Imperceptibly, the two avoided a lot of harassment…
Although this was their first time here, Pandora possessed the ability to scan the information in people's minds at any time.
After scanning the minds of several Xandarians, she smiled and said to her man, "Honey, I have good news for you… Those red-skinned and blue-skinned rainbow girls aren't Xandarians.
They're from other planets, but after immigrating here for several generations, the Nova Empire recognizes their status."
"And those white people are the most authentic Xandarians, so you still have a chance to have a beautiful encounter in Xandar for the great integration of the universe's races."
As she spoke, Pandora winked playfully at Zhou Ye.
"So what?" Zhou Ye believed that Pandora wouldn't say these things to him for no reason.
"So—honey, do you see that girl?" Pandora pointed with her chin.
Zhou Ye saw a beautiful girl with long golden hair in front of him…
"What's wrong with her?"
"She's the daughter of the Supreme Commander of the Xandar Nova Corps…" Pandora explained, "You just need to have a beautiful encounter with her, and then meet her mother… I think all of Xandar's military secrets will be an open book to us."
"…I feel like you're asking me to sell my body…"
"So, are you willing to go, darling?"
"…Yes, I'd be a fool not to go."
As Zhou Ye spoke, he walked directly towards the golden-haired girl who was holding a transparent display panel and seemed to be chatting with someone.
Chapter 436
Deloris Picoll was a student at the Xandar Nova Empire's Higher Military Academy, and also a proud reservist Nova pilot.
At this moment, she was arguing with her mother through her personal terminal.
"Mom, why are you using your power to prevent me from going to the battlefield?" Deloris typed angrily on her terminal.
Although she could have a voice chat, she was, after all, on the street and felt that speaking loudly in public would be uncultured, which was something she couldn't do.
"Darling, it's not time yet," her mother quickly replied.
"No, Mom, the war between us and the Kree is in full swing, but you're telling me it's not my time to go to the battlefield…" Deloris's words revealed her dissatisfaction.
You must know that when the war started, she was still young, but the frontline reports she heard every day made her blood boil.
She couldn't wait to pilot her Nova fighter to the front line and perish together with those evil Kree, and to realize this dream, she gave up the idea of taking the ordinary university entrance examination and directly applied to the Nova Higher Military Academy, which was known as the cradle of imperial commanders.
And she applied to be a reservist Nova pilot, and successfully passed the preliminary examination with excellent results.
But… just when she thought she could be drafted to the front line in advance, she was told that because she was still a student, she would only be drafted to the front line after she completed her studies.
Deloris Picoll instantly understood that this was a blatant excuse from her mother, who was a senior commander, so she contacted her mother through the terminal…
Deloris Picoll's words left her mother speechless.
After a long while, she sent another message. [Darling, it is because of your existence that I fight, it is because of you that I desperately resist those Kree.
You are the meaning of my fight, not the empire.
If I lose you, I'm afraid I'll do something crazy, so, darling, stay in a safe place, okay? Even if it's for me.]
Her mother's words made Deloris Picoll, who had been brewing impassioned words for a long time, suddenly speechless.
She raised her hand, then put it down, then raised her hand again, then put it down… In the end, her thousands of words turned into a text message.
[Mom, I love you.]
Deloris didn't know when her eyes had become a little blurry.
She could feel her mother's deep love for her from her mother's short words, that kind of love was selfless, intense, and without any impurities.
Just as she was about to wipe away her tears, a white tissue was placed in front of her.
Deloris looked up along the hand holding the tissue, and a handsome young man with golden hair was standing in front of her.
"Although I don't know why you're crying… but I think you might need this."
Zhou Ye's gentle smile warmed Deloris's heart, and she couldn't help but whisper, "Thank you."
After Deloris took the tissue from Zhou Ye's hand, she gently wiped her tears.
"You must be from another planet…"
"…Uh, how did you see that?" Zhou Ye asked in astonishment, "I don't think I look any different from you?"
"Because Xandar has long abandoned using paper made of plant fibers…" Deloris looked at the astonished expression of the handsome young man who was chatting with her, and couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth slightly.
"Because there are very few green plants on Xandar, and the cost of transporting those papers from other planets is too high, so Xandar now uses paper made of synthetic fibers.
Although the two look the same, the synthetic fibers are still not as soft and comfortable as paper made of plant fibers."
After hearing Deloris's words, Zhou Ye couldn't help but feel speechless.
Damn, if he was a spy, and his identity was exposed because of a tissue, how embarrassing would that be?
"Where are you from?" Deloris asked curiously, "Are the people there as handsome as you?"
"…I'm from Earth, uh—I can't answer your question, because the definition of beauty is different in everyone's mind," Zhou Ye said, "In our place, there's a saying that in the eyes of two people in love, the other is the most beautiful."
"What a poetic saying," Deloris couldn't help but ask after hearing Zhou Ye's explanation, "Do people there say such philosophical things?"
Although Deloris didn't know where Earth was, because sometimes the names that people on her planet gave to their planet might be very different from the recognized names in the galaxy.
For example, the Centaurians call themselves the Naii Pii people, and call their home planet the Naii Pii Star, which in their words means the race loved by God, and the star loved by God, but the other empires in the galaxy only have one name for them, the Centaurians.
"Not every day…" Zhou Ye said speechlessly, "It would be so tiring to talk like that every day…"
"Pfft—" Deloris's sense of humor was a bit low.
She imagined the scene Zhou Ye described, where everyone talked like a philosopher, and she burst out laughing.
"Are you okay… Then I'll go first," Zhou Ye said, looking at the girl in front of him who was laughing so hard that she couldn't stand up straight.
"…" Hearing that Zhou Ye was leaving, Deloris suddenly felt a little reluctant.
An idea flashed in her mind.
"Is this your first time on Xandar? I'll be your guide…"
"Okay," Zhou Ye was waiting for her to say this, otherwise, his feigned indifference would have been in vain.
"Let's go, I'll take you to change your clothes first," Deloris said, pulling Zhou Ye towards the commercial district.
"Although Xandar is an open planet, there are still some extreme racists.
To avoid trouble, let's help you blend in here first."
"…" Zhou Ye was speechless.
It seemed that even the Nova Empire, which had entered the era of great harmony, could not avoid internal conflicts.
"But… I don't have your currency…"
Zhou Ye said somewhat embarrassedly.
"It's okay, those clothes aren't worth much, I'll pay for you," Deloris said, playfully winking at Zhou Ye, and said, "Just consider it as a reward for helping me wipe away my tears."
Zhou Ye smiled and nodded, following Deloris into a large shopping mall.
After a while of selection, Deloris chose a set of clothes for Zhou Ye that perfectly matched his temperament, but the color didn't quite match Zhou Ye's hair color.
Seeing Zhou Ye put down the clothes with some regret, Deloris smiled and took off an item like a small hairpin from her ear, and then pinned it on Zhou Ye's temple.
At this time, Zhou Ye was shocked to find that Deloris was not blonde, but had long brown hair…
"This is the latest renderer, which can help you change your hair color at any time according to your mood and clothes," Deloris explained to Zhou Ye with a smile.
"See, it matches this outfit better now."
At this time, Zhou Ye's golden hair had turned pure black, which made him feel a little emotional.
No matter what, he hadn't seen this look of his for a long time.
"I really like this hair color, thank you, Lis."
"You're welcome, aren't we friends?" Deloris said, taking Zhou Ye's hand without any hesitation, and walking outside.
"Okay, now let me take you to have a good tour of Xandar."
Deloris Picoll took Zhou Ye to various places in Xandar.
For Deloris, who had grown up here since she was a child, she knew everything here like the back of her hand.
And Zhou Ye's witty remarks made her unknowingly fall into it.
By the evening, Zhou Ye could already put his arm around her slender waist, making such couple-like gestures.
Chapter 438
"Hahahaha… that Ostar was really hilarious." At this moment, Dolores laughed as she leaned into Zhou Ye's arms.
They had just run out of an underground bar, which was now in complete chaos.
Although most of Xandar is a gathering area for humanoid aliens, there are actually many non-humanoid aliens stationed here. They often go to those underground bars to drink because, after all, people are still somewhat xenophobic, and they don't want to be watched like animals. Therefore, underground bars that specialize in serving these alien creatures have emerged.
Dolores had long known where such bars were, but it was a dangerous mix of people, and her mother absolutely forbade her from going in. However, when Zhou Ye occasionally displayed his extraordinary martial prowess, Dolores suddenly had the idea of going to an underground bar to see what it was like.
After she told Zhou Ye about this idea, Zhou Ye also agreed with great interest. After all, he was also very curious about what those non-humanoid alien creatures looked like.
In the underground bar, they encountered an Ostar. Ostars are also roughly humanoid creatures, but they have no hair or beards, only tentacles… They distinguish beauty and ugliness by the number of tentacles…
In Zhou Ye's words, those Ostars were a hybrid of the legendary tentacle monster and octopus people, looking like they were secreting mucus all over their bodies, extremely disgusting.
Originally, there was nothing wrong. Although everyone here was an alien, everyone was at peace. However, after a guy with tentacles all over his head saw Zhou Ye, he actually wanted to… date Zhou Ye… You read that right, it was a female tentacle monster…
This made Zhou Ye unable to bear it. Damn it, although I am indeed selling myself, not my skills, it's not like I'll sleep with just any piece of trash. Zhou Ye directly sent that mother tentacle monster flying, and she happened to land on a Sovereign person with a golden body. This race prides itself on its perfect genes and is extremely arrogant. How could they tolerate an extremely ugly tentacle monster smashing onto them? The two of them immediately started fighting.
In Zhou Ye's words, it was "Gold Sparkle vs. Squidward."
A small brawl eventually turned into a big melee. Zhou Ye simply led Dolores, weaving through the crowd, throwing hidden punches, tripping people... not to hurt them, but just for fun.
In the end, Zhou Ye, with Dolores, overturned the entire bar of aliens, and even the bartender couldn't escape the hidden attack... Dolores hit him on the back of the head with a sap...
This feeling of recklessness allowed Dolores to taste a feeling she couldn't quite describe for the first time. It was hard to describe, like a child succeeding in a prank... All the worries in her heart disappeared at this moment.
Zhou Ye escorted Dolores to her home, which was a detached villa. Standing at her door, Zhou Ye put his arm around Dolores and whispered, "Although I'm very reluctant, it's getting late, we really have to say goodbye."
"..." Dolores didn't say anything, but hugged Zhou Ye's waist tightly, refusing to let go.
In her eighteen years of life, no other member of the opposite sex had ever made her so reluctant... She didn't want to let go of Zhou Ye, because she was afraid that after she let go, Zhou Ye would disappear.
"Stay..."
Zhou Ye smiled when he heard these mosquito-like words. The guy pretended not to hear clearly and asked, "Lise, did you say something just now?"
"..." Dolores didn't speak, but mustered all her courage, tiptoed, and clumsily bit him... That's right, it was a bite... Zhou Ye certainly wouldn't let this rookie mess around like this, and directly guided her on how to properly k·i·s·s.
The two of them went from outside the door to inside the door, from the living room to the bedroom... from the floor to the tatami, from fully dressed to... let's not talk about what's left, imagine it yourself.
With a cry of pain... afterwards, a melodious serenade began to play, in which the female vocalist Dolores used contralto to mezzo-soprano to soprano in this concert, trying various singing techniques. In general... she felt that soprano was more suitable for her, so, the soprano singer, Dolores, was born. Of course, she completed this feat with Zhou Ye's help.
Six hours later—
Xandar—Nova Corps Headquarters.
A silver-haired, large-busted, wavy-haired young woman wearing a Nova Corps combat uniform walked out of a heavily guarded building. From the complete Nova Corps rank on her shoulder, it could be seen that she was a high-ranking commander. If you looked closely, you would find that this young woman looked six or seven parts similar to Dolores. The two looked like sisters.
"Commander Picole, welcome back for your vacation." Seeing the female commander, the two Nova soldiers at the door hurriedly saluted.
"Mm—" Ingrid Picole nodded, walking past with a frosty face.
"Who angered this tigress? It looks like someone is going to be in big trouble..." One of the guards whispered, watching Ingrid walk past.
"Don't be nosy, do you want to be locked up in the Larrid Military Prison?" Another guard responded in a low voice, "Think about the fate of the last fool who talked about her behind her back..."
"..." The guard immediately fell silent, obviously thinking of that unlucky guy.
But obviously, Ingrid Picole didn't have time to deal with these two fools. She now just wanted to return to her home and see her daughter.
Her communication with her daughter was interrupted, and after she used her authority to view the surveillance footage of Xandar, she found that her daughter was actually with a handsome young man, looking like they were talking and laughing. To be honest, she was even a little jealous of that young man, but this was not the reason for her return. She actually received a secret setting in her home that her daughter had brought a stranger home... and at night.
If the Kree hadn't launched a fierce attack at the time, she would have run back long ago.
By the time she withstood the Kree's crazy attack, more than six hours had passed. She didn't care about much and directly passed through the artificial wormhole back to Xandar...
The Nova Empire's wormhole technology can already create artificial wormholes, but due to energy and technology reasons, the current wormhole technology is not perfect and can only open channels for two people to pass through, so this technology is used to give frontline commanders benefits, allowing them to see their families at any time, which is also an incentive for them.
"Go home." Ingrid Picole walked directly outside the headquarters, got into a military-configured aircraft, and said to the driver, sparing her words.
"Yes, Commander." The driver looked at Ingrid's frosty face and didn't dare to say more, directly pulled the engine, and flew towards her home... Although Ingrid Picole had the demeanor of a mature woman, and was still a ripe beauty, no one dared to pay attention to her, because this guy's nickname on the battlefield was a female madman... Her madness made her enemies tremble with fear, and also made her allies tremble with fear...
She could invest the strength of two large fleets to snatch a star lane that seemed useless, and she could also issue a death order for a meteorite belt that had no strategic value at all, but these things were later proven to have extraordinary strategic value.
Therefore, no one can shake her position as commander, although everyone calls her a female madman... but she is a madman that both enemies and us fear.
However, the female madman Ingrid Picole on the battlefield was now thinking about her own thoughts. [Dolores, my baby, don't be easily fooled by that pretty boy... Your mother was unprepared like this, that's why I had you. Although you are the best gift God has given me, your bastard father who ran away after playing around is definitely the target I must kill.]
Chapter 439
"Go back, you don't have to wait for me." Ingrid, who got off the aircraft, ordered the driver of the aircraft.
"Okay, Commander." Saying that, the driver pulled the joystick and ran away in a puff of smoke, just like someone was chasing after him.
There was no way, seeing the female madman sitting behind him with a murderous look, anyone would feel pressure. He was really afraid that this madman would find an excuse to transfer him to the front line and then throw him into the C-2A war zone, known as the graveyard of battleships. Although he also wanted to serve the country, he didn't want to do it in this way.
"..." Ingrid didn't bother to pay attention to this guy, and walked towards her villa. Of course, the access control system wouldn't keep its own hostess outside the door.
Ingrid walked into her living room, and her eyes twitched. She saw clothes scattered all over the floor... Her eyebrows stood up. She suppressed her anger, or rather, she forced herself to suppress her anger, but in reality, her hand had unconsciously touched the power gun on her waist, which was a weapon that could penetrate the armor of a battleship with one shot.
"Okay, let me see how that bastard plans to face my daughter." Ingrid said and walked into her daughter's room... Although her daughter's room's access control setting was in private mode, and others couldn't enter without her permission.
But in fact, this was just a small game Ingrid played with her daughter. Usually, she didn't mind being a loving mother, knocking on the door, and then entering after getting her daughter's permission, but now... she had no interest in playing this game, and directly used her highest authority to open her daughter's door. After all, she was the head of this family.
As soon as she walked into her daughter's room, Ingrid saw the two people sleeping together on the tatami... Although the two were covered with a blanket, she believed that the two people under the blanket were definitely not wearing anything...
Seeing this situation, Ingrid was not in a hurry, because the worst had already happened, how much worse could it get?
Thinking of this, Ingrid regained some of her commander's composure. She picked up Zhou Ye's clothes from the ground with interest, and then searched them for items that could prove Zhou Ye's identity, even a small ornament, a piece of underwear that didn't belong to Xandar, could allow her to make some judgments about Zhou Ye's identity.
"It doesn't look like a Xandar person, but rather like a product of some low-level technology civilization." Ingrid made the following judgment while holding Zhou Ye's underwear... A qualified commander must have superb reasoning skills. On the ever-changing battlefield, a small, inconspicuous clue may be the key to victory, and Ingrid will certainly not let these clues go.
"Madam, although you look very beautiful... but, I don't think holding my underwear should make you feel excited, right?" Zhou Ye's voice suddenly sounded, scaring Ingrid.
"..." Ingrid didn't expect Zhou Ye to wake up suddenly, but in fact, as soon as she got off the aircraft, Zhou Ye knew she was coming. If it weren't for the fact that she and Dolores had seven or eight points of resemblance, Zhou Ye would have knocked her unconscious long ago.
"Although that thing can't hurt me, I think, you don't want to hurt the girl beside me, right?" Zhou Ye said, looking at Ingrid, who was startled by him and defensively pointed the gun at him.
"… … Which planet are you from? What are your plans for my daughter, Dolores?" Ingrid quickly calmed down and lowered her gun. Zhou Ye was right about one thing: she was unwilling to hurt her daughter under any circumstances.
"Of course, I'll marry her…" Zhou Ye smiled slightly upon hearing Ingrid's question and said naturally, "I think I've already fallen in love with her."
"… … Not bad, you're much better than that bastard father of hers." Ingrid nodded in agreement after hearing Zhou Ye's words and said, "So, what kind of abilities do you have? Or, what are your special talents? Forget it, that's not important. I can help you find a clerical job in the military on Xandar, so you'll have an income to support my daughter, and it's very safe… When are you planning to get married? How many children do you plan to have after marriage… If you don't have a place to live, I don't mind you living here directly. I personally like children, so you can consider having more. Don't worry about not being able to afford them; my commander's allowance is enough to support many children… Well, have a dozen of them by then…"
… … Zhou Ye looked speechlessly at Ingrid, who had already entered fantasy mode. This woman could be considered the best alien mother-in-law. Marrying her daughter would mean a job, a house, and help with the children… This was simply the ultimate.
"Um… excuse me… I don't have any plans to settle on Xandar for the time being." Zhou Ye felt that he sounded a bit like a scumbag when he said this.
"… … … …" The expression on Ingrid's face froze, and then a murderous aura filled the entire room. "So… when you said you would marry my daughter, you were just saying it casually? So, you have no intention of marrying my daughter at all? So, you plan to learn from that bastard and just run away? You… damn it…"
As she spoke, Ingrid raised her plasma rifle at Zhou Ye and pulled the trigger without hesitation. "A scum like you… go to hell."
But she didn't even have time to pull the trigger… because someone used their hand to turn off the safety on her plasma rifle. "You…"
To be honest, Ingrid was really surprised… She didn't see how Zhou Ye got up, how he came to her side, or when he turned off the safety on her gun.
"You're quick to draw your gun at the slightest disagreement… you're really something…" Zhou Ye said helplessly. To be honest, Zhou Ye really felt like he didn't know how to handle Ingrid.
If she were an enemy, Zhou Ye could have her vanish without hesitation, but obviously, she wasn't. She was his woman's mother, and she was seeking justice for her daughter…
Although Zhou Ye was a scoundrel, he really couldn't do something like sleeping with someone's daughter and then killing their mother.
Just as Zhou Ye was struggling with how to deal with Ingrid, Ingrid's actions surprised him… She turned around and hugged him, then kissed him without any shame…
This script isn't right… Director.
Zhou Ye looked at the woman who seemed to have fallen into madness, and noticed a strange fire in her eyes... This was a manifestation of his daughter Pandora's mental abilities. "Pandora..."
"Haha, darling, let me help you deal with this troublesome matter. Anyway, you can't kill her, and besides, such a beautiful mature woman... killing her would be such a waste. It doesn't align with your principle of justice, so why don't you just sleep with her... I'll secretly tell you, darling, even though she gave birth to your little Dolores, she's only had ooxx once."
Pandora's voice echoed directly in Zhou Ye's mind...
Was Zhou Ye the kind of pretentious bastard? Obviously not... Not eating meat when it's offered to your mouth, what else could you be but a bastard?
He stopped talking and began to cooperate with Ingrid... To be honest, the moment the two of them were joined together, Pandora withdrew her mental abilities... But what's done is done, and Ingrid couldn't struggle even if she wanted to, Zhou Ye wouldn't allow it.
And so—Ingrid was in tragedy, she truly understood why she and Zhou Ye were having so much fun, yet her daughter hadn't woken up. It was really... this guy wasn't human, he was a humanoid star beast... so terrifying. Of course, even though she said it was terrifying, her body was more honest than her mouth, which perfectly described her...
Three hours later, Zhou Ye completed his first achievement for the sake of the fusion of the universe's races: [Xandar Mother-Daughter Flower Achievement] unlocked.
Chapter 440
"So... you came here to plunder the Nova Empire's technological data?" Ingrid nestled in Zhou Ye's arms, although her face still wore a look of disgust, Zhou Ye knew that this girl actually enjoyed his embrace. Old houses catch fire quickly, and 'saying one thing but meaning another' perfectly described this girl.
"That's right..." Zhou Ye nodded.
"...Who told you that Xandar had various research institutes here?" Ingrid rolled her eyes and said unhappily, "Would the countries on your planet place weapons research institutions with lethal destructive power, as well as high-pollution technology research institutions, in their capital?"
"Moreover, it's a mixed bag here, people from any star region could appear here. You can't even distinguish whether an alien is a spy or an ordinary Xandar citizen..." Ingrid continued, ignoring Zhou Ye's increasingly embarrassed expression, "If you really want to say that Xandar has technological data, then there is some, it's in the Xandar National Archives. There are civilian technology data from hundreds of years ago, and any Xandar citizen can go there to browse it at will... But I think, compared to your planet's technology, that place can hardly be called a high-tech data distribution center. The person who gave you this idea is really an idiot and a moron..."
"Slap—" Zhou Ye raised his hand and slapped Ingrid, who was getting more and more fluent. "This was my idea... Do I look like an idiot?"
"Ah—"
Ingrid, who had been slapped on her butt, immediately became quiet. She glared at Zhou Ye with charming eyes and muttered, "You bad guy, you did something wrong and won't let people talk... You're such a dictator, a tyrant..."
"...Stop saying useless things." Zhou Ye gently rubbed the place he had just hit and asked, "Then what do you say we should do?"
"Bad guy—you hit me and then want me to give you ideas..." Although Ingrid was complaining, she couldn't help but arch into Zhou Ye's arms and said, "As a senior commander of the Nova Empire, I still have some authority to view the locations of those research institutions. I'll go to headquarters later and help you retrieve those data... And then..."
"That's really great." Zhou Ye said happily when he heard Ingrid's words, "It seems our fleet will be formed soon..."
"I want to be the commander of that fleet..." Ingrid said coquettishly, which was rare for her.
She knew that besides commanding troops, she didn't have any other special skills. And the man in front of her, who had easily conquered her, obviously had more than just her and her daughter... So, if she wanted to leave a deep impression on this man's mind, so that he couldn't ignore her and her daughter, then she had to show her undeniable abilities.
Zhou Ye didn't think so much. For him, he treated all his women equally, trying to be impartial. But to be honest, this time's blunder also sounded an alarm for him. He didn't have any military talent, and many times the ideas he came up with were just off the top of his head. This naturally wasn't a problem in a crushing situation, but if the other party was a force equal to his own, it would become a fatal flaw.
He had also learned about Ingrid's information through Pandora. She could be said to be a rising star in the Nova Empire, and her battles with the Kree had made her famous, with more than a dozen battles establishing her reputation as a "mad god". Moreover, she was also his woman, and Zhou Ye had no reason not to let her command his fleet.
"No problem." Zhou Ye agreed to Ingrid's request without hesitation. "From now on, Umbrella's Galactic Fleet will be under your command."
Ingrid looked at Zhou Ye in disbelief. Zhou Ye's unconditional trust in her made her unable to express her gratitude, and she could only show it with actions... She turned over, straddled Zhou Ye, cupped his cheeks in her hands, and whispered, "I find that I'm starting to love you a little, Ye."
Just as the atmosphere between the two became more and more tense, and a new round of war was about to begin, a surprised voice rang out. "Mom, why are you here... You... what are you doing?"
"Uh—"
"That... baby, would you believe me if I said I was experimenting to see if your future man could withstand temptation?" Ingrid, this veteran daughter-con, had also transformed into a comedian at this time...
"Hmm—" Dolores blinked her eyes, looked at her extremely nervous mother, and giggled. "Mom... you look so funny when you're nervous..."
"I'll go cook for you..." Ingrid said, gently leaning close to Zhou Ye's ear and saying, "You're responsible for getting my daughter settled, or else don't think about getting on my bed again..."
After saying this, Ingrid turned over, jumped off the couch, put on her clothes generously, and walked out of her daughter's room.
"Bad guy..." As soon as she walked out of her daughter's room, Ingrid couldn't help but lean weakly against the wall. She wasn't as carefree as she had shown. To have such a thing happen with her daughter's boyfriend on her daughter's bed... and to be caught by her daughter, it was really too embarrassing... But to break off relations with Zhou Ye from now on... she couldn't do it no matter what, she couldn't bear to.
"Little bad guy, if you can't settle my daughter, see if I don't bite you to death." After saying this, Ingrid sighed deeply and walked towards the kitchen. She still had to play the part of a virtuous wife and loving mother and show off her skills to her daughter and that little bad guy.
At this moment, in the room, Zhou Ye naturally heard Ingrid's muttering outside, but he couldn't understand the girl's thoughts in front of him...
Normally speaking, wouldn't she be furious or make a scene in such a situation? But Dolores didn't seem to mean that at all, instead, she was humming a little tune there looking very happy.
This strange scene made Zhou Ye a little unconfident. He knew that it was true that this girl couldn't live without him, but being so calm was definitely not normal... Could it be that she was holding it all in her heart, waiting for him to fall asleep in the middle of the night to take a pair of scissors and snip him? Thinking of that scene, although Zhou Ye already had a body that even nuclear bombs could hardly harm, he still felt frightened, this had nothing to do with ability... it was completely a psychological problem.
Die, then die... early death, early rebirth. Thinking of this, Zhou Ye hugged the happy-looking Dolores and confessed, "That... baby Dolores, don't blame Ingrid... I forced her... She actually came back in the middle of the night wanting to..."
"Why should I blame you?" Dolores said with a blank expression, "Isn't it the custom on your planet that if you marry a woman, you also have to marry that woman's mother?"
"Huh? Where is this custom from? So happy (like) and crazy (to see)?" Zhou Ye was dumbfounded. Was there such a great planet? Although there are many awesome people on Earth who take both mother and daughter, but... it hasn't completely reached the point of being a custom.
"Look..." Dolores said, took out her personal terminal, and then opened a webpage for Zhou Ye to see, "Look, this person is from your Earth, he said that all your customs are like this. He accidentally arrived on Xandar eight hundred and twenty years ago, there are many historical records showing it... He said that this is a custom on your Earth, and therefore he was allowed by the Nova Empire to marry a mother and daughter as wives at the same time."
"...Damn, this senior is awesome!" Of course, Zhou Ye didn't say this, but instead asked, "Why did you check this?"
"..." Dolores lowered her head a little embarrassedly and said, "Because I'm your guide, I was afraid that I would accidentally violate the taboos of your planet, so I searched the Internet for Earth... As a result, I found this..."
Speaking of this, Dolores anxiously raised her head and looked at Zhou Ye, "I definitely didn't approach you with the intention of finding a man who could take care of me and my mother at the same time, I really love you, Ye, you believe me..."
"..." Zhou Ye didn't say anything, just stared at her.
"Okay, okay, I admit it…" Dolores lowered her head, looking as if she had done something wrong, as Zhou Ye's gaze bore into her. She said, "When I saw this message, I did have the idea of finding a companion for Mom… But later… I realized I couldn't live without you either… So…"
"…" Zhou Ye still didn't say anything.
"Mom has taken care of me alone since I was little… Once, because someone was bullying me at school, Mom brought a gun to school and pointed it at the bully, saying that if they bullied me again, she would shoot them dead… Although this incident ruined Mom's chance for promotion, she smiled and told me that I was the best treasure God had given her, like her life. Without me, her life would have no meaning." Dolores began to sob softly. "I don't want to leave Mom… Mom can't live without me either, so, what's wrong with me wanting to marry an Earthling…"
"…" *Huff*—Zhou Ye exhaled a long breath and said, "Baby, I didn't say you were wrong… Then tell me… do you love me?"
"I love you… So, Ye, don't leave me, okay?" Dolores hugged Zhou Ye, pleading. She was really afraid of making Zhou Ye angry.
"That's good… Then I'll follow the customs of our planet and marry you both…" As Zhou Ye said this, he couldn't help but mutter in his heart: [Forgive me, I accidentally labeled Earth again.]
"Really? Are you serious? Ye, are you willing to marry me and Mom?" Dolores asked happily.
"Of course, I'm serious."
"That's great… I love you, Ye… I will learn from my mother how to be a good wife and mother." Dolores happily hugged Zhou Ye.
"…This is really a beautiful misunderstanding… But, let this misunderstanding continue…" Zhou Ye thought to himself. A storm was thus nipped in the bud… Zhou Ye couldn't help but sigh, 'Damn, it's still better to be an alien. Everything can be attributed to the customs of my planet.'
Chapter 441
"So… you convinced my daughter like that?" Ingrid held her daughter's personal terminal, looking at the message from hundreds of years ago, and couldn't help but be speechless.
"To be precise, she convinced me, convinced me to marry you…" Zhou Ye said with a smile.
"I really can't let my daughter out…" Ingrid sighed, "This message looks like irresponsible gossip from those people in the past. How could she believe it?"
"No, dear, you have to know…" Zhou Ye said, hugging Ingrid, "When people look at things, they always subconsciously ignore things they don't want to see. And when listening to sounds, they also subconsciously ignore sounds they don't want to hear. So, it's normal for people to subconsciously choose to believe what they want to believe. Otherwise, how would those interstellar scammers make money?"
"Okay… You're right." Ingrid couldn't help but say, "But… I still think that for now…"
"Don't say so much. At least… we don't have to worry about our future relationship, do we?" Zhou Ye whispered in her ear with a smile, "Aren't you happy?"
I'm not happy at all… because this means I'm going to be taken advantage of by you, you little rascal…" Ingrid said, but she hugged Zhou Ye tightly.
"Mom, Ye, I'm starving… are you two done yet?" Dolores' voice came from outside the kitchen, temporarily preventing the battle from escalating…
"Almost, baby." Ingrid said, pushing Zhou Ye and saying, "Hurry up and bring the food out… There's also a salad, it'll be ready soon…"
"Okay." Zhou Ye agreed, picked up the roast meat Ingrid had placed on the counter, and walked out of the kitchen.
Not long after—Ingrid also brought the last plate of salad to the dining table.
To be honest… Zhou Ye thought this unknown roast meat tasted a bit like beef, and a bit like lamb… The taste was not bad, but the method was a bit monotonous… As for the colorful vegetable salad, Zhou Ye couldn't recognize any of the ingredients.
But the taste was not bad.
At the dining table, Dolores completely told her mother, Ingrid, her thoughts. Originally, according to Ingrid's hypocritical and upright personality, she should have objected, but looking at Zhou Ye's eyes that said, [If you dare to object, I'll press you on the table…], she could only mumble a few vague words, taking it as tacitly approving her daughter's absurd behavior.
Dolores, whose idea was affirmed, was as happy as if she had accomplished something great, and insisted on opening a bottle of wine to celebrate. Zhou Ye simply took out his collection… uh, to be precise, the collection of whiskey he had swiped from Howard, and everyone had a good time together.
As a result, these two mothers got drunk… and all sorts of interesting things happened, which will not be mentioned one by one here.
The next morning—
Ingrid had developed a good habit of waking up on time in the army. Even being drunk couldn't change her biological clock. When she shook her head and climbed up, she found that the bed was too exciting…
She held Zhou Ye's head, hugging him in her arms, while her daughter was resting her head on Zhou Ye's lap… In short, the mother and daughter had completely fallen into the hands of this rascal… She sighed. Although she was a little unwilling, she would never leave. In her words, it was, You want to leave after using us up? There's no such easy thing! If you dare not want us mother and daughter, I'll break your third leg. Actually, she just couldn't bear to part…
"What a rascal." Ingrid said, hugging Zhou Ye's head and kissing him lightly on the forehead, then got up and started putting on her clothes… She didn't forget her man's business. She still had to go to headquarters today to retrieve the information on those research facilities. As for the Nova Empire? Hehe, who needs a country when they have a man… Her own little family was more important.
"Waking up so early?" Zhou Ye woke up when Ingrid got up.
"Yeah, I still have to get the information for you." Ingrid had already put on her clothes at this time, and walked to the bed again, pecking Zhou Ye on the lips and saying, "Prepare yourself in a while too. Once we get the information, we have to act quickly, because if they find out I'm missing, they will definitely check my last whereabouts. By then, they will find out that I retrieved those materials, and they will definitely strengthen their defenses."
"Mm—" Zhou Ye could also distinguish the priorities. He nodded and said, "I'll wait for you here. I won't leave until you come back."
"…" To be honest, Ingrid really felt that she hadn't loved the wrong person at this moment. "I will come back. When that time comes, I will help you dominate the entire galaxy."
"Take this with you…" Zhou Ye said, picking up the belt from his clothes and handing it over. "It will help you at a critical moment."
"This is?" Ingrid looked at the belt in her hand, a little speechless, but her man shouldn't lie to her. Without saying a word, she fastened the belt around her waist… "Wait for me to come back."
"Mm, I'll take you with me." Zhou Ye watched Ingrid walk out of the room, then patted Dolores, who was hugging his leg. "Dear, it's time to get up…"
"Let me sleep a little longer…"
"Little lazy pig… get up quickly."
Not to mention how Zhou Ye woke Dolores up, let's talk about Ingrid.
After she walked out of her villa, not long after, a flyer sent by Nova Headquarters came to her. She sat directly on it. "Return to the legion headquarters."
"Yes, Commander." Coincidentally, the driver who came to pick her up today was the one who sent her back the night before…
The driver looked at Ingrid's face full of spring breeze and slandered in his heart [Did this female demon get nourished by a man? She looks a few points more beautiful.]
Of course, Ingrid, who didn't have mind-reading abilities, didn't know that the driver was slandering her. She was still immersed in the joy of a long-awaited rain.
Not long after, the flyer arrived at the Nova Legion headquarters, and Ingrid walked directly towards the archives, where there was a supercomputer that could access all the information of the entire Nova Empire according to her authority.
After passing through several strict sentry posts, Ingrid arrived at a room the size of a football field. In this empty room, only a beam of light in the middle was lit.
Ingrid walked familiarly to the beam of light and said directly: "Nova, I want to access the location of all research institutions in the empire."
"Authority verification in progress—authority passed, you have the right to access this information." A female voice sounded, and then said: "There are a total of 5,600 advanced research institutions and 12,000 intermediate research institutions in the empire's star field, distributed in various locations in the empire's star field…
As the female voice sounded, the entire dark space suddenly transformed into star charts. In the entire star field, the planets with high and intermediate research institutions were specially lit up, densely packed… making Ingrid dizzy for a while.
This is a bit bad. With such a large range, I'm afraid my dear won't be able to get it all no matter what… Thinking of this, she tentatively said: "Nova, I request to download all research data from the past hundred years."
"Insufficient authority."
The female voice directly rejected Ingrid's request.
"Use my National Defense Medal privilege." Ingrid said without hesitation. The National Defense Medal privilege is a medal obtained after making outstanding contributions to the Nova Empire, and it can even require the empire to unconditionally pardon any crimes she commits. Even if she massacres civilians in an imperial province, she can be pardoned, so no one in the army dares to provoke her. If you provoke her, you will die for nothing. Secondly, it is to have the authority to make a request to the empire's superbrain. Of course, this is a two-choice option, and choosing one means giving up the other right.
"Authority verification in progress—" The superbrain Nova said: "National Defense Medal holder, Ingrid Picol, obtained it for seeing through the Kree's tactics and blocking the Kree's army for a full 120 hours, preventing the empire's hinterland from being ravaged by war. Do you want to use the National Defense Medal? This is equivalent to giving up another privilege."
Nova's words made Ingrid think of that difficult battle again… That battle was a narrow escape for her. She even prepared her last words, using the strength of a fleet to resist the Kree, whose forces were ten times larger than hers… She didn't even know how she persisted. It was this battle that made her title of Mad God resound throughout the galaxy…
She didn't hesitate to use this important medal to help her man, because… she was building her own little family. "Confirm use."
"Authority passed—data transmission in progress." As the superbrain spoke, a dazzling light directly shone on her Nova badge, which was both a rank and a storage device that could store a large amount of data, as well as the key to start her battleship.
Chapter 442
At this time—in the superbrain monitoring department—a background message had been transmitted here.
"Someone is downloading the empire's research data from the past hundred years…" A person wearing a black military uniform sat up immediately when he saw this message, and then said suspiciously: "It's Ingrid… She's a fleet commander, what is she downloading these materials for? She also used the National Defense Medal? That's not right, retrieve the list of people who have contacted her and her family in the past few days…"
Soon, a picture of Zhou Ye accompanying Ingrid's daughter Dolores shopping appeared in front of this man. "This guy is so handsome…"
Even as the shadow of the empire, he had to admit that Zhou Ye was too handsome. "Has this person's origin been found out?"
"…" The operators under him were quickly operating the smart brains in their hands, but obviously, there was no information. "It's like he appeared out of thin air… There's absolutely no information about him… This guy is not simple."
After hesitating for a while, the man asked: "Can we stop Nova from transmitting data to Ingrid?"
"I'm afraid not, boss, we don't have this authority, the authority is in the empire's supreme command… " A subordinate answered his question.
"Damn it, if we apply now, the procedure alone will take two hours, it's too late…" The man, known as the boss, cursed: "Now, gather the troops immediately, we'll stop them… Split into two groups, one to Ingrid's house to control her daughter and the man of unknown identity, and the other to the Nova Legion headquarters, arrest Ingrid on the spot when you see her."
"Yes, boss."
As the words fell, alarms sounded throughout the gloomy building. With the piercing alarm, star-shaped flyers with black paint urgently took off and rushed towards the Nova Legion headquarters.
Meanwhile, Ingrid, still completely unaware of everything that had happened, finally finished downloading all the data and carefully tucked her badge into her pocket... This badge could be said to be priceless. To put it bluntly, in the black market of the galaxy, this badge, which stored nearly a century of the Nova Empire's scientific research achievements, could definitely buy several habitable planets like Earth.
Ingrid happily walked out of the data room, already beginning to imagine how happy her man would be when he saw this information...
But as soon as she walked out of the Nova Corps building, she immediately noticed something was wrong. This place, which was usually bustling with people, was now completely deserted...
"Commander Ingrid... Recipient of the National Defense Medal, the Empire's God of War..." A sinister voice that was unpleasant to hear rang out. "What made you choose to betray your own country...? Commander."
"Heh... I didn't expect the legendary Shadow Squad to actually exist?" Ingrid looked at the tall, thin man in front of her, wearing a black military uniform with a black Nova Corps emblem, and mocked: "What are you shadows of the Empire doing here? Are you here to arrest me? Who told you I betrayed my country?"
"...You secretly used your medal privileges to download the Empire's technological data. Isn't that betraying your country?"
"The privileges to access that technological data were earned by me. I earned them by resisting the Kree for over a hundred hours," Ingrid said without hesitation. "Besides, I didn't betray the Empire. It's just that, between the Empire, this big family, and my own small family, I chose my own small family."
"Truly stubborn..." The tall, thin man sighed. "That's why I'm against women holding high-ranking positions in the military, because they are always more emotional than rational..."
Enough nonsense. Where would you be without women?" Ingrid said, raising her gun. Surrender? That wasn't her style. She'd fight to the death to splatter him with her blood – that was the way of her Mad God. "Come on, let's see just how powerful you really are."
"Sigh, never mind. Arguing with you is pointless." The lanky man clearly had no intention of a one-on-one fight with Ingrid. With a wave of his hand, hundreds of black-painted Nova fighters slowly descended into the air behind him. The tractor beams on their prows were already emitting a dazzling light, and they looked ready to capture Ingrid alive... when...
A silver-haired girl suddenly appeared beside Ingrid, blocking her path. "That won't do. You can't just take my darling's woman without asking him..."
"That's right, Pandora. You want to take my woman? Did you ask me?" As the words fell, a golden-haired youth abruptly appeared beside Ingrid.
"Ye –––– Why did you come? It's too dangerous here! Go back and take Dolores away first. Here, take this..." As she spoke, Ingrid took out the badge from her pocket, filled with all the Empire's scientific research data, and handed it to Zhou Ye, saying, "I've stored nearly a century's worth of the Empire's technological data inside... Don't worry about me. I'll hold them off. Take my daughter and leave first..."
"..." Zhou Ye took the badge, speechlessly looking at the anxious woman. This woman never thought of herself, only of her daughter and him... even facing such a certain death, she was still like this. Such a good woman, how could that scumbag have abandoned her?
But thinking about it, he should thank him. If not for him, perhaps he wouldn't have gotten such a good woman.
"Don't worry, darling. With me here, no one in this universe can hurt you... unless they can step over my corpse." Zhou Ye said, pulling Ingrid behind him.
"Clap clap clap –––"
A round of applause rang out. The lanky man wore a fake, overly dramatic expression of emotion, saying, "What a display of affection. But how do I remember that little sister just said 'her man's woman'... could it be that she's also His Excellency Commander's boyfriend's woman? What an interesting relationship..."
"You're making a fuss over nothing. We practice polygamy there. Is that any of your business?" Pandora said without hesitation.
"Exactly. My man has the ability to satisfy all his women, but you... tsk tsk, you look like a bottom at first glance. Could it be that you climbed to the top through dirty backdoor deals?" Ingrid, coming from a military background, was no pushover. Her poisonous tongue could infuriate people to death...
Zhou Ye didn't speak, watching with interest as the lanky man's face turned red, then white, then purple from being provoked by his two women, and said, "What a pitiful fellow... looking at you like this, could it be that my darling Ingrid really hit the nail on the head? Tsk tsk –––"
"Capture them! Anyone who dares to resist, kill without mercy!" The lanky man finally couldn't help but explode. With his roar, hundreds of Nova fighters unleashed tractor beams on the group.
"What a bunch of ants..." Zhou Ye was just about to fly out and smash these fighters one by one, but suddenly remembered that he had changed his job to become a Grand Mage, and couldn't just go up and fight hand-to-hand anymore, it was too degrading.
"Snap –––"
Zhou Ye casually snapped his fingers. Then, before the fighters' tractor beams could reach them, a golden magic formula appeared beside each Nova fighter. Under Ingrid's extremely astonished gaze, countless golden magic formulas blasted out dazzling rays of light. At this moment, the sun of Xandar seemed to pale in comparison, and only one color remained between heaven and earth: gold.
A few seconds later ––––
"This ––– This ––– This is impossible..." The lanky Xandar commander, looking at the scene before him, was completely stunned... The hundreds of Nova fighters he had brought were all gone, not even a scrap remained... while the man and two women opposite him were unscathed... This had completely subverted his understanding.
"Darling... if you're this amazing, what do you need scientific data for... You alone are enough to threaten the entire Galactic Empire..." Ingrid hugged Zhou Ye's arm and complained, "You yourself are enough to threaten the entire Galactic Empire..."
"...But I don't want to do everything myself every time. What am I raising so many soldiers for then? Have you ever seen a big boss who has to do everything himself?" Zhou Ye put his arms around the two women, not even looking at the man, and walked outwards... When passing by the man, he gently blew a breath, and with a 'poof' sound, the lanky man turned into ashes, annihilated in this space.
He had already been killed by Zhou Ye's magic formula. Everything was just his last willpower supporting him... As for the two women's reactions? Pandora completely didn't regard them as human, while Ingrid believed in the idea that anyone standing against her was an enemy. Just think about her nickname and you'll know that she couldn't possibly be some kind of compassionate saint! She was only concerned about one thing now...
"Darling, where's my daughter?"
"I sent her to the mothership..."
"Then let's go back too..."
"Isn't there anything you want to take with you?"
"No. To me, as long as I have my daughter and you, nothing else matters..."
"I just like your personality like this. Give me a kiss..."
"Disgusting, go away... Mmm mmm mmm..."
Chapter 443
"Darling, are you sure this is a battle mothership? And not a star cruise ship?" Ingrid sat on a beach chair by the pool, comfortably stretching, and teasing her man.
"Of course it is..." Zhou Ye operated Ingrid's badge, checking the scientific data stored inside, and replied, "Have you ever seen a star cruise ship equipped with so many weapons facilities and thousands of combat spaceships?"
"But no battle mothership would have renovated an entire floor of holographic projections for its captain, just so he could enjoy such a luxurious life in addition to battle..." Ingrid said unhappily, "My mothership is twice as big as this, but it doesn't have such luxurious accommodations... Compared to you, my accommodations on the mothership are simply a beggar's den..."
"Alright, alright…" Zhou Ye sighed, temporarily putting down the badge in his hand. He knew this girl was deliberately picking a fight to get his attention. How should he put it? It was like a girlfriend throwing a tantrum because her boyfriend was neglecting her while playing games…
Zhou Ye walked directly to Ingrid's side, reached out, and hugged the woman who had been constantly finding reasons to bicker with him. Then, he placed her in his arms, "Now, be good, and keep me company while I look at the data… for the sake of our Galaxy Fleet, okay? Honey."
"…Mm." The constantly chattering Ingrid suddenly stopped talking. Although the two of them had already done everything they were supposed to do, this was the first time… she had snuggled in his arms like this. Ingrid felt cared for again… A smile couldn't help but appear on her lips as she quietly watched Zhou Ye review the data…
To be honest, Zhou Ye's speed in reading the data was too fast… With his super brain and super memory, the speed at which he looked at the data, in Ingrid's eyes… was completely fleeting. But even so, Ingrid didn't feel bored. She enjoyed this warm moment, the feeling of being held in her lover's arms, it was wonderful.
Delores had already gone to wander around the mothership with Pandora. For Delores, this was her first time aboard a battle mothership, and she felt very curious about everything here… So, Pandora took her to play in various parts of the mothership, anyway, they were all his women, his own things, there was nothing to avoid.
As for Ingrid, who was already tired of looking at the battle mothership, she simply nestled in Zhou Ye's luxurious captain's cabin, enjoying the rare sunshine, beach, and bikini… After all, Xandar was a planet with land accounting for 70% of its surface, and water resources were very precious to them. To fully enjoy the beach and swimming, they needed to go to other tourist planets… But for Ingrid, who had been serving in the military, she just wanted to spend time with her daughter when she had a little vacation. Traveling was too extravagant for her.
Ingrid nestled in Zhou Ye's arms, enjoying the sunshine and the sea breeze, and unknowingly, she became a little sleepy… Her eyes narrowed involuntarily… Just as she was half-asleep, she suddenly heard Zhou Ye's surprised exclamation.
"Eh—?"
"What's wrong? Dear, is there something wrong with the data?" Ingrid asked in a dreamlike voice.
"No… it's not that there's something wrong with the data, it's just, why was this planet abandoned?" Zhou Ye looked at one of the pieces of information and asked curiously: "This planet called Morag has an Advanced Physics Research Institute, but it has never shown any scientific research results. Fifty years ago, it was said that there was a serious experimental accident there, and the entire planet would be destroyed… What's going on?"
"Oh…" Ingrid reluctantly opened her eyes and glanced at the screen, saying; "That place was said to be a research institute established to develop a secret weapon that could end the thousand-year war between the Nova Empire and the Kree… But later, I don't know how, an accident happened. I was also ordered to seal off a section of the starfield there for a while… But it seems that the people who went in never came out again, so the planet was simply abandoned."
"Morag… Morag… That's a familiar name…" Zhou Ye began to search his mind for clues about this name, and suddenly he slapped his thigh… *smack*— "I remember where this is…"
"…Darling, you slapped my leg…" Ingrid, who was still a little drowsy, woke up instantly and said with some resentment.
"Ah… sorry, honey…" Zhou Ye was also a little embarrassed.
"Forget it…" Ingrid was completely woken up, and there was no trace of sleepiness left. She simply changed her posture and sat in Zhou Ye's arms, asking with a hint of curiosity: "What's there that makes you so happy…"
The smile on Zhou Ye's face couldn't help but bloom. "Of course, honey, there's a good thing there…"
"What good thing?"
"The Power Stone among the Infinity Stones—" Zhou Ye said, happily hugging Ingrid and kissing her a few times. "Now, let's go get that forgotten treasure… Do you still remember the location of that planet? Honey…"
"Of course… Remembering the location of all the starfields you've been to is an indispensable virtue for an excellent captain." Ingrid said, taking over the operation of the mothership without hesitation…
"Banshee, deploy the star chart…"
"As you wish, Commander." With the voice of the mothership's artificial intelligence, Banshee, the scenery of the entire space changed, and the beach, the sea, and the bikini instantly turned into a cosmic star chart shining with beautiful colors.
Ingrid directly stretched a starfield in her upper right corner, and suddenly that starfield was infinitely magnified… She directly clicked on a certain point on the starfield map and said: "I remember there is a stargate there that can be directly reached… large enough for our mothership to pass through… Now, let's start our treasure hunt!"
"Yes, Commander… Starfield coordinates x: 7547.146. y: 11245.664, estimated arrival in three days." Banshee asked: "Commander, do you want to change the destination now."
"Change the destination… now, immediately, right away." Ingrid said.
"Course changed…" Banshee's voice sounded, and the entire mothership slowly changed its established flight path and flew towards the coordinates given by Ingrid…
"Artificial intelligence is so convenient." Ingrid stretched lazily and complained: "Those old, immortal Supreme Command Council members actually prohibit the development of weapon artificial intelligence on the grounds that human-machine wars will occur… Really, don't they know how many pilots it takes to operate a mothership? Don't they know how long it takes to train a qualified mothership pilot?"
Listening to his woman's complaints, Zhou Ye couldn't help but think, could it be that those guys from the Nova Empire had seen the Terminator series? Otherwise, why would they be so afraid of artificial intelligence?
Chapter 445
Moraag Outer Space — — — — — —
A hideous giant ship quietly entered the outer space of Moraag. It was Zhou Ye and Ingrid and others who came here to hunt for treasure.
"It doesn't look very good… …" Zhou Ye looked at the thick clouds in front of him. The lightning shuttling through the clouds gave this lifeless planet a bit of vitality, but overall, it was still a gray scene. It didn't look like there was any desire to explore it. Perhaps, this is why the Orb has been placed here for so many years without any problems.
"I feel it, it's down there… …" The Time Stone in Zhou Ye's soul also seemed to feel the power of the same origin as itself, and was jumping restlessly in Zhou Ye's soul.
"Then I'll go prepare. Let's go down and hunt for treasure… …" Ingrid said and was about to prepare tools and equipment. After all, there was unknown pollution everywhere on this planet. She didn't want to come back covered in misery after going down there.
"No need to be so troublesome… … I can go down by myself." Zhou Ye said, and without waiting for Ingrid to speak, he opened the portal and appeared directly outside the mothership, flying towards Moraag.
"...This guy..." Ingrid knew that Zhou Ye didn't want them to take risks. After all, some places were like his own backyard to Zhou Ye, but to them, it was a dangerous place where they could die nine times out of ten. "Banshee, connect to the Overlord's communication and tell him that if he abandons me like this again and runs off to adventure on his own, I'll bite him to death when he comes back… …"
"Commander, the message has been transmitted to the Overlord's personal terminal… …" The Banshee had just finished speaking when she added, "The Overlord replied, biting him to death will hurt your teeth… … He will feel sorry for you. Why not separate the word 'bite' and do it that way? He will be more satisfied."
"Separate the word 'bite' and do it?" Ingrid didn't understand Chinese, let alone the profoundness of Chinese. She didn't understand Zhou Ye's words… … "Then how do I do it?"
"...Commander, according to the Overlord's native language and the linguistic characteristics of the civilization the Overlord is in… … I infer that the Overlord wants it like this… …" With that, the Banshee played a certain video for Ingrid to watch… … Ingrid's face turned red with embarrassment, "Little rascal… …"
Although Ingrid could be considered a mature woman, she was still inexperienced… … She had never heard of this kind of thing before. After all, you can't expect a country that has been fighting a war with aliens for thousands of years to still have the energy to develop the entertainment industry, can you?
However, gradually, Ingrid was attracted by the pictures the Banshee was playing. There were many things she didn't know… … She was about to supplement her lack of knowledge with interest… …
Leaving aside Ingrid, who was busy catching up on dramas, let's talk about Zhou Ye, who had already arrived on the surface of Moraag.
At this moment, it was dusk here. The thick clouds in the sky enveloped the entire ground like night. The hot springs that spewed out from the ground from time to time let Zhou Ye know that the crustal movement here was very intense. High pressure produced high temperatures, and high temperatures further increased the pressure on the crust… … That's why there were hot water columns erupting like geysers.
"This planet is really not good… …" Although Zhou Ye didn't know what happened here, he thought it should be related to the Power Stone. Maybe it was caused by an eruption? Caused extinction? Who knows… … Anyway, the Power Stone is his.
Thinking of this, Zhou Ye directly increased his flying speed and began to fly around the surface of the planet. Although he didn't know the exact location of the Orb, the Time Stone in his soul would help him locate it… … The two came from the same source and had a strange sense of each other. As long as the distance was not too far, he could still feel the existence of the Power Stone… …
"Found it… …" Outside a ruin, Zhou Ye felt the sudden increase in the agitation of the Time Stone in his soul. Obviously… … He found the right place, but the two dilapidated small spaceships parked in the open space outside made him frown. "Could someone have gotten there first?"
Thinking of this, he quickly walked into the building. Inside the building, he saw a group of people wearing old protective suits, holding simple detection tools in their hands, looking for something in the ruins.
"Who is it?" Hearing Zhou Ye's footsteps, a man holding a gun, wrapped in a thick protective suit, suddenly pointed the gun in his hand at the direction of the door.
"Scavengers?" Zhou Ye asked curiously.
There were always such people in the universe. They drove simple, unknown spaceships, and haunted those abandoned planets. Of course, most of them were abandoned planets of advanced technological civilizations. They picked out all the seemingly useful garbage and sold it to low-level civilizations. They called themselves scavengers, but most people called them Vaei beasts, an omnivorous animal, just like rats on Earth.
If you think they are just a bunch of garbage collectors who are harmless, then you are wrong. Countless wronged souls who died in their hands will tell you that in some cases, they don't mind acting as interstellar bandits, like now.
"Wow, wow, wow… …" The man holding the gun and aiming at Zhou Ye saw that Zhou Ye was alone, and it seemed that he had no weapons except for a gorgeous half-length dress that was not suitable for adventure. He couldn't help but joked, "Hey, guys, look, I found a lost prince… … Prince, can't you find your entourage? Forgot how to go to the party? This is really bad news… …"
"Hahaha… … It's okay, Prince, I will love you well… …" Another guy who was picking up trash with an instrument took off the protective hood on his head, revealing an extremely ugly face… …
"You are lucky. She is the belle of our team… …" One guy was obviously waiting to see Zhou Ye's joke. The inferiority of human nature was undoubtedly revealed at this moment. They liked to see the high-ranking figures reveal their panic in front of them to satisfy their inferiority complex.
"Yes, Prince… … I am looking forward to the night we are about to spend together." The woman, who made Zhou Ye feel disgusted just by looking at her, shamelessly licked the corner of her mouth, looking impatient.
"Hehe… …" Zhou Ye laughed in anger. It had been a long time since someone had provoked him like this. "Most of the time… … I have many preferential treatments for women, but, this definitely does not include you."
As Zhou Ye's words fell, the alien woman found that her whole body was as if it had been subjected to tons of squeezing force, and she couldn't move at all… …
"… … What did you do to her? Let her go quickly… …" The guy who had been pointing a gun at Zhou Ye noticed something wrong with the woman, and he shouted loudly.
Originally, he thought he could just extort some money from such a well-dressed guy, but later, he couldn't help but want to kidnap Zhou Ye and demand a huge ransom... But... now he realized that Zhou Ye wasn't a sheep, but a wolf, no, a prehistoric beast...
At this moment, that woman had already been squeezed into meat paste inch by inch by Zhou Ye's telekinesis... Don't talk about whether the crime deserved death or not, that kind of womanly benevolence wasn't suitable for Zhou Ye...
"Bang—"
The man pointing a gun at Zhou Ye fired, but to his disbelief, his high-powered hadron rifle, powerful enough to penetrate steel plates, didn't even make Zhou Ye's body shake...
At this moment, this guy began to suspect whether the black market merchant who sold him the gun had given him a toy gun? But he had personally tested the gun back then... There was absolutely no problem, one shot could blast a hole dozens of centimeters in diameter in a steel plate a dozen centimeters thick, could it be that guy's body was even harder than steel?
Chapter 446
Zhou Ye, most of the time, looks happy-go-lucky. As long as you don't provoke him, he's also happy to be a quiet, handsome man. But, if you provoke him, you'll find that this guy isn't a quiet, handsome man, but a cruel and incomparable beast.
Now, this group of scavengers is experiencing Zhou Ye's torment...
"Send me to the dance? That's really good news."
Zhou Ye looked at the guy who shot at him, pointed his finger slightly, and a portal directly opened under his feet... The guy screamed and fell down. The other side of that portal was the bottom of a sinkhole that Zhou Ye had just discovered while flying around Morag, inside which there was nothing else but countless densely packed Vaei beasts... It was estimated that it was their base camp.
You can imagine, in a bottomless pit, countless rats staring at you... that kind of scene... It's estimated that in a few minutes, that guy would be torn to pieces by those countless Vaei beasts.
"...Let me go... Please, let me go..."
The last scavenger, seeing the fate of his two outspoken companions, immediately knelt on the ground... desperately begging for mercy.
"Don't worry, I didn't intend to kill you in the first place, it's just that some people's mouths are too cheap..."
Zhou Ye said with a gentle smile on his face.
But in the eyes of that scavenger, Zhou Ye's smile was as terrifying as a devil, but he didn't know what to do... He could only desperately beg for mercy.
"Okay, tell me, have you seen a spherical object here?"
Zhou Ye asked.
"No..."
The scavenger said honestly, his body shaking like a sieve, "We just got here..."
"Oh, then you're useless..."
Zhou Ye said, waving his hand slightly, and the last scavenger also turned to ashes in the golden light that erupted from the magic circle that had appeared under his feet at some point.
Zhou Ye would never create trouble for himself by leaving a guy full of hatred alive in the world. That scavenger thought he had hidden the hatred in his eyes perfectly, but for Zhou Ye, it was as bright as a lamp in the night... Leave an enemy in the world? Just to show his mercy? And then this guy full of hatred spends the rest of his life causing trouble for himself? Only an idiot would do that...
Besides, Zhou Ye wasn't without weaknesses. His women were his weaknesses. Among his women, there were also many who didn't want to come into contact with those fights and killings, and those women who hadn't undergone gene enhancement were protected by the female dark guards that Zhou Ye sent out. But as the saying goes, there's no thousand-day thief, only a thousand-day guard?
Oh, you killed someone's relatives and friends, and let them go, expecting them to remember your kindness of not killing them and never retaliate again? What a joke? Why entrust one's own safety to the most unreliable conscience of others? Such a protagonist is either mentally retarded or a fool...
After listening for a while, and confirming that there were no other living people here, Zhou Ye casually waved his hand again, completely smashing the two dilapidated spaceships outside into pieces, and then leisurely walked towards the direction from which the fluctuation came...
Skipping over a crack in the ground, after walking for a while, Zhou Ye came to a door that was seven or eight meters high. Looking at the closed door, Zhou Ye didn't care and kicked it up... With a bang, the entire door shattered into countless pieces.
In this room with walls full of reliefs, a cylinder glowing with blue and white light was in front of Zhou Ye. He had no intention of paying attention to the murals carved with the four cosmic gods, and went directly to the Cosmic Orb suspended in the middle of the light column. With a stretch of his hand, ignoring the rays that were enough to melt steel into molten iron, he directly grabbed the Cosmic Orb.
"Found you..."
Zhou Ye smiled and pulled out the Cosmic Orb, then grabbed both sides of the sphere and suddenly exerted force. The sphere wrapped in the Power Stone was violently cracked by Zhou Ye, revealing the Power Stone that shone with purple light...
"What a beautiful fellow..."
Zhou Ye couldn't help but be attracted by this stone shining with purple light. He directly grasped the Power Stone... A strong force directly surged into his body.
Zhou Ye could feel that his body had been strengthened countless times by the Power Stone. It could be said that if Zhou Ye's power had a limit before, then now, his power no longer had the concept of a limit...
"As expected of the Infinity Stone..."
Zhou Ye shook his body, felt the power transmitted from the Power Stone, and said with joy, "It's really good..."
"However, it's too tiring to hold you in my hand every day..."
Zhou Ye smiled slightly and muttered to himself, "So, you should stay in my soul with your sisters..."
As the voice fell, a seemingly illusory golden magic circle appeared behind Zhou Ye. He raised his hand and threw it, and the Power Stone seemed to be sent over by an invisible big hand, and fell into the magic circle, on the space representing the power inscription, and then firmly embedded in it...
As the Power Stone was embedded in his Horcrux, Zhou Ye felt that his soul seemed to have been strengthened again, and then the ability of the Time Stone was also strengthened by the Power Stone... In the past, he needed to cast a spell to mobilize the time reversal of the entire planet, but now he only needed a snap of his fingers...
It had to be said that the Power Stone gave Zhou Ye too much surprise... Since he had already obtained the Power Stone, then there was no need for this abandoned planet to exist...
Zhou Ye paused slightly, thinking of this, and countless purple rays spread out from under his feet. In a few seconds, the entire surface of the Morag star was covered by purple light... In the blink of an eye, the entire abandoned planet became countless fragments...
And Ingrid in the mothership let out a wail, "No..."
She was awakened by the banshee's warning while watching TV. The high-energy warning kept ringing in her ears. Just as she was about to land on the planet to check it out, she found that the planet her man had just gone to had silently become fragments... turning into a desolate asteroid belt...
"No... Ye--" Ingrid couldn't help but cover her face with her hands and squat on the ground... She felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife...
"Honey... are you calling me?" Zhou Ye's voice suddenly sounded in Ingrid's ears. She turned her head in disbelief, looking at her unscathed man...
"Are you hurt anywhere? What happened just now? Why did the planet suddenly shatter...?" Ingrid's questions came at Zhou Ye like a machine gun.
"It's okay, baby, I was just testing my newly acquired abilities." Zhou Ye looked at the woman with tears still on her face, who kept checking him over. He hugged Ingrid tightly. "Don't worry about me, baby, even if the universe explodes, I will still be safe and sound..."
"But I'm so afraid of losing you..." Ingrid felt the warmth of her man's embrace, and the worry in her heart gradually dissipated. She paused for a moment, then gently pushed Zhou Ye away a little, letting him see her clearly, and said word by word: "Promise me, okay? Honey, don't take risks easily in the future... For me, for Dolores... for my sisters whom I have never met... Promise me, okay?"
"Um--I will try not to do dangerous things in the future." Zhou Ye looked at Ingrid, who was looking at him with a pleading expression, and said solemnly.
"That's good... That's good..." Ingrid was really afraid of having this happen again. Putting aside her identity as a commander, she was just a woman who hoped that her lover would be safe and sound, and that her family would be happy. This was also the reason she was willing to fight for.
However, I am afraid that Ingrid's wish will not be realized so quickly... because, on a certain entertainment star, an incident targeting Zhou Ye is happening...
Chapter 446
Contraxia Star
This is a planet where it snows all year round. Although it has an atmosphere, it is too far from the star, and the entire planet is covered with snow all year round. For ordinary people, this is not a suitable place to live, but for those plunderers and star pirates, this is a place for them to have fun. Where there is money to be made, there will be people... These merchants don't care about star pirates or anything. What they value are the various materials plundered by the star pirates, and the desire that has been suppressed in space for a long time...
Here, there is everything, there are black market merchants who can recycle all kinds of black goods, there are robot brothels that provide sex transactions for star pirates, and there are even casinos where they can seek excitement...
Here, the theme is noisy music and writhing men and women. Naturally, there are rules here, rules set by the plunderers themselves.
Yondu was here at the moment, drinking in silence, with a robot priestess beside him... Being kicked out of his fleet was still a bit depressing for Yondu. From the previous entourage to the current loneliness, not everyone can adapt to this change.
"Yondu--" A voice sounded, and Yondu turned his head to look. Coming over was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his fifties. Beside him was a person whose body was made of crystal, who was the leader of the Ravagers, Stakar.
"Stakar..." Yondu's eyes flickered when he looked at him. He knew that he had done something that violated the Ravagers' rules, which made him feel uneasy.
"Why are you drinking here by yourself?" Stakar said, sitting unceremoniously next to Yondu, patted Yondu, and said, "Where are your brothers?"
"...Hehe, brothers?" Yondu smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "I used to think they were my brothers, but later I realized that they are not my brothers..."
"...What happened?" Stakar looked at Yondu solemnly and asked, "Is there anything I can do?"
As the boss of hundreds of Ravager factions, Stakar has a good relationship with Yondu, or rather, Yondu used to follow him... He brought Yondu out. Now that his former little brother has a problem, as his former boss, Stakar cannot sit idly by.
"It's nothing... I just feel a little tired, so I quit." Yondu didn't want Stakar to intervene in this matter, firstly because he had violated the Ravagers' creed of not selling children in order to make money, and helped Ego send his children to his side. If Stakar knew about this, he would definitely be expelled... This is the first reason.
The second reason is that Zhou Ye let him go. Although he took away his fleet that he had managed for many years, he also made him realize what kind of people were in his fleet. He already felt disheartened.
"Then... who is your successor?" Stakar asked. You must know that in the Ravagers, the issue of the heir is quite serious. This successor must accept the tests of all the Ravager teams in order to be recognized by them.
"A little guy from Earth." Stakar's words reminded Yondu of Zhou Ye. To be honest, he thought Zhou Ye was very interesting. He had great power, and he was tough when he should be tough, and he knew when to stop. He was a bit to his liking. "I guess he will surprise you."
"...Then I have to see it properly." Stakar asked the crystal man behind him with a smile, "Martin, where is Aleta now?"
"Boss, she just made a big hit in the e-23 star field, and is probably hiding from the search of the government army." The crystal man Martinex replied, "Do you want her to try out this new little guy?"
"… … Alright, she can't stay there recently anyway, so why not let her take a trip and test out this little guy that Yondu is optimistic about, and also avoid the limelight." Stakar said.
"… … Stakar, is this … … is it … … " Yondu asked with some worry: "I haven't told this little guy the rules of the Ravagers yet, maybe he will become angry out of shame … … "
"… … I really don't know how you lead your successor." Stakar shook his head and sighed: "You can contact him now and tell him the rules of our Ravagers."
"Also, tell him about this assessment, let him prepare, and don't lose too badly." Stakar said, ignoring Yondu and directly leading his men inside to play… For him, coming here was just for fun.
"… … This is a big trouble." Yondu sighed, and walked directly to the house next door. Did he have a way to contact Zhou Ye? Of course, he had a way. The Ravager's flame mark that he gave Zhou Ye was a cross-domain communicator, and he could naturally contact Zhou Ye through it.
Walking into his rented room, Yondu drove all the robot ritual girls out, and then contacted Zhou Ye.
At this moment, on Zhou Ye's mothership, he was planning to rest. Although there was no distinction between day and night in space, Zhou Ye's luxurious captain's room used Earth time. At this moment, the sun hanging in the sky had gone out, replaced by a sky full of stars.
"Di Di Di Di — —"
A burst of rapid beeping awakened Zhou Ye, who was about to gallop on his horse. He originally didn't want to pay attention to the sound and continue his own business, but the sound was like a curse, and it didn't stop at all, making him lose all his mood.
Following the sound, Zhou Ye, with an angry face, picked up the flame badge that Yondu gave him and tapped it on the tip of the flame that was constantly emitting red light, and Yondu's voice came from inside.
"Hi — — — Do you still remember me?"
"Yondu, you better give me a reason for disturbing my rest…" Zhou Ye said unceremoniously.
"That, you are in big trouble now." Yondu heard his displeasure from Zhou Ye's tone and said quickly: "I just ran into Stakar on Contraxia… He thought you were my successor, so…"
Zhou Ye didn't interrupt, and waited until Yondu told him everything before asking: "Who is that Stakar? Why should I accept his test? Also, what is the content of the test? What are the benefits after passing the test?"
"Actually, there are two tests. One is to test the leadership ability of the new leader. It is actually a space battle, but only non-lethal blank bullets are used. The other is to test the personal martial power of the new Ravager leader. It is actually a one-on-one fight. Well, if you pass the test, all the resources of all the Ravagers will be shared with you… such as supply stars, weapon replacement, etc. If you fail the test, you can't call yourself a Ravager in the galaxy in the future, because this will be jointly crusade by all Ravagers."
"Ravager resource sharing, is it?" Zhou Ye stroked his chin. To be honest, there are still a lot of good things among these Ravagers. They are not the power of one country or one place, but their figures are in all the countries of the galaxy. Maybe joining this Ravager organization is a good springboard.
Thinking of this, Zhou Ye asked without hesitation: "Tell me, who is responsible for testing me?"
"It's Aleta, Stakar's sister." Yondu said: "She is the best at space warfare… You have to be careful of her sneak attacks."
"I know…" Zhou Ye smiled and gently stroked Ingrid, who was snuggling beside him, and said: "I have a famous Valkyrie here, and I guess she will give her a surprise when the time comes."
"Hopefully…" To be honest, Yondu didn't have much confidence in Zhou Ye. He only hoped that Zhou Ye could win the subsequent personal ability competition. Yondu still remembered Zhou Ye's perverted physical defense. That was the first time he experienced what despair was.
"By the way, Yondu, let me ask you something." Zhou Ye asked: "Do you know Ego's location?"
"Ego? What are you going to do with him?" Yondu asked vigilantly.
"If I said it was to avenge those children he killed, it would be a bit hypocritical. I just took a fancy to his planet and thought it was a good place…" Zhou Ye was already thinking, if he erased the consciousness of a conscious planet and turned it into Umbrella's Death Star, what an interesting thing it would be.
"Those children… were those children all killed by him?" Yondu never knew that the children he had sent to Ego, Ego's children, were all dead…
"You don't know?" Zhou Ye suddenly remembered that it was Yondu who took Star-Lord away that alerted Ego's conspiracy, so he hid Star-Lord, and Ego became angry and spread the news that Yondu had violated the Ravager's creed of not selling children. "Ego killed all his children…"
"… …" Yondu on the other side of the communication was silent. After a long time, he slowly said: "I will tell you Ego's location, but it will be after this assessment… and, I have a condition."
"What conditions?" Zhou Ye asked.
"I want to see how those children I sent there are doing…" Yondu's heart was filled with regret. Ego had promised him that he would not harm these children, and he swore that these were all his children. How could he harm them? …But now, Zhou Ye told him this news.
Yondu believed that Zhou Ye had no reason to deceive him… Then, those children were sent to Ego by his own hands, and he killed them…
Chapter 446
In space, Zhou Ye's spaceship drew a large arc, flying towards the coordinates Yondu finally gave him.