"Hum—"

A rapid and strange sound woke Lu Yuan from his retreat.

When he opened his eyes, Lu Yuan's pupils shrank slightly.

I saw that the originally bright and empty cultivation room was actually under a bright and dark red at this time, and in the middle of the room, a huge skull with a miserable white color quietly emerged.

The skull still wore a black one-eyed blindfold on its face, and when it saw Lu Yuan, it immediately let out a piercing laughing sound.

"It's . Virtual Image?! ”

After a short period of shock, Lu Yuan soon discovered the truth about the red light and the skull, and his expression returned to calm.

There is no substantial harm other than scaring people.

But the cultivation room was so smoky, and it was obviously impossible to continue cultivating again.

Lu Yuan turned around and walked out of the cultivation room, only to find that there was also a flickering red light everywhere outside the cultivation room, and there were one-eyed skulls that suddenly appeared from somewhere from time to time.

The entire ship's lighting and AV systems seem to have been completely taken over by these two things.

Listening to the countless strange laughter one after another, as well as the seeping red light that dazzling people's eyes wherever he went, Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel a little irritable in his heart.

Reach out and pull out your personal terminal and tap the terminal screen.

"Land Breeze! Did you secretly use the spaceship light brain to watch the virus in the film?! ”

This shout had a miraculous effect.

After a few seconds of shouting, the red light and skulls in front of Lu Yuan's eyes all disappeared.

The interior of the ship returned to its original serenity and serenity.

Lu Yuan's face turned around slightly, facing Lu Feng, who was standing expressionlessly in front of him.

The corners of his eyes seemed to twitch slightly as he looked at him.

"What just happened?"

Lu Yuan seemed to have forgotten the content of his previous shouting to Lu Feng, and naturally asked Lu Feng the reason.

Lu Feng took a light breath and replied in a deep voice: "The spaceship system has been attacked from outside, and a virus has taken the opportunity to implant it. But it's been fixed now. ”

"External attack?"

Lu Yuan frowned slightly, "Who attacked us?" ”

Lu Feng looked at Lu Yuan's eyes and said two words softly.

"Star Thief."

"Star Thief?!"

Lu Yuan's eyes subconsciously froze.

He was no stranger to the word.

Before setting off, he had done some homework on the various situations that might be encountered during interstellar long-distance travel.

Among them, the Star Thief is one of the most unwilling and likely troubles for Star Travelers.

These vicious, blood-licking outlaws are like jackals wandering in space, and if they are targeted by a passing ship, it means that they are about to face endless trouble.

They will constantly attack and harass the ship, forcing it to change course.

Then little by little the power of the ship is exhausted, and when the time comes, it will bite it hard.

Forcibly blast open the hull of the ship, steal everything valuable inside the ship, and take all the people in the ship to sell as slaves, or kill them outright.

Eventually, the entire ship will be towed away by them, dismantled cleanly, and there will be nothing left.

Seventy percent of the disappearances and damage of spaceships counted by Duo Ling each year are caused by encounters with star pirates.

Lu Yuan had to follow the fleet of the Yongri Chamber of Commerce at the beginning, and the main purpose was to prevent encountering star thieves.

A top-level chamber of commerce fleet like the Yongri Chamber of Commerce, the Star Pirate Group with its average defensive force would not dare to provoke at all.

It turned out that the first half of this trip was indeed safe and smooth, but I didn't expect that I couldn't hide from it after all, and I only escaped from the Yongri merchant fleet for two days before I encountered a star thief.

Although he knew that the crisis was current, Lu Yuan was not very panicked.

He walked briskly to the ship's observation deck and looked out through the porthole.

I saw that in the dark and silent starry sky, dozens of spaceships, including those within him, were flying silently.

Without exception, each ship has an energy shield on its surface.

Other than that, everything was as usual, nothing unusual, and Lu Yuan didn't see any trace of the spaceship belonging to the Star Pirate Cluster.

"You can't see them."

Lu Feng walked up to him and looked out of the boat with him.

"They are hiding in the shadows now and will not come out for a while.

By invading the defenses of the ship's surface system, you will be told that they have been targeted, forcing you to open the shield and consume the ship's energy in advance.

It's their usual method."

Lu Yuan looked quietly out of the ship for a while, retracted his gaze, and said lightly: "What do the people on the other spaceships say?" ”

After breaking away from the fleet of the Yongri Chamber of Commerce, their fleet became a new small group.

As far as Lu Yuan knows, there is also a core leader in this fleet.

The rest of the fleet had also paid him a fee in advance.

Now when something happens, it's up to the leader of the fleet to find a way to solve it.

"I've contacted it, and the Amethyst Chamber of Commerce just asked us to open the protective shield and keep up with the team."

Lu Feng replied, "But they should already be calling for reinforcements." One of the things I'm worried about now is"

Lu Feng frowned and said, "The Amethyst Chamber of Commerce may choose to temporarily change its route because of the star thieves, once this happens, we don't know how many days it will take if we want to arrive at Lilva Star."

After listening to Lu Feng's analysis, Lu Yuan nodded expressionlessly.

He's in a bad mood right now.

I thought I would be there in a few hours, but now because of the star thieves, the time has suddenly become long and uncertain.

But he didn't have a good solution either.

In the current situation, we can only follow the large army.

If you break away without permission.

A small one-man spaceship like theirs, if they can't fly far, they will be eaten by star thieves and there will not be even a little bone residue left.

"Although it's not a particularly small probability event, it's so unlucky, and I happened to meet it the first time I went out.

There will still be a feeling of cooing birds around

Bad luck is always around."

Lu Yuan sighed lightly in his heart.

In the following time, Lu Yuan didn't have much heart to continue cultivating.

After thinking about it, he simply hid back in the cultivation room and took out the messy things he had bought at the Ellis Trade Square before.

Activate the [Transcendent Contact] skill on the [Occultist (Extraordinary)] career panel to summon the unknown gray vortex, and then throw them into the vortex one by one.

"[Transcendent Contact], +1 XP"

"[Transcendent Contact], +1 XP"

Lu Yuan counted the skill experience points of [Extraordinary Contact] on the career panel, jumping up little by little, purely to pass the boring time.

When he threw fruit into the whirlpool before, the guy on the other side of the whirlpool would give him back a clean kernel every time he threw it.

Now this pile of bits and pieces is almost thrown away, but there is not a single fart reaction.

Oh, and it's not.

In the middle, Lu Yuan threw a few bottles of unknown ingredients, unknown effects, smelling a little stinky, and I don't know which stall they pulled from into the whirlpool.

A few wisps of green smoke came out of the whirlpool, and it looked like a stinky fart released after eating a bad stomach

"Whoosh-"

A bunch of things were about to be sacrificed, and Lu Yuan grabbed a black and hard thing that I didn't know if it was a bone joint or a stone, and gently threw it into the gray whirlpool.

After this "sacrifice", his [Transcendent Contact] has been upgraded to lv2, and even the professional experience with [Mystic Scholar (Extraordinary)] has also increased a little, and it is not far from being promoted to the next level.

Just as he was thinking, the gray vortex in front of him gradually contracted.

Lu Yuangang is ready to proceed seamlessly with the next round of summoning and sacrifice.

But at this time.

"Poof—"

It was like the sound of someone eating a watermelon and spitting out seeds, and at the moment when the gray vortex was about to disappear, something bright suddenly flew out of the whirlpool.

"Jingle" fell to the ground with a crisp and pleasant sound.

Lu Yuan's action of grabbing a sacrificial object was immediately frozen, and the whole person was stunned, looking at the "return object" that appeared unexpectedly and without warning, and his face showed a strange expression a little bit.

Reach out and gently pick up the thing that fell on the ground.

Lu Yuan didn't know how to describe this thing.

It looks like a shoddy gadget.

About the size of two fingernails, I don't know what material is made of metal, the color is dark yellow, it is a little hot to the touch, and it even smells faintly similar to the pungent smell of sulfur.

The shape of this metal piece is crooked and irregular, and one side is smooth and bright, clean.

The other side is printed with a pattern.

It's a strange creature with thin arms, thin legs, and a big round belly.

A large grin, revealing a mouth full of fine fangs.

It looks grotesque, weird, and a little funny and ridiculous.

"Hee-hee-hee-"

Lu Yuan was looking at the metal piece in his hand, when suddenly a strange and evil laughter sounded in his ears.

"Who?!"

Lu Yuan jerked his head up and looked around.

At first, I thought it was a star thief attacking the spaceship system again.

But after some investigation, it was found

The wicked, strange laugh seemed to come from the strange piece of metal in his hand.

Lu Yuan tried a few more times.

Sure enough, as soon as he held the piece of metal in his hand and gently rubbed the side of it with the strange creature motif, he could hear the eerie laughter of giggling.

The laughter was shrill and piercing, but it matched the image of the strange creature with big bellies and thin legs on the metal sheet.

"What was it that I just threw into the whirlpool?"

Lu Yuan stared at the metal piece in his hand, thinking back to the last time he sacrificed.

If he's not mistaken, what he threw into the gray vortex must have been a piece he bought from Old Man Chichino's stall." Fossils"?

I don't know.

I guess Chichino himself doesn't know.

It's just that I didn't expect that after that small piece of thing was sacrificed to the whirlpool, there would be something returned!

This is the first time that Lu Yuan has "successfully sacrificed" in the true sense.

"The question is, what exactly is this thing for?"

Lu Yuan looked at the strange metal piece in his hand and pondered: "Being able to make a weird laugh is obviously not an ordinary thing, at least it is also an extraordinary item."

By the way, I almost forgot that I still have that skill! ”

Lu Yuan patted his head.

[Occult Scholar (Extraordinary)] On the career panel, there are three basic professional skills.

In addition to [Chaos Divination] and [Transcendent Contact], there is also a [Mystic Perception], isn't it just to deal with the current situation?

"It's been useless for so long, I almost forgot that I still have this skill.

Try. ”

Lu Yuan grabbed the metal piece in his hand and tried to activate [Mysterious Perception].

The moment the skill was activated, the metal piece in his hand seemed to be hot suddenly.

Immediately after, a piece of information was fed back to Lu Yuan's mind-

[Sealed the Abyss Coin of the Fallen Demon.] 】

Throw it for a chance to break the seal and summon the greedy demon from the coin.

PS: If it's in a good mood, maybe it will help you once. 】

"Abyss Coins. Sinking Demon."

"So the strange creature printed on this coin is the so-called Abyss Sinking Demon?

Toss a coin to summon it? ”

Lu Yuan's eyes flickered slightly, feeling incredible.

The success of the first contact of [Extraordinary Contact] actually allowed him to obtain such a prop.

It looks like it's very useful, and you can pull a thug out temporarily when it's critical.

But it seems that there is a lot of uncertainty.

If you're unlucky, you'll probably not be summoned as a thug, but as an opponent who is rushing to kill you.

"Let's see when you have the opportunity to use it"

Lu Yuan didn't plan to leave this thing with him for too long.

Abyss, Demon. These words, coupled with the effect of the use of this Demon Sink coin.

It looks like a restless time bomb that will explode at some point.

However, the acquisition of this Sinking Demon Coin made Lu Yuan suddenly have a strong enthusiasm for the skill of [Transcendent Contact].

If you succeed once, then there is a second time, a third time

Use some worthless "garbage" in exchange for some bizarre props that may come in handy.

It's definitely a bargain.

"And. What is the abyss?

Next time you enter the Raven Dream Realm, ask the Raven God to see if she knows."

Lu Yuan gently played with the Demon Drowning Coin in his hand, thinking casually.

Just as I was about to sacrifice all the few things that were left over to see if I could still run into good luck.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the cultivation room.

Lu Yuan's expression moved, and he quickly put away the coin, then opened the door and strode out.

Standing outside the door, Lu Feng was looking at himself calmly.

"What's wrong?"

Lu Yuan asked.

"Good news."

Lu Feng replied, "It won't be long before we can reach the planet Lilva." ”

"Huh?!"

Lu Yuan was a little surprised, but more of an accident, and couldn't help but speak: "The star stole it?" ”

"Hmm."

Lu Feng nodded.

"I'm away for the time being, and I shouldn't be coming back anytime soon."

"Why?"

Lu Yuan is curious.

Lu Feng didn't explain, just led him towards the observatory.

When he arrived at the observation platform, through the porthole, Lu Yuan saw the outside of the spacecraft at this time.

At the front of their fleet, a silver-white spaceship was occupying the leader's position.

Lu Yuan's eyes were sharp, and he noticed that there was a silver-white mecha hovering on the top of the spaceship.

It looks quite large, and the whole body is silvery.

It has a pair of spread white metal wings and a long lizard-like tail.

The mecha exuded a strong white light, and in the dark and silent night sky, it inexplicably gave people a sense of being high above and majestic and inviolable.

"It's Lingtingwei."

Lu Feng's voice sounded low in his ears.

"The person who controls this mecha represents the supreme will of the Duo Spirit within this starry sky.

We were lucky enough to have a Lingting Guard with us in this fleet.

The fleet with the protection of the Spirit Court, even if it is a star thief who has no taboos, has to carefully weigh whether he can afford to provoke himself before he makes a move."

(End of chapter)