Chapter 006: Lafite Star

Most people who see Neil O for the first time are often deceived by his robust physique and somewhat menacing mechanical eye, instinctively believing that the reason he can become the leader of this group of sky pirates is due to his formidable combat strength and his ruthless nature in killing without hesitation

While the sky pirates had already identified their target and begun formulating tracking strategies and assignments, Tang Lang had already started his work over three hundred meters away

As for Tang Lang, in relation to this planet, he is akin to a primitive beast that has intruded into modern civilization. The jungle and the Gobi Desert have both been his battlegrounds. There is a saying among the sky pirates that is overly confident: they are not the kings of this jungle; only the savage beasts are.

Desolate is no longer sufficient to describe the entirety of the Lafite Star. It could even be said to resemble a desolate metal junkyard

Moreover, Tang Lang's attire, aside from causing Changsun Xueqing to categorize him as a local indigenous person forgotten for hundreds of years on this "garbage star" abandoned by the starry sky, truly leaves no other explanation to be found.

This is also the main reason for becoming the most active star region for space pirates over the past several hundred years

However, she has already run away. What do you think we should do? Neil looked deep into the jungle, a cold glint flashing in his single eye, his tone chilling.

The only thing that provided her with a slight sense of security was that she had sent out a special distress signal through the personal intelligence brain concealed beneath the artificial skin on her wrist. Although there were not many communication relay stations in this star region forgotten by mainstream human society, as long as a communication monitoring starship passed by, the personal intelligence brain connected to the few military satellites of Raffi would immediately activate the signal transmission through special means

Is this a trap being set? The "primitive people" in the jungle of the Forgotten Planet regard the sky pirates equipped with modern firearms as their hunting targets? A faint bitterness arose in Changsun Xueqing's heart

However, if the ruthless air pirates wish to conduct a thorough investigation, Changsun Xueqing knows that the methods of the air pirates will be numerous, such as stripping all the women of their clothing. Just the thought of such a situation makes Changsun Xueqing prefer death

The Federation has completely abandoned the "Raffi" star, even withdrawing most of its military garrisons, leaving only a small military base with a reinforced infantry company as a symbolic presence

Perhaps, upon receiving the news of the attack on the "Hangzhou" and knowing that the federal government on board has already dispatched a rescue fleet to the Raffi Star

She is even more aware that no matter how difficult it is, she must escape. Ever since she inadvertently revealed her frustration at not finding someone during an encounter with an air pirate, she has sensed that the incident involving the "Hangzhou" being attacked and crashing by another group of air thieves is not an ordinary air piracy incident. There is a huge hidden hand manipulating this, and it is targeting her

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, she instinctively chose to recruit, but she did not expect that the eccentric person was not only difficult to communicate with but also exhibited extremely peculiar behavior. Upon realizing that the "bad deeds" she had committed had already been discovered, instead of fleeing, he busily arranged his rather antiquated cloth bag among the soil and bushes.

Perhaps, after hearing his analysis, this psychological illusion will immediately vanish. Neil Ao's ability to command authority among a group of ruthless and violent space pirates is not due to his strength in being able to single-handedly strangle a strong man, but rather his delicate and continuous thought process. Although it has been at least ten minutes since Tang Lang stepped on that unfortunate soul, just by looking at the corpse, he has made a guess that is close to the truth, even elevating Tang Lang to the level of a military expert.

The name of the star "Lafe" sounds beautiful, but it is actually "Lafei" star. This planet, located on the border of the Federation, has been abandoned. Its surface is mostly covered with vast deserts and gobi, with only a few patches of sparse jungle. Moreover, it is littered with the massive wreckage of starships that fell here during the decisive battle between the Federation and the Jepan Empire a century ago.

Zhangsun Xueqing was unaware of the intentions of the strange person before her, although she was well aware that in this place called Lafi Star, located on the edge of the Third Star Region, space pirates were the true masters. Escaping by her own strength would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens

Upon entering the atmosphere, what comes into view, apart from the extremely limited greenery, is either the boundless expanse of desert or the densely packed areas of metal mixed with sandstone. It is as if countless metals have "grown" out of the sandy soil and weathered rock layers. Some of the shining metals even rise hundreds of meters into the sky, reflecting the light of the stars, resembling a gigantic sickle on the horizon. Some of the shining metals even rise hundreds of meters into the sky, reflecting the light of the stars, resembling a gigantic sickle on the horizon

In this era, with starships, mechs, and energy guns, one can take the enemy's head from thousands of miles away. Hand-to-hand combat has become as rare as the national treasure, the giant panda. Only the impoverished space pirates, unable to equip each member with a mech, resort to showing off their muscle bulges and tattoos to intimidate ordinary people, boasting about their martial arts skills, when in reality, they still rely heavily on firearms to resolve conflicts.

The only mistake was that no matter how meticulous the leader of the sky pirates was, he would never have imagined that Tang Lang had fallen from Earth all the way to this planet and had literally trampled his subordinates to death. Not to mention Kowas, even he would not have been able to escape the fate of being crushed to death upon encountering Tang Lang falling from the sky. Moreover, while Tang Lang indeed belonged to a military elite, this military was not the same as that military; although they were all soldiers, the techniques for killing and defeating enemies had a difference of thousands of years.

Fortunately, when she left Administrative Star to embark on this journey, she utilized the latest technological artificial skin developed by the Academy of Sciences. Her intention was to keep her solo outing for relaxation a secret, but unexpectedly, it ended up saving her life in a precarious situation. Some people knew she was on the Hangzhou, but no one knew it was her.

"Boss, she won't run far. A woman, no matter how clever, won't have much stamina. Moreover, this jungle is our territory; here, we are the true rulers," said a small-time leader of the bandits with confidence.

"That woman has an accomplice, a skilled individual who is not in the escape pod but has been closely following us all the way," Neil O pointed to the corpse of Kowalski beneath his feet and analyzed, "Although Kowalski may be somewhat foolish, his combat skills are top-notch. Yet, he was brutally stomped to death without even putting up a decent resistance. This is likely the purpose for which that woman lured Kowalski here. It makes sense; a member of the Federal Academy of Sciences and a major general, not to mention a daughter of a prominent family, even if she were to sneak away, how could she not have military experts providing close protection?"

The development of technology has led humanity towards more distant starry skies, yet at the same time, human development itself is gradually diminishing. This phenomenon is not only occurring on Earth, which has already made initial forays into space, but is even more pronounced in this time and space where technology has been advanced for thousands of years beyond Earth. If these modern humans, who have become accustomed to technology, were thrown back into primitive society, they would likely starve or freeze to death within just a few days.

She was also confident in using the energy gun hidden beneath the artificial skin on her wrist to eliminate this foolish air pirate, who was bewildered by greed, but she did not expect a strange fellow to descend from the sky and crush him to death with a single stomp

From the moment of certainty, Changsun Xueqing chose to leave. The temptation for Kewo Si was simple; it only required revealing to him the locations of several secret supply stations left by the federal military on the Lafite Star, along with the storage of military mechs exceeding one mech battalion, which was enough to entice this unwilling subordinate, the leader of Air Pirate No. 2, to take risks.

The entire planet's ecosystem has been nearly destroyed, and apart from a very small number of residents who are reluctant to leave their homeland and refuse to accept the jurisdiction of the federal government, ninety-nine percent of the remaining residents on the planet have requested to migrate to the internal planets of the federation