If they were somewhere connected to the Star Net, these space pirates could have immediately logged on and asked the Mechanical Intelligence on the Star Net what those codes were.
But there was nothing here!
What a godforsaken barren star! They could not even connect to the Beichen Empire's Star Net...
This threw them into immense panic, since they relied heavily on Mechanical Intelligence to look up data and write code.
That panic directly slowed their reactions. It took them a full five minutes to even realize that the Cruiser had stopped moving! And those precious five minutes gave the Space Ion Beam Cannon enough time to charge.
Xia Chujian had now roughly reviewed the personnel composition throughout the Starry Sky Cruiser.
The only person who interested her was the one dressed in black robes, wrapped tightly from head to toe, whom the space pirates called the "messenger."
What was this person planning to look for in her Shaofu Star West District 150?
In other words, was there something here that belonged to the Black-Robed Man? Xia Chujian had always believed that she had conquered this Small Asteroid, so everything on it was her spoils of war.
But now, that person claimed he had left something here.
And aside from Xia Chujian, this Small Asteroid had been occupied by three groups of people—or bugs.
First, the Beichen Empire's original Ministry of Internal Affairs. As part of their jurisdiction, they had transformed this Small Asteroid into a tourist planet.
Second, space pirates. This place had once been occupied by space pirates.
Third, the Zerg. The Zerg had driven off the space pirates and occupied this Small Asteroid.
Fourth was, of course, Xia Chujian. She had wiped out the Zerg occupation forces and was now its Master.
And since those space pirates