In the depths of space, the tail of the Swordfish transport ship spat out blue crystal flames as it frantically fled forward, leaving a long tail in its wake.
The air in the cockpit seemed to have frozen. It was so quiet that only the data reports from the various screens could be heard. The alarms were so loud that it was suffocating.
Ding Meng opened a telepathic channel. "Little Rascal, do you have any ideas?"
Little Rascal replied, "I don't have any ideas either. Ding Meng, whether or not you can charge out will depend on you."
Ding Meng couldn't help but smile bitterly. It was true that Origin Ability Users were powerful, but they weren't powerful enough to contend against an assault ship.
However, waiting for death wasn't a solution. Ding Meng could only secretly hide his claws on his wrists. If the other party forcefully boarded the ship, he would kill as many as he could. Even if he died, he would die calmly. He absolutely couldn't kneel and beg for mercy.
He knew that begging for mercy was useless. His fate would be even more miserable if he did.
Just based on the fact that he had killed Julie, there was no way the other party would let him go. The flowery words of these mercenary leaders were just a bunch of nonsense in his eyes. He never believed them.
On the Falcon, the person personally piloting the ship wasn't Baines, but the blonde lady.
At this moment, the tail of the Swordfish ship was clearly visible on the screen in front of her. She had seen too many low-level escape tricks like "fake targets". They couldn't fool her at all.
"Officer Baines, should we launch an attack?" the blonde lady asked.
Baines replied, "Don't launch an attack for now. The memory chips can't be damaged in any way. We need to capture them alive."
The blonde lady immediately operated. "Start the magnetic interference program. Activate the ion force field. Prepare to board the ship. Target: capture everyone on 703C alive."
Baines nodded in satisfaction. "Let's see how you can escape this time."
On the Swordfish ship, Vader's head was dripping with cold sweat. The detection screen didn't need to be magnified; it was already very clear. The Falcon ship was right behind them and would catch up in at most three to five minutes. When that time came, a large number of mechas would be released, and everyone would be meat on the chopping board.
"Looks like you guys are in trouble." The sloppy man appeared at the cabin door and leaned lazily against it.
"It's not as if. It's happening." Ding Meng glanced at him. "You don't look panicked at all."
"Why should I panic?"
The sloppy man walked over and looked at the detection screen. A smile appeared on his face again. "Hehe, it's the Falcon Attack Ship. I can't attract such a big trouble. Looks like they're not here to deal with me. I'm relieved."
Vader glared at him fiercely. He thought to himself, How can you still be in the mood to make sarcastic remarks at a time like this?
However, he had underestimated the scruffy-looking man's ability to make sarcastic remarks. "Hehe, I'm very curious. This Falcon Flying Ship has already flown so close. Why hasn't it opened fire?"
Ding Meng could not help but laugh. He was so angry that he laughed. "Yeah, why didn't you open fire?
Why are there so many ridiculous whys? "
The sloppy man stared at him. "I think you're a thief."
Ding Meng was curious. "Why do you say that?"
The sloppy man said, "You guys must have stolen something from them. They've caught up but haven't opened fire. I think they're trying to force their way onto the ship to capture you guys alive."
Ding Meng was expressionless. "You're really smart."
"That's for sure."
The sloppy man was not modest at all. "Let me tell you, I'm not just smart. Look at the formation behind us. They're definitely trying to fly up and use magnetic interference to disrupt the autopilot's flight path. They're going to fly in a straight line, then use the ion force field to fix their position and connect the two ships. Finally, they'll send mecha up to deal with you guys."
Vader looked at him with some surprise. This guy could actually see through something that even he could not guess.
Ding Meng had an idea. "Then, since you're so smart, is there any way to avoid it?"
"Ha." The sloppy man laughed again. "You want me to help you?"
Ding Meng laughed as well. "That depends on whether you're smart enough."
"I've never had any interest in helping others."
The sloppy man shook his head and looked like he was about to leave. However, after taking two steps, he turned back. "However, since you treated me to steak, I have to show you what I'm capable of. Where's the A.I. of the command system?
Where is it? "
Ding Meng hurriedly pointed at the mechanical screen on the workbench.
The scruffy-looking man swaggered over and casually tapped on the virtual keyboard a few times. Then, the screen showed the most primitive data and code.
Vader was still looking at him suspiciously when he saw the sloppy man's ten fingers tapping at an unbelievable speed. At the same time, he was mumbling something.
"Releasing magnetic and force fields is based on signal transmission. In other words, their transmission command must be connected to our navigation channel. As long as we know their code, we can decode their transmission command. Simply put, if they can connect to us, we can also connect to them …"
He was still shaking his head. Vader was so anxious that he was about to pee himself. Looking out the side window, the ferocious face of the Falcon Spacecraft was already visible to the naked eye.
At this moment, the sloppy man's fingers tapped fiercely. "Success!"
At the same time, in the command cabin of the flying ship, the entire cabin shook violently. Baines and the staff around him staggered and almost fell to the ground.
"What's going on?" Baines asked sternly.
The blonde woman's expression also changed. "Officer Baines, our magnetic and force field signals have suddenly been cut off. Our speed has also weakened. I suspect that the other party has hidden hackers on board."
Hackers were not a rare profession in this era. There were countless hackers active on the international space network. Although they did not have as much power as Origin Ability users, their control over technology could still produce unexpected results.
The Falcon Spacecraft seemed to have been bewitched for a moment. Then, the Swordfish spacecraft shot out like an arrow, leaving the other party far behind in an instant.
Vader's anxious expression immediately turned into pleasant surprise. "This … this … I really couldn't tell that you were actually an expert."
However, the sloppy man was not pleased with himself this time. Instead, his expression was solemn as he let out a long sigh. "I have bad news to tell you."
"What bad news?" Ding Meng and Vader asked in unison.
The sloppy man pointed at the screen on the other side of the workbench. The screen did not turn red. Instead, it directly generated a new data model. "A quantum probe has been transmitted."
Ding Meng also understood this point. Compared to ionic energy, quantum energy was a more advanced and powerful force. In layman's terms, it was like the difference between an Origin Ability user and an Origin Ability Warrior.
As soon as he finished speaking, the remote projection appeared again. However, this time, the projection was not Baines, but the projection of a military officer.
Ding Meng only glanced at it. His intuition told him that this military officer was definitely not an ordinary human just by looking at his appearance and temperament. He was someone at the level of an Origin Ability Warrior or above.
The military officer had already begun speaking. "This is the Norse Empire's interstellar patrol fleet, a transport ship of the Holy Grail Federation's Xingda Aerospace Co., Ltd. You have approached nebula TCP121. This area is under the jurisdiction of the Empire. Please turn off your ion engines and take the initiative to approach the fleet. Enter the port for inspection. If you do not cooperate with the inspection, we will use force.
F * ck!
Ding Meng and Vader were both dumbfounded. How could they be so unlucky as to encounter the Empire's patrol fleet?
The Norse Empire and the Holy Grail Federation had always been at odds with each other. If the Federation's spaceship fell into the hands of the Empire's fleet, even if it did not die, it would lose a layer of skin.
Although Vader was in contact with the Empire, now that everyone was on the Federation's transport ship, it would be very troublesome to explain. They might not even be willing to believe him.
However, the most dangerous thing was still Ding Meng. He did not have any citizenship at all. The Empire was different from the Federation. It was possible that the other party would treat him as a refugee and directly destroy him as a humanitarian.
The sloppy man looked at Vader with a smile that was not a smile. "See, you think you're so smart. You think you can run away by turning on the ion drive. In the end, you caused too much of a commotion and attracted even more vicious things. Hehe, now we're all done for."