Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1433 Illusion
When Lin Fan found Antonio, he was grabbing a man in a crew uniform and throwing a punch.

The unfamiliar crew member tried to make light of the situation, but after Antonio punched him twice, he immediately spoke up.

Even without the ability to use spiritual power, the physical qualities honed by Yue Zhengyuanqing are something that interstellar people who rely too much on technology and neglect physical training cannot contend with.

The crew members tearfully confessed everything.

Their ship was a legitimate merchant vessel, but they occasionally did some less legitimate side business on the side.

Although they were the ones who did the dirty work, it was only to get a bigger share of the money. The culprit is still that Annie Demon Star person.

“Bonnie?” Antonio still couldn’t believe it.

"Yes! Yes! It's that bunny girl!" The crew member clasped his hands together and begged for forgiveness. "She's familiar with many transport ships and uses the time between trips to secretly transport people to Annemo Star."

"Why are you transporting people to the planet Annema?" Even though Antonio had been repeatedly reminded by Jin Sichen and was mentally prepared, he still couldn't help feeling the sadness and anger of being deceived when the time came.

"We were just in charge of transporting them, how would we know so much... Hey hey hey!" Seeing another fist the size of a sand bowl coming at them, the crew member quickly changed his tune, "We guess it's still that tradition of Anemor treating people like slaves. What good stuff can his orc planet's people have left? They have to come out looking for good stuff... Hey, I just blurted it out, I didn't mean to belittle you, oh dear, my mouth..."

Antonio shoved the man aside: "Didn't they say that the planet Annie had abolished the system of enslaving humans and that humans and orcs were equal?"

"That's just high-sounding rhetoric." The crew member was surprised that Antonio actually believed it. He sighed inwardly, thinking that this man seemed rather dim-witted, but dared not show it. He could only shake his head and sigh, "Annemo Star changed its laws suddenly for the sake of civilization registration and certification. Although its technological civilization has reached level three, its system of treating people as slaves has always been criticized by other civilizations in the interstellar space. So it has never been able to wear the label of a level three civilization. It has to find a way to solve this, right?"

"So his so-called equality between humans and animals, and the abolition of the system of enslavement of humans, have all been lies all along?" Lin Fan asked. "Since everyone knows this, why does the StarNet official still report such false information?"

"Hey! It's not entirely a lie." Seeing that Lin Fan was easy to talk to, the crew member moved a few steps closer to her. "It probably actually worked for a while at first. The Star Alliance Committee members aren't all idiots; they must have really made changes and maintained them for a period of time before confirming his Level 3 Civilization certification."

"So, once they got certified, they became unscrupulous and started to revert to the old system?" Antonio asked. "And the certification body doesn't even conduct follow-up checks? That's so lax."

"Oh, no~" The crew member looked at Antonio more and more and thought he was an idiot, and his tone unconsciously carried a hint of impatience. "Certification isn't a physical thing, it's more like a nominal affirmation. How should I put it... it's basically acknowledging that you and I are in the same circle, that we can hang out together, something like that. So many planets have this kind of recognition requirement. You guys..."

He wanted to ask them which remote, low-level civilization they came from, but the pain in his body reminded him that he couldn't. He quickly changed his answer.

“You should know that the world of these upper-class lords is different from that of us ordinary people. They stand too high up to pay attention to what's under their feet.”

"You mean those high-ranking people in the interstellar community have all been misled?" Antonio asked.

"Who knows? We've discussed it privately, and we basically all agree that this mess on Annie Demon Star was probably never truly forbidden. It's just that the higher-ups have toned it down; they're not doing it openly anymore, they've gone underground." He pointed upwards, "After all, the higher-ups on Annie Demon Star are beasts, and humans are at the very bottom. Besides, which star system doesn't have a few slums? Who cares how those powerful figures at the top live? Right?"

Everyone only cheers for their own social class. As social class changes, so do their stances and visions, losing sight of their original intentions. It's not uncommon for the dragon-slaying hero to end up becoming the dragon himself.

Once those in the Star Alliance establish a channel of mutual benefit with Annie Demon Star, their original standards of judgment will change.

Of course, it's impossible to completely erase it, so Annie Demon Star still needs to care about its outward image and create the kind of beautiful facade described by the Star Network.

But what happens in private is hard to hide from those who come and go to make a living.

Snakes have their paths, and rats have theirs. Often, information from the lower levels, due to fewer restrictions, is more readily available and accurate than that from the official upper levels.

"Their mess is none of our business as long as it doesn't involve us. Anyway, I'll never disembark on Annie Demon Star in my life." Seeing that Lin Fan and the other man looked unwell, the crew member leaned back against the wall. "So I really don't know, I'm just guessing. If I'm wrong, please don't blame me."

"Where is Bonnie?" Lin Fan asked. "Take us there." This was just one crew member's opinion, and it was all speculation, so it couldn't be taken seriously.

The key is to confront Bonnie.

The crew member thought that was the end of his business after the call, and looked troubled. Seeing Antonio reach out again, he quickly turned around and jogged forward.

"Go, go, I'll take you to her cabin right away..."

"Lin Jian!" Cen Fangyuan said urgently in the headset, "Something's wrong. People outside the passage saw the engine lights on on your ship. It might be about to leave port."

"Didn't you say it was still a while before we had to leave port?" Lin Fan asked Antonio.

“What?” Antonio.

"They said the ship is about to depart," Lin Fan replied first, then asked the crew member in front, "Will you be setting sail and leaving port ahead of schedule?"

"Normally not." The crew member was also a little puzzled. "We are a proper transport ship, and we adhere to strict departure times and routes."

He tapped a few times on his personal terminal to call his colleagues in the cockpit, but received no reply.

"Hiss, this shouldn't be happening..."

We can't let the barbarians take control of the control room too, can we?

Lin Fan had clearly considered this as well. Lan Bingru and Qian Sui hadn't been found yet, and the ship couldn't leave port.

"Take us to the control room!" She grabbed the guy who was trying to escape. "Right now!"

"Hurry up!" Antonio had a temper that was even more explosive than Lin Fan's, and he immediately kicked him.

As I ran, I passed by portholes on the outer walls.

Lin Fan had already noticed the slow movement of the reference points outside.

Cen Fangyuan, who was also listening to the commotion on Lin Fan's side, quickly replied, "Our people have reached the end of the passage. The hatch is closed, and the passage connection is broken. Lin ship, should we use the Noah to intercept them?"

Lin Fan thought for a few seconds: "Not for now. We're on our way to the control room. The Noah will remain on standby. Anton and I will handle things here. You guys proceed with your credit farming in the Nexus as planned. We can manage."

According to Xinglan's analysis, the Noah's crew should be able to accumulate enough credit points to level up after three months of continuous competition. Leaving at this point would not only disrupt the plan but also affect the crew's mentality.

Moreover, to be honest, while the Noah could stop merchant ships, it wouldn't be of much use beyond that. There were other options for getting the ship back.

"Deputy Cen," Lin Fan called out to him as he ran, "I think it's best to give you a heads-up."

"What?" Cen Fangyuan asked.

"This ship might mean 'thousand years'," Lin Fan said briefly, but Cen Fangyuan immediately understood.

"If I'm wrong and guess right, then Anton and I might have to accompany Chitose to the planet Annie."