too?!"
“Perhaps, Shiwei can jump twice?” Cyril said.
Similan roared, "Nonsense!"
As he was about to leave, he said, "I'll call a team to go around them from behind."
Lavezzi said sternly, "No—His Majesty said before that you are not allowed on the starship for six months!"
“That was before—” Similan ignored the warnings and was stopped by several soldiers. He became extremely agitated: “Get out of my way!”
...
Inside the mercenary's flagship.
"Huh?" Yi Lan chuckled. "Decided to jump? So you're planning to save yourself, regardless of whether that little Omega lives or dies..."
"Go ahead?"
"Follow." He wanted to see if this man was really that heartless.
After the first successful jump, Shi Wei felt alright, though her body temperature seemed to have risen a little and her face felt a bit hot.
King Sklag II observed her for a while, then checked her very stable vital signs and asked, "Is it really okay?"
"Sure, sure." Shi Wei was getting a little annoyed by the question. She had already said yes, so why was she asking again?
Thus, the second jump began. Realizing that he still intended to jump, the mercenaries' pursuit intensified, and some reinforcements had arrived. The two sides began a fierce battle.
Yi Lan ignored everyone else and only wanted to capture the cruiser, resulting in heavy losses on his flank.
At the same time, the Scolag II cruiser was also hit in the gravity system, and an energy compartment exploded, causing it to fly erratically—this was only under the extreme control of a top-tier Alpha; an ordinary person would have been captured long ago.
"So slippery," Yi Lan grumbled. He hadn't expected the other ship to be equipped with a bending engine, which caused him to make a mistake in the first step and create too much distance between them.
It's not that we couldn't use more firepower, but the enemy only had one Cruiser. With just a little effort, he could have blown the young couple to death.
This wasn't what he wanted, so he didn't chase after it with much effort.
"Why don't we just kill him?" Yi Lan suddenly said.
The female officer couldn't hold back any longer and shouted, "Wake up! They have a large army behind them. If we kill Sklag II, you won't be able to escape either!"
A fight to the death will only result in mutual destruction.
Upon hearing this, Yi Lan suppressed his restless heart and sighed, "I should have brought more people. This is such a great opportunity. If we could kill the emperor, Manla would really be in chaos."
The female officer kept a tight rein on the firepower, fearing he might act recklessly.
On the detector, the other party's coordinates lit up, indicating that a jump was about to begin.
"Chase him," Yi Lan said. He refused to believe that this man was really so despicable.
The rest of the crew sighed; their commander wouldn't retreat.
The two jumps generated a huge energy tail, and this jump was undoubtedly an ambush.
As the black starship arrived, hundreds of Manra starships surrounded them at the same instant.
The cruiser had disappeared. Yi Lan cursed, "They're inhuman."
He studied a lot of intelligence. The old iron tree of Sklag II blooms only once every hundred years. It shouldn't be like this—does he really not care about the life or death of Omega?
He's cursing here, and Sklag II is... well, things are a bit chaotic.
Once they were safe, he opened the protective pod to check on Shi Wei's condition—and then he smelled pheromones.
The familiar pheromones, ten times stronger than usual.
Shi Wei blushed and looked at him blankly.
The intense battle he had just fought had left his blood burning hot.
By the time he came to his senses, the person had already thrown herself into his arms.
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Author's Note: His Majesty opened the lid: Oh wow, it smells so good!
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