The Chubby Kid Couldn't Die

Fa Te hearing Gu Ding's words, Fate's expression changed slightly; this was the first time he had encountered such a situation. However, what he didn't know was that Gu Ding Team rarely encountered such attacks on their spaceship during its journey.

"It's not easy to encounter someone intercepting a spaceship, let's have some fun with them." Gu Ding grinned, seemingly talking to himself, but actually speaking to Sea Emperor.

Sea Emperor seemed somewhat excited. The last time he encountered an interception was in the Royal Capital Star Region of the Fei Me Universe Country, where he controlled a fleet of ships to self-destruct, setting off several magnificent fireworks in the sky. But this time, he didn't intend to play that game. He had always wanted to test the Titan Warship's maneuverability and firepower, but had never had a good opportunity. This time, the opportunity had finally arrived.

"Intercept us?" Lilia found it somewhat amusing. Any spaceship that gets close to the Sea Emperor within the radius of an ordinary star system will become his toy. The fireworks that bloomed on the outer edge of the King's Star System in the Phimei Universe last time were a good example.

"You two sit here and secure yourselves. I'm going to the cockpit." Gu Ding greeted Liliath and Fa Te and walked towards the cockpit.

Fa Te's face was slightly pale, clearly frightened. After all, he had grown up in a comfortable environment, so it was inevitable that he would be afraid in this situation.

"Don't worry, this is Titan Warship, even more powerful than the Five-Star War God," Liliath comforted her from the side.

After entering the cockpit, Gu Ding didn't take over the controls. His piloting skills were indeed lacking compared to Sea Emperor's. Moreover, operating this Titan Battleship was extremely complex, not something that could be learned in a day or two. Normally, the ship was set to autopilot, but in case of attack, it would switch to manual control. He entered the cockpit only to make Fa Te believe he was piloting the ship, thus concealing Sea Emperor's presence.

Under Sea Emperor's control, the spaceship continued to move forward at its original speed.

Among the eight pursuing ships, one crew member, seeing that Gu Ding's ship showed no reaction, couldn't help but taunt, "The One-Star War God is just One-Star War God. Even its detection system is pathetic. We're already so close, and they haven't even noticed us."

The eight spaceships continued to accelerate and soon caught up with Gu Ding and his crew's "One-Star War God" spaceship, Gu Ding them.

Through the window, Fa Te saw that the eight spaceships had surrounded Gu Ding's ship, a sight that made his expression even more grim.

"Listen up, you guys on the War God! Hand over that fat kid from your ship, and we might let you go! Otherwise, don't blame us for being impolite!" A short, middle-aged man on the Night God shouted menacingly through the ship's communicator.

The announcement was broadcast through the spaceship's internal speakers, reaching most areas of the ship.

Upon hearing this, Fa Te's face turned deathly pale. He knew that his identity had been exposed.

The fact that they were targeting Fa Te was something Gu Ding hadn't anticipated, given Fa Te's identity. Even Sea Emperor only found out after hacking into their communication system. The secrecy surrounding Fa Te's identity was actually extremely well-maintained.

Fa Te himself guessed immediately that his identity had likely been exposed by someone on the inside.

A sly glint flashed in Liliath's eyes. "Fa Te, you seem to be someone of considerable importance. Of those eight ships, there's a four-star Night God and seven three-star Revenge. They're all dedicated interceptor ships. That's quite a show of force."

After a moment's hesitation, Fa Te decided to reveal his identity. One reason was that, based on their interactions over the past few days, he believed the Gu Ding Team wasn't a vicious Pirate Crew. Another reason was that revealing his identity and proving his worth was crucial to securing their assistance. As a businessman, he understood that people wouldn't do anything without a profit motive. He believed that by revealing his identity and promising sufficient compensation, the Gu Ding Team would likely help. After all, Gu Ding Team spaceship was an ancient Titan Warship, possessing formidable defensive and offensive capabilities, making defeat not necessarily inevitable.

"Lily, actually I'm from the Gates Family. To be precise, my father is Stephen Gates, the head of the Fei Nan Si Conglomerate, and the second richest person in the entire Universe Sea. My full Fa Te Fat Gates. This time, I actually sneaked out while my family was busy with a large acquisition project."

Liliath narrowed her eyes slightly. The other party had finally admitted her identity, which meant that the discounted membership card from the Fei Nan Si Conglomerate was now hers.

"I can prove my identity." Fa Te felt a little uneasy under Liliath's gaze. He took out a badge from his Storage Space. The badge depicted a Chimera with outstretched wings. It was a deep blue color with strange water patterns rippling inside.

"Heart of the Azure Sea?!" Liliath immediately recognized the stone used to carve the emblem as a high-quality water-attribute crystal— the Heart of the Azure Sea. Heart of the Azure Sea are typically only the size of a thumb, and their price is at least trillions of Universe Crystal, equivalent to hundreds of millions of source stones; they are a five-star divine artifact-level cultivation material. The one in Fa Te's hand was the size of a fist, and it had been wastefully carved and polished, seemingly wasting at least a third of its value. Liliath felt a pang of heartache at the sight, and inwardly sighed at how incredibly wealthy this chubby boy was.

"This is our family crest. It's engraved with Chimera because our ancestors earned their first fortune by selling Chimera. Only direct descendants have this kind of crest, and it's made of the Heart of the Azure Sea. No one can fake it," Fa Te explained, then looked at Liliath expectantly. "If you're willing to help me this time, I will definitely give you a good reward."

Liliath was secretly delighted. She hadn't expected this chubby boy to be so timid, his identity so easily revealed. "Using the Heart of the Azure Sea to make badges—I'm afraid only a handful of families in the Universe Sea could afford that. I have no reason to doubt your identity, and we will do our best to help you. Just who are these people chasing you?"

"If I'm not mistaken, it's the Koch Family behind this. We're in talks about an acquisition this time, and the biggest competitor is the Koch Family. They feel they can't win, so they're trying to use me to threaten my father and force him to withdraw from the acquisition." Fa Te easily figured out who was behind it. "However, they won't do it themselves; these people are definitely Interstellar Pirate or space mercenaries they've hired."

"They're mercenaries. You can tell by the team logo printed on their ship. If Interstellar Pirate printed a logo, it would at least have a skull and crossbones. Their team logo is just a fist." What Liliath said was common knowledge, but it's normal that Fa Te didn't know this because he hadn't paid attention to this area before.

Inside the cockpit, however, Gu Ding did not give a reply, and Sea Emperor raised the ship's protective shield.

"Protect a protective shield? What does that mean?" The short man on the Night God, somewhat puzzled.

"Boss, they're planning to put up a fight to the bitter end," a tall, thin man with a mustache said, bending down to him.

"You dare resist? You're asking for death!" The short man was clearly the leader of this mercenary group. "Open fire! Blast them to smithereens!"

"Boss, wait a minute, don't get excited!" the tall, thin man quickly stopped him. "Have you forgotten? Our goal this time is to capture that fat kid alive. If the spaceship is blasted to smithereens, that fat kid definitely won't survive either. Then this mission will be a waste, and the client won't pay us."

"That makes sense." The shorter man nodded. "If we can't blow up the spaceship, what should we do?"

"Boss, you forgot to mention our team's name earlier. After all, we're quite well-known around the Reverse Dragon River Channel. They should be intimidated if they hear that. Maybe they'll hand the guy over," the tall, thin man suggested.

The short man then picked up the communicator again and shouted, "Listen up, everyone in the War God! We are the Copper Fist Mercenary Group. If you know what's good for you, hand over that fat little guy. Otherwise, we won't be so polite."

"Bronze Fist?" Gu Ding couldn't help but ask, "Why not Iron Fist or Steel Fist? Wouldn't those sound better?"

"That's because Iron Fist and Steel Fist have already been registered by someone else." The short man said this with some anger.

"But don't you think the Copper Fist sounds lame?" Gu Ding grinned at the other person in the cockpit.

"Is it really that bad?" The short man had never heard anyone give such an opinion before, and he couldn't help but ask.

"Boss, he's mocking us!" the tall, thin guy whispered in his ear.

"Hmph, you little brat, how dare you mock us!" The short man roared in fury. "Fire! Blast them to smithereens... Ugh... What are you doing?"

Fortunately, the tall, thin guy immediately covered his mouth and reminded him, "Boss, that fat kid..."

"By the way, Fatty can't die..." The short man forgot to turn off his communicator when he said this, and the sentence was clearly transmitted into the Titan Warship.

"Boss, they heard it..." The tall, thin man was speechless.

"So what if you heard me?" the short man said nonchalantly, shouting into the communicator again, "I'll say it one more time, hand over the fat kid, or we'll make you regret it!"

"You've already said 'I'm not polite' three times. If Little Fatty wants to live, you can't fire at us. So what are we afraid of?" Gu Ding said with full confidence.

"You..." The short man was at a loss for words to refute.

"Boss, although we can't fire the cannons, you can take action yourself. You're Mid-rank God, and the shield of One-Star War God ship can be shattered in two attacks at most. Besides, the enemy team's ship is only a One-Star War God, so their team strength is definitely not that great. Stronger teams definitely have the money to upgrade to three-star or even four-star ships," the tall, thin man suggested from the side.

"That's right, then I'll teach them a lesson!" The short man nodded emphatically, then turned and shouted at a henchman, "Open the door!" (To be continued...)