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Chapter 110: The Mora Royal Clan
Chapter 110: The Mora Royal Clan
Staring at the battleship encased in a green shield on the screen, Song Chi immediately pressed the red button beside him and then activated the communication bracelet on his hand.
In the 0155 Star Zone, far from the Principality’s floating land, the communication bracelet naturally had no network connection. However, Song Chi wasn’t trying to access the internet; he just wanted to view a video of the Ember Fleet ship that he had saved in the bracelet.
A moment later, he confirmed his suspicions.
"Right, it’s the Blood Wolf, the flagship of the Blood Blade Pirate Group’s deputy leader, 'Blood Wolf,' who left the base a while ago."
Just as he reached this conclusion, Song Chao, Song Lin, and Song You burst into the monitoring room.
"What’s happening..."
Before they could finish their question, their gaze converged on the holographic screen in the room.
"Blood Wolf!"
Song Chao was the first to recognize the battleship in the screen’s view. He then muttered to himself, "They’ve been out for over a month, finally returning. And the ship seems to be quite damaged. Did they encounter some tough opposition during their raid?"
As the four of them in the monitoring room speculated, the Blood Wolf, with a long, narrow tear in its side armor, slowly entered the protective shield of the base.
Song Chi’s eyes flickered, and he felt a stirring of interest.
Over the past month, he had meticulously recorded the star domain environment within a 10,000-kilometer radius of the Blood Blade Pirate Group’s base. Now, all that was left was to investigate the inside of the base. With the Blood Wolf’s return, he was considering whether it was time to enter the base and conduct a thorough investigation.
He had a feeling that the Blood Wolf’s mission wasn’t as simple as it seemed.
Of course, it was just a faint suspicion, not a strong intuition.
He had been hesitating about when to infiltrate the Blood Blade Pirate Group’s base, and now that the opportunity had presented itself, he decided to take advantage of it.
He kept this decision to himself and didn’t say much. On the other side, Song Chao, deep in thought, signaled for everyone to leave, while Song Lin stayed behind to take over Song Chi’s shift.
Over the next few days, Song Chi didn’t rush to use the Phantom Butterfly-class drone in his possession. Instead, he further confirmed the patrol schedule of the Blood Blade Pirate Group that had been recorded in the base, carefully selecting the most suitable targets for his mission.
...
In the Blood Blade Pirate Group’s base, in a large room on the outermost layer, four of the lowest-ranking pirates of the Blood Blade Pirate Group resided.
On this day, Blood Ant stood on the psychic energy training platform in his ship, fully engrossed in practicing the Psychic Energy Guidance Technique.
He was 42 years old, yet he was only a Zero-Class Ember Captain with a Level 7 Psychic Energy Guidance Technique.
The reason for his lag was that he was an unofficial citizen of the Ember Human civilization and didn’t have the privilege of awakening the Ember Seed at the normal age of 30.
As the descendant of a First-Class pirate who had been born and raised in the Blood Blade Pirate Group’s base, Blood Ant had only one way to awaken the Ember Seed: the pirate group’s unified awakening ceremony, held every twenty years. This method didn’t consider the age at which one awakened, nor whether one might miss the optimal awakening period. Blood Ant had finally gotten his chance three years ago and successfully awakened.
Just as he was at a crucial point in his training, a voice of scolding came from outside his shuttle.
"Blood Ant, it’s your turn to patrol. Damn it, I always have to come and call you myself. If you don’t have eyes, I don’t mind helping you remove them."
Amid the curses, Blood Ant piloted his Blood Ant shuttle into the air and began patrolling around the pirate group’s base.
Although the base was located deep within the 0155 Star Zone, the higher-ups of the Blood Blade Pirate Group didn’t let their guard down. They strictly ordered the lower-ranking pirates to maintain a high level of alertness, conducting regular patrols and surveillance.
After circling within the protective shield of the base for two hours, the Blood Ant shuttle finally cautiously breached the shield and began patrolling outside the base.
Their task was simple: to record any changes in the positions of the spatial rifts and spatial anchor points around the base.
While the possibility of the spatial rifts’ positions changing was extremely low, and any such changes would take centuries or millennia, there was also the spatial gale to consider. This phenomenon, originating from the spatial rifts, gradually lost its power as it moved away, eventually disappearing without a trace.
This, however, was just a common void gale. If a strong medium to large void gale were to appear, it could pose a significant threat to the pirate base. Monitoring the formation and appearance of such gales is the daily task of zero-class pirates like the crew of the Blood Ant.
The Blood Ant's progress was slow; outside the defensive light shield, danger lurked everywhere. For zero-class Flame Fleet captains like them, incidents were not uncommon.
Suddenly, a micro void gale erupted from a nearby spatial rift, its energy causing the Blood Ant to shudder violently. In the control room, Blood Ant strained to maintain control, eventually managing to pull the ship away.
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Blood Ant muttered to himself, having narrowly escaped death once again.
Unbeknownst to him, when the void gale affected the Blood Ant, a small phantom had swiftly flown to the ship's rear and silently attached itself to the underside, in the shadows.
1.5 light-years away, in the docking area of the Azure, Song Chi grinned with satisfaction.
However, after this operation, he took no further action, leaving the Phantom Butterfly drone hanging beneath the Ethereal Shuttle, with all energy reactions halted.
The Phantom Butterfly drone was coated with a special stealth material, making it undetectable by the Ethereal Shuttle's airborne radar. However, the Blood Blade Pirate Base was home to numerous first and second-class Flame Fleet warships, even a few third-class ones.
To prevent the Phantom Butterfly drone from being detected, Song Chi had to ensure it emitted no energy at all. Only by doing so could he deceive the higher-class warships and minimize the risk of exposure.
After waiting quietly for several hours, Song Chi finally saw the Ethereal Shuttle begin its return journey, carrying the Phantom Butterfly drone toward the pirate base.
As the ship passed through the oval-shaped defensive light shield, Song Chi subconsciously held his breath, his nerves stretched to the limit.
Fortunately, the woman from the Morning Star Multi-Function Shop had not lied. The Phantom Butterfly drone was indeed a top-tier drone from the latest batch produced by the Principality's research institute. Its stealth capabilities were strong enough to avoid detection by the Blood Blade Pirate Base's defensive array.
Once inside the shield, Song Chi found the right moment to detach the Phantom Butterfly drone from the Ethereal Shuttle, letting it fall freely into a corner below the base. Throughout this process, he did not activate any of the drone's energy systems.
Having completed this, he began to retract his scattered attention from Azure and focus all his mental power on the brainwaves of the Phantom Butterfly drone.
Meanwhile, he swiftly recorded all the information within his mind's perception range, including the precise locations of the internal structures within the Blood Blade Pirate Base, the exact numbers of pirates at each rank, and the residences of the upper echelon of the pirate group.
As Song Chi delves deeper into the mind of the target, their mental state gradually becomes heavy, this is the power of the mind. The mind control system has limited duration, he must seize this limited time.
In the world of Pokemon, a young trainer named Song Chi was on an adventure with their trusted partner, a powerful and enigmatic Pokemon. As they ventured deeper into the treacherous depths of the cave, they stumbled upon a hidden chamber, and within, a mysterious figure awaited...
This figure has four arms, its entire body is pitch-black, and a crescent-shaped horn protrudes from its head.
In the world of Blood Blade Pirates, the Vice Captain "Blood Wolf" has also joined the crew. What's more, Blood Wolf's appearance seems to have a rather intriguing allure.
In the enchanting world of magic and mystery, a young witch named Lily stumbles upon a hidden clearing within the Forbidden Forest. There, she discovers an ancient, abandoned mansion, its windows like empty eye sockets staring into the forest's depths.
In the world of Pokemon, a young trainer named Ethan was exploring the vast region of Johto with his trusty companion, the powerful Fire-type Pokemon, Typhlosion. As they ventured through the tall grass, a mysterious figure lurked in the shadows, observing their every move. Unbeknownst to them, this figure was none other than the formidable Team Rocket Admin, Archer, a master of illusions and psychic powers. With his keen psychic abilities, Archer had been tracking their movements, his Unown floating nearby, ready to strike at a moment's notice.
After a few seconds, when he extended his mind-reading ability again, the two figures had vanished without a trace, as if they had never been there.
After a few more hours, the neural beacon attached to the Phantom Butterfly drone completely malfunctioned. Until the very end, Song Chi never reactivated the drone's power cell, leaving it lying quietly in that extremely hidden corner.
The internal surveillance of Blood Blade Pirate Base is highly secretive, and the reactivation of the Phantom Butterfly drone carries a significant risk. He deliberately chose a very remote crash site, believing that unless his luck is terribly bad, no one would discover it.
Rubbing his slightly aching forehead, Song Chi didn’t rush back to catch up on sleep. Instead, he dashed straight to the Azure Sky.
When his father emerged, Song Chi recounted everything he had recorded—the detailed map of the Blood Blade Pirate Group’s internal layout and the encounter with Blood Wolf and the mysterious figure. He also kept a close eye on his father’s reaction.
His father casually glanced over the map he handed over, nodding without much expression. However, when Song Chi described the various features of the figure beside Blood Wolf, a clear look of surprise and suspicion appeared in his father’s eyes.
Song Zhao’s gaze sharply turned to Song Chi, his eyes locking onto him.
“Are you absolutely sure you didn’t mistake anything? Blood Wolf was really trying to please that person?”
Hearing the evident weight in his father’s voice, Song Chi immediately understood the gravity of the situation. He didn’t dare to respond lightly. Instead, he carefully recalled the scene, and only after confirming he hadn’t made a mistake did he nod solemnly.
Taking the opportunity, he asked:
“Dad, is that the Moro race?”
He hadn’t known the identity of the alien at first, but he had specifically looked it up. However, the Star Sea Civilization and the Encyclopedia of Beings provided very limited information about the Moro race, so he couldn’t be entirely sure.
Song Zhao nodded, then added with a serious expression:
“If you didn’t mistake the color of the horn on its head, it might even be the former Moro royal family.”
Hearing this, Song Chi’s eyes narrowed.
The Moro race was one thing; after all, even though the Dawn Star Principality’s expeditionary force had declared the complete annihilation of the Moro race, it was a mid-sized civilization with a population exceeding a billion. It was impossible to completely eliminate them.
But the Moro royal family was a different matter entirely. This meant that the Moro civilization likely had a direct lineage surviving, and they might be plotting something.
In that moment, he fully understood why his father had reacted so strongly.
They remained silent for a while. Finally, Song Chi voiced his suspicions.
“If it really is the Moro royal family, does that mean the Blood Blade Pirate Group is likely being backed by them?”
The Moro royal family, combined with Blood Wolf’s fawning and flattering, made it too easy to draw that conclusion.
In front of him, Song Zhao didn’t answer, but Song Chi saw the answer in his father’s eyes. His thoughts were exactly the same.
After a long moment of contemplation, Song Zhao’s gaze hardened.
“No, this matter is too significant. Regardless of whether it’s true or not, we must consider this possibility. Otherwise, if it turns out to be true, our entire lineage might be left here.”
With that, he led Song Chi and they quickly headed toward the base.
In the base’s monitoring room, the four of them gathered. After Song Zhao explained the situation, both Song Lin and Song You looked extremely serious.
The Moro royal family—those four words carried too much weight.
Even if it was just a remnant of the Moro civilization, they were far beyond the reach of a third-stage Flameheart Captain. After all, they had easily sponsored “Blood Blade,” a seasoned third-stage Flameheart Captain.
Once Song Lin and Song You recovered, Song Zhao explained the purpose of this gathering.
“I need to return to the White Tower Floating Land and inform Grandfather about this. However, someone must remain here to monitor the base and keep an eye on the Blood Blade Pirate Group’s stronghold.”
He paused, but his meaning was clear to Song Chi and the others.
This was their decision—who would go and who would stay.
Faced with this question, the three of them fell into deep thought.
There was no need to think twice; whoever stayed would have to take significant risks. If the base was exposed, a first-stage Flameheart Captain would have almost no chance of survival in such a situation.
After a moment of hesitation, Song Chi’s expression hardened, and he spoke up first:
“Dad, I’ll stay.”
As soon as he spoke, the other three turned their gazes to him.
But Song Chi wasn’t bothered. He had made this decision after careful consideration.
(End of Chapter)
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