Chapter 111: Falling Behind Will Get Beaten
"Wait..." Bauhaus's voice reached Li Yu's ears as expected. He stopped and turned his head with some confusion: "Anything else?"
Bauhaus's face suddenly turned pale. "Five hundred thousand star coins, you didn't even get to see the mermaid up close, how can you leave?"
"If this gets out, people will think that Bauhaus is not hospitable to its guests."
Bauhaus invited Li Yu to a huge fish tank. The average IQ level of mermaids had reached the standard of intelligent races in the Interstellar Society.
They possessed extraordinary civilization and technology on their home planet, and when they were incorporated into the Star Empire, they even advanced the Star Empire's liquid technology level by a small step.
The mermaid hid timidly in the corner. It did not arouse Li Yu's interest and even seemed a little bored.
Fortunately, Bauhaus only used this excuse to keep him, not really wanting him to appreciate the mermaid.
"From what you just said, it seems that you have some plans..." Bauhaus asked tentatively.
"Yes...but I won't tell you..." Li Yu's frank attitude shocked Bauhaus.
"I can give you a chance..."
The mermaid hid in the corner and shivered, her eyes full of pleading and helplessness. She seemed to have noticed that Li Yu treated her differently.
Trying to ask Li Yu to rescue her...
"Give me a chance..." Bauhaus remained noncommittal, and this statement obviously made him unhappy.
"You can't fight the Imperial Fleet alone... Even if you stop it once, you can't stop it a second time. You must cause the entire Unowned Galaxy to resist."
Li Yu ignored the mermaid's plea for help and said, "The entire ownerless galaxy is intimidated by the alliance between DarkStar and the Imperial Fleet, and has been hesitant to take action."
“Once there is a problem in the cooperation between the two parties, it is an opportunity.”
Bauhaus frowned. Everyone knew this. Although the Star Empire was big, the Unowned Galaxy was not their territory after all.
There were too many predators, enough to cause them a lot of trouble, which was why they sought cooperation from DarkStar.
However, DarkStar's sweep across the ownerless galaxy is a real combat force and has a great influence among the plunderers.
There are still some plunderers who believe that the cooperation between DarkStar and the Star Empire is to prevent the Star Empire from launching a large-scale attack on ownerless galaxies.
"Someone will take action against DarkStar soon. I hope you can exert your influence."
After hearing what Li Yu said, Bauhaus was completely relieved. Since he was not allowed to take the lead, he naturally did not have too many concerns.
"The cooperation between DarkStar and the Star Empire has already aroused the dissatisfaction of many people. If anyone attacks DarkStar, I will definitely follow!"
Bauhaus said in a firm tone that he also had his own ideas and his slave trading network had reached a bottleneck.
If he wants to continue to develop, it will be difficult... He can't monopolize the slave trade in the entire ownerless galaxy by himself, so he can only extend his tentacles to other industries.
Maybe... this is an opportunity...
Li Yu remained noncommittal. He would not believe Bauhaus just because of one or two firm promises. If the other party was not sure of winning him over, how could he communicate with him here?
He left here and Bauhaus personally sent him to the outside of the Tyren Building. His appearance changed again and he looked completely different.
On the street, DarkStar and Silver Empire soldiers mixed together and headed towards the dock. This was a rare sight.
"Bah! How long will the ban last? I've already spent all my money and I'm eager to make some money!" a roadside robber cursed.
"Who knows, [Dark Star] and the Imperial Fleet seem to be looking for someone. They have collected a lot of spaceships in the past two days and caused a lot of trouble."
“Damn it… I thought Anxing was a big shot, but in the end he’s just been treated like a dog…”
Some whispered conversations fell into Li Yu's ears. The atmosphere of the ownerless galaxy has become increasingly intense in the past few days, just as Li Yu expected.
Many looters couldn't bear it any longer, especially those from Dark Star and the Star Empire, who joined forces to search the spaceships one by one, causing some fire clashes.
Li Yu frowned slightly. Dark Star was looking for the key to the Titan ruins... and while the Star Empire was looking for the key... they were also looking for his traces.
From the information exchanged with Liu Xing, it was learned that the Xingyao Empire already knew that they had arrived in the [Unowned Galaxy] .
This is also one of the reasons why he deceived Bauhaus. He couldn't stay here, otherwise he would be discovered sooner or later.
Unless he abandons the spaceship, Murdo, the hunter, the sandworm, and Lipin, and hides alone...
He thought about it... and decided not to have such thoughts until the very end.
Back on the spaceship, fortunately the huge size of the entire [Borderless Land], the shortage of manpower, and the rebelliousness of the predators caused several fights, resulting in slow progress in the investigation.
Back in the spaceship, the hunter stared at Li Yu's somewhat tattered suit with a strange look...
Mo Duo sniffed and stared at Li Yu suspiciously: "You have a special fragrance..."
"Huh?" Li Yu was confused? Fragrance? What kind of fragrance... I can't smell it myself.
"It really is!" The hunter sniffed, his face full of excitement, as if he had discovered some incredible secret.
Li Yu was speechless, staring coldly at the hunter who was inexplicably excited.
"Someone was assassinated. The assassin was a woman and took me hostage." Li Yu explained sincerely.
"You can still encounter such a thing when you go out?" The hunter was obviously unconvinced: "The probability of taking you as a hostage is too low. Even interstellar novels dare not write about it."
Mo Duo lowered his head and swiped on the smart terminal for a long time before he said quietly, "Is the mermaid pretty?"
Li Yu's heart skipped a beat? Shit... How did Mo Duo know that?
Mo Duo's light red eyes showed no emotion. She said calmly, "You used the word assassination. Only people with a certain status and position deserve this word."
"I searched on the Black Hole Network..."
Mo Duo lightly tapped the smart terminal, and a holographic projection appeared in front of everyone.
"Slave tycoon Bauhaus was assassinated! Mermaid appreciation meeting became an execution scene!"
Li Yu's eyes twitched slightly, and then he heard Mo Duo say indifferently: "But... these have nothing to do with me."
She sat in front of the porthole, her tight jeans outlining her long straight legs, her hair draped over her chest, and only her white... cheeks could be seen...
Li Yu: "Indeed..."
"You went to see the mermaid?" The hunter looked strange and sighed, "It's understandable that young people can't control themselves."
In his mind, Li Yu was as experienced as a demon, but now he still felt like a young man.
The hunter had seen mermaids, more than one. Of course... they were not slave mermaids, but mermaid citizens.
"Get lost..." Li Yu said unhappily, "There's nothing special about it. I don't know why so many people are praising it..."
Too lazy to talk nonsense with the hunter, Li Yu came to the sandworm tank. In just two days, the star sand had dropped a lot.
The originally yellowish sandworm slowly turned into dark blue, with a special glow flashing on its surface, like starlight, and it even grew a finger-length section longer.
…
Aaron Civilization - Core Administrative Planet. A large number of Aaron people looked at the Star Empire fleet covering the sky and seemed somewhat frightened.
They are a humanoid race, but they differ from the interstellar humans in some subtle ways.
The towering Star of Aaron is green all over. A metal pillar supports the huge circular building. It is their pride and symbol, and it is also where the rulers live.
However, at this moment... the place was filled with roars and anger.
"...The Star Empire wants to take away what we have dug out with so much difficulty with just one sentence!"
King Aaron roared angrily at General Xinghui. He was wearing green royal attire with extremely complicated accessories.
General Xinghui was very indifferent. Even though the person in front of him was the king who ruled over three star systems, he did not show any fear at all.
He waved his hand gently, and a large amount of interstellar text appeared in the void: "According to the 14th Supplementary Agreement of Chapter 738 of the Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance between Aaron and the Star Empire."
"The Aaron Civilization has the obligation and responsibility to hand over the discovered Titan relics and items to the Star Empire for safekeeping."
A line of small words appeared among the large amount of interstellar text and enlarged...
King Aaron stared at the line of words with an unsightly expression, and couldn't help but curse the Green Knights in his heart. What a bunch of rubbish, they not only failed to do their job well, but also leaked the news!
He forced a smile: "It's just a responsibility and obligation, not a necessity..."
“Your Highness…” General Xinghui interrupted him expressionlessly: “I am not here to play word games today. If you do not hand over the relevant information and items, it will be equivalent to declaring war on the Xingyao Empire!”
King Aaron's eyes widened, his breathing became rapid, his face flushed, and he pointed at General Xinghui...but he couldn't say a word.
"Give...give...give them!" King Aaron shouted angrily!
The ministers who had been keeping silent on the side immediately took action, and soon a large amount of information was transmitted.
Eight green knights came in carrying a heavy pale golden box, the surface of which was covered with intricate patterns and decorations similar to those made of bones.
Someone from the Star Empire immediately came forward with a complex instrument to test it. With a ticking sound, they reported: "General... there is no problem with the epoch reading. The preliminary estimate is that it is a Titan product."
"It should be a weapon box, with a Titan lock. I need a key..."
"Key?" General Xinghui looked at King Aaron.
"The key is not with us..." King Aaron said in a bad tone: "I sent people to track it down..."
Halfway through his speech, he suddenly reacted and asked suspiciously, "You don't know about the key?"
"How did you know that we found the Titan ruins?"
General Xinghui's expression changed slightly. The damn [Anxing] actually hid the news. No wonder it cooperated so well with the search for Li Yu and the others. It turned out that it had its own purpose.
"Goodbye... I hope King Aaron can think more clearly next time..." Xinghui turned and left, and his men followed closely behind carrying heavy boxes, leaving King Aaron roaring continuously.
He walked quickly... If DarkStar found the key, the Empire would probably be blackmailed again!
Damn those looters...sooner or later I'll kill them all!
General Xinghui's eyes were filled with anger...
