Meeting an Old Classmate

"Boss," Yue Yangchun called out to Long Fei.

"Lieutenant Yue, what is it?"

Yue Yangchun scratched his head, wanting to say something but unable to articulate it.

"Lieutenant Yue, if you have something to say, please feel free."

"Uh, it's like this. It's hard to say, hard to describe. During the battle, I suddenly sensed something from you, Boss, that I can't put into words."

Long Fei's brow twitched. He looked at Yue Yangchun and thought to himself, Could this kid have Newtype potential?

Long Fei tentatively asked, "Do you have a feeling, like you can call me directly with your senses?"

"Mhm, it feels like that, but..." Yue Yangchun didn't know how to describe it.

"You don't know how to call out, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes, that's exactly how it feels."

"Hey, Old Fei, what were you guys just talking about? I didn't understand a word," Li Xiucheng asked, falling in beside them.

"Nothing much. This kid might have Newtype abilities like me."

"Newtype? What's a Newtype?" Li Xiucheng asked, looking confused.

Yue Yangchun was also curious, hearing this term for the first time.

"Tsk, how should I put it, hmm..." Long Fei snapped his fingers and explained, "Let's just say they're like an evolved form of humanity."

Yue Yangchun asked with some concern, "Then, Boss, I'm still human, right?"

"Of course, you're still human. Newtypes are just an evolved form of humanity, possessing a few more abilities than ordinary people."

"Old Fei, to put it simply, Newtypes are like individuals with high intelligence among humans," Li Xiucheng offered as an analogy.

"You can use that analogy, but Newtypes don't necessarily have high intelligence. Newtypes possess strong mental power, spatial awareness, keen crisis sense, powerful adaptability, and so on."

"Old Fei, when did you start researching theories about Newtypes?" Li Xiucheng asked curiously.

Long Fei couldn't tell him that he was a transmigrator, but he had long thought about how to answer this question.

"Humans have been in space for so many years, building space colonies, and people have migrated to Mars and Jupiter. Although these two places haven't had contact with our Earth Sphere and colony spheres for a long time, think about it. After so many years in space, it's impossible for humanity not to have evolved. I've researched for a while, and it's possible for humans to develop certain abilities. I just discovered that I have Newtype potential, which is very similar to my research theories. It seems my research wasn't in vain."

"Then is it possible for me to be a Newtype too?" Li Xiucheng pointed to his nose.

"I don't know, but it's possible. However, I have no idea how to awaken these potentials. I only accidentally awakened my Newtype potential during this battle."

Just as Long Fei finished speaking, a mercenary approached him with a tablet, informing him that the supplies of the Evil Fang Pirate Group had been tallied.

"Hmm, I want to go say hello to that guy."

"Understood, Boss. This way, please."

The mercenary led the way for his boss.

Long Fei arrived at the plaza. All the mercenaries present put down their work and saluted Long Fei in unison.

"Long Fei, Long Fei!" A silvery voice called out from the crowd of hostages.

Long Fei couldn't help but frown. The voice sounded so familiar. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman with slightly messy hair and a somewhat disheveled face, yet her beauty was undeniable.

Long Fei squinted at the woman for a moment, finding her very familiar.

"Have that woman come over."

The mercenary brought the woman before him.

"You are..." Long Fei still couldn't recognize her.

"Oh my, you don't recognize your old classmate? I'm Shi Tingfen, your classmate from the third year of university."

Only then did Long Fei remember. The woman before him was indeed his classmate from the third year of university, and she was also the campus belle.

Long Fei asked Shi Tingfen, "How did you get captured by this pirate group?"

"Actually, I was just traveling, and the tour ship I was on was hijacked by them."

"So that's how it is." Long Fei waved to a mercenary not far away, signaling him to come over. "Take her to the lounge and arrange a room for her."

"Yes, Boss."

Shi Tingfen's eyes widened, looking at Long Fei in disbelief. When she first saw the mercenaries saluting Long Fei, she thought he was just their superior officer. She never expected him to be the boss of the mercenary group.

Then, Long Fei approached the one-eyed captain.

"A pleasure, Captain Fales," Long Fei said, extending his right hand to greet the one-eyed captain.

Although Fales had become a defeated dog, having gone through many years of trials and tribulations, he still maintained his composure and stood up to shake Long Fei's hand.

"I didn't expect the boss of the renowned Skywing Mercenary Group to be such a young man."

"You flatter me."

"I'd like to ask, Boss Long, the Evil Fang Pirate Group never provoked you, Boss Long. Why did you annihilate my pirate group?"

"Well, that's because of a promise. I promised someone who works for me that I would grant him one request, and his request was to annihilate your Evil Fang Pirate Group."

"So it was for a promise. May I know who that person is?"

Long Fei found an excuse to refuse, saying, "I'm very sorry, he's not here."

"Then, may I make a request to Boss Long?"

"Commander Fales can tell me first. If I can do it, I will grant your request."

"I want to know who sold me out?"

Long Fei pointed with his chin at a brown-haired man wearing glasses. The brown-haired man lowered his head in shame.

"Why? I've always treated you well. Why did you betray me?" Fales asked his confidant, wanting to know why the subordinate he trusted had betrayed him.

"Commander Fales, the main reason he betrayed you is that his wife and children were held hostage by us. We had his weakness in our grasp, so he had no choice but to tell us everything we wanted to know," Long Fei said, then showed Fales a photo.

The photo showed Fales posing with a beautiful middle-aged woman and two children in front of a house.

"You... you... don't do anything rash. If you have a problem, come at me. They are innocent!" Fales's tone was extremely agitated.

"Don't be nervous, relax, Commander Fales. As long as you can do one thing, not only will I not kill you, but I can also let you reunite with your family and live a life of familial love."

Fales took a deep breath, calmed himself, and asked, "What do you want me to do?"

Long Fei gestured to the mercenaries behind him.

A mercenary took out a tablet and placed it in front of Fales.

"Transfer all the money from your bank accounts to my designated account. Don't worry, I'm not asking you to transfer everything. You can keep ten percent from each account. With the remaining money, you can live a good life with your family. Can you do it?"

"Alright, I hope Boss Long is a man of his word." Fales said, then unhesitatingly transferred most of the money from all his bank accounts to the designated account.

Long Fei looked at the confidant and subordinates behind Fales and said, "You can choose to do as your commander did and transfer most of the money from your bank accounts to my designated account, or you can have money but lose your lives."

I have a lot of work to do recently, so updates will be a bit slow.

There will be an update every day, with two chapters per day, and three chapters if time permits.