"Beep beep beep—"
Blinding red lights flashed frantically in the bedroom.
Li Ruobing didn't even bother putting on her underwear, directly slipping into that bloodstained, form-fitting tank top before grabbing the two shotguns from beside the bed.
"Delivery?" Li Ruobing licked her lips, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes. "I love tearing up the tickets."
Elena moved even faster. Her S-Class Mechanical Prosthetic instantly completed its energy charge, and a brilliant blue Particle Light Blade shot out.
"Commander, the Valkyrie Corps is ready for boarding and close-quarters combat at any time."
Yao Xue and Yao Qian quickly put on their tight-fitting combat uniforms, standing on either side of Qin Yu.
Qin Yu leisurely slipped on his black tactical vest and sneered coldly.
"Boarding? Too crude."
"I spent 1.2 million Starburst Points to get this Planet-annihilator ship, not to fight boarding actions."
Qin Yu strode out of the bedroom, leading the four women straight to the top-floor combat room of the lord's mansion.
Old K was already waiting at the door, sweating profusely with anxiety.
"Boss! The sky outside is full of warships! Dense as can be, they've completely blocked out our sky!"
"Don't panic." Qin Yu kicked open the combat room door.
Outside the massive floor-to-ceiling holographic window, K-76 Mining Planet's atmosphere was completely sealed off by an eerie green energy shield.
Beyond the shield, three thousand heavy battleships painted with various menacing insignias were arrayed in space like locusts.
The charging glow of their main cannons connected into a single dazzling expanse, brighter than any star.
"Boss, the other side is sending a forced communication request." Su Tian's voice came from the holographic terminal, tinged with tension.
"Patch it through." Qin Yu sat arrogantly in the combat room's main seat, propping his legs directly on the control console.
"Zzzzt—"
The holographic screen flickered, revealing a one-eyed, burly man wearing heavy tactical armor, his face marked by three deep scars.
Raymond, commander of the "Abyssal Maw" Legion—one of the top ten raider allied fleets in the central region.
Unlike the previous Blood Skull Fleet, Raymond didn't arrogantly shout threats.
He stared intently at the young man sitting so insolently on the screen, his eyes filled with deep apprehension.
"Qin Yu, right?"
Raymond's voice was as rough as sandpaper.
"I'm Raymond. Commander of the Abyssal Maw Legion and overall commander of this three-thousand-ship allied fleet."
Qin Yu pulled a fresh cigar from his pocket. Li Ruobing immediately leaned in, flicking open a windproof lighter with a sharp "click" to light it for him.
"Spit it out." Qin Yu exhaled a thick cloud of smoke, not even bothering to look directly at Raymond.
"While I'm still in a decent mood, you can choose a more dignified way to die."
Raymond's eye twitched, suppressing his anger with effort.
"Qin Yu, I admit you're strong. To wipe out the Blood Skull Fleet with a single volley from your secondary cannons—that black behemoth of yours definitely exceeds the current version's limits."
"But no matter how strong you are, can you withstand a simultaneous main cannon barrage from three thousand S-Class and A-grade warships?"
Raymond pointed to the dazzling array of turrets behind him.
"With one order from me, K-76 Mining Planet will turn to cosmic dust in a second."
"You, and those exquisite women beside you, will all evaporate instantly."
Qin Yu smiled.
He laughed with utter abandon, utterly brazen.
"Raymond, right? Is your brain filled with nothing but machine oil?"
Qin Yu pointed at the holographic screen and cursed loudly.
"If you really had the guts to fire, why the hell would you bother connecting with me?"
"What? Three thousand ships, millions of people, scared to press the launch button by my single ship?"
Raymond's face instantly turned ashen.
Qin Yu had hit the nail on the head, striking right at his sore spot.
That's right, he didn't dare to fire.
Or rather, none of the commanders of the entire joint fleet wanted to be the first to stick their necks out.
That 120,000-meter-long Tyrant Planet-Destroyer Ship hung over their heads like a scythe of death.
Whoever fired first would bear the brunt of that colossal ship's devastating counterattack!
No one wanted to be the cannon fodder sacrificed for that fifty-million bounty.
"Qin Yu, don't get too cocky." Raymond took a deep breath, his tone actually softening a bit.
"We're here because the Supreme Law Council issued a mandatory kill order."
"Those five Administrators sitting at the virtual round table offered a bounty of fifty million Plunder Points and a probationary seat as an Administrator."
At this point, Raymond suddenly spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, a flash of unmistakable resentment in his eyes.
"To hell with those Administrators!"
"Those holographic projections hiding in their space stations really think of us as dogs to be squandered at will!"
Raymond's words made both Li Ruobing and Elena in the combat room pause for a moment.
Li Ruobing raised an eyebrow. "Oh? So these guys coming to die are actually disgruntled wage slaves?"
Raymond ignored Li Ruobing's sarcasm, his gaze fixed intently on Qin Yu.
"Qin Yu, let's speak plainly."
"All these years, we've been fighting tooth and nail for resources out on the fringes, while those five old bastards sit up there taking an eighty percent cut!"
"The slightest sign of disobedience, and they'll erase us directly using the Underlying Rules."
Raymond slammed a fist on the control console, grinding his teeth.
"We've long been sick of living with our necks under someone else's boot!"
"Sending our three thousand warships to surround your monster of a Planet-annihilator ship this time is clearly just using your hand to deplete our forces!"
"Whether we win or lose, those five old bastards are the biggest winners!"
Hearing this, a glint of amusement flashed in Qin Yu's eyes.
He lowered his feet from the control console and leaned forward slightly.
"Interesting."
Qin Yu flicked some cigarette ash.
"So? You connected with me just to complain? Want me to go easy on you later?"
Raymond took a deep breath, staring fixedly into Qin Yu's eyes.
"Let's make a deal."
"Hand over the one hundred thousand High-Energy Crystal Cores beneath K-76 mining planet, and surrender half the control of that Planet-annihilator ship."
"I, Raymond, guarantee you that the joint fleet will immediately lift the space blockade and let you and your people go."
"We can report upwards that you escaped into the Void Turbulence. That way we can fulfill our duty, and you get to live."
Raymond spread his hands, his tone carrying what he thought was a bargaining chip.
"It's a win-win."
"Qin Yu, you're a smart man. No need to clash to the death with three thousand warships just for pride."
The combat room fell silent for a second.
Li Ruobing looked at Raymond on the screen as if he were an idiot.
Yao Xue shook her head helplessly, while Yao Qian covered her mouth, suppressing a laugh.
A look of pity for the dead even appeared on Elena's icy face.
"Win-win?"
Qin Yu lowered his head, his shoulders shaking violently, then erupted into deafening, maniacal laughter.
"HAHAHAHAHA!"
He laughed so hard tears nearly streamed from his eyes.
He suddenly raised his head, his gaze instantly turning as piercingly cold as a polar ice field.
"In all my life, this is the first time I've heard a dog dare to talk about 'win-win' with its master!"
Raymond's face changed dramatically as he roared, "Qin Yu! Do you really think we won't fire?!"
"Go ahead and fire!"
Qin Yu shot to his feet and slammed his palm down on the control console with a thunderous BANG.
Pointing a finger at Raymond's nose, his tyrannical aura pressed down on the other man through the screen.
"Raymond, you listen the fuck up."
"I don't want any win-win. What I want is to take it all!"
"Those five Administrators treat you like dogs. Did you think I'd treat you like people?"
Qin Yu held up three fingers, his tone reaching the peak of arrogance.
"Three thousand warships, you said?"
"Before my Tyrant, forget three thousand, even thirty thousand would just take a few extra seconds!"
"Not only do I have a Planet-annihilator ship, I also hold a Law-Grade Weapon that ignores all rules!"
Qin Yu directly threw the Holographic projection of [Extinction · Void Grasp] onto the screen.
That dark golden spear radiating an aura of utter destruction caused Raymond's pupils to instantly contract to pinpricks.
"This... this is a Pseudo-Rule Grade Weapon?!"
Raymond's voice trembled.
As a top-tier predator from the Central District, he understood all too well what a weapon of this level meant.
It was an absolute Dimensional Reduction Strike capable of directly erasing spatial coordinates!
Qin Yu stared coldly at him, as if looking at a corpse.
"Now, I'm giving you, and the fools behind you, two choices."
"First, do as you just said. Open fire."
"Then I'll erase all three thousand of your warships, along with your homeworld's coordinates, from this universe, and conveniently harvest your heads for Starburst Points."
Qin Yu paused, a cruel curve lifting the corner of his mouth.
"Second."
"Since you're sick of those five old things, since you don't want to be dogs."
"Then turn your main cannons around one hundred and eighty degrees for me."
Raymond's entire body shuddered violently as he stared at Qin Yu with utter disbelief.
"You... you want us to turn traitor?"
"Cut the fucking nonsense!" Qin Yu bellowed.
"My target is the headquarters of the Law Council! I'm going to raid the nest of those five Holographic projections!"
"Follow me, take down the Central District, and I'll let you feast!"
"And if anyone dares to utter half a word of refusal..."
Qin Yu snapped his fingers.
"Su Tian! Open all forward armor on the Tyrant! Antimatter Annihilation Main Cannons, lock onto Raymond's flagship!"
"Understood! Boss!"
Su Tian's excited shriek echoed through the channel.
"HUMMMMMMMM——!!"
High in the sky, the silent Tyrant Planet-Destroyer Ship suddenly erupted with a terrifying roar of energy.
From the front of its 120,000-meter-long hull, three Annihilation Main Cannons, each over a kilometer in diameter, slowly extended.
World-ending dark red antimatter energy frantically gathered at their muzzles.
The space around K-76 Mining Planet was instantly torn apart by this terrifying energy, creating countless fine, black fractures!
The alarms on Raymond's flagship blared incessantly across the holographic screen.
"Warning! Locked by ultra-high-yield destructive weaponry!"
"Shield dissolution rate has reached 80%! Defense impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Raymond's adjutant knelt on the floor beside him, trembling and wailing hysterically.
"Commander! Surrender! That's a force we cannot possibly resist!"
Sweat poured down Raymond's forehead, his once-ferocious single eye now filled with utter despair and terror.
He glanced up at the planet-annihilator ship hovering in the sky like a specter of death, then back at the holographic screen where Qin Yu loomed like a tyrant descending.
In that moment, he finally understood why the five Administrators had offered such an astronomical bounty.
This was no rookie to be easily crushed.
This was a madman come to end their rules!
"I'll give you ten seconds."
Qin Yu settled back into the main seat, pulling Li Ruobing into his lap and openly kneading her supple, slender waist without a hint of restraint.
"Ten, nine, eight..."
With each number Qin Yu counted down, Raymond's heart clenched violently.
"Three, two..."
"I surrender!!"
Raymond roared with every ounce of his strength, veins bulging on his forehead.
He abruptly drew the sidearm from his waist and shot several hesitant corporate overseers beside him point-blank in the head.
"Lord Qin! We rebel!"
Raymond pressed the bloodied muzzle against his own chin, his eyes turning utterly manic.
"The Abyssal Maw Legion, along with the three thousand warships of the joint fleet!"
"We pledge to follow Lord Qin! To raze the headquarters of the Council of Laws!"
"We beg Lord Qin to take us in!"
As Raymond's roar echoed, the communication channels of the joint fleet on the holographic screen erupted into chaos.
"Rebel! I've been sick of those five old bastards for ages!"
"A dog's a dog no matter who owns it! At least with Lord Qin we'll get a decent meal!"
"Main cannons turning! Target the Council of Laws space station!"
The three thousand warship main cannons previously locked onto the K-76 mining planet shifted direction in perfect unison.
The eerie green spatial lockdown field dissolved instantly.
Watching the screen filled with feverish faces switching allegiance, Qin Yu smiled with satisfaction.
"Good."
Qin Yu shoved the control console aside and strode toward the floor-to-ceiling window.
Gazing at the massive fleet in the starry void that had just changed masters in an instant, the battle fervor in his chest boiled over completely.
"Elena! Take people and dig up those hundred thousand High-Energy Crystal Cores buried underground!"
"Feed them all to the 'Kiss of Death'!"
Elena snapped to attention, crimson light flashing in her eyes.
"As you command, my Tyrant!"
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