The Last Sentinel

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Just as Hydra left and Ye Feng was recuperating.

Hua Sang embarked on her great voyage aboard the "King Billy".

Inside the cockpit of the King Billy.

"You bastard! Let me go!"

"Billy, I'm telling you, turn back right now, and you can still be saved!"

"If you keep running, and my boss catches up, you're dead—ahhh!"

On the electrotherapy chair, the crackling electric current scorched Hua Xiaobai until she was charred and raw, smoke billowing from her mouth and nose.

Billy and his alien bastards are really ruthless. After capturing Hua Sang, they immediately set up the electroshock therapy chair without saying a word.

Fortunately, Hua Sang had a profound experience of being beaten by the Neanderthals. Even though he was being electrocuted repeatedly, Hua Xiaobai remained resolute and advised Billy and the others to go back and support Ye Feng immediately.

From his captain's throne, Billy looked at the nearly half-cooked Hua Xiaobai, who had been electrocuted, and said with amusement, "I must say, this carbon-based life form is quite interesting. It's completely different from us ammonia-based life forms. They can withstand so many particle streams that we consider lethal without dying. Their vitality is truly tenacious!"

Red Hair whispered, "Boss, why don't you kill him?! What's the point of keeping him alive?"

White Hair chimed in, "Yeah, brother, why don't you just kill him? This kid keeps nagging and cursing us the whole way! We should just kill him!"

Billy said, "You two idiots, do you understand how valuable this guy is? He's a crew member of the [Heart of the Three-Body] fleet. If you sold him to another ship, he could at least get a level 1.4 modified spaceship!"

Red Hair hesitated before asking, "Would anyone buy him?"

Billy chuckled smugly, "Of course people will buy them, and a lot of people will buy them!"

Just as White Hair, Red Hair, and Billy were laughing heartily, an AI warning suddenly sounded in the cockpit.

"Warning! Warning! Warning signal ahead. Please stop immediately and submit to inspection!"

"Warning! The Leviathan Caravan is conducting a routine checkpoint ahead on the Grand Line. Please comply immediately!"

"Warning! If the current speed is maintained, the Leviathan caravan will destroy this ship!"

Such a sound instantly turned the faces of the three people present pale, leaving them at a loss for what to do.

White Hair trembled with fear, exclaiming, "How could the Leviathan fleet be here!"

Red Hair exclaimed, "Isn't this Hydra's territory? How come the Leviathan caravan is here!"

Billy immediately took control of the spaceship. "The King Billy is undergoing inspection by the Leviathan Caravan. The King Billy has not disobeyed the caravan in any way. It is now slowing down and approaching the coordinates you indicated. Please do not attack the King Billy."

On the electric chair, Hua Xiaobai, whose hair was all frizzy from the electric shocks, keenly observed the scene before her.

Leviathan caravan? What the hell!

Judging from the behavior of the three Billy brothers, they seem to be very afraid of this Leviathan caravan.

Then my opportunity has come.

Soon, the [Billy King] came to a slow stop.

Through the porthole, a deep, silver pyramid floated before me. In the center of the pyramid was a giant silver mechanical eye, from which various particle streams converged and scanned the [Billy King] in an orderly fashion.

The next moment, the giant pyramid-shaped spaceship emitted a red warning signal: "Warning, target detected!"

The moment the command was given, visible black chaotic ripples converged and impacted, instantly enveloping the entire [Billy King].

Billy frantically tried to express something, but the entire spaceship was controlled within the dark matter void. Immediately afterward, the silver pyramid spaceship suddenly fired a terrifying laser beam, directly piercing through the 2.0 plasma shield of the [Billy King], causing the engine compartment to collapse and fail instantly.

"This is the Leviathan Caravan Mechanical Guard. You have the right to remain silent. Every word you say here will be used as evidence against you for smuggling goods."

Accompanied by a brutal beam attack, squads of cybernetic guards swiftly boarded the [Billy King].

The red-haired leader tried to resist, but the cyborg guard didn't give him a chance to speak. He suddenly fired his energy gun and accurately hit the red-haired man's head, instantly exploding him into countless pieces of flesh and blood.

White Hair's eyes widened in anger, but before he could even speak, another mechanical captain raised his hand and brought down a chainsaw sword attached to his prosthetic body, which pierced White Hair's heart!

Billy watched his two brothers being slaughtered, and screamed in agony, "You, you've crossed the line! This is Hydra territory! You Leviathans have overstepped your bounds!"

The mechanical captain who had killed the white-haired man adjusted his peaked cap, and his mechanical single eye released a red scanning beam. "Leviathan never oversteps its bounds. Leviathan is the most powerful and disciplined organization among the three great space pirate kings of the Grand Line. We have received orders from our superiors to investigate a heinous incident. Anyone connected to this incident must be investigated!"

Billy stared at the mechanical captain. "What incident? I... I don't know! Sir, I have important information to report to you, high-value information about the [Heart of the Three-Body Problem]. Leviathan will definitely be interested..."

Before Billy could finish speaking, the mechanical captain interrupted him, "The 'Heart of the Three-Body Problem' is nothing but a rumor spread by Hydra. Leviathan has its own exclusive intelligence system. You actually tried to deceive the Leviathan combat captain with false information, Amino-Sequence Bug. Your life is over!"

Before he could finish speaking, the mechanical captain suddenly raised his hand, and the mechanical arm in his hand shot out, piercing Billy's heart.

Billy's eyes widened as he stared intently at his chest—a gaping hole. The mechanical arm had mercilessly crushed his heart. He'd escaped for so long, fleeing Hydra, only to fall into Leviathan's clutches. If he'd known this would happen, he wouldn't have bothered joining the fray at "The Heart of the Three-Body Problem"...

But there's no going back in life; all that exists is the peace of death.

The mechanical captain walked to the electric chair, glanced at Hua Xiaobai with his mechanical single eye, and then calmly said, "Target correct, take him away!"

Hua Xiaobai was taken aback and kept saying, "Wait! Can you answer one question for me? Who are you? Why are you looking for me?"

"I don't know any of you!"

"Where are you taking me?!"

Before Hua Xiaobai could react, electronic shackles were already on his neck, and he was taken away by mechanical soldiers like a slave.

At this moment, Hua Sang was on the verge of tears. What kind of mess was this?!

I figured if you killed the Billy brothers, I could escape this misery!

Instead, an even more ruthless space pirate organization, Leviathan, arrived!

What kind of nonsense is this?

Having just escaped one wolf's den, they've entered another tiger's lair?

Why do ominous memories of the perfect city linger before my eyes?

I think I saw my great-grandmother waving at me.