CH 10

”He stole a light warship with nutrient supplies that could last for three days. He’s been away for more than six hours now. It’s still unclear when he entered the war room and stole the activation key. He used a method of turning off the ship’s alarm device, I have urgently blocked the ship’s main entrance and exit and turned on the high-level alert state…”

Hall reported in an orderly manner.

Lulai listened, his deep eyes squinted slightly and his slender fingers tapped the table carelessly, making it hard to understand his true thoughts.

Two minutes later, Hall’s report was over. He looked up at Lulai a little nervously, and asked tentatively:

”Is it necessary to send a destroyer? This subordinate can…”

Lulai raised his hand and made a ‘silent’ gesture.

Hall immediately stopped talking, his back straightened and his jaw clenched in silence.

He knew that he was sent to Ge Xiu not only to assist him in handling affairs, but also to monitor him and inspect, but this time the other party slipped away and disappeared under his nose. He actually spent six hours before he realized it! It was a great negligence! He was so eager to chase Ge Xiu as fast as possible to make up for his fault. 　　

Lulai looked at him deeply as if he could read his mind:

“If he really is determined to leave, none of us could stop him.”

Hall’s shoulders shook imperceptibly, his head hanged lower: “…It’s the incompetence of this subordinate.”

But the next second, he seemed to realize the deep meaning implicit in Lulai’s words, and suddenly raised his head in shock to look at the tall and imposing man not far away:

” Captain, you already knew that…?”

Lulai did not answer, but turned and walked to the huge porthole, looking at the starry and vast universe in front of him.

A brilliant shimmer came in and outlined his broad shoulders.

Hall could not see Lulai’s expression, he could only hear the other party’s command in a low, calm voice:

”No need to chase them, switch the protection level to combat readiness, manual control mode, send the armed battleship around the ship.”

Hall was surprised: “Aren’t we going to leave this place?”

He was aware, that although Ge Xiu stayed on the main ship for a short time it was him after all and Hall didn’t dare to assume whether this unpredictable young man figured out the position of the hull and the weaknesses in their defence, if he took this information to join the Alliance, then what awaited them would the Alliance’s army encircling them and destroying.

He really didn’t dare to take this risk.

Since they was not going to recover Ge Xiu’s light warship, the safest way was now to lead the fleet to leave this no longer safe place.

But Lulai shook his head: “The order goes on and everyone is on standby.”

He didn’t explain more, but waved his hand lightly: “Go.”

Hall saluted: “Yes!”

During the next week, Lulai continued to carry out strict daily routines and strategy formulation as usual, as if nothing had happened. The remaining Leviathan crew also continued to work and live in the main ship. Apart from the addition of patrols and defenses, it was almost the same as before Ge Xiu fled, other than the high-level people who were anxious and tried to ask Lulai’s thoughts openly and secretly, but they were all blocked by with his words.

Finally, some people couldn’t help it anymore.

A tall man in uniform broke into the captain’s room violently and he forgot respectful etiquette from impatience:

”Captain, this subordinate requests to leave this place as soon as possible and go to other relatively safer galaxies for the time being. This subordinate has done an investigation. The original B-class galaxy about fifteen light-years from here is very suitable. Not only is there a meteoroid belt for protection…”

Before he could finish his words, his train of thought was still calmly interrupted by Lulai:

”Brook.”

Brook shrank his body and lowered his head: “Yes.”

Lulai’s sharp face was plated with a light blue from the strategic galaxy chart suspended on the table and his deep and indifferent eyes were like a deep lake frozen for a thousand years, staring fixedly at the man called Brook in front of him. He faintly said:

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Top three Ge Xiu’s favourite things:

1. Candies

2. Explosives

3. COMMITTING CRIMES AND MORTAL DANGER