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Chapter 617: Who Is the 6th Person?

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Ling Lan seemed to be looking around casually but in actual fact, she was gathering any useful information she could find.

She realized that the dining hall was filled with ordinary tourists. The dinner was a buffet where everyone just took what they wanted to eat. The food was ordinary too. There weren't any expensive ingredients and no chefs were present to cook food on the spot. The waiters took out trays of food from the back. They seemed delicious but might not be.

The tour group they joined was a civilian tour group. Ling Lan saw tourists, who dressed nicely in high-class clothes, walking in and out of the other two halls and knew that the other two halls served people with higher statuses.

Ling Lan took her plate and placed the food that she liked on her plate. Her plate slowly piled up. When she saw the other people staring at her, she reminded them, "It is free. Of course we should take more. We must eat our money's worth." After she finished talking, she stuffed her mouth with food. She didn't look elegant nor ugly while she was eating. Her cheeks were stuffed with food and it made the food looked delicious.

Li Lanfeng understood Ling Lan. He took a pile of food too. As he ate his food, he scanned his surroundings and checked if anyone was looking at him. When he saw someone turning their head in his direction, he stopped chewing and pretended to be calm. His actions were comical.

However, these behaviours depicted a curious young man who just graduated from school and never went out of his own country before. The pile of free food in front of them showed others that they were civilians.

Li Lanfeng and Ling Lan's actions enlightened the rest of the people. They found their own seats and took a huge pile of food. Then, they stuffed their faces with food.

Only Li Yingjie was confused. He looked at the food in front of him and snorted. Then, he turned his head away. He would never eat this kind of food.

"Ma Rao, stop acting like a young master. If you aren't willing to eat the food, you can upgrade to VIP all by yourself. There is no need to follow us." Li Lanfeng smiled but his words were threatening.

Li Yingjie almost exploded in anger but he saw Ling Lan's eyes staring at him and shivered in fear. He remembered the warning that she gave him before they left.

He sneered and said, "Forget it, I will give you all some face and eat this civilian meal." He grabbed his chopsticks and slowly picked his food. After some time, he finally took a few pieces of food which looked appetizing.

He placed it in his mouth and chewed it. The colour of his face instantly changed. He wanted to vomit the food out.

"Ma Rao, swallow the food." Qi Long glared at him.

Li Yingjie had no choice but to swallow the food. However, he lost his appetite.

"Young Master Ma Rao wanted to experience the civilian life so he decided to come with us. But, we can't let him suffer like this," Lin Zhong-qing spoke up for Li Yingjie. Li Yingjie gave him a look of appreciation. Lin Zhong-qing was such a nice person. Sob. Why did he get snatched away by Ling Lan? It would have been nice if he was in his team.

Lin Zhong-qing seemed to have guessed Li Yingjie's thoughts. He titled his body to block his face and glared at him with murderous intent in his eyes.

Li Yingjie shivered. He almost forgot how much Lin Zhong-qing hated him. He was acting just now. Li Yingjie felt depressed and looked down without saying a word.

"If Young Master Ma Rao wants to continue staying with us, you need to stop acting like a young master. We saved up for a long time to get on this tour. We don't want your attitude to ruin this trip," Zhao Jun reminded him unhappily.

Li Yingjie looked at the floor and replied in a soft voice, "I understand. I will eat and stay with you guys. I will not complain anymore."

Ling Lan placed some food from her plate onto Li Yingjie's plate. She recommended the food enthusiastically, "Ma Rao, this is delicious. Hurry up and have a taste. I will get more for you later before it runs out."

Li Yingjie felt helpless. He stared at the food that Ling Lan gave him. What is this yellow gooey pile? Can it be eaten? However, Boss Lan gave it to him. If he didn't eat it, he would be punished severely.

Was it better to be disgusted by the food or to be tortured by Ling Lan? Li Yingjie chose the first option. He forced himself to have a bite. He wanted to swallow it immediately but the delicious taste in his mouth stopped him. His eyes lit up. He chewed the food and ate the rest of the food that Ling Lan placed on his plate.

I decided that I will just eat this dish! Li Yingjie had no shame at all.

"It is delicious, right?" Ling Lan asked seriously.

Li Yingjie nodded furiously. Although it could not be compared to what he ate before, it was at least edible.

"I will help you take more then." Ling Lan took her plate and prepared to go for the second round. Li Lanfeng immediately stood up and said, "I will go with you."

Li Lanfeng and Ling Lan came to the buffet table again. There was no one around the buffet table. Only the two of them stood beside the food and whispered into each other's ear. They seemed to be discussing which food was more delicious…

"How is the observation going?" Ling Lan grabbed some dishes that were left and asked Li Lanfeng in a low voice. It was near the end of meal time. There was no one coming to take the food anymore.

Li Lanfeng pointed to the dish in front of him and whispered, "There are at least five suspicious people."

Ling Lan looked at the dish that Li Lanfeng pointed at and shook her head. She said, "I agree, good observation. Where are the five people located at?"

Li Lanfeng nodded to express that he accepted Ling Lan's suggestion. They walked to the next dish and lifted the cover. The food inside seemed good so he took some and placed it on his plate. "There are two people sitting at the table closest to the entrance. They didn't release their power but their hacker aura is evident to people with spectre abilities like me. I pretended to look at them casually just now. They had the Shun Feng Tourist Group badge on their chest. Seems like they plan to hide themselves in this tourist group too. I am just not sure if they are our friends or enemies."

Ling Lan appeared to have seen something good and pulled Li Lanfeng's hand hurriedly. She came to the other side of the buffet table, cleverly dodging two tourists who came to take some food. The Feiyang Ship's crew saw that there were still many people in the dining hall and there wasn't much food left. Hence, they took out three more trays of food. The three waiters placed the food on three different spots of the buffet table. The food which Ling Lan chose was the most expensive dish out of the three: Barbecued Duomo Meat.

Ling Lan quickly took the meat and placed it on her plate. She only stopped after her plate was full. Li Lanfeng did the same thing. They took almost one-third of the meat. The tourist behind them rolled their eyes at them.

The two of them snickered as they walked back to their table. Zhao Jun and the rest of the gang welcomed them happily. However, after eating a few pieces of meat, they chased Li Lanfeng and Ling Lan away to get more food.

The three dishes were empty already. There was no one at the buffet table again. Li Lanfeng and Ling Lan frowned as they opened the covers of the other food items.

Li Lanfeng stood in front of an empty plate with a sad look on his face. "The third person is the one that tried to come close to us just now. He seems to be very interested in the six of us. I don't know if we exposed ourselves."

Ling Lan shook her head and pulled Li Lanfeng in front of another dish. "It is okay. Only Li Yingjie had some loopholes in his acting. He is unable to suppress his physical skills like us so he is at the peak of Refinement now. Reaching Refinement at his age makes him a talent. It is normal that people would take notice of him. However, our conversation just now should have lessen his suspicion on us."

"Another one is sitting at the Southeast corner of the dining hall. If I didn't make an effort to look at every corner of the room, I might have been fooled by him. His physical skills are powerful. The corner he chose allowed him to observe everyone in the room. No actions would be unnoticed by him. Impressive." Li Lanfeng couldn't see the person's level so he was worried that he might have seen through them.

"I can sense the murderous presence on his body. He is either a soldier or an assassin. I feel that he is an assassin. The position he chose was a position that assassins would like…" Ling Lan took all the remaining food left on the tray. She said with an unhappy face, "However, we can't deny the possibility that he might be a soldier. Some soldiers do similar things too so it is normal that he has the habits of an assassin."

There was only a thin line between an assassin and a soldier. Because of external pressure, some things couldn't be solved openly. At that time, the military would send out soldiers to do such missions.

Li Lanfeng nodded. He opened another tray and realized that there were still so much food left. He happily called Ling Lan over and they took everything that was left.

Li Lanfeng said as he took the food, "I didn't notice the last one at first but when we were talking, he put down his chopsticks. This was a reaction of someone who is eavesdropping. He was very careful and didn't look at us. I might have missed him if I didn't notice this action." Li Lanfeng didn't expect so many powerful people to be hiding in a civilian dining hall. It widened his perspective and realized that the outside world was indeed very interesting.

"Actually, if he looked at us while he eavesdropped, I might have not suspect him. However, he pretended to not see us." Ling Lan put the cover back.

Li Lanfeng pondered over her words. "That is true. If he did things openly, I would rule him out. However, he didn't."

"It was not easy for you to find these five people. In actual fact, the two hackers were the hardest to find. However, they didn't expect someone with spectre abilities to be here. If not, they would stay in their rooms and try to hack the mainframe of the cruise…" Ling Lan seemed happy at the hacker's misfortune. Li Lanfeng realized that after Ling Lan relaxed, his tone gotten livelier too. It was not as cold as before.

Ling Lan didn't notice Li Lanfeng's change in expression. She continued, "There is actually a 6th person."

"A 6th person?" Li Lanfeng was shocked. "Who?"

"One of the waiters who brought out the food trays just now," Ling Lan replied calmly. She turned and left after seeing that there was no food left. They returned to their table with piles of food.

Li Lanfeng stuffed his face with food as though he was extremely hungry. He was wondering which waiter it was. He sighed. He was still a level behind rabbit. He didn't notice the waiter. He needed to work harder.

Li Lanfeng took a huge bite of the meat. His eyes lit up. He looked at Ling Lan and pointed at the meat. "This… is really delicious."

Ling Lan nodded. "Yes, this is the one. Luckily we managed to get a huge portion of it." Ling Lan confirmed Li Lanfeng's guess. The waiter who served the Duomo meat was the 6th person she was talking about.

Li Lanfeng remembered that buffet waiters were supposed to place new dishes at conspicuous locations so that customers would know a new dish came out. The other two waiters placed their trays on the side of the buffet table facing the dining tables. The one who carried the Duomo meat, on the other hand, placed the tray on the other side of the table. There was only one table which was able to see that tray of meat. That was the table which the potential assassin was at.

Without a doubt, the waiter was passing a message to the assassin. He did it so well even Li Lanfeng didn't notice him. Unfortunately, Ling Lan was here. Nothing could escape her eyes.

Li Lanfeng was finally able to eat his meal in peace. Very quickly, the two of them finished their food. Li Lanfeng was in a good mood so he finished everything without caring about the taste. Ling Lan was able to eat anything after being trained by the learning space. When she was famished, she even dug out worms and ate them raw. As long as the food was edible and it was not harmful to the body, she would swallow them.

The group of them happily returned to their rooms and waited for the dance party at night.

This dance party was not organized by Shun Feng Tourism Agency. It was organized by the crews on the Feiyang Ship. This meant that people you met at the dance party might be civilians or elites. It might even be an explorer or a member of a noble family…

According to rumors, people from noble families and explorers liked to find 'partners' at dance parties. Partners here had many different meanings.

Some people liked pretty women so their targets were the beautiful ladies. Others wanted to look for followers for their families so their preys were civilians who had the talent and ability but lacked the opportunity due to their status.

Every year, many female commoners would get the chance they wanted at dance parties. However, no one cared about their ending.

Everyone remembered the moment when Cinderella wore her glass heels. They forgot that this was just an illusion. Once the clock struck midnight, Cinderella had to return to where she came from. No one could stop time.

Not every lady was fortunate enough to let the prince find her with a glass heel.

Chapter 618: Big Fish?

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

They changed into a more formal attire and came to the dance hall at the highest level of the ship. They were obedient and arrived before the starting time.

Not many people were in the dance hall at this time. The Feiyang Ship had four levels in total. The lowest level was where the crew of the ship stayed. There was also a huge storage area to keep any bulky objects the passengers might have. Ling Lan and her team member's mechas were hidden among the other items in the storage.

The second level was where the accommodations for ordinary passengers and the dining halls were located at. There was an entertainment space for the ordinary passengers and it even had login pods. However, it was very expensive to rent a login pod. Ordinary passengers would not be able to afford it.

The third level was where high-class people stayed. There were also better facilities on this level. It was said that there was a high-end restaurant on the third level. Wealthy people would choose to eat there and not go to the dining halls. Although the smaller dining halls had better food items, it was still not up to their standards too.

Besides Lingtian, the other battle teams were on the third floor. Two of them had to protect the princess so they needed to stay next to her. The other three had the money so they stayed on the third floor too. They didn't want to be too far away from the princess either.

The fourth level consisted of a dance hall as well as a huge platform. The Feiyang Ship was modified from a battleship. This platform was meant for mechas to land on the ship. However, they told the outside world that this was the place where bonfires and barbecues would be held at. This was a special privilege for the people boarding the Feiyang Ship.

This was why many tourists were willing to pay the high price to board this ship. These entertainments were not available on other cruises. You get what you paid for.

There were dining areas around the dance hall. Many food trays had been placed on the dining tables that were covered with a white cloth. There were flowers placed around as decorations. It was beautiful.

On one of the tables, there were wine glasses stacked in the shape of a pyramid. Each of them was filled with different alcohols. The colorful lights shone on the glasses and the glasses glittered.

Ling Lan and Li Lanfeng reacted the quickest. They looked at the alcohol greedily.

Only Qi Long was not tempted. He asked in a puzzled tone, "Why did they have to make it so pretty? Can it be eaten? Why do they only fill up one-third of the cup? The organizers here are so stingy."

Everyone looked at him with contempt. It was such a waste to bring him here.

Gentle laughter sounded behind them. The six people turned around and saw three ladies in gowns laughing at them. When they saw Li Yingjie, their eyes lit up. They turned and looked at Ling Lan. They were shocked.

Ling Lan couldn't stand the intense gaze of the three ladies so she lowered her head in embarrassment. This action made her even cuter. The three ladies were excited. He is so cute! I want to hug him!

Li Lanfeng felt his heart dropped. He smiled and said, "How do I address you all?"

The three ladies shifted their gazes to Li Lanfeng. The gente aura on Li Lanfeng caused them to lower their guards. One of the ladies smiled and replied, "We are from the Shun Feng Tourist Group. Where are you from?" Everyone took down the tourist group badge since they were coming for the dance party.

Li Lanfeng smiled brightly. They couldn't see his face but the friendly vibe that he was emitting left a good impression on the three ladies.

"Little Four, leopard's aura changed." Ling Lan immediately noticed the change in Li Lanfeng's aura. She pulled Little Four, who was having a whale of a time, back into her mindscape.

Little Four was helping the mainframe of the ship to resist against four batches of hackers. He didn't know if the hackers were on the same team or were acting individually. He realized that there were 5 advanced hackers and even one ace hacker on the ship. They made his life more interesting.

Little Four was naughty. He didn't cover up all the loopholes in the mainframe. He watched as the hacker hacked into the system. Once he was about to succeed and win against the mainframe, Little Four would step in and help. Every time the hackers thought that they had succeeded, they were stopped by Little Four. They were unwilling to give up and their stubbornness allowed Little Four to continue playing with them…

Little Four's mind was on the mainframe. Hence, he just glanced at Li Lanfeng and replied, "Yes, his Jack Sue ability was activated."

After so many years, Little Four finished all the books that Ling Lan read in her past life. He was able to use special phrases to describe certain things. He was so good at it that Ling Lan was amazed.

Mary Sue, Jack Sue, crazy b***h… everything came out of Little Four's mouth. Ling Lan was shocked at the start but now, she was used to it.

"The innate talent that allows other people to like him?" Ling Lan understood what Little Four was saying.

"Yes. Your leopard hasn't realize this innate talent yet so he can't control it completely. However, when he has a strong desire, it would get activated," Little Four explained.

Ling Lan narrowed her eyes. "You are saying that Li Lanfeng has a strong desire now?" She glanced at the three ladies. They all had heavy makeup on. She didn't think that they were pretty. Why would Li Lanfeng have strong desires towards them?

Little Four thought of something and exclaimed, "Boss, although the average lifespan of people in this world is 150 years, their age of maturity is the same as your original world. The people here just aged at an older age. Their youth is long. They spend more than a 100 years in their youth."

Ling Lan didn't manage to understand what Little Four meant. She glared at him, "Explain it properly."

Little Four touched his nose and said quickly, "Your leopard is in rut now. He will secrete his testosterone the moment he sees any females." Little Four immediately disappeared after he finished his sentence. He needed to run away before his boss reacted.

"Rut?" Ling Lan finally understood. Li Lanfeng had reached the age of falling in love. Her comrades were all grown up now. Ling Lan felt weird. She was emotional.If her comrades brought their girlfriends to show her next time, would she feel like a mother seeing her daugher-in-law?

Of course, Ling Lan had no other thoughts towards Li Lanfeng. She just felt a little sad that her friends started liking other girls. It was like giving her son up to other people.

Ling Lan felt that she had this feeling because Li Lanfeng's poor taste in women. Even if he liked someone, he should have a higher standard. Someone that looked like Luo Lang would be much better…

I'm sorry, Luo Lang. I drag you in again. Ling Lan apologized to Luo Lang in her heart. Luo Lang was just too pretty. Ling Lan had to admit that he was even prettier than some girls…

As for Luo Chao… Ling Lan didn't even think about her! Why? No one knew.

Li Lanfeng's Jack Sue… innate talent got activated so the three ladies became familiar with him instantly. However, his innate talent didn't seem powerful enough. The three ladies kept looking at Li Yingjie. Luckily, Ling Lan was forgotten by them.

Li Lanfeng was happy at this situation. He subtly talked about Li Yingjie. The three girls had an even better impression of Li Lanfeng. They even took him as their close friend and asked him to introduce Li Yingjie to them.

Li Lanfeng agreed immediately. In order to protect Ling Lan, he pushed his little brother from the Li family out.

The three girls knew that Li Yingjie was the wealthiest among the six people. While they were talking to Li Lanfeng, Qi Long and Zhao Jun wanted to take some food but they didn't dare to. Li Yingjie scoffed at them and then went up to take some food and wine for them.

Li Yingjie's calm and casual actions told the ladies that he was used to these parties. This meant that he had a good background. He was either a rich second generation or a member of an elite family. Whichever it was, he was a big fish to the ladies who were just normal commoners.

For a normal female commoner to climb up the social ladder, they had to either be good in their studies or be good in a certain field. Then, they would become a citizen. They might even rise up to become an elite and enjoy better privileges. Their children would also live a better life and obtain more opportunities as compared to commoners. Moreover, the resources available to a commoner restricted their learning and thus they were unable to compare themselves with the people from the other classes. If they wanted to climb up the social ladder using this method, it would be difficult.

The other way was to awaken their innate talent before they were 16 years old. If their innate talent would be of help to the military, they would immediately become a citizen and enter the military. However, the probability of awakening their innate talent was too low. Even members of elite families couldn't be sure if they were able to awaken their innate talent before 16 years old. Hence, this path was hard too. Females were also physically weaker than males so it would be a miracle if someone managed to awaken their innate talent.

As compared to the first two ways, the last way was much easier. It was to find a big fish. There were many ways they could find this fish. The most popular way was to enter the military after they turned 16 years old and find a partner there.

Although many soldiers were commoners, their families were able to receive the benefits of a citizen due to their contribution to the country. Also, they had an idol who managed to achieve what every lady wanted. Hence, many ladies followed their idol's path and entered the military. Sob, they want to become the next Lan Luofeng too.

However, not every female had the right to enter the military. Some ladies were rejected due to their family or physical constitution. They would give up their dreams and look for a normal job. After that, they would get married to a commoner and live a normal life. A small portion of these ladies were unwilling to give up and looked for other ways such as attending a galaxy tour group. This tour could allow them to fulfil their dreams or become a sacrifice for their dreams.

The three ladies had their eyes on Li Yingjie. This showed how well the other people disguised themselves. Besides Zhao Jun, the other five came from influential families. Ling Lan was even the son of Ling Xiao. She was like the prince of the military.

Ling Lan understood what Li Lanfeng wanted to do. She raised her eyebrows curiously. Is he trying to find a girlfriend for Li Yingjie? Shouldn't Li Yingjie take care of this himself? Why is Li Lanfeng so enthusiastic?

Li Lanfeng turned around as he felt Ling Lan's gaze. He smiled at her happily. Then, he pulled Li Yingjie to a corner. The three ladies followed them happily.

Zhao Jun saw this and followed them as well. Zhao Jun was like Li Lanfeng's brother. They lived together for so many years. Wherever Li Lanfeng was, Zhao Jun would be around too and vice-versa.

Unexpectedly, Lin Zhong-qing looked at Li Yingjie too. Ling Lan noticed a tinge of worry in his eyes. She was surprised. When did Lin Zhong-qing start worrying for Li Yingjie? Weren't they enemies? When did they become so close?

Ling Lan felt guilty when she realized this. Among her five companions who grew up with her, she gave Lin Zhong-qing the least attention. This was because he was always a responsible and serious person. He would take care of himself well so Ling Lan didn't have to worry about him. This made him forgettable at times. As compared to Qi Long and Luo Lang, she didn't show as much concern to Lin Zhong-qing at all.

Ling Lan felt sorry towards him. She said, "Let's go over too."

Lin Zhong-qing immediately smiled gently. Qi Long was eating his food when he heard this sentence. He quickly took a big plate and piled it high with all his favourite food items.

Ling Lan scanned her surroundings. There were not many people around. She felt relieved. At least she didn't embarrass herself in front of too many people.

Qi Long carried two big plates and walked towards the corner where Li Lanfeng was at. Ling Lan and Lin Zhong-qing looked at him with disdain.

In another corner, two person sat in the dark. One of them retracted his gaze and took a sip of his wine.

"What did you notice?" The other person who was smoking asked him casually.

"Those three ladies… there is a problem with them," The one who was drinking replied.

"They are only able to fool those little brats. Seems like there are quite a few factions here. We need to be careful. I wonder why they targeted those brats." The person smoking placed his fingers on his temple and went into deep thought.

The man drinking smiled. "They had no other choice. The tourist group they entered was a tourist group for couples. Those couples are all old. When those aunties saw them, they went on their guard and prevented them from interacting with their husbands. They couldn't lay their hands on the married men. The only people that were men and could be seduced are those six brats."

"Their objective is to go to the third floor." The man smoking replied, "Hence, they place their focus on the young master."

"This kind of young master who never experienced the outside world before is the easiest to seduce." The man drinking admired their ability to choose the right target.

"However, I am more interested in the person with the mask. Why did he help the three ladies? Did he realize something?" The person smoking frowned. He rubbed his temples. Every time he used his brain too much, his head would hurt.

"I don't think so. Don't you feel the strange aura around him?" The person drinking reminded his friend.

The one smoking looked over at Li Lanfeng. He was sitting beside the three ladies and having a delightful conversation with them. He seemed to be an old friend of theirs.

"You are saying that he…" The man smoking frowned.

"Maybe. Maybe not. Who knows?" The man drinking didn't give a definite answer. He didn't care about this as long as those people didn't affect their plans.

"Shall we inform our people to interrupt the three ladies?" The man smoking asked.

"No need. Isn't this interesting to watch? Let's see if the three ladies are able to win the heart of the young master. If they succeed in seducing the young master to bring them to the third floor, would the other brats be jealous of him? Will their friendship end there?" The man drinking was a sadistic person.

"You seemed free. Aren't you interested in the two teams of explorers on the third floor?" The man smoking looked at his friend with contempt.

"Those explorers… there is indeed something amiss with them but we can't just focus on them right now. We are still within the territory of the Huaxia Federation. No one would dare to make a move now. I want to complete my mission but I don't want to die with my opponents. Hence, I will entertain myself while we are still within the countries of the Huaxia Federation." The man drinking smiled as he raised his cup. "This is called having fun while working."

The man smoking waved his hand helplessly. "You can do what you like as long as you don't forget our motive."

The man drinking replied, "I won't. I still want to retire after I finish this mission."

Once he said this, the man smoking became silent. The man drinking turned serious too. He looked sad. They had been in this industry for a long time. Were they able to retire successfully?

Chapter 619: Analyze!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

As the time went by, more and more people arrived at the dance hall. More than a thousand passengers were here..

The host announced the start of the dance party. The three ladies looked at each other. After a while, the tallest one smiled and asked Li Yingjie, "Young Master Ma, am I able to have a dance with you?"

Li Yingjie was an impulsive person but he was not stupid. He knew that three ladies had their eyes set on him. However, because of his background, he was used to seeing beautiful ladies. He was not interested in these unpresentable ladies. He replied without hesitation, "I am not interested."

The tall lady's expression changed. She didn't expect Li Yingjie to blatantly reject her. She thought that, to maintain their reputation, wealthy people would accept a request even if they didn't like it.

Li Lanfeng smiled secretly. He pushed Li Yingjie out because of his personality. He was an arrogant and haughty person. He didn't care about his reputation. Even his friends found him irritating at times.

"Little brother Ma Rao, don't be like this. Give us some face and dance with us." One of the ladies tried to grab Li Yingjie's arm.

Li Yingjie tilted his body and dodged the lady's hand. He rolled his eyes and replied, "Why should I be nice to you all? Also, don't call me little brother. You have no right to call me that." The three ladies' expression changed immediately when they heard the imperious statement by Li Yingjie. They didn't expect this rich young master to be so direct. They didn't know how to continue their act.

Li Lanfeng gave a forced smile and tried to salvage the situation. "Young Master Ma's temper is not good. Why don't I dance with you all?"

Him? The three ladies pouted. They had checked the background of these six people and knew that besides Ma Rao, the rest were commoners. They were just lucky enough to meet Ma Rao in the academy and became Ma Rao's sidekicks. If not, they might not even be able to get on the Feiyang Ship and enjoy this cruise. These people were not worth their time.

"Since Young Master Ma doesn't want to dance, let's forget about it then." The three ladies decided to be shameless and stayed near them even though they were rejected mercilessly.

At that moment, Ling Lan suddenly saw a familiar person bringing a bunch of people over to their area. She kicked Qi Long who was enjoying his food and pointed a finger in that direction.

Qi Long stood up instantly. In the process, he almost flipped over the plate of food in front of him. The three girls looked at him with contempt. As expected of a commoner. He had no table manners at all.

Qi Long gave a humble smile and waved at the person. He shouted, "Tour Guide Zhou!"

His loud voice irritated the people around him. It echoed in the room and even those people further away could hear him.

Zhou Guangli saw him and immediately said something to the people beside him. Then, the group of them walked over. The expression of the three ladies changed. They felt that things were going out of their control.

"Young Master Ma Rao, An Jieming, Lu Liyi, Qin Feng, He Lin, He Anya. I went to your rooms to look for you all. I didn't expect you all to be so early… Ah, Miss Gu, Miss Qin, Miss Yu. You all are here too." Zhou Guangli saw the three ladies after he greeted Ling Lan and her friends. He was slightly surprised to see them.

The three ladies smiled. "Yes. We met Young Master Ma Rao and his friends so we had a chat with them." They winked at Li Yingjie after they finished speaking.

Li Yingjie frowned. He didn't hide his look of disgust. The three ladies were furious when they saw the reaction from Li Yingjie. They cursed at him in their mind and felt that he was not romantic at all.

"Oh, who is this? He is so handsome." A woman around 50 years old saw Li Yingjie's look of contempt and had a good impression of this young man. She walked over and grabbed Li Yingjie's hand.

This woman looked like around his mother's age. Li Yingjie didn't like people touching his hand but since the other party was much older, he controlled his unhappiness and replied, "Auntie, my name is Ma Yao."

The middle-aged woman noticed the unhappiness in Li Yingjie's eyes but he didn't pull his hand back and still answered her question. She knew that he was a good child and liked him even more. If her son was beside her, he would be around his age.

"Good child. My name is Lu Chaoying. You can call me Aunt Lu," Lu Chaoying replied with a smile.

Li Yingjie twitched his mouth. This woman was too friendly. However, he couldn't get angry at a woman her age so he called, "Aunt Lu."

"Yes." Lu Chaoying acknowledged him happily. She pulled Li Yingjie and sat down on the sofa with him. She used her butt to push the lady that was sitting beside Li Yingjie. The lady was pushed to the side and almost knocked into her two friends.

Li Yingjie saw this and became friendlier towards Lu Chaoying. He was calling her Aunt Lu more willingly now just because she stopped the three ladies from pestering him.

Lu Chaoying sat down and called her friends to gather around too. The middle-aged women were all good at talking. After some sarcastic remarks, the three ladies couldn't sit still anymore. They said that they would take a walk around and left the area.

Lu Chaoying saw that the three ladies finally left and smirked. "Why are you all with those three ladies?"

Li Yingjie glanced at Li Lanfeng angrily. Li Lanfeng shrugged innocently. "I don't know how we got together. I hinted to them that they should leave but they just ignored me."

My dear, when did you hint that they should leave? Aren't you the one who was the most excited? How shameless are you?

Ling Lan and her other companions didn't know where to look so they decided to just close their eyes. They felt ashamed for their friend.

One of the women smiled. "You all are still young so it is understandable that you all don't know how to deal with these shameless ladies." Then, the women started talking about the background and motive of the three ladies. Ling Lan and her friends looked shocked at what they said. The women saw their innocent expressions and wanted to caress them. They were around the same age as their children so their motherly instinct got activated.

Of course, the most important factor that made the women liked them so much were their looks. All of them looked innocent and humble. To them, even Li Yingjie was better-looking than their own children. The term for it was 'other people's children'.

To protect the six little boys, the women took turns guarding the boys. While some of them went to dance with their husbands, others would sit beside the little boys. Their presence deterred many people who wanted to get close to Ling Lan and her comrades. The five of them ate their food happily from the start till the end of the dance party. Only Li Yingjie looked at them with disdain as they ate. He wondered why he brought these five pigs out to bring shame to himself.

The women laughed at them secretly. These little boys were so cute. Why were their children not as cute as them? At that moment, their children felt a chill down their spine and thought that they were sick.

Li Yingjie brought the five pigs back to their room. He closed the door and listened carefully. After confirming that there was no one around them, he rushed towards Li Lanfeng angrily and grabbed his collar. "What do you think you're doing?"

Li Yingjie raised his eyebrows. He smiled and flicked his finger at Li Yingjie's wrist. Li Yingjie felt a huge force on his wrist and he released his grip.

Li Lanfeng tidied his clothes. He said calmly, "I am just using you to find out what the three ladies wanted."

Li Yingjie was stunned. He looked at Lin Zhong-qing. As compared to the other people, he trusted Lin Zhong-qing more.

Lin Zhong-qing nodded. Li Yingjie was shocked. "Those ladies?"

Li Lanfeng flicked Li Yingjie's forehead. Li Yingjie groaned in pain and held his forehead. He asked furiously, "Why did you hit me?"

"Because you are too stupid. If you want to stay alive and be safe, be more careful," Li Lanfeng warned him. He touched his fingers and understood why Ling Lan liked to flick people's forehead. It felt good.

Li Yingjie glared at Li Lanfeng angrily. Li Lanfeng smiled at him coldly. "Let me ask you, did you know who those three ladies were?"

"Aren't they just commoners who wanted to hook a big fish?" Li Yingjie thought for a moment and came up with the answer.

Li Lanfeng reached out and grabbed Li Yingjie's neck. "If you are still so stupid, I will kill you now so that you won't get killed by other people. Don't bring shame to the Li family."

"How dare you!" Li Yingjie struggled and broke free from Li Lanfeng's grip. He replied in anger, "I am the successor of the Li family. You are from the branch family. What right do you have to say that?"

"As long as it affects the reputation of the Li family, any members of the Li family could kill him or her. I believe that you didn't forget this rule, right?" Li Lanfeng replied coldly.

"How did I ruin the reputation of the Li family?" Li Yingjie knew this rule. He viewed the Li family as his most important responsibility so he was indignant when he heard what Li Lanfeng said.

"If you don't want to ruin the Li family's reputation, you must be smarter. Don't look at things on the surface level," Li Lanfeng shouted. Li Yingjie got a shock.

The two people glared at each other. Ling Lan rubbed her eyebrows and said indifferently, "Why don't you all sit down and talk."

Li Yingjie heard what Boss Lan said and sat down angrily.

"Lanfeng, speak nicely to Li Yingjie." Ling Lan persuaded Li Lanfeng.

Li Lanfeng smiled apologetically. "I'm sorry. I was too impulsive. I will tell you all what I found and you all can add on if I miss out anything."

Li Lanfeng calmed down and went through his thoughts. After a while, he said, "When the three ladies came to find us, they didn't make any sound. Only people with physical skills level 6 foundations can do this. Hence, they learned how to soften their footsteps before…"

Qi Long, Zhao Jun, and Lin Zhong-qing nodded. They realized this too. Li Yingjie's face turned red as he didn't notice this.

He did realize that the three ladies had physical skill. However, their level was too low so he put down his guard as he felt that they were not a threat to him. Hence, he missed these little details.

"When I ask for their hands to palm-read, I noticed some calluses on their right palm. The skin between the forefinger and middle finger, on the middle finger tip, the area between the thumb and forefinger, were rough. It had been softened using special means but if you feel it carefully, you can still feel its roughness," Li Lanfeng continued.

"Of course, according to what they said, doing housework can make one's hand rough too. However, doing housework alone would not allow anyone to get calluses between the middle and forefinger."

"Gun training." Li Yingjie understood what Li Lanfeng meant.

"Yes. This is one possibility. Calluses would only form after years and years of practice. The only people that needed to undergo such massive gun training are either snipers or assassins." Li Lanfeng said his analysis. "However, military snipers are rarely females. This is because females are naturally not as calm as a male. There is no way that three female snipers would appear at the same time. Hence, they can only be assassins!"

"Assassins." Li Yingjie shouted the word at the same time as Li Lanfeng.

"When I was fooling around with them, I touched their waist. Their waist was much softer than a normal female's waist. This meant that they learned skills such as jiu jitsu before. From the way they winked, I could tell that they had many experiences with men…" Li Lanfeng told them everything that he observed.

Li Yingjie got an inspiration. "Are you saying that they kill people on bed?"

Li Lanfeng nodded. "In order to make their targets lower their guards, the three ladies have weak physical skills. No one would feel that they are a threat. However, their weapon is not their physical skills nor their gun skills. It is a miniature knife on hidden on their body."

Li Lanfeng reached out his right hand. There were four glass balls between his fingers. He closed his hand. When he opened them again, only one glass ball remained between his fore and middle finger. The ball moved smoothly around his hand as he moved his fingers. "They must have practised meticulously in order to use this miniature knife. That is why there are calluses between their fore and middle fingers."

Li Yingjie suddenly remembered that Ling Lan used to play with a glass ball when they were still in the Scout Academy. Li Lanfeng had a glass ball too? And he knew how to play with it too?

Li Yingjie looked at Ling Lan with sad eyes. Why didn't he teach him this skill? They were from the same Scout Academy. Why did Ling Lan teach Li Lanfeng, whom he met in the military academy, but not teach him? Li Yingjie felt hurt.

Li Lanfeng ignored Li Yingjie's feelings and continued, "They must have targeted Li Yingjie because they want to get onto the third floor. The person that we are protecting is on the third floor. I feel that their real target is the person we are protecting. Li Yingjie is just a stepping stone."

Li Yingjie snorted. He felt that he could finally vent some anger out. "Weird. Are you saying that they will get close to the princess and lured the princess to their bed and kill her? There is something wrong with your analysis." How could they kill the princess with such weak physical skills? If he remembered correctly, the princess had reached the peak of refinement. It was rare for a female to reach the peak of refinement so the princess was quite powerful.

"I said that their target is the princess but I didn't say that they would be the ones who kills her," Li Lanfeng answered calmly.

"What do you mean?" Li Yingjie asked.

"They will probably find the bodyguards of the princess so that they could get some information from them. They will then pass these information to their leader and their leader will send other stronger assassins to assassinate the princess."

Li Lanfeng added, "Of course, there is also another possibility that they want to use the people around the princess to get close to the princess. After all, they have more than one skill. They can kill the princess with a gun too."

Li Yingjie had nothing to refute. He sat quietly at the side of the room.

"However, we were almost targeted. Even Li Yingjie's merciless rejection couldn't hinder them. If the aunties didn't help, I will not know what to do with those three ladies too."

Li Lanfeng smiled bitterly. He got what he wanted but the three ladies almost managed to get what they wanted too. At first, he hoped that Li Yingjie's haughty personality would scare the three ladies away. However, he underestimated how shameless and unscrupulous the assassins were.

Chapter 620: Impending Danger!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Li Lanfeng finished speaking and looked at Ling Lan. He was nervous. He didn't know if he did the right things just now. Did he cause more trouble for them?

Li Lanfeng felt that he was in a parent teacher meeting. He hoped to gain the approval of Ling Lan but he was afraid that he would be criticized due to a mistake.

Ling Lan nodded. "Lanfeng's observation is very detailed. The situation is just like what he mentioned."

Li Yingjie agreed with what Li Lanfeng said. However, he still had a question. "Will the three ladies give up on us?" He glared at Li Lanfeng. He wanted him to solve the issue that he caused.

"Actually, even if Lanfeng didn't welcome them, they would still pester us in order to get what they wanted. They will only stop if they find a new target." Ling Lan told them the truth.

"Also, innocent young boys who just started interacting with women will not be able to reject ladies that proactively tries to seduce them." Ling Lan pondered for a moment. Since they couldn't reject them blatantly, they needed to seek help from the aunties.

Ling Lan didn't have the confidence in Li Yingjie. She was afraid that he would be unable to resist lashing out one day and fight the ladies. As a member of an elite family, it was reasonable for Li Yingjie to reject the ladies. However, as a young master of a wealthy citizen family, for him to reject the ladies blatantly…

Unless Li Yingjie had someone he liked, if not, no man would reject the seduction from a lady. Of course, he could be a gay too.

Ling Lan slapped her head to remove the dirty thoughts that she was having. She must be influenced by Little Four.

Everyone got a shock when they saw their boss slapping her head.

"Boss, what happened?" Lin Zhong-qing asked her quickly.

"Nothing. I just thought of a way out of trouble," Ling Lan put her hand down and replied calmly.

Li Lanfeng looked at her. He wanted to say something but decided against it.

Ling Lan turned his head and looked at Zhao Jun. "Zhao Jun, what have you observed?"

Zhao Jun touched his chin. "In the dance party, there were at least five different groups of people had their eyes on us."

"Three of them were the battle teams that took part in this mission with us." Qi Long continued for him.

"One of the groups was at the corner to our left. The other group was directly opposite of us. I don't know what factions they belong to and don't know if they have any relationship with the people we met in the dining hall. However, they just noticed us and didn't seem interested in us." Zhao Jun felt that these two groups were just reviewing all the customers on the ship and had no other intentions towards them.

"The princess didn't appear so the Whirlwind Battle Team and the Brave Warriors Battle Team didn't appear as well," Lin Zhong-qing added.

Ling Lan nodded slowly. That was what she observed too.

Li Yingjie saw people around him gaining the approval from Ling Lan. Only he didn't have any observation to report. He felt depressed. He realized that he was the weakest among the six of them in terms of disguise, observation, and crisis management.

There was nothing much to say about his boss. If he didn't know that this was the frightening Boss Lan, he would be fool by him too and would think that he was just a timid pretty boy who was harmless and needed protection from other people.

What was scarier was, even though he knew that Boss Lan was pretending, he still wanted to take care of him.

Li Yingjie was careless but not stupid. He didn't like how the three ladies looked at Ling Lan so when Li Lanfeng shifted their attention to him, he just listened and played along.

Zhao Jun and Qi Long looked more crude than him so when they entered the Feiyang Ship at the start, he thought that they would make the most mistakes.

But, from the looks of it, they performed better than him. One seemed to be a humble young boy and the other looked simple-minded but with a strong body. Anyone would let down their guards in front of them.

What angered him the most was, these two people who looked rough and simple-minded actually managed to observe and analyze what was happening around them.

Li Lanfeng was a careful and detailed person. He managed to find out the background of the three ladies easily. His friendly nature also allowed him to communicate and befriend everyone.

Lin Zhong-qing acted well as a cautious sidekick. He was low-key and harmless. He had better observation skills too…

All in all, Li Yingjie was heavily impacted by this mission. He started to feel that he was useless. His arrogance dwindled. He suspected whether he was as strong as he thought he was.

"Li Yingjie?" Li Yingjie heard Ling Lan suddenly called him and got a shock. He was in a state of self-doubt just now. If Ling Lan didn't call him, the consequences might be terrible. He looked at Ling Lan gratefully.

Ling Lan didn't know why Li Yingjie looked at her that way but she didn't have the interest to ask about it so she ordered, "Li Yingjie, I have a mission for you."

"Yes, boss!" Li Yingjie stood up instantly. The other four people were surprised at his obedience. Li Yingjie seemed to be forced everytime Ling Lan would give him a mission but everyone knew that he loved it in his heart.

"Form a good relationship with the aunties. You must make sure that they prevent the three ladies from pestering us." Ling Lan didn't want to spend time and effort scheming against the three ladies. Although she could find the mastermind behind them if she interacted with them, it had nothing to do with her.

Their mission was to protect the princess and make sure that she reached her destination safely. They were not here to find the mastermind of the assassins. Ling Lan believed in achieving a balance between resting and working. When she could rest, she would not work. Hence, she was not interested in doing things that were hard, tiring, and had no benefits.

She wanted to find her enemies so that she wouldn't be caught off guard.

In the Huaxia Federation, the Feiyang Ship met no obstacles. It was a smooth journey. Ling Lan and her friends became real tourists and had lots of fun with the aunties. The six boys left a good impression on the rest of their group when they tirelessly helped their tour group members to carry things. The aunties and their husbands treated the six boys like their own children so they discriminated against the three ladies even more.

The three ladies were unable to find any chance of getting close to the six young man so they had no choice but to change their targets. On the next stop, they finally found their new targets among the passengers that boarded the ship. Ling Lan and her friends were left alone.

After a few days of interaction, the six people from Lingtian Battle Team became a real member of the Shun Feng tour group. Sometimes, Ling Lan and her friends felt that they were really just tourists who came to tour the interstellar space.

An extravagant spaceship flew among the stars.

Ling Lan and her friends were currently in the dining hall. They looked at the big screen in the hall which was showcasing their current location.

They had been on the Feiyang Ship for 13 days. On the 6th day, the ship left the territory of the Huaxia Federation. Luckily, the three countries after that were in an alliance with Huaxia Federation so the journey was smooth.

However, Ling Lan knew that the peaceful days were over. They would be passing by a few neutral countries for the rest of their journey. Although these countries appeared to be neutral, they had actually formed an alliance with the enemies of the Federation.

Based on the information she had gathered, the news that the princess was on the ship had been leaked. If not, there would not be so many uninvited guests. Within these 13 days, they passed by four countries. Some passengers left and new passengers came onboard the ship. There were suspicious people among the new passengers too.

Ling Lan didn't know who was here to protect the princess and who was here to kill the princess. Who wanted to sit back and watch the fight? Who wanted to take action as fast as possible?

Feiyang Ship was passing by Yagulin now. As the image of the country appeared on the screen, everyone sighed. The country was not in a good state.

Yagulin was a country with many planets. However, due to the unequal distribution of resources within the country, civil wars would occur all the time. The image on the screen showcased the armies within Yagulin attacking each other.

"I didn't expect them to use intergalactic battleships to attack planets. That is not fair," A tourist said angrily.

In the peace joint declaration of humans, intergalactic battleships could only be used in planetary sector wars. One attack from an intergalactic battleship was powerful enough to wipe out a whole district. No one would be able to survive the attack.

"I didn't think that the situation in Yagulin was so bad." Some tourists sighed.

The tourist thought that the civil war within Yagulin had nothing to do with them. They didn't know that soon, they would almost be implicated.

A broken military ship slowly moved in the air. Only the front half of the ship was left. Luckily, the engine was located at the front part of the ship so it could still move. The ship managed to reach a planetary sector that was quite safe.

"Ji Lanluo, the oxygen system is malfunctioning." One of the soldiers on the ship gave a hopeless look. "We are going to die soon. I want to go home. I want to go home." Under the shadow of death, he broke down and cried.

The officer that was making commands in the control room rushed out and grabbed the soldier. He gave him a hard slap on the face.

Chapter 621: Rescue!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

"What are you crying for? We are not dead yet." The officer threw the soldier onto the ground.

"Check and see how long the oxygen can last," The officer calmed down and ordered another soldier.

The soldier was shocked by the violent treatment from the officer and froze on the spot. Another soldier immediately helped to reply. "Base on positive circumstances, there is only 1.5 hours left."

"Have you calculated the number of survivors?" The officer rubbed his face forcefully.

"There are 421 survivors. They are in the two starships at the front of the military vessel."

The smallest military vessel had 2000 people. For a middle-sized military vessel like theirs, there should be at least 4500 to 5000 people. Only less than 10% survived.

A few soldiers cried as they remembered their brother-in-arms. They were lucky that their enemies bombed the back of the ship instead of the front. If they did, there would be no survivors at all.

The officer's expression was complicated. He waved to his confidant and whispered into his ears. The confidant turned pale. He whispered back. In the end, under the threatening glare of the officer, he nodded his head stiffly.

The officer patted his shoulder. Then, he turned to the other soldiers in the control room and said, "Send the distress signal."

This sentence sparked hope in the frantic soldiers. The distress signal was sent out but in the vast galaxy, it was difficult to find an interstellar cruise that would pass by them.

Time passed slowly. One hour passed by. Nothing was spotted on the radar. Everyone turned hopeless. They might die here and become a speck of dust in the vast galaxy.

When the officer saw that there was only 30 minutes of oxygen supply left, a malicious intent appeared in his eyes. He nodded at his confidant.

His confidant swallowed his saliva when he saw his superior looking at him. His heart pounded furiously and his hand started shivering.

If he had a choice, he didn't want to do this. However, it was a command by his superior. He must listen to him.

He looked at the 400 soldiers on the screen with his bloodshot eyes. He closed his eyes and pulled the lever. The oxygen supply to these soldiers were cut off.

Very soon, someone realized the change in the control room. One of the soldiers exclaimed in excitement. "There is an abundance of oxygen in the control room." He saw the oxygen supply increased from 30 minutes to more than 10 hours."

The other soldiers in the control room saw hope again. "Did the oxygen system start functioning properly again? This is good!" Some soldiers even cried uncontrollably. They were unable to handle the sudden surprise.

One of the soldiers wanted to send this good news to his friends in the starship. He changed the screen in front of him. However, all he saw were people gasping for air and falling to the ground in pain. Some rushed towards the door of the control room and tried to force the door opened.

This scene caused him to jump. He shouted in fear, "Senior officer, the starship…"

"Boom!" A punch landed on his stomach. He fell to the ground in pain. He could no longer continue his sentence.

"Ai'er Beili, cut off all images to save power," The officer stood beside the soldier that was lying on the ground and ordered his confidant in a cold voice.

"Yes." "Ai'er Beili immediately shut off all the screens.

The soldiers in the control room looked at their officer with different expressions. Some had fear in their eyes while others looked lost. Some understood what their officer wanted to do. However, no one dared to say anything.

"We need to live. No matter what crimes we have committed, we must live for the sake of the 4867 soldiers on the Aoluo Ship," The officer said in a cold and vicious tone.

A few seconds later, one of the soldiers shouted, "I will follow Captain Ao Duo'er."

The other soldiers regained their senses and shouted, "We will follow Captain Ao Duo'er."

Captain Ao Duo'er revealed a satisfied smile. He looked at Ai'er Beili. Ai'er Beili glanced at the soldier that was lying on the ground in pain. He reminded the Captain Ao Duo'er, "Captain, Luo Mo was just agitated. He didn't mean to offend you. Please forgive him this time."

The captain looked at Luo Mo and smirked. He waved his hand to ask Ai'er Beili to bring him away.

Ai'er Beili instantly went up and held Luo Mo up. He brought Luo Mo to the restroom which was beside the control room. He sighed and said, "Luo Mo, this is a lesson for you. Remember to control your temper next time. The captain hates people who screams and shouts."

Luo Mo raised his eyes. They were bloodshot. He begged Ai'er Beili. "Major Ai'er Beili, you must save them. Please save them!"

Ai'er Beili looked surprised. "Luo Mo, what happened?"

"There is no more oxygen in the starship. It must be the captain. If not, there would not be so much oxygen in the control room. The captain sacrifice his 400 comrades in order to survive. He is a criminal."

Ai'er Beili got a shock. Luo Mo grabbed his hand. "Major, only you can save them. Stop the captain. Please stop the captain."

"But, if the captain survive, you survive too. Are you going to give up this chance to survive?"

Luo Mo was firm. "If my life is built on the death of 400 brother-in-arms, I rather die with them. At least I will not feel remorse…"

Ai'er Beili patted Luo Mo's shoulder in satisfaction. "Luo Mo, you are indeed a strong warrior of Yagulin. I am proud of you."

Luo Mo shook his head furiously. "No. I am just doing what I…" He suddenly grabbed the hand that was strangling him. However, Ai'er Beili was at the peak of refinement. As a soldier that just advanced to manifestation, he was not Ai'er Beili's match at all.

Luo Mo got weaker. In the end, he stopped struggling. Ai'er Beili looked at the dead Luo Mo and snorted, "I didn't want to kill you but you seek your own death. Even if I want to, no one in the control room will want to share they oxygen with other people. Little brat, before you reincarnate, remember that the most important thing is your own life."

Ai'er Beili carried Luo Mo's corpse and walked to the rubbish processing equipment. He threw Luo Mo into the equipment. Very soon, after the equipment processed the corpse, Luo Mo would became rubbish in the galaxy.

Ai'er Beili went back to the control room. The captain looked at him. Ai'er Beili nodded. They quickly shifted their gaze away.

The control room was silent. All the operation soldiers were looking for signs of life around them. They all knew that they elongated their life from half an hour to more than ten hours. If no starships or cruise ships pass by this area within the next ten hours, they would still die.

Twenty minutes passed. A soldier suddenly shouted in excitement, "We received a foreign signal source a moment ago."

Everyone in the control room cheered when they heard this news. The captain's eyes lit up, He immediately said, "Increase the range and search for the source of the signal. Send out a distress signal every 10 seconds."

"Yes, captain!" Everyone started working.

On the Feiyang Ship.

"Captain, we received a foreign signal source." One of the surveillance personnel immediately reported to his superior.

"I understand. Try to see what it says." His superior gave him a reply quickly.

"Yes," The surveillance personnel replied.

"Also, don't call me captain. Call me leader. Remember that." His superior added on. They were on a cruise ship now. They shouldn't be using military terms.

"Ah! I understand!" The personnel was enlightened. He muttered the word 'leader' to himself a few times. He must remember this. He didn't want to get punished when he went back.

To make up for his mistake, he worked harder and finally managed to decode the signal. "Ca… Leader, it is a distress signal."

His leader tensed up and asked hurriedly, "Where is the location?"

If no military vessels or cruise ships passed by, the ships in distress rarely got saved. Hence, all the countries came up with a joint declaration that no matter which country they were from, whether they were military vessels or cruise ships, once they received a distress signal in the galaxy, they must save the ship.

"I am still searching." The personnel said dejectedly. The signal source was too faint so he was unable to trace its location quickly.

As time went by, the signal got stronger. This meant that the location where the signal was coming from was in front of the cruise ship. The cruise ship didn't need to go off its assigned path.

"The location is confirmed. The assigned number of the signal is decoded too. It is a starship from Yagulin."

This news was passed on to the captain of the Feiyang Ship. In the captain's room, two people sat opposite each other with a recreation game placed on the coffee table in front of them. It was a game with a long history——Chinese Chess.

The energetic man who was around 40 years old moved his 'Pao' on the chessboard and said, "Let me see where you will move your 'Che'." He was the general manager of the Feiyang Ship.

Another 40 year old man was sitting opposite him. This man looked more fierce. He was the captain of the ship. The general manager saw that the captain was pondering so he asked casually, "Are we really going to save the Yagulin's starship?"

"Do we have a choice? The human race made a joint declaration on this. If someone found out that we ignored their distress signal, Huaxia will be condemned."

"If you don't want to save them, no one would know." The general manager shook his head. He had worked with the captain for a long time and knew him well. "Tell me, what plans do you have?"

The captain shrugged. "What plans can I have?" He took his 'Xiang' off the chessboard and blocked the opponent's 'Pao'.

The general manager's focus was brought back into the game. He touched his chess piece and thought about something.

"You want to fish in troubled waters?" The general manager seemed to understand what the captain wanted to do. He frowned. "The commander wanted us to help the six battle teams. If you do this, you are creating trouble for them."

The captain smiled. "You are thinking too much. Those six battle teams might have to thank me instead. I gave them an opportunity to clear some of the suspects away."

He didn't like those unknown factions who take his ship like the backyard of their house.

The manager sighed. He knew that he was going to get busy soon. The captain said it as if it was extremely simple. However, he would have to clear up any mess that the captain make so that everything would go according to plan.

Very soon, the Feiyang Ship found the broken starship and saved the remaining 25 people left in the central control room. When the 25 people from Yagulin boarded the Feiyang Ship, they broke down and cried. They managed to escape from death.

A few of the Yagulin people who knew the truth felt pity towards the 400 soldiers. If they knew that a cruise ship would pass by within half an hour, they would have taken the risk and their brother-in-arms might have survived.

"We have sent people to investigate the forsaken military vessel. There is no information on the ship at all. The people from Yagulin are very cautious. They didn't leave behind any information for us to understand them. They destroyed all their documents." The general manager told the captain about the information he just received. "However, the soldiers in the two starships didn't die from an attack. They died from suffocation. We suspect that the oxygen pipes had malfunctioned."

The captain's hand stopped in mid-air. "Inform the people guarding them to be careful. If they notice anything amiss, don't catch them. Just move away from them.

"What happened?" The captain's order caused an alarm to trigger in the mind of the general manager.

The captain gave a bitter smile. "I might have brought unnecessary trouble to everyone on the ship."

"Huh?" The general manager was stunned. Their captain was not someone who would regret his actions.

"Ask them to investigate the central control room. Was there an abundance of oxygen inside?" The captain reminded him.

The general manager quickly contacted his subordinates. After a while, he answered the captain with a dark face. "They tried their best to repair the optical supercomputer of the military vessel. Although it is not confirmed, the oxygen in the control room could last for more than 8 hours."

One lacked oxygen while the other had ample oxygen. There was definitely something amiss.

Very soon, the staff members on the Feiyang Ship received an order.

"Be aware of the people from Yagulin?" Ling Lan touched her chin as she thought about this message which Little Four obtained by hacking into the optical supercomputer of the Feiyang Ship.

Before she could arrive at any conclusion, the next message that Little Four sent her cleared her doubts. If it was her, she would send out the warning too.

Chapter 622: A Hero Saves the Damsel!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Feiyang ship continued to fly while they contacted the government of Yagulin. When Yagulin government knew that Feiyang ship had saved the Yagulin troopers who managed to stay alive, they were instantly grateful to Feiyang ship's staffs. The two parties agreed to meet up at Yagulin's Planet Mona sector. Yagulin will be sending a military warship to bring the twenty-five survivors back home.

Of course after doing such a favour to Yagulin, the Feiyang ship was given a promise by the government of Yagulin. In the future, Feiyang ship would receive protective services from the Yagulin military whenever it flies past the Yagulin's sector. It could be predicted that as long as there was no change in the power structure within Yagulin's government, the Feiyang Ship would be able to move about smoothly within Yagulin's sector.

In about 18 more hours, Feiyang would be able to arrive to the sector where Planet Mona was located. The entire ship seemed very quiet. More than 90% of the passengers and crew members were in deep sleep. Although there wasn't much difference in terms of night and day, everyone still moved about and rested through their habits based on their biological clocks.

In between the third and fourth floor, a storage room was temporarily cleared out. Yagulin's twenty-five survivors were staying in this room.

Ai'er Beili suddenly held onto his stomach. He looked nauseated, with drops of cold sweat running down his forehead. Very quickly, his mouth began to foam and he fell to the floor. The captain's expression instantly changed. He immediately slammed on the door and yelled, "Help, help!"

The door was quickly opened. The two staff members who were guarding the door saw the scene inside and instantly turned pale. One of them immediately darted into the room and placed his hand on Ai'er Beili's neck.

"Little He, I'll take him to get medical help immediately." The person that spoke lifted up Ai'er Beili and walked out of the room.

The door was closed once again. After around 3 minutes later, the captain suddenly bent his body with a painful expression on his face. People beside him quickly supported his body and said with panic in their voices, "Captain, what's wrong?"

The captain pointed towards the door while he was in agony. Everyone understood and the person closest to the door slammed the door again.

The door was opened once again. There was only one staff member now as the other one who took Ai'er Beili had not returned yet.

"Our captain is in trouble. Please help him," the troopers screamed. The staff member suddenly didn't know what to do.

"Help… me… please…" the captain said while in pain.

The staff member hesitated for a second then connected to his superiors, "Leader, they have people here consecutively needing emergency medical attention. Elder Brother Yao had already taken one person and now only I'm left. What should I do?"

"Take the person who needs emergency medical attention to the treatment room first. I will send some people down there immediately." the team leader knew the urgency of the situation and gave an order.

"Yes leader."

The staff member motioned to the troopers from Yagulin to hand their captain to him then he locked the door.

The storage room returned to peace and quiet once again. After a while, one trooper was worried and asked, "Do you guys think the captain and that staff officer will be in trouble?"

Everyone was silent. After a short while, a voice rang, "They'll be fine," said one trooper whose expression was optimistic but dark. It was as though he sneered with a hint of arrogance.

Little He took the captain into the elevator. The treatment room was on the first floor. Right when he got to the second floor and was about to keep going down, Little He saw that the door that was originally closed on the second floor was now open.

He hesitated for a second. Right when he wanted to go out and take a look, the captain suddenly coughed severely. There was actually a little bit of blood trickling down the side of his lips. Seeing this, Little He was becoming more concerned. If something actually happened to this captain, they wouldn't be able to give Yagulin a good excuse. Thus, he stopped himself from wanting to take a look at the second floor and continued to bring the captain down the elevator…

On the second floor, Ling Lan and her team were in their room. Ling Lan, who had her eyes closed this entire time, suddenly opened her eyes and sat up silently.

Ling Lan's movement surprised everyone else. Qi Long, Zhao Jun and Li Lanfeng all sat up at the same time. Li Yingjie and Lin Zhong-qing was only slower by a second.

"What's wrong Boss?" Qi Long asked softly.

Ling Lan thought for a second and laid back down, "Nothing, just go to sleep. When we wake up, the show will start."

Qi Long and the others looked at each other. None of them knew what Ling Lan was going on about. However, they knew that if Ling Lan didn't want to say it, they wouldn't be able to force it out of her no matter how hard they tried. Thus they all laid back down, but they no longer wanted to sleep.

For Ling Lan, although she wasn't out of her room, the situation on the outside was being broadcasted to her by Little Four. It was all within her control.

Li Lanfeng glanced at Ling Lan with a thought provoking expression. He then laid back down and not long after, he actually fell asleep…

"You pig!" Li Yingjie looked down on Li Lanfeng for being in such deep sleep. Qi Long and Zhao Jun both laughed as though they had understood something. Soon, they also relaxed and actually went to sleep.

"Sh*t, they actually all fell asleep. Are they not even the least bit curious of what Boss Lan meant by the 'show will start'?" Li Yingjie thought to himself in dismay.

"Just go to sleep. Boss said that we'll know when we wake up. That means there's still some time before it happens. Since that's the case, we should use this time to rest up to be able to better handle the situation…" Lin Zhong-qing who was sleeping on the top bunk with Li Yingjie on the bottom bunk yawned and said. After not even three seconds, Li Yingjie could tell that Lin Zhong-qing had fallen asleep as well.

"All a bunch of pigs!" Li Yingjie felt depressed. His head was filled with the 'show' Boss Lan had mentioned. How could he fall asleep?

After around three hours, Feiyang's emergency alarm suddenly rang and instantly woke everyone who were asleep.

The five of them instantly opened their eyes and sat straight up.

"The show has started?" Qi Long said with excitement in his eyes.

Li Lanfeng picked up the jacket he had hanging on the side and began putting it on. Zhao Jun jumped down from the top bunk, put on his pants then finished suiting up.

After around two to three seconds, everyone had already put on their clothes and looked to be full of energy. Only Li Yingjie opened his reddened eyes and looked as though his entire body was going to wither and die.

Ling Lan was the slowest. She was getting ready to put on a relaxing jacket. Before she put it on, she glanced at the others coldly. She then pulled out half of her shirt to have it appeared outside of the jacket. Everyone else instantly had a realization and immediately made themselves look as though they scrambled to get dressed. After hearing a sudden alarm, these guys were actually able to make themselves look spiffy in such a short amount of time. It was clear that this was something normal students wouldn't be able to do.

Not long after, a person appeared on the screens in all of the passenger's room…

"I'll give you all five minutes. If you people don't gather on the 4th floor ballroom within five minutes, Feiyang ship will go 'bang' becoming space debris in this sector. And you lot will stay here forever just like the ship," Ai'er Beili said with a huge smile through the screens.

At the same time, all the doors of each room were opened…

However, many people did not step out. No one knew what awaited them if they left their rooms. At the same time, there weren't any people outside of their rooms forcing them to leave. They of course would not want to leave.

"Oh my. Looks like my words were not taken seriously. What should I do?" Ai'er Beili's expression became frustrated. He suddenly remembered something then smiled once again, "I put a little something on the second floor. Since no one believes me, I'll just let this little something to introduce itself to everyone."

Right after, an explosion erupted causing the entire ship to shake uncontrollably. Thick smoke and fire began to spread through the second floor. All the lights on the second floor instantly stopped working.

Feiyang's self protection system had activated. The sprinklers automatically sprayed out water and the backup lights were turned on. Even though it wasn't completely dark, the entire second floor was filled with thick smoke. All the passengers began screaming and yelling.

At that moment, Ai'er Beili's expression suddenly changed again, no longer smiling, "That was only to greet everyone. If you lot keep taking your precious time coming out, I won't give you all a second chance."

The second floor were mostly regular passengers who were all terrified. Everyone darted out of their rooms in terror and went for the fourth floor.

In the control room, Feiyang's captain's complexion was pale. He looked at the person sitting in front of him and said, "You people must have gone mad. You actually set up such a terrifying explosive on a cruise ship."

The other captain, who was originally supposed to be in the treatment room, shook his head, "No, no, no, that was only a way to make sure you all listen to our demands. If they had listened to us at the very start, we wouldn't have detonated it. You should know that TNT is really difficult to acquire. I also felt really bad for wasting so much just like that."

The expression of the captain of the ship looked grim. He didn't think that these people actually boarded with an explosive weapon used thousands of years ago. As luck would have it, only this type of weapon was impossible to be detected by modern technology. What was more terrifying was that someone was willing to put his life on the line and had something as terrifying as explosives in his luggage disguised as cigarettes and hide it inside the cigarette box.

Not only that, these people also actually had an imperial level hacker hidden among them… This caused the captain of the ship to have a hole in his plan. The situation was now beyond his control.

On the third floor, Senior Colonel Meng Shangyuan saw what was happening and frowned, "Trouble!".

"Captain, what should we do?" his team members saw him frown and all looked towards him.

"Let's go to the fourth floor first and make our move once we have the chance." They were part of an intergalactic adventure group. Faced with a situation like this, it would be wrong if they didn't make a move unless they weren't confident and couldn't help but let the situation play out.

The 1st Division's Senior Colonel's Iron Curtain Battle Team wasn't the only one who wanted to make a move. The 13th Division's Lieutenant Colonel Kang Jiayan's Startup Battle Team (also part of the intergalactic adventure group) and the 17th Division's Lieutenant Colonel Wang Anzhong's Immortal Battle Team (part of the intergalactic smuggling ring) were also preparing to make a move.

"Your majesty, what should we do?" Inside the quarters of the princess, the 3rd Division's Senior Colonel Mu Youyun's Whirlwind Battle Team (part of the princess's royal guard) along with the 9th Division's Lieutenant Colonel Qian Jialin's Brave Warriors Battle Team (part of the servants and chamberlains of the princess) had both arrived next to the princess.

Prince Gulibaduo calmly looked towards Senior Colonel Mu Youyun. "Please help me Mr. Mu." In order to avoid exposing them, Princess Gulibaduo call the two captains by their surnames.

Mu Youyun calmly replied, "We will see how the situation unfolds. If it does not threaten our safety, then I suggest we just watch how it unfolds." Making moves blindly was not an option. Additionally, there were too many unknown powers among them, Mu Youyun didn't know whether this incident was aimed to the princess. It was never wrong to observe first before making a move.

Qian Jialin was in agreement with Mu Youyun's suggestion. Princess Gulibaduo saw that both captains had the same thoughts and understood. She then took everyone towards the fourth floor.

The people who had already arrived on the fourth floor were ordered to put their hands behind their heads. Almost no one dared to do anything to resist because of the threat of an explosion.

The people on the fourth floor were not limited to Feiyang's passengers. A portion of the survivors from Yagulin, who were originally watched by the guards, were also on the fourth floor. Under their captain's orders, they began to watch over these passengers that had gathered up. There were a few who went to check the second and third floor to see if any passengers were trying to escape.

As for Feiyang's staff members and guards, they were stuck on the first floor. Feiyang's mainframe had already fallen under the control of these hijackers. They closed off important passages and tunnels which made the staff members and guards unable to move up to try and control the situation. This was why Yagulin managed to take control of the ship with only a small number of people.

Ling Lan saw this and realized that these survivors from Yagulin were preparing to take them as hostages in order to negotiate with the Feiyang's captain. Once the Feiyang's captain had given up, the hijackers would then talk about a ransom with Yagulin. In short, Ling Lan and the others needed to keep up their roles as hostages until the very end. If Yagulin was to agree to the hijackers' demands, it would be possible for them to escape. If they didn't agree to their demands then maybe everyone will become sacrifices for this incident…

Ling Lan still decided to watch from the side. The only reason she was so daring was because she could still diffuse the situation. Also, she did indeed want to know how many were on Feiyang who took an interest in the princess.

With a decision in mind, Ling Lan squeezed into her tourist group a bit more and pretended to be terrified. Her behavior made a few mothers in the group had expressions of worry. The mothers moved aside a bit and hid Ling Lan and her team behind them. Some people were softly comforting Ling Lan's group. They were afraid that they were too terrified and would do something impulsive which in turn could cause something bad to occur.

On the bridge of the ship, the captain of Feiyang said depressingly, "What do you people want us to do if you made the passengers gather up together?" In order to be sure of his passengers' safety, he had no choice but to agree to their demands.

"Cooperate with us. We don't want to go to Yagulin, we need to go to Duokaba." the leader of the hijackers gave his demand.

"That's not possible. Duokaba is not on the course of our flight," the captain of Feiyang denied immediately.

"Then let's see who can keep this up longer," the leader of the hijackers said nonchalantly.

The captain of the ship squirmed worriedly and his finger randomly tap on his table. The leader of the hijackers sneered as he saw that the captain was panicking. As expected of a captain of a cruise ship. These captains that used their family connections to acquire these positions were all useless.

On the screen of the ballroom on the fourth floor, Ai'er Beili was smiling at the crowd of people who had bent down with their hands on their heads, "Very good. I like children who listens. As long as Feiyang's captain satisfies our demands, we promise we won't harm any of you one bit."

These words made many regular passengers had hope in their eyes, but those from the third floor showed expressions of disdain. Those words could only fool the common folk. No one knew what these crazy terrorists could end up doing. This was also why the people from the third floor were waiting, otherwise with their capabilities and power, they wouldn't cooperate with the terrorists.

Right at that moment, a bookworm-like young man suddenly raised his head and asked, "Are you guys planning on changing the course of the flight?"

Ai'er Beili looked towards the direction of the hostages in surprise, "Looks like there aren't only just dumb people among you."

"Feiyang won't allow that." The young man shook his head and said.

"What do you mean?" Ai'er Beili asked while smiling.

"If they agree, you all will be less likely to live," responded the young man in a calm manner.

"We are not that easily killed," said Ai'er Beili as he shook his head. "We are soldiers."

"No, you people are executioners," said the young man with disdain. "In order to acquire power, you lot repressed citizens who opposed you. In what way are you people worthy to be called soldiers?"

Ai'er Beili frowned. His smile had disappeared and what showed was bloodthirstiness and killing intent, "Kid, something shouldn't be said…"

"Isn't that right though?" the young man raised his head with pride. "You think controlling Feiyang will let you do whatever you want?"

Right when Ai'er Beili wanted to respond, his expression suddenly changed. Then the video on the big screen became blurry.

"Little Four?" Ling Lan asked Little Four.

"It's the imperial level hacker making a move," responded Little Four. "Of course to be able to have an effect this quickly was because I silently helped them."

"Do you know who it is?" Ling Lan asked.

"I know. It's this person." Little Four took a screenshot of the ballroom and enhanced it for Ling Lan to see. Ling Lan then discovered that the person in question had his eyes closed and those around him were cleverly surrounding him. This cut off everyone's line of sight from seeing him. If Little Four didn't survey the ballroom from every corner possible with zero blind spots, it was possible that Ling Lan would also be fooled.

"A passenger from the third floor. The data indicates that he's called Luo Chengwen. He is the second son-in-law of the Federation's Yun family who owns franchises of various malls." Little Four showed all of the information about them within these past few years. The mountain of papers almost buried Ling Lan at the bottom.

"Little Four!" Ling Lan glared at him coldly.

"Alright, only this one is useful." Little Four shuddered and immediately took back the mountain of papers. In the end, he left only one piece and gave it to Ling Lan.

"Yun family…" This family was a small family in the Federation. They had some power but were not significant. Why would an imperial level hacker hide within such a small family? Ling Lan didn't believe the data that said he joined the family because of true love.

"Who was the young man that was bold and reckless just now?" Ling Lan continued to ask.

"The Yun family's first generation's seventh son. Self-proclaimed, the Second Sherlock Holmes, Yun Feiyang," replied Little Four.

"Could it be that Yun Feiyang knows that Luo Chengwen is a hacker?"

"He knows. He just doesn't know the real level of the hacker. It's possible that everyone in the Yun family don't know about it too." Little Four said without certainty. After all, the Yun family had just fallen into his sights. While being a hurry, Little Four could only see the data on the surface and did not know anything deeper.

"A while back, was the imperial level hacker who attempted to take control of Feiyang's mainframe, him?" Ling Lan asked.

"Yes, without a doubt. He's the only imperial level hacker on the ship. I remembered his scent." Little Four sniffed to show that his nose was very sensitive and could not be mistaken.

Ling Lan rolled her eyes and instantly smacked Little Four's head. Remembered his scent? Little Four actually made himself to a dog?

"Little Four, put the Yun family under full observation and surveillance, especially this Luo Chengwen." Ling Lan made a decision. No matter what the hacker's intent was, Luo Chengwen and the Yun family had been registered under her list of people to be cautious of.

The image on the screen was still blurry. Seeing this, Yun Feiyang suddenly shouted, "This a chance, let's go!"

Many silhouettes suddenly jumped out beside the troopers and instantly struck down the 10 or so troopers down onto the ground.

Although Ling Lan had her head down the entire time, she still knew everything that was happening because of Little Four. She knew that three disguised groups in the adventure group and the smuggling group had made their moves. Of course, other people acted as well, including the people Ling Lan had discovered earlier along with a few regular passengers who had some capabilities. This was also because the troopers from Planet Yagulin were too weak, thus giving these regular passengers the courage to fight.

The situation on the fourth floor was temporarily under control, but the real danger hadn't been resolved yet. If the control of Feiyang's mainframe was not taken back, they would still be the enemy's playthings. After all, in deep space, if the passengers wanted to survive, they had to rely on Feiyang ship.

Everyone stood up. After temporarily been given back their freedom, everyone looked at the large screen, waiting for the final result to appear.

Finally after tossing and turning, the large screen returned to its original state. This time the person that appeared on it was no longer Ai'er Beili, but a refined middle-aged man smiling towards everyone.

Yun Feiyang was overjoyed, "We've regained control."

Right after he finished speaking, everyone instantly jumped and cheered. In the crowd, Ling Lan's expression changed a little and immediately held down Qi Long and Zhao Jun who had slow reactions.

At that moment, two people suddenly stood up and two strands of silver light flew out from their hands. The silver light flew towards the princess who also had an expression of joy and terror at the same time.

Yun Feiyang also saw this. His expression changed instantly and he jumped toward the silver lights while shouting, "Quick, dodge!"

One silver light was blocked by Yun Feiyang. He groaned and fell into the crowd. The Yun family's guards panicked and yelled, "Seventh Young Master."

"Ding" Mu Youyun tossed out a coin and shot down the silver light. At that moment everyone could clearly see that the strands of silver light were small knives. One of the knives had a coin stuck onto it.

"Our Seventh Young Master is wounded. Who's a doctor here?" shouted the guard from the Yun family while everyone still hadn't recovered from the surprise of the knives.

The knife had cut through Yun Feiyang's right arm. The wound had blood pouring out and instantly bloodied his sleeve.

Seeing this, Princess Gulibaduo quickly said, "I have medicine for his wounds here." She immediately ordered her servant to take the medicine over. After all, he was wounded because of her. Princess Gulibaduo was very grateful and didn't want him to be hurt.

The medicine was very effective and quickly stopped the bleeding. Yun Feiyang's face was pale but comforted the guard beside him, "I'm alright. If everyone's alright, then that's good enough."

The two assassins were already caught by Mu Youyun's team members. Unfortunately these two were loyalists. Seeing that they had failed, they didn't hesitate to suicide. There wasn't any hope for Mu Youyun to acquire any information from them anymore.

"A hero saving a damsel in distress?" Ling Lan frowned. "Trying to get on the princess's good side? Get close to the princess? Or other plans?"

"It really is troublesome," Ling Lan thought to herself. She discovered that it was now impossible to silently guard the princess and complete the mission.

Yun Feiyang's move made him have the chance to get closer to the princess. However, for someone who Ling Lan did not know whether they were a friend or a foe to have the opportunity to get close to the princess made Ling Lan worried about the princess' safety.