Chapter 22
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Chapter 22
After hearing Fu Yue’s words, Arnold snapped the seemingly strong laser restraints and said, "You did not burden me."
"Thank you, General!" She knew that this Imperial Grand Marshal understood righteousness and would never blame her, a diligent and responsible subordinate, for trivial matters.
Fu Yue hurriedly stepped to the other side and raised her hands, motioning for Arnold to remove her handcuffs.
But before Fu Yue could hear the sound of the chains breaking, she heard Arnold ask, "Why did you call me a cold-blooded general just now?"
Cold-blooded? Did she say that?
Oh… I think I’ve heard that before.
But will this mean boss really refuse to let her go just because of these words?
Fu Yue couldn’t believe it, but after raising her hand for a while, she realized that the person opposite seemed to think so.
Hehe, it seems like some people are destined to be labeled as "mean" by her.
"Hahaha," Fu Yue chuckled nervously, feeling her survival instinct rising rapidly, "You belong to the Zerg tribe, known for your cold-blooded nature. The title of Cold-Blooded General is given to you for that reason."
In simple terms, this is just a characteristic, not a flaw.
"Of course, if you don’t like it, I’ll correct it right away," Fu Yue put her mind to work, "How about… changing it to the great, respected General Arnold? What do you think?"
As she spoke, Fu Yue flashed a pleasing smile, once again piteously offering her tied hands.
Thank goodness, this time Arnold finally decisively unlocked her handcuffs and ankle chains.
After being freed from restraint, Fu Yue stretched her muscles and looked towards the tightly closed hatchway.
The real challenge would be getting through this door next… The problem is, when she came in, she noticed how thick the hatchway was, and she believed that even if they were having a loud party inside, there was probably no way to hear any noise from outside.
Before she could finish her thoughts, Fu Yue found herself lifted off the ground.
Fu Yue: ???
"What’s wrong?"
"It’s not safe or convenient for you to walk alone. You could be targeted for an attack at any moment."
Remembering the gun aimed at her before, Fu Yue nodded like a chicken pecking grain, "Hmm."
But what to do then? She couldn’t just sit on his arm like before, could she? That would make it very inconvenient for Arnold to move.
And then Arnold squeezed her into his tight silver bodysuit. By using the bodysuit’s compression feature, he managed to force Fu Yue inside, albeit with some difficulty.
After pushing in, Arnold slowly moved away his hands that were holding Fu Yue. Just as he had imagined, Fu Yue stayed on his chest.
Hmm, not bad. He was very satisfied.
Fu Yue squeezed herself in front of Arnold like this.
From a distance, it looked like an extra big lump growing on Arnold’s chest, with an extra head on his neck.
But Arnold’s image problem was not something Fu Yue cared about at all right now.
Because at this moment, Fu Yue was screaming like a crazy groundhog inside!
Naked! Her back was completely stuck to the body of an abnormal man.
From childhood to adulthood, she had never had such close and extensive contact with the opposite sex.
Wait, upon careful thought, it seemed like not even with her dad!
No, she couldn’t keep thinking about it. If she did, she might lose her innocence… She decided to focus on the present instead. She unconsciously moved her foot and realized she was stepping on someone’s abs… so firm and hard. There were muscles on the back, maybe chest muscles… No, Fu Yue realized it was an emergency! She needed to figure out how to open the door!
Before she could recover from the encounter with her boss, Arnold kicked the door, not too gently.
With a loud bang, at least fifteen centimeters of the thick hatchway collapsed.
Fu Yue was stunned, any excitement she felt before vanished with the falling door.
"General…" Fu Yue’s voice trembled as she grabbed Arnold’s collar, "You’re so… amazing, promise me you won’t get mad at me in the future…" Arnold, "?"
Together, they acted as one person and walked out through the door.
When the bandits brought Fu Yue over, they didn’t blindfold her. So she recognized the direction Arnold was heading was not towards the spaceship.
She asked, "Where are we going?"
Arnold replied, "We need to find the device that blocks signals and the map of this large ship to help us escape smoothly."
"Hmm…" Fu Yue didn’t understand the job of finding the control room at all.
She had to casually move her head around and observe randomly inside the ship. But as she looked around, she actually spotted something.
"General… Why do the walls and floor here look like they are patched together from different pieces?" Each piece seemed very different in style and material.
Arnold patted Fu Yue’s head to show he understood.
This must be something put together by the Brown Rat Tribe from many abandoned warships, a mix and match creation. So on this warship, he wasn’t very sure where their control room was actually located.
But as a general who knew almost all the starships inside out.
He confidently pointed to a door on the side ahead, "This must be an important spot."
Fu Yue had no doubt and pulled his collar, saying, "Since no one is guarding here now, let’s go in quickly!"
After the familiar door-kicking move, everyone inside looked surprised at the entrance.
Arnold quickly looked at the people in front of him, making sure none of them were holding any weapons.
He swiftly grabbed the closest female to him, put his arm around her throat and said, "If you want her to live, drop your weapons and communication devices."
Poor Fu Yue, who had just walked in looking confused, found herself caught between a hostage situation with Arnold.
"General, you’re blocking my view…" Fu Yue whispered her request.
At Arnold’s response, he moved the hostage aside, giving Fu Yue some space.
Fu Yue finally had a chance to carefully examine the surroundings – a large space filled with recognizable, sophisticated systems.
"This must be the control room!" Fu Yue exclaimed happily, impressed by the General’s ability to locate key points.
Arnold nodded in agreement.
However, in the eyes of the others present, Fu Yue’s smile seemed to reflect a twisted desire to harm, especially as she was attached to another person like a parasite.
Among this group of people, a young female leader of the Brown Rat Tribe emerged. She is in charge of operating the warship.
Just now, the person who came to report said that the ones caught this time were two Zerg Tribe members. How come when they met in person, they couldn’t even recognize the basic race?
Although the woman looked startled, she remained relatively calm and asked, "What do you twin parasites want?"
Fu Yue, "??? What a terrifying term, is it referring to the two of them?"
Arnold calmly explained, "There is no surveillance equipment here." That’s why they were able to move freely in the corridor just now. And that’s why this female leader of the Brown Rat Tribe mistook them for another race.
Fu Yue also looked at this woman and the people behind her. They were all dressed in very strange clothes similar to the robbers. Most of them were thin.
Maybe they don’t want surveillance because they can’t afford it.
Looking around, there were only the elderly, children, and women here. It seemed like a coordinated robbery operation with all the villagers mobilized.
But no matter how poor they are, they shouldn’t engage in such illegal activities!
Fu Yue didn’t beat around the bush, "Where is your signal blocker device?"
"We won’t tell you!" The woman looked excited, and others present also echoed her.
"Yes, tell you, and you’ll run away!"
"If you run out of money, how will you live…"
Even the hostage held by Arnold showed great righteousness, saying not to leave any money, don’t ask for anything.
Obviously Arnold wouldn’t listen to their nonsense, he directly pinched the hostage’s neck, making the other side make way.
Just glancing at the interfaces of these devices, Arnold found the controller within two minutes and successfully turned off the signal blocker.
Now the distress signal has been sent out. All they needed to do next was find a map, or wait for the rescue team to arrive.
In an instant, Fu Yue felt like the two of them were already halfway rescued.
While Arnold was still looking for the map of the composite ship, Fu Yue couldn’t resist her curiosity anymore.
Watching them, it didn’t seem like they had completely lost their conscience as no one dared to make any reckless moves because of a weak female hostage. This also showed that they understood the importance of family and friends, yet they still engaged in robbery and kidnapping, which was contradictory.
Fu Yue asked the leader woman, "Why do you choose to be robbers?"
The woman clearly didn’t want to answer that question, she stubbornly turned her head, showing her strong belief.
"If you don’t speak, I will make this woman suffer," after learning from Arnold’s example, Fu Yue now confidently threatened others, having become more skilled at it.
The woman anxiously looked at the girl in their hands and whispered some comforting words.
She then began to explain the reasons behind the situation.
In the vast universe, the law of the jungle prevailed, where every species struggled to survive or be conquered.
The Kurds, as a highly aggressive species, in previous years, had defeated the Brown Rat Tribe based on this rule.
After losing the battle, the Brown Rat Tribe became prisoners.
But because the Kurds were mostly focused on conquering and not on what happens afterward, it led to a lot of outsiders invading their home planet. This gradually marginalized their own people, forcing them to become refugees in the universe.
Helpless, they became space pirates today.
"Don’t be proud, even if you escape from us, more refugees created by the Kurds will attack you!" The woman was indignant, and her people behind her began to confront the two of them.
This woman got it wrong. Fu Yue didn’t feel proud at all now, she even felt like crying. It turned out that today’s kidnapping and suffering were all caused by Arnold and the others themselves!
Who could have imagined this!
She silently looked at Arnold, hoping to see a hint of guilt in his expression towards her.
But at that moment, Arnold remained composed, still focused on searching for information, looking very dedicated.
Under Fu Yue’s gaze, Arnold finally found and memorized the map after five minutes.
After carefully helping the other person organize the documents, he suddenly seemed to realize the situation. He gently patted Fu Yue’s head and whispered, "I will handle it when we go back."
"Mm, I knew the general is very sensible." Hmph, that’s about right.
Taking advantage of the interaction between the two, the sharp-eyed female leader directed her assistants behind her, secretly signaling the males.
Just as Fu Yue and the others were about to knock out these people, the male members of the Brown Rat Tribe arrived at the scene.
"Boss, they really escaped!" Aer exclaimed in shock, "and they have turned into strange parasites!"
Upon seeing the female hostage held by the opposite side, Neil didn’t hesitate at all. He immediately picked up a laser knife and charged towards them.
Unexpectedly, Arnold didn’t even plan to dodge, and he even dropped the hostage, using one hand to block the attack.
Watching this scene, Fu Yue was extremely anxious. "Quick, hide!" That’s a laser knife, not a simple blade made of steel!
She reached out and tugged on her silly boss’s clothes, trying to remind him through this action.
Big brother, please wake up!
When the laser knife hit Arnold’s body, it felt like hitting a hard object and bounced back.
Even the leader of the Brown Rat Tribe on the other side was knocked down by the strong recoil.
Fu Yue, "…"
Neil, "…"
What kind of battle is this!
Before anyone could react, Arnold forcefully pinned down the leader who had fallen to the ground and controlled him.
Suddenly, the broadcast inside the composite ship was invaded from outside. A warning voice came through clearly, "Our warship has completely surrounded you, all the ship’s equipment has been successfully infiltrated. Surrender immediately…"
It wasn’t until the thieves were brought to justice that Fu Yue finally felt safe.
Later, escorted by a grand fleet of warships, Fu Yue finally returned safely to her white house.
Since then, Arnold specifically ordered eight military patrol ships to be on standby at Astronaut Star. Whenever Fu Yue and her group went out, these military ships would accompany them for protection.
This level of grandeur was like having eight luxury cars escort you everywhere on Blue Star. It finally gave Fu Yue the presence of a general.
Additionally, Arnold kept his promise and successfully resolved the issue of war refugees left behind by the Kurds in just two months. This also solved a majority of the space pirate problem.
Consequently, at the award ceremony for the new Universal Peace Prize, the surprising winner was the Kurds, known for their fierce fighting. Specifically, General Arnold, the fiercest warrior among the Kurds, won the award.
This outcome stunned everyone, leading some to question the credibility of this year’s peace prize.
Undoubtedly, this was probably the biggest scoop in the entire galaxy this year.
Fu Yue was fascinated as she watched the entire process of her boss at Astronaut Star receiving the award. At one point, he even conveyed a message from Arnold.
"We Kurds can conquer anything, including peace."
Amazing!