The Way Back to Civilization - Chapter 11

Chapter 11: Hunter And Prey

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

At the same time.

“Squeak!! You bunch of stupid lizards!! Do you know whose goods are on the ship?!”

In the slightly crowded cruiser, looking at the fluffy rat that was jumping anxiously on the screen, the big guys with lizard heads and grayish-green scales roared with laughter.

“Of course we know. It’s Kyla Corporation, which is under Huan Yu Enterprise. Similarly, we also know that it’s filled with a batch of dark matter alloys.”

“Am I right, little mouse?”

The person who spoke was a white lizard. Its body looked much stronger than everyone present. Clearly, it was the leader of these pirates.

“The company will definitely not let you off!”

As it spoke, the hairy rat’s whiskers trembled up and down, looking very comical.

Behind it, a dozen rats of different colors were in a flurry, trying to repair the dense spiderweb-like cables that were damaged and exposed. Some parts were even on fire.

At this moment, they were manipulating the merchant ship in an attempt to escape the capture of the traction beam. Like a fish swimming against the current, they swung the bow in despair.

“Haha, poor little fellows, this is human technology. Don’t even think about it.”

The big men in the cabin laughed, enjoying each other’s desperate struggles.

At this moment, a slightly thin lizard head looked at a flickering light spot on the fluorescent screen and suddenly shouted.

“Boss! There’s a reaction from another ship nearby! It seems to be a big guy!”

Upon hearing this, the white lizard sitting in the captain’s seat looked over with its pale yellow eyes.

“Here? Could he be the helper of these guys?”

The big lizard scratched its hard chin with its claws and thought for a moment. Then, it glared at the operating table again.

“How many of them are there, and what kind of ship is it?”

Amidst the panic, the slightly thin lizard hurriedly sorted out the data.

“The other party’s scanning signal is very strange… Our system can’t identify it at all, but we can confirm that they only have one ship, about 400 KM away from us.”

Upon hearing the operator’s report, the rough laughter of the pirates immediately came from the crowded and messy cabin.

“Only one ship? Haha, another idiot who walked into a trap.”

“There it is! I see it!”

As a pirate raised his arm and pointed out of the window of the command room, everyone soon saw the black dot that had appeared out of nowhere in the deep space.

Although from the vague data sent back by the scanner, the other party should be a large ship of the level of a battlecruiser, they were not afraid. Instead, they were exceptionally excited.

Where did this confidence come from? Firstly, it was because of their rich plundering experience and the number of warships they had. Secondly, it was because of the human technology in their hands.

Such a wonderful creation from the hands of ancient humans could almost ignore weight. Even a battleship-class steel behemoth would be firmly trapped inside.

The restrictive position would lock every part of the warship, turning it into a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

At this moment, in the eyes of these pirates, the steel beast that had barged into the battle range of the fleet alone was just another live target that could be used to unleash firepower wantonly.

“Guys, it’s time to work! No matter who that idiot is, we’ll show them the power of the Piras Brotherhood! We’ll show them the power of ancient technology!”

Not long after, the white lizard slowly stood up and shouted at the impatient pirates below the stage. In response, shouts rose and fell in the channel.

Then, he turned his gaze to the weapon controller not far away.

“Throw those rats to the surface of the planet. The brothers below will recycle the goods for us. We don’t have time for these little things now.”

“After all, there’s still a lost beast waiting for us to hunt.”

…

Receiving the order, the entire pirate fleet quickly began to move. There was no special formation to speak of, and everyone only drove at full speed, closing in on the uninvited guest from all directions.

This scattered formation could effectively reduce the probability of being hit by a large-caliber cannon. As long as they could get within 200 KM of the target, their equipment would be effective.

Just as the pirates were about to approach the other party confidently, some of the frigates at the front noticed something amiss.

As they got closer, they were surprised to find that the black battleship wrapped in adamantine heavy armor not far away seemed to be much larger than what the detector had detected.

Through observation with the naked eye, even the most clumsy existence could clearly sense the huge gap that could make people feel oppressed.

An ancient and majestic deck building was built on the upper deck of the battleship. Just one look at it was enough to make people revere it.

Just as the pirates were still surprised by the huge size of the huge ship in front of them, the outer armor plate of the warship suddenly began to move, slowly spreading to both sides to reveal the honeycomb missile pod hidden under the armor.

In the next second, under everyone’s gaze, silver lights lit up…

Countless missiles whistled out like silver birds that had left their nests. They were also like billions of shining stars, dragging their tails as they pounced towards the tiny fleet in front of them.

The missiles flew towards the pirate fleet like predatory silver crows, each one accurately calculated.

Their flight trajectories, the points of contact with the target, the weak spots of the target structure…

In just a few nanoseconds, Xue Feng entered the precise data into the Glory Queen’s fire control computer to ensure that the attack would achieve the best effect.

A moment later, under the dazzling light, the number of pirate warships was rapidly decreasing.

Some small frigates tried to dodge the missiles that were chasing them, but in the end, they still could not escape the effective attack range.

These special missiles with silver trails did not use traditional chemical reactions to kill or injure the enemy.

Instead, it was through instantaneous compression of the energy particles inside the missile cabin, forming a phenomenon similar to a black hole. It tore all matter in its effective area into pieces. Even energy bodies would not be spared from this kind of attack.

Sensing the abnormality, the pirate chief still wanted to place his hopes on the human technology in his hands. However, at the critical moment, this thing actually failed. The guiding light beam did not have any effect on the huge ship in front of him.

Just like that, there was no suspense. Before the pirates could figure out what had happened.

In the blink of an eye, the mighty fleet turned into a pile of scrap metal under the influence of the missiles, floating in the cold void.