Chapter 404, Interstellar Pirates

On the sub-spiral arm, because of the unlimited sale of arms and weapons by the Yanhuang Empire, the entire sub-spiral arm began to become turbulent, and the flames of war began to burn in various areas on the sub-spiral arm.

Like the Abville civilization, many civilizations that were bullied but had no ability to resist before, because they had some special resources, could bring back powerful warships and powerful energy trains by transporting these resources to the Sanzhu Star System of the Yanhuang Empire, and the strength of the entire civilization changed dramatically in an instant.

Once the strength becomes strong, there is no doubt that ambition will continue to expand, like a wildfire, burning fiercely.

Not only the second-level cosmic civilization, but also the third-level cosmic civilization is also the same, or the third-level cosmic civilization is even more ambitious, it is powerful in itself, has more resources, and can obtain more warships and arms and weapons from the Yanhuang Empire, so it is more domineering when expanding.

The war between level 3 cosmic civilizations is constantly escalating. In the past, the Kalan Empire and the Ox Civilization would only fight a small fight on the border every 10 years or so. But now, with the weakening of the Ox Civilization, the Kalan Empire has obtained a large number of warships and weapons from the Yanhuang Empire, and its strength has increased rapidly. The war between the two sides seems to have no end in sight, and the scale is constantly escalating.

The war between level 2 cosmic civilizations has never been interrupted, but now they have powerful weapons, and the war between the two sides is full of countless variables. Maybe the seemingly weak civilization may have used a few warships purchased from the Yanhuang Empire to kill its army and make it lose its armor. This has happened more than once or twice on the secondary spiral arm.

The fighting on the secondary spiral arm was very lively, but the empire was quietly digesting the 100 star systems it got from the Ox Civilization, and at the same time quietly making a fortune in the Sanzhu Star System.

A ton of steel, transported from a distant galaxy, is only worth 1 yuan. The heart of the empire can be said to be extremely evil. Of course, only a few level 2 cosmic civilizations close to the empire actually transported steel to sell. These level 2 cosmic civilizations themselves do not have scarce resources in the empire, and can only rely on selling steel to maintain their lives.

Relying on the huge scissors gap, there is a constant flow of huge amounts of materials from various civilizations in the secondary spiral arm at all times, so that even if the empire does not have to do anything, it will be rich just by doing trade, and the empire's finances have become more abundant than ever before.

Of course, where there is interest, there will be struggles. On the routes leading to the Three Pearls Galaxy, the various civilizations along the way naturally continue to increase tolls, and they also want to get a share of the pie. Of course, there are even more extreme ones.

Belfar Galaxy, Belfar Galaxy is a very desolate galaxy. Because the core star of this galaxy is still in its early stage, it is very unstable. From time to time, there are powerful stellar flares. Therefore, Belfar Galaxy has no planets that have given birth to life. It is a planet without any life.

Except for the planet Belfa, all the galaxies within hundreds of light years are similar to the Belfa galaxy. They are all barren lands that were born relatively late, with unstable stars and no life. This area is also called the civilized desert area on the sub-spiral arm.

The civilized desert area is relatively light, with a diameter of about hundreds of light years. Although there are some resources in it, the surrounding civilizations have no interest in this area. Resources are abundant in the universe, and there is no need to go to the desert area to mine, unless it is a special resource.

The civilized desert area, which belongs to the no-man's land, used to have no people. At most, some merchant ships would pass through here, but things have become subtle in recent years, because the desert area has gradually become a must-pass place for an important route.

This route is the route to the Sanzhu Galaxy of the Yanhuang Empire. The Sanzhu Galaxy is where many civilizations on the sub-spiral arm want to go. The desert area is the most important and prosperous route among the three routes.

In the Belfar Galaxy, the cosmic merchant Li of the Abwell civilization once again prepared to go to the Sanzhu Galaxy with thousands of spaceships. Each spaceship was filled with precious He3, which was one of the most popular goods in the Yanhuang Empire.

"Through the civilized desert area, we will soon reach the Sanzhu Galaxy."

"Humph! Along the way, these civilizations we passed by really want to suck our bones and marrow. The taxes to be paid just for passing through are comparable to tariffs."

Li looked at the dark stars, and the starlight from the distant other side of the starlight dotted the entire sky. He was thinking in his mind. He had taken this route to the Sanzhu Galaxy more than once, so he knew how to take each step.

Thinking of the tolls collected by others, Li felt very irritated. Originally, in the universe, if it was just passing through, generally speaking, only a symbolic toll would be collected, because everyone would have to venture into the universe one day, but now... Thinking of this, Li felt very irritated. The tolls were getting heavier and heavier, which was definitely not a good thing.

Thousands of spaceships had just left the space-time currents and had not stopped at all. The Belfar galaxy, like other galaxies in the desert area, did not belong to any civilization, so naturally no one built some space ports here for rest.

Suddenly, in the void ahead, dazzling beams of light broke the silence and darkness of the void. The spaceships in the front were unprepared and were directly blown up by the powerful energy beams. Several huge flames rose in the void, which stunned everyone instantly.

Originally, except for some dangers in the space-time currents, most of the time, sailing in the universe is very safe. Passing through civilizations, you only need to pay tolls. It is rare for merchant ships to be attacked, unless they pass through the territory of their enemies, but generally knowing that it is their enemies will choose to take a detour and will not stupidly deliver them to the door.

No one expected that the Belfar galaxy, a galaxy that does not belong to any civilization, would be attacked.

"Who is it? They are actually lying in ambush in the Belfar system. Is it the Raymond civilization? Or the remnant army of the fleeing Basti civilization?"

Li soon learned the news, frowned, and thought in his mind. Generally, except for the mortal enemy, no civilization will deliberately attack merchant ships, because everyone has to make a living in the universe and conduct interstellar trade, etc.

"Haha, listen carefully, all spaceships are limited to slow down immediately within 1 hour and fly to the designated area according to our requirements, otherwise, our Red Beard Pirates will beat you into slag."

Before Li could figure out the situation, a series of signals spread in the void and were soon received by Li's caravan.

"Red Beard Pirates?"

"Interstellar Pirates?"

Li looked at the short man with a long red beard in the video, and for a moment he couldn't imagine that the people of that civilization would look like this. The other party was very arrogant.

Li knew very well that once the spacecraft slowed down and flew to the designated area as required by them, there was no doubt that the priceless He3 in the thousands of spacecrafts that Abville civilization had finally gathered would all fall into the hands of the other party. This batch of goods was related to the next military expansion plan of their civilization and could not be lost.

"When did interstellar pirates appear?"

Interstellar pirates had never appeared before. The existence of space-time currents connected galaxies one by one. Basically, galaxies were owned. There was no way to rob in the space-time currents. Civilizations generally would not rob passing merchant ships in their own territory, so there was no news of interstellar pirates before.

"We are surrounded. There are thousands of enemy spaceships in the surrounding void. The design style and appearance of these spaceships are obviously modified, and it is impossible to find out which civilization it is."

At this time, the subordinates said anxiously. The monitoring system on the spaceship detected everything in the surrounding starry sky very accurately. Thousands of spaceships surrounded their fleet.

"All merchant ships, listen to the order, speed up and rush out."

Li frowned, without the slightest hesitation. If he was really afraid of death and listened to the words of these interstellar pirates, then in the end, not only the goods and spacecraft of the caravan would fall into the hands of the other party, but he would also be killed.

At a glance, these interstellar pirates knew that they were definitely a fleet of a certain civilization disguised to rob passing merchant ships. In order not to leak the news and expose their identities, they would definitely kill people to silence them.

The speed of thousands of spaceships continued to increase. Because they were very safe in the past, there were no powerful weapons on the spaceships of the caravan. They could not win the fight. They could only run for their lives and see if some spaceships could escape.

"You are looking for death. You dare not listen to Grandpa Red Beard. Attack!"

Li's actions obviously angered these interstellar pirates. Thousands of spaceships of the other party began to attack in the void. Dazzling beams of light cut through the void, bringing up dazzling fireballs. Soon, hundreds of spaceships in the front were blown up.

"I warn you again. If you don't do what we ask, you will all die here."

The Interstellar Pirates sent another warning.