Age of Evolution

Chapter 392: 392: Extortion

“Damn it! These people are so ungrateful. Stephen, you were right, these people are just a bunch of good-for-nothings. They’ve completely lost their judgement due to fear. If I were the leader of pirates, would I be speaking to them so gently? They dare to fire at my spaceship. They’re seeking death!”

The pirates around him were excited, originally they thought that they couldn’t have the chance to fight under the guidance of a noble. However, they didn’t expect the pig-headed people on this planet to offend them. Offending a noble is a major sin. Now, they have a chance to attack.

“Master, should we retaliate? Their missiles and anti-aircraft guns are attacking our spaceship. Don’t let them destroy our precious spaceship.”

The Black Pearl is indeed precious. It originally cost 20 billion Tianhe coins. If converted into Earth’s currency, that would be 20 trillion. They don’t even know if the whole world can gather that much money.

Ronnie spoke up at this moment, “It won’t get destroyed, our spaceship has ample energy reserves, and they can’t break through our protective shield. Even without the shield, their firepower is not enough to damage us even if we stood still, allowing them to bombard us for decades.”

“That’s not acceptable, it’s a matter of dignity. Master’s face is the most important thing,” Stephen said righteously, winking constantly at Ronnie.

Before Lin Zhen could answer, Jason, who had been standing silently behind him, spoke up.

“Master, shall I go out and kill all the people on this planet?”

Lin Zhen was stunned: “What did you say?”

“They offend the master. This is absolutely intolerable,” Jason said proudly.

Lin Zhen put a hand to his forehead, thinking Jason was the most reliable, but forgetting that this guy’s former master used to call himself a deity. As a constant star stage being, he didn’t care about the life and death of lower beings.

Lin Zhen, of course, could not exterminate the people of the Aurora Planet, as he still counted on this place to serve as a transit station.

Even if Earth were to face danger one day, he would rather use the Aurora Planet as a battlefield than Earth.

“Destroy the flying saucer fighters and then eliminate any firepower that attacked us. Can you do it?” Lin Zhen asked Ronnie.

Ronnie immediately nodded, “Rest assured, Master. Our Black Pearl’s firepower against these City Defense Army is child’s play. Just watch.”

Underneath the Black Pearl, the deck opened to reveal some gun ports.

The exterior was a pale golden shield, the Aurora Planet’s defensive artillery and missiles bloomed into insignificant bursts of light outside, barely audible in their explosions.

“Retaliate! Fire!”

All gun ports were set up; Ronnie gave the order. The crew controlled the gun ports, with the radar on the Black Pearl already setting targets so energy wasn’t wasted, aiming precisely.

One after another, laser cannons shot out of the gun ports. These laser cannons do not cause pollution or smoke, but their power was a hundred times stronger than orbiting artillery. In an instant, tens of thousands of shots went out, and the whole world suddenly became quiet.

Only fragments of flying saucers rolled and fell from the sky, while the firepower on the ground had gone entirely silent.

“Alright Master, the enemy’s offensive forces have been completely destroyed by us. From now on, whether it’s money or women, it’s up to you…”,

Lin Zhen heard An Qier’s sisters glaring at Stephen, Ronnie, and their group. In their eyes as good-hearted angel sisters, these people were all villains.

Lin Zhen coughed, “It’s best to restrain your habits. You are no longer pirates. Next, I think we should have a good talk with the big shots of this Aurora planet.”

The Black Pearl quickly arrived at the Aurora Planet’s capital city, Giant Elephant City.

The high-ranking politicians were just holding a meeting there.

When the giant starship appeared above Giant Elephant City, the people who had just watched the live broadcast were panicked, running and hiding, believing that a disaster was about to come.

Stephen shouted through the spaceship’s loudspeaker, “Ordinary people don’t need to worry at all. Our great Count Lin Zhen will not hurt you. We just want to see the leaders of the Aurora Planet and have a chat with our councilor friends. Please come out.”

Seeing that Lin Zhen and his people did not attack, the ordinary people gradually calmed down. If it was a disaster, running wouldn’t help.

However, the politicians did not come out, hiding in some unknown place.

Ronnie was annoyed, “These ignorant people, do they think we can’t find them if they hide? Master, I will soon be able to detect the locations of these politicians through the life scanner on the spaceship. Even if they hide underground, we can dig them out.”

The life scanner on the Black Pearl was even more powerful than that of Sky City, and quickly locked onto the politicians’ locations.

“Shout again and let them come out.”

Lin Zhen issued the order again, Ronnie kept shouting but, after several shouts over ten minutes, the officials still remained hidden like scared turtles.

Lin Zhen also lost patience: “Go, bring them out.”

The strongest person on this planet is only at Satellite Level 9, and there is not even a single planet-level being here, making it impossible for them to resist Lin Zhen.

Just as Shac was preparing to lead his people to capture the politicians, suddenly an alarm sounded on the Black Pearl.

“Please note, a spaceship is quickly approaching, current distance, 100,000 kilometers…”

Lin Zhen waved his hand for Shac to stop, no wonder these council members didn’t come out, so there are reinforcements.

That’s fine, having someone who can talk normally is just in line with Lin Zhen’s plan.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the opponent’s spacecraft finally appeared in sight.

Baron Huaxili is the governor of this sector of the starry sky, living on an asteroid. Hearing that pirates had appeared in Aurora Star and that Stephen had returned, he came here with a hardened scalp.

Stephen is a Planet Ninth-level Spiritual Mind Master, and the strongest under his hand is only Planet Sixth-level, so he dares not collide with Stephen.

But because of his duty, he had no choice but to come. Seeing the Black Pearl, he didn’t act rashly but actively connected with the other party’s communication.

When he saw Lin Zhen on the screen, he took the initiative to speak: “Are you the owner of the Black Pearl?”

“Yes.”

“I am the Imperial Governor, Baron Huaxili. I warn you now; this place belongs to the Tianhe Empire’s territory. No matter how strong you are, you can’t fight against the Empire. Leave now, and I can pretend that nothing happened.”

Huaxili didn’t dare to be too tough, as he saw Lin Zhen standing behind a group of strong ones, including not only Stephen but also two Planet Eighth-level ones.

Even that six-winged member of the Angel Clan was actually at Constant Star Stage!

These people could crush his power into slag. The emperor was far away in this high mountain, and he didn’t want to be killed by pirates. If things go wrong, he will run away immediately.

“So it seems, Baron Huaxili doesn’t believe in my identity as an Empire Earl?”

“Stop bullshitting, would an Empire Earl drive the Black Pearl with a group of pirates? And being a wanted criminal in Aurora Planet? You think I’m an idiot.” Huaxili simply didn’t believe.

At this time, Ronnie whispered to Lin Zhen that they had checked Huaxili’s family background.

His grandfather was a Viscount, who also had a mansion on Jade Star.

“Okay, enter the Dimensional Universe, and we’ll meet at your grandfather’s house in three minutes!”

Lin Zhen roared angrily and shut down the communication system, immediately calling Shangguan Jiao in the Dimensional Universe.

“What’s up, brother? Missing me?” Shangguan Jiao was in the Dimensional Universe and replied immediately.

Lin Zhen briefly described a few things, and Shangguan Jiao raised his eyebrows when he heard them: “This Baron has some nerve. Brother, don’t worry; I’ve got this. I’ll call my friends over, and we’ll scare the hell out of him.”

Lin Zhen said a few more things, and Shangguan Jiao chuckled: “Alright, let’s do it your way. If I don’t knock the chips out of him this time, I’m wasting my time.”

A minute later, Lin Zhen appeared at Viscount Huaxili’s mansion.

Soon, the figures appeared around, and Shangguan Jiao’s friends showed up one after another.

There was an old Viscount at the door, who was shrinking back when he arrived here, nodding again and again with a fawning expression when he saw Lin Zhen.

Shangguan Jiao introduced to Lin Zhen: “Brother, this is Viscount Huaxili, the grandfather of the Baron you saw.”

Lin Zhen snorted and ignored him.

“Huaxili, I don’t mean to criticize you, but your grandson has no sense of propriety. He dares to offend Earl Lin Zhen, and if he fails to get Lin Zhen’s forgiveness, your Huaxili family is in for some major trouble!”

“Yes, yes, what the Crown Prince said is right. When that little bastard comes back, I will definitely teach him a good lesson.” Viscount Huaxili wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, not daring to breathe.

Huaxili nervously greeted the big shots that he couldn’t usually see, busy and sweating.

At this time, Huaxili returned to Viscount’s mansion, and at first glance, he saw Lin Zhen: “You pirate, you really dare to come! Grandfather, this person…”

“Slap!”

Viscount Huaxili slapped his grandson’s face with a loud slap: “Rascal, how dare you be rude to Earl Lin Zhen? Did I teach you to behave like this? Kneel down now, and in front of Prince Shangguan Crown Prince and all the gentlemen, apologize to Earl Lin Zhen. If Earl Lin Zhen doesn’t forgive you, you better die kneeling here!”

Baron Huaxili noticed the people around him, and after seeing Shangguan Jiao, he regretted his actions, knowing that he was in big trouble.

He rolled and crawled to Lin Zhen’s feet: “Earl, I was really misled by those bastards. They said you were a pirate and a wanted criminal, and I didn’t investigate it carefully and talked nonsense. You’re a magnanimous person, so please let me go this time.”

Lin Zhen then lowered his head slightly: “You see, I’m a vengeful person. Huaxili, your offense to me will bring great disaster to your family. Do you think I can let you go just because you say a few words?”

“Then… Lord, what do you want?”

“I didn’t say anything; it’s up to you.” Lin Zhen closed his eyes slightly, thinking to himself that he had truly degraded. He had already investigated that Huaxili had not seriously fished for the past few years, and there was no need to be soft to such people. Besides, he still had a debt of more than 100 billion; he had to get some back no matter what.