"* sshole, what are you doing?"
The captain burst into fury and struggled hard like a lobster that had been thrown into a hot pot. Teeth all over his face, he was about to lunge forward and bite Chief Mate Fang and Chief Manager Qin. "You * ssholes, do you want to betray the Imperium, too? You are the natives of the Black Wind Sector! You are the Cultivators of the Black Wind Sector! "
"Save your saliva, my captain. So what if you are the natives of the Black Wind Sector?"
Chief Mate Fang sat down on the captain's chair. Crossing his fingers, he said gloomily, "After the Black Wind Sector was occupied by the Holy Alliance, Sirius has become the only home for all of us. We cannot watch you destroy the home while doing nothing, nor can we let so many people on the starship die with you."
"Betrayal. Shameless betrayal!"
The captain was still cursing. "You spineless traitors. Have you forgotten the dignity and pride of the Immortal Cultivators? Are you going to conspire with the spineless people of the four smaller worlds, or — or are you going to conspire with the swine and dog hominoids? "
"We do not want to betray you. As long as you agree to our demands, you will still be the captain of Sirius."
Chief Manager Qin in the engine compartment said, "We cannot kill the hominoid slave soldiers, nor can we treat them as … food reserves. The 'letters of persuasion' that the Federation sent over time and time again clearly stated that. If any starship of the Imperium is bold enough to execute a hominoid soldier for any reason such as' emergency ', all the Immortal Cultivators on the starship will be screwed. After we are caught by the Federation, they will not let go of any Immortal Cultivators!"
"You are already intimidated by that?"
The captain bulged his eyes so hard that his internal organs were almost melted into pus and blood. "We will not be caught by the Federation. Before they discover us, we will be able to repair the starship, get enough fuel, and escape back to the homeland of the Imperium with a space jump!"
Faced with the captain's stubbornness, Chief Mate Fang and Chief Manager Qin sighed at the same time.
"Let's not talk about the odds of us getting enough fuel for now. Let's not talk about how far 'Greedy Wolf', which is riddled with holes, can safely jump in the four-dimensional space without being fully repaired in the dock, or whether or not it will be completely ripped apart …"
Chief Mate Fang said calmly, "Leaving all the technical issues aside, even if we do successfully jump back to the homeland of the Imperium, so what?
"This is not the first time that we've failed but the second time. It's the second consecutive failure in only a hundred years, and it was at the hands of a bunch of barbarians at the edge of the cosmos.
"No matter whether you admit it or not, the glory, pride, and bargaining chips of the Black Wind people are all gone, not even a little bit left!
"In the crushing defeat a hundred years ago, we lost our home, the Black Wind Sector, but at least we still had a large fleet with well-trained soldiers and ample provisions. Today, a hundred years later, our fleet is in disarray, running out of ammunition and provisions, and we are nothing more than stray dogs!
"Even if such homeless dogs return to the homeland of the Imperium, can they rebuild the glory of the Black Wind Fleet under the nose of the emperor, the nobles, and the warlords?
"It's impossible. Our only outcome is to be completely divided by the warlords and live a vagrant life without dignity and freedom for the rest of our lives. One day, we will be consumed as cannon fodder on a certain ferocious, deadly battlefield. It's almost certain. What do you think?"
The captain breathed heavily and stared at the chief mate with hatred beaming out of his eyes.
Chief Mate Fang continued calmly. "If you are really thinking about the glory of the Black Wind people, you will have a better chance of staying at the edge of the cosmos. At the very least, here, the defeated soldiers of the Black Wind Fleet can still gather some bargaining chips with which to bargain with the Federation.
"According to the Federation's letter of persuasion, although the Black Wind Fleet came aggressively, we only had one battle in space, and we did not have the time to occupy planets or slaughter civilians. Therefore, we did not owe too many blood debts.
"If they can reach a peace agreement with the Blood Demon Sector, which has been at war with each other for hundreds of years, and make the demon race an important member of the new Federation, it is unlikely that they will kill all of us, as long as we do not do anything stupid.
"Captain, you know Heiye Lan, don't you? Right now, the Federation has put her on the table as a puppet, partly because they want to control the Black Wind Fleet through her, but it also proves that we are of great importance to the Federation.
"Think about it. The collisions between the Federation, the Imperium, and the Holy League are inevitable. In the Federation, the defeated soldiers like us can still be of some use, but in the Imperium, the homeless dogs who have failed twice in a row are truly nothing!
"What are we going to do? Isn't the answer obvious?"
The captain gritted his teeth and squeezed out six words. "We are Immortal Cultivators!"
"The strong prey on the weak. Isn't that the iron law of the Immortal Cultivators?"
Chief Mate Fang said. "We were defeated by the Federation fair and square in the space battle. You have seen how intimidating the Colossi led by the 'Tartarean Skeleton' and the 'Draconic Phoenix' were. At least for now, the Federation is the strongest. Isn't it only natural that we obey them for now?"
Chief Mate Fang squatted next to the captain's head and stared at him coldly.
The captain was silent for a long time. Taking a deep breath, he spat a mouthful of thick, bloody phlegm at the chief mate's face. "Damn you!"
Chief Mate Fang took out a delicate handkerchief and wiped the saliva on his face unhurriedly. Then, he drew the storm bolter from his waist and pointed it at the captain's temple so hard that it almost pierced into the captain's bones. "I understand your stance now. Do you have anything else to say, captain?"
The captain looked at the traitor righteously. Taking a deep breath, he roared desperately, "Long live the Black Wind Fleet! Long live the Imperium of True Human Beings!"
Boom!
Before he finished, Chief Mate Fang had already pulled the trigger.
As thousands of electric arcs dashed out, half of the captain's head immediately exploded. All kinds of tissues and liquids splashed out and covered the ground three meters away in the shape of a fan.
"Clean it up."
Chief Mate Fang slightly frowned and gestured. "Let's say that the captain insisted that we carry out the order to 'kill a hundred innocent sailors'. When we refused to comply, he even threatened to punish us according to military law. We had no choice but to resist and accidentally killed the captain in self-defense and seized the control of 'Sirius'."
"Understood!"
The few members on the bridge did not even bother to look at the body on the ground that had lost half of its head. They saluted the chief mate and left in a hurry.
"Is the communication with 'Green Island' smooth?"
Manager Qin in the engine compartment rubbed his hands and asked hesitantly, "Is there any latest news?"
"It's the same as before. Another dozens of starships have surrendered. Hundreds of starships that did not know what was going on have been sunk."
Chief Mate Fang sighed and said, "Right. It is said that 'Vulture Li Yao', who has not shown up in the deep space since the space battle, has returned in the Tartarean Skeleton, his Colossus, and he is even stronger than he was in the space battle.
"He seems to consider space as his personal training field and practices new techniques with the stubborn starships of the Imperium. Fifty starships of the Imperium have been destroyed by him alone."
"Fifty … Fifty starships?"
Manager Qin was dumbfounded. "So unbelievable?"
"After all, that's what the latest version of the letter of persuasion of the Federation says. I don't think they have to lie."
With a bitter smile, Chief Mate Fang said, "It does make sense. How can the starships that are riddled with holes, out of supplies, and out of impetus possibly compete with a Colossus? Besides, it is Vulture Li Yao's Colossus. He is … "
Pausing for a moment, Chief Mate Fang said in a low voice, with fear beaming out of his eyes, "The man who executed Heiye Ming, our commander-in-chief, in the middle of thousands of soldiers!"
Manager Qin swallowed hard. "Then … Then, let's draw close to 'Green Island' as soon as possible!"
"Yes. Draw close to Green Island and reach out to the main troops behind the brown dwarf," Chief Mate Fang said.
Chief Mate Fang said, "According to Green Island, General Di Feiwen, the highest commander of the troops on the brown dwarf's side, is already negotiating with the federation. You know what General Di Feiwen is capable of. He will certainly be able to get a decent surrender for us.
"Of course, the more troops General Di can control, the more leverage he will have in the negotiation, won't he?"
…
"Nine Cauldrons", the largest comprehensive supply starship of the Burning Prairie Fleet.
Inside the training room, Li Yao's upper body was naked. His messy hair was covering his shoulders. His arms were open, and his legs were close, forming an enormous' cross' as he floated in midair.
The training room was obviously in the extreme environment of thirty times the gravity and twenty times the standard atmospheric pressure. However, not only was Li Yao floating in midair as if he were not affected at all, but he was also floating in midair.
There were also thousands of pieces of magical equipment around him, all of which were shaking and spinning crazily.
Suddenly —
Li Yao's half-closed eyes were suddenly opened, and he sniffed softly. Of the hundreds of thousands of pieces, half of them flew to his body. After cracking sounds, they constituted a Crystal Suit in only two seconds!
That was not the end of it. The Crystal Suit was dissected and exploded the moment it was assembled. Another batch of pieces rushed close and constituted a completely different Crystal Suit.
In less than ten seconds, Li Yao distinguished and filtered the components that belonged to five different Crystal Suit precisely from the hundreds of thousands of Crystal Suit pieces that were mixed together. Then, he attached them to his body one after another, constituting five Crystal Suits, namely the High Mobility Suit, the Heavy Firepower Suit, the Melee Suit, the Remote Sniper Suit, and the Resistance Suit!
The powerful senses of spiritual energy, the precise crystal suit, and the marvelous remote manipulation skills made everybody outside of the training room dumbfounded and soaked in cold sweat.
"Di Feiwen, the deputy commander of the Black Wind Fleet, the lieutenant general of the Imperium, and the helmsman of the second largest family in the Black Wind Sector?"
Li Yao read the name silently. With a telepathic thought, he slowly landed.
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