Chapter 1222 - 1085: Facing Reality - 1086: Black Humor (Double-Length - )_2

Chapter 1222: Chapter 1085: Facing Reality - 1086: Black Humor (Double-Length Chapter)_2

"If money cannot satisfy you, I can offer a Divine Text Secret Skill, but this... needs to be negotiated specifically."

However, such verbal tactics are completely useless to the Nutrient Injection.

He expressed without hesitation, "All of you now automatically step out of the starship and gather at Yellow Character 6502!"

"If any starship does not comply, we will not hesitate to destroy it, this is no joke!"

Is it going to happen after all? Si Xi’s expression turned a bit grave upon hearing this.

He certainly understood that this requirement from the other side might harbor malicious intentions—people good at calculations also guard against others’ schemes. ℯ

But at this moment, does he have a choice?

He sighed lightly, mumbling softly under his breath, "This uncontrollable feeling is really annoying."

Then he opened the communicator and spoke in a deep voice, "I hope your side can send someone over to supervise the departure of our personnel from the ship."

The true purpose of this request clearly wasn’t supervision; he wished to take hold of a few individuals from the other party.

Given the social customs of the Imperial society, even if a few hostages were taken, it couldn’t possibly influence the entire fleet’s decision.

But having hostages is better than not having any at all, at least there’s room for bargaining, isn’t there?

Nutrient Injection laughed upon hearing this, then looked at Qu Jianlei and the others, "He wants us to help supervise..."

In truth, who wouldn’t have thought of such a little scheme?

"I don’t care," Qu Jianlei spread his hands, the other party’s system has already been locked down, unable to even launch a decent attack.

"Then let’s go," Granny Jia agreed, "although it’s a bit of a hassle, at least we can get our hands on a few starships."

The recent economic pressure is indeed a bit heavy; even the old lady must consider patching things up.

The three of them agreed, naturally, the two Paranoids wouldn’t oppose, "Then let’s do it together."

Then, five figures walked out of the Business Starship, none of them wearing helmets.

Si Xi witnessed this scene and his face immediately turned deathly pale, softly mumbling, "Finished!"

When he originally decided to intercept the starship, he had considered that there might be a few Supremes on the Business Starship.

But back then, he didn’t really care, he even hoped the opponent indeed gathered five Supremes.

——The Five Elements Battle Array is indeed powerful, but its utility in space is limited.

Especially when encountering space warfare, speed is the biggest shortcoming of individual combat power.

Although the Supreme’s battle array can destroy a company-level warship with a single strike, they must be able to hit it first.

As long as the starship can maintain long-range attack, the Five Elements Battle Array formed by Supremes—is just that.

However, now things are different, their starship has lost its mobility.

Even if the defense remains, it’s merely an immovable target, passively awaiting destruction.

At this point, when five Supremes appeared on the other side, there’s no need to think, it’s definitely a full five elements.

Back then, how confident Si Xi was, now he is that despairing—how idle must you be, five Supremes in space?

Anyway, at this moment, it’s too late to say anything, and he really regrets that he only brought two Supremes into space.

With Si Xi’s social connections, if he truly put in the effort to invite, inviting a dozen Supremes onto the starship wasn’t very difficult either.

But back then, he thought it wasn’t necessary—facing space warfare, individual combat power wasn’t very significant.

Inviting so many Supremes would incur many favors owed, wouldn’t it?

Moreover, inviting too many Supremes would inevitably expose his intentions; although the Five Elements Battle Array is good, it can’t withstand too many people sharing the benefits.

At the same time, Si Xi hadn’t forgotten, the faction he’s dealing with also has formidable connections.

The opponent could find senior Supremes at the headquarters, negotiating with him, the potential influence is imaginable.

None of this allowed him to openly design against the other party.

At this moment, he truly regretted it, but it was too late, he could only brace himself and fly out of the starship first.

Despite Si Xi’s usual arrogance, he does dare to face problems—at most, it’s just death, so what?

Nonetheless, after exiting the cabin, he still respectfully cupped his hands, releasing a wave of Spiritual Power, "Greetings, Supremes."

Qu Jianlei and the four others had no interest in returning the gesture, they just looked at him indifferently, as if looking at a corpse.

Tsk, things aren’t looking good! Si Xi’s face slightly changed: Is it really going to be this ruthless?

But by this stage, regret was no longer useful, he could only gamble that the other party still had some fear of the military.

As for his friendship with a certain Supreme in the military—mentioning it at this point was out of the question.

If left unmentioned, there might still be a chance to bluff his way through; once mentioned, the outcome certainly wouldn’t be good.

——You already know their broad connections, why would you provoke them blatantly, how much would that underestimate them?

(First update, dedication to Master He Meng, "Wind Laughter under the Innkeeper’s Wife.")

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Chapter 1086: Black Humor (Second update)

Si Xi has already realized things aren’t looking good, but at this moment, he truly couldn’t make any reaction.

Shortly after, people inside the starship came out one by one.

Apart from the starship that was destroyed, over forty people emerged from the remaining starships.

The crew from the company-level warship Yellow Character 6502 didn’t come out, because next, everyone would gather on this starship.

However, some people attempted to hide and not come out; on the remaining invisible warship, there were two such individuals.

Seeing people starting to approach 6502, Qu Jianlei flicked his wrist and sent out a streak of Golden Radiance.

Subsequently, someone spoke on the public channel, "Wait, there are still two people who haven’t come out... do they really want to die?"