Darling, what are we going there for?" Ingrid, nestled on Zhou Ye's left side, asked curiously, "Shouldn't we return to our base and then go see your planet?"
"Yes, Mom and I are both very interested in Earth," Dolores added, "I especially want to visit that beautiful island Pandora mentioned..."
For Dolores, who had never seen the sea, the ocean held the greatest attraction.
"I'm really sorry, darlings, but I'm afraid we have to go to an appointment first, then take down an old bastard, and then we can go home," Zhou Ye said with a hint of apology.
"It's okay, business comes first." Ingrid was relieved to hear her man's explanation, after all, she knew that her man would never break his word without a good reason.
"By the way, darling, do you know Aleta?" Zhou Ye asked.
"That leader among the Ravagers? How do you know her?" Ingrid asked, and before Zhou Ye could answer, she said, "She's a very famous figure among the space pirates. This guy is known for her tough style. It is said that she once fought three against one and destroyed three government military fleets in a row. It's just that she used to be active in the Alpha Republic in the third arm of the galaxy, and doesn't come here to the outer rim very often."
"...I'm afraid you'll be facing her soon." Zhou Ye shrugged and said, "They said they want to give me a test, and only after completing the test will they recognize my identity as a Ravager... Heh heh."
"That's a really unexpected surprise." Ingrid is actually a very proud woman. How could a fleet commander who has been granted godhood be convinced by a legendary figure blown out of proportion among space pirates? "It seems that I need to familiarize myself with the configuration on the ship these days, so I won't be able to accompany you, darling..."
"It's okay, I also want to see your beautiful figure traversing the stars." Zhou Ye smiled and lightly kissed Ingrid's cheek.
"I want to help too..." Dolores hugged Zhou Ye's arm and acted coquettishly, "I'm also a fighter pilot. I've already familiarized myself with the fighters on the mothership these days and can carry out missions."
"I'm afraid not, baby." Ingrid refused her daughter's request without even thinking.
"Why? Mom..." Dolores said dissatisfied.
"Because I don't want to be distracted by you when I'm commanding." Ingrid explained, "So, stay on the mothership and be with Mom, okay?"
"...Darling..." Dolores turned to Zhou Ye for help, but unfortunately, she received Zhou Ye's helpless expression. Zhou Ye was also worried about letting his woman go out and play dogfighting. There were too many accidents on the battlefield. Although they were using blanks, Zhou Ye was still worried.
Dolores completely gave up. She said with a look of disappointment, "Everyone has something to do, only I am standing there watching you fight... It makes me feel like I am the most useless."
"Baby, it's not that we don't want you to go out and fight, but that you don't have the ability to protect yourself yet, so we are worried about you." Zhou Ye put this little enchantress in his arms and comforted her, "When we return to our base, I will have them strengthen your genes. When you have the ability to protect yourself, we can also let you go out and fight with peace of mind."
"Are you serious? What kind of abilities are there? Are there any super cool abilities? Like the ability to not feel pain after being injured..." Hearing Zhou Ye's words, Dolores regained her lively personality.
And Zhou Ye was responsible for answering her strange questions.
Three days later — — — — — — — —
On the other side, Aleta, who had arrived at the designated star field early, was looking at the calm space in front of her with a bored expression. Although the colorful space was beautiful, it would become very boring after watching it for too long.
"Has that little brat not appeared yet?" Aleta asked.
"Big Sister, the monitors installed at the nearby stargate have not detected any signs of warships passing through there." A female Ravager behind her replied.
"It's really boring." Aleta complained, "Why does testing Yondu's apprentice have to be me? Isn't Modell here? Why isn't it him? I'm having fun playing hide-and-seek with those government military fleets..."
"Maybe Stakar is worried about your safety..." Another female Ravager beside her said, "That's why he asked you to come back here to be the host of this test."
"Big Brother is really overthinking..." Aleta didn't appreciate Stakar's concern at all. For her, playing hide-and-seek with government troops ten times her strength was much more interesting than testing a little kid here.
It's not that she looked down on Zhou Ye, but in her opinion, how powerful could Yondu's successor be? Yondu couldn't even last two moves under her hands back then. His apprentice? Heh heh...
Just as Aleta was about to ridicule Yondu again, a female voice said in a panic, "Oh my god, they're here... Oh no, is that really Yondu's mothership? Oh my god..."
Aleta heard that this was her subordinate who had been sent to a stargate to be her eyes and ears. Her tone was obviously encountering something unbelievable. Aleta hurriedly asked, "Nala, report what you see..."
"...This spaceship is like a monster, god, they don't even need fighter planes... Oh no, are these guys really human..."
Then, a male voice took over the communication system. "Aleta, is that you? Our leader asked me to tell you, wash your ass and prepare to get your ass kicked..."
"Bastard..." Aleta gritted her silver teeth and said fiercely, "Tell that little kid that he's the one who should wash his ass and prepare to get his ass kicked. I will teach him how to respect his elders."
"Heh heh..." With this ambiguous laughter, the communication was cut off.
"Notify the entire ship to prepare for battle. I want that little kid to know what a real space war is."
"Yes, Big Sister." The two female Ravagers behind Aleta were also filled with righteous indignation. For them, this opening was no different from a blatant slap in the face. They felt their faces burning and their hearts were full of anger... They wanted to give this guy a good look.
Meanwhile, Aleta's mothership also dropped thousands of space mines. These space mines had friend-or-foe identification devices, so these scattered space mines posed no harm to their pilots. On the contrary, they provided some cover... …
With the release of the space mines completed, Aleta's mothership gradually withdrew from the minefield, leaving only hundreds of fighters circling there, waiting for Zhou Ye's mothership to appear. Like hyenas discovering prey, they would swarm up and riddle Zhou Ye's mothership with holes.
On the other side, on Zhou Ye's mothership, Ingrid knew everything about Aleta's situation. She had sent a spy ship disguised as a meteorite long ago... … So far, all of Aleta's actions were within her expectations.
The situations on both sides were actually unequal. For Ingrid, she knew who her opponent was, and even knew Aleta's usual tactics. But what about Aleta? She had no idea that her opponent was the Goddess of War of this New Star Empire. If she knew, she would probably be more careful, unlike now... …acting like she was going to beat up a kid.
I just don't know what kind of expression she will have when she discovers that the target she is going to beat up is not a kid, but a giant.
Chapter 447
"This guy is totally using tactics for dealing with rookies on you, darling." Standing in the mothership's command room, Ingrid looked at the holographic projection transmitted from the spy ship in front and teased her man with a smile: "You are being underestimated, darling."
"… …" Zhou Ye was also a little speechless. This girl named Aleta, putting on such a formation, clearly didn't regard herself as an evenly matched opponent. This formation was obviously a posture of beating up a kid. "So, baby, how are you going to deal with this woman who looks down on your man?"
"I will use actions to tell her that no one is qualified to look down on my Ingrid's man." Ingrid's answer was domineering and mighty... … But it always gave Zhou Ye the feeling that he had become a kept man.
With a "slap", Zhou Ye's palm slapped Ingrid's upturned buttocks, "You make me feel like I'm being kept by you."
"How dare I keep you, my dear... …" In an instant, the heroic female general turned into a domestic little woman. Ingrid winked at her man, "I'm just teaching her a lesson for you... …"
"Forget it... … Whatever, let her know who is the soft persimmon." Zhou Ye was too lazy to say anything more. He could completely destroy Aleta's fleet in an instant, but what's the point? His purpose was to infiltrate the large organization of plunderers and absorb the technological nutrients in this organization, not to kill everywhere... …
If you really kill everywhere and destroy anyone you catch, such a person will be destroyed sooner or later if there is no halo of brainlessness covering others. Obviously, although Zhou Ye is not a person with great wisdom, he also deeply understands that if you want to disguise yourself in a place, don't be too out of line... …
Zhou Ye is not the kind of guy who exudes the aura of a king wherever he goes, killing the sky, the earth, and the air. He is just an ordinary man who is a bit lecherous, has some collecting habits, and likes to pick up girls more than fighting.
"Darling, just watch here how I teach this arrogant woman a lesson!" Ingrid said, and issued an order. "Teams one, two, and three, go entangle those fighters on the battlefield. Squads four, five, and six, bypass the minefield from the rear and go straight to their mothership. Capture their mothership for me."
To be honest, after Ingrid truly and thoroughly understood the configuration of Zhou Ye's mothership, it brought her endless surprises. You must know that other motherships, due to space limitations, can only carry two to three hundred fighters at most at a time, but what about Zhou Ye's mothership? Because of the space technology used, it has plenty of room to carry more than a thousand fighters at a time.
Especially when Ingrid heard that Zhou Ye's base had finalized the Star Destroyer mothership, which could carry more than three thousand fighters at a time, she was overjoyed... … In her words, if you give me a hundred such motherships, I will carve out a large star field for you.
However, although this modified mothership is not as good as the Star Destroyer-class mothership, it is more than enough to beat Aleta.
In Aleta's stunned gaze, Zhou Ye's mothership slowly opened the four launch ports on the top, bottom, left, and right. Countless fighters swarmed out, like swarming bees, making people feel scalp numb just looking at them... …
"No... … How is it possible... … How could his mothership carry so many fighters? Doesn't he need supplies? Doesn't he need to carry fuel? What does he use to put so many fighters in the mothership?" Aleta was already grabbing her hair and going crazy. This is too ridiculous. She originally thought she was bullying a kid, but she found out that she was the kid... … This strange feeling of role reversal made her feel unspeakably uncomfortable.
However, regardless of whether she is uncomfortable or not, Zhou Ye's fighters have already pounced over. Some of them are desperately entangling the fighters she left outside, while the other part is flying towards her mothership without hesitation.
"Big sister, what should we do?" The two female plunderers beside her were also a little panicked. It's not that they haven't faced enemies several times their size, but at that time they were on the escaping side, and they would occasionally trip the other party, throwing a space mine or something to hinder the other party.
But what about now? Their fighters have already been released. Now it's too late to take back those fighters if they want to turn around and run... … Without those fighters, their mothership is just a bigger toy. The mothership does not carry too many weapons due to its own space limitations. The biggest means of attack is to release those fighters... …
In fact, the combat capability of a mothership is similar to that of an aircraft carrier, but an aircraft carrier has escort ships. But where can a space pirate get so many escort ships? Besides, even if she could get them, she couldn't afford to support them. Just the fighters on the mothership are enough to give her a headache about supply issues. If she gets some escort ships, she will probably go bankrupt.
Aleta clenched her fists, her eyes fixed on the battling fighters outside. "Just wait, we haven't lost yet..."
Originally, her plan was for everyone to fight with fighters. She knew those guys on Yondu's ship too well; they were all talk and no action. But now, the performance of those fighter pilots had far exceeded her expectations.
At first, those dogfighting fighters behaved like newbies, often being outmaneuvered and surrounded by the sisters on her ship. But later, they slowly and unbelievably turned into seasoned veterans, hitting and running, luring her sisters into their encirclement... and then wiping them out without question. This learning ability amazed her.
"It's over..." Aleta slumped into her command chair, sighing deeply. "Remember our toughest battle with the government army? Send a message to the sisters, break out separately, and we'll lead them in circles..."
"Okay, Big Sister," an underling said excitedly, and began contacting the fighter pilots.
They had once used this trick to wear down a government army twice their size... In short, it was hit and run, kite harassment tactics... Faced with the pressure just now, these two female Ravagers hadn't thought of this trick, or rather, they had become accustomed to following orders and forgot to think.
"Want to run?" Ingrid saw through Aleta's tactics at a glance and ordered without hesitation, "Teams Four, Five, and Six, no need to hide your strength anymore, go after them at full power, and nail her mothership to death."
You should know that at the beginning, Ingrid asked them to approach the enemy mothership with half power, just to avoid scaring them away. Now that they want to run? Then there's no need to hide anymore. It's time to let them know how perverted the fighter engine improved by Umbrella is.
"Yes..." A familiar voice came, and she couldn't help but rub her forehead and say, "Dolores—who let you fly a fighter into battle?"
"Mom, don't be angry. Mom has been my role model since I was a kid. I also want to learn how to dominate the stars!" Dolores said while flattering her mother, "Besides, Pandora is by my side, so don't worry about my safety. I will be the first to board the enemy mothership, Mom, wait for my good news."
"...You..." Ingrid couldn't say the words of blame anymore. She didn't even know when she had become her daughter's role model. Maybe it had been since she was a child. Thousands of words converged into one sentence. "Be careful in everything, pay attention to safety, baby."
"Yes, Commander," Dolores replied playfully and closed the communication.
"Okay, baby, don't worry, with Pandora by her side, her safety is absolutely no problem," Zhou Ye said, holding Dolores, who still looked worried.
"Hopefully..." Ingrid was extremely weak at this moment, she cared too much about her daughter.
Chapter 448
At this moment, Dolores was looking excitedly at the enemy mothership, which was close at hand. "I'm the first to board the enemy ship."
"Well, that's right, go for it, Little Dolores, I believe in you!" Pandora said casually, sitting aside. For her, this was completely meaningless. If she wanted to, she alone could turn this mothership into a pile of floating garbage commonly found in the universe in a matter of seconds.
Moreover, Dolores's so-called first still had some moisture in it. After all, the combat soldiers knew that the person driving this fighter was the woman of their master. Who would dare to be blind and rush up to steal the credit? Not only did they not dare to rush up to steal the credit, but several consciously helped her block those pursuing enemy planes. This was the mistress, if something happened to her among them, the master would be quite terrifying when he went crazy.
Otherwise, do you really think Dolores is a genius at piloting fighters, and can rush straight into the enemy's formation on her first time on the battlefield? That's impossible...
But obviously, Dolores didn't know. All she was thinking about at this time was to rush to the enemy mothership, personally capture the enemy commander, and put a perfect end to the battle hosted by her mother.
Just as she was piloting the fighter to stick to the mothership, Dolores only felt a shock in the fuselage. She pressed the red button for forced landing on her hand, and several mechanical arms stretched out from the bottom of the fighter, firmly grasping the protrusions on the mothership's armor. The strong ion beam generator, specially designed for forced landing, cut a large hole in the mothership's armor in a few seconds, enough for two people to pass through.
You should know that these fighters are not the garbage that was originally carried on Yondu's ship. With a good engine system, those crazy researchers at Umbrella specially designed it for their master, specifically targeting Umbrella's advantageous project, biotechnology.
What is Umbrella's best? That is naturally human enhancement technology... It can be said that every combat soldier of Umbrella is enough to beat most of the soldiers of the universe...
Besides, what are the Ravagers? They are space pirates, they rob... If you smash the opponent's warship into pieces, what are you going to rob?
Therefore, Umbrella's researchers, in response to this situation, equipped their master with fighter weapons whose performance in the universe can only be said to be average. This also has a certain relationship with the fact that there is not much weapon data on Yondu's ship, but the strengthening of other parts is too much. The strength of the armor can be said to be thick and durable, the improved engine has more than doubled their speed, and the strong ion beam generator specially added to the bottom of the fighter for forced landing has laid a good foundation for their master to rob other people's ships.
When they arrive on the enemy's mothership, the Umbrella combat soldiers can use their expertise to receive the enemy ship with basically no damage. This is also the tactic set by Zhou Ye... After all, he is now a Ravager, and he must love what he does.
The topic is far away, let's talk about Dolores's side.
After the armor of the opponent's mothership was cut open, several nozzles quickly sprayed cryogenic gas on the mothership's armor, which was still glowing red and with hot air waves. Soon, the high temperature became a temperature that the human body could withstand, and the large amount of steam generated by the alternating cold and heat was quickly discharged from the inside of the fighter by the activated ventilation device.
"Sister Pandora, let's go!" Dolores, who had already replaced her auxiliary driving helmet with a bulletproof helmet, was wearing a black combat uniform unique to Umbrella, and couldn't help but eagerly said to Pandora, seeing that the landing status had turned green.
"Well, let's go." Pandora was still wearing her Lolita costume. For her, any combat uniform was fine, anyway, there were few weapons that could harm her body.
"Pfft—" A sound of exhaust sounded, the pressure door opened... Dolores rushed in without hesitation, and jumped directly onto the mothership that had been pierced by the strong ion beam.
"This looks like a warehouse..." Dolores sized up her landing location, with various sundries scattered haphazardly around, making it look messy and rather dirty. "So dirty... Compared to our beloved mothership, this place is like a garbage dump."
"..." Pandora, following behind her, was speechless. "This is the normal state of a Ravager mothership. Our beloved mothership is an exception and shouldn't be taken as the standard. Otherwise, you'll find that you can't tolerate any other mothership besides Zhou Ye's."
"Then I just won't leave Ye's mothership. Anyway, he wouldn't have the heart to kick me out..." Dolores said with a smile.
You're so right, I'm speechless... Pandora sighed, took out a box, and stuck it directly onto the electronic lock of the warehouse door. Soon... the voice of the mothership's AI, Banshee, came out. "Scanning the entire ship, access granted... Passage permitted."
"Thank you, Banshee." Pandora felt that she got along well with this Banshee. Perhaps it was because both of their names came from Greek mythology, she had a strange sense of closeness to Banshee.
"It is my honor to serve you, Matriarch Pandora." Banshee's voice also carried a hint of a smile.
"Alright, now let's go see what kind of expression that woman who treated our man like a newbie has on her face..." Pandora said with a smile as she walked in front of Dolores. After all, Dolores wasn't exactly a combatant, and letting her be the first to board the mothership was already an exception. Who knew what dangers might be encountered on the rest of the journey, so it was better for her to scout ahead.
The naturally innocent Dolores didn't think so much. Hearing Pandora's words, she happily said, "I also want to see what kind of expression that guy who put on such a newbie-crushing act will have when she sees us... I can't wait."
"Let's go," Pandora said, walking outwards. All the security doors along the way were non-existent to her. Banshee had already remotely cracked the security mechanisms here. Now, it could be said that all the Umbrella soldiers who had landed on the enemy ship had obtained access to the warship. They could charge straight through without worrying about the mothership's internal counterattack mechanisms playing any role.
Pandora directly led Dolores towards the command center marked out for her by Banshee. After all, a mothership was quite large. If there was no guidance, getting lost inside wasn't impossible. Dolores deeply understood this... because... ahem, she had gotten lost on Zhou Ye's mothership before... and even missed lunch because of it... .
As for the other important cabins, naturally, the other Umbrella soldiers would take care of them. After Dolores sent out the message that she was the first to successfully land on the enemy ship, the soldiers began to land. Of course, they were going to important cabins such as the hangars, armories, fuel depots, and power rooms. Of course, they also carried some inconspicuous little things with them.
Although this was just an assessment and killing was not allowed, Zhou Ye was not the kind of person to return empty-handed from a treasure mountain. After this battle, it was believed that all the facilities on Aleta's mothership would hold no secrets for Zhou Ye.
Chapter 449
At this moment, in the mothership's command center, Aleta stared blankly at the two sides engaged in battle. Enemy and allied fighters were constantly entangled. Those black fighters, like ghosts, with a strange umbrella-shaped symbol painted on their fuselages, had completely taken control of the battlefield situation.
Her sisters could only parry under the relentless pressure of the other side, and had no power to fight back. And some sisters had already couldn't hold on anymore, and directly stopped in the peaceful area outside the combat zone. In this area, there were more than a dozen Ravager motherships watching the battle. Although they arrived a little late, they also saw the excellent performance of the black fighters.
On one of the motherships watching the battle, Stakar watched his sister being beaten to a pulp, and it would be a lie to say he wasn't embarrassed, but he was more happy. In his opinion, it was a good thing for the Ravagers to have such a new force joining their family.
Although the Ravagers seemed to be disorganized, they adhered to their own rules. They came from different star regions. They were usually a scattered mess, but when there was a big score to be made, they didn't mind joining forces to do a big one...
So, in Stakar's view, the stronger Yondu's successor was, the stronger the Ravagers' overall power would be, which was what he wanted to see.
"Yondu, it seems your successor is a good fellow. It's been a long time since I've seen anyone beat Aleta so badly," Stakar said with a smile to Yondu, who was standing beside him watching the battle.
"Heh heh, I didn't expect this kid to be able to do this." Yondu had already seen that those guys piloting the fighters fearlessly were definitely not his former subordinates, but so what? Did that group of guys who abandoned him still want Yondu to help them get justice? Impossible. Although Yondu was a person with principles, he was definitely not a good person, let alone a saintly mother... such a person wouldn't be a space pirate.
Although they were talking and laughing here, Stakar's sister, Aleta, wasn't having such an easy time.
"Big sister, the armor in the third warehouse area of the mothership has been pierced..." A female Ravager behind Aleta looked at the three-dimensional diagram of the mothership in front of her, with the red light flashing on the area, and reported.
"Yeah, I know..." Aleta didn't care anymore. In fact, she had already realized her mistake. She had underestimated the enemy, that was the first point. The second point was that she didn't know the other side's configuration at all, but obviously, the other side knew her configuration like the back of their hand. The lack of intelligence had put her in the current predicament. She was still looking at this Yondu's successor with her old eyes, so she didn't feel wronged by this failure.
"Everyone... the hangar deck of the spaceship has been pierced, heavens, the third engine has lost power, and the first engine has also lost power... all the engines have lost power..."
Bad news came one after another, leaving Aleta no room to be angry.
Just as Aleta was disheartened and about to order a surrender, suddenly two figures walked in.
"Aleta, is it?" The silver-haired girl in a gorgeous black dress in the lead attracted Aleta's attention. In her opinion, this girl shouldn't be on the mothership for a boring space voyage, she should be in a magnificent palace, being served by those well-behaved maids. She was so beautiful, so pure, like a diamond, emitting a dazzling light.
"It's me." Aleta nodded unconsciously, answering the girl's question.
"I am representing my man, Zhou Ye, to accept your surrender," Pandora said with a smile.
Aleta was silent for a long time before saying, "Can I know who defeated me?"
"Of course. The one who defeated you is my sister, and also my man's woman. Her name is Ingrid Picol. I think you should have heard her name…" Pandora said with a smile.
"…The one who defeated me was that crazy woman…" Aleta sighed and said, "Then I don't feel like I lost out. To lose at the hands of the New Star Empire's Goddess of War, I…"
Before she could finish speaking, Dolores interrupted her, "You're the crazy woman…"
"She is?" Aleta ignored the girl who looked so naive and asked Pandora directly.
"Ingrid is my mom…" When Dolores said this, she puffed out her chest, looking proud. At this moment, she could really appreciate her mother's prestige. Even this plunderer knew her mother's name.
"Then you are Zhou Ye's daughter?" Aleta felt that she had miscalculated. She didn't expect that this guy named Zhou Ye was not a kid, but a middle-aged man. Her face-to-face tactics were really a bit silly. To deal with this kind of middle-aged man, she should use a frontal assault plus a sneak attack.
"…You're talking nonsense…" Hearing Aleta's words, Dolores's little face flushed red. "Ye is my man, and also my mom's man…"
"..." Aleta was speechless at Dolores's words, but in her mind, she already had a bad impression of Zhou Ye. In her mind, Zhou Ye was definitely the kind of gigolo who relied on women for a living. Besides sweet talk to deceive women, he had no real ability.
After sighing, Aleta said, "I lost this battle, but the next one won't be so easy for him. In the next duel, the heir must personally take the field. Tell your man, Zhou Ye, that I will definitely not show mercy to him. I will definitely beat his pretty boy face into a pig's head to avenge my mothership that was riddled with holes."
"…Hehe! I will convey your words…" Pandora smiled. She could already imagine what her man's expression would be when he heard these words. A certain female plunderer who looked like Michelle Yeoh was going to be in big trouble… She was really looking forward to that moment. Just imagine, on the bed, how interesting it would be to say these words in the ear of the woman who was being punished by her man.
"Send the signal… We admit defeat." Aleta couldn't bring herself to say the word 'surrender' due to her last bit of dignity.
"Big Sister…" x2
The eyes of the two female plunderers behind her were filled with confusion. Their Big Sister had failed just like that? Their team, which had never failed, had surrendered just like that? This was a big blow to them.
"What are you still standing there for? Send the signal quickly." Aleta's angry shout awakened the two women.
"Yes, Big Sister." The two women replied and silently sent the message acknowledging defeat and surrendering.
"A single failure is not terrible…" Aleta said quietly, "What's terrible is not even having the courage to admit failure. We admit failure because we will not make such a mistake again. We should be glad that we were defeated in the assessment. If we had failed in the confrontation with the government army, we wouldn't even have the chance to reflect on the failure. So… remember this failure well."
"Yes, Big Sister." The two women's spirits lifted, and their eyes rekindled with fighting spirit.
"Truly a good leader." Pandora said with a smile, "Alright, our mission is complete, so goodbye…"
"Tell Zhou Ye, in the next battle, wait to be beaten into a pig's head…" Aleta said fiercely again.
"…Hehe, I will tell him." Pandora waved her hand without looking back and returned to her fighter plane.
From the moment Aleta admitted defeat, the fighter planes of both sides withdrew from the battlefield, and the fighter planes that had forcibly landed also left Aleta's mothership, leaving only a mothership riddled with holes and Aleta, who wanted to cry but had no tears.
Chapter 450
Zhou Ye's mothership — — — —
Inside his extremely luxurious captain's room.
At this moment, Zhou Ye and Pandora were on the beach chair. As for Dolores, who came back with Pandora? She was being turned into mincemeat by her mother… This time, she was bold and went to war without permission. It was estimated that a beating was unavoidable.
"So, that alien girl said she was going to beat me into a pig's head?" Zhou Ye asked, hugging Pandora.
"Yes, she said she wanted to avenge the mothership that was riddled with holes by your fighter planes." Pandora said, kissing Zhou Ye's cheek. "Honey, I've discovered something…"
"What is it?" Zhou Ye asked curiously.
"Who does that alien girl who wants to beat you into a pig's head look like?" Pandora said mysteriously.
"Look like who?" Zhou Ye was also intrigued by her words.
"Like her…" Pandora said, operating on the terminal on her wrist. A photo of a female star surnamed Yang was projected. Zhou Ye took a look and was pleasantly surprised.
"I didn't expect it to be her?" Zhou Ye fell into deep thought. This was a veteran action star. He didn't expect her to make a cameo appearance in the Guardians of the Galaxy… Because he always turned off the player when he saw the subtitles while watching movies, he missed many Easter eggs in the movies.
"She said she was going to beat you into a pig's head, are you afraid?" Pandora teased her man.
"Heh heh…" Zhou Ye was already starting to think about how to face this alien girl.
"Master—there is an external unknown communication request to connect." The Banshee's voice awakened Zhou Ye from his thoughts. "Connect it."
"As you wish, Master." Following the Banshee's response, a three-dimensional projection appeared in front of Zhou Ye. "Hi, my dear successor…"
"Yondu? What's wrong?" Zhou Ye asked, seeing Yondu. "Is something the matter?"
"Good heavens, are you actually asking me if something is the matter?" Yondu struck an exaggerated pose. To be honest, he was in a very good mood at the moment. Zhou Ye's battle made him feel honored, and many old friends said he had found a good successor. His mouth hadn't closed for a whole day. "Dear successor, have you forgotten that you still have a competition to attend."
"Don't use 'dear' as a prefix. It gives me the creeps." Zhou Ye was not accustomed to a man calling him 'dear'.
"Alright, alright…" Yondu's expression turned serious. "Kid, I have to say, you're much stronger than me… Although you snatched my fleet, you used it to make that woman who always looks down on everyone suffer a big loss. I feel very happy, so we're even…"
"Looks like you've been bullied by this woman before?" Zhou Ye asked curiously.
"...Cough cough…" Yondu was truly a bit depressed. This kid Zhou Ye was poking at his sore spots. Don't kick a man when he's down, buddy. "Hurry up and come. We've been waiting for you for a long time… Although, in reality, you only need to win one of these two tests to be accepted by them, but if you win them all, you will gain immense prestige. In this group, prestige sometimes has unimaginable power."
"...Alright, alright…" Zhou Ye sighed, stood up, and said, "Wait for me, I'll be there soon."
"I'm waiting for you to beat up that stupid woman again." If anyone said Zhou Ye couldn't beat Aleta, Yondu would be the first to disbelieve it. He had personally witnessed Zhou Ye's power. Not to mention the telekinesis that could send people flying with a single glance, Zhou Ye's body, which even his own whistling arrow couldn't pierce, was not something Aleta could resist.
"Looks like you really were rubbed into the ground by that chick before…" Seeing Yondu's happy expression, Zhou Ye was even more certain that Yondu had definitely been beaten up by that chick before, and quite badly at that.
"..." Yondu's face turned blue. Oh, no, Yondu's skin was already blue. He was speechless and simply hung up the communication.
"Hahaha…" Zhou Ye never tired of teasing Yondu. "Alright, I'm going to go see the alien chick too…"
"Mm, dear, I'll accompany you…" Pandora directly followed behind Zhou Ye, boarded a medium-sized spaceship, and after leaving the mothership, flew directly towards Stakar's mothership… The second test would be held there, witnessed by a dozen or so Ravager leaders.
Zhou Ye's spaceship quickly received permission to enter. When his spaceship landed in the mothership's hangar, Yondu had already been waiting for him for a long time.
"Hi—kid." Seeing Zhou Ye, Yondu ran over and gave Zhou Ye a big hug, whispering in his ear, "Don't expose me… Consider this the last request of a retiring old Ravager, how about it?"
"..." Zhou Ye looked at Yondu's pleading expression and sighed, "Don't worry, actually, I've always thought you were a good person…"
"Thank you!" Yondu finally put his mind at ease. He had been let go by Zhou Ye; bluntly speaking, he was Zhou Ye's defeated opponent, a stray dog. But now, Zhou Ye had agreed not to expose the process, which made him feel very gratified.
"How are those… those guys?" Yondu finally couldn't help but ask.
"Killed them. I don't want the mothership to change hands as soon as I leave." Zhou Ye said casually.
"Good job…" Although Yondu had already guessed as much, he still felt a bit sentimental hearing Zhou Ye say that, but rationally speaking, he knew that Zhou Ye hadn't done anything wrong. "Maybe you're the natural-born Ravager material. I'm already old…"
"Don't be sentimental, old man…" Zhou Ye said, taking out a bottle of red wine from his bracelet and handing it to him. "I brought you some Earth gifts this time. This stuff is a luxury even on Earth, so don't waste it."
"Thank you…" At this moment, Yondu's eyes felt a little moist. He had been sold to others as a slave by his parents since he was a child, and after countless struggles, he had reached this point today. The brothers he relied on betrayed him, but this enemy who had let him off remembered to bring him a gift. At this moment, he truly regarded Zhou Ye as his successor.
"Alright… you're so old, don't cry, it's too embarrassing…" Zhou Ye looked at Yondu and said with a smile, "Take me to see that stupid woman you mentioned, I'm still looking forward to her turning me into a pig's head."
"...What's going on?" Yondu's interest was piqued by Zhou Ye's words, and he asked curiously.
I had Pandora go accept her surrender…" Zhou Ye explained the whole story, and Yondu laughed. "I really wonder what kind of expression that woman will have when you knock her down, it's so exciting."
"I am a gentleman, I don't hit women…" Zhou Ye's lips curled into a mysterious smile.
"Ha… ah…" Yondu didn't believe Zhou Ye's words at all.
Of course, Zhou Ye was also sure that he wasn't lying. He really doesn't hit women, but… he often teases women.
"Let's go, Stakar can't wait to meet you…" Yondu said, leading the way, Zhou Ye and Pandora followed him directly, heading towards a hall on the mothership.
Before long, Zhou Ye, led by Yondu, walked into a noisy hall.
Saying it's a hall, it's actually only a hundred square meters in size. After all, every inch of space on their mothership is precious. They don't have Zhou Ye's kind of space technology that can ignore the size of the mothership and waste space at will. They need to store fighters, store fuel, store supplies, have crew quarters, have entertainment facilities, have various engine positions, etc…
When Zhou Ye walked into this hall led by Yondu, the noisy sound suddenly stopped, and everyone's eyes turned to Zhou Ye. In their eyes, this little guy who joined the Ravagers' family and defeated Aleta is definitely a rising star, and they are happy to befriend Zhou Ye.
"Hahahaha… Welcome to the family, kid." A burly man, but half a head shorter than Zhou Ye, walked over and hugged Zhou Ye enthusiastically. "My name is Stakar. Although you just defeated my sister on the battlefield, I want to say to you, well done…"
"Brother, you're more likable when you don't talk!" A woman with long black hair and smoky makeup stood behind Stakar. She looked Zhou Ye up and down, and then said disdainfully: "Sure enough, just like I thought, a useless pretty boy. If it weren't for your woman, how could you have defeated me?"
"Heh heh… Can't afford to lose is just can't afford to lose." Zhou Ye's words made Aleta's face flush red, and she gritted her teeth.
"Kid, who are you saying can't afford to lose?"
"Heh heh…" Zhou Ye's disdainful expression made Aleta even more angry, clenching her fists.
"If you have the guts, let's have a match later…" Saying that, Aleta raised her small face and said: "I will teach you how to respect old seniors…"
"I can't wait." The smile on Zhou Ye's face gave Aleta a bad feeling. But she said the words herself, and now she can't go back on them no matter what.
The crowd watching the excitement, including Aleta's brother Stakar, were all cheering, not worried about the safety of the two at all… Yondu even took advantage of knowing Zhou Ye's strength and started a gambling game…
There will definitely be a battle between the two, but what kind of battle it will be, other than Yondu, no one else knows…
Chapter 451
The crowd watching the excitement didn't mind the trouble and simply vacated the middle position, and Aleta's Stakar even had his subordinates bring out the mothership's stock of good wine and various snacks… looking like active onlookers.
"Looks like he's not your real brother…" Zhou Ye looked at Stakar's actions and couldn't help but smile and tease.
"Of course, although he is my mother's stepson, he is still very competent as a brother." Aleta glanced at Zhou Ye and said disdainfully: "He wants to see how I abuse a rookie… After all, the last time such a scene happened was five years ago, and of course, the target was your predecessor, Yondu."
"…Oh?" Zhou Ye was piqued with curiosity, "Can I ask, what was Yondu's fate?"
"Nothing… just lying on his mothership for a whole week." Aleta said, taking the lead to jump onto the slowly rising arena in the middle. "Kid, if you're scared, just admit defeat. Anyway, you've already gained everyone's approval. Once you're on this arena, I won't show mercy."
"…Heh heh…" Zhou Ye could only say heh heh to this. He stopped talking, jumped lightly, and also jumped onto the arena.
"Are you going to fight me in this outfit?" Aleta was currently wearing a tight leather suit, showing off her slender figure, while Zhou Ye? Wearing a black overcoat like a military uniform, although it looks handsome, it has to be said that it is really not suitable for close combat.
"Fighting you, it doesn't matter what I wear…" Zhou Ye said with a smile.
"I hope you can still maintain this confidence later, kid." Aleta said, sitting in a corner of the arena. Her two female guards were relaxing her muscles… to avoid injury from insufficient warm-up in the fierce fight later.
And Zhou Ye's side? Only Pandora was with him talking, there was no need to relax his muscles at all. Have you ever seen an elephant relax its muscles when fighting an ant?
At this moment, Yondu was excitedly opening a betting table below the stage. "Zhou Ye pays one to three, Aleta pays one to zero point five… Anyone want to bet? Anyone?"
"Buy me 100,000 on Aleta."
"I'll also buy 50,000 on Aleta."
"I'll buy 200,000 on Aleta…"
"I'll buy 500,000."
… … … … … …
… … … … … … … …
Yondu's hands cramped from collecting the money, and his mouth was stretched into a grin he couldn't close… Damn it, these fools…
This was Yondu's inner thought. He deliberately adjusted Zhou Ye's odds so high to lure these guys, making them think Zhou Ye couldn't fight… But honestly, just looking at Zhou Ye's appearance, they didn't think Zhou Ye was very capable either.
Handsome face, well-proportioned figure, tall stature… Zhou Ye looked more like an imperial prince than a Ravager. But Aleta was different; her reputation was earned with her fists. When she and her brother first joined the Ravagers, she was often teased, but now, those who teased her would hide when they saw her…
"Last three seconds… Anyone else betting? Can't you have a little faith in the newcomer?" Yondu put on a look of heartbroken disappointment, but in his heart, he was already overjoyed.
"I bet three million on the newcomer…"
"Uh — — — —" Yondu followed the voice and saw that it was Aleta's brother, Stakar… "Stakar? Are you sure you don't want to bet on your own sister and instead bet on the newcomer?"
"Of course, newcomers need support too…" Stakar grinned, then whispered in Yondu's ear, "Your tricks are old news. How about you give me half this time, and I'll let you off the hook?"
"…Okay…" Yondu was gnashing his teeth in hatred. He'd never seen anyone so ruthless, but he couldn't refuse, otherwise, Stakar's three million bet on Zhou Ye alone would be enough to make him cough up the money he'd already pocketed… He was truly on the verge of tears.
"Then it's a deal." Stakar said in a low voice, then stood up and said loudly, "Then I announce that the second test will now begin, with my sister Aleta as the examiner. Does anyone have any objections?"
"No…"
Everyone said in unison.
"Then… you may begin." Stakar said to the two standing in the arena.
"Kid, it's not too late to admit defeat now." Aleta said as she walked to the center of the arena, provoking, "Otherwise, even if you cry and beg for mercy later, I won't show any."
"…Let's start, I can't wait any longer." Zhou Ye also came to Aleta and said with a smile, "Could it be that only your mouth is good…"
"Kid, you're asking for death…" Aleta said, throwing a punch at Zhou Ye's face. Clearly, she wanted to give him a black eye right away. It had to be said that Aleta's punch was really fast, bringing a gust of wind as it rushed towards Zhou Ye.
Just as Aleta's fist was about to hit Zhou Ye's face, she couldn't help but reduce her strength. To be honest, facing a handsome man like Zhou Ye, Aleta was the first woman willing to punch him in the face… But obviously, Zhou Ye's charm wasn't completely ineffective on her, and she unconsciously left some room. However, when her fist hit Zhou Ye's face, there was no feeling of fist meeting flesh, but rather a feeling of hitting air.
"I'm here, why are you hitting there?" Zhou Ye's voice came from behind Aleta. Her heart tightened, and without turning her head, she leaned forward, hooked her left leg back, and kicked a scorpion tail towards Zhou Ye's vitals…
Although this move was fast and ruthless, it still missed.
"Nice pose, looks like your body is quite flexible." Zhou Ye stepped back, then grabbed Aleta's ankle, which had been kicked high, and lifted it up… An H-shaped split was formed.
"Hmph—dodging and dodging, are you really a man?" Although Aleta had seen from Zhou Ye's speed that she might not be his opponent, she couldn't lose face… If she lost the fight, she still had her mouth…
"Am I a man or not…" Before Zhou Ye could finish his rebuttal, Aleta supported herself on the ground with both hands, and two shapely thighs directly wrapped around Zhou Ye's neck, and with a sway of her slender waist, she wanted to directly knock Zhou Ye to the ground… After all, in her opinion, she wasn't good at speed, but opponents who were good at speed generally didn't have much strength… She wanted to entangle Zhou Ye and prevent him from exerting his speed advantage…
In fact, Zhou Ye deliberately let Aleta grab his neck… And he granted Aleta's wish to knock him to the ground… It's just that Aleta couldn't choose the position…
Zhou Ye simply fell to the ground, directly pressing Aleta under him… To be honest, the two didn't seem to be fighting at this moment, but rather like they were having sex… Like the 69 position.
Zhou Ye slammed Aleta down quite hard this time, and it took her a long time to recover. When she came back to her senses, Aleta was already on the verge of tears… To be honest, this was the first time she had used jiu-jitsu on a man… In the past, she only used it when playing with her sisters on her mothership, and she had never encountered a man who forced her to use jiu-jitsu.
However, she soon realized that using jujutsu against this man was a huge mistake, especially with a guy like Zhou Ye… I can't write what happened next, it would be censored, so everyone can just use their imagination.
Chapter 452
The crowd below the stage watched the fight between the two intently. When Zhou Ye dodged Aleta's attack, they knew that they had probably been tricked by Yondu this time… Damn it, how could someone with speed fast enough to leave afterimages not know how to fight? Or rather, even if he was a newbie in combat, such speed would already make him invincible.
Then, something unexpected happened… Aleta actually managed to entangle Zhou Ye and knock him to the ground… At that moment, the Ravagers were excited, thinking, could this really be a comeback? Could they really have a chance to win this time?
However, very quickly… they felt immense disappointment.
Because Aleta actually released Zhou Ye and then stood up looking embarrassed, not knowing where to put her hands and feet… Her face was as red as a big apple… Upon closer inspection, it could be seen that her legs were trembling slightly…
"I lost," Aleta said without hesitation, then turned and jumped off the stage. When she jumped down, she even staggered abnormally. Normally, not to mention a stage of this height of just over a meter, even if she jumped down from a place ten meters high, she would never show such signs of instability.
Zhou Ye, on the other hand, watched Aleta's departing figure with a mysterious smile.
"Darling, how exactly did you defeat her?" Pandora asked curiously.
"I always tell you to study more, but you never listen. Didn't you see that I just used my ultimate move, the [Starling]?" Zhou Ye teased Pandora with a smile…
"What is a Starling…?" Pandora was already confused.
"An ancient Eastern combat technique, with a total of forty-eight forms. Each form can be said to be born from the essence of heaven and earth and the spiritual energy of the sun and moon. Since the beginning of mankind, this ancient combat technique has been slowly perfected and evolved…" Zhou Ye boasted about the Edo-era Forty-Eight Techniques as if they were unparalleled under heaven… making Pandora yearn for them… He just didn't know what her expression would be when she really found out what the Forty-Eight Techniques were.
"That's it?" A Ravager opened his mouth wide, looking incredulous.
"Probably… maybe… it's over," a companion beside him said uncertainly.
"Protest, this is a fixed fight…" At this time, a Ravager who had lost money and was unhappy shouted loudly, causing a chorus of responses, mostly from those who had lost money.
"Yes, it's definitely a fixed fight, we protest."
"We strongly demand a replacement to continue…"
They really couldn't see anything, after all, when Zhou Ye was doing his tricks just now, he entered hyperspace… What they saw was… Zhou Ye dodged Aleta's attack, Zhou Ye appeared directly behind Aleta, Zhou Ye dodged Aleta's back kick, Zhou Ye grabbed Aleta's ankle, Zhou Ye was entangled by Aleta, Zhou Ye was knocked down by Aleta… Zhou Ye pinned Aleta down… Zhou Ye got up, Aleta got up, Aleta conceded.
"Shut up," Zhou Ye shouted, immediately silencing the group of guys. "If anyone thinks they are stronger than me, they can come up and try. I don't mind proving it to them…"
"I'll come…" With the voice, a burly man more than two meters tall jumped onto the stage. He was the one who had bet 500,000 on Aleta to win just now, and now he had lost all his money… He didn't think that Zhou Ye, this pretty boy, could defeat him.
In fact, there was also one point: Aleta, as a flower among the Ravagers, it would be nonsense to say that no one admired her. However, Aleta had always been high-minded and looked down on these guys. Aleta's martial prowess and status also made these guys only dare to look and not touch, only able to secretly admire her in their hearts.
Obviously, this guy was also a member of the admirer team. He bet on Aleta to win and generously threw down 500,000. It would be too unconscionable to say that he didn't have any intention of ingratiating himself…
"Ripper? Why did this guy go up? Is someone going to get killed?"
"The little guy is in trouble this time…"
"Why doesn't Stakar stop this guy?"
Actually, it wasn't that Stakar didn't want to stop him, but when he wanted to stand up, he was pulled back by Yondu.
"Yondu, what are you doing? Don't you want your heir's life? Dick is not going to show mercy…" Stakar said anxiously.
"Don't worry, Stakar, believe me, I care about that kid more than any of you," Yondu said quietly. "Although I have high hopes for this kid, I didn't expect him to turn the competition into a farce… However, now, now the tool for him to establish his prestige has appeared. This will be the best opportunity for him to establish his prestige among the Ravagers."
"You have so much faith in that little guy… faith…" Before Stakar could finish speaking, he saw Dick, who had jumped onto the stage, and Zhou Ye already fighting… No, to be precise, it was Zhou Ye violently beating this big guy.
On the stage—
Zhou Ye looked at the ferocious-looking big guy in front of him, feeling speechless, because he saw a look called jealousy in this guy's eyes. He often saw this kind of look in the eyes of other men when he took his own woman out on the street. He was too familiar with this kind of look… Obviously, this guy was Aleta's admirer.
"Kid, kneel down and beg for mercy, maybe I'll leave you a few bones…"
"On the contrary, even if you beg for mercy, I won't let you have a single bone left intact on your body," Zhou Ye said, and his whole person disappeared from the spot…
Then, the crowd below the stage saw an unbelievable scene.
They saw the big guy Dick, who had walked onto the stage with a confident look, as if he had been hit on the chin by an invisible person, instantly flying into the air. This was not the end, the entire cabin began to be filled with Dick's wailing…
"Ah — — — — Ah — — — — Please… please let me go…"
However, the answer he received was punch after punch… Zhou Ye might hold back when fighting beauties, because there were advantages to be gained, but fighting men? Heh heh, Zhou Ye had no habit of holding back… With punch after punch, he kept Dirk from touching the ground, and his speed left the looters below dumbfounded, because they couldn't see Zhou Ye's shadow at all…
Five minutes later, Dirk finally fell from mid-air, his body collapsing on the ground in a strange posture. A looter cautiously approached and checked him, saying to Stakar: "All the bones in his body are broken…"
"Wow…" A group of looters exclaimed in surprise. From that moment on, no one thought Zhou Ye's close combat skills were lacking, but Zhou Ye was given an unsightly nickname, the Prince of Dark Nights… Dark Nights referred to his fondness for wearing black military uniforms and his cruel methods against enemies, while Prince referred to his handsome appearance.
"Oh, sorry… I couldn't quite control my strength just now and hit a little too hard…" Zhou Ye took the towel Pandora handed him and wiped his hands, saying somewhat embarrassedly.
"It's nothing, what happens in the arena stays in the arena. He provoked you himself, it's not your fault." Stakar waved his hand dismissively, not caring at all.
Internal conflicts among the looters are borne by themselves, meaning that if you provoke someone yourself and get killed, it's your own fault… No one will cry injustice for you. The strong are respected; this is the looters' default iron rule.
Stakar walked onto the arena happily, grabbed Zhou Ye's wrist, and raised it. "Now, does anyone object to Zhou Ye joining our looters?"
The first time, no one in the audience responded.
Stakar asked a second time, and it was still the same. The third time was also like this. Finally, Stakar raised both hands and shouted: "Now let us welcome the new member of our family, Yondu's successor, Zhou Ye… Today, it's my treat, all the fine wine and food, everyone help yourselves…"
"Ooh ooh — — — —" Hearing Stakar's words, the crowd below cheered in unison… Zhou Ye's display of force just now made them secretly gasp, and they also felt very happy, because, for them, Zhou Ye was an ally, and having such an ally was better than having such an enemy…
A group of looters scrambled to run to Zhou Ye to get acquainted… Putting aside everything else, at least if there were any big jobs in the future, calling him would definitely be right, and Zhou Ye also welcomed everyone, trying to get close to them, because he was very envious of many of the technologies on their mothership.
Chapter 453
At this moment, Aleta, who had already hidden in her cabin, was also paying attention to the performance of the crowd in the hall. When she saw how Zhou Ye violently abused the big guy Dirk, she couldn't help but spit hatefully, "Bad guy…"
Of course, she wasn't complaining for that tragic big guy, she was just remembering what happened when Zhou Ye fought her just now. Obviously, this guy Zhou Ye held back…
Even if Aleta was confident, facing Zhou Ye's speed, she felt that her performance wouldn't be much better than the big guy's… Zhou Ye had already broken through the limits of carbon-based life, such speed was not something a human could possess… But thinking about the bad things he did to her, Aleta couldn't help but tighten her legs.
But thinking that this guy was indeed merciful to her subordinates… Aleta couldn't help but feel a little sweet in her heart… She had never experienced this strange feeling before. If she were to plan a looting event, she would be familiar with the road, and she could arrange everything properly in a few minutes, including backup plans to deal with various emergencies…
But if she were to have a relationship… she would be a little helpless. This was her first time… being moved by a man.
"This idiot, doesn't he know how to be slick?" At this time, Aleta saw Zhou Ye in the living room, accepting everyone and drinking with the leaders of those looters… looking so forthright, she couldn't help but mutter.
"No, if this goes on, even if this guy has a body of steel, he won't be able to stand it…" Aleta said, standing up, turning off the monitor, and walking directly towards the hall…
In fact, she herself didn't realize that she couldn't help Zhou Ye even if she went to the hall… After all, she wasn't Zhou Ye's anything… Uh, no, to be precise, there was still some relationship, such as, the first examiner in the history of the looters to be completely defeated by a tester.
Aleta had just returned to the hall when she saw Zhou Ye talking to her brother… When she saw her brother holding a large bottle of wine and wanting to drink it all with Zhou Ye, she walked over without hesitation, snatched the wine bottle from Zhou Ye's hand, and said: "Brother, have you forgotten that you can't drink too much?"
"…Uh, well… maybe one bottle shouldn't be a problem…" Saying this, Stakar suddenly said in surprise: "Wow, my lovely sister, you actually put on a dress? Heavens… Is today some kind of Saint Evening Day? Or is it…"
Before Stakar could finish speaking, he saw his sister looking at him with murderous eyes, and quickly shut up: "Ha, I remember Yondu had some things to talk to me about… I'll go find him first, you guys chat first…"
Saying that, Stakar unhesitatingly left Zhou Ye to Aleta and turned to run. Just kidding, an enraged sister…
Can't afford to provoke, run first…
You look really beautiful in that dress…" Zhou Ye said, smiling at Aleta, "It would be even better if you took off that smoky makeup…"
"Don't you know why I changed clothes?" Aleta rolled her eyes at Zhou Ye…
Zhou Ye awkwardly touched his chin. Of course, he knew why Aleta had changed clothes… Because her pants were beyond repair…
…Looking at Zhou Ye's expression, Aleta felt inexplicably irritable. She pushed Zhou Ye into a corner, placed her hands on his shoulders, and said, "You did something like that to me… You have to take responsibility for me."
"…" Zhou Ye felt a strong sense of incongruity. Why was he being 'wall-pinned' by a girl? But he still asked with a smile, "Then, how do you want me to take responsibility?"
"Marry me," Aleta said without hesitation.
"No problem," Zhou Ye also said, "But you have to think clearly… I have many women… Our planet practices polygamy…"
"No problem, I believe I can get rid of them all…"
"Hehe… I heard that," Pandora's voice directly interrupted Aleta's words. "I'm very curious, how do you plan to get rid of me?"
"Just like this…" Aleta said, reaching for a gun… But she found that her body wouldn't obey her commands.
Obviously, Pandora had used her mental abilities to control Aleta. After all, this girl would definitely be one of her sisters in the future, and she wouldn't kill her… Besides, she wouldn't be the first or the last to try to monopolize Zhou Ye, but eventually, they would all realize how powerless they were when facing their own man… They would proactively request to unite.
"What did you do to me?" Aleta widened her eyes, looking at Pandora. Although she could speak and feel, her hands and feet just wouldn't listen to her brain… This really frightened her.
"I don't want to do anything to you…" Pandora said with a smile, then turned her head to Zhou Ye and said, "Darling, seeing someone stirring up trouble in your harem… Shouldn't you implement some family law on her? Or is family law selective… That would make me too sad, darling…"
"…Okay…" Zhou Ye shrugged helplessly and said, "I'm sorry, Aleta…"
"Wait… What's 'family law'? What are you going to do to me…?" Aleta couldn't help but want to shout, but she found that she couldn't shout anymore. Pandora wouldn't let her alarm everyone…
Pandora directly controlled Aleta to hug Zhou Ye's arm, while she hugged Zhou Ye's other arm. The three of them walked out of the hall like this, heading towards Aleta's cabin…
Stakar saw this scene, but he didn't stop it, or rather, he was happy to see it happen. After all, his sister's emotional problems had been a headache for him for a long time… Now that his sister had finally taken a liking to a man, how could he stop her?
If Aleta, who was involuntarily controlled at this moment, knew her brother's thoughts, she would definitely yell at him for being a pig-head, but now… she didn't have time to think about those things… Because she was about to face Zhou Ye's cruel family law punishment…
That night… the leaders of the Ravagers drank too much—
The next day—
When Aleta walked out of the cabin with Zhou Ye… she had already turned into a well-behaved kitten. At least when facing Zhou Ye, she wouldn't show her claws… Because she had been tamed…
Of course, apart from the removed smoky makeup and the slightly staggering gait, you basically couldn't see any changes in her. If there was anything, it was the unconcealable sweetness in her eyes when she saw Zhou Ye…
"Kid, should I call you by your name from now on, or should I call you brother-in-law?" Stakar couldn't help but ask Zhou Ye, looking at his sister leaning obediently next to Zhou Ye.
"You can add 'brother-in-law' after my name…" Zhou Ye said with a smile.
"…" Stakar stared at Zhou Ye for a long time, and finally laughed, "Good kid, I like you… Don't bully my sister, or even if you fly to another galaxy, I will still find you and beat you up…"
Stakar's question just now had a profound meaning. If Zhou Ye answered with his name, it meant that he didn't intend to marry Aleta, and was just playing around. Although Stakar himself often did this, he couldn't bear to see his sister being treated like this. If Zhou Ye answered with 'brother-in-law', it meant that Zhou Ye really wanted to spend the rest of his life with his sister…
And Zhou Ye's answer made Stakar very satisfied…
Facing Stakar's words, Zhou Ye said affirmatively, "My woman, no one can bully…"
"Well, come to me if you need anything, I will help you," Stakar said with satisfaction, "Okay, sister, your marriage is settled this time, I finally married you off… Mom and Dad won't nag me every time I see them anymore."
"That's because I didn't meet the right person before…" Aleta kissed Zhou Ye's cheek without hesitation. "Now, I have met him."
"Haha… As expected of my sister, daring to love and daring to hate…" Stakar said, patting Zhou Ye on the shoulder, "We are family, take Aleta back to visit often when you have time…"
"Okay, I will," Zhou Ye nodded. "We're going back… There's still one thing to take care of."
"Then I won't keep you… Keep in touch…" Stakar waved goodbye to Zhou Ye with a smile, while Zhou Ye directly picked up the still-drunk Yondu, boarded his own spaceship, and left Stakar's mothership with Aleta.
Chapter 454: Yondu's Confession
There is no difference between night and day in the universe—the outside of the mothership always looks dark…
When the atomic sun in the captain's room was lit again, Zhou Ye also opened his eyes… Gently removing the several pairs of beautiful legs wrapped around him, he put on his clothes and walked towards the outside of the captain's room…
Even though Zhou Ye's movements were a bit loud, the women on his couch still didn't wake up.
Yesterday, when Zhou Ye brought Aleta back to his mothership, Aleta had some minor friction with Ingrid. To put it bluntly, Aleta felt she had lost unfairly, especially after learning about the configuration of her man's mothership, she exclaimed that it was perverted…
Ingrid was no pushover either, standing aside and sneering. The two women bickered and started arguing… As a result, Zhou Ye was annoyed by the noise… He punished them equally… Both were disciplined at the same time, but Zhou Ye played a bit too hard, and accidentally dragged Dolores and Pandora in… Therefore, they are still exhausted and need a good rest.
Zhou Ye leisurely walked to his command room and immediately saw Yondu sitting in the command room chair, staring blankly outside…
"What are you thinking about?" Zhou Ye casually took his breakfast from a soldier, sat directly next to Yondu, and asked.
"I'm thinking…" Yondu sighed and said, "You've done a good job…"
Yondu really thought Zhou Ye had done a good job, at least, much better than him.
In the Ravagers group, he could only be considered a mid-level figure, but now, Zhou Ye's prestige among the Ravagers far exceeded his. Not to mention that he passed the Ravagers' assessment beautifully, just the fact that he managed to win over Aleta in the Ravagers group earned him a lot of respect, and of course, a lot of hatred…
Yondu looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar mothership with emotion and sighed, "I now know that the mothership can be decorated so luxuriously…"
"Nothing is impossible…" Zhou Ye said with a smile.
"…" Yondu didn't speak, but remained silent for a long time. After waiting for Zhou Ye to finish his breakfast, he said, "Are you interested in hearing about my past?"
"I like listening to stories the most…" Zhou Ye said with a smile.
"When I was little… I was sold into slavery by my parents…" Yondu said this with a blank expression. "I originally thought my life would continue like this, as a slave… until I died… But the war broke out, and I became a prisoner of the Kree…"
As Yondu spoke, Zhou Ye gradually understood his background. In other words, Yondu was also a pitiful person…
"Stakar rescued me from the hands of the Kree… and found me a position in the Ravagers, I could do anything, as long as I followed the rules. At that time… they were my only family…" Yondu's voice seemed to soften a lot, "But… my greed ruined me… I took Ego's job, helping him transport his descendants who were left on alien planets… I knew I had violated the Ravagers' rules, never to trade in children… So I started to alienate them, afraid to contact them, because I was afraid, afraid that they would expel me after they knew what I had done…"
Yondu's face showed a kind of fear… "That feeling of being expelled by your own family… do you know it?"
"Although I don't know what that feeling is like, I think it must be terrible…" Zhou Ye said.
"Yeah…" Yondu sighed and said, "Actually, when you kicked me out of your mothership that day, I suddenly felt a sense of relief, as if my whole body instantly relaxed a lot…"
"But…" Saying this, Yondu paused, and then said, "Later, when you told me you wanted Ego's location, and told me that his children had all been killed by him… I realized that I had been running away all along… Now, I'm going to end my nightmare…"
"It's not as bad as you think…" Zhou Ye said, "Since I dare to go find him, I naturally have a way to deal with him."
"No… let me go." Yondu said, "Being able to gather with Stakar and them one last time, drinking heavily like before… I'm already very satisfied. Let me end the sins I've committed…"
"…" Zhou Ye didn't speak, just patted him on the shoulder, and then stood up. "It's too early to say this now, let's find him first…"
"This is his location…" Yondu said, taking out a chip and handing it to Zhou Ye. "Promise me, let me solve him."
"No problem." Zhou Ye nodded.
Thank you." Yondu's expression of gratitude was very solemn. Whether he was deceived or it was unintentional, he was an accomplice in the deaths of those children... This was a hurdle he couldn't overcome.
"You're welcome... After all, you gave me more." As Zhou Ye spoke, he inserted the chip into the computer on the command deck. Soon, the computer deciphered Ego's location.
"Master, reaching that location requires over seven hundred jumps. Shall we begin now?" Banshee's voice sounded.
"Of course, give my captain's quarters special gravity reinforcement, the rest doesn't matter..." Zhou Ye said.
"Good heavens, kid, are you crazy?" Yondu's eyes widened instantly. "Do you know that performing more than fifty jumps at once can be unbearable for the human body...?"
"Of course, I know, but it doesn't hurt me at all, it doesn't matter." As soon as Zhou Ye finished speaking, Banshee had already activated the jump engine and directly began the star gate jump...
"Good heavens, you're absolutely insane..." When he said this, Yondu's whole person seemed a little out of shape... Looking extremely amusing.
"It's okay..." Zhou Ye's body wouldn't be affected at all by jumps of this intensity; it remained in its original form—
The entire mothership transformed into a stream of light, shuttling back and forth between the star gates...
Behind them, the two female guards on Aleta's mothership were already stunned...
"Where... where are they going?" The female attendant, who was driving the mothership, stared blankly as the mothership carrying their elder sister disappeared before her eyes.
"I think... that... it's probably here..." Another female attendant operating the computer sent the star chart location just sent by Zhou Ye's mothership to her screen...
"Heavens, are they crazy?" The mothership pilot looked at the destination on the star chart, which required more than seven hundred jumps, and was dumbfounded...
"Then we... are we following or...?"
"Of course, we have to follow..." The female pilot of the mothership gritted her teeth and said, "I don't want to embarrass big sister... If they can withstand seven hundred consecutive jumps, we have no reason not to... Come on, let's start going crazy too..."
As she entered the star chart coordinates into the driving program, the mothership began to accelerate... Aleta's mothership also followed Zhou Ye's mothership, turning into a stream of light and disappearing into the vast universe.
Chapter 455: Yondu's Redemption
On Aleta's Mothership—
When the mothership finally reached its location, the sisters on her mothership were already lying on the ground, vomiting wildly...
"This... this guy is really a madman... Ugh..."
"I really don't know... ugh... why... ugh... big sister... ugh... likes him..."
The entire mothership was filled with the sound of vomiting, and a pungent smell permeated the entire mothership...
And the people who thought Zhou Ye was a madman were not just them... For example... there was also Yondu...
"Kid... you... you're too crazy..." Yondu lay on the ground for a long time before he could suppress the discomfort surging in his stomach.
But Zhou Ye didn't feel anything at all... After all, the strength of his body had reached its limit... A mere seven hundred jumps was like a roller coaster to him... It could only be considered entertainment.
"Is that the living planet? It's so interesting..." At this time, Zhou Ye didn't have time to pay attention to Yondu's complaints. He was staring blankly at the planet in front of him, which looked like a human face... Blue made up its background color, and red made up the shape of its facial features. It was truly an interesting planet.
"What are we waiting for?" Yondu watched Zhou Ye standing there, not ordering an attack or intending to fly into Ego's planet, and couldn't help but climb up from the deck and ask.
"I'm waiting for a group of subordinates... They will bring me what I want." As Zhou Ye spoke, he suddenly saw a flash between the star gates in the distance... A dozen spaceships appeared here... The umbrella-shaped logo of Umbrella was engraved on the spaceships. "Look, they're here..."
"...What's that?" Yondu looked at the strange spaceships slowly approaching from the outside and asked, "What are those weird spaceships? Why do they look so strange?"
Yondu had roamed the universe for so many years and had never seen such a strange spaceship... All the spaceships looked like a long stick...
But immediately afterward, these strange spaceships released even stranger small spaceships... Countless small hexahedral spaceships flew out of those motherships. They linked together in the universe to form a large radio telescope dish composed of hexahedrons, looking like a satellite receiving antenna magnified countless times...
And those long stick-shaped motherships formed the huge signal amplification device... While the other end was directly connected to Zhou Ye's mothership...
"You... are you going to shout at Ego here?" Yondu said, thinking he was being humorous.
"No, these things are much more terrifying than shouting..." Zhou Ye said, instructing the intelligent brain Banshee on the mothership, "Banshee, wake up Pandora now, it's time to work..."
"Yes, Master..." As soon as Banshee finished speaking, the sound of the hatch opening was heard, and Pandora's figure walked out... "No need to shout... I've been awake for a long time..."
"Honey, it's time for your performance..." Zhou Ye said to Pandora with a smile.
"I already knew when you were jumping around like crazy..." Pandora said unceremoniously, sitting on a bizarre chair that slowly rose in the command room.
After Pandora sat down, a semi-circular hat hung down and was placed directly on Pandora's head... After she put it on, she glanced at her man and asked, "Darling, shall we start now?"
"Of course, let's start now... I already really want to harvest this living planet..." Zhou Ye said with a smile.
"Okay, then I'll start..." As Pandora's voice fell, she began to use her mental abilities.
Her mental abilities, magnified by the huge zoomable brainwave control device composed of a dozen or so motherships, enveloped Ego... Instantly, Pandora controlled Ego.
"It's done, darling, you can start your adventure now..."
"Let's go, Yondu, I'll give you a chance to deal with Ego yourself..." Zhou Ye said, walking towards the fighter bay...
Although Yondu didn't know what had happened, he still followed without hesitation... He didn't want to miss this opportunity...
Zhou Ye directly took Yondu and flew the fighter towards Ego's planet...
"I have to say, this guy has dressed himself up too seductively..." Zhou Ye looked at the planet beneath his feet, which wasn't very big but was definitely beautiful, and said, "It's really a nice place, but it's a desert of life..."
"..." But Yondu wasn't in the mood to look at the scenery at all. He had seen this place countless times. He had once marveled at the scenery here, but now, he just wanted to know... "Where are those children I sent...? Where have they been buried?"
"...I don't know..." Zhou Ye shrugged and said, "But someone knows... Pandora, tell Yondu, where are the bodies of those little ones?"
"Ego buried the bodies of those children underground..." Pandora's voice sounded directly in Yondu's mind. "Right at this location..."
Pandora directly told Yondu the location where the bodies were buried... Yondu pushed the joystick of the fighter and flew directly towards the coordinates Pandora told him... After reaching that grassland, Yondu directly activated the weapons on the fighter and bombarded the ground.
Zhou Ye just watched Yondu like this, without saying a word. He knew that this was Yondu's inner demon, and he needed to untie it himself...
Before long, Yondu had blasted a large hole in the ground, the size of a football field, revealing a dark cave inside...
Yondu tightly closed his mouth, landed the fighter at the edge of the cave, and then got out of the fighter. Without even using a rope, he grabbed his whistle arrow and jumped down.
Zhou Ye sighed and jumped down after him...
This was a huge cave. In this cave, which was the size of several football fields, piles of bones of various sizes were stacked...
Yondu stood in front of these bones, his whole body trembling uncontrollably... He murmured, "He promised me... that he wouldn't hurt those children..."
"He's not human... Can you expect a planet to have human concepts of right and wrong?" Zhou Ye comforted, "It's not your fault... You are also a victim..."
"..." Yondu didn't speak. He couldn't help but kneel in front of a skeleton that looked somewhat small. In the hand of that skeleton, he tightly held a Q version mascot that looked like a small toy.
He carefully held the skeleton in his arms... and said to himself, "This girl was brought here by me from Haiyi Star... She was very sensible... Her family had been very poor since she was a child... She was afraid of me, but she still helped me sew my clothes... In the end, I gave her a toy..."
"At that time, when I told her that I was sending her to see her father, whom she had never met, she jumped and sang happily..." Yondu's voice gradually trembled, as if he was suppressing an emotion that was about to explode. "Her singing was beautiful... but I... personally sent her into Ego's hands... I still remember... Before my spaceship left, she ran up to me and said... Thank you, Uncle Yondu..."