Chapter 856: Heading to Kamirate (3)

The interrogation room of the *Fengchi* is a simple, utilitarian-style room.

Aside from a metal chair bolted to the floor and some interfaces built into the metal walls, it is almost completely empty.

The scarred Human pirate was escorted in by two White Scars Space Marines.

His magnetic shackles were secured to the metal chair.

He looked around in terror, his body trembling slightly.

The brief ferocity he had shown during the boarding action had long since been thoroughly crushed by the peerless power of the Space Marines and the fleet's overwhelming, destructive strike.

The airtight door slid open, and the tall figure of Jaghatai walked in.

He was not even wearing a helmet; that face, possessing both the wildness of his Mongol ancestors and the majesty of a Primarch, was presented directly before the captive.

He did not deliberately radiate psychic pressure, but his mere presence—the intangible sense of oppression brought by a Primarch—was already making the scarred man gasp for air.

A White Scars Librarian followed closely behind Jaghatai, faint, ghostly blue psychic light flickering in his eyes.

Jaghatai did not sit down; he simply looked down at the scarred man from above and got straight to the point.

"Name. The location of your lair. Your primary areas of operation. Any information you have regarding the Fengqi Outpost in the Kamilate Xingdai. Everything you know, speak."

His voice was calm, yet it made the scarred man shudder in fear.

"I... I am called Sikuleiqi... Officer! We... we don't have a fixed lair, we mainly operate around the 'Shattered Star Belt' and the 'Dust Cloud', where there are fewer Fengqi patrols... The outpost in Kamirate... I don't know much, really!

That is a key area for Fengqi, small fries like us don't dare to get close easily... I only know they have quite a few outposts, the alert range is huge, and patrols appear often..."

He spoke at an extremely fast pace, spilling out every bit of the pitiful information he possessed, terrified that being even a second slower would anger the terrifying monster before him.

He even proactively added information about other pirate gangs in the Shattered Star Belt, attempting to demonstrate his "value."

After finishing, he panted heavily, secretly observing Jaghatai's expression; seeing that the other party showed no reaction, he felt increasingly uneasy.

He hesitated for a moment, summoned all his remaining courage, and asked with a trembling voice.

"O... Officer... who... who exactly are you? Which Star Alliance are you from? W... why attack the Fengqi scout ships? Don't you know they are..."

He wanted to say "Don't you know they are from the Fengqi Star Alliance?", but the words died in his throat as he realized this question might seem stupid—the other party clearly knew, and simply did not care!

Jaghatai Khan did not spare him a glance; his gaze shifted slightly, and the White Scars Librarian beside him activated a tactical projection, drawing Jaghatai's attention to the situation outside while using psychic powers to shield part of Sikuleiqi's vision.

To him, interrogating this pirate was merely to extract any potential, insignificant fragments of information; as for satisfying the captive's curiosity? It was meaningless.

Sikuleiqi's heart sank; the other party had completely ignored his question, and this absolute disregard made him feel even more terrified than a threat.

It meant that in the other party's eyes, he might not even qualify for a conversation, being purely a source of information to be mined and discarded once used.

Just then, Jaghatai saw the battle situation on the projection, nodded slightly, and said briefly.

"Good. Clean it up."

Only then did he refocus his gaze on Sikuleiqi.

"It seems your companions are no longer of any value."

Jaghatai said coldly.

Sikuleiqi stiffened all over.

"W... what?"

Almost at the same moment his voice fell, the wall on one side of the interrogation room suddenly became transparent, revealing a real-time image of the starry sky—it was the very airspace where those three Cobra-class Destroyers were engaging the Fengqi scout ships!

Three Cobra-class Destroyers were seen rushing out from the shadows of the void, appearing at the side and rear of the three Fengqi scout ships that had just activated their active sensors!

The scout ships were clearly caught off guard! They attempted to turn urgently and release jamming chaff, while desperately trying to package and transmit the scanned enemy ship information.

But it was too late!

The torpedo tubes and single-shot light macro-cannons of the Cobra-class Destroyers had already locked onto their targets!

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!"

Several torpedoes equipped with high-explosive shells, trailing fiery exhaust, were the first to leave their tubes, flying toward their targets at extreme speed!

At the same time, the macro-cannon shells struck the scout ships' vulnerable engine sections and communication arrays!

In the void, a silent destruction unfolded.

One scout ship attempted to evade the torpedoes, only to be blown to pieces by incoming macro-cannon shells.

Another scout ship was hit directly in the center by a torpedo; the explosion devoured its slender hull, snapping it in two!

The last scout ship was the most "fortunate"; it was only hit by a torpedo and lost power, but a Cobra-class Destroyer quickly approached and fired several times with its single-shot light macro-cannon, directly reducing it to a pile of floating scrap metal to ensure no signal could possibly be sent out.

The entire process, from the surprise attack to the end, took less than 1 minute.

Efficient, cold, thorough.

Sikuleiqi's mouth hung open, the hideous scar on his face twisted even more horribly by extreme fear.

He watched helplessly as three regular army scout ships of the Fengqi Star Alliance were easily crushed before the three destroyers sent by this mysterious fleet, unable to put up even a decent resistance!

Madness! It was too crazy!

They not only dared to attack Fengqi ships, but did so with such an attitude of absolute crushing superiority!

They didn't even want prisoners, choosing instead to destroy them outright!

This wasn't just a provocation; this was a declaration of war! It was an undisguised contempt for and attack on the Fengqi Star Alliance!

He had previously thought the other party was some ignorant new force, but now he realized how ridiculously wrong he had been!

These were simply a bunch of lunatics! A bunch of powerful lunatics!

He turned to Jaghatai, his voice becoming shrill with fear.

"Y... you... are you really at war with the Fengqi Star Alliance?! Do you have any idea how powerful they are?! You are courting your own destruction! You will bring about a catastrophe! They..."

"Noisy."

Jaghatai finally gave him a direct response, but it was only to coldly cut him off.

A trace of impatience flashed in the Khan's eyes.

"How powerful the Fengqi Star Alliance is, we will soon find out. As for you..."

He waved his hand and gave an order to that White Scars Librarian.

"Take this piece of trash away and keep him guarded separately from the other captives. You will need them later to verify some information."

"No! Wait! Officer! Spare my life! I can help you! I know a lot..."

Sikuleiqi screamed in terror, trying to struggle, but the magnetic shackles held him firmly fixed to the chair.

The White Scars Librarian lifted him from the chair, ignoring his wailing and begging, and walked straight outside.

The door of the Interrogation Room closed once again, shutting out the noise.

Jaghatai Khan once again cast his gaze toward the metal wall that had returned to its original state.

Fengqi Star Alliance? He looked forward to seeing for himself just how long this so-called "powerful" force, which had enslaved countless worlds and made these pirates tremble with fear, could hold out before the Sharp Blade of his White Scars.