Chapter 128: CH 128

When Lu Bo Ting got on board the warship, he asked, “Is there any action on the tsunami side?”

“No.”

“No.” Adjutant Xue said: “Mr. Shi said that, the purpose of the tsunami was not the people on the spacecraft. They should not be able to risk Mr. Shi’s bet for a moment of pleasure. ”

“That’s fine.”

He turned to Shi Nian and said, “It’s getting late. It’s been a long night. Do you want to rest? ”

No.” Shi Nian said, while holding a cup of hot milk tea, “I don’t need to sleep.”

Xue Chi: “……”

Adjutant Xue left with a bemused look on his face, thinking, “The ancestor’s heart is so great that he prepared a rather bogus excuse for staying up late.”

While Lu Bo Ting, who knew more, was stunned, “Really?”

Shi Nian: “Yes.”

“Then why don’t you wake up at the right time every day and sleep until halfway through your holiday? ”

“The feeling of sleeping in is so comfortable, it’s fascinating. It’s like eating because your body doesn’t necessarily need to eat that much, but because it tastes good. ”

Lu Bo Ting: “……”

Okay!

The main star was located in the heart of the empire and was naturally far away from where the Tsunami Star Pirates are located.

To be safe, those pirates mostly operate in unexplored areas. They would only go to the official star paths if they needed to rob someone.

Although the speed of the warships was obviously faster than that of ordinary airships, it is obvious that they couldn’t get there in a short time.

Shi Nian was reading the threat letter on the official tsunami website.

He had looked at the practices of the major pirate groups in the past, and found that for long-distance ones like this, they usually mentioned the time by which they would arrive.

They were more likely to use the phrase “we’ll give you a few days”.

As it is now, rather than wanting him, it’s more like wanting people on Starnert to force him out.

Just imagining what Starnet would have been like if Shi Nian hadn’t made a move….

“The zerg are using the knife to the extreme!”

Every step of the way, it’s like they are mocking, “you humans are the ones forcing yourselves to do this.”

“I’m beginning to wonder which one of these Zerg is directing the action.”

“Be careful, don’t be careless.” Lu Bo Ting said, “With all the fuss, there’s no way the zerg would just let one of their men leave the main star.”

Shi Nian nodded.

They had used the latest shuttle technology, but since there was no open space wormhole, they could only get to the nearest one first and then hurry onwards, so it still took them a whole day.

When they arrived at the place, there was no sign of the Tsunami Star Pirates.

Xue Chi immediately called the contact information given by the other side, “Where are you guys?”

“Of course we’re not there.” The man on the other side of the tsunami pirates was a big, tall star pirate with a big jewel between his fingers and a crooked hat.

“Two warships! No matter how crazy our group is, we can’t think of a way to beat them! Aren’t we courting death if you don’t really care about these people’s lives? ”

Adjutant Xue: “How could we not care about the lives of the people? That’s impossible.”

“Who knows?” The man said, “You may say you care, but you end up beating us up when you see us. And after beating us up, you will say that we are so vicious that we killed all the hostages! We won’t even be able to get justice for ourselves because we are all dead! ”

“….”

But now that the hostages are in the hands of the other side, Xue Chi could only ask, “What do you want then?”

“Let Shi Nian come alone to replace the people. Oh yes, don’t forget to bring some soothing agents and space steel with you. ” The other side made a condition.

“With Mr. Shi in your capture, you’re still afraid of not having soothing agents and space steel?”

“Even if he’s good, he still needs time to make them. I need a few finished products first, to give him enough time to drag …… and we have so many treasures here, we can’t wait to have something handy to put them in. ”

Someone on the other side seemed impatient, “Cut the crap, hurry up and get Shi Nian and the stuff over here. Don’t blame us for not warning you if you’re late….”

“I still say the same thing. ” Shi Nian suddenly answered, “If any die before I get there, then whatever we’ve agreed on is null and void.”

The Tsunami Star Pirates, who were halfway through their rant, were brought back: “……”

Adjutant Xue Chi took the opportunity to say, “No, how can Mr. Shi go alone? You want him to jump out and float through space? He doesn’t know how to fly a warship, and even if he does, a warship of this size is definitely not something one person can fly. ”

“Then add another one, a woman, and not one of these ones.”

The tsunami pirates sent a few pictures.

At first glance, Shi Nian saw Xue Wan, whom he knew. The others were all women, and all of them were the smarter, stronger female sentinel officers on the Lu family side.

“You will leave in ten minutes. After that, our men will tell you where to go.”

After saying that, the other side of the tsunami star pirates hung up the first.

As soon as that side hung up, Adjutant Xue and the others immediately looked over, “What should we do, who should follow…… It’s too dangerous. Maybe someone else should disguise as Mr. Shi. ”

Shi Nian was surprised: “Who can disguise me?”

The crowd took a look. He had had a call with the tsunami star pirates, with feet on the table as he was talking.

Moreover, he was threatening the Star Pirates without moving, which was indeed something that ordinary people could not do. There was no way to find a look-alike in such a short period of time, and even if they did get one with a similar shape, imitating this ancestor was definitely impossible.

“Prepare a two-man mecha and have someone send me there. ” Shi Nian said.

Lu Bo Ting said, “I’ll go.”

“But they want a woman.” Someone reminded.

There was no way anyone would take Marshal Lu for a woman with the way he looked!

“There’s the long hair potion, and the hair can be cut into the style of other female sentinels.” Lu Bo Ting said, “I will change clothes, and do some makeup.”

He ordered a man who was a master of make-up (disguises) in the army, and he could change a man into a woman and a woman into a man with no problem.

“Be quick.” Xue Chi immediately said, “We only have ten minutes.”

Maybe the tsunami was trying to prevent them from doing anything, so they only gave ten minutes.

Although they couldn’t see the tsunami pirates, they didn’t dare bet on what they would do if they weren’t out in ten minutes.

The only way the threat to the tsunami would work is if they did as they were told.

If they don’t, the tsunami side will just turn on the hostages. It’s no surprise what a bunch of heartless, inhumane people can do.

Fortunately, the staff arrived quickly, and the clothes were readily available.

Shi Nian took out a bottle of long hair potion, which Lu Bo Ting took and then cut out his hair with a robot.

“It’s a good thing this required a female soldier. If this was a disguise of Madam Lu, it would take less than two hours to make the hair look like hers. ” Xue Chi muttered while he was busy, while the two-person mecha was brought.

It was obvious that the two of them each had a Super S-grade mecha, but it was not the right time for either of them to take them out, so they had to take a lower-grade two-person mecha.

Shi Nian and the disguised Lu Bo Ting boarded the craft together.

Shi Nian looked over every now and then.

Lu Bo Ting: “……”

“It’s a pity that the situation is not right, otherwise you should have changed into a princess dress and not cut your hair……”

Lu Bo Ting lifted his hand and rubbed the top of his head, saying, “Don’t be silly……. There’s a message from the other side. ”

The Tsunami Star Pirates seemed to be stuck on the watch, as they had called exactly ten minutes later.

First, they glanced at Shi Nian, who reached out and waved, “Hi.”

The Tsunami Star Pirates: “……”

Lu Bo Ting was not taken so seriously. He was just given a casual glance, as if to confirm that it was a woman.

However, Shi Nian’s heart sank slightly.

The other person was pretending to be a woman, and logically, there didn’t seem to be any problem believing it, but..

Would a star pirate really be so careless?

If it were him, he would have asked Lu Bo Ting to say something, or exchanged a few words to see if there was anything suspicious.

But no.

The star pirates seemed particularly at ease now, and the other side was quick to give the next coordinates.

After hanging up the call, Lu Bo Ting said, “Sure enough.”

It seemed like they wanted to let Shi Nian go alone, but in fact, they knew Shi Nian couldn’t go alone, so they were counting on the two of them to come.

The question is;

“How exactly did they get in touch with the Zerg?”

“The Star Pirates are the most malicious of all, and it’s easier for the Zerg to get to them than it is for the regular army to find them.”

The more bottomless and greedy a person is, without a doubt, they are the easiest to manipulate.

Human words are effective, not to mention the Zerg’s numerous tactics.

He wondered what the other side had prepared to use against them.

“Don’t stray too far from me. I don’t want to be a widow when things really turn south and I can’t save you in time. ”

Lu Bo Ting: “……”

Lu Bo Ting took a deep breath and said, “Don’t run around either.”

“No way!” Shi Nian was surprised. “You didn’t realize until now that if we really fight, you’re not my opponent! When you really become a dragon, maybe then you’ll have the strength to fight me. ”

Lu Bo Ting: “……”

“No matter how strong you are, I’ll still be worried.” He suddenly said.

Shi Nian froze.

He then laughed and said, “Boss, I didn’t see that coming. I thought you didn’t know how to say such sweet things before, but it turns out that your skills are so high that they are natural. ”

As he spoke, the mech was already heading towards its target.

Of course, it wasn’t just the two of them. On the day they arrived in space, Lu Bo Ting and his team had discussed many different ways of doing this operation.

But since they had only brutally fought the Zerg face to-face before, and had never rescued a hostage before, they consulted with the space defence department.

The kidnapping was a big one, and, of course, the rescue process was very thorough.

Lu Bo Ting only brought his cronies, and even the space defense department was only consulted, but they had no idea what the final plan was.

Lu Bo Ting was in charge of driving the mecha, and Shi Nian was impatient. “I don’t know how long this will take.”

Yes, the tsunami star pirated didn’t even give them the location of the spaceship right away, and they were made to flying back and forth between different coordinates they were given each time, “They are just waiting for us to run out of energy, aren’t they?”

“No.” Lu Bo Ting said. “They should have considered that we had backup energy.”

If it was not possible to carry more than that before, now that they had the space steel, they could bring as much as we want.

This was the case, and Shi Nian had already started to eat.

As a guide, he had to sit in the back seat in order to hide the fact that he could drive a mecha before the tsunami pirates. There was a pane of glass between them, but the situation was very different from that of the cockpit.

This side is not affected by the gravitational pressure, so even a guide could stay inside.

This separate space was naturally convenient for Shi Nian to eat in, as it did not interfere with the cockpit at all.

The food that he had brought from home and put in the storage bag came out intact and warm.

After all, when you’re out and about, you can’t carry foods like shrimp and crabs with their shells because you have to eat while peeling.

For example, Shi Nian packed a small bowl of boneless chicken melon.

He took it out and ate it with gusto.

It came with a bowl of sour plum.

“Are you eating?” he asked Lu Bo Ting.

Lu Bo Ting shook his head, “I drank the nutrient solution earlier. I’m not hungry yet.”

Shi Nian raised his thumb.

This was a strong man to be able to enjoy the “deliciousness” of the liquid.

Human inspiration is strange; sometimes it comes when you are eating, taking a bath, or even when you are about to fall asleep.

But somehow, as he ate, he remembered the novel he had read two days before.

“Those novels often have the main character having problems with his mech in space, falling onto a planet, and then going through a primitive survival plot. If it were us…”

“If it were us, we’d have beds and blankets, and I guess we could build a hut out of materials. Of course, that is in case we are not in a hurry, as we have two spare mechs.” Lu Bo Ting said.

“And nowadays, the safety devices on mechs are very sophisticated, and people rarely travel alone, so the kind of situation you mentioned is basically impossible. ”

Shi Nian twitched at the corners of his mouth. That was a blatant barb if you put it under context.

“If you write about a person who eats and sleeps every day, who would want to read that?” Shi Nian lay back and said leisurely, “And do you think those kinds of situations are easy to counter in novels?”

Wait a minute.

He got a thought and started looking up the nearby planets.

“What if the tsunami pirates want us to make a forced landing and then face them alone when we are isolated?”

Lu Bo Ting immediately guessed what he was thinking.

Lu Bo Ting nodded, “It’s possible.”

Of course, there was also the possibility that the Zerg would suddenly stop messing around and come out of nowhere to eat them alive in space.

It’s not like that had a good chance of success, if you think about it…

So what’s the plan this time, anyway?

Lu Bo Ting: “I think their focus should still have something to do with that group of hostages…”

He turned onto the new path the star pirates had given him, as Shi Nian took a look at the star map, trying to analyze the coordinates.

Then he found it was to a planet: “This is marked a purple level threat. How dangerous must it be? ”

If it was any deeper, it would be the kind of planet that was deadly and lifeless.

Lu Bo Ting, who was linked to the same light screen as him, also saw the planet.

He said, “It is indeed dangerous. Only the top mercenaries will go in. There are quite a few precious and exclusive ores inside, but they are extremely difficult to mine, so the price is high, attracting many daring gold hunters.”

When he clicked on the details of the planet, he found that the environment there was very harsh. Things like flowers and trees could not grow at all, and one could not stay long in a protective suit. Not to mention having to avoid natural disasters that could happen at any time.

A sudden whirlwind that could sweep people up into the sky, a sudden change in the earth’s crust that can create large cracks, or a place that is suddenly so hot that your feet can instantly get cooked… and so on and so forth.

The key point is that there is an obvious pattern in these events. Only some mercenaries who come and go can detect them, but it is also common for irregularities to occur.

The netizens had jokingly called it,  “the planet of ice and fire.”

Nian had suspicions that that the other side was trying to take advantage of the planet’s harsh conditions to deal with them. Their current position was, indeed, getting closer and closer to that side.

So when the Tsunami pirates made contact again, he was generous enough to show off the information that he had just searched for, to show that he had discovered their thought process.

He managed to see the face of the Tsunami Star pirate on the light screen turn green.

Then the other side dumped on them another set of coordinates away from the level purple dangerous planet and in another direction.

This time, it wasn’t a roundabout route.

They finally saw the hijacked ship.