Chapter 1 The Emergency Escape

In the airlock bridge of the emergency escape flyer, Kuang Dao and a group of players were guarding the area, feeling bored.

"The other groups are fighting, but we're just hanging around. Do you think this counts as slacking?" Xiang Penpen de Xiong said. He was one of the three musketeers of Yu Xiang Qie Zi, a cute boy.

"Our mission is also important, controlling the escape route..." Kuang Dao paused, then said dejectedly, "But it really is slacking."

Tai Yang Qiezi stroked his stubble. "We haven't properly met yet. You're the biggest dark horse in this league, Hua Xia's number one Mech Martial Artist. Tsk tsk, quite the reputation."

Kuang Dao was embarrassed and said modestly, "Don't flatter me, I just got lucky."

Major guilds liked to contact potential players. Having achievements earned respect from peers, so they wouldn't ignore Kuang Dao just because he was a newbie. The few of them chatted quite congenially.

After a few rounds of mutual flattery, Yu Long Wu Jingfei, who hadn't spoken, suddenly said, "Interested in signing with Yu Xiang Qie Zi?"

Kuang Dao hurriedly waved his hand. "I really like Yu Xiang Qie Zi, but Jiangcheng has been good to me and is preparing to build a new team around me."

Yu Long Wu Jingfei said "Oh" and continued to be silent.

After chatting for a while, footsteps came from the distance of the bridge. Kuang Dao and the others stopped talking, looked in the direction of the sound, and became vigilant.

Reilton appeared, frowned as he looked at the group of players, and asked, "You aren't scavengers, who are you?"

"Who are you?" Kuang Dao asked back.

Reilton didn't answer the question. He could tell from their attire that the players weren't scavengers. He was a little surprised, unsure if they were friends or foes, and why they were guarding the escape flyer.

"You...are passengers?" Reilton's eyes flickered, and he suddenly asked.

"Uh, you could say that."

"You also want to escape?" Reilton pointed to the dozen or so flyers and said in a deep voice, "If you're willing to pay, I can protect you on the way."

Even at the critical moment of fleeing for his life, Reilton was still thinking of making a profit.

"We're not running for our lives. Someone asked us to guard this place. They are resisting the scavengers on the ship, and the situation is good, why should we escape?"

Someone was still resisting? A gleam flashed in Reilton's eyes, and he asked, "How many companions do you have?"

"Thirty or forty, maybe."

Reilton's mind became active. When he was escaping, he thought the control room would inevitably be lost without his protection. However, he could still hear faint sounds of battle along the way. Now, the confusion was finally cleared up. It turned out there was another group of people resisting.

This group seemed to be quite strong. It seemed they had defended the control room. In that case, he didn't need to escape either.

"Going back now can still help and earn the captain's reward."

Reilton's thoughts changed quickly as he abandoned the idea of escaping and said in a deep voice, "I'm a mercenary, codenamed Green Knight. Where are your partners fighting? I can help."

Kuang Dao and the others exchanged glances and pointed out that a group of players was fighting fiercely with the enemies at the scavengers' boarding point, trying to cut off the enemies' retreat.

Having gotten the information he wanted, Reilton turned around and went back to fight.

...

With the last short scream, only She Bian stood in the passage, swaying precariously, covered in wounds, panting heavily, like a beast at the end of its road.

Kirkland fought side by side, clearing all the scavenger minions with the players. Seeing that the situation was not good, She Bian wanted to break through the encirclement. However, Han Xiao, unhindered, made him understand why the flowers were so red.

In a head-on battle, Han Xiao completely suppressed She Bian, hanging him up and beating him. She Bian's health was about to reach the dying line, and the arm holding the warhammer was limp and trembling.

"Still want to struggle?" Han Xiao's voice came through the mecha mask, the sonic orbs surrounded him, and he said, "If you continue to fight, you'll be dead. A scavenger leader like you usually has a bounty on his head. Put down your weapon, and I'll let you go to jail intact, otherwise, it's unnecessary to lose some parts."

The motive for the scavengers to capture Kirkland aroused Han Xiao's curiosity. Although Godora people had a high status in the Colton Star Cluster, they weren't so precious as to be more valuable than a spaceship. This group of scavengers must have a backer with ulterior motives. Han Xiao wanted to keep one alive to ask for specific details.

Clang!

She Bian let go of his hand, the warhammer fell to the ground, and he couldn't stand still, falling to the ground, panting, looking resentful, but his behavior had already indicated his compromise.

Although She Bian was warlike and impulsive, he wasn't brainless. Being alive in prison was definitely better than dying on the spot.

The crowd locked She Bian up, ensuring he couldn't resist. Even when She Bian was sitting, his upper body was more than two meters tall. Seeing this huge size, an idea involuntarily surfaced in Han Xiao's mind.

"This guy is a half-breed of Rock Giant and human. With such a large size difference, whether the Rock Giant is his father or mother, it seems very scary..."

Han Xiao quickly braked to avoid thinking of some terrifying scenes.

The atmosphere is too open...this is not just about true love regardless of gender, it is simply regardless of race!

Well... speaking of which, mating behavior may not necessarily be true love...

Can't afford to provoke, can't afford to provoke.

Han Xiao hurriedly calmed himself down, expelled the miscellaneous thoughts from his body, and said in a deep voice, "Tell me, which force are you employed by, and why do you want to capture Godora people?"

She Bian snorted angrily, "Don't expect me to tell you. It is our professional ethics not to betray the news of our employer!"

Han Xiao sneered and threatened, "Keeping you can be exchanged for a reward, but I may not need to keep you intact. Hurry up and give me some information, otherwise, I will let you lose some information."

"My employer is DarkStar."

She Bian was so cowardly that he surrendered very quickly.

Han Xiao curled his lips.

A scavenger is talking to me about ethics, hilarious!

Kirkland's face suddenly changed, "DarkStar?!"

With this mention, Han Xiao remembered that DarkStar and Godora were mortal enemies.

She Bian explained the whole story.

"DarkStar has been secretly acquiring pure-blooded Godora people, it seems to be for some kind of blood sacrifice. The price is very high. My people found this Godora person. You must understand how low the chance is for a pure-blooded Godora person to take a low-level tourist group with weak defenses. This is a money-making opportunity, so we contacted the people of DarkStar, they finalized the price and hired us to capture the Godora person...that's the way it is."

The status of pure-blooded Godora people was quite high. Investigators who operated outside all had their own spaceships and would hardly take low-level tourist groups. This time they were unlucky and were discovered by the scavengers, coupled with the secret employment of DarkStar, which led to this attack. Han Xiao could only laugh or cry. The enemy's target was indeed not this group of "natives," and he was just accidentally caught up in it.

Because low-level tourist groups were weak, the scavengers dared to take action. Han Xiao wanted to take high-level tourist groups, but Kirkland, this poor guy, only had so little money.

With money, one can do whatever one wants, without money, one can only be wretched.

"In the final analysis, it's all because you're poor." Han Xiao complained.

Kirkland was indignant. Damn, being disliked for being poor by the person who robbed him, is there any justice!

Although he was not the target, he also encountered danger because of it. Han Xiao narrowed his eyes and thought to himself, "DarkStar...this force is also related to the Mutant Disaster. I didn't expect to come into contact with them so quickly. I'll meet them sooner or later."

The crisis in the main control room was lifted. Han Xiao asked the players next to him about the progress of the other player teams using the panel communication, ignoring distance and obstacles. He used this method to grasp the progress of other player teams. Now, the Duanjiao Star was about to enter the alert zone, and the scavengers on the ship were rushing to their own spaceships to prepare to escape. The players who were intercepting the scavengers' retreat were from the Temple and Dynasty guilds and were fighting fiercely at the enemy's boarding point.

The scavenger's rearguard team had another gang leader whose strength was similar to She Bian, which was equivalent to a small boss. The Temple and Dynasty guilds were fighting very hard.

Han Xiao decided to go over to support them. At this time, the captain came over and said gratefully, "Great, the main control room has been defended! Thanks to you, as long as you stay here, this ship will be safe..."

Han Xiao interrupted him and said, "My companions are preventing the boarding enemies from escaping. I'm going to support them. This Godora person will leave with these people to protect the main control room."

"You're not staying?!" The captain was shocked, his face full of reluctance, and he grumbled, "Don't worry about those escaping scavengers, as long as we're okay..."

The captain was very insecure. He didn't care whether the scavengers escaped or not, he just wanted Han Xiao to stay and protect him so that he would feel safe.