CHAPTER 1382: CHAPTER 1382 COSMIC PIRATES

You immediately activated the Axe without a second word. In the quiet workshop, a sudden rumbling sound erupted from somewhere, and many people saw a black shadow shoot up into the sky from within the workshop. All anti-aircraft units received a red alert, and the star domain over Zhonghua Star became filled with Mech Soldiers and battleships.

After breaking through the first line of defense, you immediately connected to Zhonghua Star’s military channel: "I want to meet your president, connect me to his office immediately!"

"I am Lieutenant General Li Jiachen, and I now order you to surrender immediately!" a high-ranking officer shouted at you.

"Cut the crap, let me see Li Guangyao! I’ll count to three, if he doesn’t show up, I’ll kill his niece!" You didn’t appear, and your voice had changed considerably. At this moment, Li Qimeng’s image appeared on the big screen at the military headquarters. The general who recognized Li Qimeng immediately shouted, "Quick, connect to the president’s exclusive channel!"

With a composed demeanor, Li Guangyao appeared on the screen. His expression was calm, yet his eyes showed a fierce glint: "I don’t know who you are, but I hope we can resolve this peacefully."

"Of course, I’m not bloodthirsty. The issue is simple: let us leave. As soon as we exit your nation’s star domain, I’ll immediately release Director Li."

Since the conversation between Li Guangyao and you was on an exclusive channel, it was only known between the two of you, with no outsiders able to eavesdrop. Your Mech was enveloped in a special energy, glowing with a dazzling blue hue under the night, which normal detectors couldn’t fully reveal, only knowing it was a Mech Soldier.

"Why should I trust you?"

"That’s something I can’t prove. If you don’t believe me, you could launch an attack against me right now," you said with a smile. "With my abilities, I can leave Zhonghua Star unscathed, but I don’t like killing, after all, you’re not my enemy."

"So are we friends?"

"Not exactly, at least not now. As for the future, who knows, it depends on fate."

Li Guangyao frowned slightly and said, "Okay, we will dispatch a shuttle to follow you. At the time, you will send Director Li into the shuttle. How about that?"

"Okay, I accept." To achieve such a result is the best possible outcome.

With the eyes of many soldiers and officers from China upon you, you headed into the vast cosmos with a shuttle.

In less than ten minutes, you reached the border of Zhonghua Star’s star domain. Zhonghua Star’s troops couldn’t exceed this area, otherwise, they would be mercilessly shot by the Alliance Army on the grounds of starting a war.

"Alright, you’ve sent us far enough." Midway, you had Zhao’er dress Li Qimeng in a spacesuit and casually ejected her from the cockpit, transforming into a flash of blue light, quickly disappearing from everyone’s view before the shuttle arrived.

"Can we perform a long-range track?" asked several key officers in Li Guangyao’s command room.

"No, the speed of that Mech is extremely fast, and it entered space jump five seconds ago."

"How is Director Li?" Li Guangyao was most concerned about his niece.

"Director Li has already entered the shuttle and is in good condition, but she appears quite furious."

"As long as she’s fine." Li Guangyao breathed a sigh of relief and then said, "Have her write a detailed report upon her return."

"Yes."

"Finally, we’re out." Inside the space jump, you exhaled heavily.

"Yun, your actions have deeply hurt Director Li, and she won’t let this go. We’ve gained another enemy," Zhao’er said somewhat worriedly.

"It doesn’t matter; she brought it on herself anyway."

Zhao’er didn’t wish to dwell on this issue further, and changed the topic, "Yun, where should we start? There should be a garrison on Numa Planet, and acting recklessly could easily set off a chain reaction."

"I’ve already thought about this issue." You quickly typed on the keyboard, and a star map appeared on the control screen. Pointing to a small satellite around Numa Planet, you said, "We’ll begin from there. This satellite is called Bamana, where over a hundred thousand Numa Star people reside. It’s the last sanctuary of Numa Planet."

"Sanctuary?"

"Yes, the governor of that place is native to Numa Planet. Pang Qin once mentioned Bamana to me during a chat, and these hundred thousand Numa Star people can be considered the elite of Numa Planet. They uphold freedom as their creed and have continuously challenged the Alliance Army. However, it’s merely a verbal challenge since the Alliance Army hasn’t launched an invasion war. They can’t be too ruthless. Otherwise, it might spark racial hatred, and the entire Numa Planet would be doomed. This kind of self-damaging affair won’t be done by the Alliance’s guys."

After hearing your words, Zhao’er fell silent, realizing these were matters for men. The only thing she could do was silently support her man from the side.

"Beep beep, enemies detected ahead." At this point, the Axe’s system automatically issued an alert.

You raised your eyebrows, sneered, "These damn Cosmic Pirates, the best way to deal with them is to eradicate them completely!"

"Enter combat mode." You pressed a button, and a transparent partition appeared between you and Zhao’er.

You spoke to Zhao’er through the intercom, "In combat mode, the gravity inside the cockpit is ten times Earth’s gravity. I’m afraid you won’t be able to withstand it, so I separated us with a partition."

"Understood, be careful, Yun." Zhao’er thought for a moment and added, "Yun, our forces are currently thin. I personally believe we should try to win over some forces and gradually strengthen ourselves. These Cosmic Pirates are interconnected. If we can control them, it will greatly increase our power."

Upon hearing Zhao’er’s words, you immediately fell into thought, eventually nodding and smiling, "Zhao’er is right. Sometimes enemies can become friends too, I was too constrained."

"Yun often sticks too much to his views, but he has many strengths that I admire," Zhao’er said with admiration.

"Heh, let’s discuss this later. First, let’s give these pirates a show of strength!"

In the control room of The Haijing, a middle-aged man was staring intently ahead. Just moments ago, his subordinates had detected a powerful energy source, but it had suddenly disappeared. According to the radar, it should be a private travel ship of some wealthy individual.

"Boss, something’s wrong!" A boy, barely eighteen, rushed in frantically.

"Calm down, we’re pirates!" The middle-aged man slapped the boy and shouted, "Speak, what’s happening?"

"It’s a Mech Soldier!" The boy showed a horrified expression, "And it’s piloted by that man."