Chapter 138: Magic Shape Clothes! Metal Fleet! Trading Day is Coming! (Subscribe)
Next, Chu Xu introduced the basic situation of the Earth's dinosaur civilization and informed Cape about their discovery of the Venus Civilization Museum on Venus.
When he heard about the Venus Civilization Museum, Cape was even more deeply touched.
Those were the relics left behind by their ancestors when their civilization was about to die out. They thought that no one would care about them and that they would eventually be lost with the passage of time. However, unexpectedly, creatures from other civilizations discovered them and thus learned about that glorious past of civilization.
How can this not be said to be a miracle and a kind of fate?
"Mr. Chu Xu, on behalf of the Metal Man Republic, I would like to sign a peace and friendship treaty with your Earth Dinosaur Federation and formally establish diplomatic relations. What do you think?"
Cape said solemnly and once again extended his hand to Chu Xu.
This move was not made on impulse by Cape. The establishment of diplomatic relations between the two sides was definitely a choice based on mutual benefit and win-win results.
Although the Earth Dinosaur Federation has just reached the level 1 mother planet civilization, Cape sees that its future potential is immeasurable and will bring considerable value to their Metal Republic in the future.
"my pleasure."
Chu Xu also stretched out his hand again and shook it tightly.
This is undoubtedly a historic moment for the Earth's dinosaur civilization. The Metal Man Republic is the first extraterrestrial civilization to establish formal diplomatic relations with the Earth's Dinosaur Federation.
Eva, who acted as the matchmaker between the two parties, also asked her assistant to bring a camera to capture this historic moment.
"President Cape! The Blood Skull Pirates have sent another message, confirming the transaction location for a week later."
At this moment, the metal man secretary of President Cape came to report the situation.
When the Blood Skull Pirates were mentioned, the atmosphere of the dinner changed drastically. Chu Xu originally wanted to avoid the topic, but Cape shook his head and didn't mind.
"Where is the transaction taking place?"
"In the headquarters of the Blood Skull Star Pirates, the Scarlet Galaxy. They emphasized that only one cargo ship with all weapon systems removed is allowed to enter the Scarlet Galaxy, otherwise it will be attacked indiscriminately. Only three metal men are allowed on the ship at most, and they are prohibited from wearing biological armor. One of the metal men must be the president of the Yinluo Chamber of Commerce."
The secretary replied.
"boom!"
Upon hearing this, Cape slammed the table in anger. Such harsh demands were simply leading them into a tiger's mouth!
The Scarlet Galaxy is a star system on the frontier of the Southern Sky Constellation of the Blue Star Human Federation. Due to its remote geographical location and scarce resources, it has been abandoned for a long time and was later occupied by the Blood Skull Star Pirates as their base camp.
The Blue Star Human Federation once sent a space fleet to attack the Scarlet Galaxy, but suffered heavy losses and returned empty-handed. This shows how powerful the Blood Skull Star Pirates are.
Later, more and more interstellar criminals from the Blue Star Human Federation fled to the Scarlet Galaxy and joined the Blood Skull Star Pirates, making their power increasingly stronger and becoming a cancer in the vast Milky Way.
And those human space pirates are only allowed to enter with unarmed cargo ships, and the metal men on board are not allowed to be equipped with biologically enhanced armor. Then they are no different from ordinary people and have no power to resist at all. Not only may they not be able to get the prisoners back with ransom, but they may also lose themselves.
"Tell those human pirates that we will never agree to this condition!"
Cape said in an unquestionable tone.
This hijacking and kidnapping of the Yinluo Chamber of Commerce's cargo ship is naturally not an internal matter of the Yinluo Chamber of Commerce itself, but rather concerns the entire Metal Man Republic. The kidnapped Metal Man crew members are all citizens of their Metal Man Republic.
Not long after, the secretary brought back a reply from the Bloody Skull Pirates.
"They said that their conditions remain unchanged. If we don't agree, they will start slaughtering the metal captives from today, killing one person a day."
Cape still frowned, unwilling to give in, but worried that the kidnapped metal captives would be harmed.
"President, I am willing to go. Don't worry, I will bring all the metal captives back safely."
It was Eva who stood up and made the promise.
Chu Xu also noticed that the Blood Skull Pirates seemed to be very concerned about Eva, the president of the Yinluo Chamber of Commerce. Perhaps this was instigated by Vice President Bota, who was trying every means to get rid of President Eva.
Although Eva volunteered that it was no problem, the final outcome of the transaction would certainly not be optimistic. Those human pirates would inevitably attack Eva who had no ability to protect herself.
"President Cape, if you are willing to trust us, we can also provide assistance."
Chu Xu said.
Unlike metal men who rely on mechanical technology, they do not need to be equipped with any biological armor and have powerful combat capabilities in themselves.
"I appreciate your kindness, but it is too dangerous to go deep into the heart of the Blood Skull Pirates. You are guests who have come from afar, how can I let you take this risk?"
Cape also knew that Chu Xu and his men were very powerful, but he was even more aware of the ferocity and cunning of those human pirates. If something happened to Chu Xu and his men, the peaceful relationship that had just been established between the two sides would probably be broken.
"It doesn't matter. We all have enough self-protection capabilities. Judging from the harsh conditions proposed by these human space pirates, even if they get the ransom, they will probably not release the kidnapped metal crew members, and will also be detrimental to Eva who has penetrated deep into the hinterland. So we can't act completely according to their demands."
Chu Xu analyzed.
Cape really had no other choice but to agree to Chu Xu's help.
The dinner ended here. Eva personally arranged accommodation for Chu Xu and his party, and she acted quickly to raise enough ransom before the transaction deadline.
Thanks to the financial assistance provided by the government represented by Cape, the ransom of 10 billion Galaxy coins was finally raised. Finally, Chu Xu and his team worked out a detailed battle plan with Cape and Eva, waiting for the specific action day to arrive.
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A week later, the trading day with the Blood Skull Pirates finally arrived.
"The technology of these metal men is really amazing. They are completely transformed after putting on this coat."
Xianyue was amazed and looked at her figure in the mirror again and again. She had changed from the original Bright War Greymon to an ordinary female metal man.
Such a strange transformation effect comes from a high-tech coat of the metal civilization - the magic shape suit. After wearing it, you can change into the appearance of any object at will. The subtle details of the iris, fingerprints, skin texture, and voice can be changed, and even gender is no exception.
Ordinary detection instruments are unable to discern the true face of someone wearing the magic-shaped clothing, but in the face of the mental power of a truly stellar-level powerhouse, this kind of technological disguise is useless.
But this time their opponents are the human pirates of the Blood Skull Pirates, who obviously do not have the ability to see through the disguise of the magic clothes. On the other side, Bai Hong has also put on the magic clothes, and has changed from the original Steel Garurumon to a male metal man.
Their identity in this operation is that of the metal crew member who followed Eva on the cargo ship. Their main task is not to deal with human pirates, but to protect the personal safety of Eva and other metal captives.
"Set off."
At the exit of the space station fortress, Eva gave an order and immediately set off in a cargo ship. Her destination was the lair of the Bloody Skull Pirates - the Scarlet Galaxy.
After the cargo ship that Eva, Xianyue and Liuxing were on left for a while, the entire space station fortress suddenly boiled like boiling water.
"Beep beep beep!!"
Amidst the flashing indicator lights, hundreds of elevator platforms carrying space battleships rose up with the roar of motors that resounded through the sky.
The oversized electromagnetic coil installed on the lifting platform was wrapped with pale arcs of billions of volts of electric current. Driven by the violent magnetic field it stimulated, one space battleship after another flew out with powerful kinetic energy like a projectile ready to be launched in a giga-class kinetic accelerator.
This is none other than the space fleet of the Metal Republic!
Although the scale of the Metal Man fleet is far smaller than that of the Blue Star human fleet, it should not be underestimated. This time, President Cape dispatched a total of 5 star-class gold warships and 30 planetary-class silver warships.
"Confirm that the communication channel is clear, all ships report their status!"
"Gold No. 1 enters combat status!"
"Gold No. 2 enters combat status!"
"Gold No. 3 enters combat status!"
"..."
"All ships in cruising formation, destination: Scarlet Galaxy, proceed at fourth gear!"
The escort formation composed of planetary-class silver warships moved to the outside of the fleet, firmly guarding the strike formation composed of stellar-class gold warships in the center. After forming a cruising formation that had been practiced countless times, the entire metal fleet headed towards its destination with a blue tail flame.
Inside the Golden Battleship No. 1, Chu Xu and Liu Xing, who were also disguised as metal men, were also inside, following the metal man fleet.
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Meanwhile, Scarlet Galaxy.
This is a very common single star system, with only one extremely small star and a planet with scarce resources. No life was born before it was discovered. After it was discovered by the Blue Star Human Federation, no one was willing to migrate here, and it was gradually forgotten over time.
It was not until a lieutenant general of the Federal Space Force led his subordinates to defect and fled all the way here that they formed the Blood Skull Star Pirates, which made many civilizations tremble in fear.
Scarlet Planet is a rocky and barren planet. Its gray-black rock layers are dotted with rugged and towering stone mountains and criss-crossing rift valleys. From a distance, it looks as inconspicuous as a dirty pebble.
On its barren surface, town-like gathering places have been built, with various buildings standing side by side, filled with various technical colleges, casinos, dance halls, drug processing factories, arms manufacturing plants, etc. The population is dense and mixed. In addition to human pirates, there are also many creatures from other civilizations.
However, these creatures are most likely not pirates, but captives kidnapped by human pirates. Because their employers are unwilling to pay ransom, these captives are either killed or kept as slaves. If one day some human pirate becomes displeased with them, they will be killed and no one will care.
In a certain gathering place, in a casino, a group of human space pirates gathered here, shouting and yelling, throwing handfuls of chips and money everywhere, and the air was filled with a strong smell of smoke and alcohol.
Suddenly, the door of the casino opened, and a dark-skinned man walked in, surrounded by many human pirates.
He looked to be in his forties, wearing a black and yellow leopard print shirt. His strong chest muscles held up the clothes on his chest, and around his neck hung a gold necklace as thick as his little finger. He looked casually dressed, but his pair of fierce, wolf-like eyes revealed his ferocity.
"The boss is here!"
The other human pirates who were gambling all addressed him respectfully when they saw the newcomer.
The visitor was none other than the leader of their Blood Skull Pirates, the former lieutenant general of the Blue Star Human Federation Space Force, named Augustus.
Coming to the gambling table, Augustus unceremoniously placed a large number of chips and asked while gambling:
"What happened to the batch of planetary-level biological armor that we seized from those metal men some time ago?"
A short and wretched man who was following Augustus came up quickly and said:
"Boss, a seller from the Blue Star Human Federation contacted us and expressed his willingness to pay a high price for this batch of planetary biological armor."
"very good!"
Augustus shouted with satisfaction. The biologically reinforced armor manufactured by the Metal Republic has never been exported to the Blue Star Human Federation. However, the Blue Star humans are very covetous of their technology. This is a good opportunity to make a fortune from those Blue Star humans.
"Boss, I just received news that the president of Yinluo Chamber of Commerce and two other metal men are coming here on a cargo ship, and behind them, another metal man fleet is dispatched."
The wretched man continued to report.
"Humph, even if they send a fleet, so what? This is my territory. If they dare to step in, they won't be able to go back."
Augustus shrugged it off. Having been able to lead the Blood Skull Pirates to roam the Milky Way for so many years, he was definitely no pushover.
Even though the size and strength of his own pirate fleet is far inferior to that of the enemy's Metal Fleet, as long as the Metal Fleet steps into the Scarlet Galaxy, Augustus is sure to make them never return!
Not to mention that they now have so many metal man prisoners in their hands, I don't think the metal man fleet would dare to act rashly.
"Oh, Boss, Bota from Yinluo Chamber of Commerce has emphasized that we must kill the president. He even blamed us for not doing our job well after letting that female metal man escape last time."
The wretched man said.
"Haha, what bastard is worthy of ordering me around? Tell him that as long as it's a task I agree to, there's nothing I can't accomplish. That female metal man got away with it last time, but she'll definitely die this time!"
Augustus's eyes immediately became sharp, and then he whistled fiercely. All the human pirates in the casino stopped what they were doing at the same time and focused their eyes on him.
"Brothers, get ready for action! Let those poor metal men see how powerful we are!"
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(End of this chapter)