704 – Arriving At The Destination
TL : GoldenLung
Lan Xuanyu frowned. “Trade with who? Other pirate crews ?”
“No, no, no. Directly trading with the exchange center is the most convenient, and trading with the pirate crew is also fine, but there might be some trouble. Although the price they offer might be higher than the exchange center’s, they won’t give the money as easily as the exchange center. Also, there might be other kinds of problems. So I suggest selling directly to the exchange center. In this way, the a.s.sessment fee will be directly paid by them. The price may not be the highest, but it is fast and safe.”
Lan Xuanyu’s eyes lit up. Being able to sell directly to the exchange center was indeed a good choice. It was more important for them to save time and effort than to maximize their profits. After all, they still had to focus on completing the mission first and if they could earn some profits at the same time came second. But they couldn’t take too much risk.
“Alright, come with us then for the deal,” Lan Xuanyu said.
“Me? I…” Liu Guiting hesitated.
“What’s wrong?” Lan Xuanyu turned to look at him.
“Lord Head Wing, I am, after all, the vice commander of the Purple Flame Pirates. If I help you with the deal, it would be equivalent to betraying my team. In the world of s.p.a.ce pirates, what’s most looked upon is betrayal. This will make it impossible for me to survive in the world of pirates.”
“Oh?” Lan Xuanyu raised his voice.
Liu Guiting quickly said, “Of course, of course, it’s not impossible. If Lord Head Wing is willing to take me in as a part of the 33 Sky Wings, then there wouldn’t be a problem. After all, we are all your captives. If you’re willing to give your captives a way out, this wouldn’t be considered a betrayal. It would be just a matter of captives becoming your people.”
Qian Lei, who was next to Lan Xuanyu, asked, “Are you afraid of becoming a slave?”
Liu Guichao smiled obsequiously. “If I can be a human, who would be willing to be a slave inferior to a beast! Although I’m a little old, I know our pirate world quite well.” He knew very well what these inexperienced pirates needed the most.
Lan Xuanyu smiled. “You’re a smart person. Finish this transaction first. If you can prove that you’re useful, I will consider it.”
“Yes, yes.” Liu Guiting no longer refused and immediately agreed. He knew that he had already created a condition for himself to live on, and he might even have a chance to live better.
These young pirates were very sharp and had antimatter missiles, so it was very likely that they were supported by some major force. If the young ones were already so powerful, how strong would the support behind them be?
Liu Guiting was indeed very smart; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to live in the pirate world until his current age and still be the vice-captain. What he had to do now was to display his usefulness and even loyalty in the following transaction. Only then could he truly become a part of the 33 Sky Wings.
Lan Xuanyu had his own plans in his heart. If Qian Lei could see through Liu Guiting’s motives, how could he not? But just as Liu Guiting understood, the experience of an old pirate was very useful to the 33 Sky Wings, especially when Lan Xuanyu’s team had their own wars.h.i.+p and had to continue completing the mission. With such an old pirate as their guide, it would be much easier to carry out missions or rob other pirates.
Hence, he had no intention of exposing Liu Guiting. Just as he said, he needed to see Liu Guiting’s use.
The s.p.a.cecraft slowly landed. As the vice commander of the Purple Flame Pirates, Liu Guiting had been to this place before and was very familiar with it. Lan Xuanyu handed the main control seat to him and stood at the side to supervise him.
Liu Guiting familiarly contacted the Third Exchange Center and slowly landed the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p.
Looking at it from the sky, the so-called Third Exchange Center was like a gigantic turtle sh.e.l.l lying on a planet. This small planet was indeed not very beautiful. It was filled with b.u.mps and hollows, and there were no signs of vegetation or water. It was just a bare planet.
The Third Exchange Center was built under such an environment. A huge metallic dome covered a large area, and the s.h.i.+eld protruded out in multiple places. It was connected to each other, so it looked like a tortoise sh.e.l.l and covered quite a large area. Although it was just a drop in the ocean to the entire planet, its existence could be clearly seen when they were still thousands of meters from the ground.
The pirate wars.h.i.+p slowly landed on a flat ground near the trading center. The ground here was flat without any decorations.
The four wars.h.i.+ps landed and stopped. Liu Guiting didn’t need Lan Xuanyu to ask and said, “There are specialized vehicles from the exchange that are responsible for bringing people into the exchange. Recently, there aren’t many people coming to trade. When we landed, I took a look and there were only over 20 pirate wars.h.i.+ps here.”
Lan Xuanyu: “What does it mean that there aren’t many pirates here?”
Liu Guichao said, “There hasn’t been much business recently. The Douluo Federation has increased the blockade on Planet Heaven and this has definitely affected the entire pirate world.”
Lan Xuanyu narrowed his eyes and nodded. “Other than plundering, do pirates have any other means of survival?”
Liu Guichao said, “Basically, it’s still plundering. Actually, the Douluo Federation’s lockdown on us is only within the territory of the Federation’s planets. This is actually forcing us to take more detours and plunder other intelligent races.”
“En? The Federation is pus.h.i.+ng the s.p.a.ce pirates to plunder other races?” Lan Xuanyu asked doubtfully.
Liu Guichao said, “Actually, s.p.a.ce pirates don’t just sell resources, they also sell information. In fact, the Douluo Federation has always had a deal with Planet Heaven. Otherwise, with the Federation’s strength, it’s not entirely impossible to destroy Planet Heaven.”
Upon hearing what he said, Lan Xuanyu was no longer in a rush to get off the s.p.a.cecraft. He asked curiously, “Tell me in detail. What is the deal?”
Liu Guichao said, “The galaxy where Heaven Planet is located is rather unique and one can only jump into that s.p.a.ce through wormholes, so to the s.p.a.ce pirates, Heaven Planet is like a piece of untouched land. But there are many wormholes connected to Heaven Planet, and only a portion of them has been sealed off by the Federation. Why did they do that? Actually, I’ve thought about it carefully before, and I even feel that from a certain point of view, Heaven Planet can be considered a part of the Douluo Federation. Although the s.p.a.ce pirates of Heaven Planet are plundering everywhere, they usually don’t kill people after plundering. They either sell their captives as slaves or let their victims pay for ransom. There are very few cases of them tearing up the tickets. Only a few extremely ferocious pirates would do that.”
“When I discovered all these, I felt that the world of pirates wasn’t so chaotic. Is this something a real pirate would do? I’ve observed for decades and I’ve become more aware of these things. Also, although there are many intelligent races from other planets on Planet Heaven, the seven Pirate Lords have always been humans. This hasn’t changed for thousands of years and although the Pirate Lords have been replaced, the foreign races never got a chance.”
“Also, you asked me about the way s.p.a.ce pirates live. Other than plundering and selling resources, s.p.a.ce pirates actually have other things to sell, such as information! Especially information from aliens. I’ve thought about it carefully. We’re a group of pirates, why would Planet Heaven want so much information about aliens ? To plunder? This is part of the reason, but the price of the information is above resources, which is slightly unreasonable.”
“Come to think of it, who gains more to have information about these extraterrestrial lifeforms? Without a doubt, it is the Douluo Federation that has been expanding continuously and occupying resource planets and administrative planets. In a sense, Planet Heaven is actually providing the Douluo Federation with information about the outside world. The value of this information can allow the Federation to better perform interstellar colonization. I feel that this is what they want to do, the most important thing.”