Poverty makes me capable of anything.

kukukuku——

The elder swordsman carefully wiped his sword with a strip of cloth.

These were his brothers who had accompanied him through his youth, fighting alongside him and growing with him.

My sword flashes from its sheath, stirring the heavens; with one strike, I will shatter your crimson dream!

Bah!

dong dong dong-

Drop drop drop.

"What is it?" Elder Zhu Jian frowned. Why the hell did he come back instead of preparing for the operation?

A familiar voice came from outside.

He was one of his two apprentices.

"Teacher, you are surrounded."

ha?

and many more.

The wiping cloth fell to the ground, and the elder with the sword was lost in thought.

My dear disciple, where did you learn those lines? Did you mix up the scenes and grab the wrong script?

"What nonsense are you spouting!" he roared. "If you have nothing better to do, go back to practicing your swordsmanship properly."

Practicing swordsmanship?

You can rest now, I don't need to practice anymore!

"Teacher, I've already reported you. You have nowhere to run now."

What……

I almost couldn't catch my breath.

At this point, he finally understood: his apprentice had never mastered swordsmanship, but he was incredibly skilled at dirty tricks.

"You traitor, you slut!"

No, I have a backup plan.

He stood up, leaning on his sword, and was about to activate the darkness in the room when he heard a sound outside.

"Teacher, don't waste your time. I've already disassembled everything I could, and turned off the power to the things I couldn't."

Cao Nima.

Did you hear that, you son of a bitch?

"You bitch!"

Despite his attempts to resist, the sword-wielding elder eventually succumbed to the onslaught of a group of ferocious men.

"Why?"

"After thinking about it carefully, even if you succeed, you two old people will be weighing on you, and you'll have to compete with seven or eight other people. You might as well go and help Maihe."

"..."

"Don't worry, I've recorded all your plots. When I release them, it will be said that the commander was forced to do this to protect himself. You were already unpopular, and now even less will anyone stand up for you. Sigh, you only have your own fault for getting to this point. As people get older, they lose their drive. It's better to let go sooner rather than later. If you were ten years younger, the situation would be different."

The old man with the sword died.

The unrest eventually escalated into a fire.

The internally unstable elder faction produced a traitor first, and any subsequent struggles were futile.

Both sides suffered some casualties, but with the audio evidence, Mai He, who struck first, suddenly secured his position.

It went surprisingly smoothly.

Originally, they were not as strong as those two old fogies, and had no excuse to make a move, but they were the ones who revealed their weaknesses first.

only……

Looking at Qiao Qina, whose expression was somewhat dejected, Mai He felt a bit overwhelmed.

This last elder, whose reputation had skyrocketed due to the previous battles, had no excuse to eliminate her.

Qiao Zina has no blemishes on her body. Could this be a case of great wisdom appearing as foolishness?

"Congratulations! You took down two annoying idiots in one go."

Looking at the other smiling face on the screen, Maihe felt utterly bewildered.

Damn it, why didn't you just kill Qiao Zina back then!

This is infuriating!

But you should still keep smiling.

He shouldn't show a sour face when receiving congratulations from an ally. He felt that Star Ring still needed to continue cooperating with Hyperspace. Hyperspace had a complete weapons production line, and it was not advisable to fall out with them.

Therefore, Maihe briefly explained the details and discussed the business transaction with Anran.

"We've found another new client, and..."

An Ran smiled. The Hundred Wood Pirates directly rejected the two elders' offer of benefits, and their casual "not interested" said a lot.

"It seems that rescuing Sheila was just Erwin's private act, otherwise he wouldn't have been the only one who showed up at the time," Qingling said.

"I'm overthinking it, but it doesn't hurt to be cautious."

If Bai Mu really wanted to help Sheila, why would Sheila bother to lure out the Void Demon?

"With this threat gone, it's about time we set off."

A destination two hundred light-years away, five space jumps.

Anran had been resting on the planet Caishen for almost ten days. Ella had also spent five or six days with her. After entrusting the matter of trading with Xinghuan to Xu Bang and Heloise, Anran embarked on a new journey.

The spaceship she's currently aboard is 317 meters long, and its cannons and power units have been reinforced and modified, making it a very impressive vehicle.

An Ran originally hoped that Qing Ling would lead the people of Wangchuan back to Bapuluo.

But after Qingling expressed her belief that Anran could help find the pirate princess, she became completely attached to Anran.

I'll protect you!

She looked at An Ran with "deep affection".

This is certainly not because she was turned gay by An Ran.

Although she is very charming, An Ran is not a shady character. Qing Ling is worried that if An Ran dies, no one will be able to help her; protecting An Ran is protecting her own hope.

"Alright, then you can come with me."

Even including the thirty spaceships from Wangchuan, the number of spaceships is still not large and not particularly ostentatious, but it is quite effective in deterring certain people with bad intentions.

"If there were such mechs in that hidden place..."

An Ran looked up at the mecha standing in the cabin.

Tall and imposing.

She looked back at Ella again, thinking that if there were any more, she would get Ella a big toy like that!

When mother (elder sister) and daughter (younger sister) are of one mind, their strength can break metal.

Face the storm, Hasaki!

“I have Anran, that’s enough!” Ella hugged Anran’s leg tightly.

Anran was very pleased.

Ella is so understanding.

If it were any other mischievous child, like An Qianqian, they would definitely shout, "Get me one too!"

I'll give you a frying pan, can't you be a little more mature like Ella?

She's presentable in formal settings, skilled in the kitchen, capable of chores, adorable, and even a bed warmer.

The fleet, traveling at half speed, plunged into the deep starry sky and began its first space jump after leaving the dazzling aurora.

……

Beep beep, beep beep—

The beeping of machinery could be heard intermittently. Wearing a biohazard suit, Erwin stared seriously at a row of vertically placed glassware in front of him.

The bottom of the glassware is all connected together, and the color gradually lightens from deep purple to light purple from left to right. The valves at the joints are exceptionally ingenious, and there are physical screens above the glass tubes displaying various parameters.

"Try reagent number 3 first."

Erwin nodded slightly. He tapped the bracelet for a short while, and soon a syringe on the ceiling was inserted into the third glass container on the right, drawing about 500ml of solution and sending it into the large cylinder in the center of the room.

The activation of the prepared reagent takes 21 hours.

Irwin turned around.

This is a large laboratory with an area of ​​several hundred square meters.

The room was filled with all sorts of impressive-looking but incomprehensible equipment, but the most eye-catching thing was the row of "display racks" on the right.

The container contained purple mist, floating fragments, sharp teeth, objects resembling eyeballs, and so on.

All of this originated from the body of the Void Demon.

In order to conduct relevant research, the Hundred Wood Pirates went to great lengths to obtain several Void Demon corpses.

Finally, Erwin's eyes fell on the far right of the "display stand," where a naked Sheila was submerged in liquid.

Her hair floated up, and her body was completely exposed to Erwin. The horrifying wound had left no trace.

Erwin's eyes gleamed, strong and agile, without a trace of excess fat, his fullness was just right, making one want to rush at him at first glance.

This strong body makes excellent experimental material, and also a good gun mount.

No one knew whether Sheila could withstand reagent number 3. While it was still warm, Erwin hurriedly released the liquid from the container and went over.

He doesn't have any strange quirks.