Because of the surprise attack by Fangzheng and the others, Kirk led his men to the place where the prisoners were held without encountering any obstacles and successfully rescued his men who had been taken away.
Kirk was not happy about this overly smooth situation at all. After all, according to his experience, if things went smoothly on his side, the other side would encounter unexpected trouble. But under the reminder of his first mate, Spock, Kirk suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and retreated to the rendezvous point.
In the end …
"Too slow!!"
When Kirk and his crew hurried to the destination, they saw Ling sitting there in boredom, and Fangzheng eating bread. As soon as the former saw them, he immediately complained.
"Why are you so slow? We're supposed to be the ones in charge of attracting the enemy's firepower. You just have to take care of the rest. I didn't expect you to come back only after we're done. What are you doing? This isn't a walk in the wild! "
"… I'm just being careful …."
Facing Ling's complaints, Kirk's expression turned a little awkward. After all, because he couldn't use teleportation, he needed to bring hundreds of crew members through several dangerous locations to reach their destination. Therefore, in order to avoid casualties, he also chose the route with extreme caution.
Even though the base was in chaos, Kirk still subconsciously thought that Fangzheng only had two people on his side, so they should not be able to deal with too many enemies. If the enemy found out that they had more people on their side, they would naturally change their focus of attack. In order to avoid that, he had put in a lot of effort.
"Well, everything went well anyway."
Fangzheng clapped his hands and stood up.
"Is everything okay on your side? Did anyone say that anyone was taken away or missing?"
"Yes, all the captured crew members are here."
"That's good. Now it's Yaltina …"
"I'm back, instructor."
At the same time, Yaltina descended from the sky and landed in front of Fangzheng. She handed over a stone slab.
"The suspected commander of the enemy has been killed. This is the spoil of war I seized from him."
"What the hell is this?"
Fangzheng picked up the bangle in puzzlement. He flipped it around and looked at it. It was a silver bangle on the outside, and inside it was a stone that looked ancient. He hoped that this was the Hoarfrost Fragment he was looking for, but he couldn't sense any aura related to the Order race from this stone at all. From this, it could be seen that to Fangzheng, this thing … was no different from a roadside stone.
"I don't know, but the other party once tried to use this against me, so it can be determined to be some kind of weapon."
"Well, it seems like the captain knows something."
Fangzheng swept a glance at Kirk, who was also dumbfounded as he looked at the stone in Fangzheng's hand.
"But let's leave this place first."
As Fangzheng spoke, Lightning appeared out of thin air and slowly descended.
Immediately after that, the group of people on the warship flew out of the atmosphere and returned to the universe.
Kirk also explained to Fangzheng the ins and outs of the stone. It was entrusted to them by another alien race to negotiate with them. They wanted to make a truce with a race that had been at war with them. As a show of sincerity, they offered this ancient weapon that had fallen from the sky a long time ago.
In the end, the other party didn't accept their proposal for a truce. As the client, Kirk was even beaten up by the other party, so he had no choice but to temporarily store the stone in the warehouse of the Enterprise, waiting to be dealt with in the future.
But Kirk didn't expect that the reason why the attackers would try so hard to lure him here was to seize this stone. In fact, Chief Mate Spock only found out that this was not a criminal act of space pirates but a purposeful attack when he accidentally overheard their conversation during the attack.
Of course, Kirk didn't know what the other party wanted the stone for, but judging from the fact that the other party didn't hesitate to attack the most advanced starship of the Star Alliance to get this stone, there must be some incredible secret hidden inside.
After getting Kirk's answer, Fangzheng also made a decision, and that was … to destroy it.
Boom!!
In an instant, flames emerged from Fangzheng's hands and completely enveloped the stone. A moment later, the stone was engulfed by the flames, leaving only a pile of black ashes behind.
"Wait …"
Upon seeing this scene, Kirk was taken aback for a moment before he reacted to the situation.
"What are you doing?!!"
"I don't know what it is, but it's clearly a weapon, and someone even knows how to use it. In that case, it's too dangerous to keep this thing. It's better to destroy it just to be safe."
Fangzheng patted the black ashes off his hands and looked at Kirk.
"Do you have a problem with that?"
"That's the safekeeping of the Enterprise."
"Your ship has already crashed anyway, and the things on it are probably mostly destroyed as well. This one won't make much of a difference."
"Ugh …"
Kirk's face turned pale when he heard Fangzheng's words. His whole body swayed as if he had been pierced by an invisible arrow. That was the end of the topic.
There was nothing else to say after that. After they left the planet, they immediately rushed back to the York Space Station. Kirk took his Chief Mate to report the situation to the commander of the space station. As for the remaining alien bandits on the planet, the Star Alliance would naturally find a way to deal with them. Fangzheng didn't ask about it.
So, he took the little girls around the space station.
"Waaah …"
Although they had traveled through several worlds with Fangzheng, the little girls were still quite surprised and curious about this space station. The transparent sphere suspended in space, the city and tall buildings built on the basis of artificial gravity, all of which made the little girls extremely excited.
"This world is much better than the places we've been to before!"
Ling commented excitedly. Tida and Tio also nodded. Whether it was the demon hunter world or Middle Earth, the living environment in both worlds was terrible. Although the cities looked good, the drainage system in this era was quite backward, and there were no good hygiene habits. So even if the cities looked magnificent, they would still be half-dead from the stench.
This was also why Ling and the others did not run around with Fangzheng in Middle Earth. The little girls who loved cleanliness really couldn't stand it.
But in this world, they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
After all, they were an interstellar civilization. They should be able to solve the problem of hygiene.
"Big brother, can we also build a city like this in Semriya?"
Ling's eyes sparkled as he walked on the street and looked at the space station in front of him.
"It would be great if we could build such a beautiful city, wouldn't it? Tida? "
"Yeah! Yeah! Although it's a little difficult from a technical point of view, and it might take many years, I'll do my best! "
Tida nodded excitedly. At the same time, she looked at Fangzheng expectantly. For someone as sensible and obedient as her, this could be considered a rare display of openness.
But it was no surprise. Although Tida was a good child, she was a mechanical fanatic like her grandfather, full of enthusiasm for any achievements that could be achieved with machines. This was especially true now, where they could build a city in the universe. This kind of industrial beauty completely captivated Tida.
"It's not a matter of many years …"
Looking at Tida's sparkling eyes, Fangzheng did not know what to say. He could not possibly tell Tida that the Goddess of Space had placed a gravity well on Semriya, making it impossible for them to break through the atmosphere and travel to space. So, to settle this matter, the first problem was to convince the Goddess of Space to close the gravity well … But it was probably impossible before they could eliminate Ouroboros.
"Okay, just do your best."
However, building a space station was a very difficult task. Even with his help, it would take Tida many years to build such a space station. Fangzheng did not think he would waste so much time playing hide-and-seek with Ouroboros.
After that, Fangzheng met with the people from Starlink and had a conversation with them. Perhaps because this world was already used to such situations, they quickly agreed to let Fangzheng stay here. However, in exchange, Fangzheng had to assist them. The Enterprise had crashed in the previous battle, so it would take at least a year to build a new starship. Therefore, Starlink hoped that Fangzheng's Lightning could temporarily replace the Enterprise and be responsible for external exploration and development missions.
Fangzheng did not really care about this. On the contrary, he was still looking forward to the trip. However, Fangzheng had his own requirements: only ten members of the Enterprise were allowed to board the ship. Kirk could carry out his duties as a representative of Starlink, but he was not allowed to criticize Lightning's actions.
Simply put, both sides had taken a step back. For Fangzheng, there was no loss. The Enterprise needed to investigate the unknown phenomena in this universe, and they might find clues related to Hoarfrost. Besides, Starlink was considered to have a certain amount of influence in this world. Of course, Fangzheng would not let go of a chance where he could rely on them.
What Fangzheng needed to do next was to find the fragments of Hoarfrost in this world and use them to completely lock onto Hoarfrost's location.
But what Fangzheng did not expect was that before that, he would be involved in an unexpected trouble.
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