Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 248 Oasis
Duan Mingyuan and others were treated as guests of honor, but despite this, the people in the town had nothing to offer them. The best food the residents could offer was a breadstick that was hard enough to be used as a weapon to hurt people. It was so hard that only Jiu Yue could bite it.

Bland and tasteless, not tasty at all.

The above is September’s evaluation of the small town’s food.

Breadsticks with some dried meat that has been dried to the point where you can’t even tell what it’s made of. This is a treat only VIPs can enjoy.

Because Duan Mingyuan brought water.

Water represents hope, allowing them to struggle a few more days in this miserable world.

The mayor collected most of the exchanged water and only gave a small portion to the townspeople who were severely dehydrated. After completing these tasks, he returned to Duan Mingyuan and others.

"We will never forget your great kindness."

The white-haired old man's eyes were filled with tears, as if he was a man in despair grabbing a life-saving straw.

In the past half month, they have experienced a process from hope to despair - the flagships passing through this planet did not stay in the town for even a second, and all went to the Mechanical Throne without exception.

"What happened to this planet?"

Jiu Yue asked. Although she was the queen of evil and should have been the spokesperson for the villains, she felt a little bit sorry after seeing the current state of the town.

The mayor sighed and filled in the blanks for everyone that were not mentioned in the Chamber of Commerce briefing.

After the massive rebellion ended, Jiqiao Star welcomed a period of peace. The execution and exile of the rebels completely destroyed the local people's desire to resist. After the fleet of the Flash Flag Chamber of Commerce left, the nobles of the throne introduced a series of strict policies, recruiting young and strong youths in various settlements and using them as cheap labor.

The young people who were conscripted not only had to do a lot of labor every day, but also often went hungry. If they slacked off at all, they would be beaten and scolded. Many people died under the cruel whipping.

Despite this, the residents of the planet endured it.

Until, suddenly one day, an execution ceremony changed everything on this planet.

The sinner's limbs were nailed to wooden stakes, and there was not a single intact part of her body, which was enough to show that she had gone through inhuman torture before being executed.

The woman was accused of being a thief who stole the secret treasure of the Mechanical Planet during the great rebellion.

But even though he experienced countless tortures every day, the criminal never gave in and did not reveal anything related to the stolen treasure to the nobles.

However, just as the executioner poured oil all over her body and walked towards her with a torch, the sinner suddenly laughed, and faced all the people watching the execution, and talked about the secret treasure.

She hid the secret treasure somewhere on this planet, and she claimed that she had cracked the secret hidden in the treasure. That secret was enough to overthrow the entire mechanical throne and bring those high and mighty nobles down to earth.

The rebellion never really ended.

Sooner or later, someone will know the secret treasure she buried and use the secret of the treasure to take back what belongs to them.

"If it's just the resistance of the local residents, it should be extinguished in no time."

The elderly mayor said that he was also an eyewitness to the execution ceremony.

However, it was not only the Mechanical Aliens who witnessed the execution ceremony, but also some forces from different civilizations in the universe.

More and more people came to this planet in search of treasure, including space pirates. The guards of the Artful Throne were defeated under the bombardment of the flagship. At the end of the dispute, the ruler activated a mechanism called the "Golden Hourglass", which destroyed the structure of the entire surface of the planet and turned it into a desert unsuitable for living.

The ruler and his minions then retreated into their throne room, leaving the desolate and ruined planet to anyone who tried to lay hands on it.

"I see."

The third prince understood.

There was a problem with the location of their forced landing. The rulers on the planet Jiqi hid in the throne, and hid the richest city on the planet in it.

“This town is almost at its limit.”

The residents of the town not only have to face drought, scarcity of supplies and disease, but also have to be wary of foreign predators.

The mayor took out a map with the location of the Mechanical Throne marked on it and said, "If you want to go to the Mechanical Throne, please follow the direction marked on the map. This is the territory of the Oasis. Your forced landing just now may have alarmed them. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, please leave as soon as possible."

"oasis?"

"It is an organization formed by space pirates and mercenaries on the planet Jiqi."

Under the banner of rebuilding the planet, they are actually engaged in the business of robbery.

Residents in the oasis must regularly provide water and other resources to the organization in exchange for their "protection."

The water these outsiders traded to them should be enough to cover the next delivery date.

"Isn't this just a gangster?"

Jiu Yue scolded that the gangsters on Blue Star also collected protection fees in this way.

But the mayor's reminder came a little late after all.

The noise coming from outside the door made his face change drastically, and he said hurriedly, "You guys hide quickly, I'll deal with them!"

"It's no use. The Ranger is parked outside the town."

The third prince said.

Fortunately, space pirates have been rampant recently, and they were prepared to deal with them long before they set out. "Teacher Mingyuan, Miss Jiuyue, let's go meet the space pirates."

The presence of two major combatants on the Ranger at the same time was a reassuring sight. The pirates were very efficient. As soon as the three of them walked out of the mayor's house, they were surrounded by a group of mechanized troops wearing exoskeleton armor. In addition to armor and kinetic guns, they were also equipped with drones, combat robots and other sophisticated equipment.

"Come to attend the summit?"

The leader said jokingly, "It seems that the navigation mark given to you by the Chamber of Commerce is not accurate enough, causing you to be forced to land in this godforsaken place. But you should have heard from the people in the town that this is the territory of the Oasis. Since you happened to pass by here, it would be unreasonable not to leave a toll."

"what price?"

The third prince asked.

"Money, water, weapons, and women."

The last sentence was directed to Jiu Yue. He licked his lips while speaking. In this remote place, they had not had any meat for a long time.

"Mr. Mingyuan, leave it to me. They called on me!"

Instead of being panicked, September became excited.

What was happening now was exactly the same as the plot in the novel - he had just arrived and was being targeted by the local thugs.

It is difficult to encounter such thrilling scenes on the Blue Planet.

After receiving Duan Mingyuan's affirmative look, Jiu Yue walked straight towards the pirates. The pirates seemed to have sensed something was wrong and aimed their weapons at Jiu Yue at the same time.

"Tsk, are there any combatants on this shabby aircraft?"

Jiu Yue looked thin and had no decent weapons. Although it was a pity, for the sake of safety, he ordered, "Go ahead and get rid of the combatants."

Suddenly, there was a loud sound of gunfire.

The leader covered his chest tightly. Just now, a bullet fired from behind hit him.

The exoskeleton armor that was supposed to provide protection failed. The kinetic bullet left a huge hole in his body, and he couldn't cover the flowing blood with his hands.

Shocked and angry, he turned around to look at the person who shot him, but what he saw was a ground full of broken limbs and arms.

What on earth happened just now?
The scene behind him was beyond his comprehension. Based on his years of battlefield experience, he concluded that these people had died in crossfire, and their deaths were so tragic that it seemed like they had just experienced a local war.

The war machines brought also spontaneously combusted and exploded.

The woman in front of them seemed to do nothing, just standing there and watching them.

When the leader looked at her again, she waved goodbye in a friendly manner.

Jiu Yue finally found an opportunity to say the lines she had read in the comics, which she had personally processed, "If you want to take my head, you have to bring your fleet over here."

After that, she turned to Duan Mingyuan with great joy, "How about it, Mr. Mingyuan, isn't this line very cool?"

While she was excited, she couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

These bandits were the worst of the worst. After dealing with Changzhi for so long, she almost forgot what it felt like to be among the worst of the worst.

Trapped in the barrier, every bullet they fired would take their own life or the life of their teammates.

However, the mayor looked as pale as death, and fell to his knees with a plop in fear.

These outsiders are very powerful, perhaps even the space pirates are no match for them, but they will not stay in the small town forever.

After they leave, these space pirates will definitely take their anger out on the residents of the small town.

They are all demons who kill without blinking an eye. If the supplies handed over are insufficient, they will randomly select residents in the town and blow their heads off in front of everyone.

They must find a way to get everyone away from here. This is their only chance of survival.

But outside the town is an endless desert. How can their footsteps compare to the sophisticated equipment of the space pirates?
"Puff-"

The leader of the Oasis team also fell to the ground along with the mayor due to excessive blood loss.

His face sunk into the hot sand and darkness was about to envelop him.

Somewhere in the dark, he heard footsteps coming towards him.

He was the companion of the unknown woman.

The last the leader saw was the man standing in front of the broken battle robot, the damaged parts repaired in a way he could not understand.

Then, his body was turned over and the man removed the emblem from his exoskeleton armor.

This is their military registration card.

The military registration card was delivered to the combat robot, along with a poster that appeared to be a portrait of a man.

"Give this to your leader."

This is the last thing a leader hears.

——"Please give me some face and don't come to this town again."

Wish you all a happy 520~
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(End of this chapter)