Zerg: I ​​was picked up by the cold and beautiful Major General at the start of the game.

"Red hair! Red hair!"

Lin Luo's voice came again through the door. Garrett rubbed his temples in annoyance and instructed the female insect beside him:

"Buck, go and see. As long as it's not too excessive, do as he says."

"Yes, Second Boss."

A female insect named Buck entered through the door and respectfully inquired, "Sir, what do you require?"

Seeing that the person who came in was a stranger, Lin Luo raised an eyebrow and asked, "Who are you? Why didn't the redhead come by himself?"

"Your subordinate, Buck, is very busy with household affairs. Please inform me of any needs you may have."

Lin Luo rolled her eyes and casually pointed to the opposite wall: "I don't like the color of this wall, change it for me."

"Yes, sir, please wait a moment," Buck replied calmly, then turned and left to report to Garrett.

"What is he planning to do now?" Garrett asked without looking up.

"Your Excellency requests that the wall color be changed."

Garrett paused, took a deep breath, and waved his hand: "...Tsk, change it for him."

Soon after, Buck returned with several different colors of paint materials and asked Lin Luo to choose one.

Lin Luo absentmindedly chose a light blue color, but her gaze carefully swept over Buck's entire body—his clothes were neat, but his wrists were empty.

Lin Luo scanned him several times, wondering why he didn't have a personal terminal. Did he hide it inside his clothes?

"Are you even a professional?" Lin Luo deliberately challenged him. "If you don't do this job well, I'll make you redo it!"

"Please rest assured, sir, I can handle everything from starship repairs to cleaning," Buck assured him.

"...Well, you're quite a jack-of-all-trades, huh?" Lin Luo thought to himself.

"But you're too slow. Call someone else over to help, and brush the bugs together!" Lin Luo made another unreasonable demand.

Buck looked at him: "Okay, sir, please wait a moment." He made a move to go out and call someone.

"Stop!" Lin Luo immediately called out to him, sounding impatient. "Why don't you just use your personal terminal to call someone over? Hurry up!"

Buck stopped and patiently explained:

"Your Excellency, my personal terminal was removed before entering your room, as per regulations. Apart from a few leaders, no member is allowed to wear a personal terminal when meeting you."

"Oh...then go out and look for him." Lin Luo remained outwardly calm, but inwardly she was crying: Damn it! Garrett is so wary of me!

He slumped back onto the sofa, dejected, and muttered under his breath:

"If only Aland were here right now, he's experienced and would definitely know what to do..."

His thoughts drifted away, and he couldn't help but worry, "I wonder how Ailand is doing now. Will the smart home assistant remember to feed him his nutritional fluids?"

The fragments of Eland clinging to his skin clearly captured this longing, and even though his body wasn't there, he felt a pang of heartache.

"Soon, Your Excellency," he silently vowed, "Just a little more patience, and I will definitely get you out of here!"

Lin Luo lay on the sofa, lost in thought, and eventually fell asleep. He had been locked in this room for several days, and the tension in his nerves had kept him awake.

Perhaps his body had reached its limit, or perhaps it was because he thought of Eland, and his mind finally relaxed a little, he unknowingly fell into a deep sleep.

Shortly after, Buck returned with another female insect. Seeing Lin Luo asleep, the two insects quietly finished painting and then quietly left.

Even Garrett, who was outside, breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that Lin Luo had finally calmed down—this male was really troublesome.

While all the insects were oblivious, a few barely perceptible starlight rays quietly drifted out from Lin Luo's collar, piercing through the walls and heading towards the depths of the starship—the fragments of Ailand's spirit had begun to move.

Fragments of Ayland's spirit silently traversed the cold corridors of the starship.

He carefully recorded the distribution of guards and the frequency of shift changes, then drifted into the core control room.

Ailand noticed that the interior furnishings and equipment here were mostly standard military grade, which was far beyond the reach of ordinary space pirates. The female insects' discipline and obedience to orders also made them resemble a well-trained army.

But none of that matters now. Ailand found an idle quantum computer, gathered the energy he had accumulated over the past few days, and hopped around, slowly pressing the keys one by one.

Finally, he successfully accessed a secret military channel known only to him and a few trusted confidants.

He sent Hawke the current galaxy coordinates, along with a message:

"Hawk, this is Lin Luo. I've been kidnapped by the Thorn Pirates, but I'm not in immediate danger. I've sent you my coordinates; please rescue me as soon as possible! Also, this is the emergency rescue route that Aland told me about!"

The message indicating successful message delivery flashed by quickly.

Eland dared not delay for a moment, painstakingly erasing all access and usage records to ensure that no trace was left.

After doing all this, the silvery light spots had dimmed considerably.

He quickly floated back to Lin Luo's room and saw that the figure on the sofa was still fast asleep. Only then did his tense mind relax slightly.

There's not much he can do right now; he can only place all his hopes on Hawke.

The fragments gently fell back into the depths of Lin Luo's collar, continuing to absorb the warm spiritual energy in silence, awaiting the arrival of rescue.

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At the same time, Hawke, who was on a search mission, suddenly received a unique, urgent notification sound from his personal computer.

His eyes sharpened instantly—this was a special notification from an encrypted military channel!

He immediately opened the message; the source was an unfamiliar temporary code.

But when his gaze fell upon the contents, his pupils suddenly contracted—

It's Lord Lin Luo! Lord Lin Luo is trapped by a space pirate group!

Hawke was shocked. He never expected that, while imprisoned, Lord Lin Luo would find an opportunity to send a distress signal.

Even more unexpectedly, Major General Ailand actually told Lord Lin Luo about the classified military channel.

It seems that the Major General's trust and regard for Lord Lin Luo far exceeds their previous expectations.

Fortunately, the major general did that, otherwise...

Hawke did not hesitate; he quickly issued the order:

"Attention all personnel! Target coordinates confirmed! Adjust course immediately and proceed at full speed! Repeat, target coordinates confirmed, full speed ahead!"

"Attack! Bring Lord Lin Luo back safely!"

The massive warship began rapidly approaching Lin Luo's location.

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