After returning to Dark Night Starship, Chu Huaying brought Shao Qingge and Ye Qi to the command room. Facing the questioning looks from her subordinates, Chu Huaying waved her hand and said, "You can all leave now. The money we robbed today is enough for you to live on for several years."
Several subordinates withdrew, and Chu Huaying closed the cabin door and walked to the control panel.
Xiao Lou and the other three then took off their Invisibility Cloaks.
Lu Jiuchuan suppressed a laugh and teased, " Hua Ying, you really are like a Space Pirate tyrant."
Shao Qingge said helplessly, " You're going to ruin my and Ye Qi's reputations."
Ye Qi scratched his head: "Maybe a trending topic will appear online soon—'Space Pirate intercepts passenger spaceship, kidnaps two men, and these two men will be subjected to inhuman torture'?"
Chu Huaying removed her mask and said seriously, "Where to? I'll use GPS."
Lu Jiuchuan also stopped joking and said, "Let's go straight to Hilt No Mans Land."
Chu Huaying pointed to a red-marked area on the star system navigation map and paused slightly: "This area? It should be Zerg territory."
Everyone was startled upon hearing this.
Xiao Lou walked over nervously and asked, "Have you ever seen the Zerg?"
Chu Huaying said, "According to the setting, my parents were both Space Pirates who passed away many years ago. So, since I was born, I have been wandering around the universe with this starship. I have passed through Hilt No Mans Land many times. It is the territory of highly intelligent Zerg, and it is very dangerous."
She looked at Lu Jiuchuan with a puzzled expression: "Why do you suddenly want to go there?"
Lu Jiuchuan explained simply: " Tang Ci and I once led Arrow Legion there to carry out a special mission, but we lost our memories of the details of the mission. In the Luoke Empire... which is the country where Xiao Lou is located, a gene clone appeared. After our investigation, we found that the Empire launched the Noahs Ark Project 25 years ago, and the plan was restarted 20 years ago. Moreover, nine people known as the lover died in succession, all of them were silenced."
Chu Huaying realized: "So, the subject of this locked-room investigation is clone, and... the so-called Noahs Ark Project?"
Lu Jiuchuan nodded: "Yes, things are quite complicated, and we don't have many clues at the moment."
Tang Ci added, "The special mission that Ninth Brother and I went on, and the memories we lost, are definitely related to this. Therefore, we want to return to Hilt."
"Let's go to the human quarters and see what secrets they hold."
Chu Huaying was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "My starship can enter Hilt No Mans Land."
Everyone was quite surprised to hear this. Lu Jiuchuan asked, "Does that mean we can enter?"
Chu Huaying said, "Don't you think my starship is a bit like an animal?"
Ye Qi's eyes lit up: "It looks like an enlarged spider!"
Xiao Lou said, "The Zerg...don't they look like spiders too?"
Recalling the Zerg encountered in Spade 8, and the little worms that crawled out of Ye Qi's fingers when he treated Tang Ci, they did indeed look extremely similar to spiders.
Chu Huaying opened the top-down view of the starship on the LCD screen and said, "The design of our Dark Night Starship was inspired by the Zerg's form. The starship's eight wings can transform at any time. When unfolded, they increase flight speed, and when extended, they become eight extremely powerful claws. At the same time, high-energy electromagnetic cannons can be fired from below the eight wings, sweeping across a wide area and preventing other starships chasing us from getting close."
She paused, then said, "Most importantly, this starship not only looks like an enlarged Zerg, but it also has anti-reconnaissance capabilities. It can disguise itself as a Zerg scent and infiltrate the Zerg territory of Hilt No Mans Land."
Xiao Lou asked in confusion, "Why was it designed this way?"
Chu Huaying shook her head: "I don't know the specifics very well. As far back as I can remember, I've been on this starship. The creator and designer of this starship are long dead."
Who designed Dark Night Starship?
Why would they design a starship that could infiltrate Zerg territory?
The group exchanged bewildered glances, but all these coincidences seemed to tell them that the Zerg territory must hold some unknown secret, and that the special mission Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci had carried out must be related to this secret.
Chu Huaying's starship provides a convenient solution for everyone.
Xiao Lou asked, "Have you ever been to the Zerg territory? Do you know how many Zerg are on this planet?"
Chu Huaying thought for a moment and said, "I have passed through Hilt No Mans Land many times over the years, but I have never landed on the Zerg Planet there. I only heard about the fact that starships can land on planets from my parents."
Lu Jiuchuan said, "Let's go take a look first."
Ye Qi shuddered, recalling the Zerg from Spade 8: "Are we going to experience Spade 8 again? What if we get infected by the Zerg...?"
Shao Qingge narrowed his eyes and gently pressed Ye Qi's shoulder, saying, "What are you afraid of? The Insect King is here."
Ye Qi was overjoyed: "That's right, the Bug King Card can transform for 24 hours. At that time, all the Zerg will have to listen to CEO Shao. No matter how many Zerg we encounter, at least escaping won't be a problem."
Xiao Lou said, "To avoid provoking fierce resistance from the Zerg, after landing on Zerg Planet, everyone should refrain from attacking them and especially avoid using fire."
Lu Jiuchuan had originally planned to summon his Vermilion Bird and unleash a burst of heavenly fire to burn the insects to ashes... but Xiao Lou's reminder immediately dispelled his idea of directly engaging the insectoid race.
After all, fighting is also very energy-consuming, let alone breaking into the Zerg's lair. If those Zerg are not burned out, it would be a bad thing to anger them. It would be best to investigate secretly.
After everyone reached a consensus, Chu Huaying said, "Prepare for a spatial jump and take a shortcut to Hilt No Mans Land."
Her fingers flew across the Starship navigation screen, typing commands rapidly.
As expected of the Space Pirate ship wanted by all the major empires, the Dark Night Starship flew at an extremely high speed. After several space jumps, they crossed a star system and arrived at Hilt No Mans Land near the Clock Tower in just one hour.
The familiar surroundings gave Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci a headache again.
Many chaotic images flashed through my mind, but I just couldn't make out what had happened.
Chu Huaying piloted the starship, its eight wings fully extended, stabilizing its position. The spider-shaped starship broke through the heavy air currents of Hilt No Mans Land like lightning...
A moment later, a brown planet appeared directly in front of them.
The planet was surrounded by black clouds, and was predominantly dark brown with a slightly lighter gold ring in the center. It floated quietly in the universe, like an eye gazing at its surroundings.
Ye Qi was startled by the strange appearance of this planet: "This...this is Zerg Planet?"
As they got closer to the planet, a sense of unease crept into everyone's hearts.
Spade 8 is a Zerg invasion; after all, only a minority of Zerg can reach human cities.
Now, they have come directly to the Zerg's stronghold!
What secret is hidden here?