Falling Star City, villa area.

"Whoosh!" The flying armor that swept low at a low altitude let out a series of shrill whistling whistles, which rattled the glass.

"Dad, I'm scared!" A little girl of three or four years old hugged her father's thigh and muttered.

"Don't be afraid, not afraid!" The middle-aged man picked up the little girl and looked at the meteors and various flying machines in the sky through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Meteor City, a bustling commercial city on the Planet 3 subcontinent of Broly.

It is said that thousands of years ago, a meteorite fell, forming a huge crater here, but I didn't expect to be lucky enough to smash out the energy crystal mine buried deep underground, causing a gold rush and making the city rich for hundreds of years.

Although the minerals have been exhausted, the foundation is still there, and it is still one of the most prosperous cities on the entire planet, but this time it has also suffered a disaster.

"Antonio! What are we going to do? The beautiful wife leaned over and hugged her husband tightly, her face a little frightened.

"It's okay, it's okay! The pirates should be targeting the port docks and supply warehouses, and we're safe here, and those pirates won't go on a killing spree if they don't want to anger the Empire. Antonio was comforted, but the sadness on his face did not diminish at all.

He runs a sizable interstellar transportation company in Meteor City, and although it is inferior to the top elites who were evacuated in advance, he also has small assets.

After struggling for half a life, he finally bought real estate in this rich villa area, married a wife, and had a caring little padded jacket.

I thought that my life was about to enter the fast lane, but I didn't expect that his company was robbed of several transport ships in the last pirate disaster, and also lost a lot of money to customers, which can be described as a heavy loss.

He hasn't recovered from the last loss, but this time it's even worse, the pirates blocked the airport, and even he himself was blocked on the planet and couldn't get out, and the life of his whole family was threatened.

"Da Da Da!" "Boom!"

At this moment, a fierce firefight suddenly sounded in the distance, and the light of an explosion came from not far away.

Antonio suddenly tensed.

The villa area is on high ground and has a wide view, and they look towards the location of the firefight, and find that it is two mechs belonging to the Locke Consortium Garrison that are chasing and killing several pirate invaders, and it seems that they have the absolute upper hand.

There are a lot of pirates, but they are all light individual power armor, which is not comparable to this kind of land mecha at all, and they are beaten with their heads in the head.

However, before the ordinary citizens who saw this scene cheered, they saw two thick red beams of light shooting from the sky, and the strong light instantly pierced the clouds!

"Boom! Rumble! "There were two explosions, and the two heroes who bravely resisted in the eyes of the citizens were directly vaporized.

This ruthless scene immediately extinguished the rebellion of many people.

Although the pirates who were airborne did not carry any heavy weapons, for the pirates who had completely mastered air supremacy, the role of the marines was to be a tool man, a locator.

If you can't beat it, just call the naval guns directly, it's simple and rude!

Each Pirate Marine has a built-in optical positioning device in the tactical helmet, and all enemies in the field of vision may be relentlessly attacked from the planet's high-altitude orbit at any time.

War situations such as 10,000 mecha battles, tank battles, and Star Wars basically only exist in science fiction movies, and in reality, the side that controls the orbit has already occupied an absolute advantage, and there is no need to airdrop a large amount of mecha heavy firepower to play any planetary surface battle with the other party.

"This is the Shattered Star Pirate Alliance, I warn you to give up resistance, don't make senseless sacrifices, we only seek money, don't hurt people, don't kill people, civilized robbery, start with you and me!"

Antonio and his wife looked at each other.

This persuasion warns...... Why does it sound a bit of a drama?

The voice of the city radio resounded throughout most of the city, and kept repeating.

Apparently, the town hall has already been taken by pirates.

"Husband, this is a rich area, and it will definitely be looted by the pirates, otherwise we will take our daughter out of here first?"

Antonio hesitated for a moment, but shook his head slightly, "Now that people outside are panicking, law and order is failing, and rioters are everywhere, it is not necessarily safer than here." ”

"Ding Dong!" Just then, the doorbell rang in the room.

The scene outside the door automatically appeared on the electronic screen, but it startled the two of them.

"Sea ...... Pirate! The wife exclaimed.

Outside the door were two heavily armed pirates.

"How...... What to do? The wife hugged her daughter tightly, looking panicked.

"Don't panic! Don't panic! A cold sweat appeared on Antonio's forehead, and he secretly screamed in his heart.

Touching the energy pistol on his waist, his heart was a little calm, but when he looked at the two pirates armed to the teeth outside, the courage he had just raised immediately dissipated without a trace.

Compared with the opponent's armor defense, the one on his waist can only be regarded as a laser pointer, can it be used to dazzle the opponent's eyes?

"Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong~" After a long time of no response, the pirates outside the door seemed to be a little impatient, and rang the doorbell repeatedly.

One of the pirates seemed to be a little angry and was about to smash the door with his gun, but was stopped by another pirate.

"I'll open the door! Hide in the closet first! Antonio gritted his teeth when he saw this.

"Don't! It's too dangerous! ”

"Don't worry, according to what they said, they shouldn't kill people casually, besides, have you ever seen a pirate who robbed and rang the doorbell?" Antonio forced himself to calm down and comforted.

It's not okay if you don't go out now, who knows what the consequences will be if you anger the other party.

"Crunch~" The door opened, and Antonio cautiously poked his head out.

"Two, this is all the money in the family, invite the two brothers to tea." Antonio took out a bag of energy crystals very goodly, and made an intoxicating sound with a tinkling sound.

"Hey! Count you kid acquaintance! The pirate's eyes lit up as soon as he tried to slam the door, and he habitually reached out to take it.

"Ahem!" The other, slightly older pirate with a scar on his face, coughed, causing the outstretched hand to freeze in mid-air, before finally retracting it in a scornful manner.

"Antonio, huh?" The pirate looked at the terminal in his hand that had been connected to the city hall's database, and retrieved Antonio's information.

"The owner of the Bassanio Interstellar Transport Company, with 3.76 million imperial credits in his name, should be your wife and children, I should be right?" As he spoke, he smiled what he thought was very friendly.

Of course, with the hideous scar on the other party's face, which fell in Antonio's eyes, this is tantamount to a "devil's smile".

"You...... You ......" Antonio clenched his fists in horror.

How did the other party find out? What exactly do they want to do? Threatening me with my wife and children?

"Hey! With a life detector, do you really think you can hide it? Another pirate tapped his tactical helmet.

"Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you, according to the tiered rate table for protection fees established by Lord Pirate King, protection fees are waived for assets below 5,000.

If the assets are more than one million, but less than 5 million, you need to pay 10% of the protection fee, and the old and weak women and children can be exempted, so we need to charge 376,000 protection fees this time, is it cash or transfer? ”

"Uh......"

Even with Antonio's years of experience in traveling south and north, he was stunned for a long time when he encountered such a thing.

However, the other party had no intention of threatening him with his wife and children, which made Antonio feel a lot more relieved.

"Cash?" Antonio suspiciously handed over the bag of hard currency in his hand.

This loss, although it was a bit painful for him, was undoubtedly much better than the worst.

The pirate grabbed a handful of energy crystals, flipped them, looked at the weight display on his helmet, and picked out two more pieces and threw them back into the bag.

"Thank you for your patronage!" The pirate tugged at the corners of his mouth and smiled again.

"Oh yes! This is the 'Escort Plan' leaflet that our Shattered Star Pirate Alliance has just launched, as long as you pay a certain escort fee regularly, your company can be unimpeded in the surrounding boundaries of our Shattered Star Domain, and absolutely no pirate dares to attack your idea.

Recently, it happened to be in the promotion period, and there were discounts if there was a continuous monthly subscription, so Mr. An could consider it. ”

With a bewildered expression, he took the bag and leaflet handed back, and until the two pirates were far away, Antonio was still a little dazed.

He looked at the money bag on his left hand, and then at the leaflet on his right.

Did these pirates take the wrong medicine?

The money that has been sent to the hand, and there is a reason to pay it back? Are you sure it's not a salesperson who came to Amway?

Ring the doorbell again, what kind of protection fee ladder rate table, the old and weak women and children still have preferential treatment, is this still a vicious pirate?

It's a breath of fresh air in the pirate world!