Chapter 16 Oh, My First Mate
Click.
At two o'clock in the morning, the door of the solitary cell was unlocked.
Yang Ming jumped up alertly on the single bed, frowning as he looked at the door that was slightly opened.
A black card was stuffed in, and then the door closed again.
Yang Ming's ears trembled slightly. The snoring coming from various cells was clearly audible, and there was a slight sound of footsteps gradually moving away.
Yang Ming waited for a long time before walking to the door and picking up the card.
I don't know what material this thing is made of. It feels cold to the touch, and there is a note on the back that says "Apron No. 6".
Yang Ming placed the card on the door lock. With that familiar click, the electronic door unlocked itself...
Oh, so it's clear that he can escape from prison at will?
Are those guys who are plotting something behind the scenes so impatient?
He had only been in this single room for six or seven hours, and he hadn't even used the toilet a few times!
Yang Ming put his ear to the door and listened carefully. After making sure that there was no one outside, he quietly pushed the door open.
He looked up and saw that the sentry post where there should have been guards was empty; above his head, two miniature cameras were slowly turning and aimed at his forehead.
'really.'
This detail confirmed Yang Ming's guess.
Warden Gulipa wanted him to contact Kolev, use this card to open the next cell, and then go to Helipad No. 6 with Kolev to leave?
Tsk, only a fool would believe that.
Yang Ming seemed to hear the guards hiding in the dark whispering and saw the warden's sinister smile.
But for Yang Ming, this was also an opportunity to directly contact Kolev.
He walked along the wall to the next cell and saw the metal nameplate on the cell.
'This is a vicious villain.'
'He killed countless people and was a feared pirate.'
'He must spend the last days of his life here.'
'Don't take him lightly at any time.'
For some reason, Yang Ming actually felt a little bit of anticipation at this moment.
He seemed to have seen a ferocious man standing in a sea of corpses, his dark red mechanical prosthesis emitting faint arcs of electricity.
Suddenly, a green unlocking device appeared on the electronic lock in front of Yang Ming, but Yang Ming did not use the black card in his hand.
The door was opened from the inside!
Yang Ming immediately dodged to the right.
The door of the 625 cell opened a crack, and a warm yellow light spread out. Yang Ming stared at the crack carefully, and then saw someone looking out from the crack...
Little old man.
Uh, is the big pirate he had been looking for for over a week?
This is a thin old man, with a white beard and long hair, which shows his poor personal hygiene habits. The light green striped pajamas and the nightcap with cartoon images on them look very unique.
If Yang Ming were to describe it, this old man would be a bit like the film and television character 'Gandalf' who is a bit shorter.
Of course, compared to this old man, the other black card in the old man's hand and the paper magazine with the Half-Nude Girl printed on it attracted Yang Ming's attention more.
"Oh?"
The old man noticed Yang Ming and the two looked at each other briefly.
boom!
The alloy door slammed shut and the electronic lock automatically locked again.
'We can't let him escape!'
Yang Ming used the card in his hand to swipe the electronic lock, opened the door and rushed in.
The old man grabbed his cartoon nightcap and found a nearby wall to lean on with one hand, pretending to be calm and raised an eyebrow at Yang Ming.
"Hey, boy, what's up?"
"Kolev? Leader of the Black Dragon Pirates?" Yang Ming asked.
The old man was stunned for a moment: "Yes, I am."
The old man's eyes suddenly became sharp, staring at the black card in Yang Ming's hand: "Wow, you have one too."
"Someone arranged for me to escape from prison," Yang Ming said calmly, "but I think it's a trap."
"This must be a trap. They like to do this! They will give you some convenient conditions to make you break out of prison, so that they can kill you openly."
The old man sighed and folded his hands in front of him, as if this posture could give him confidence in his physique.
Kolev spoke incessantly:
"Listen to me, kid. The Interstellar Court does not have any death penalty regulations. Everything here is transparent and will be monitored by various countries. As long as you behave yourself, they will have no way to target you.
"They don't dare to poison us, as that would attract an investigation by the joint investigation team. They don't dare to harm us directly here, as that would lead to attacks from human rights activists and affect their funding.
"Only jailbreaks are considered a direct threat to the lives of the guards, who have the right to shoot prisoners for any crime.
"The card in your hand, of course, I also have it in my hand, it's just a trap for us to die."
"I agree with you," Yang Ming smiled, "Then why did you go out just now?"
Kolev hesitated for a while and murmured: "The beast that has tasted freedom cannot enter his grave early."
Yang Ming's impression of this old man changed a little.
But this Kolev... he is over 1.6 meters tall, has loose muscles all over his body, and a bulging belly. He looks like he has no fighting power at all.
Kolev said, "Wait a minute, the style of these military pants...Are you a Sherman soldier?"
Yang Ming nodded.
Kolev stroked his fluffy beard and laughed: "The skin of Sherman's noble ladies is really good."
"Do you want to leave here?" Yang Ming asked.
"Of course, who doesn't yearn for freedom? But it seems like it's not bad here, right?"
Kolev spread his hands, as if trying to convince himself:
"Look, this is a great environment. Except for the lack of internet access, I can do whatever I want. They will guarantee my life safety.
"I am old, child. I am already seventy-two years old. My time has passed. I just need to wait here quietly for death to come.
"But not many pirates live to my age.
"Yeah, I don't want to go out."
Yang Ming: …
This guy can really hypnotize himself.
"Okay, go back to sleep young man. It's immoral to disturb the rest of the elderly."
Kolev waved his hand and said with a smile, "If you want to ask me for some professional knowledge about pirates, I can teach you some secrets because we are cellmates."
"excuse me."
Yang Ming turned around and swiped the electronic lock, and before leaving, he sneered and repeated the sentence:
"The beast that has tasted freedom cannot go to his grave early."
Kolev's expression was as if he were constipated.
…
Yang Ming was lying on the single bed in cell 624, listening to the pacing sounds coming from the cell next to him.
While chatting with this little old man, cough, and this big pirate, Yang Ming quickly realized that the other party was unusual.
Those little eyes were very wise, and I felt as if I was seen through by him.
But everyone has weaknesses, and this old man is no exception.
Unfortunately, Yang Ming had never heard of Kolev when he played "Abyss". The background world of "Abyss", or the world in front of him, is too huge, and each player can only explore a very limited range. Kolev is not the kind of super pirate who is famous throughout the galaxy.
So, how to conquer Kolev?
Carry it away by force?
This was not very desirable. What he needed was a spaceship that would leave Cole Harbor and head to the Omnic Twilight. It was not difficult to see that Kolev was an arrogant guy, and it would be difficult to achieve his goal by forcing him.
By means of inducement?
The savings that Hanton had saved to marry the noblewoman was not enough to buy half of the smallest spaceship that could jump, and this big pirate must have a lot of money.
"Tsk," Yang Ming changed his posture.
Just like Kolev who was pacing constantly, Yang Ming himself was also feeling a little itchy.
The big pirate was right in front of him, and the channel to get the spaceship was right in front of him; Yang Ming might even be able to get the supply channel of the gene stabilizer through the black market where the pirates traded.
Yang Ming was well aware of the predicament he was facing.
On the one hand, Gulipa and Lao Bailin's performance today made him realize the imminent crisis.
On the other hand, as the only achievement of the Imperial Martial God Project, this identity is particularly deadly.
Although only Lina knows that he is a cyborg, the Empire and its enemies regard his performance in the next court session as his only value.
But normally, the intelligence systems of the major forces infiltrate each other.
And the longer he stays in this prison, the greater the risk of being exposed. Just one blood test would be enough to finish him off.
If it really comes to that, the four major gangsters in the galaxy - the Sherman Empire, the New Federation, the Free United States, and the Guel Alliance - will do everything they can to obtain this transformation technology, and it will be extremely difficult for him to escape.
Therefore, this big pirate Kolev is the perfect opportunity for Yang Ming to break out!
"We have to take a gamble."
Yang Ming calculated that if Kolev wanted to take action, he would definitely come to find him, so he closed his eyes and began to fall into a light sleep.
——He can now control his sleeping state.
When he opened his eyes again, it was already morning in the Milky Way time. Cole Harbor had also entered the 'daylight' mode. The outer protective shield became transparent, and the M-type star was hanging in the starry sky again.
This day seemed particularly long.
Yang Ming forced himself to sleep for the entire day to conserve his energy for the action at night.
Wait until midnight, the same time as last night.
Yang Ming put on the imperial military uniform neatly, and his freshly washed short hair looked particularly fresh.
He leaned against the door and listened carefully, but there was still no one outside. The seven or eight guards who were supposed to be on duty on the sixth floor were now nowhere to be found.
suddenly.
Boom, boom, boom.
There was a slight vibration from the wall, and Kolev seemed to be knocking on the wall.
Yang Ming thought about it for a moment—he actually suspected that Kolev was part of the trap.
'You have to give it a try.'
Yang Ming knocked .
Bang, bang, bang!
It became quiet over there.
Yang Ming was not in a hurry either.
After about three or four minutes, the wall made noises again.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Yang Ming smiled calmly and responded to the other party.
This game went on for quite a while.
Just when Yang Ming thought that he had reached a tacit understanding with this strange old man, he heard the click of the electronic lock of the cell next door. A few seconds later, the electronic lock of his own cell was also unlocked, and Kolev rushed in hurriedly and slammed the door shut.
"Hey!" The old man stared at Yang Ming, "What are you talking about!"
"What?" Yang Ming was a little confused.
"I'm talking to you in Logan code! Logan code! As a soldier, don't you know this? I ask you, will we take action tonight? You answer me, fire, fire. I ask you, do you have support? You answer me, you're so sexy."
Kolev's shaggy beard was trembling:
"No one, no one has ever dared to call me slutty! You are sexually harassing me! Oh! My God! My daughter is the leader of a pirate group, and you actually!"
Yang Ming was a little embarrassed and immediately said, "Hey, Kolev, don't you know? Our empire is now using the Moore code."
Kolev frowned and glared at Yang Ming, and finally his anger subsided a little.
"Action tonight?" asked Kolev.
"This is a trap," Yang Ming crossed his arms calmly, "You said it."
"Yes, this is a trap," Kolev sneered. "I can imagine the gloomy expression on the half-bald warden's face. He must be hiding behind the screen in the control room, staring at the two of us."
"Then how can I trust you?" Yang Ming asked, "I just came here, and you are already a veteran here."
"That's a risk you need to take, young man, and you need to use your own judgement."
Kolev's eyes were still sharp as he played with the black card in his hand and sneered:
“This card, they’re insulting me, you know? They’re insulting me.
"If I were allowed to walk out of my cell free and do nothing, I would become a laughing stock in my profession, and the reputation I have worked so hard to build over forty years would be destroyed in an instant.
"The warden probably wanted to stage a prison break and then shoot them, but they didn't know who they had offended."
Yang Ming asked: "You mean, we should cooperate?"
"You can be my first mate," Kolev raised his head slightly, "temporary first mate. When we leave here, this contract will be automatically terminated."
Yang Ming smiled and said, "We can cooperate, but I want you to be my first mate and you must follow my command."
"That's impossible!" Kolev became aggressive. "Before I decided to retire, I had seven warships. Seven! I can go directly to those small countries to ask for security fees! And you, young man, look at your rank, oh, a captain?"
Yang Ming said: "That's ok, we will cooperate temporarily and decide who will be the captain and who will be the first mate later."
"You need me to conquer you," Kolev narrowed his eyes and smiled. "Things are getting interesting. Let's go, first mate, and check out the landing pad No. 6. Our actions are under surveillance by the other side, but we need to find a way to turn the passive situation into the active one."
"All right, first mate."
"Oh, don't be naughty, my first mate."
"I should go ahead. You are too old and slow, first mate."
"Of course, the captain needs to take charge. I'll follow you, first mate."
