Chapter 244: We Want to Give the Adults a Surprise

"Old rule: hide our warships behind a meteor."

"Then accelerate the meteor to slam directly into the enemy vessels."

"We'll then break out, jump‑gang and take his damn thing!"

In the outer rim of the star system, a massive meteor drifted slowly, and behind it hid a large number of warships that had completely shut down, disabling all detectable equipment.

Then, following the guidance of the Sith Kid, they began to drift slowly toward the Aolake that was approaching the star system.

The traitor navy members nodded in acknowledgment, and a crowd rushed to board the jump‑gang ships, preparing to claim the prize once they got close.

Soon, after the observers on the meteor sent a signal confirming that only one ship was arriving, the rebel navy grew even more excited.

"Hey! Everyone, don't rush. If you can't get onto the jump‑gang ship, you can still reach it via the Yunxuji!"

The traitors were in high spirits; after allying with Chaos, they had become especially addicted to the cruel blasphemy rites.

They all imagined storming the enemy vessel and continuing the blasphemous rite with an Alien Form.

So the Admiral had to step in personally to calm the crowd.

But before the Admiral could finish speaking, the deputy let out a light "huh":

"Wait, why did the people on the meteor say… the enemy didn't evade?"

No evasion?

What? Are they stupid enough to head‑on collide with the meteor?

The Admiral, puzzled, looked toward the meteor; with all systems offline, he could only rely on his eyes and saw the crowd's increasingly frantic light signals.

Then the Admiral sent someone to inquire in reverse; as another group reported reaching the designated distance, the jump‑gang ships that had been waiting for ages suddenly surged out from their warships, charging toward the target behind the meteor.

The communications channel was filled with a dense roar of excitement.

And then…

In front of the Admiral, the meteor was struck by a Gauss Light Spear, disintegrating together with the friendly personnel on it into atomic state.

Amid the scattering atomic ash, a single epic giant ship—larger than all their vessels combined yet still smaller than the enemy's—appeared!

The excited howls on the channel abruptly stopped.

It wasn't that they saw the Aolake's massive hull; after all, jump‑gang ships have no portholes.

Instead, the countless jump‑gang ships, like light sand before the Aolake, struck its hull once and then smashed themselves flat!

Those jump‑gang ships didn't even scratch the Aolake's outer coating.

The whole scheme the Admiral had meticulously prepared was like a gang of brothers brandishing swords, ready to block the road and rob.

But when they burst onto the scene, what rushed at them was a super‑doubled overloaded Hundred‑Ton King!

Before the Hundred‑Ton King could even react, the gang became an oil painting stuck to the ground.

And from the feeling alone, it was indeed so.

At this moment on the Aolake Bridge, the barely perceptible sway of the hull was felt.

Even Xisi, though strong, hesitated a bit and looked at the people beside him:

"Did something just bump us?"

Washituoer and the others exchanged glances, then the Ancient Beastmen laughed loudly:

"Don't know, maybe it's pressing on a deceleration belt."

"Bullshit, there's no deceleration belt in the universe!"

"If you ask me, it's probably small bits of the meteor that haven't fully disintegrated."

A few Ancient Beastmen analyzed seriously, one even stroked his chin, looking thoughtful.

This scene—not just Fanluosi and the others, but even Washituoer, who had just joined, thought those Ancient Beastmen were acting like highbrow intellectuals!

"Fine, maybe I just felt it wrong?"

Xisi waved his hand, deciding not to dwell on the incident, and as he was about to move forward, he saw outside the porthole that, with the meteor completely disintegrated, the rebel navy behind stood awkwardly in place, unable to flee after shutting down all systems.

"How are there still some Empire warships?"

"And, on these warships…"

"Why does it all say 'Welcome'???"

Half an hour later, on the Aolake Bridge.

The Admiral, with the deputy, stood straight and proper before Xisi.

"So you came to welcome us?"

"Yes! We've long awaited the royal fleet!"

"Then why were you hiding behind the meteor?"

"We… we just wanted to give the adults a surprise."

Stammering, not to mention Xisi and Washituoer couldn't help but laugh at the excuse.

Even the Xisi Beastmen behind, after thinking seriously for a while, felt those shrimp's excuse wasn't clever enough.

Xisi didn't expose them; instead a playful smile appeared on his face:

"Then why did you smash us with jump‑gang ships?"

"Our communications were down; we had no choice but to use this to call the adults."

"Using jump‑gang ships to greet? No one inside the jump‑gang ships?"

The Admiral was stunned, recalling the frantic scramble to cram into the jump‑gang ships before departure; facing those jump‑gang squads drifting in the nearby void, turned into a cosmic deceleration belt, he swallowed dryly and forced a smile.

"The adults are joking; how could anyone be inside the jump‑gang ships…"

This time Xisi barely held back his laughter; he sat up a bit, suppressing a grin, and stared seriously at the Admiral below, who couldn't run away and had to stand obediently.

Then glancing at the message from Fanluosi beside him, learning that numerous armed merchant ships were docked in the star system ahead, Xisi thought and spoke again:

"In that case, you really gave me a huge surprise."

I'll let you go back to prepare now; my ship is large, it will reach the star system a few days later than you.

I hope you can be ready to receive them then.

Hearing that Xisi actually believed it, the General and the adjutant looked at Xisi in disbelief, then, with great joy, quickly nodded!

Only after they actually boarded the Yunxuji to return to their warship, and saw Aolake steady in the void without firing a single shot, did they come to their senses.

"Sir? What do you say? Should we run now?"

The adjutant, who had just escaped death, was excited, while the General, looking at his adjutant, was also tempted but suppressed the urge to flee immediately.

"Run? Even if we could run, could those supply merchant ships run?"

"Don't forget, if we lose this batch of supplies, the Empire won't tolerate us, and the War General won't tolerate us either!"

The adjutant was stunned, glanced at Aolake, whose speed had indeed slowed considerably nearby, and hesitated:

"Then, sir, what do you mean?"

The General looked at Aolake, and after the initial panic passed, a vast greed flashed in his eyes.

It's unclear whether Xisi's easygoing nature gave him courage; after a moment of silence, the General gritted his teeth and looked up again:

"First, send a notice to the nearby War General units, saying there's a big ship here, ripe for plundering."

"Then, before the War General forces arrive, we go back to continue preparing."

"One meteorite isn't enough; we'll get several more. We don't believe it won't crush him!"