Chapter 94: What Kind of Pirate Ship Is This!

"Mavi... I rescued your father from the Crushed Stone Star and raised him to a very high status. He was always proud of his identity."

"Tell me, why did you betray me and hunt down my friend?"

Mavi was restrained in a metal chair. A pitch-black screen floated in front of him, broadcasting a cold interrogation.

This was the Old Six that Hunter had mentioned. Knowing he no longer had any exploitation value, Mavi merely let out a cold sneer.

"My father has already repaid what he owed you. When the Marauder allied fleet breached your base, my father chose to die rather than inform on you."

"What do I owe you? I fought for my status in Black Skull with my own two hands."

Mavi shouted hoarsely, "Did you think you could use my father's debt of gratitude to control me?"

"Don't think I don't know who you are!"

"A captain of Augu! My father told me you people harbored a massive secret. He refused to look into it, but I intended to get to the bottom of it!"

"Zeth... execute him..." Old Six stopped speaking to Mavi and instead addressed Hunter.

Mavi laughed maniacally, staring at Li Yu. "Do you know about Augu?"

Li Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, while Old Six sounded rather displeased. "Zeth! Are you just going to stand there!?"

Hunter did not make a single movement. He kept his head lowered, hiding his expression from everyone.

"They have a massive secret! A former Radiant Star Legion, with all its members exiled... their commander killed! Just think about how enormous this secret is!"

"Zeth, what are you doing acting like an idiot?" Old Six suddenly shouted.

"Scram!" Hunter cursed, abruptly cutting off the communication.

Mavi continued to ramble at Li Yu, clearly trying to sow discord between them.

"So when it comes down to it, you don't even know what the secret is?" Li Yu finally understood. This guy did know a little something, but not much at all.

"All your yelling is giving me a headache..." Li Yu dragged him to the airlock, opened the pressure chamber, and tossed him inside.

"I curse you! I curse you to a miserable end!"

"Black Skull will avenge me!"

"The secret of Augu will drag you all into the abyss!"

Mavi continued to howl until the blast door closed. His corporeal form was instantly ejected from the hatch. Within moments, a thin layer of ice covered him, his pupils grew dull, and he lost all aura of life.

Seeing this, Li Ping's Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily, his entire body breaking out in a cold sweat. Then, he noticed Li Yu had fallen back into a distracted daze.

'This is too terrifying! Too terrifying! I want to go home to my mommy!'

Deep within the territory of the Star Glory Empire, the laws were strict. It was difficult for Marauders to even reach those parts, and one could go a very long time without ever encountering an unnatural death.

But Li Ping had only been here for a few short days, yet he had already witnessed true cruelty.

"Obtained Special Item – Juvenile Sandworm: A creature native to Dune. It is in its juvenile form and requires a specific environment to survive."

It was a piece of amber the size of a millstone. Sealed inside was a sandworm no longer than a human arm. Its mouthparts were like serrated teeth, densely layered one over another.

"What is this?" Mo Duo leaned in curiously. To her surprise, she actually sensed Mental Power emanating from this bug.

"A sandworm..." Li Yu was visibly delighted. He had assumed that after leaving the Dune World, his Navigator Talent would run out of fuel and become difficult to use.

He never expected to actually be rewarded with a sandworm in the end. It was truly better to teach a man to fish than to just give him a fish.

"Does a specific environment just mean sand?" Li Yu guessed.

There was no sand on the spaceship right now, so he would just have to buy some later.

"Obtained Special Item – Saint Mother's Cost: Not everyone possesses a grateful heart. Do you want to know the price of being a saint?

"Once used on a target, it will activate a Madonna mentality."

'How is this thing so absurd? A Madonna mentality?' Li Yu felt a headache coming on. This was yet another item that involved an unknown level of power, similar to a Causality Weapon, completely defying all logic.

It was a shining gold heart-shaped medal. Just looking at it seemed to have a calming effect on one's state of mind.

Next up was Clone One, which had finished its cooldown. Twenty-four hours had passed, and Clone One could now embark on its stud journey.

"Searching for World Deployment... Analyzing data... Locating coordinates for Resident Evil World... Opening World Barrier Smuggling Channel... Successfully opened... Please select Avatar Deployment. Talents and titles can be equipped and will influence behavior."

Li Yu was somewhat surprised to see the Resident Evil World. An old friend indeed. Clone One would be revisiting an old place.

He remembered that he still had The Infected talent. He wondered if he could manage to get some more Viral Enhancement Agents this time around.

The protagonist was Alice, so he decided against using any titles like "Enemy of the Protagonist." He skillfully chose the route of befriending the protagonist.

At this thought, he let out a baffling sigh...

The Resident Evil World wasn't too dangerous. Given that the avatar synchronized with his main body's strength, unless it was stupid enough to just stand there instead of running, it was highly unlikely to be killed by Zombies.

However, Wesley seemed to be a problem. For talents, he first equipped the elite-grade "Fight To The End." As for a title, there wasn't much worth bringing, so he equipped the newly obtained blue-tier "Life Mentor - Gold."

"Deploying... Deployment successful. Please wait for the System Log to refresh. (Note: The current deployed world and the Main World have an inconsistent time flow, operating at a 1:2 ratio.)"

Li Yu snapped back to reality. Li Ping was cowering in the corner, terrified, while Hunter and Mo Duo had already grown accustomed to his baffling moments of spacing out and paid it no mind.

"I want to go buy some sand. Does anyone have any good suggestions?" Li Yu asked.

"Buy sand?" Hunter was speechless at Li Yu's erratic behavior and advised, "It's best if we don't show our faces for a while."

"Black Skull's forces are not small. This spaceship has no problem dealing with ordinary Marauders, but against Black Skull's Main Ship, it's severely outmatched."

"Your Excellency, this spaceship has Mimetic Disguise. It can alter its appearance to avoid being recognized..." Li Ping chimed in, seizing every opportunity to prove his usefulness.

"Then there's no problem at all..." Li Yu looked delighted.

"Alright, let's head out right now," Li Yu commanded.

"Master... what is the destination?" Claptrap's voice carried a barely detectable hint of confusion.

"The destination..." Li Yu suddenly froze.

Claptrap added, "Master, the coordinate database only contains the Star Glory Empire's Capital Planet, Star Glory, along with the coordinates of a few key administrative planets."

The Star Glory Empire? Wouldn't warping to the Star Glory Empire right now be a death wish? Li Yu was rendered speechless.

Li Ping immediately broke out in a cold sweat. After all, who would bother inputting the coordinates for the No Man's Land System into a spaceship when it left the factory?

"Your Excellency... about that..." He hurriedly tried to explain, but when he saw Li Yu wave his hand, Li Ping's knees gave out. He slumped to the floor and sobbed,

"Your Excellency... this isn't my fault! We truly don't know the coordinates within the No Man's Land System."

Li Yu was completely bewildered. 'If you have something to say, just say it properly. What are you crying for?'

"What's... wrong with him?" Li Yu asked Hunter.

"He's probably just scared..." Hunter guessed.

'Scared? Of me?' Li Yu was left speechless. 'It's not like I'm a bloodthirsty killer. Hasn't everyone who died deserved it?'

"Get up, there's no need to be afraid. Relax... I am not a bloodthirsty person," Li Yu emphasized, realizing someone had a massive misunderstanding of him.

"Yes... yes..." Li Ping hurriedly agreed. "You... you... are not a bloodthirsty... thirsty... thirsty person."

"Forget it... Claptrap, go onto the Black Hole Network and find a few coordinates," Li Yu ordered, shaking his head.

"Master, we cannot connect to the Black Hole Network from here." Perhaps this location was just too remote, making it impossible to log in to the Black Hole Network.

"Only the communication functions are operating normally."

"Then I'll just ask around myself..." He opened the communicator and dialed a connection.

"Hello, Star King..." A handsome face appeared. He looked somewhat panicked, cautiously glancing around as if terrified that someone might see who he was talking to.

"You have some fucking nerve... Your face? No wonder... No wonder those Marauders couldn't find you." Upon seeing Li Yu's face, Star King immediately breathed a sigh of relief and stopped trying to hide.

He never imagined that the random person he had casually added as a contact would turn out to be the man who kidnapped an Imperial Noble.

"Do you have the coordinates for any other settlements? Give me a few..." Li Yu asked, acting as if they were old friends.

"You..." Star King thought to himself, 'Are we really that close?' But then he reconsidered and chuckled. "Of course I do. I'll send them to you right now."

"You're being that straightforward? You aren't planning to hang up and immediately notify the Star Glory Empire to ambush me, are you?" Li Yu asked suspiciously.

"H-how could I..." Star King turned pale with fright and hastily denied it.

"Give me a few more coordinates, otherwise, I won't trust you," Li Yu added.

"Alright..." Star King transmitted a few sets of coordinates. They were all fairly well-known settlements in the No Man's Land System, where many merchant guilds would regularly organize personnel to come and purchase goods, before returning home to rebrand and sell them.

After hanging up the call, Li Yu flipped through his contact list. 'Damn it, more than half of them are enemies. What the hell.'

He had no choice but to ask his enemies for information.

"Um... Your Excellency..." Li Ping suddenly asked in fear and trepidation.

"What did you mean just now... about being ambushed by the Star Glory Empire?"

Although Marauders were notorious, most of them were merely maggots that couldn't even catch the attention of the Star Glory Empire.

Only those major Marauder groups with massive fleets of hundreds or thousands of ships could barely make the Star Glory Empire take them seriously.

But Li Yu's group clearly wasn't on that level, so why would the Star Glory Empire ambush them?

"Ah... I forgot to introduce myself," Li Yu suddenly laughed. "My name is Li Yu, I'm from Heavenly Desolation Star..."

"Li Yu?" Li Ping was somewhat confused. 'What the hell is with this sudden self-introduction?'

But the words "Heavenly Desolation Star" slammed into his mind like a comet. If one asked what the most sensational event in the Star Glory Empire had been recently?

It would undoubtedly be the kidnapping of an Imperial Noble. It even overshadowed the scandal between Jabi and the Mermaid Princess, and Heavenly Desolation Star was precisely where it took place.

Li Ping's pupils shrank. 'That guy who kidnapped the Imperial Noble... his name was Li... Li Yu?'

He even remembered cursing the guy a few times back then.

'Holy shit...' Li Ping stared blankly at the peacefully smiling Li Yu. In his eyes, that smile was no different from the wicked grin of a Demon.

'Is there any difference between boarding this ship and dying?'

'Yes. If I die, I can end it all.'

'But by boarding this ship, not only will I die, but I'll also be cursed at by countless Citizens.'

'What the fucking kind of pirate ship is this!'