Born in the Land of Sins and childhood sweethearts, the two companions who shared each other's warmth, walked on different paths of life after they dived into the boundless sea of stars.
Han Te had ambitious, restless blood flowing in his bones. He was very curious about the untraceable, free, and even somewhat mysterious and romantic lives of the space pirates. When he heard that the fleet of the Cultivators was in dire need of a liaison officer to be sent to the Big Bai Pirate Gang so that the two parties could cooperate more smoothly, he volunteered to take on the complicated and arduous mission.
After he came to the Big Bai Pirate Gang, not only did he do his job well, he also got in touch with a lot of other posts at ease. In the end, he discovered the post of 'cannoneer' as if by some ill-fated coincidence in his previous life.
The so-called 'cannoneer' was not as simple as controlling the giant cannons on a starship to bombard. Its advanced profession, 'fire control officer', was responsible for the distribution of firepower and the attack rhythm of a starship or even an entire fleet.
Even the most common mass-produced attack starship had almost a hundred cannons large and small. If it was a coalition fleet made of hundreds of starships, the total firepower would be astronomical.
How should the complicated firepower be deployed? How should the shooting angle be adjusted? How should the rhythm of the attack be changed? Should it be stormy or should it be unhurried? Should it be a single target or should it be a blanket attack … It was a very profound knowledge, and the answer was usually in the hands of the fire control officer alone.
In most deep-sky fleets, the fire control officer was the second or third person only below the highest commander and on par with the chief of staff of the fleet.
Furthermore, when the commander of the fleet was killed or lost his combat ability, it was often not the chief of staff but the fire control officer who took over his position.
The chief of staff was the support, and the fire control officer was the one who made the final decision.
To be an excellent fire control officer required not only abundant experience, calm thinking, and a will that was as firm as a rock, but more importantly, talent.
When should the cannons be fired at the same time? When should the flags be lowered? When should the cannons be fired? When should the cannons be fired? When should the cannons be fired? When should the cannons be fired? When should the cannons be fired at the same time? When should the cannons be quiet? When should the cannons be fired? When should the cannons be fired? When should the cannons be fired? When should the cannons be fired? When should the cannons be fired?
It was a consensus among the fleet commanders that an excellent fire control officer could turn something rotten into something miraculous and increase the intensity of the attack of a fleet by at least 20% on their own!
Another irrefutable consensus was that the best fire control officers were like the best artists. They could not be trained at all and could only be discovered slowly.
Of course, Han Te was not exactly an excellent fire control officer right now. He was barely qualified to be called a 'qualified' fire control officer.
However, his calmness when he manipulated the warship cannons, his calmness when he distributed the firepower, and his zeal and calmness when he put all his eggs in one basket had already allowed Boss Bai, who had a keen eye, to see through his talents. Knowing that he was a rarely-seen talent, he was trying to raise him in ecstasy.
Han Te's personality was particularly compatible with Boss Bai's temperament, too.
The paradise on the Land of Sins that he was born in was exactly the same as the bleeding space. It was the most cruel hunting park and arena where the strong preyed on the weak. Everybody was born as both prey and hunter at the same time.
Han Te was like a fish in water in the Big Bai Pirate Gang. He could not have gotten along better with Boss Bai. Although he had already acknowledged the Coloured Glaze's father as his master in his hometown, Boss Bai was more than enough to be his teacher. In the meantime, he had learned a lot of things from the jade chips that Li Yao left and from Boss Bai. His progress in half a year was even greater than that of other people in ten years.
Just now, when the starships of the Big Bai Pirate Gang stealthily changed the direction of their turrets and bombarded the space pirates and the garrison of the Imperium in the Blue Sky Market, Han Te played a part in the precise targeting and the almost perfect coordination of the infantry and the cannons, too!
Han Te enjoyed it. He was even more ambitious and considered Boss Bai a target that he should follow and even surpass.
Even though the Big Bai Pirate Gang and the fleet of the Cultivators had joined each other in victory, he did not intend to return to the Cultivators' side.
Coloured Glaze, on the other hand, was the opposite of him. She had been staying in the fleet of the Cultivators, or to be more exact, with "A Boxing Champion" Lei Zonglie.
A Boxing Champion was a super spiritual puppet that could upgrade and survive forever. His training methods were different from the others. If he wanted to be stronger, he had to strengthen his iron body day and night and even replace it with a brand-new, stronger, and more solid shell.
Such strengthening, modification, and maintenance work could not have been accomplished by A Boxing Champion alone. He needed an assistant at the very least.
When Li Yao left the Martial Meritocrats Sector, he had poured some of his knowledge on maintenance and secret arts into a jade chip and given it to Coloured Glaze.
The Land of Sins was equivalent to a magical equipment graveyard for an entire planet. Most of the magical equipment had to be maintained and assembled on their own. The children who were born in the Land of Sins were often quite adept at magical equipment maintenance. Even the rusted magical equipment from hundreds of years ago could be polished into a brand new one quickly.
Coloured Glaze had the foundation of magical equipment maintenance in the first place. She was also quite agile. Under the guidance of Li Yao's jade chip and A Boxing Champion's personal tutelage, she managed to keep up with A Boxing Champion's pace.
Right now, she had become an indispensable maintainer and upgrader for A Boxing Champion. Her only research direction was how to maintain A Boxing Champion's body and make him the real 'strongest in the universe'!
Such an auxiliary job was too boring for the ambitious Han Te, but Coloured Glaze enjoyed it.
She preferred tranquility to action in the first place, and it was inevitable that she would be scared when she wandered in the sea of stars by herself. Now that she could stay close to such an expert as A Boxing Champion and receive the comprehensive protection of A Boxing Champion, what could she not be satisfied with?
Whether Han Te wanted to be a superhero or a bandit, just let him be. After all, Coloured Glaze had her own dreams. It would be good enough if she could serve a tiny field of Gold Barley well!
In the past half year, the drastic changes in their lives made the young man and the girl who had just turned twenty grow up quickly.
The stubble on the young man's lips was even harder than before, and the girl's body was even rounder and plumper. When they hugged each other today, they felt that the other party was the 'most familiar stranger'.
After hugging for a long time and looking at each other with a smile, they finally saw the reflections of the past deep inside each other's eyes.
"A year ago, we were still struggling in the Land of Sins. We certainly didn't expect such drastic changes to happen to us."
Looking at his hands, Han Te mumbled, "Life … can be so amazing and unbelievable!"
"Yes. After Grandpa Yao came to our world, our life seemed to have been pushed into a turbulent swirl by him."
Coloured Glaze smiled, too. "I wish that Grandpa Yao could see us right now. I wonder where he is exactly. Speaking of which, I do miss him. I wonder when we will meet again."
"There will certainly be a chance."
Han Te said, "According to Boss Bai, an unparalleled tough man named 'Vulture Li Yao' has risen in the capital. He is probably Grandpa Yao!"
"Mr. A Boxing Champion said that too, but I still find it hard to believe —"
Coloured Glaze took a deep breath and found it hard to believe. "A Cultivator has risen in the capital of the Imperium of True Human Beings? Grandpa Yao, you're truly unpredictable! "
"Who can say that he is?"
Han Te grinned. "So, there are two people that I admire most in my life. One of them is Boss Bai, and the other is Grandpa Yao. They are both people who do not need to be surprised no matter what miracles they perform."
"Don't forget that there is also Mr. A Boxing Champion."
Coloured Glaze said, somewhat unconvinced, "You admire Boss Bai, but I feel that our Mr. A Boxing Champion is even better. Let's go and meet Mr. A Boxing Champion with me. You are the liaison officer that we sent to the Big Bai Pirate Gang after all!"
"Of course, of course, I'm going."
Han Te suddenly felt embarrassed. Scratching his head, he said, "However, can we go in the afternoon? Or can you wait for me for two hours? Just two hours!"
"Huh?"
While Coloured Glaze was surprised, voices suddenly echoed behind Han Te. Quite a few girls who were plump, petite, charming, or eye-catching lunged at him.
"Han Te, what are you doing here? It was not easy to take down the Blue Sky Market. You must have made some contributions. Come and celebrate with us!"
"That's right. We've been waiting for you for a long time, but you snuck out without telling us. We're so sad!"
"Huh. Who is this girl? She doesn't look familiar to me!"
Coloured Glaze looked at the girls who were much older than her in bewilderment. Then, she looked at Han Te in disbelief. "They are …"
"Right. Let me introduce them to you. They are the girls that I know in the Big Bai Pirate Gang."
Han Te coughed and said without changing his expression, "This is the girl in the bridge. This is the girl in the fire control room. This is half my senior sister. This is the girl in the engine compartment. This is the girl in the space shuttle team. They are very awesome ace attackers!"
Coloured Glaze was stunned for a long time. Her eyes were frozen by ice. In the end, she stammered, "They — they are all your girls. What about me?"
"You?"
Han Te did not understand what was going on at all. He blurted out, "You are my dearest little sister. I've always regarded you as my biological sister, no, twin sister. You are my most important family!
"Are you worried that I will change my mind after I travel in space for a while? Hahahaha. You're overthinking, Coloured Glaze! Let me tell you, no matter what Han Te becomes in the future, or even if I become completely different, my affection for you will never change. I will protect you as my twin sister forever! "
Coloured Glaze finally couldn't hold it back anymore. She burst into tears of frustration and fury.
"Huh?"
Han Te scratched his head. "You don't have to be so touched, do you? Even if we haven't seen each other for a long time, you don't have to be so fragile. How about this? You can go back and tell Master A Boxing Champion that I'll come to you after I'm done with the girls. Two hours at most, okay? "
"Okay … Okay …"
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