Chapter 108: Romance in the Sea of Stars
Interstellar pirates are a word full of romanticism, and pirate legends about wandering star fields are circulated in many civilizations. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Some people say that there was once a rich pirate king who hid his life savings in the Dark Star Field before his death, only to be dug up by his successor, so as to make waves. Comics about this story have sold well all over the world, and even people have all kinds of unrealistic fantasies about interstellar pirates.
Even, every year, there will be girls with low IQ who embark on a journey to the wandering star field with a spring in their minds, dreaming of meeting an interstellar pirate full of wild and aristocratic temperament, and then compose a romantic love song.
In fact, of course, pirates have no romance at all, and most of them are low-level pariahs who have fallen into the grass, and there are neither gorgeous warships nor aristocratic pirate etiquette. Generally speaking, an old spaceship that is in tatters and may disintegrate in space at any time, a dozen rickety landing mechs, and individual soldiers that have been eliminated by major powers for many years...... That's all the assets of most interstellar pirates, and because the cost of living in space is much higher than on land, pirates can also save money, eating tawny sticky synthetic food, and drinking body fluids purified by second-hand circulation devices - most of them have some unbearable taste. Then the domestic water was naturally close to nothing, so it was common for pirates not to bathe for several weeks.
When many girls from civilized countries saw the interstellar pirates with their own eyes, the three views were as torn apart as their ***, and then completely withered after a few years of ** career.
However, this kind of ****-like interstellar pirate is also one of the space disasters that should not be underestimated.
Although their warships are dilapidated and rudimentary, they are still quite threatening against those small civilian ships. Once the shield is shattered, the thin armor will not be able to withstand the drill carried by the landing mech. And the crews of ordinary civilian ships are even more unable to resist heavily armed pirates.
Countless people die at the hands of interstellar pirates every year, and even more so in the Wandering Star Field. And such a high victim rate naturally greatly stimulated the prosperity of the pirate market, and more and more low-level untouchables joined the piracy industry, constantly pushing the order of the wandering star field to the chaotic side.
So much so that in recent years, pirates in the wandering star field have become as common as stray cats and dogs, and they have become a local specialty. A person who has never seen an interstellar pirate is not qualified to say that he has been to the wandering star field at all.
But Wang Ye didn't expect that he would encounter pirates on this trip.
Because it doesn't make sense.
Due to their weakness, interstellar pirates usually only pick the weakest opponents, such as adventurers in solo ships or dilapidated civilian transport ships in small chambers of commerce. Slightly larger spaceships, they dare not provoke, regardless of the armament on the spaceship, the heavy shield alone is enough for the pirates to have to fight out the inventory of ammunition, greatly increasing the cost of looting. In addition, those **** people who obviously have a background and skills, pirates usually do not provoke, so as not to cause trouble in vain.
As for Yura, who has been a snake head on the Bird Hunting Star for so many years, of course, the **** background is sufficient, and although her spaceship is an old model, it has undergone super-first-class modifications, and its performance is not much worse than that of the transport ships in service in major countries. For an average pirate, such a target is basically equivalent to drawing a skeleton in the lower left corner of the avatar, which cannot be provoked at all.
Now, however, there were constant alarms in the ship's corridors, and the crew nervously armed each other...... Judging by their attitudes, the danger this time is not trivial.
Could it be that you have encountered a large pirate group?
Although the pirates in the Wandering Star Domain are generally very low, after so many years of accumulation and development, there are always a few high-end pirate groups with amazing combat effectiveness. Maryland's ancestor, the pirate king Locktar, is an example, and when he was alive, even the regular armies of the great powers dared to provoke them, which can be called lawless. After him, several large pirate groups appeared in the Wandering Star Field, although they all ended in extinction without exception, but at their peak, they all had strength comparable to that of regular armies.
If you encounter a large pirate group like that, the situation is troublesome. No matter how modified this stowaway ship is, after all, it is a frame from 70 years ago, and its performance is limited, and once it is entangled in the high-performance warships of a large pirate group, it can't even run. But...... Is it so coincidental that it is rare to encounter a large pirate group after a smuggling trip?
And a large group of pirates is coming to trouble the stowaways? How unthinkable is this, a group of poor ghosts who can only live in tuna cold storage, catch and work as mining slaves?
However, after a while, Yura came over with a serious face.
"Wang Ye, the situation may not be good, you ...... Can you help?"
Wang Ye was quite surprised: "You already need me to take action? You can't solve it yourself? What is the origin of the enemy?"
"A hybrid raised on the Oasis space station. Jura gritted her teeth when she mentioned the enemy, "It's Jack's ace fleet, and they are rampant in the surrounding area on weekdays, but they rarely appear here, this is never a hunting area with oil and water, and our luck this time is really bad." ”
"Can't it be resolved through negotiation, pay a little toll and let them let you go. ”
“...... It's too late. Jura took a breath, "By the time the radar spotted them, they had already raised the Skull Flag, a sign of slaughter. ”
"What the hell have you done that is so angry?"
Jura said: "The pirate group of the Oasis sometimes does not need to have any grudges with people, they will go on a killing spree, they think it is a training of blood...... So when the skeleton flag is raised, you can only consider yourself unlucky. ”
"Eh, I think it's a little suspicious, or maybe it's such a coincidence, I just happened to run into it...... I advise you to tell the truth. ”
Yura was still hesitating, and Wang Ye added: "Although I appreciate your friendship with Maryland, but limited by your appearance, I will not fight hard against the pirate fleet for you." If I really wait for them to come around, I will only transform into a battleship and then break through with all my might, and then slowly find the field, and I will definitely not waste any energy to protect you. ”
Hearing this, Yura was about to persuade something, but Maryland's voice sounded behind her.
"Yura, it's better to tell the truth, he really did that kind of thing. I didn't have a good relationship with him to the point where he would waste his energy to help...... Then, once the situation reaches the worst, I can only try to protect myself, and I am afraid that I will not be able to spare the energy to help you. After all, we're just a dewy marriage. ”
"Ahh Yura finally gave up, her whole shoulder collapsed, "This smuggling, I also carried a little bit of private goods. ”
"How much can you sell for bootlegged goods?"
Jura hesitated: "You can exchange it for 20 million currency at the Oasis Space Station." ”
"Twenty million. Wang Ye repeated, "That's undoubtedly a huge amount of money, you can pack the whole venue for a month in the most luxurious nightclub of the Oasis Space Station, and by the way, it's more than enough to cover the Oasis Princess for a month, and you can even buy a new large transport ship." Twenty million, this does give the large pirate group a reason to raise the skull flag. ”
“...... These are all my savings for the last few years, and I was going to leave the Wandering Star Domain for a while. I've done this very secretly, and it stands to reason that no one should know about it. ”
Wang Ye sneered: "Joke, why don't people know? Forget it, since the matter has come to light, I don't need to teach you what to do next." ”
"Huh?" Yura was stunned for a moment, "what do you want to say?"
“...... You really don't understand? Find a small rescue pod, stuff your cargo into it, and launch it at the pirate group. Then pray that they will lower the skull flag when they get the goods. Do you still need me to teach you the truth of breaking the fortune and avoiding disaster? Have you never encountered a similar situation after so many years of being a snake?"
"But ......"
"If you want money or death, choose for yourself. ”
Yura finally didn't hesitate any longer, although every snake head living in the wandering star field will have a ruthless character who wants money and doesn't want to die, but she can live to this day, and naturally understands that life is more important than money.
And at this moment, suddenly a somewhat timid voice came from behind the three of them.
"Excuse me, are you collecting life-saving money now?"
"Huh?"
Wang Ye turned around and saw the couple who had been talking and laughing with him before.
"We also know a little bit of the rule, once we encounter a space pirate, we can choose to raise everyone's money to buy their lives, this ship...... There are not many people who can be called rich. Although the two of us have limited funds, it will be worth it if we can save everyone. ”
As he spoke, the man took out a stack of paper documents from his pocket: "This is our bill of lading at the Oasis Space Station, if it is worth about 3.5 million, I don't know if we can buy those pirates......"
"Three and a half million, this is all your belongings. ”
The man smiled bitterly: "It is said that if you hide your personal interests without permission, if you are discovered, it will affect the whole ship, and you can make more money, but there is only one life." ”
"Ha, that's what I said, but when the time comes, I'm afraid there are only one or two out of ten people who can pay calmly. Wang Ye was amazed, this businessman couple was really not ordinary decisive.
In the Wandering Star Domain, the so-called return of the daughter after being scattered is definitely a joke. The couple can make money peacefully and earn it to this day, it is already a great luck, and they really start from scratch, and it is a high probability event that the middle way collapses before starting a business.
But they still have no hesitation.
"Okay, for your sake, I'll move a little bit today. Wang Ye said, stretching his waist.
(To be continued.) )