"Oh?"
Seeing that Boss Bai was gnashing his teeth in hatred, Li Wuji was rather interested. "Why? You've fought him before, and he's not easy to deal with?"
"We're all making a living in the pot at the edge of the Imperium. The Cultivators looted more, and the space pirates looted less. Naturally, there were conflicts.
.”
Thinking for a moment, Boss Bai said, "Most of the Cultivators are not difficult to deal with, but it is true that they are more difficult to deal with and better at running away than us.
"The space pirates do not have a lot of supply and maintenance points in the vast sea of stars. After all, most of the settlements in space are scared of us. In the past, other than the free markets under the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, there were only some secret ports where the space pirates could anchor. If we missed the supply points and encountered a cosmic storm, we would be dead for sure.
"The Cultivators, on the other hand, seem to be very good at mobilizing ordinary people and hiding among them. On every resource planet and every mine, whether ruled by a warlord, a noble, or anyone else, they can always find a way to survive through the loopholes. Sometimes, they can even split up and blend into the local people.
"In the past twenty years, the Imperium has been on an expedition at first, and now … the rebels are on a rampage. The space pirates are developing, and so are the Cultivators. In many places, they are even developing faster than the space pirates. What the hell!
"I've thought about it for a long time and realized that it does make sense. Those who are barefooted are scared of those who are reckless!
"Compared to the government army and the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, the space pirates are all barefooted and poor. We are always at an advantage no matter how we fight them.
"But the Cultivators are even poorer and more fearless than us. We are here to make a living and to make money. When there is not much profit, we are not willing to fight the Cultivators, either. The poor guys, on the other hand, often attack us when we have just finished a 'big deal' and our arsenal is empty. Once they succeed, they immediately move to the resource planets and distribute the goods that they looted from us to the local miners and farmers.
"My lord, after the benefits of the Cultivators, those bumpkins are naturally on their side. They inform them, help them take care of the wounded, and help them fake identities. They even ask the young men in their own families who can't survive to join the Cultivators' team. That damn 'Starlight'.
"The space pirates are all about running away if our attack fails. How can we go deep into the resource planets to annihilate the Cultivators? We can only watch them use the things we worked so hard to get to buy people's hearts. What's the result? We're the scapegoats, and they're the ones taking all the benefits. We can't hit them. It's so infuriating! "
Li Wuji nodded his head slightly and sighed. "Yes. Although the Cultivators are a minor problem compared to the Covenant Alliance and the reformists, it has been a thousand years since the fall of the Star Ocean Republic. During the thousand years, the minor problem has never been cured and will rise again every few decades. It is undeniable that the Cultivators do have their own ways of deceiving people. Even the government army cannot kill them. Naturally, it is impossible for you to do so.
"Right. Let's focus on 'A Boxing Champion' Lei Zonglie. I vaguely heard the name when I was in the Li family. Is he an expert who has risen recently in the Cultivators' organization? How good is he compared to you? "
"A Boxing Champion is very strong. I've fought him many times. Neither of us can defeat the other."
When Lei Zonglie's name was mentioned, Boss Bai immediately became solemn. Pondering for a long time, he said, "However, what impressed me most about the guy was not his combat ability. When the four Kurfürst families besieged me, they sent so many experts, but they still couldn't do anything to me, could they?
"However, this' A Boxing Champion 'Lei Zonglie turned out to be an expert of crystal processors and the Spiritual Nexus other than fighting. He was best at hacking the control system of the enemy's starships to disrupt and manipulate the entire starship.
"When my Big Bai Pirate Gang encountered the fleet of the Cultivators of Starlight, 'A Boxing Champion' Lei Zonglie was able to hack my command system while fighting me, messing up my previously delicate battle formation.
"A * shole. He is obviously an expert of crystal processors, and his nickname is' A Boxing Champion '. How shameless!
"Ai, this is truly the most shameful thing that has ever happened to me since my debut. Originally, I didn't want to say it even if I were to be beaten to death. But Marquis Ye has confided in me so wholeheartedly. If I were to conceal anything from Marquis Ye, am I still a person? All in all, I suffered quite a lot of losses under the hands of 'A Boxing Champion' Lei Zonglie. It was already lucky that I could retreat in one piece.
"I was not so bad. I was told that the garrison fleets of quite a few Sectors encountered the fleets of the Cultivators led by 'A Boxing Champion' Lei Zonglie. A lot of starships were hacked and stolen by him. Under his leadership, it took 'Starlight' less than a year to develop from the defeated soldiers who fled to this place in a hurry to a capable fighter again.
"I thought that, with the great war between the four Kurfürst families and the reformists around the corner, the Cultivators would certainly not stand by and watch but jump out to stir trouble. Since the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors was recruiting us, who was to say that they wouldn't recruit Starlight? That's why I asked my lord to be very careful. "
"Hmm …"
Pondering for a long time, Li Wuji nodded his head slightly and said, "The intelligence is very important for our next plan of action. Commander Bai, you are very considerate."
Boss Bai couldn't have been more delighted to be praised by his master. He laughed so hard that his body was shaking. "My lord, you are unparalleled and lucky. Even if you do run into the so-called 'A Boxing Champion' Lei Zonglie, you will certainly be able to crush him into minced meat. I was too talkative."
"No, whoever the enemy is, we must deal with them with full attention. Nothing can go wrong if we are too careful."
Li Wuji looked at Boss Bai in satisfaction. "You did the right thing and should have reported it to me. If you have any intelligence in the future, contact me through the private communication channel that I gave you. Remember, this is a channel that only you know. Of all the space pirates, I only want to hear your voice.
"Understood!"
Boss Bai laughed so hard that he looked like a stinky morning glory. "Understood. I will certainly grasp my lord's trust and not let my lord down!"
"Very good. Go back and restrain your troops. You will not have any combat ability if you are too greedy after looting."
Li Wuji waved his hands. "I have stayed in the Blue Sky Market for too long. If there's anything else, just contact me through the private communication channel."
"Understood. See you off, my lord!"
Boss Bai saluted in a rather inappropriate way at first. Then, he knelt on the ground and raised his pointy and thin bottom.
When Li Wuji boarded "Eternal Spring", his flagship, he was still like a black nail that was nailed to the dock of the Blue Sky Market.
Li Wuji came to his personal chamber on the flagship. There was not the slightest smile or trust on his face anymore. He stared at Boss Bai through dozens of surveillance cameras.
The light beams fed back by the dozens of surveillance cameras had carefully scanned and analyzed Boss Bai's every movement and micro-expression in the past half a day. No, a hundred times.
"My lord, the voiceprint of Boss Bai's every word, the changes of his facial expression, the changes of his heartbeat, blood flow, and other physiological parameters have all been carefully analyzed just now. There shouldn't be any problem …"
A handsome adjutant who looked similar to Li Wuji stepped forward and served him a cup of tea at first. Then, he inputted a comprehensive analysis report into Li Wuji's portable crystal processor and said boldly, "However, I still don't like him very much."
The adjutant who could enter Li Wuji's personal chamber freely was naturally not an ordinary person but the son of another powerful big shot in the family. He was sort of Li Wuji's nephew too.
It was the convention of the alliances between the real powers in the family. The two big shots would entrust their own sons to each other for the tutelage in exchange for a firmer covenant and trust. They would form an inseparable community of interests.
Therefore, the adjutant was sort of Li Wuji's true disciple. Also, because of his father's illustrious identity, he spoke rather casually.
"The guy surnamed Bai is indeed not a likable guy. When I see him, I feel like a rat grinding its teeth in a gutter."
Closing his eyes, Li Wuji accepted the refreshing perfume from the adjutant and smeared it on his forehead softly. Then, he massaged his nose to ease the nausea of dealing with the stinky space pirates. "However, I did not recruit him because of his personal charm. Even if he is a rat, he has his uses, right?"
"He is a treacherous, two-faced, and shameless scoundrel."
The adjutant retrieved a few pictures of Boss Bai dragging Zuo Tianying and said, "Please take a look, my lord. How arrogant and hideous the guy surnamed Bai was when he was faced with Zuo Tianying, and how shameless and obsequious he was when he was faced with my lord. He even wants to acknowledge my lord as his god grandfather? What a daydream. Is the noble bloodline of the Li family something that such a person can stain easily? "
"Now that he has become a space pirate, is he not a scoundrel but a chaste woman?"
Li Wuji was still not bothered. He even laughed aloud. "Although his gesture is clumsy, he has pledged his loyalty to me after all. Don't bother about the details.
"The analysis of your microexpressions and biophysical parameters should support that. Other than his shamelessness and eagerness to become an official, there are no other schemes embedded in his expression, right?
"I've seen too many people like him. Although he was brutal and crazy when he was a space pirate, and he was even bold enough to mess with the four families' auction without caring about anything, he was still waiting for the best price to sell himself. What's the old saying again? If you want to be an official, you have to commit murder and arson to be enslaved!"
"I still don't quite understand."
The adjutant stared at Boss Bai in the picture gloomily.
At this moment, the fleets of nobles that Li Wuji brought had taken off one after another and left the Blue Sky Market. However, until the last starship left, Boss Bai was still standing there with his butt sticking out.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
