Chapter 1223 - 1085-1086: Black Humor (Two-in-One - )

Chapter 1223: Chapter 1085-1086: Black Humor (Two-in-One Chapter)

Si Xi’s face changed upon seeing this, and he made a series of gestures—Hurry up and come out, don’t risk everyone’s lives!

The two hiding were one Supreme and one A-level.

They had already determined that the opponent’s gathering of their personnel was absolutely not out of goodwill.

Influenced by this awareness, the two had already decided not to comply with Si Xi’s orders.

In the military, defiance of orders is a very serious crime, but at this moment, the two simply didn’t care.

When life is at stake, what are crimes? If someone wants to punish them, they still have to survive first.

So, they chose to ignore Si Xi’s command.

They didn’t even consider escaping the starship; without the starship’s support, they couldn’t survive long in space.

The two went to the ammunition bay and clearly expressed their refusal to leave. If the other party insisted, they would activate the self-destruction device.

They believed the opponent’s goal was to seize the starship, so using their warship as leverage was the only chance of survival.

Admittedly, they were indeed right, but at the same time, they were wrong—they had not anticipated how determined their opponent could be.

For those daring to negotiate, Qu Jianlei never indulged, nor did his comrades accept this attitude.

Upon hearing of their intention to activate the self-destruction device, Granny Jia was the first to say, "Then go ahead and self-destruct. We’ll watch!"

The Paranoid coldly snorted, "Trying to help us save ammunition? No need... let’s just attack directly."

Only the Big Head Butterfly whirled in Qu Jianlei’s mind, "Why can’t these guys think straight?"

However, although it complained, it immediately commanded the starship to launch an attack.

Under united fire, the remaining invisible warship was also blasted into a fireball.

"No!" Si Xi’s face changed, and he couldn’t help but shout loudly, "This was their defiance of military orders, it has nothing to do with us!"

However, it was already too late. In the next moment, the starship’s cannon turned over and fired another volley at the crowd.

"Oh my," Si Xi couldn’t help but wail, "This is a massacre!"

Yet he could only lament, and he only managed to shout such a sentence.

Soon after, countless artillery fire covered them, even the 6502 ship was blown up, and the entire fleet was annihilated.

Qu Jianlei and his team ultimately only captured one main ship and two small attack ships.

The gains were not impressive. These three starships were all military ships, making them hard to sell.

Still, regardless, the battle was won, and they even seized two Storage Talismans.

Cleaning up the battlefield took no time, mainly because Little Lake dispatched several small ships for a thorough scan of the battlefield.

Two hours later, the starship finished off the remaining survivors and vanished into the vast space.

Considering Si Xi and others had previously intercepted the Business Starship, Qu Jianlei and his team didn’t directly pilot the starship back.

This time, Qu Jianlei and the Nutrient Injection teleported to the ground using the Teleportation Array Plate.

Because they found a spatial fluctuation point, they deliberately chose another direction for teleportation.

The landing point was very precise, and after opening his eyes to see the Teleportation Array Plate, the Nutrient Injection muttered, "This thing is indeed useful."

Qu Jianlei wanted to consult the steward about whether the military had visited recently.

But the Nutrient Injection stopped him, "Alright, I told you, I’ll handle the aftermath."

Qu Jianlei contemplated and asked, "Don’t we need to consider recovering the two large computer sets?"

"No need!" The Nutrient Injection waved his hand, decisively stating, "This time I won’t give them trouble; they should be celebrating!"

Is that so? Qu Jianlei was still a bit skeptical, "Last time you gathered information, you ignored Si Xi’s reaction."

The Nutrient Injection shook his head, helplessly responded, "I couldn’t anticipate someone would head towards doom voluntarily!"

"You can rest assured this time, there won’t be any surprises... But if you’re uneasy, you might prepare in advance."

After saying this, he left, and Qu Jianlei shook his head, softly murmuring, "Better safe than sorry."

Then he notified Qinghu, Celestial Sound, and Claire to prepare for evacuation.

Bentley was still in seclusion, his injuries were healed, but for aiming at reaching Supreme, he needed further conditioning.

Qu Jianlei wouldn’t disrupt Bentley over this minor incident, waiting for when there’s a real issue to inform him.

Two days later, the Nutrient Injection notified Qu Jianlei, stating the issue was resolved and others could return.

Qu Jianlei truly didn’t know what the guy had done to dare promise that.

But after that battle two days ago, he also realized the Nutrient Injection had not only clear positions but genuinely got angry.

So he chose to trust him, teleporting back to the Business Starship again.

By the time he returned with the other five, two days had passed, but the starship hadn’t been intercepted again.

Two days after everyone returned, some military personnel sought to learn about the Business Starship’s outing.

Currently, on Qingyuan Star, the impact of the black-market case was still fermenting.

More nobles were being targeted, and the application to revoke a certain Viscount’s territory had been submitted to the government, then to the Imperial.

These disturbances did not show signs of stopping in the short term.

However, it seemed no one noticed that the instigator, Si Xi Supreme, had lost contact.

The military came to Gustine’s family’s territory to understand the situation and presumably realized something, yet their attitude was relatively polite.