Although Lyme's face remained serious and expressionless, one could read from his eyes that his entire being screamed, "You?!"
Where would you find a pirate who looks like that? He's more like a prisoner kidnapped by pirates!
The handsome and imposing imperial soldier didn't even notice this pretty but useless woman, but since this was his chance to leave, he had to 'requisition' her antique spaceship to show that he still had to be polite.
"As you can see, there are no treasures on this warship."
Lem manipulated the camera to rotate and projected the surveillance footage from the remaining rooms onto the communication screen.
“Besides this warship that has run out of fuel, you have nothing else to plunder. I don’t think you’d like this piece of scrap metal registered with the Empire, would you?”
Every part of every warship in the empire is marked, and no one except the high command of the military is allowed to use or modify it without authorization. No pirate would be willing to risk offending the empire by targeting the warship itself; that would be a very troublesome matter.
"You're right." Yu Ling, who was secretly looking for a chance to fight, stroked her chin in a mocking manner, a sly smile flashing in her eyes. "But you seem to have overlooked a rather valuable treasure..."
Lyme actually wanted to continue negotiating, hoping this unknown beauty would give him some fuel; he had even thought about how to repay her. But Yu Ling's words interrupted all his train of thought.
"Hmm? What treasure?"
On the screen, Yu Ling pointed to the location of the camera.
Lem: ? ? ?
He looked around and saw nothing but emptiness.
"Stop looking, it's you." Yu Ling didn't seem intimidated by the Imperial Army's identity at all, and said quite boldly, "No one else will come to this godforsaken place. If you want to live, just let me kidnap you."
A warship without fuel is utterly useless, but a warship with fuel... well, that's something that nearly wiped out the interstellar cockroaches, or Zerg.
How could Yu Ling possibly let this person leave in such a conspicuous and dangerous vehicle?
Judging from his tone just now, he definitely wanted to exchange fuel with me, but unfortunately, Yu Ling is no longer the type to humbly seek survival. Sorry, he shouldn't even think about it!
He'd be more like a lackey or a prisoner, someone I could keep close by and watch over. As for setting him free, that'd have to wait until I've sorted out his human identity first.
"So, what's your decision? Are you going to come over here yourself, or... wait for me to come and drag you here?"
The threat in Yu Ling's words was palpable, and Lem could tell that the beauty in his eyes was not joking.
But he really couldn't understand how a pirate who looked like that, all alone, had the courage to provoke him.
In his mind, this guy should have asked for an exorbitant price, exchanging fuel for some star coins...
Unfortunately, Yu Ling lacked common sense about humans, didn't have a citizen's bracelet, and didn't even know what star coins were. Of course, even if Yu Ling did know, she wouldn't let this unlucky guy escape.
"You can give it a try."
Even a clay figure has some fire in it. As an Imperial soldier, Lem also has his own dignity. He wanted to see what this guy was capable of to kidnap him.
Upon hearing what Lym said, Yu Ling was preparing to use her powerful physical body to break through the ship and enter.
But then he thought again, humans are so weak, even people in the interstellar world can't walk in space with their bare bodies, and pirate ships don't have protective suits or oxygen masks... For now, it's best not to expose his abnormality.
Inside the warship, Lyme heard the familiar main control system notification sound again.
"Beep—The other party is requesting to establish a connection channel. Do you approve?"
Lem: ...You can't even get into my warship, and you dare to rob me? ???
“Approved,” Lyme said.
But he couldn't help wondering to himself, which pirate's little sweetheart had gotten lost and was now playing role-playing games with him? Could he possibly like him...? Well, if he managed to get back this time, considering the fuel delivery, he might consider starting a relationship.
"Application approved... Space passage being established... Establishment successful, oxygen supply complete."
The main control system didn't care how complicated Lem's thoughts were. As soon as Lem gave the order to proceed, it immediately extended its mechanical claw and connected it to the entrance and exit passage of Yu Ling's old-fashioned ship.
As nanotechnology-manufactured metal machinery continues to split and extend, a narrow, corridor-like passage is established in space.
The door opened, then closed again.
Yu Ling successfully entered the iron shell that was half the hardness of her insect body from the one that was not even one-fifth as hard as her insect body.
There was still some distance between entering the warship and reaching the bridge to find someone, so Yu Ling didn't look around and walked straight towards where Lyme was.
His immense spiritual power far surpasses that of humans who can only control mechs or drive online; it's practically a cheat code, and can even be used as a mini-map, ensuring he'll never get lost.
"System, I've entered the interior of a lone Imperial warship. Can you hack it?"
As Yu Ling walked, he remotely contacted the system. In his opinion, that cowardly guy should have already run away, which is why he directly called for help.
[Of course, as long as the main control system chip of that warship is removed, I will have the opportunity to hack into the warship when the host enters the cockpit. Host.]
The system worm's response was a bit hesitant; it was still dealing with the Imperial General, but it insisted on responding to its host while fighting.
It's a system that can access the internet, after all. If you find a strategy guide for a war simulation game on the StarNet, you can learn how to survive longer in Star Wars. The system has really become a skilled tool.
[By the way, host, even if I hack in, I can't use high-powered weapons without identity verification.]
"I know, as long as it's black, it's fine."
Yu Ling naturally had his own plans for this warship—he wanted to fill it with insects and give it to some imperial general as a blind box to play with.
Do as much as you can to prevent the destruction of the insect planet.
Of course, he didn't actually want to oppose the human race, nor did he intend to do anything to the protagonist; it was just for the sake of the mission.
Without their own resources, the Zerg would still be robbing everywhere, and would inevitably be constantly fighting with any empire they encountered that was conquering them.
Once he completes his side quest, those two will no longer be in the same galaxy, and only then will the crisis be truly and completely resolved.
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