Inside the Determination, Gong Feng was holding coffee in one hand and holding Plato's icosahedron above his head in the other.
Plato's icosahedron made of crystal emits a dreamy, colorful light under the white light in the cabin.
"It's so beautiful," Gong Feng praised.
Gong Feng glanced at the timer and saw that there were still 3 minutes left. Gong Feng complained, "This spaceship is really an antique. Every time before the hyperlight engine is started, it must accelerate to four-fifths of the speed of light. I will definitely replace it when I find the big treasure." you".
"Dudu"! Suddenly, a request for a call came from the communicator.
"Put it through, it's really annoying," Gong Feng ordered the spacecraft mastermind.
A middle-aged man with a sinister face appeared on the screen, asking angrily, "'Determination', you violated the rules. Stop immediately and accept the inspection of our 'Skeleton Pirate Group' and pay the 'entry tax'."
Gong Feng secretly cursed the pirates who were raised like shit, but he said in a consultative tone, "Boss Qi Bao, we are old acquaintances, can we pay together next time?" You also know that I am very unlucky. This time I came back empty-handed."
Pirate Qi Bao said angrily, "No, it's your business that you didn't find the treasure, it has nothing to do with us. If you don't find the treasure, you will have to pay a fixed 'entry tax' of 100,000 yuan. I will only give you 5 minutes to think about it, otherwise I will destroy you." Junk spaceship".
Ever since Peng Yu made a name for himself for Pirate Nebula, adventurers have come here like crucian carp crossing the river. At first, the interstellar pirates here used force to rob them. They met with fierce resistance from the adventurers, and the pirates also suffered heavy losses. The adventurers who were robbed began to spend money to lobby the countries around the Pirate Nebula to send fleets to eliminate the pirates. As a result, the largest pirate gang in the Pirate Nebula, "Bluebeard", was destroyed.
The strong intervention of the regular fleets of neighboring countries frightened the interstellar pirates. They did not dare to harass the interstellar explorers looking for treasures anymore, and they stayed quiet for a while.
Just like there is no cat in the world who doesn't like to eat fish, how can a pirate who doesn't rob be called a pirate?
Seeing the endless interstellar explorers traveling around in their pirate nebula, the interstellar pirates' eyes reveal greed and bloodlust. These guys are all special elements exuding the scent of ink.
There are countless interstellar pirate gangs in the Pirate Nebula, and the largest ones only number a few dozen. Having learned from the previous annihilation of the 'Bluebeard' pirate group, dozens of groups of pirates, faced with huge interests and pressure, actually imitated civilized countries and sat together in a meeting to discuss countermeasures against the explorers.
Not to mention, they finally came up with an idea—an idea that interstellar explorers could accept without irritating neighboring countries.
The "Win-Win Pact" is the result of the pirates in the Pirate Nebula standardizing their ideas. The convention stipulates that any treasure discovered by interstellar explorers who enter the Pirate Nebula must share 10% of the profits with the pirates; if the interstellar explorers return empty-handed, they must also pay an 'entry tax' of 100,000 yuan; Pirates will keep them safe during their treasure hunt adventure in the Pirate Nebula.
After the pirates' "Win-Win and Mutual Agreement" initiative was issued, it was gradually accepted by major explorers and became one of the most important principles in the adventure activities in the Pirate Nebula. Later, new explorers voluntarily abide by it.
The reason behind it is not difficult to understand. Lobbying the regular fleets of neighboring countries to attack pirate gangs sounds impressive, but the cost is very staggering. As the saying goes, a cannon fires a thousand taels of gold. The military expenditures for these regular fleets were astronomical, and the explorers could not afford them. The pirates proposed this compromise solution, and they slowly agreed.
Now, more than 90,000 years have passed, and the "Win-Win Pact" is still exerting its effectiveness.
The ‘Skeleton Pirate Group’ is one of the top ten pirate groups in Nebula. Qi Bao is a low-level leader in it. The 'Kori 32B' asteroid belt where Gong Feng is exploring treasure is the area that Qi Bao is responsible for.
After the treasure hunt ended, Gong Feng's dilapidated triangular spaceship flew directly outside the Pirate Nebula without reporting to Qi Bao. Such violations were quickly discovered by Qi Bao, who chased him in his 'Li Gui'.
Qi Bao and Gong Feng are also old acquaintances. Three of Gong Feng's first four expeditions were in Qi Bao's area.
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The 'Ligui' is a patrol boat, more than 500 meters long, with 3 laser cannons and 3 particle cannons as main guns, and 30 various secondary guns. Its main guns can easily destroy Gong Feng's' The Determination exploded into space junk.
When Gong Feng heard Qi Bao's words, he cursed in his heart. He didn't mean to offend Qi Bao on purpose, but he really had no money. In addition, five consecutive failed expeditions made this young man full of fantasy sober up. He no longer insisted on being an interstellar explorer. He left the Pirate Nebula and never came back, so he Just want to take the risk to evade the 'entry tax' in the "Win-Win Pact".
It's a pity that the God of the Universe did not bless him, and when he was about to enter hyperspace, he was chased by pirates.
"Boss Qi, don't be angry. I will stop the spaceship immediately and pay the fee. You have also seen that my shabby spaceship is an old antique. Sometimes it is not under control at all, so it will take some time." Gong Feng heard Qi Bao's request Destroy him and hurriedly appease Qi Bao to prevent Qi Bao from going crazy and firing within the promised 5 minutes. His 'Determination' can be destroyed by one main gun shot.
Coffee and Plato's icosahedron were placed next to each other on the spacecraft console by Gong Feng.
Gong Feng pretended to be getting up and down on the console, pressing various buttons as if he was trying to stop the spacecraft. He glanced at the timer and saw that there was still one minute left before the hyperlight engine could be started.
"As long as I persist for one minute and enter hyperspace, Qi Bao, a stupid pirate, will be helpless against me," Gong Feng thought secretly.
Qi Bao watched Gong Feng busy on the screen coldly, but didn't pay attention. The Determination was really too old, and many of the control desks still had mechanical buttons. He couldn't help but despise Gong Feng in his heart, thinking, "This spaceship is at least a million years old. This poor guy still wants to use it to hunt for treasure. It's really a dream."
Another reason why Gong Feng has been waiting is to wait for the spacecraft to approach the area covered by the cosmic holographic network, and then ask for help from the Kabasi Empire army through the network.
The "Win-Win Pact" is only a non-governmental self-discipline agreement and is not recognized by governments of various countries. Therefore, if citizens of various countries are hunted down by pirates in the Pirate Nebula and the military of various countries receives a distress signal, they will still take action. Of course, some are really going to rescue, and some are just trying to show off. No one can explain the complicated relationship behind it.
Gong Feng wanted to ask the army for help, but he was treated like a dead horse and a living horse doctor.
The Pirate Nebula is an abandoned galaxy with not many intelligent life forms. The service equipment of the cosmic holographic network is relatively small, and only some areas have signals.
After Gong Feng discovered the signal of the cosmic holographic network, he quietly pressed the distress button, and a quantum wave was transmitted along the holographic network to the Kabasi Empire military at super-light speed.
A skinny monkey navigator on the "Li Gui" suddenly reported to Qi Bao, "Boss, the sensors detected violent energy fluctuations on the Determination when the superlight engine started."
"Gong Feng, you poor guy dare to lie to me. You are dead today." Qi Bao was furious.
The hyperspeed engine on the 'Resolution' failed to start for the first time and was discovered by the pirates. Gong Feng turned pale with fright and didn't know what to do.
As soon as Qi Bao finished speaking, a secondary battery cannon on the Li Gui opened fire. The metal cannonballs as big as millstones shredded the triangular protective cover of the Determination directly by relying on physical kinetic energy.
The 'Resolution' suddenly lost its balance and circled in space before regaining its balance. However, there was thick smoke billowing in the cabin, and the unpleasant burning smell made it difficult to breathe. Most of the various equipment was burned due to the overload energy generated by the cannon shell attack.
However, none of this caught Gong Feng's attention. He was shocked by another thing.
When the Determination was rotated by the shells, the coffee Gong Feng placed on the operating table was all scattered on the Platonic icosahedron. The liquid coffee is a conductor, flowing from the Platonic icosahedron to the operating table, soaking various energy lines, connecting the Platonic icosahedron with the information equipment on the operating table.
At this time, Plato's icosahedron suddenly turned into a golden energy body, in which infinite data seemed to flow, and then disappeared into the main brain chassis on the console.
The main brain of the spacecraft in the chassis suddenly shut down and stopped functioning. When the spacecraft was bombarded by cannon shells, the spacecraft lost control of the main brain, and various equipment were overloaded with energy and were damaged on a large scale.
"What the hell are you?" Gong Feng couldn't help shouting at the main brain chassis of the spacecraft that turned into a golden energy body.
No one answered his words, and the main brain of the spacecraft wrapped in golden energy started operating again and restored some of its functions.
With a "ding dong" sound, a furious Qi Bao appeared on the screen, ordering, "Idiot, stop the ship immediately, otherwise in 5 seconds, I will completely smash your antique spaceship." At the same time, all six main guns of the 'Li Gui' were fired. Recharge your aim and prepare to get to know the 'Resolution' inside and out.
"Idiot, call me back right away," Qi Bao urged again.
It's not that Qi Bao is verbose, it's because for tens of thousands of years, no explorer has openly violated the "Win-Win Pact". Explorers can become very rich when they discover treasures. When no treasures are discovered, explorers are also a group of people with relatively good economic conditions and do not care at all about the 'entry tax' of 100,000 special dollars. However, Gong Feng was not one of those people. He relied entirely on his father's money to go on adventures, so naturally he was not well-off. I also thought that I would stop exploring this time when I went back, so I became the first alien to violate the "Win-Win Pact".
Faced with such an alien, Qi Bao was a little hesitant and seemed verbose.
Gong Feng was about to cry but Qi Bao couldn't hear the sound he made. It was obvious that the master brain of the golden energy body spacecraft controlled the spacecraft.
Qi Bao looked at the screen and saw that Gong Feng's mouth was moving wildly but there was no sound, thinking that Gong Feng was mocking him. No longer caring about anything else, he ordered, "Open fire and blast this garbage into cosmic dust."
The six main guns on the 'Li Gui' fired out terrifying energy beams towards the 'Resolution'.