Volume VI Chapter 176 Smugglers

The vast uninhabited area is not protected by the Alliance army, and once it falls into the hands of pirates, the fate will be very miserable.

Pirates are a fairly old profession, and these pirates living in space are far more ferocious than the pirates who lived on sailboats in ancient times, and the vast sea of stars has become their best hiding place, and it is difficult to find them even if they are searched on a large scale.

Xia Fei hesitated, but still answered the communication on the other end of the signal, after all, his battleship is cruiser-class, ordinary pirates are nothing at all, unless they meet the legendary warlord, a cruiser can definitely travel the stars as unhindered as its name.

"This is the Tomahawk, now tell me who you are." Xia Fei asked.

The Tomahawk was the name that Xia Fei gave to his Fury-class cruiser, which looked very much like a silver Tomahawk from the outside, so Xia Fei named it after its appearance.

In the absence of the support of the satellite network, interstellar communication will be interfered by many environmental factors, and it will become extremely difficult, especially ultra-long-distance communication has long been a problem that has plagued mankind for a long time.

The Tomahawk is equipped with large communication equipment, so its signal is not bad, but the other party obviously does not have such advanced communication equipment, and the sound transmitted is intermittent and indistinct.

"Please repeat your identity and the composition of the opposing ship." Xia Fei said with a frown.

The current situation is that the attacked spaceship can hear Xia Fei's voice, but Xia Fei's side can't make their voices clear.

If this group of pirates was only one or two ships, Xia Fei was confident that he could quickly expel these enemies and save the attacked ship, but if the other party had a whole fleet, it would be very bad.

Moreover, in the no-man's land, some cunning pirates will deliberately use distress signals as bait, and other ships will take the bait, and Xia Fei has to guard against it.

From the intermittent voice, I can only hear the words "help", "Tea Falcon class", "pirate", it is speculated that a civilian ship was attacked by a tea falcon-class frigate piloted by pirates and was caught.

With a few taps of his finger on the light curtain, Xia Fei drove the Tomahawk according to the location mark where the signal was located, ready to jump.

"What to do to save it? What if it's an enemy trap? The ghost said worriedly.

Xia Fei shook his head, "I don't know, anyway, I really want to go over." ”

The ghost shadow was speechless for a while, things are so wonderful, Xia Fei is a very rational and thinking person, it is said that this kind of person should belong to the calm type, not easy to be impulsive.

But Xia Fei often acts according to his instincts, is extremely crazy, reckless of consequences and costs, and sometimes unreasonable.

Fortunately, Xia Fei has a perception ability that far exceeds that of ordinary people, and his sixth sense is often very accurate, so he has not suffered a big loss until now.

It's just that these extreme personalities are all embodied in Xia Fei alone, making it difficult for others to see through his essence, Ghost and Xia Fei have lived together for more than two years, and finally came to a conclusion that Xia Fei is neither calm nor impulsive, he is a complex and deteriorating human being.

Thirty-five thousand light-years away, the massive Tomahawk burrowed out of its wormhole and glared into the dark night sky.

I saw that a small industrial ship was surrounded and beaten by a tea falcon-class frigate, and the missile ** shot out light blue flames, which continued to explode and burn on the hull of this industrial ship.

Obviously, this industrial ship was on the verge of collapse, and if Xia Fei was a minute late, he might be buried in the sea of stars and become one of the countless garbage floating in the universe.

"Light combat drone release, target Cha Falcon class frigate, hit me hard"

"The jump jamming system warms up quickly and is ready to interfere with enemy jumps at any time"

Xia Fei sat in the command room and was calm, and one command after another was constantly passed to the battleship's intelligent command system.

Thanks to the existence of the intelligent system, Xia Fei can completely control this huge cruiser by himself, without the help of others, if this ship is placed in the cosmic society a long time ago, I am afraid that it will only take thousands of people to be able to operate it.

The Tea Falcon class frigate is no match for the Tomahawk at all, the two of them are like a watermelon versus a cherry, and they are not opponents of the same level at all.

"Oh my God, this is a cruiser, and it's a cruiser for the Adjudicators' Guild"

"Hurry up and make an emergency jump."

As soon as the pirate ship saw the Tomahawk, it began to flee in a panic, and the jump engine turned on with all its might, and in an instant it escaped into the sea of stars, disappearing without a trace.

I'm afraid that it will be difficult for them to get out of the shadows for a long time from now on, and a huge cruiser-class battleship suddenly appeared, which greatly stimulated these little pirates, not to mention a cruiser of the Adjudicators' Guild, and there was no telling how many powerful Adjudicators could be contained in the battleship.

In fact, they were only half right, there was indeed a judge on the Tomahawk, but only one probationary judge.

"I actually ran away" Xia Fei pursed his lips, feeling a little dissatisfied in his heart.

Cruiser-class ships, while powerful, are a bit less agile when dealing with smaller opponents, as the larger the ship, the longer the reaction time.

"If it's the Vampire, they won't be able to escape." Xia Fei said to himself.

The ghost shadow smiled, "I've read from your ancient books that a soldier who surrenders without a fight is the highest level of the art of war, isn't it good, a small broken ship, if it runs, it will run, let's save the industrial ship first." ”

Xia Fei nodded, grabbed the communicator from the command platform and said to the industrial ship that had been hit to the structure: "Now inform your name and alliance number, as well as your purpose. ”

"My name is Harry, the Alliance identity code, I am a merchant who was going to sell some food to the Black Abyss Star Field, and I was robbed by pirates." An old man in his fifties said on the light curtain.

Xia Fei smiled, what businessman would risk driving a small boat through a no-man's land, this person is undoubtedly a smuggler.

Xia Fei is not disgusted with the smuggling business, no matter what, their existence will more or less bring some materials to the Death Three-Star Domain, the local warlords and tyrants are rampant, and the people are already miserable, and being able to buy a little cheap items from the smugglers can at least make the people living in the Death Three-Star Domain a little better.

Therefore, the people of the Death Three-Star Domain have a welcoming attitude towards smugglers, often offering them supplies and even providing them with shelter when they are hunted down by warlords.

These Xia Fei all learned from the Star Network, but unfortunately the information about this enclave in the alliance is very limited, and Xia Fei only has some vague impressions of the Death Star Domain.

"How's your ship doing?" Xia Fei asked.

The old man shook his head and said pitifully: "The structure is eighty-nine percent damaged, I'm afraid it won't last long, respected adjudicator, where are you going, can you take me with you?" ”

Any spaceship is composed of energy shields, armor, and structural protective layers, the structure of this industrial ship is about to collapse, it is impossible to make a long-distance jump in this state, the tearing force of the wormhole can easily be torn to pieces, in this vast no-man's land, failure to jump is equivalent to being sentenced to death, and it is impossible to survive.

Xia Fei thought for a moment, "You're the only one on the boat?" ”

"Yes, it's just me, so take me with you." Harry said anxiously, his old white face was already scared because he had been attacked by the pirates just now, and he was trembling all over.

"The smuggler must be familiar with this route, and it might be useful to bring this person with him." Xia Fei said in his heart.

His biggest problem now is that he is not familiar with the road, and navigating the space is not just as simple as getting from one point to another, but also needs to avoid those deadly black holes and white holes, ion storms and rays that can cause damage to warships, and so on.

Originally a nine-day voyage, Xia Fei flew for thirteen days, and encountered danger several times in the middle, fortunately, the Tomahawk is a large battleship, with an incomparably hard shell, and it is far more calm than a small warship when encountering danger, if it is a vampire, Xia Fei is likely to have been buried in the sea of stars at this time.

This is a no-man's land far away from the alliance, the star map is not perfect, many deadly locations have not been marked, if there is a person who is familiar with this sea of stars as a guide, it is better than Xia Fei wandering around alone.

"Okay, open the battleship docking channel, I'll pick you up, and bring your route map and navigation computer with you." Xia Fei said.

Since Harry is a smuggler who walks this death route all year round, his navigation computer must have accumulated a lot of useful information for Xia Fei, so Xia Fei ordered him to bring his own route map.

Harry agreed, and thanked Xia Fei vigorously.

Soon, the docking system of the two ships was completed, Xia Fei walked out of the command room and came to the entrance of the passage to wait for him, the heart of defense is indispensable, a stranger wants to enter his battleship Xia Fei must deal with it carefully.

Harry dragged two large pockets, panting from his industrial ship to the Tomahawk, from the appearance of this man actually looked very quiet, white skin and slender fingers, there was also a pair of gold wire glasses on the bridge of the nose, but this pair of glasses with a very good texture broke from the middle, he glued together with adhesive tape, and the white tape was inevitably a little greasy and dirty after a long time.

Xia Fei carefully checked Harry's things and confirmed that there was nothing wrong, "Do you have a space ring or something on you?" ”

Harry smiled wryly and said, "Lord Adjudicator..."

Xia Fei stretched out his hand to interrupt him, "The name Lord Adjudicator is too awkward, so you can call me Xia Fei." ”

"Lord Xia Fei, I'm just a poor businessman, where did I buy the space ring?" Harry said humbly.

Xia Fei nodded, didn't say anything, Harry turned around and walked back, Xia Fei immediately stopped him, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Lord Xia Fei, the cargo on the ship is my lifeline, if this batch of goods is finished, I will lose my pants."

Xia Fei smiled, sure enough, he was a profiteer, his industrial ship could explode at any time, he was still thinking about the goods on the ship, he was really a master who wanted money and didn't want to die.

couldn't help but say that the passage was closed, Xia Fei immediately drove the Tomahawk to avoid the industrial ship that would explode at any time, Harry's face was extremely ugly, and his heart was so painful that he fainted.

bang

Sure enough, as soon as the Tomahawk left, the industrial ship exploded into a firework, leaving no armor left.

Harry held his heart in one hand, and his face was shocked, as if he was distressed by his loss.

No one noticed that there was no trace of goods in the wreckage of the industrial ship, and the industrial ship of a smuggler was actually empty, could it be that he was selling air? A