togophonebook Chapter 215 Using war to sustain war, Earth's fangs!
Chapter 215 Using war to sustain war, Earth's fangs!
"surrender?"
Su Chen's avatar stared at the weeping octopus head on the screen, his face expressionless.
He had no pity for these space pirates who burned, killed, and plundered in the universe, their hands stained with the blood of countless civilizations.
Killing them is the simplest and most satisfying thing to do.
but……
Su Chen's gaze swept over the pirate warships, which, though terrified, still maintained their battle formation.
This is a sizable fleet, although its technological level is outdated in Su Chen's opinion.
However, for the newly established Earth Federation, it is still a force to be reckoned with.
It's such a waste to just destroy it like this.
For Earth's civilization to establish itself in the dark universe, defense alone is not enough.
Being passively attacked will only lead to a perpetual state of exhaustion.
Earth needs to grow its own fangs.
A "black glove" unit that can penetrate deep behind enemy lines to carry out various "special" missions, making it inconvenient for the regular federal army to appear.
And these pirates in front of us are the best raw materials.
A plan quickly took shape in Su Chen's mind.
"If you want to live, you can."
Su Chen's voice rang out again: "But I don't accept the surrender of trash."
The octopus-headed captain was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Su Chen meant.
"My Lord, do you mean...?"
"It's very simple."
Su Chen's avatar extended a finger and pointed to the largest battleship in the pirate fleet besides the flagship:
"If you defeat it, the rest of your ships can survive. If you don't, you'll become space junk along with it."
What?!
All the pirates were stunned.
Is this meant to make them... kill each other?
The captain of the battleship that Su Chen pointed to, an orc with a wolf's head, turned green with rage.
"Captain! He's trying to make us fight amongst ourselves! We can't fall for it!"
Captain Wolfhead roared furiously in the internal channel.
The octopus-headed captain, however, became unusually calm.
It knew that this was Su Chen's test, and their only chance to survive.
It glanced at the other spaceships around it that were already itching to move, a ruthless glint in its eyes.
"The Black Flag Alliance's rule is: might makes right!"
It activated the fleet-wide broadcast system, its voice icy:
"Brothers, the gods have given us a chance! Our lives or deaths are in our own hands!"
"Focus fire on the 'Wolf Fang'! Take them down, and we'll survive!"
"How dare you!" Captain Wolfhead roared.
But his roar was of no use.
Faced with the threat of death and the will to survive, so-called "comradeship" is incredibly fragile.
The next second, all the pirate ships except for the "Wolf Fang" turned their cannons around without hesitation and unleashed their fiercest firepower on their comrades from yesterday.
A brutal civil war broke out without warning, right under the watchful eyes of the Zhenyuan Fleet and Su Chen's avatar.
Although the "Wolf Fang" was also a capital ship, it was no match for the overwhelming force.
Surrounded by his former comrades, he lasted less than ten minutes before being riddled with holes and finally turning into a giant fireball in despair.
The battle was over, and the remaining pirate ships stood panting in place, like a group of defeated roosters.
They won, but there was no joy, only the bewilderment of surviving a disaster and a deeper fear of Su Chen.
The gods of this earth are not only powerful, but also ruthless.
"Very good." Su Chen's avatar nodded in satisfaction.
"From this day forward, you are no longer pirates of the 'Black Flag Alliance.' Your name is the 'Earth Alliance Foreign Legion,' codenamed 'Netherworld.'"
"Your mission is to carry out the dirtiest and most dangerous tasks for the Earth."
"Your ships, your people, your lives—they all belong to Earth. Any objections?"
"No...no objection!" said the octopus-headed captain.
No, it should be the interim commander of the foreign legion who takes the lead in expressing his opinion.
Just kidding, it's good enough that we're alive, who would dare to complain?
"Very good." Su Chen's will turned to the "Prophet".
"Take over their spaceship systems and modify them. Replace their weapons and engines with ours."
"In addition, I've equipped every ship with a self-destruct device, and I have the remote control."
"Yes, my lord."
Su Chen was blatantly telling them that they either had to obediently become dogs or be ready to fly to the sky at any time.
The pirates fell silent, completely abandoning any thought of resistance.
After incorporating this fleet, Su Chen ordered "Prophet" to conduct a thorough search of the flagship's navigation logs and database.
Soon, an even more important piece of information was uncovered.
"My lord, according to the data, the cooperation between the 'Black Flag Alliance' and the 'Nightmare' is far deeper than we imagined."
The Prophet reported: "The Black Flag Alliance is responsible for finding promising but poorly defended civilizations in the universe and then selling their coordinates to the Nightmares."
"The Nightmare Ones are responsible for dismantling the civilization from within, and the Black Flag Alliance will then come in to carry out the physical recovery, which is to say, looting, with the profits split 50/50 between the two sides."
Su Chen's eyes turned cold.
This is a massive, multi-star system of criminal activity that thrives on destroying civilizations.
"Do the higher-ups of the Black Flag Alliance know where the 'Nightmare's' hideout is?" Su Chen asked.
"I don't know," the "prophet" replied.
"All their transactions were conducted through a middleman, and they never met in person."
"However, the voyage log mentions one thing. The leader of the 'Black Flag Alliance,' 'Blackbeard,' seems to have once obtained a 'relic' from the 'Nightmare.'"
"It is said that one can communicate directly with the Nightmare Lord through that sacred relic."
"A sacred object?" Su Chen's interest was piqued.
It seems that interrogating Li Mo, a minor character, is far from enough to find the lair of the "Nightmare".
He needs a bigger chessboard, and he needs to take the initiative.
Su Chen's gaze turned to the deep universe.
Earth can no longer be a passively defended fortress.
It's time for this planet to bare its fangs and tear apart those enemies who dare to spy on it.
His first target was the massive space pirate organization—the Black Flag Alliance.