"Um, well... if there's nothing else, can I go back and lie down first?"
Evelina timidly raised her hand from the corner and asked in a small voice.
"Lie down? You're a max-level Player who used to run with Guangguai. If you keep lying around, your limbs are going to atrophy!"
Nikita slapped her chest with loud thumps, putting on the domineering air of "With Lu Li away, Dai Mei rules the roost," before directly ordering:
"You're coming with us!"
"Our elements will be more diverse that way. If we run into any unexpected situation, we'll have more options for dealing with it!"
Evelina's eyes swam and her head spun from the rolling waves before Nikita's chest.
For a moment, she couldn't think of a suitable excuse to refuse, and muddleheadedly boarded the pirate ship.
Of course, boarding the pirate ship wasn't merely a metaphor—it was also literal.
Rather than taking an inter-domain teleportation array to the Palu Star Belt, the group followed Nikita's forceful suggestion and used the Black Sail Pirate Ship, which had once caused havoc in the Palu Star Belt, as their means of transport.
Why?
Naturally, to make a grand entrance!
Back when they had acted timidly and kept a low profile, it had been because Earth's overall strength was still insufficient, and they did not understand the distribution of forces throughout the universe.
Under such circumstances, they needed to avoid provoking trouble whenever possible.
But things were different now.
Not only had Earth produced two God's Chosen, but the number of mid- and high-level powerhouses had also exploded under the nurturing of abundant resources!
Through Star-Picking Tower's intelligence network, as well as the intelligence collection points the Qian Family had spread throughout Beaconfire Wild Hall and other trade routes, Earth's ruling authorities had also gained