A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 537 Squeeze In

The Black Flag Alliance's seven fleets are notorious space pirates.

The Interstellar Alliance government has long had explicit regulations prohibiting large-scale slave trade, but it has been repeatedly banned. In order to crack down on the rampant slave trade, the seven fleets were once used as negative examples by the Alliance government.

After a period of planning, the Alliance government carried out numerous ambushes, encirclements, and pursuits, aiming to wipe out this group of slave traders in one fell swoop, or at least severely damage them, making them disappear and no longer dare to engage in the slave trade so recklessly.

In this universe, when the Interstellar Alliance is determined to do something, almost no force can stand up to them head-on.

Even if it was just a matter of headquarters ordering the mobilization of a portion of the forces under the Alliance government, it did indeed deal a heavy blow to the seven fleets of the Black Flag Alliance.

However, things did not go as planned. Despite being targeted by the Alliance government, the Black Flag Pirates did not collapse despite their escape and did not perish despite their defeat, demonstrating extraordinary resilience.

This pirate crew, which had suffered heavy losses, grew rapidly again in an unusual way.

Those battles actually made them famous, letting criminals throughout the intergalactic world know about the existence of such a powerful pirate force.

Wanted criminal gangs from various civilizations flocked to the area, following the seven fleets to confront and even retaliate against the civilizations that had once wanted them, making the "alliance" in the Black Flag Alliance truly live up to its name.

When high-ranking officials of various civilizations engage in shady dealings, they subconsciously add the Black Flag Alliance to their list of partners.

The current seven fleets of the Black Flag Alliance are ten or even a hundred times stronger than they were at their peak before they suffered heavy losses.

And slave-hunting ships like the One-Armed Bear Squadron, which need to be on the move all year round, are definitely the backbone of the seven fleets.

The equipment allocated to them was high-end configuration from within the Seven Fleets, with the best parts being the radar and main guns of their warships.

When the quantum radar is turned on at 100% power, it can detect artificial wormholes and signs of spatial teleportation within a radius of 500 light-seconds centered on the warship. As for attacks from various physical and energy weapons, they will be thoroughly scanned and exposed.

However, the target that is now approaching is so difficult for the quantum radar to scan clearly that it can only show a hazy glow.

"That thing is approaching our fleet at sub-light speed. If the orb of light actually contains something like an antimatter bomb, then it will hit our warships in three hundred seconds."

The deputy commander's tone became tense.

Their warships' normal sailing speed is far below the speed of light.

Unless they use a ship-borne artificial wormhole to make a long-distance space jump, it is impossible to shake off that strangely shaped ball of light.

The problem is that the energy on their warships had just been concentrated on the main guns and had not yet been restored, so they could not activate the shipborne wormhole at all.

The one-armed bear understood this as well, and decisively said, "Continue to charge the main guns of the warship. Once the target is within a suitable distance, bombard it directly with the main guns."

The space pirates on the warship tensed up slightly, and the technicians continued to observe the target and calculate the appropriate distance.

The so-called appropriate distance must first ensure that, if the target is indeed a high-energy weapon such as an antimatter bomb, the aftershocks of the explosion generated after being bombarded, collided with, and weakened by the planetary main gun will not affect the main body of the warship.

Secondly, it is necessary to ensure that the distance between them is close enough that when the main gun fires, the target will not have time to dodge nimbly.

The One-Armed Bear Squad's warships had already changed course, with the main guns at the bow of the warships aimed at the unidentified object that was approaching.

In the dark space, countless stars twinkle in the distance, and nearby lies the planet Beya, and even the eternal star that has illuminated Beya since time immemorial.

Now they've all become the backdrop for the confrontation between the pirate warships and that hazy light.

All members of the One-Armed Bear Squad watched the changes on the screen with extreme tension.

The hazy light was getting closer and closer; the appropriate attack range they had calculated was within 200,000 kilometers.

This distance, in the eyes of these pirates, was actually quite far.

However, if the main cannons of the warships fail to fire at the unidentified object approaching at near-light speed, it could crash into the pirates' ships in an instant.

The one-armed bear stared intently at the scene from the deck of the warship. Just as the unidentified object approached the 200,000-kilometer mark, his roar echoed throughout the entire warship.

"emission!!"

The first mate's actions and the one-armed bear's thoughts were almost perfectly synchronized. The main gun of the warship, which had long since completed its charging, roared to life.

The enormous reaction force, even after being reduced layer by layer by the gravity adjustment equipment, still caused the entire warship to tremble noticeably, accelerate violently, and be propelled backward.

Blue light cannons shot out from the front of the warship, piercing through space. As the distance increased, the color of the cannon tip gradually changed.

The colors change from deep blue to bright white, then to golden yellow, orange-red, and crimson.

The "Planet Destroyer" is a highly sought-after item that fetches exorbitant prices on the interstellar black market. During a weapons demonstration, it was used to destroy a rocky planet with a diameter of 15,000 kilometers in a single shot.

One-Armed Bear still remembers the video demonstrating the weapon's power: a barren planet was blasted into nearly a hundred large pieces and countless small fragments, turning into countless fireballs of varying sizes.

Large portions of the debris, under the influence of gravity, attracted each other, colliding a second time and causing even more complete destruction.

Compared to the diameter of the light cannon, the size of the unidentified object was as insignificant as an ant facing a tsunami.

The first mate and his team made no mistakes in their calculations, which the crew could see on the radar screen.

The unidentified object was engulfed by the light cannon before it could make any turn or dodge.

The pirates immediately burst into laughter and shouts.

"We can't let our guard down. The origin of this thing is unknown. Although it has been eliminated now, if it was really sent by someone, there's no guarantee they won't take further action."

The one-armed bear also let out an excited howl, its commanding voice becoming louder yet still clear: "Quickly, replace the raw materials in the energy furnace and supply them all to the ship's wormhole. Also, use the backup emergency energy furnace to support the warship's shield."

"Let's leave this sector, completely shake off the possibility of being followed, and then celebrate!!"

The situation is unclear, and if things drag on, an unknown crisis may arise. He is no longer prepared to risk destroying Beya Star.

Since all the Beya people on the home planet have been taken away, the mission is half completed, so there's no need to be punished. As for destroying Beya Star, we can talk about that later when there's an opportunity.

"etc!!"

The first mate became alert again. "The quantum radar shows the energy reaction from that last shot... Oh no, there are signs of abnormal changes in the curvature of space inside the warship..."

Thud!

One step landed on the deck of the pirate warship.

The deck of this pirate warship is also within a solid transparent protective shield, and its exterior is also covered with multiple gravity adjustment devices and electromagnetic force field generators.

After technical adjustments, these intertwined force fields can block small-scale spatial teleportation technology, preventing enemies from being directly teleported into the warship.

But in the face of the unidentified visitor with flowing black hair and a long robe, this protective shield was utterly useless.

Ripples spread through the space, and his figure stepped out, appearing behind the one-armed bear.

The one-armed bear's mechanical arm instinctively flipped and swung behind its back, its mechanical hand retracting and deforming to form an energy nozzle resembling a calyx, which then shot out a highly concentrated crimson beam.

A single strike from this robotic arm's beam is enough to slice through a space meteorite three to four kilometers in diameter.

The heavy nuclear energy stored inside the alloy forearm was crudely disguised and easily detected.

Anyone who sees the one-armed bear for the first time will instinctively realize that the mechanical arm is the most threatening part of his body.

However, this is actually just a trick commonly used by space pirates.

The One-Armed Bear's true strength lies not in his mechanical arm, but in his physical body. His body has been modified by the Black Flag Alliance's higher-ups, so that every cell in his body no longer operates based on molecular bonds and chemical energy, but on nuclear energy.

If he doesn't deliberately disguise himself, then every breath he takes will generate a large amount of atomic energy in his body, and the air that enters and exits through his mouth and nose will be entirely radiant.

If a town inhabited by ordinary carbon-based organisms were to be blown on by him, all the surrounding organisms would be driven to the late stages of cancer within the next few days.

That robotic arm was actually a valve device he used to regulate the power of his own body.

Throughout One-Armed Bear's pirate career, many formidable enemies were deceived by his tactics and plunged into a living hell.

However, this time, the red light abruptly disappeared after sweeping across a fan-shaped area.

The energy module installed in the robotic arm suddenly changed from full to a gray square, indicating that the energy was depleted.

The one-armed bear's abundant nuclear energy also fell into a state of exhaustion and depletion without warning.

He was making a turning and swinging motion when the sudden exhaustion made him lose his footing and almost kneel down.

"What?! What...!"

The one-armed bear saw a figure behind him reach out a hand towards him; the hand was constantly enlarging and rotating.

In reality, it wasn't the hand that was spinning, but the body of the one-armed bear.

This burly, ferocious space pirate shrunk gracefully, transforming into a giant doll with a head less than ten centimeters long.

The soft plush toy still retains some features of the one-armed bear, such as the mechanical arm and the sharp teeth at the corner of its mouth.

However, it completely lost its ferocious and menacing feel.

Guan Luoyang held the small doll in his hand and shook it casually.

The teddy bear's large head then swayed from side to side a few times.

It seemed as if a great deal of information was being shaken out of the bear doll's head.

Tiny, faintly pulsating numbers flew from the plush toy's head and landed on various parts of the warship, causing all the ship's doors to open automatically.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! !

The high-end warship's doors, which should have been perfectly smooth and opened silently, even made a clattering sound because they were opened too quickly.

All the pirate crew members were swept up by an irresistible force, flying over the gates and corridors, like snowflakes swept by a strong wind, and onto the wide deck.

When they fell to the ground one after another with expressions of terror on their faces, they had already turned into dolls scattered all over the ground.

One of the square-headed, silver-gray robot dolls bounced twice on the ground before landing at Guan Luoyang's feet.

This doll, which looks like a robot, is the first mate of this pirate warship.

Although his combat ability was not as good as the one-armed bear's, his observation ability was superior. He vaguely sensed that his body had just undergone a microscopic material reorganization.

However, he couldn't understand it at all.

Why is it that after transforming from a sophisticated mechanical component and a well-preserved carbon-based biological brain into this plush doll-like creature inside and out, it is still able to retain the ability to think?

He lay blankly on his side on the deck, his eyes fixed on the distant warships, where the light from their main guns was rapidly fading.

Oh, right. He also noticed something unusual on the quantum radar interface just now.

The high-energy particle stream emitted by the planet destroyer should continue to generate a high-energy reaction for fifteen minutes.

However, the quantum radar detected that the high-energy response of the warship's main gun dropped sharply within seconds after it came into contact with the unidentified object.

What kind of technology could accomplish such a thing? Is that unidentified object related to the person who suddenly appeared on the deck of the warship?

After the light from the planetary main cannon completely dimmed, the first mate finally saw the true appearance of the unidentified object.

That was actually an antique-level family-friendly spaceship?!

The doll's body remained unchanged, but the consciousness of the first mate inside had completely vanished.

Before he passed out, a bizarre thought popped into his head... It seemed that the situation in the universe was about to undergo another unexpected change.

Moments later, the warship's protective shield opened, and the Carrot spaceship landed on the warship's deck.

Once the protective shield closed again and the environment on the deck became suitable for survival, Dr. Xiangyang jumped out of his spaceship.

He still doesn't understand the situation.

They were supposed to be heading back to Beya Star, so how come they suddenly encountered this warship firing at them halfway there, yet they weren't damaged...?

Guan Luoyang also instructed him to land here.

"What happened?"

Dr. Xiangyang looked around and was even more surprised, "Why are there so many dolls?"

Could this be a toy ship? That flash just now wasn't the main gun of a warship, but just a flashlight that looks like the main gun of a warship.

Hmm, it seems that many toy retailers do use this method to attract customers.

"Find a box and pack them up first. I'll go inside the ship and take a look. We'll talk about the specifics later."

Guan Luoyang smiled, clutching the teddy bear in his hand, and left, entering the depths of the warship without hindrance.

Dr. Xiangyang scratched his head and went to his spaceship to bring out a box for storing miscellaneous items.

There are so many dolls, but the box seems a bit small.

It's okay, it's just a plush toy, I can just squeeze it a bit.

(End of this chapter)