Seven Lù was particularly proud, sending a little cat strutting with pride GIF, and then continued to speak.
"Master overpraises! Seven Lù's database is very rich in language materials!"
Xia Chujian: "..."
Sometimes Seven Lù was so lively that it was almost easy to forget it was a Mechanical Intelligence that wasn't even a month old!
Fortunately, it still knew its limits, knowing it lived by its database.
After getting confirmation from Seven Lù that the radar on all the ships, airships, and Warplanes here was ineffective, Xia Chujian perked up.
What was there to fear? Go for it! Of course, knowing yourself and your enemy was the first step.
Xia Chujian activated the speed device of the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha again, and silently landed on the top deck of the pirate ship.
Seven Lù quickly activated its energy detection device and reported to Xia Chujian.
Seven Lù's childish voice tried to imitate an adult's tone, saying, "Master, the outer defense of this Bodhi Leaf starship is also a Gravity Field, but its strength is far less than our Falcon-Class."
Its point of reference was, of course, the Falcon-Class D1 Starry Sky Cruiser, where Xia Chujian was the temporary Captain.
Now, in its mouth, that Starry Sky Cruiser already belonged to Xia Chujian.
That Starry Sky Cruiser was Xia Chujian's, and it was also Xia Chujian's.
So everyone was on the same side.
Therefore, using "our" was logically sound.
Xia Chujian certainly wouldn't nitpick Seven Lù's improper wording at this time.
She was eager to try: "Can I enter the pirate's starship? After I go in, if I fight with them, will I still remain invisible?"
She was thinking that if she could go in like an invisible person and take out the other side's leader, would the siege of those student Warplanes be automatically lifted?
But Seven Lù denied her idea.
Seven Lù was a little regretful: "Master, if you still need to fight, your invisibility effect may not be easy to maintain."
Xia Chujian was surprised: "Why? Is your computing power insufficient?"
Seven Lù drew a long ellipsis on her visor display, looking like it had "too much to complain about".
But then, it still honestly said: "Master is right, that's indeed the case. But it's not that the computing power is insufficient, but that maintaining such computing power requires too much energy."
"Master wouldn't want to run out of Energy Blocks halfway through the fight, and not only be unable to maintain invisibility, but also be unable to maintain flight, right?"
Xia Chujian hit the nail on the head: "So your performance is not high enough. If the efficiency of the computing power is high enough, it can save energy and not require so much energy supply."
The childish voice simulated by Seven Lù had a bit of a humble little emotion: "Master is right... Master, don't be sad, Seven Lù will definitely work hard to upgrade again in the future..."
Xia Chujian didn't fall for its tricks, she had played these games before.
Xia Chujian said with a smile: "I'm not sad, Seven Lù, you have to reflect well and work hard! Let me, this master, be proud of Seven Lù!"
Seven Lù was resurrected with full health, its little childish voice with a bit of a milky cry: "Master is too good to Seven Lù! Seven Lù will definitely make Master continue to be proud!"
Xia Chujian didn't really care, anyway, if one plan didn't work, she could come up with another!
Could a living person be suffocated by Energy Blocks?
Xia Chujian thought and said: "Then let's continue to maintain the invisible state, I'll first feel out the pirates' situation. Eighteen ships, I'll have to feel around for a while."
"By the way, why do you say they're just surrounding our base's airships and Warplanes, and not attacking?"
She remembered that this "Bodhi Leaf" organization was known for its "greed over life" characteristic.
That wasn't to say they didn't kill people, but that they didn't leave anyone alive! Xia Chujian continued, "These eighteen large ships, even if each one's combat power is only half of our Starry Sky Cruiser, their firepower would have destroyed the base long ago, but what do they mean by surrounding without attacking?"
Seven Lù said: "Master, there are many reasons. Does Master want to hear Seven Lù explain them one by one?"
Xia Chujian said: "What's there to explain one by one? Seven Lù, you're too long-winded. Anyway, either fight or retreat. If they don't fight or retreat, then it's either evenly matched or waiting for the rabbit to appear. I'll go see for myself."
She still had to observe for herself first to get first-hand real information.
As she was speaking, there was a slight sound of movement on the top deck of this pirate ship.
Xia Chujian casually found a place to hide.
Although she knew she didn't need to hide, as the other party couldn't see her.
But this was in outer space, and who knew if some unknown ray of light might shine in from some angle, affecting her computing power and wasting energy blocks, which would outweigh the benefits.
So, if she could physically hide, she would physically hide first.
Seven Lù seemed to understand this principle as well, displaying a large "thumbs up" on her eyepiece display, expressing admiration.
Xia Chujian said in a low voice, "Cut the frills and save me some energy."
Seven Lù's childish voice carried a hint of grievance: "Master, these frills are all stored in Seven Lù's database. Retrieving them hardly uses any energy."
Xia Chujian said, "You said 'hardly,' which means it still needs energy. A mosquito is still meat, no matter how small. Why can't you understand this?"
This Seven Lù, she thought, is obviously a Mechanical Intelligence that has never known hardship.
In the future, I must unplug its energy block from time to time, to let it know what it means to 'remember the bitter past and appreciate the sweet present'! Just as Xia Chujian was lost in thought, a door on the top deck not far away was pushed open.
A tall humanoid, also wearing a Mecha, walked out.
This Mecha was clearly a common, standard type, only three meters tall, similar to Xia Chujian's current Mecha height.
However, the Mecha was severely worn, probably used for a long time, and on the verge of falling apart.
But Xia Chujian had her own example, so she couldn't be sure if the other party was definitely just a common, standard Mecha.
What if it was like Shao Siming, made of Special Metal that could freely switch shapes?
What if it was a disguise?
Although she knew this possibility was negligible, Xia Chujian didn't take it lightly.
She knew that at this time, the slightest carelessness might not only get her killed here, but might also cause the besieged base trainees in the middle to lose their lives on the spot.
She was here to gather information and save people, not to bring them the Grim Reaper.
...
Xia Chujian remained motionless behind the pillar, watching the three-meter-tall damaged Mecha walk past her.
It really didn't see her.
The three-meter-tall damaged Mecha leaped up and flew directly to the top of the pillar where Xia Chujian was hiding.
Xia Chujian: "..."
What kind of luck is this? Did I just pick an extraordinary pillar at random?
Then Xia Chujian saw the damaged Mecha standing upright on top of the pillar, fiddling with something for a while.
Immediately afterward, several different colored flares, red, green, and yellow, shot up into the dark, monochrome night sky! Xia Chujian wondered, "Why is this guy firing flares?"
The next moment, she saw several flares rising from the direction of the besieged base trainees' Warplanes.
The colors of the flares were different from those fired here, they were white, blue, and purple.
What does this mean? Xia Chujian asked curiously, "Seven Lù, what do you think they're doing?"
Seven Lù's milky voice said grumpily, "...What else could they be doing? Exchanging signals!"
Xia Chujian pondered, "Then do you think their mole is on our side, or our mole is on their side?"
Seven Lù said factually, "Both are possible."
"Don't talk nonsense in the future, it wastes energy." Xia Chujian unceremoniously rebuked Seven Lù.
Her mind was racing with a thousand thoughts, and she saw the damaged Mecha had already jumped down from the top of the pillar.
Xia Chujian immediately followed behind him, entering the Starship.
The man was completely unaware that someone was stalking him.
After he went in, it was a dark passage, similar to the outer passage of the Fourth Interstellar Fleet's Falcon-Class D1 Starry Sky Cruiser.
But there weren't as many passages there. After passing through only two doors, he entered the Starship.
Once inside, Xia Chujian realized that the difference in configuration between two ships of similar size was simply too great.
They didn't seem to be the same species at all.
The interior of the star pirates' ship was like stepping into a bar in the dirtiest, most chaotic part of the South District of Mulan City on Guiyuan Star.
It was a spacious hall with a dark red, curved counter on one side, stocked with all kinds of drinks and food.
On the other side was a row of small doors, presumably leading to small single rooms.
In the center of the hall were tables and chairs of all sizes and shapes, none of them matching, enough to drive a person with OCD crazy.
Harsh heavy metal rock music blared deafeningly, and the hall was filled with drunken, burly men.
They came in all shapes and sizes, a few even being Humanoids.
All were drunk, staggering about, their clothes, which should have looked quite glamorous, now crumpled like pickled vegetables.
In a place like this, there was never a shortage of women.
But most of the women here didn't look like star pirates at all, but rather like victims who had been kidnapped.
Among them were two very young women, looking like small bundles, violated and on the verge of death, thrown into a corner like rag dolls.
They were motionless, their clothes torn to shreds, their exposed bodies covered in bloody marks.
The style and color of the clothes looked a little familiar. Xia Chujian didn't look any further and quickly averted her gaze.
She was a little surprised and muttered softly in her helmet, "Didn't they say the Bodhi Leaf pirates only care about money and not their lives? Why did they kidnap so many women?"
Seven Lù's childish voice spoke of such things with a touch of naive innocence and cruelty, "Master, these women won't live long. So the Bodhi Leaf pirates haven't violated their principle of 'caring only about money and not their lives'."
Xia Chujian said angrily, "Is this a matter of principle? Seven Lù, there's something wrong with your language database classification!"
Seven Lù quickly said, "...Master, Seven Lù is talking about the principles of the 'Bodhi Leaf' star pirate organization, not Seven Lù's principles. Master, don't take it out on me!"
Xia Chujian came back to her senses, thinking, this Mechanical Intelligence even understands taking things out on others, was it really not produced by Master?
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