Chapter 116: Once Spread
The attack on [Dark Star] attracted a lot of people's attention.
In fact, ever since the DarkStar soldiers surrounded the main ship in large numbers, someone had already discovered the clues and publicized them on the Black Hole Network.
As a result, many interstellar races came to the nearby area to watch the fun. This is an old tradition of [Borderlands]. If you don't watch the fun, you're an idiot.
"Someone actually dared to attack Dark Star. They must want to die..." Some people exclaimed in amazement, feeling it was unbelievable.
The reputation of [DarkStar] has penetrated into their hearts. It is an existence that rises with blood and bones.
However, as time passed, they gradually discovered that something was wrong. This group of soldiers surrounded the main ship and did not go in, but just waited outside.
It was not until the gray-black sand mist began to spread that they realized something was wrong. It seemed that something was really wrong with [Dark Star].
"Where is Anxing? Why doesn't he come out to take charge of the situation?" a creature asked puzzledly.
"Isn't this the method used to attack the Green Knight that day? The Black Hole Network said it was the [Azure Survivors]...ah..." A fat-headed and big-eared pig man suddenly howled in the middle of his speech.
"Mm, why are you biting me? Look carefully... I am a pigman, a highly intelligent race, not a carnivorous pig!" He cursed and kicked the sheepman next to him away.
The sheep man was staggering, drooling from the corners of his mouth, his hair falling off... his eyes were cloudy, his limbs looked like they were broken, and he was making low "ho ho" growling sounds.
"Fuck, what's wrong with him? Did he get sheep plague?" The pig man felt a little scared, but suddenly found that his throat was also a little itchy.
Vomiting a mouthful of blood, he looked around in horror.
"roar!"
A large number of interstellar species had gone mad for unknown reasons and were eating each other. The creatures that barely retained their sanity drew out the guns they carried with them and started shooting indiscriminately.
"Hehe..." The pig man's consciousness gradually became blurred, and only the bloodthirsty instinct remained in his mind.
The entire ecosystem of [Borderless Land] is self-contained, which means that the air is also circulating, and a large number of low-level life forms are beginning to mutate.
The virus fluid formed an inexplicable combination with this world, causing the infection speed to increase by dozens of times, and only slightly higher life forms could barely resist it.
But being infected is only a matter of time, and the huge [No Man's Land] has completely become a breeding ground for poisonous insects.
In the Starlight main ship, the hunters are completing the docking mission. In front of them is a huge Titan metal box. This is a complicated process.
On their way here, they had to go through several complicated verification procedures, and even needed General Xinghui's personal nod before they could touch it.
"Mission handover completed, please escort carefully..." The special Titan metal box cannot be placed in the compressed space and can only be carried.
"Understood... I'll call the transport team right away..." The hunter nodded and clicked a few times on the smart terminal.
In the ship's command room, General Xinghui was looking at the holographic screen in front of him, where the special situation of DarkStar was being played.
"General... According to preliminary analysis, there is a thin unidentified substance in the air, which is likely to be some kind of biological virus." At the same time, a staff member analyzed the large number of zombies nearby.
"It has been discovered that... this biological virus has the ability to control the death nerves and is highly contagious..."
"Turn off the fleet's air circulation and have all soldiers turn on the internal circulation in their armor..." General Xinghui frowned.
Biological viruses... Biological viruses are expensive... Who would do this? Parliament?
"General...should we send troops to support them? The [Blue Survivors] are armed personnel belonging to the Reformers."
General Xinghui frowned. To be honest, he didn't want to support DarkStar, even if the enemy was the Transformers.
But if we don’t support him, who knows what kind of trouble that lunatic Anxing will cause when he comes back.
"Has the Zi Guang mission been coordinated? Let him bring people to provide support... Forget it, contact him for me..." General Xinghui ordered.
The centipede man looked indifferent, suppressing his inner excitement and trying not to show it.
Captain... my Captain... I never thought that I would have the chance to see you again since the day of exile!
"From now on...you all have to be well..."
He still remembers that day when the smiling man was escorted away.
Didi!
The smart terminal vibrated, his eyes flickered, it was General Xinghui!
He walked to the side before answering the call, choosing a special angle so that General Xinghui couldn't see the hunter behind him.
"Zi Guang, has the mission been handed over?" General Xinghui frowned.
"It's done..." Zi Guang answered calmly.
"You must lead the soldiers of the third and sixth ships to support DarkStar immediately. They are under attack!"
"Yes!" Zi Guang nodded in acceptance and looked at the hunter after hanging up.
"You need to leave..." He said in a cold tone, as if he was driving them away.
"But... the transport ship hasn't arrived yet..." the hunter pretended to be confused.
"I have a new mission now. Your mission has nothing to do with me. Please leave here immediately." Zi Guang shook his head, and the expressions of the other non-commissioned officers also changed slightly.
"Okay..." The hunter agreed with a frown. This was actually the part that was most likely to be exposed.
There is no way that the three of them could brazenly walk through the [No Man's Land] with the Titan metal box, and there is no way that the Star Fleet would allow them to do so.
There must be a transport ship coming to receive it. Originally, they wanted to use their own spaceship's mimicry to come and receive it.
Naturally, normal spacecraft programs do not allow for the imitation of Imperial military spacecraft, but the current artificial intelligence is a little noisy, so it doesn't matter.
But that would have involved the risk of being exposed... but now the risk of being exposed has been eliminated because it was the Star Fleet that drove them away.
"Take good care of...it..." Zi Guang said something strange, as if reminding them to take good care of the Titan metal box.
However... the hunter understood Zi Guang's true meaning, and he nodded solemnly...
"I will..."
My lieutenant...
"General... the radar suddenly detected an unidentified spacecraft near the star gate..." A series of alarms sounded in the command room.
On the holographic screen, one after another dilapidated spaceships were exploding. Those were the defenses near the stargate.
The construction of the star gate is the highest mission, and all other goals must give way to it.
"How is this possible!" General Xinghui was horrified: "No one knows the coordinates of the Star Gate!"
Although the spaceship had been destroyed, General Xinghui showed no joy at all.
The most critical thing now is that the coordinates of the star gate have been leaked, and the enemy is likely to have follow-up. At this moment, he has forgotten about [Dark Star].
"Recall Zi Guang... All frigates take off. Let's see who dares to destroy the star gate!" General Xinghui said with a gloomy face.
…
[DarkStar] The main ship's prison cell area...headless DarkStar soldiers were everywhere, and the flowing black blood had almost formed a river on the metal floor.
"Awesome!" Li Yu applauded Patches and Karash. He sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, blocking the zombies like a wall, and the zombies did not attack him.
He watched leisurely as the two people worked hard to clear out the armored zombies.
"You deserve to die!" Karash roared angrily, blood spurted out from under his feet, his elbow was cracked, the thrusters were running at full capacity, and the energy channels in the entire mecha were flashing with energy light.
Bang!
Li Yu put his palm in front of his face, and Karash's fist was blocked by him, unable to move forward at all.
"Pachis!" He shouted heart-wrenchingly, a sharp light flashed from the side, and a dagger slashed towards Li Yu's neck.
"You're yelling so loudly, you're making me look like a villain..."
Pinching Karash's palm, the muscles in his shoulders and back exploded. Karash was terrified and his body flew sideways uncontrollably.
Bang!
He and Patches collided and both flew backwards.
Kalash's armor was overwhelmed and many parts were broken. Without his weapons, he had almost no chance to confront Li Yu head-on.
"Lord Darkstar... I will never let you go!" Karash staggered to his feet, with Patches at his side.
"What a coincidence! I won't let him go either..." Li Yu said nonchalantly. Anyway, Anxing couldn't hear him, so he just went ahead and blew it...
"Pachis...we have to find a chance to leave..." Karash secretly communicated with Pachis. The two were now on the same page and had to work together. "There's no response from outside. I don't know what's going on..."
Phew!
A scarlet blade of light burst out from Karash's chest, and blood continued to evaporate... making a hissing sound...
Karash's face was distorted and painful under his helmet. He stared at Pachis in disbelief, holding him tightly with both arms, as if he wanted to say something.
“I’m sorry… I’m not interested in facing DarkStar with such a big responsibility on my shoulders…” Patches knew DarkStar very well.
If they escape now and wait until Anxing comes back, there will be only one outcome, and that is death.
Karash twitched all over and held onto Patchis tightly, but his body was slowly slipping away.
Li Yu watched this scene with great interest, but he did not expect that the other party would suddenly start an internal conflict.
"There's no need for us to continue fighting..." Patches pulled back the dagger and stared at Li Yu warily: "I'm not from Dark Star, you can leave."
In Patches' plan, the best option is to bring Li Yu back to the embrace of the Star Empire. Not only can he be spared from blame, but he might even be rewarded.
However... Li Yu was too strong, and even Patches and Karash could not defeat him together, so he changed his mind.
Since I can't bring back real achievements, I can only bring back false achievements. The news of DarkStar's rebellion should be enough... but there is no need for Karash to exist.
"Oh... so good?" Li Yu stared at him suspiciously: "You don't have any conspiracy, do you?"
“There is no conspiracy… ” Patches frowned and explained, “I am not from DarkStar. I am from the Star Empire. I have no interest in risking my life for DarkStar.”
“So that’s how it is…” Li Yu stroked his chin, but the next moment he suddenly stood up, and terrifying power burst out from his thin body.
A figure mixed with purple and red arcs of electricity directly knocked Patches into the metal wall, and web-like dents spread on the wall.
"Are you crazy?" Patches roared, his body being suppressed tightly.
"My guess was right...your fighting ability is not as good as that guy..." Li Yu grinned. Through the brief battle just now, he keenly noticed the disparity in fighting ability between the two.
His hands turned red and fiercely stabbed into Patchis' chest. With the sound of metal twisting, Patchis appeared in front of Li Yu with a look of horror.
“You…you…what on earth are you going to do!?” Patches’ voice was trembling. “I am from the Star Empire. If you kill me, Dark Star will never let you go…”
His own speech was incoherent. He was not a man of strong will and could not remain calm in the face of the threat of death.
"Give me 2 billion star coins to buy your life..." Li Yu said calmly.
"Two billion... I don't have two billion star coins..." Patches shook his head.
"What!" Li Yu's face was grim. He grabbed Patches' neck and pulled him out of the mecha: "You have 2 billion to buy the mermaid, but not 2 billion to buy your own life?"
Patches was even more frightened, he didn't know how the other party knew that he bought the mermaid.
"I really didn't..." He wailed. Seeing Li Yu's face becoming even uglier, he hurriedly explained: "I was just looking for a reason to make trouble for Bauhaus. I knew Bauhaus would definitely not sell it..."
"Fuck you..." Li Yu paused, his face dead silent: "You are still smart..."
The movements of his hands gradually became heavier...
"No...no..." Patches said hurriedly, "I have 500 million...I have 500 million, I'll give you 500 million...500 million!"
Li Yu paused for a moment, his expression became much kinder, and he gave an account number: "Transfer the money..."
"I..." Patches was still in shock: "How do I know you will let me go later..."
Li Yu was not angry. He pondered for a moment and said, "I am a man who keeps my promises. I said I would not kill you, and I will definitely not kill you."
Patches hesitated...
"Look... the situation is like this..." Li Yu carefully analyzed for Patches: "You have 500 million and a chance to survive, but this opportunity requires you to gamble..."
"Although you don't know the outcome...but there is still a chance of winning, it's better than not gambling..."
Patches thought about it carefully and it seemed to be true. He could take a gamble... maybe he could really survive?
He struggled to climb onto the armor, and under Li Yu's supervision, he completed the transfer on the black hole network.
After confirming that the transfer was completed, Li Yu's kind smile suddenly disappeared, and he crippled the other person's limbs and kicked him directly in front of Gore: "Kill him..."
"You... didn't keep your promise!" Patches widened his eyes and pointed at Li Yu with trembling fingers.
"I didn't kill you..." Li Yu shrugged and didn't care.
Gore had a complicated expression on his face. He added the last blow and looked at Li Yu, whose expression was calm... I wonder what he was thinking.
"Let's go...it's time for us to leave..." Li Yu said to Gore with a happy expression while standing among the corpses. Although there was not 2 billion, 500 million was not bad.
The metal corridors of Dark Star were now littered with corpses, and there were many turrets carefully carrying the cut mechanical doors.
Li Yu did not go out directly, but went to the command room and found the hidden person left by Liu Xing.
He hid in a room that the zombies could not break into and did not cause any harm to him.
"I am now shutting down the purge protocol... to ensure we can leave unimpeded..."
This was also the reason why Li Yu found him. There were too many turrets and the mechanical gates were difficult to block.
"By the way, can you control this main ship to launch an attack?" Li Yu asked.
"No..." The other party shook his head: "At least the authority of a commander is required..."
"It's too early to kill..." Li Yu was speechless for a while, but it didn't matter. He took the two of them and left.
As the main ship's door opened, a familiar gray-black mist filled the air.
"My friend, where are you..." Li Yu called out to the gray fog, and suddenly a burst of gunfire came... causing several people to dodge in a hurry.
Soon, a guy wearing a cloak and a gas mask appeared in front of him. It was one of the [Azure Survivors].
"The leader asked me to take you out... Don't make any noise... We haven't finished dealing with the DarkStar soldiers yet..."
Li Yu and his companions followed this [Azure Survivor] and left. When they walked out of the black fog, Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief... but he didn't have time to say anything.
I saw zombies of different appearances turning their heads towards me...
