"Everyone, get your blood tested!"
Wang Fugui didn't trust the crowd so easily.
He took out a dagger and slit his own finger, and blood instantly dripped down.
A white robot stepped forward and preserved his blood.
Seeing this, the others didn't hesitate. They sliced their fingers open one by one and handed their blood over to the robot.
After a long while,
The blood test results for everyone came out. They were all human; no one had been parasitized by the Star Bugs.
This method wasn't actually one hundred percent reliable. After all, if the Star Bugs' parasitism was so easily exposed, they wouldn't have been able to infiltrate human-inhabited planets.
However, Wang Fugui had no better options at the moment and could only do a preliminary screening.
"Let's talk about Zhao Li first."
Wang Fugui rubbed his forehead, glanced at the tall, thin man beside him, and asked,
"Master Mu, what do you think?"
"The Federation Government knows that Zhao Li was a scout for our Fugui Star Pirates. Now that he has turned into a Demon Bug, the Federation will inevitably assume that our entire crew is made of Star Bugs. When the time comes, they will dispatch Star Warriors to exterminate us."
The tall, thin man sighed and said,
"We can't stay on this planet anymore. Let's evacuate first."
"Old Mu is right."
"Agreed!"
The crowd nodded in agreement; no one voiced any objections.
Although they frequently faced eradication campaigns from the Federation Government, they weren't important enough to draw much attention. After all, they were just an extremely inconspicuous little pirate crew in the starry skies, far inferior to those four SSS-rank pirate crews!
But if they were assumed to be Star Bugs...
The level of attention would be completely different. The Federation might even send top-tier Star Warriors after them...
"But before that, shouldn't we take out that kid first?"
A man covered in tattoos narrowed his eyes and said with a vicious look,
"Zhao Li announced the name of our Fugui Star Pirates, yet that kid completely ignored it. If he hadn't forced a lethal fight, Zhao Li's situation might not have been exposed."
Someone next to him chimed in,
"I agree. Our Fugui Star Pirates might not be a big deal, but even a mere resident of the Ancestral Planet dares to ignore us now. If word gets out, how are we supposed to survive in the Star Sea?"
Seeing that someone agreed, the tattooed man nodded and said,
"We at least need to let people know that provoking the Fugui Star Pirates is equivalent to..."
"Picking on a soft persimmon!"
Master Mu glanced at the man and took over his sentence with a mocking expression.
"Hmm? Master Mu, what do you mean?"
"Idiot, he is a direct descendant of the Lu family, Lu Xiaobai!"
Master Mu's single sentence instantly extinguished the killing intent of the crowd...
"..."
Everyone immediately fell silent in unison.
After a long while, the tattooed man's face turned slightly pale, and he said in disbelief,
"Master Mu, is your information accurate?"
"Just do a quick search on the internet and you'll know."
Master Mu's expression was indifferent as he said calmly,
"In the future, before making a decision, please don't be so impulsive. It doesn't matter if you get yourself killed, but don't drag the whole crew down with you!"
"..."
None of the crowd dared to retort.
Becoming despised star pirates didn't necessarily mean their lives were in immediate danger. Even if they were suspected of being Star Bugs, there was still a chance of survival.
But if they really dared to lay a hand on Lu Xiaobai, they would be absolutely dead beyond a doubt...
"Alright, let's leave this place first. Forget what was just said, and no one is allowed to spread it!"
Wang Fugui's eyes were full of warning.
Let alone attacking Lu Xiaobai, even if just the thought of it leaked out, disaster would befall them...
"Yes, Captain."
The crowd nodded, instantly becoming obedient.
Soon, they packed up the mobile castle, boarded their warship, and swiftly left this desolate planet.
...
More than half a month passed by in a flash.
Although a Demon Bug incident had occurred in Starlight City, it quickly settled down without causing any further ripples.
Beneath this calmness, however, undercurrents were surging.
The Star Garrison of the Ancestral Planet conducted a secret operation and began a massive sweep. In the end, they actually managed to find three Demon Bugs, executing them immediately without causing any panic in the human world.
Meanwhile, Lu Xiaobai had also been living a very peaceful life during this period. Every day, he practiced his body-tempering techniques while cramming the theoretical knowledge he hadn't managed to memorize before.
Right now, he was in a self-study class when he suddenly received a message from the mayor.
"Uncle Liu, have the rewards been issued?"
"They just arrived this morning. Your share is one thousand Glory Points and two million Alliance Coins. Should I transfer it directly to your account?"
"Is this my personal reward? What about Monkey... uh, Yu Wei's share?"
Lu Xiaobai asked.
Although Yu Wei didn't provide any combat support, he had provided the most crucial information. Otherwise, no one would have found that Demon Bug.
If the Federation Government hadn't given him a reward, Lu Xiaobai would naturally share a portion of his own reward with him.
Liu Yuanlei laughed and said,
"This is exclusively for you. As for Yu Wei's share, the Director of the Security Bureau has already transferred it to his account."
Lu Xiaobai's expression shifted slightly. He happened to see Yu Wei grinning from ear to ear, so he didn't ask any further.
Soon, his Alliance Coins and Glory Points successfully arrived in his account.
Merely killing one Demon Bug wouldn't actually yield such a generous reward.
It was mainly because this incident allowed the Star Garrison to successfully find three more Demon Bugs, so a portion of that credit naturally fell onto the two of them.
"Now that the money has arrived, I'll go fully recharge Ah Da's energy later."
Lu Xiaobai didn't have much money before, so he only charged it to twenty percent. Now that he had the funds, he could naturally afford to spend.
After all, he had always been worried about retaliation from the Star Bugs...
"Brother Lu, hehe, I'm rich!"
Yu Wei walked over with a swaggering gait, his face full of smiles as he said,
"Tonight, your little brother is treating you to dinner!"
In the past, it was always Lu Xiaobai treating him. Now that he had money, he naturally wanted to be generous for once.
This was a whole five hundred thousand Alliance Coins. He had never seen so much money in his entire life...
It was a pity that he was about to face the Star Exam. If he had received such a sum of starting capital in his first year of high school, he could have at least gotten into a third-rate Star Academy.
"You're quite generous..."
Lu Xiaobai smiled and shook his head, then continued,
"But your Brother Lu never cuts corners when it comes to food. You're going to bleed heavily tonight!"
"Brother, go easy on me. At least leave me some money to support my family..."
Yu Wei hurriedly made a begging gesture.
With his previous perspective, he would naturally think that one couldn't eat that much. But having followed Lu Xiaobai, he had seen quite a bit of the world. To some people, five hundred thousand really was just the cost of a single meal...
"Support your family already? You're thinking pretty far ahead."
Lu Xiaobai jokingly scolded.
"Hehe..."
Yu Wei scratched his head and smiled, then added,
"Speaking of which, we really have to thank that Demon Bug. But I really didn't expect the Star Bugs to show up. Our Ancestral Planet isn't even close to the border battlefield. It's really strange."
"What's so strange about that?"
Lu Xiaobai shook his head and explained:
"The starry sky is so vast. Even with technological equipment, humans can't possibly garrison every single corner. While a large army of the Star Zerg might not be able to sneak into human star territory, it's far too easy for small Zerg units to slip in."
With his old man being the Speaker of the Human Parliament, he naturally knew about major events concerning all of humanity, and he picked up on some things as well.
In fact, many of humanity's life-sustaining planets had experienced Star Zerg invasions. It wasn't exactly a rare occurrence, but they were always swiftly suppressed by the Star Suppression Army.
He even remembered that when he was eight years old, the Lu family's main planet suffered a Star Zerg invasion, and it was an extremely powerful force at that.
However, Ancestor Lu happened to be on the planet at the time. He treated that swarm of Star Zerg like stray dogs by the roadside and simply kicked them to death with a single foot...
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u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.
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