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"Hm?" Qin Meng opened the video.

It really was his kitchen!

Brown Bear sighed. "He's already made himself at home..."

Qin Meng shot him a glare and said nothing.

Brown Bear wanted to add something else, but at that very moment, the opportunity they had been waiting for finally arrived.

In an instant, the five-man team that had been completely relaxed moments ago all snapped taut like guns being cocked!

By the time Jing Yi uploaded the comic-style promotional image, the five had already changed their appearances, slipped aboard a Reverse Order Space Pirates transport ship, and landed at the stronghold they knew about.

This mission was mainly not about fighting, but infiltration—then extracting crucial intelligence. They could not alert the enemy along the way.

With no contest of strength, only wits, it was not easy at all. They had now successfully landed at one of the Reverse Order Space Pirates' main bases, passed its strict security screening, replaced several real Reverse Order Space Pirates, and found their quarters in the base using their identification numbers. They were temporarily safe at last, and all five of them breathed a sigh of relief.

They had their own Team Channel, so they could still chat even though their dormitories were separate.

Brown Bear: "Tiger Cub, can you do it or not? What are you doing, incubating an egg? Why are you so slow?"

Tiger Cub: "What's the rush? Can you be rough with this sort of thing? You have to coax it gently. Only after you've coaxed it properly will it open itself up to you... Otherwise, it'll scream for you in an instant!"

Brown Bear: "Hehehehe... I like that analogy."

Lone Wolf: "Could you stop laughing so lecherously?"

Tiger Cub: "Done! The buttons are undone, Brown Bear, hurry up. You only have ten seconds..."

Brown Bear: "Looking down on my abilities? Do I look like someone who can finish in ten seconds?"

After that wildly suggestive team chat, the five-man squad successfully bored through the wall to steal a little light, connecting to the Interstellar Network from within this base where signals were blocked in every direction.

No matter how arrogant pirate groups were, they remained fringe elements. Their technology as a whole lagged at least several decades behind the Federation. That was probably one of the main reasons Reverse Order could not resist colluding with the X Star.

Brown Bear whistled. "Done!"

Tiger Cub teased him. "You really are a quick shot."

Brown Bear: "You can go—Huh? Eagle Bro's wife updated!"

The Team Channel fell silent. Everyone had probably gone to refresh Eagle Bro's wife's homepage.

Qin Meng called out twice, but no one answered him. He simply stopped talking. He had not planned to follow the crowd and refresh the page, but somehow he clicked it open anyway. Fine, he had nothing else to do. He might as well see what mischief that guy was up to again.

It was a series of comics with a bizarre style.

The Mi Star people also had the ancient art form known as "comics." It had been quite popular over a thousand years ago, but as entertainment became more varied, people increasingly preferred immersive videos and animation. Fewer and fewer people liked comics or knew how to draw them, and comics gradually became something like cultural heritage—rarely seen.

But no matter how rare comics were, did Xiao Yi really dare draw something this atrocious? Was he insulting everyone's intelligence?!

That godlike artistic skill was enough to make one's entire body tremble!

"Hahahaha, no way, Eagle Bro, is that supposed to be you? I refuse to believe it!!"

"Yeah, Eagle Bro, are you sure he likes you? I think it's more likely that he hates you..."

"From now on, if anyone dares accuse my Eagle Bro of not understanding romance, I'll slap this set of comics right in their face! Eagle Bro, you're really something!"

Qin Meng's face turned livid as he put on an alt account. Countless words condensed into three furious ones—"Ugly as hell!"

If that little bastard who always loved putting on airs were standing in front of him, he would have loved to materialize those three words and throw them straight in his face!

That unbelievably ugly comic told such a touching "love" story.

Back then, Xiao Yi had still been a little brat with a snot bubble hanging from his nose.

And Major Qin, Qin Meng, had still been a young boy, Xiaoxiao, who spent every day with a sour look on his face.

As though it were fate, they met by chance.

When they met, Xiao Yi was lost, while Qin Xiaomeng happened to be hiding in a secluded place, silently piloting a child-sized mech and practicing diligently.

So cool! Xiao Yi looked up at Qin Xiaomeng. Of course, he could not see Qin Xiaomeng then; all he could see was the cool mech on the outside.

Anyone who could operate a child-sized mech with such imposing flair had to be amazing, right?

Xiao Yi thought dreamily.

Then the cockpit opened, and a dark-faced young boy named Xiaoxiao jumped down.

So cool! Just as cool as he had imagined!

Xiao Yi watched too intently, too absorbedly.

He failed to notice a fist-sized black spider quietly crawling onto him.

By sheer coincidence, this black spider was highly venomous. If it gave Xiao Yi even a tiny bite, Xiao Yi's blossoming young life would be destined to end with a snap.

The spider stopped on his exposed arm. Xiao Yi finally felt an itch. Looking down, he was stunned!