Crossing to the Future, it's Not Easy to Be a Man

Madoga port was the only contact the Lawless Lands had with the other parts of the universe, turning it into the most prosperous place available in the Lawless Lands.

The busiest goods market could also be found here. It sold many contrabands that were banned from all the nations in the universe. These contrabands were smuggled in by unscrupulous merchants who sold to the big local merchants. These local merchants would then transport the goods to the other parts of the Lawless Lands.

Even though it was very prosperous, every corner was fraught with danger. Everyone required a good background to deter small-time thieves from stabbing them in the back while they were shopping, and that was for normal shoppers. If you were just a small merchant that wanted to get rich overnight, the local factions here would devour you whole the moment you landed with your goods. Nothing would be left on you except for your clothes, no… they would even take your clothes away to sell.

The 7th Bugle Call slowly docked onto the port. The news that the 7th Bugle Call was filled with goods soon reached the ears of all the factions at the Madoga port. They started investigating this pirate group that they had never heard of before. They wanted to know who they were.

If they found that there were no powerful factions backing up the 7th Bugle Call, bloodshed would be inevitable.

“Are we being too impatient? Shouldn"t we investigate the strength of the factions here before making such a rash decision?” Luo Yang asked Tian Fang, who was beside him, worriedly while glancing at the two people who were playing chess.

Tian Fang replied with irritation, “How am I supposed to know?”

Ling Lan made sure that when their guests disembarked, they would intentionally see the warehouse full of goods. The moment Tian Fang knew about this, he knew that Boss had something up his sleeve. However, he didn"t know what Ling Lan wanted to do.

Ling Lan maintained a cold look on her face as if she didn"t realise Luo Yang"s worry and puzzlement. Just as she was to place her queen piece down, she lifted her finger lightly at Li Lanfeng"s direction.

Li Lanfeng understood Ling Lan very well so when he saw the finger, he smiled and turned to Luo Yang. He explained, “This is our first time in the Lawless Lands so we normally will need a few months in order to truly understand the different factions and their strength, but now that is a waste of time. Hence, it"s better for us to beat the gra.s.s to frighten the snake. The first snake that comes to find us might not be the strongest but it will be the most suitable working partner.”

Luo Yang nodded thoughtfully but Tian Fang still didn"t understand so he asked, “Why will the first snake be the most suitable? Wouldn"t the most rash and the most impulsive be the most suitable?”

“Captain, you can"t use the mindset of a soldier to judge people here. Anyone that was able to build a notable faction here isn"t simple. After all, this is the most prosperous place in the Lawless Lands. It is the link connecting the Lawless Lands to the outside universe. Do you think the 13 Lords will ignore this place and let those greedy merchants take over?” Li Lanfeng smiled. “On the surface, it looks like this place is controlled by those powerful merchants but the real marionettes of the show are the 13 Lords.”

“Wouldn"t they think that we"re lone travelers without any background? They probably think they could just send people to annihilate us and take over our ship and our goods. Honestly, my ship is more attractive than the goods inside.” Tian Fang felt a little pain in his heart. He took much effort to modify his ship. His majestic and scary-looking ship that was full of weapons was forcefully turned into a shabby and old-looking ship. He almost vomited blood when he first saw it in the warehouse. Fortunately, it was just a disguise. The powerful weapons were all still hidden from the surface. He did feel a little better when he thought about it.

“No.” This time, Li Lanfeng wasn"t the one who replied. It was Luo Yang.

As the strategist of the 7th Bugle Call, Luo Yang recalled everything Ling Lan did on their journey and understood why Ling Lan did what she did after Li Lanfeng gave him a hint.

Tian Fang looked at Luo Yang and waited for his explanation. Luo Yang quickly continued, “Boss used the token of the Rainbow Raiders when we stopped at the other ports.”

“Thus, if the 13 Lords try to investigate us, they will think that we have the Rainbow Raiders behind us.” Tian Fang finally understood. “The Lawless Lands don"t care about the Intergalactic United Nations but they have to mind the mercenary world.”

“This h.e.l.lhole is banned by the Intergalactic United Nations. So, without the people from the mercenary world, who will bring them resources?” Luo Yang smiled, “Thus, before they have the ability to take over the mercenary world, they won"t dare to offend them.”

“And I was still wondering why Boss acted more and more conspicuously as we got nearer to the Lawless Lands. So this was the reason.” Tian Fang understood everything. Ling Lan had started her plan a long time ago. Modifying the 7th Bugle Call was part of her plan too.

“I just want to put things straight once and for all.” Ling Lan"s cold voice sounded at this moment.

Smack! Suddenly, the crisp sound of a chess piece landing was heard. “Thank you.”

Li Lanfeng turned his attention back to the chessboard. When he saw his white king piece being checkmated by a black queen and black rook , he smiled bitterly and said, “I lost.”

He really mustn"t get distracted when he plays chess with Ling Lan. If he just got distracted for just a moment, Ling Lan would immediately checkmate him. However, in the past, Ling Lan wasn"t this aggressive. She wasn"t as calculating as she was before. Before, Ling Lan would calculate all the possible moves and come up with a trap to lure her opponent in, giving them no room to escape before finally checkmating them.

“You think too much when you"re playing chess.” Ling Lan said indifferently, “There are two methods to conquer new lands. The first method is to conquer steadily and safely, acc.u.mulating strength slowly before swallowing everything in a single instant. The second method is to invade forcefully and quickly to secure a position for ourselves. In our case, we don"t have much time. Thus, the first method is unsuitable for us. We can only go with the more risky method.”

Ling Lan lifted her head and a light shone over her face. Her cold face and nonchalant gaze a.s.sured the people in the room that she had everything under her control. Tian Fang even felt like postrating down and praying to Ling Lan.

“The second method is indeed very risky but we have no choice. If we lose, we will lose everything. If we win, we"ll be able to conquer the Lawless Lands.” Ling Lan"s tone was somber. “Now, the first wave of probes is about to come. Call Luo Lang to prepare.”

“Yes.” The three of them stood up and accepted the order.

“We"ve found their ident.i.ty. They"re from the Rainbow Raiders…” This piece of news quickly spread to all the leaders of the various powerful factions.

“It looks like the Rainbow Raiders finally wants a share of the Lawless Lands too.” One of the three kings of the mercenary world couldn"t restrain themselves anymore?

All the factions in the Lawless Lands knew that this would happen eventually so they weren"t too shocked. However, they didn"t expect it to come so soon.

“Here"s the problem. Shall we cooperate with them or kill them?”

This was the question in all the people"s minds. Their decision would affect their future relationship with the mercenary world and the three kings.

“Rainbow Raiders? Are they throwing this bait to see if we"ll take it?” One of the leaders of a faction smiled gently. “Let me see which idiot will act first.”

“Are we going to sit back and watch the show?” The person sitting beside him asked in surprise.

“Yes. Let"s see if they are worthy enough for us to act.” The leader gave a mysterious smile. If they had the ability, he didn"t mind working with them. But, he needed to see if they really had the goods first.

At 10 pm sharp, Madoga port turned dead silent. The locals here immediately went inside their houses and barricade themselves. People in the Lawless Lands would rarely go outside when it was near midnight, as the possibility of getting murdered after midnight increased by 500 times..

Usually, besides the guards on duty at the port, no other living humans could be seen walking on the streets.

However, it was a little different tonight as a bunch of men who looked like they were from an organized drug syndicate, blatantly barged into the port. The guards on duty saw them but they instantly averted their gaze, pretending that they didn"t. They even evaded them.

The guards quickly dashed to the other side of the port. When the group of men disappeared from their sight, the head of the guards, as well as the team members, immediately relaxed.

“Head, is there something wrong with those people just now?” The newest member of the guard"s team didn"t understand why they were so uptight so he asked his head in a low voice.

The head immediately stopped in his tracks. He immediately dug his pocket for a pack of cigarettes and took one out with a trembling hand. His hands only stopped trembling when he placed it in his mouth.

A team member came forward and hurriedly lit up the cigarette.

The head took a deep breath and puffed out a mouthful of smoke. After calming himself, he said, “Little Hu, you are new here so let me teach you your first lesson today. If you want to survive in this port, you must have good eyesight.”

“I understand, head.” Little Hu tilted his head and looked admirably at his head. The head had a good impression of this young man so he continued giving him advice. “Did you see the symbol on their chest?”

Little Hu tried to remember the scene he saw a moment ago. He answered with uncertainty, “Head, do you mean the thing on their chest that looked like some insect?” Those people were walking too far from him so he didn"t see the symbol on their chest clearly. He could only tell that it was in the shape of an insect.

“Yes. It"s a black scorpion.” The head"s expression was gloomy.

“Lord Gen!” Little Hu jumped up in fright.

You might not know anyone in the Lawless Lands but you must have heard of the 13 Lords.

Every lord had his own exclusive symbol. Everyone in the Lawless Lands must remember all their symbols so that they wouldn"t unknowingly offend the 13 Lords. If they one day accidentally offend them, they would die a gruesome death the very next day.

Seven-colored scorpion——Lord Gen.

Four-leaf clover——Lord Kun.

Sun, moon, and star——Lord Qian.

Purple lightning——Lord Zhen.

Whirlpool——Lord Xun.

Rain——Lord Kan.

Human torch——Lord Li.

Pangu"s axe——Lord Dui.

Clown"s smile——Lord Card.

Knight——Lord Yu.

Angel wings——Lord Holy.

Poisonous bat——Lord Ghost.

Medusa——Lord Demon.

A scorpion of any colour belonged to Lord Gen"s faction.

“It seems like someone there must have offended Lord Gen.” One of the team members sighed at the misfortune of the people who incurred Lord Gen"s wrath.

The head shook his head. “That might not be the case.” He remembered the huge starship that docked in their port today. He only glanced at it slightly but just the slight glimpse of what he saw was already enough to tempt him.

If you didn"t have the ability to protect your wealth, don"t expose it. Otherwise, it would be cleaned out the next day.

The head took two deep breaths before throwing the cigarette bud to the floor and stomping it. Then, he said to his members, “Let"s go back immediately. No matter what you hear later, ignore it. You must never go out in the presence of the lords" men.”

Even if they accidentally saw Lord Gen"s subordinates, Lord Gen would order them to be killed based on his way of doing things. Lord Gen would never let someone who knew the ident.i.ty of his subordinates off.

His team members immediately thought of the gruesome fate if they accidentally encountered one of Lord Gen"s subordinates and their bodies immediately tensed up as they replied, “Yes, head.”

They basically dashed to their base. The first thing they did after entering their base was locking the doors behind them. They had already decided that even if the port was burned or destroyed, they would ignore everything and never take a step outside.

There were close to a hundred men from Lord Gen"s face who infiltrated the s.p.a.ceport. They walked to the place where the 7th Bugle Call was docked and looked at its magnificent body. The greed in their eyes immediately showed, thinking as though the ship and the goods on the ship already belonged to them. Now, they just needed to take it back and split it among themselves.

The hunk leading the hundred-men group signalled at the subordinate behind him.

The subordinate hurriedly came forward and pressed his hand on the door of the huge ship in an attempt to decode its pa.s.scode so that they could enter.

Right at this moment, the closed doors suddenly opened by itself.

This unexpected scene gave the crowd a huge scare.

Looking through the opened doors, it was nothing but pitch black darkness, seemingly like a maw of a monster ready to swallow someone whole.

The group waited for a few seconds but they saw no movement coming from the opened doors. Having no idea what to do, they looked at their head in unplanned unison.

The hunk leading them just stared at the door with a serious expression.

After a few more seconds, he sneered. “Since you know that we"re coming, stop hiding. Come out.”

His voice broke the calmness of the darkness they saw, like a pebble dropped into a calm lake. Suddenly, the sound of metal chains dragging across the ground echoed throughout the s.p.a.ceport and pierced through their ears to their brain.

The imminent noise gradually started to grow sharper and sharper.

“Be careful.” Their head suddenly shouted with signs of urgency written across his face.

As his voice left his throat, chains after chains suddenly flew out from the darkness behind the door, aiming towards every man with perfect accuracy.

“Ah…”

“Aiyo!”

“Pu~”

“Clang…”

Some of the evaded metal chains pierced into the solid, hard floor made out of superimposed metal sheets. Those men who were unable to evade in time got directly pierced by the metal chains right through their solar plexus. They struggled to take a breath, but everytime they tried, they started to vehemently cough out blood, and with each cough, the chain wrecked through more parts of their body. They didn"t even have the time to yell in pain before they died with their eyes still wide open.

On the other side, the leader barely sc.r.a.ped away with his life from the deadly accurate chain. Just as his mind was thinking of ways to defeat these chains, the scent of blood immediately filled the air around him, and with only one whiff, his face immediately turned grim. He cursed bitterly in his heart. They hadn"t even seen the outline of their unknown opponent but many of them were already dead.

Their enemy was definitely a formidable opponent. The moment the chains flew out of the door, the leader knew that he must be facing a domain realm master.

But, unluckily for him, all the men he brought were in the Qi-Jin stage. Some had just barely reached the optimal peak of Qi-Jin, half a step away from the domain stage. Yet, their opponent managed to instant-kill so many of them single-handedly.

Clang! Clang! The amplified sound of the chains grating against each other continued to pierce their eardrums. Everyone then realized the chains were criss-crossing against each other, as if it was trapping them in a spider web. They were like the helpless prey of a spider, not knowing when the spider would come out and sink its fang into them.

Far away, a white figure suddenly appeared on top of a tall road lamp. He stood on the lamp lightly and watched the show that was happening near the 7th Bugle Call.

“Looks like Lord Holy is interested in them, Angel Zhi.” A voice suddenly rang beside him.

The white figure turned around and saw a young man dressed in a purple down standing on another road lamp smiling at him.

“Isn"t Lord Zhen the same?” Angel Zhi replied nonchalantly.