Goodbye, Grey Eagle...

The moment the decision to destroy all the Interstellar Pirate ships was made, Sea Emperor learned of it and woke up the sleeping Gu Ding.

Gu Ding sat up abruptly, staring at the video projection that the Sea Emperor had captured, and said in a deep voice, word by word, "They will regret making this decision!"

After a moment of silence, Gu Ding made a new decision. "Sea Emperor, tell all the Interstellar Pirate on this planet that the military will destroy all their ships tomorrow morning, and that they have already requested reinforcements, which will arrive in three days. Also tell them that we have found mercenaries who will destroy the three military interceptor ships, the Young Dragon, in two days. On the day the interceptors are destroyed, we will remove the port's Sky Dome shield and completely disable the port's Armor-Piercing Cannon. Whether they can seize the military's ships and leave this planet will depend on their own abilities."

Sea Emperor quickly relayed these words to all the Interstellar Pirate on the planet.

Everyone who received the message was stunned; it contained far too many explosive pieces of information. None of them had anticipated it.

"Boss, Gu Ding's news true or false? The military usually wouldn't destroy a spaceship that's already a spoil of war, right?" Someone in Bade's team raised this question, and others in other teams had similar doubts.

"Gu Ding wouldn't lie about something like this. His goal is the same as ours—to leave this planet. Our interests are aligned. We did inflict heavy losses on the military this time, so it's not surprising that they made such an extreme decision." Bade shook his head. "Moreover, everything he said is connected. He said he found mercenaries and could destroy those three interceptor ships in two days, which means he must have known in advance that the military had reinforcements and wanted to leave before they arrived. And the military's decision to destroy our ships must have been made after they learned that Gu Ding had already hired mercenaries. They were worried that we would escape in two days, so they were in a hurry to destroy all of our ships."

"Gu Ding wants us to seize the military's ships, but the military clearly doesn't have enough. Including the Golden Eagle, there are only thirty-three ships in total. But there are over a hundred Pirate Crew here, right? How are we going to distribute them?"

"Do you think that just because thirty-three teams have secured a spaceship, the other eighty-odd teams will stand by and watch? They'll definitely try to get a few teams onto one ship and leave first. In this situation, anyone trying to monopolize a spaceship will absolutely become the target of everyone's ire." Although Bade was arrogant, he knew that trying to monopolize a spaceship was unlikely to succeed. While he was reluctant to share a spaceship with others, given the current situation, escaping was already a stroke of luck; he couldn't ask for more at this point.

"If several teams are on one spaceship, who will ultimately own the spaceship?"

"Come on, use your brain, okay? Military ships all have serial numbers. If they're taken by Interstellar Pirate, they'll definitely be tracked down and hunted down by countless military experts. This kind of hot potato should be abandoned immediately. Keeping it is just suicidal." Bade increasingly felt that the group of underlings he had recruited were brainless, and he was also increasingly envious of Gu Ding's team for having such good members.

"The boss is right. We have to participate in Gu Ding's operation this time, otherwise we really won't be able to escape when the military reinforcements arrive." A boy, who looked about the same age as Gu Ding, around fourteen or fifteen years old, with short blond hair, looked very energetic.

Bade's team has more than thirty people, and this boy had only recently joined. He was usually inconspicuous, and Bade didn't even remember his name very well. "Are you called Ryan... Ryan?"

"Boss, my name is Rhine." The boy gave a warm smile.

"Alright, Rhine, tell me your thoughts." Although Bade didn't have high expectations for the boy's opinion, he himself was also having a headache over the current situation. He needed someone to voice a different opinion, perhaps to help him find a solution to the problem.

"I've analyzed the current situation. This operation is dangerous, but it's also our only chance." Rhine nodded, still looking confident, not showing any stage fright despite the many people watching. "However, Gu Ding's team and our team are the two teams with the lowest probability of successfully escaping."

"Oh, how so?" Bade asked, intrigued by the boy's words.

"The reason we fear the military is because it is guarded by Generals Sharp and Emily. With the two of them there, it will be very difficult for us to seize the spaceship. Even a powerful Eighth Order Gene Body can be killed in one move by them. Therefore, in this operation, someone must keep these two Military Department General occupied."

"On this planet, the only one who can restrain Sharp, who is now Eleventh Order genetic being, is Bigge from the Gu Ding Team. But conversely, Bigge will also be restrained by Sharp. Gu Ding will definitely not give up on Bigge before Bigge gets away. Therefore, Gu Ding and his team, who are the strongest in the group, actually have the lowest probability of successfully escaping."

"Secondly, it's us. Boss, you've fought against Sharp and Emily. In particular, you almost killed Sharp, and you also killed a general and a lieutenant general from the military, and you have a demigod artifact. In the eyes of the military, our team is second only to the Gu Ding Team in terms of threat. Although you are not the strongest individual among these Interstellar Pirate, you are the one the military most wants to get rid of."

"In other words, boss, you're now the person the military most wants to kill on this planet. While the Gu Ding Team poses a greater threat, his hacking skills are too formidable. The military is unlikely to kill him; they're more likely to recruit him. At most, they'll capture him alive, and if he agrees to some conditions, he might even escape imprisonment. Similar things have happened before—you've all heard of the genius pirate Tyrant, right? The incident he caused was hundreds of times more serious than Gu Ding's current situation, and he was still recruited by the Federal Government..."

Rhine's words plunged Bade into complete silence; the boy's analysis was indeed very reasonable. After a long while, he finally spoke, "So, Rhine, what do you think is the best course of action for me?"

"Boss, judging from the current situation, there are only three possible outcomes for this incident."

"The first outcome is that we are arrested, and based on your crimes, you will be sentenced to at least three hundred years in prison. The rest of us should all be sentenced to less than one hundred years. This outcome is very likely, because if we don't take action in two days and wait for military reinforcements to arrive, this will definitely be the only result. If we take action in two days but fail to escape, the same result will still occur."

"The second outcome is our death. This outcome is only possible if we choose to clash with the military two days from now. Because Emily and Sharp will both do everything in their power to hunt you down, Boss."

"The third outcome is a successful escape. This is the best possible outcome, but it only has a chance of happening if we choose to fight two days later. Whether we can escape successfully depends on courage and luck."

Hearing this, Bade nodded. "Therefore, fighting the military in two days is the best option."

"The result may not be the best, but this choice is the optimal one," Rhine said with a serious expression.

"Very good," Bade finally smiled, pleased to have found such a talented young man on his ship. "I hereby declare that from this day forward, Rhine will be our ship's strategist!"

After Gu Ding sent out the message, not only Bade's team got into discussions, but many other teams also got into similar discussions.

An Luo and the others even redialed Gu Ding's number.

"Gu Ding, how confident are you that you can successfully escape in the operation two days from now?" An Luo also knew that the operation two days from now would be completely different from this Night Raid. The military would be fully prepared, and they would face unprecedented challenges.

"I'm not sure..." Upon hearing this question, Gu Ding paused for a moment before giving An Luo an unexpected answer. "But once the military reinforcements arrive, there will be no chance at all. We have no choice but to take this gamble."

"I understand," An Luo said without asking a second question, then hung up the phone.

Not long after, Gu Ding's communicator rang again.

"It's Mien, should we answer it?" the Sea Emperor asked, knowing that Gu Ding was actually not very willing to hear news from the diviner.

"Connect it," Gu Ding nodded.

Mien's voice came through the communicator quickly, "Gu Ding, I'm sorry to bother you so late, but I just received your message. So I did a divination, and the result was very bad, indicating a bloody disaster. Are you sure you want to do this?"

"I don't want to go to Federal Prison, because that would mean my journey has come to an end, and even if I could escape from prison, it wouldn't make much of a difference. So for me, there is no other choice," Gu Ding explained his reason for making this decision.

"Alright then, no matter what the final outcome is, we're going to fight alongside you." Mien also made his stance clear.

The long night finally passed, and Liliath and her group did not receive Gu Ding's message until the early morning. Gu Ding did not disturb their sleep.

"They're going to destroy the Grey Eagle?" Liliath knocked on Gu Ding's door early in the morning.

Gu Ding opened the door and nodded Gu Ding. He had turned on the video projector long ago, and the military personnel were already making preparations on the projector.

"Can't we stop them?" Liliath was a little reluctant. Although she had only had the spaceship for about a month, it held too many memories for her.

"I'm sorry, it really won't work this time."

Upon hearing Liliath's voice, Bigge and Robert also entered Gu Ding's room and looked at the video projection on the wall.

In the projection, all fifty-two Armor-Piercing Cannon of the military were activated, each aiming at the Interstellar Pirate's ship, and began firing wildly after a command was given.

The still gleaming Grey Eagle was instantly engulfed by artillery fire.

After the first wave of attacks, the Grey Eagle's outline was vaguely visible in the smoke and dust, with red flames flickering on the ship.

Following the second wave, a third wave of attacks followed.

The Grey Eagle quickly fell apart, leaving only a rough outline. The metal supports inside the ship, like exposed human bones, remained strong and proud.

All the other spaceships had completely collapsed, but the outline of this one spaceship remained, like a hard bone that did not know how to yield or compromise.

Gu Ding and the others could still vaguely make out the location of each person's bedroom, the location of the kitchen, etc.

It's hard to say whether ending in this way was a cruel twist of fate or the Grey Eagle's own choice.

Liliath's tears flowed uncontrollably.

Bigge also bit his lip tightly, silently watching the image projected on the wall.

Robert stared up expressionlessly, motionless, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

Gu Ding stared at the Grey Eagle, now just a frame, in the picture. After a long while, he closed his eyes and silently said in his heart, "Goodbye, Grey Eagle..." (To be continued.)