Chapter 419: Chapter 418: Go Big or Go Home
Sun Yangwei’s life is gradually coming to an end.
Xu Lingjun once heard that the process of waiting for death is the most terrifying, because no one can calmly face their life slipping away bit by bit.
But Sun Yangwei did not...
His blood flowed more and more, and his expression became increasingly tired.
Yet his voice remained steady, perhaps because he couldn’t feel the pain, his voice wasn’t even broken intermittently.
He just kept reminding and instructing Xu Lingjun, as if he wanted to say everything he hadn’t said in the past ten years.
Xu Lingjun just listened, without interrupting him.
This person in front of him was guilty of many sins, and if sentenced, even executing him ten times would not be excessive...
But he actually chose a side, after all, if he hadn’t said anything, with the warship suddenly disintegrating, probably no one else but Xu Lingjun would survive by then...
And Xu Lingjun wanted to return to the Polar Star Battlefield, which would at least take a few months.
By then, it would truly be too late.
Although it was not for any sense of justice, nor was it a change of heart, it was just because he was deceived, he mistakenly believed his daughter was in the Polar Star Battlefield.
Even on the off chance, he didn’t want to hurt his daughter.
The voice grew faint.
Until it was inaudible.
Sun Yangwei just died like that.
Xu Lingjun sighed, he didn’t go in...
At this time, the cage was already full of blood, and going in rashly, although he was fully confident he wouldn’t get infected by this strange virus, why take the risk?
He reached out and pressed a button on the control panel.
Scorching flames instantly ignited within the cage, accompanied by a rushing force... in just a moment, when the flames vanished and the fire was extinguished, the blood and the corpse inside the cage had been completely incinerated, leaving only some ashes.
Under the most extreme high temperature, no virus can survive.
At least, it left something behind.
Xu Lingjun went in, carefully collecting Sun Yangwei’s bones.
Then quickly turned around and rushed towards the main cabin.
At this moment, Han Yun City was in the main cabin, drying its hair with a towel, revealing sinewy muscles covered in scars completely.
With Sun Qinglong’s death, now there were only four men inside the entire warship, so they dressed much more casually.
Liu Dong was watching Xiaoya operate the warship.
And Zhao Yang was still there writing and drawing with a pen, everyone was busy with their own tasks.
When Xu Lingjun rushed over with a fierce wind, his serious expression instantly drew everyone’s attention to him.
Han Yun City asked, "What’s the matter? Did Sun Yangwei reveal any important information to you?!"
"Yes, very important information!"
Xu Lingjun said seriously, "Xiaoya, first bring the warship to a full stop, then go check if the engine has been tampered with."
"Yes!"
Xiaoya responded, operated a few times, and flew out wearing the Nanometer Armor.
Han Yun City exclaimed, "The engine was tampered with?"
"It almost got dismantled to be used as a booster to further ignite Xuyun Star."
Xu Lingjun shook his head and said, "In fact, it’s already half dismantled."
Moments later, Xiaoya flew back, saying, "Master, all the warship’s warp engines show signs of being disassembled. We didn’t know before, and after several days of continuous high-speed navigation, now the engine has deformed under tremendous pressure, I’m afraid it won’t support us back to Blue Star!"
The three people heard this and their faces turned extremely ugly.
Liu Dong exclaimed, "Why didn’t we detect it before?"
Xiaoya replied, "Sorry, I only know the basics of warship navigation, I’m really not good at detection, and the engine wasn’t dismantled, just a few bolts short."
Her meaning was obvious, if Li Cheng were here, he would definitely discover it, but she was just forced into it.
"Saying this now is already useless."
Han Yun City asked, "What should we do now?"
They were all veterans of the Polar Star Battlefield, naturally understanding how terrifying it is for an engine to be damaged during a voyage far away from the home planet, especially with all engines having issues... by then, they’d drift in the cosmos like those asteroids.
And in the vast cosmos, the likelihood of them returning to the Polar Star Battlefield was extremely tiny.
"Damn it, I didn’t expect Sun Yangwei still had such a trick to trap us. Luckily, you’re his son-in-law, one family, otherwise, he probably wouldn’t say anything, just watch us get into trouble."
Zhao Yang said with relief, and asked, "What about him, did he say anything?"
"Sun Yangwei’s already dead, it’s suicide!"
Xu Lingjun said, "He told me this information before he died."
"What?!"
The three were startled again.
Han Yun City patted Xu Lingjun on the shoulder, saying, "Don’t worry, for your sake, when we go back this time, we won’t tell anyone we encountered Sun Yangwei, just say it was a traitor from the Shilin Race."
"Thank you."
And Zhao Yang eagerly asked, "Before he died, did he tell you if there are any ways to remedy it?"
"Well... there actually is."
Xu Lingjun said, "Xiaoya, bring up the Star Map."
"Yes."
Xiaoya operated on the control panel for a while, and a large navigation map appeared in front of everyone.
Xu Lingjun pointed at the surrounding environment, saying, "Here is Xuyun Star, here is our position, so far, we’ve traveled 4 light years away from Xuyun Star, and we’re still 13 light years away from the Polar Star Battlefield, our warship absolutely won’t support that long."
"So?"
Han Yun City asked, "Don’t drag on about the irrelevant stuff, we all understand the situation now, just tell us what we should do?"
"In fact, Xuyun Star is very close to a certain place, so close that it used to be part of their territory."
"What place?"
"Cosmic Pirate Group!"
Xu Lingjun said, "You should know, in the cosmos now, there are very few planets left unoccupied by those mysterious races of the heavens, especially for a mixed group like the Cosmic Pirate Group, they have to find a place where all their creatures can operate safely... and such a place is very rare in the cosmos."
Han Yun City looked at Xu Lingjun in shock and said, "Cosmos... Cosmic Pirate Group?"
"Unthinkable, right? In fact, the Cosmic Pirate Group’s lair that we humans search for and cannot find is not far near Xuyun Star. Back then, when the Shilin Race came here, they even clashed with these pirates; Xuyun Star once was their territory, only later it was occupied by the Shilin Race."
Xu Lingjun said, "And being the Cosmic Pirate’s headquarters, there are many warships inside, Sun Yangwei’s suggestion to me was to find a way to steal a warship from there... although the Cosmic Pirates are very strong, just with our one warship, we simply aren’t opponents, but in fact, if we steal and run, relying on the Watchtower class Battleship’s defense power, there’s still a great chance of success."
"Cosmic Pirate Group... huh, what a narrow escape."
"Yes, so, I have some new ideas."
"What ideas?"
"For example, this..."
Xu Lingjun rummaged in the Transformation Capsule for a bit before finally taking out this thing he once kept in the bottom of his trunk.
Sea King Order!
Xu Lingjun asked, "Old City, what do you think, given the exceptional quality of this token, what purpose would it serve?"
"Are you implying..."
Han Yun City widened his eyes in disbelief, looking at Xu Lingjun, apparently... unable to fathom that he could come up with such a crazy idea.
"But if it succeeds, the rewards are great too."
Xu Lingjun earnestly said, "It’s definitely worth the risk, isn’t it? Even if it fails, we can just steal the warship and leave, wouldn’t that work?"
"This..."
The few hesitated immediately.
"Worth a shot."
Finally, Han Yun City nodded in agreement, even, his eyes shone with light, too exciting.
"By the way, did he say any other important messages, like intelligence regarding the Shilin Race or something?"
Liu Dong suddenly remembered and asked.
"No, he just mentioned some other things... in a sense, maybe more important than the Shilin Race’s intelligence."
Xu Lingjun’s eyes showed a slight complex emotion, recalling Sun Yangwei’s last words before dying.
But now, it’s not the time to think about those things, what they need to do first is to survive.