"this……"
Kui Sheng was stunned for a long time.
He first wanted to thank the great Uncle Chi Feng for his generosity, but he also tasted a trace of indescribable unwillingness and grief from Ren Zhong's seemingly arrogant and domineering attitude.
Although it was only the first time they met, and although he almost died in the hands of the other party before, Kui Sheng suddenly felt that he seemed to understand this new earl a little bit.
However, looking at Ren Zhong with a calm expression, Kui Sheng felt that he might be overthinking things.
Under Ren Zhong's oppressive gaze, Kui Sheng slowly gathered his courage and stood up, but his head was still lowered subconsciously.
He understood the principle, but his body was still a little disobedient.
"Commander Kui, do you know why I was the first to receive you?"
Seeing him like this, Ren Zhong also knew that it was difficult for others to sit and talk to him with peace of mind like others, so he simply stood up, walked to Kui Sheng's side, and asked.
Kui Sheng still lowered his head, "I don't know, please make it clear, Lord Earl."
Ren Zhonghui turned around and said with a smile, "Because among all the five old pirate groups, the low-level pirates under your Kuixing pirate group have the best living environment. Your Kui Sheng's real surname is not Kui. You even have a plan for the Gravity Pirates The disaster relief plan has been implemented for many years. The management rules of your Kuixing pirate group are different. They do not pay attention to blood, but only ability. Only those who inherit the leader of the pirate group will change their surname to Kui. This is a true democratic election. System. You have done something that even the Empire cannot do. For this, I admire you very much. When the two sides were still hostile, I could destroy your ships one by one with my own hands, and I could kill you in one minute. There are millions of you, but that is only about stance, not hatred. Now that you have chosen to surrender to me, I will naturally not be stingy with my appreciation for you. So, you can hold your head up and don't have to kneel down like this."
After Ren Zhong said so much in one breath, Kui Sheng finally felt at ease.
He was sure that Uncle Chi Feng's surrender was not just talk, and the promise of the status of supernumerary subjects mentioned by Uncle Chi Feng was no lie.
Kui Sheng raised his head and said respectfully with a slightly excited tone: "On behalf of all the people of the Kuixing Pirate Group, I would like to thank the Earl for his kindness."
Next, Kui Sheng truthfully explained many things to Ren Zhong, including the distribution and development of the Wulao clan pirate group and some other relatively ancient powerful pirate groups, as well as the distribution and development of resource planets and hidden bases.
The First Expeditionary Force's infiltration and investigation of non-ruled areas has never been interrupted in the past few decades. Vincent Van Hoy, who is responsible for commanding the First Expeditionary Force station, is very clear about the heavy ambitions, but the past decades have The in-depth investigation was not as detailed as what Kui Sheng, an insider, said in two hours.
Ren Zhong was very satisfied with Kui Sheng's performance.
He looked at the time again.
Kui Sheng understood this and knew that Lord Earl had other arrangements, so before the conversation ended, he rushed to ask: "Lord Earl, can we continue to the Broken Star Ring? This is far from the exit of the Star Cluster Jump Channel. Always stay close, I'm afraid that Uncle Nanxiang will notice the battle situation here and make another move."
Ren Zhong shook his head, "There's no need to leave in a hurry. Even if Uncle Nanxiang's spies saw us parked here arrogantly, he wouldn't dare to do anything else. Liu An may seem overbearing, but he actually has some brains. The first thing he has to do is to figure out why the direction of the war situation is completely different from the deduction results of his military combat system. He will not do anything until he understands what cards I have and is fully prepared. He I can't afford another failure. Regarding this operation alone, I will have a good talk with him at that time. As for departure, I'm afraid we have to wait a few days, as the collection and placement of the descending troops have not yet been completed."
Hearing this, Kui Sheng felt a little confused and subconsciously asked, "Hasn't everything been gathered up already?"
"Not really." Ren Zhong shook his head, "It's just that the people who are easier to collect have been settled, but there are still many people trapped in the damaged ship. There are even people wearing individual armor floating in space. Here. These people must be rescued."
"Huh? Are you trying to save me?" Kui Sheng's face was filled with astonishment.
This time, Ren Zhong was confused, "What do you mean? Don't save me?"
Kui Sheng's lips trembled, not knowing what to say.
According to the common sense he got from the empire, whether it was the surrender or the rescue operation, it should be over at this point.
Perhaps as Ren Zhong said, there are still many people who have not been rescued, but so what?
Could a pirate's life be more valuable than a battleship's energy battery?
This is unscientific, unreasonable, and not in line with management cost science.
Regardless of whether it is the civilians in the Nanxiang Star Cluster or the civilian pirates themselves, they all agree on one thing, that is, the lives of pirates are worthless, and their time is not even valuable.
Based on the consistent behavior of Uncle Nanxiang or other forces in the star cluster, there is no way they would waste precious time and resources here.
Ending it now and leaving immediately is the most cost-effective option.
You must know that because each prisoner of war is in a different situation, the difficulty and investment cost of resettling prisoners of war will inevitably continue to increase as the degree of completion of the work increases.
To rescue a prisoner of war who is partially trapped in a sealed cabin or floating in a space armor, the manpower and material resources required are definitely several times greater than those required to receive people in batches.
But Uncle Chi Feng was obviously not joking, but serious.
With unspeakable doubts, Kui Sheng returned to the fortress where prisoners of war were concentrated.
Other pirates came up to him and asked him how he was doing.
Kui Sheng first stood in front of the visual window of the fortress and watched the multi-functional rescue aircraft filing out like a swarm of locusts. He did not rush to answer everyone's questions, but recalled in his mind the last thing he heard before leaving Ren Zhong's office. That sentence.
"The reason why we must do our best to save everyone is because everyone's life is worthy of respect."
At that time, Chifeng Bo Renzhong said this in a calm tone.
But these words sounded like thunder in Kui Sheng's heart, blasting through his cognition.
To this day, Kui Sheng is still recalling this simple sentence over and over in his mind, and trying to figure out whether it is true or false from Ren Zhong's micro-expression and the hidden details in his tone.
He really wanted to find out whether this was what Uncle Chi Feng said from the bottom of his heart, or whether it was just a political means to win people's hearts.
If it was the former, Kui Sheng would feel that his hundreds of years had been in vain.
If it was the latter, Kui Sheng would also find Chi Feng Bo to be unfathomable and terrifying, because he was really touched at the time.
After a long time, Kui Sheng smiled bitterly and shook his head subconsciously.
He couldn't think of the answer.
Seeing Kui Sheng acting like this, the other pirates were shocked and thought.
Someone couldn't hold it in anymore and stood directly next to Kui Sheng and pulled his shoulders over, "Commander Kui, please tell the truth. Is this surrender a scam at all? Is Uncle Chi Feng planning to gather us together?" It's easier to get up and kill faster? When do you think he will take action? What will happen to our families in the base? Is there still a chance for negotiation? What can we do to make him believe in our sincerity in surrendering? "
"Yes, Commander Kui, you need to say something."
"If you keep waiting like this, you really don't know what to do, so please give it a good time."
…
Everyone looked at each other and said a lot, and each one seemed more excited than the other.
Kui Sheng looked around and saw everyone acting like this. He felt a little ridiculous and ridiculous for a moment, and felt wronged for Uncle Chi Feng.
After thinking about it, Kui Sheng simply pointed to the circular viewing window and said, "Have you seen those small aircraft outside?"
"I saw it, what's it for?"
"Is there anyone still resisting? Are these people going to clean up the battlefield?"
Kui Sheng shook his head, "In the past two days, Chi Fengbo spent an hour designing a brand new multi-functional aircraft. This aircraft is based on their high-performance single-man fighters. "
"Multi-functional? Added more weapons? That's not necessary!"
"Yes, that kind of fighter is very scary. All aspects of the design have reached the pinnacle of Nanxiang Star Cluster's material science. There is no room for improvement, right?"
Kui Sheng: "No. These aircraft have had their weapon systems removed and then installed with devices such as rapid cutting, sealing gel spray, integrated first aid kits, high-precision short-range life detectors, etc. Now, they are no longer for killing people. It is a multifunctional rescue aircraft that can save people. Those elite fighter pilots who previously left us helpless on the battlefield have now become rescuers. The reason why Uncle Chi Feng has not had time to see me in the past two days is because It’s because he is personally responsible for the modification of these emergency aircraft. He handles all work stages from design to production management to product acceptance.”
"this……"
"Why! What is he trying to do? Is he planning to..."
Kui Sheng: "Yes, he just intends to rescue everyone who can be rescued. Even if it seems to be a loss and no cost-effectiveness, even if we were fighting him to the death two days ago, even if there are actually many Chifeng people Soldiers died in our hands. But that's what he did. He said something to me before I came back."
"What words?"
"Commander Kui, you should hurry up and say it, don't show off!"
Kui Sheng took a deep breath, "He said that everyone's life is worthy of respect."
"ah?"
"this……"
The hall where the high-ranking prisoners of war gathered was suddenly silent and silent.
Everyone even forgot to ask how they would be punished.
This is no longer necessary.
Uncle Chi Feng's words are the most solid attitude.
But some people were still deeply confused and couldn't help but say: "But we did have a chance to attack some Chifeng Army warships and killed many of them."
Kui Sheng nodded, "That's right. I didn't discuss this topic with Uncle Chi Feng. But from his attitude, I was roughly sure of his thoughts. That is, he understood that our previous situation had to be done out of necessity. After all, we Pirates seem to be prosperous in the Broken Star Ring, but when faced with the oppression of Uncle Nanxiang, they really have no choice. He knows that Uncle Nanxiang is the real enemy, and we are just tools. The tools themselves are not sinful. So He has long since forgiven us.”
"Before meeting Uncle Chi Feng, I actually had a brief exchange with Marshal Ying Zhenshan and Deputy Marshal Yuan Qinhu. Instead of humiliating me, they even comforted me and told me not to feel any psychological pressure. Uncle Chi Feng The army is different from the army of any force we know, and it is completely different from us."
Having said everything to this point, if anyone still thinks that Uncle Chi Feng's surrender is not sincere, then they are simply stupid.
Everyone knows the truth, but this reality is so dreamy that it’s hard to believe.
But they soon came to believe it even if they didn’t believe it.
After a short debugging, the rescue aircraft has started live broadcast of disaster relief.
In the hall where the prisoners of war are located, there is a multifunctional stereoscopic projection. The prisoners of war can use this projection to watch at will, and even switch to different video sources at will to see the rescue and disaster relief situations in different areas.
Seeing is believing, hearing is believing.
Watching these multi-functional aircraft carefully cut away the damaged parts of the battleship, trying to enter every corner where there might be survivors, and then trap those in sealed cabins, or wearing space suits but being clamped by deformed metal The pirates who could not escape were carefully rescued. Kui Sheng and others standing in the hall were so nervous that they subconsciously held their breath.
They didn't know these low-level pirates, but that didn't stop them from worrying about the fate of these strangers at this moment.
They also saw the rescued hugging the rescuers and kowtowing crazily while crying in pain after they were finally safe.
Having said everything to this point, if anyone still thinks that Uncle Chi Feng's surrender is not sincere, then they are simply stupid.
Everyone understands the truth, but this reality is so dreamy that it is hard to believe.
But they soon came to believe it even if they didn’t believe it.
After a short debugging, the rescue aircraft has started live broadcast of disaster relief.
In the hall where the prisoners of war are located, there is a multifunctional stereoscopic projection. The prisoners of war can use this projection to watch at will, and can even switch to different video sources at will to see the rescue and disaster relief situations in different areas.
Seeing is believing, hearing is believing.
Watching these multi-functional aircraft carefully cut away the damaged parts of the battleship, trying to enter every corner where there might be survivors, and then trap those in sealed cabins, or wearing space suits but being clamped by deformed metal The pirates who could not escape were carefully rescued. Kui Sheng and others standing in the hall were so nervous that they subconsciously held their breath.
They didn't know these low-level pirates, but that didn't stop them from worrying about the fate of these strangers at this moment.
They also saw the rescued people hugging the rescuers and kowtowing frantically to express their gratitude after finally being safe.
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Today is Mother's Day, and I took my wife and children out for a dinner party, so I was forced to fill in the word count again, which caused trouble to everyone. I'm sorry. There are only 4,000 words today, and there will be no second update. There will be 6,000 words tomorrow, and there will be no word count padding! I said!
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