The last light spot, which was floating in the void at the center of Fish Dragon City like a firefly, finally died out.
It was replaced by some bluer, more hazy, and more unpredictable clusters of light, which congregated into deep blue rivers that were flowing like bright moonlight.
Although human beings had gotten rid of the planets and stepped into space a long time ago, they were still used to using 'day' as the unit of time even though they had spent their entire life on starships. They were used to simulating 'day' and 'night' with artificial environments.
They were also used to doing the clandestine but bloody deals when 'night' came.
It was a dark night for murder, and a windy day for arson.
Fish Dragon City was a metropolis in space built by the best experts of the four refugee forces from the new worlds together.
However, the refugees from four different worlds were not united in the first place. There was a lot of intrigue and intrigue among them.
Besides, countless fearless bandits who valued money more than their lives would stir up trouble in Fish Dragon City, hoping to make a fortune and run away.
Perhaps because they were bound by unwritten rules, during the day, the forces with ill intentions could still manage to hold back their desire for slaughter and sabotage.
However, when night fell, Fish Dragon City became a paradise for space pirates, mobsters, gangsters, headhunters, the CIFA … and all the criminals.
The 'Ace Game', a super arena that was held once every three years, had gathered the experts and magnates of the Dragon Snake Space Zone and even the major forces around. Astronomical funds were flowing like brooks next to the gambling tables and the arenas, further adding fuel to the chaotic situation!
Three luxury shuttles were shuttling on the magnetic rails without a sound.
Fish Dragon City was a three-dimensional city that was built inward. There was no distinction between 'sky' and 'ground'. The so-called 'airspace' was very narrow, too. Without effective space control, the shuttles that were traveling at hundreds of kilometers per hour could collide head-on with each other at any moment.
Therefore, the shuttles in this place were all attached to the magnetic rails. On one hand, they were used for traffic control and guidance, and on the other hand, they could obtain energy from the magnetic rails to move forward. It was cleaner, cleaner, and pollution-free and suitable for a fully-enclosed environment such as Fish Dragon City that floated in space.
Through the window, Li Yao watched the explosions and flames in the depths of the city, listened to the endless roaring of the Crystal Suit, and pondered his next move.
The Chamber of Commerce was the ruling force of Fish Dragon City. Generally speaking, the Exos of the Chamber of Commerce were capable of handling all the emergencies.
In the first few nights after Li Yao and his companions came to Fish Dragon City, they often heard explosions and gunshots in the first half of the night. However, most of the sabotage and looting were dealt with by the Chamber of Commerce. Before the light spots floating in midair turned into the fiery red that symbolized dawn, a large batch of corpses whose eyes had been dug out would be thrown into the vacuum of space through the garbage pipes. The picture of the whole process would be played in the sky of the entire city on light beams, informing the outlaws who dared to cause trouble in Fish Dragon City what kind of price they would have to pay.
However, the explosions and flames today were different.
Li Yao sniffed hard, as if he could smell the scent of extreme danger in the air.
Tang Xiaoxing wriggled her butt and fidgeted next to Li Yao for a long time. In the end, she could not help but make up her mind and ask carefully, "… Senior Lin, with your skills, you must be a famous big shot in the circle of refiners of the Xing Yao Federation, right?"
Li Yao looked out of the window and replied without looking back, "Not exactly. Like I said, I prefer to keep a low profile."
Tang Xiaoxing observed Li Yao's outfit up and down and mumbled to herself. Seeing that Li Yao did not burst into fury, she was even bolder than before. "I wonder, why have you come to the Dragon Snake Space Zone, Senior Lin? Firefly has some forces in this place, too. If there's anything that you need us for, feel free to tell us!"
"That won't be necessary for now."
Li Yao replied casually. He had not figured out how he should cut into Firefly yet. He had heard a lot of rumors over the past few days. It seemed that the situation on Firefly was rather complicated.
Eleven Yuanying Cultivators and Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators whose stances were ambiguous were enough of a headache. Wouldn't Firefly add to the mess?
Tang Xiaoxing was not convinced, but she still did not give up. "Got it, Senior Lin. If you need materials, you can come to us. We have a lot of rare materials brought from the center of the cosmos. They are still in excellent condition even though they have been preserved for a thousand years. You can't find them at the edge of the cosmos! Whatever materials you need, Senior Lin, as long as it's within my capability, I'm willing to offer them to you with both hands for free! "
"Who asked you to offer them to me with both hands?"
Li Yao finally turned around and frowned. "Money is not a problem for me. As I said, I prefer to keep a low profile, and I am indifferent to fame and fortune. Money is as worthless as dirt. Do you think that I am the kind of man who can be fawned over with a little money?"
"I was too reckless. I know that I was wrong!"
Senior Lin was angry, and the consequences could be dire. Panicking, Tang Xiaoxing apologized nonstop like a panicked rabbit.
"However …"
Li Yao thought carefully for a moment and said, "As it happens, money is not a problem for me. The problem is that I don't have any money right now. If you can let me buy a batch of materials on credit, I certainly won't turn you down."
"…" Tang Xiaoxing.
"Well," Li Yao said, "other than that, it will be even more appropriate if you can lend me a sum of money in private!"
"Senior — Senior Lin, don't you consider money to be worthless as dirt?" Tang Xiaoxing asked.
"Yes."
Li Yao said matter-of-factly, "It is exactly because I consider money to be worthless that I don't have any money. Who would carry 'worthless' around with them?"
"…" Tang Xiaoxing.
Li Yao thought of something. His nose was sniffing faster and faster. Lowering the window of the car, he listened to the whispers in the cold wind that sounded like devils. Looking at the dark night and the flickering fire in the window, he saw that shuttles were shuttling around them like ghosts.
"Let me ask you a question. Did you piss off anyone in Fish Dragon City?"
Li Yao suddenly asked without thinking.
Tang Xiaoxing scratched her head in confusion. "No. I only arrived in Fish Dragon City yesterday. Other than getting supplies here, I only went to the magical equipment store and greeted Uncle Chu. I happened to adjust a Crystal Suit. That's all."
"Then …"
Li Yao thought quickly. "Based on your experience in the past, will the forces in Fish Dragon City, including the desperadoes of the entire Dragon Snake Space Zone, attack the Cultivators from Firefly? Murder and loot? "
"How is that possible?"
Tang Xiaoxing sniffed. "Although we have been in exile for a thousand years, the overall quality of our Exos is at least three levels higher than that of the mobsters here. Besides, most of the people here make a living directly or indirectly by the deals between Firefly and the Xing Yao Federation. They do not dare to touch us, nor are they capable of doing so!"
"Therefore," Li Yao said, "the logo of 'Firefly' is clearly displayed on the shell of your three shuttles, so that everybody will know that they are shuttles of the 'rightful government of the Star Ocean Republic', right?"
"Yes!"
Tang Xiaoxing was confused. "In a place like Fish Dragon City, it is very important to display the logo to avoid unnecessary trouble. Is there a problem?"
"Then there is a big problem. Ask your men to change the route immediately and return the way they came!"
Li Yao knocked the soundproof panel between the passenger cabin and the cockpit hard. "Ask the driver to sit aside. Let me do it."
Hardly had he concluded his sentence when Li Yao's ears, which had been reconstructed with his spiritual energy and his spiritual threads, received an extremely feeble sound in the air. His pupils constricted violently, and he abandoned the idea of crawling into the cockpit. Instead, he turned around and lunged at Tang Xiaoxing, opening his spiritual shield!
"Watch out!"
Hardly had he finished his sentence when he heard a deafening explosion. They seemed to have been hit head-on by another heavy shuttle that was moving at a speed of more than eight hundred kilometers per hour when they were moving at a speed of more than eight hundred kilometers per hour. They were thrown out of the magnetic rails while the world was swirling!
The explosive spirit energy crashed into the narrow cabin like a tidal wave.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
BAM! BAM! BAM! The airbags hidden inside the shell of the shuttle exploded one after another, only to explode under the blast of the incessant spiritual energy from the outside!
Even Li Yao was bleeding because of the shock. He looked appalling. His head was humming, and he even felt that the circulation of his spiritual energy was stagnant for a moment!
"You — you've got to be kidding me. Even a Yuanying monster can cause such heavy wounds? What the f * ck is this? "
From the outside, the luxury shuttle had completely turned into a cluster of smoking garbage. Revolving rapidly in midair, it was attracted by the artificial gravity and fell to the 'ground' closest to it.
Li Yao released his telepathic thoughts to all directions like smoke. He sensed two waves of immense spiritual energy coming from a skyscraper in the northeast corner and a crystal train in the southwest and hit the two bodyguard shuttles in front and behind them precisely.
BOOM! BOOM!
After two deafening explosions, the two bodyguard shuttles directly turned into two furiously burning fireballs. The elite Exos from Firefly inside were burnt into ashes before they had the chance to scream. The bloody red fireballs illuminated the deep blue night sky!
"Kacha kacha!"
The magnetic rails that they had been on just now were blown apart, too. The dozens of shuttles that were attached to the magnetic rails immediately lost control and flew randomly in midair like headless flies, raising dazzling fireworks after the collisions.
Li Yao's pupils suddenly constricted to the size of needle tips and then expanded until they occupied his entire eyeballs.
"Judging from the aftermath of the spiritual energy leaking out of the barrels, they should be the main guns installed on small assault starships!
"Are you kidding me? Dismantling the main guns of starships and transporting them to the downtown area of Fish Dragon City in secret so that they can attack individual targets with cannonballs that can penetrate the shields and plate armor of the enemy's starships? No wonder even a Yuanying monster's nose was bleeding because of the shock! "
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