Xia Chujian made up her mind to first divert these people's attention, give them hope of survival, and then talk about other things.
Chang Shengnan blinked, puzzled, and said, "...But even when we weren't injured, we couldn't beat those people. How can we help you?"
Xia Chujian said, "First, help me stabilize this starship. You don't need to pilot it, just stay inside and don't let those people know that the Star Pirates here have been killed by me."
"There are some female Star Pirates' rooms on the second floor. You can use their clothes. There's also a medical room there."
Xia Chujian said to Chang Shengnan, "You be the leader. I still have to go and check out other starships, so I'll entrust this place to you for now."
As soon as Chang Shengnan heard that there was a medical room on the second floor, she immediately said, "No problem, I can go and take a look..."
Then she said apologetically, "I'm sorry you had to see us like this, so scantily clad. It's impolite."
Even at this time, they were still thinking about whether it was impolite. They were just ordinary, but kind, and well-mannered common people...
Xia Chujian was almost crying. Fortunately, she was speaking with an electronic simulated voice, so no one could hear her slight sob.
She forced herself to calm down and said, "It's okay, it's not your fault. Those scumbags deserved to die. I'll take care of them... The hall here also needs to be cleaned up, so you should go to the second floor first."
"Oh, right, there are also dead people on the second floor. Are you afraid?"
Chang Shengnan said resentfully, "We're not afraid of dead people, we're just afraid of them still being alive!"
Xia Chujian said, "That's good. Hurry up and clean up. Besides the medical room, daily necessities, and clothes on the second floor, look around and see if the Star Pirates' loot is there..."
"I'll have someone pick you up in an hour. Don't worry, I will never reveal your identities."
This was a group of women who would rather die themselves to get insurance money for their families.
Xia Chujian wouldn't do that herself, but she respected their choice and wanted to help them, so they could both live and get the insurance money.
She knew that doing so was against the laws of the Beichen Empire.
But were the rogue clauses of that insurance money legal?
In an instant, Xia Chujian understood Zong Ruoan's choices and persistence a little.
Although he wasn't entirely starting from the perspective of the common people, his actions would benefit the entire common class.
Xia Chujian planned to pay attention to Zong Ruoan's campaign platform in the future. If she could fleece the common class, she would.
After the survivors went to the second floor, Xia Chujian immediately started the Mecha, extended its mechanical arms, and quickly piled up the dead Star Pirates.
Then she went to the second floor and brought down the corpses of the Star Pirates there, placing them in the hall she had just been in.
She looked at the two piles of corpses, thought about it, and still didn't want to waste two Black Silver Bullets.
So she piled the two piles of corpses together as much as possible and fired a Black Silver Bullet from the Shao Siming Mecha.
Soon, the Star Pirate corpses were melted away without a trace, and even the layers of black blood on the ground, which had been there for who knows how many years, were melted clean, revealing the original color of the floor.
It turned out that the floor was made of natural wood.
Xia Chujian thought to herself that the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha's special bullets seemed to be able to dissolve organic matter specifically.
The floor now looked pitted, probably because years of blood stains had penetrated into the floor...
After dealing with the corpses, Xia Chujian left the starship, which had been modified from a Shuttle, directly.
It wasn't until she returned to space that Xia Chujian felt less depressed.
The universe was truly vast, so vast that up, down, left, and right were boundless nothingness.
No wonder some people liked to look up at the stars. It really could make people forget a lot of worldly troubles.
Xia Chujian looked at the time. There were only thirty-five minutes left.
She remembered what had just happened and asked, "Seven Lù, you said you detected fifteen Bodhi Leaf starships and three starships that were truly modified from Cruisers. Why couldn't you detect them?"
Seven Lù said, "Those three starships that were truly modified from Cruisers directly turned off the internal network function with the other starships, so Seven Lù couldn't connect..."
At such a close distance, the ships in the Asteroid Belt could also connect to each other using internal frequencies, like creating a temporary local area network.
Even if the magnetic field was unstable, in this static situation, it was only a matter of the speed of the network connection, and it didn't affect mutual communication.
But those three starships that were truly modified from Cruisers didn't even participate in this local area network.
They were probably afraid of being dragged down by those inferior starships...
Xia Chujian thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "There are experts among the Bodhi Leaf Star Pirates... This is disconnecting the physical links with other junk ships, firstly to avoid leaking secrets, and secondly to avoid being dragged down by these wastes."
"But they're all the same, all scum."
Xia Chujian said, "Then shall we personally go and take a look at those three starships that were truly modified from cruisers?"
Seven Lù's cheerful childish voice rang out, "Go take a look! Go take a look! Go take a look!"
Xia Chujian regained her composure, activated the Shao Siming Mecha's maximum speed, and flew quickly towards the three ships that looked most like star cruisers.
The other fifteen ships had already been extensively modified. Although the energy signatures were still similar to star cruisers, their appearance was very different.
Except for these three.
Xia Chujian immediately noticed that the middle one was the tallest, and secretly focused on that ship.
She muttered in her fully enclosed helmet, "Seven Lù, is this one bigger than our cruiser?"
Seven Lù said, "Our cruiser is a Falcon D1 level, this one is probably a Falcon B1 level."
Xia Chujian: "...Falcons are divided into several levels?"
Seven Lù said, "It can be subdivided. Falcon-class star cruisers are divided into four levels, the lowest D-Rank, the highest Rank A."
Xia Chujian said sourly, "So the Fourth Interstellar Fleet only gave me the lowest level star cruiser."
Seven Lù said cutely, "They didn't know about star pirates. Generally, rescue operations don't actually require star cruiser-level warships."
Xia Chujian was choked for a moment, but didn't retort to Seven Lù.
Although Seven Lù was a Mechanical Intelligence that wasn't even a month old, there were things she could learn from it, such as maintaining objectivity and calmness at all times.
She felt that this quality was too important in combat.
Her emotionality was still a bit serious, which was not good and needed to be overcome.
Xia Chujian was very proactive and enthusiastic in this regard.
Because she wanted to surpass Huo Yushen, and to surpass Huo Yushen, she had to win battles even more impressive than his! If she couldn't even control her own emotions, how could she win battles? Xia Chujian steadied her mind and asked softly, "Seven Lù, can you crack the Gravity Field on the outer layer of this starship?"
Seven Lù's milky, cute little voice gained a hint of seriousness, "Master, Seven Lù is cracking the Gravity Field's program."
Before long, a crack appeared in the invisible Gravity Field system, which was the Gravity Field's warning system being destroyed by Seven Lù.
"Master, you can go in. This Gravity Field is already very weak, Master's Mecha can enter directly, but the warning system will sound. Seven Lù just made the Gravity Field's warning system crash." Seven Lù's little voice was smug.
Xia Chujian curled the corners of her lips, activated the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha's maximum shielding and jamming functions, and quietly followed the crack, landing on the tallest starship.
The top deck here was exactly the same as her star cruiser.
Xia Chujian asked Seven Lù in a low voice, "...Can you scan the weapons and equipment here?"
Seven Lù also said softly, "Yes, Master... there are indeed five Space Ion Beam Cannons here, but only two have normal electromagnetic overflow, the other three cannot work..."
Xia Chujian was a little relieved, "That star pirate's daughter really didn't lie..."
Seven Lù continued to scan and detect the electromagnetic signals here, and compared the data with the data of those weapons in its database, to ensure that there were no other hidden weapons here.
In this Asteroid Belt that was neither heaven nor earth, facing a brutal organization like the Bodhi Leaf Star Pirates, any lack of intelligence would have a decisive impact on their actions.
Xia Chujian didn't urge it either. She switched the Mecha to close-fitting soft armor mode, which wasn't as conspicuous as three meters tall.
Then she quietly walked around the top deck for a while. This time, she wasn't as lucky as before, because no one came to the top deck, which meant she couldn't get inside.
But now, she didn't need to go in.
Because she only needed to understand the weapons and equipment situation of these ships.
Since they were already prepared to fight, there was no need to understand the specific details.
For example, how many star pirates there were here, how powerful they were, and what evils they had done, didn't need to be considered.
Anyway, killing them all wouldn't be enough to atone for their sins.
Xia Chujian asked Seven Lù, "...Can we tamper with those two Space Ion Beam Cannons that are working normally now?"
Seven Lù was a little depressed, "...It's not impossible, but it takes more time. These three starships have been greatly modified, and the modifiers have tried to reduce the systems controlled by Mechanical Intelligence as much as possible. Many key parts are controlled by pure manpower..."
Xia Chujian's heart stirred, thinking that this star pirate's leader was also very wary of Mechanical Intelligence...
She looked around and, feeling pressed for time, said, "Let's forget about the rest. Could you tamper with the normal Space Ion Beam Cannon energy storage systems on those three starships? I don't need them completely ruined, just make their energy storage time longer."
If the energy storage time is longer, the frequency of combat will be greatly reduced.
Seven Lù's childlike voice suddenly perked up, "Okay, Master! That's doable! And it won't take any time at all. Just add a few more loops to the program that controls the energy storage system!"
Xia Chujian didn't understand. She didn't know that the consequences of Seven Lù adding these "loops" would be enormous...
This is the second update. There will be a new update at 00:05 tonight.
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