Chapter 162 The Secret Behind the Storm
"It's him?" Li Ming was a little surprised.
Duke Bai Ye was even more cunning than him. After the Torch Organization announced that they were responsible for Isius's death, he quickly ran away.
I didn't expect to see each other here, but after a little thought, I could guess it.
Maybe he came to avoid the limelight. Although they, who witnessed the death of Isius, were not that suspicious, they still had to find a reason for their sudden departure.
Coming to search for the missing goods is the perfect excuse.
"Duke Bai Ye? Are you sure?" Yaluo's expression was slightly shocked. He didn't dare to lock on with radar data to avoid triggering the opponent's early warning mechanism.
He could only observe through the hyper-optical eyepiece, staring at the spaceship. "Sera's Leaf Crown-class spaceship, Royal series, not sold to the public. It's specially customized. It has eight jump engines, four propulsion engines, and all the necessary configurations. It's much better than my spaceship."
Ya Luo was filled with envy, "It is indeed a seat for an important person."
"It's Duke Bai Ye. I've seen this spaceship." Li Ming rubbed his chin. This old guy has targeted him several times. The grudge between him is really big.
I thought it would be difficult to meet him in a short period of time after I ran away, but I didn't expect that we were so destined to meet.
"The Sera civilization has also sent B-class lifeforms." Upon hearing this, Yaluo couldn't help but say pessimistically, "I knew it would be a wasted trip. Have you seen those shabby warships?"
He then focused the hyper-optical eyepiece on a warship that looked quite majestic among those shabby spaceships. It was nearly a thousand meters long, with a mottled surface and traces of battle everywhere.
On the side, there was a pattern of a python painted around the entire battleship.
"The Scaled Serpent is owned by one of the Star Hunters' captains, the Serpent Speaker—Atom." Yaluo said helplessly, "A Class B lifeform, brutal and powerful."
"With both of them watching here, no one can take the goods away."
"How about we retreat?" Yaluo was about to back off again. "Brother, it's not that I'm a coward, but being stuck between two B-level lifeforms is clearly not something we can handle."
Li Ming didn't respond, which made Ya Luo's mouth twitch and his expression became even more miserable.
After spending some time together, he had already gotten to know this junior fellow apprentice a little better, and this was clearly a sign of his reluctance to leave.
"Why didn't they fight?" Li Ming suddenly asked.
"Perhaps they're still searching for that shipment," Yaluo speculated. "Right now, their common goal is to find that shipment. Even if they have to fight, it will be after they find it."
"We are still supporting each other now. The predators are only fighting for profit. There is no point in fighting now."
At this point, Yaluo chuckled twice. "This planet isn't small. It'll probably take them a while to find that batch of goods."
"Where did you put the goods?" Li Ming asked thoughtfully.
"In a large canyon, there's a thunderstorm zone. On a planet like this, the geographical environment is harsh, the magnetic field is disordered, and there's too much interference." It's unclear why Yaluo lowered his voice. "The detectors they have can't cover the entire planet, nor can they operate in those special environments. I'm afraid we'll have to look for them."
"Let's go around and see if there's any chance to fish in troubled waters." Li Ming said. Ya Luo hurriedly held out his hand, "Junior brother, stop fishing. If the two of us go down, we'll become the fish ourselves."
He really didn't expect that his junior brother was not afraid at all until now.
"Junior brother, you've never been in the interstellar world before. I tell you, caution is the most important thing." Ya Luo said earnestly, "This is not Jingnan. No one will protect you."
"Be cautious..." Li Ming agreed. "You're right."
Yaluo breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was persuaded.
"I am the most cautious person." As he said that, he controlled the spaceship to start circling in a big circle. Yaluo's mentality exploded, but he could only accept the reality.
It took them two full days to reach the other side of the planet.
It was because Yaluo's broken spaceship was quite good at hiding, and because the spaceships of both sides were facing each other, they did not discover their infiltration.
It carefully entered low-Earth orbit, then flew at a low altitude, heading in the direction indicated by Yaluo.
"By the way, when looters capture ordinary tourists, don't they usually demand ransom from the civilization they live in? At worst, they sell them as slaves. Outright slaughter is rare, right?" Li Ming suddenly asked casually, "Is this Atum so brutal?"
Yaluo's heart skipped a beat, and he reluctantly explained, "Atom was indeed brutal, and he lost many men in the process. He was so enraged that he went on a killing spree."
"Is that so?" Li Ming nodded. Ya Luo didn't know whether he believed it or not, and his eyes flickered.
…
At the same time, outside the low-Earth orbit, in the Scaled Serpent belonging to Atom, there was a clamor and bustle, and the casually dressed predators were drinking and staggering.
Even during the day, even when confronting the enemy, there is no need to worry.
A man with light blue skin and messy curly hair came to the bottom of the battleship. His eyes were like snake pupils, cold and sinister, and there were fine scales flashing on both sides of his eye sockets.
There were metal cells on both sides. When they saw someone coming, the people in one of them suddenly became excited and begged, "Please, let me out!"
“I still have children and parents…”
“Please…”
Interstellar travel ships or transport ships are full of treasures for plunderers.
Precious goods can be looted, and the living creatures within can be held for ransom. If you encounter a civilization that never negotiates with looters, you can only sell them as slaves or even have their organs removed.
The cries of pleas came one after another, but Atom turned a deaf ear to them. The younger brother behind him had a vicious look on his face. He held an electric baton in his hand and stabbed the arms that were stretched out fiercely, laughing wildly as the wails continued.
Soon, Atom found his target in a cell, an ugly smile on his face.
This is a member of the Golden Eye Clan, not a race from the Silver Cluster, but from the adjacent cluster, an advanced civilization commonly known as the Judge.
Although it also has a humanoid shape, it does not have eyes, but instead has a golden vertical pupil.
The man raised his head, but because of his special facial features, it was difficult to detect subtle emotional fluctuations.
"Eye of Judgment. It's said that anyone with a sinful heart will be exposed under the golden vertical pupil." Atyom observed carefully, feeling somewhat frightened. He then frowned and said,
"That shipment from Sera was disguised as a travel ship. Why did the ruling race of the Inquisitor civilization appear on that ship?"
"You should be the one who decides." The golden-eyed member spoke calmly, "You plunderers are probably doing it for money. Just name your price."
"Hehe..." Atom shook his head. "Tsk, if you're rich, then you have a bigger secret."
The man's pupils were slightly closed, and he seemed a little uneasy.
Atum reached out and took out a golden object with vertical pupils from his arms. The originally calm people of the Golden Eyed Tribe suddenly became excited.
He even wanted to pounce, but the gene inhibitor on his body made him unable to resist.
"Tell me, what is this thing?" Atum fiddled with his vertical pupil, which was extremely hard and about the size of a palm.
"I found it among your belongings. It was camouflaged and hidden so well. It must be something good."
The Golden Eyed Clan member stared at him coldly, seemingly with hidden anger, but said nothing more.
"Obviously, there's a bigger secret. Great, I like secrets, and my boss loves them even more." Atom sneered, "I didn't expect to gain something unexpected this time."
Atum retracted his golden vertical pupils, then left the cell with his men and closed the door.
Outside the door, the subordinate licked his lips and said, "Boss, it is said that there are some perverted interstellar collectors who are willing to pay a large price to collect their vertical pupils."
Atom frowned and said, "Idiot, this is the leading race of an advanced civilization. Of course, it should be given to the boss first."
The subordinate nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, yes..."
Walking out of the cell and kicking aside a few of his staggering men, Atom shouted in discontent, "Have you found the goods? All they do all day is drink!"
"Boss, we're looking for it." A predator looked embarrassed. "You know, brothers like us are good at fighting, but asking them to find something is really difficult."
"However, we have been keeping an eye on the group of green algae and will wait for them to find us before we take them away."
Atum frowned, his snake eyes glowing. In an instant, everyone in the cabin felt a chill, sobered up from the alcohol they had drunk, and hurriedly stood up straight.
"My brother, Windbreaker Yaro, betrayed me. He took these goods away, bringing shame upon me." Atom looked around. "So, I must get these goods back, no matter what the cost!"
Atom's eyes were filled with murderous intent. "If anyone holds me back, don't blame me for not caring about our brotherhood."
"Yes!" Everyone responded one by one, scattered among them. As Atum waved his hand, they dispersed.
The younger brother beside him quickly added, "Boss, we found out that Yaluo seemed to have returned to his home planet not long ago, but left again very quickly, and it seems he took someone with him."
“No one knows where it is right now.”
"Return to the home planet." Atom frowned. "Blue Star civilization? A primary civilization can't protect him."
He took the smart terminal handed to him by his subordinate and checked the relevant information. His expression changed slightly: "Torch killed a prince of the Itlan royal family?"
"Yes, the location was on Jingnan Star, and Yaluo had not left at that time." The subordinate added.
"This Li Ming?" Atom looked through the information, expecting him to be a special person, but he shook his head and said, "He's just a D-class life form."
"It seems to be his junior fellow apprentice." The subordinate explained that their information channels were all intelligence that had passed through who knows how many hands, and most of it was very vague.
Atom's eyes flickered. "Keep an eye on the Land of Stars. He wants to hide in the limelight, and the Land of Stars is the only place he can go."
As for Li Ming, Atom didn't care about him. He was just a D-class life form.
………
Li Ming and Ya Luo got off the spaceship. The location of the thunderstorm area was very dangerous and easy to be discovered, so the two had to get off the spaceship early.
Yaluo buried most of the spaceship in the soil, which barely served as a cover.
Li Ming was speechless. Yaluo was quite nervous. He originally wanted to wear combat armor, but was dissuaded by Li Ming. There were many acquaintances of his in the plunderer fleet, and he would be recognized at a glance.
"This place is still some distance away from where I hide the goods." Yaluo took out a mimicry mask with dirty corners from his arms. It looked old and even yellowed.
"Your mimicry mask..." Li Ming's mouth twitched slightly. He was used to a good life, so he was somewhat uncomfortable when he suddenly saw such a difficult situation.
"Don't underestimate my mimicry mask," Yaluo emphasized. "This is a high-end product. It covers the entire head, changing hair color, cheeks, and skin color. It's very expensive."
He carefully put the mimicry mask on his face. After a while of operation, the gel-like film quickly expanded on his face until it covered his entire head.
Li Ming raised his eyebrows slightly. Apart from other things, Ya Luo had a lot of things on him that he could use to cover himself and escape.
"Uh..." Yaluo looked at Li Ming proudly, then paused and hesitated. Finally, he gritted his teeth and took it off, handing it to Li Ming: "Forget it, you can use it."
Li Ming's eyes swept across the oil stains and gray-brown unknown solidified substance in the corner.
"Forget it, I have one myself." Li Ming shook his head and took out a mimicry mask from his arms. Compared with Yaluo's, it looked much more refined.
"You have one too?" Ya Luo was slightly taken aback, but not too surprised. He shook his head and said, "Yours is definitely not as good as mine. This kind of high-end stuff can't be found anywhere else in Jingnan Civilization..."
He stopped talking before he finished, and saw that Li Ming's mimicry mask also covered his head, even fitting over the pupils, ears, and other external features.
It even covers the shoulders, making them appear longer and changing the body posture. Although it is only a small detail, it is enough to deceive most body data detection equipment.
After a moment, Li Ming had completely turned into a different person. He coughed twice and even his voice changed a lot.
The C-level mimicry mask is already quite powerful.
"Holy crap! A mimicry mask that covers your vital signs." Yaluo yelled, then quickly lowered his voice. "Where did you get such a powerful thing?"
Much better than the one on his face.
"My teacher gave it to me." Li Ming said casually.
Yaluo looked envious, "The old man is so good to you."
"Think of a name, but definitely don't use your real name," Ya Luo said familiarly, "Call me Crazy Lion."
Li Ming was speechless and thought, "Call me Qinglong." He came up with a random name.
"Qinglong..." Yaluo repeated, nodding. "I suggest we travel light. If we can get through, we can bring as much as we can out. This way, the trip won't be in vain."
Yaluo had more experience in brewing wine than Li Ming, and finally he could act like a senior brother.
Li Ming did not comment, and took out a can of spray from somewhere and sprayed some on Yaluo and himself.
"What is this?" Yaluo sniffed, but smelled nothing.
"It's used to remove odors." Li Ming smiled.
(End of this chapter)
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