Super Mothership
“Ad… admitted defeat? Red Dragon actually admitted defeat on his own!”
“Good heavens, no way! It clearly wasn’t a legendary mech… yet it actually exhausted Red Dragon to death…”
“……”
The pirates in the audience burst into an uproar.
“Who says you can only become a legendary powerhouse if you have a legendary mech? That settles it—from now on, my idol is Captain Ghost!”
“I never expected a non-legendary mech could actually squeeze into the top three. Just who exactly is that Captain Ghost?”
“I don’t know who he is, but anyone capable of building such a powerful mech definitely isn’t from some small faction! I have a feeling… the Shattered Star Region might be about to change…”
……
Outside the lounge, the aftershocks of the battle had only just begun to spread. Inside the lounge, however…
“So then… who’s next?” Nie Yun looked at Shadow and Messiah, putting on an extremely battle-hungry expression.
As for Red Dragon, who had just been defeated, he wore a look as if he were enjoying a good show, without the slightest trace of dejection from losing.
Although being defeated by Nie Yun did make him a bit depressed, a bet was a bet. Since his skills were inferior, he had nothing to say. More importantly… he wouldn’t be the only one getting embarrassed.
“Heh! Even No.2 got completely thrashed by you. I don’t even have a legendary mech, so I’m not going to humiliate myself.” Messiah spread her hands and straightforwardly chose to give up.
“Hey, hey! What do you mean ‘completely thrashed’? I barely lost! Barely lost, understand?” Red Dragon immediately protested.
Messiah didn’t bother responding to him at all. She smiled and turned to Shadow.
“Shadow, what about you? Want to give it a try? If you win, you’ll gain a super general.”
Shadow glanced at Nie Yun, but in the end shook his head.
“Even Red Dragon lost. I’m not No.1, so I don’t have the confidence to defeat Mr. Ghost.”
“Heh! You’re always like this. Clearly No.3, yet you never challenge the two above you. I thought Ghost might make you stop hiding your strength, but I didn’t expect you could really hold back this much.” Messiah said with some regret.
Hearing this, Nie Yun couldn’t help but look at Shadow a few more times.
People who hide their strength this deeply are usually very difficult to deal with, because no one knows how many trump cards they’re still concealing…
However… this woman Messiah was obviously quite scheming as well. Her previous words clearly carried a hint of provocation and instigation, as if she would love to see Shadow and him fight fiercely and, in the process, probe Shadow’s hidden cards.
Messiah had known from the start that in terms of personal combat power, she wouldn’t be a match for the other two. But this gamble was by no means meaningless to her.
She was undoubtedly a very calculating woman…
Shadow naturally saw through Messiah’s intentions. He merely replied calmly,
“It’s not that I don’t want to fight. It’s just that my mech is designed for battlefield assassination.
An assassin will never strike rashly without the certainty of a one-hit kill.”
“Tch! One after another, all of you hiding things. How boring. Too bad that lunatic No.1 isn’t in Shattered Star City today…” Red Dragon curled his lips, then turned to Nie Yun.
“Ghost, a bet is a bet. I won’t bring up recruiting you anymore. But the doors of the Red Dragon Pirate Crew will always be open to you.
Here’s my communication number. If you run into any trouble in the future, you can come to me anytime!” Red Dragon said with a hearty grin.
“Of course. I like making friends the most.” Nie Yun nodded with a smile and exchanged contact information with Red Dragon.
As if they had planned it beforehand, Messiah and Shadow also left their contact information before departing the arena with their subordinates.
Goldtooth stared somewhat blankly at the suddenly empty lounge.
They just… left like that? Since when were these three big shots so easy to talk to? This seemed a bit different from the rumors…
“Do you think they gave up too easily?” Nie Yun asked with a smile.
“Yeah! It really was a bit unexpected,” Goldtooth replied honestly.
“Heh! It’s just because they can’t figure out my background. Believe it or not, they’re probably already investigating the Goldtooth Pirate Crew right now.”
If they hadn’t been unsure about his relationship with the mechanical race, the three of them definitely wouldn’t have been so polite just now.
“Ah?” Goldtooth’s heart skipped a beat. Being targeted by the Seven Great Pirate Crews was no joke.
“Don’t panic. What’s our current ranking on the Shattered Star List?” Nie Yun asked.
“Uh… 92.”
“92, huh… that should be about enough. Too bad that No.1 isn’t here. That means I’ll have to borrow less money…” Nie Yun said with some regret.
“Uh…”
Goldtooth suddenly found himself unable to complain, because the facts had proven that all the bragging Nie Yun had made had indeed come true…
……
After Red Dragon and the others left, it was no surprise that the other pirate crews among the Seven Great Pirate Crews also began sending people to approach Nie Yun one after another.
Although none of them were leaders of pirate crews, they were still high-ranking members sent by their respective groups. However, Nie Yun politely declined all of them.
It seemed that the news about Nie Yun possibly having ties with the mechanical race had spread. Even though the invitations from the Seven Great Pirate Crews were rejected one after another, none of them rashly took further action. Clearly, they were still observing in silence.
The next day…
“Mr. Ghost, this is the detailed information on the 30,000 slaves I carefully selected according to your requirements, including 1,000 technical and management personnel.” Drake handed over a metal chip with a respectful expression.
Merchants always had the fastest news.
Although less than 24 hours had passed, the newly promoted Arena No.2, who had even attracted three big shots to personally recruit him, had already become the hottest rising figure in Shattered Star City.
When Drake discovered that the big client he had just contacted yesterday was actually the much-talked-about Captain Ghost, he felt as if a pie had fallen straight from the sky.
As an agent working under the Gold Coin Pirate Crew, Drake naturally understood what such a powerful figure represented.
Sure enough, Drake was quickly summoned by the higher-ups. When he returned, his agent rank had been directly promoted by one level. The only requirement was that he serve the client well.
Nie Yun inserted the chip into his personal terminal and rapidly browsed through the information. He nodded in satisfaction.
The data was extremely detailed. It not only included the slaves’ basic information and personality traits, but also potential evaluations, saving Nie Yun quite a lot of effort.
Moreover, the seller had thoughtfully conducted epidemic prevention and health checks for every slave. Within ten days, if there were any quality problems, they could be returned unconditionally.
It truly deserved to be called a fully developed slave industry chain…
“Very good. I’m very satisfied! Goldtooth, pay the money!”
“This is the 8.1 million remaining balance.” Butler Goldtooth transferred the payment with some pain in his heart.
Although they had just mortgaged their shares and obtained a huge sum of 15 million, making them temporarily wealthy, the money had been borrowed at high interest. Spending it like this was nerve-wracking.
In fact, if their shares in Shattered Star City were evaluated at their real value, forget 15 million, even 150 million wouldn’t be considered too much.
However, the rankings on the Shattered Star List constantly changed. No one knew if someone would push you down tomorrow, so the collateral value ended up being less than one-tenth of its real worth—something that made Nie Yun curse the lenders as profiteers.
What surprised them was that after receiving the final payment, Drake immediately transferred 1 million back.
“Hehe! Honorable Lord Ghost, this is a discount from the captain of our Gold Coin Pirate Crew. Consider it a token of friendship. We also hope both sides will have more opportunities to cooperate in the future,” Drake explained.
Whoa! A one-million greeting gift—far more generous than those guys who only left a phone number. Nie Yun immediately developed a good impression of the unseen captain of the Gold Coin Pirate Crew.
Since they were offering such a big discount, then naturally they should cooperate more often!
“Coincidentally, I still have some spare money. I’d like to buy a batch of weapons and equipment from Shattered Star City to take back. Goldtooth, I’ve already sent you the procurement list. I’ll leave this matter to you,” Nie Yun suddenly said.
When Drake heard this, he was instantly overjoyed.
The more they cooperated, the deeper the relationship would become. Making friends with such a powerful figure was exactly what the Gold Coin Pirate Crew loved to do.
In terms of strength, the Gold Coin Pirate Crew ranked last among the seven. Yet they could still squeeze into the top seven of the Shattered Star Region because of their wealth, connections, and diplomatic skill.
Even if they couldn’t win in a fight, the network of relationships they could mobilize was enough to make the other pirate crews wary.
Unlike the smiling Drake, after merely glancing at the list twice, Goldtooth already felt something was terribly wrong.
The long list contained over a thousand items. Most of them were the most cutting-edge technological products currently available in the Empire, both civilian and military, along with various laboratory instruments and equipment.
The items looked randomly thrown together, like the reckless shopping spree of someone with no clear goal.
They had only one common characteristic…
Expensive!
Instead of buying the most cost-effective options, every single item chosen was the most expensive among similar products.
Could this guy be some kind of shopping addict?
“Captain, the shopping festival of Shattered Star City hasn’t arrived yet. And… there are too many items here. The money we have left probably isn’t enough,” Goldtooth said cautiously.
“It’s fine. I’ve marked the priority levels. Buy from top to bottom—however many we can afford is fine!”
However many we can afford?!
Is that something a human would say?!
Goldtooth instantly felt like coughing up blood.
That ten-million fortune hadn’t even warmed in his hands before it was about to fly away. Life really was a series of ups and downs… and more downs… and even more downs…
Goldtooth’s expression gradually calmed.
After everything he had experienced, he suddenly felt a moment of enlightenment.
This was a world full of schemes and tricks. A simple person like himself was better suited to returning to his beautiful hometown—Mengniu Star.
There were no shopping festivals there. No reckless spenders.
All he needed to care about was whether his cow was still there. With his intelligence, even counting one cow was already enough—any more and he wouldn’t be able to count them anyway.
The cow eats grass.
He sleeps.
Nie Yun glanced at Goldtooth strangely.
For some reason, he suddenly felt that his new subordinate seemed to have gained a faint Buddhist-like aura of detachment…
TL Note- Free from all worries...
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