In the eyes of normal people, the space pirates had committed all kinds of crimes. Spider Den, their nest, must be a lawless place, too.
But according to the introduction in Fengyu Zhong's notes, that was far from the truth.
Although a lot of brutal bandits had gathered on Spider Den, an effective law of darkness had been established after thousands of years of cruel struggles.
Under the law, secret fights were frequent, but open fights were rare. At first glance, everything was peaceful and orderly.
On second thought, it was quite understandable. So many lawless, ferocious space pirates had gathered. If there were no strict rules to manage them, Spider Den would have been in chaos a long time ago. After the internal strife and fighting were over, there would be no need to talk about looting at all.
Li Yao had heard before that many experienced bandits would allow their subordinates to do whatever they wanted when they were on a mission. But when they returned to their nest, or even the villages near their nest, strict rules would be enforced, and their subordinates were not allowed to touch anything.
As the saying went, 'a rabbit does not eat the grass near its nest'. It was not a moral but a necessity for survival.
It was the same on Spider Den. Under the iron law of darkness, all the space pirates were divided into three classes.
The lowest class, which was also the class with the largest population, was not even a real space pirate.
They were the reserves of the space pirates.
Some of them were the fighters and Cultivators who had violated the laws of their sects in various space zones and world fragments and had committed crimes such as murder and robbery. They had nowhere to run and could only escape to Spider Den.
Some of them were victims whose assets had been looted by the space pirates and who had nothing left. They were forced to Spider Den and turned from victims to victims when they had nowhere else to go. They turned into victimizers.
Some of them were the descendants of the space pirates who had lived on Spider Den for thousands of years.
Living in such an environment, they were all influenced by what they saw and heard. They had no choice but to embark on the path of darkness.
Those people were at the bottom of the food chain on Spider Den.
They had to prove their capability in places such as the underground arenas before they were selected by a certain pirate gang.
After all, space pirates were risking their lives when they went out. Even if they were not real experts, they had to be brutal and fearless. Only then could they go hunting.
When they were just selected, they were still not real members of the pirate gang. They could only say that the pirate gang had taken them out for a robbery.
Most of the loot from the robberies would belong to the pirate gang that took them out. It was their 'seat fee' on the starship.
It was the unspoken rule of Spider Den.
It could not be helped. Without a starship, even a Yuanying monster would find it difficult to rob someone in space alone.
If they survived a few life-and-death battles, they would become an official member of a pirate gang.
Ever since then, a large portion of the loot was obtained from every robbery. They could all belong to him, and he could go to the black market to exchange for higher level cultivation techniques and divine abilities.
For the lowest rung of society, this was considered a great leap forward. He had finally made it.
Some of them were freaks, too. They had the opportunity to join a pirate gang, but they preferred to work alone. Sometimes, they would board a starship, but they never joined hands to rob others.
These people were considered lone bandits, and 'Hellsword' Zhuang Ziyou was one of the best.
However, most of them were still willing to join a pirate gang. From then on, they rose to the middle class of space pirates and became real bandits.
The biggest difference between official space pirates and reserve space pirates was … They did not have their own starship.
With a starship, they were free to hunt. Most of the loot they got could be used by themselves. Compared to the lowest rung of society, there was a huge difference.
However, such space pirates were still not at the top of the food chain on Spider Den. Above them were the real dominators of space pirates.
Space pirates came and went like the wind. Their whereabouts were unpredictable. The only things that limited them were two things.
Firstly, the supply base, where they could maintain and modify their starships, refill their fuel, and get new Crystal Suit.
Secondly, it would be a network of information and stolen goods, or a large black market. It would be best if there were some extravagant and happy places in the black market, so that they could forget the life of bloodshed in the cold space.
Both of the two things could be found on Spider Den. They were all controlled by the real dominators of space pirates!
Take 'Pirate Potentate' Bai Xinghe for example. He controlled forty percent of the docks on Spider Den and almost ten Crystal Suit centers. It was said that he even had a secret arsenal left by the Star Ocean Imperium.
Although most of the magical equipment in the arsenal had fallen into disrepair and had turned into debris, a lot of useful units could still be excavated and installed on modern magical equipment, greatly increasing the power of the magical equipment!
If the starships of space pirates were damaged, they could only be repaired in the docks under Bai Xinghe's control.
Many of the maintenance facilities were owned by Bai Xinghe.
Naturally, Bai Xinghe could raise the price and rip off the ferocious space pirates. In the meantime, the space pirates had to swallow their anger and bow their fists in gratitude. "Boss Bai!"
They were the real space pirates of space pirates and the real dominators of Spider Den!
The three classes had clear barriers. The bottom class did not have their own starships. The middle class had starships but could not maintain or supply them. The top class had both starships and could maintain, modify, and refine the Crystal Suit independently. They were out-and-out armies.
There were nine such dominators of space pirates who had their own docks and Crystal Suit centers on Spider Den. They formed an organization named 'Nine Dragons Union' to maintain the order of darkness together.
The order was very simple. Anything could be done on Spider Den. Assassination, robbery, betrayal, annihilation, anything was allowed.
But whatever they did, they must not leave any evidence behind.
Without evidence, even if everyone on Spider Den knew that a certain betrayal was committed by a certain space pirate, nobody would care.
Instead, they would secretly praise the space pirate for his cleverness and cleverness in their hearts.
However, if the victim luckily survived and presented unquestionable evidence, the nine biggest pirate gangs would join hands and eliminate the unlucky guy.
Not because he had annihilated his own organization, but because he was stupid enough to leave a witness alive.
It was because of the order that Spider Den had been able to run smoothly for a thousand years after thousands of tough bandits had gathered and become a self-organized dark society.
The leader of the Nine Dragons Union in the past thirty years. Bai Xinghe, the 'Pirate Potentate'.
This was not the first time that Li Yao had seen the name 'Bai Xinghe'.
In the entire book of 'Stormy Sword', the name 'Bai Xinghe' appeared 136 times.
Most of the paragraphs where 'Bai Xinghe' was mentioned. Fengyu Zhong's tone was mixed with hatred and jealousy. Jealousy was mixed with fear, and fear was mixed with intense respect.
At the end of the notes, Fengyu Zhong even wrote a biography for Bai Xinghe. He described the man's miraculous rise on Spider Den and set him as a role model to inspire his son.
In the biography, Fengyu Zhong even mentioned a legendary person from five hundred years ago. 'Yan Xinjian', the supreme space pirate!
In the history of the Flying Star Sector, Yan Xinjian was an unparalleled genius, too.
He used to be an elder of the Heavenly Wolves Fortress, one of the six sects of Heavenly Saints City. He was the deputy commander of the coalition fleet of the six sects of Heavenly Saints City.
His boss and his wife were both disciples of the Silver Moon Clan. They were even brother and sister. The two of them had an affair in secret.
After Yan Xinjian learned of the affair, he quietly made a careful plan and slaughtered his wife, his boss, and his boss's family. Then, he led a batch of loyal followers to Spider Den. He became a scourge of bandits.
Five hundred years ago, it was the time when the Flying Star Sector was flourishing with heroes. The Cultivators formed a super fleet of almost a thousand starships, trying to occupy Spider Den and annihilate all the space pirates.
When the enemy was approaching, the space pirates had been panicking. It was Yan Xinjian who had organized the mobs that had been loose sand and dealt with the Cultivators for years until the arrival of the cosmic storm. A lot of the Cultivators' starships had been wrecked, and the attack had been aborted halfway. The myth that 'Spider Den could never be conquered head-on' was left, too.
Since then, Yan Xinjian had been regarded as the supreme space pirate. It was even said that he had the ability to summon the wind, the rain, and the cosmic storm!
Let's not talk about moral integrity. In terms of Cultivation, leadership, and leadership, Yan Xinjian was definitely one of the most distinguished Cultivators of the Flying Star Sector in the past thousand years.
Although Fengyu Zhong would not compare Bai Xinghe to such a legendary person, the mention of 'Yan Xinjian' was enough to show how much he valued Bai Xinghe.
Bai Xinghe's rise was another soul-stirring legend.
He was not a native of Spider Den. It was said that when he was seven or eight, the starship he was on encountered a cosmic storm. He was discovered by a starship of space pirates and sold to Spider Den, where he became a 'treasure hunter'.
'Treasure hunter' sounded glorious, but a lot of blood and tears were hidden behind it.
Spider Den had been a resource and industrial planet of the Star Ocean Imperium. Although most of the resources had been drained during the civil war, a lot of secret treasures and facilities had been left behind.
It was said that at the end of the war, in order to cope with the years of war, the entire interior of Spider Den had been hollowed out and turned into a complicated underground maze.
The underground maze was an underground fortress of an unimaginable scale. Countless arsenals and shelters had been established, where invaluable secret treasures were hidden. There were also all kinds of unexpected Cultivation arts, techniques, and training facilities.
With the technology of the Flying Star Sector, the space pirates had failed to explore the core of the underground maze even though they had spent a thousand years. They could only wander around two hundred meters below the ground.
Deeper inside the underground maze, traps, secret tunnels, and automatic defense magical equipment were everywhere. Their purpose was to allow the defenders to retreat to the underground fortress and fight on after the enemy landed.
The space pirates wanted to excavate the arsenals, magical equipment, and techniques inside the underground maze, but they were scared that they would be hurt by the traps and magical equipment. Therefore, they recruited 'treasure hunters' to explore the underground.
Sometimes, when nobody answered, they would buy some slaves for the mission.
Although they were called treasure hunters, they were actually no different from suicide. The death rate was very high. They were nothing more than guinea pigs.
It was said that Bai Xinghe was endowed with extraordinary talents. His bones could be flexible and hard at will. Also, he was only seven years old, and his body was very small. He could crawl into the tunnels that were no larger than a rat's hole. He was the best treasure hunter.
He had been a treasure hunter for five years. He had been crawling in and out of the underground of Spider Den every day. He had survived all the disasters, as if he were possessed by a devil.
Later, the space pirates who controlled him were greatly surprised and dragged him out of the sunless underground. He was promoted from a treasure hunter who was doomed to die to an official space pirate.
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