152: Chapter 152 Alliance

After returning to the warship, Xia Xingchen quickly detached a small fleet to handle matters here.

The remaining main fleet sped toward the battle moon.

In space, The Great Pirate King's warship escaped, breaking free from the encirclement of Xia Xingchen's fleet.

The Great Pirate King sat in the captain's quarters, slamming his hand onto the table in anger.

His heart was filled with regret; he shouldn't have gotten involved in this mess to begin with. Now, his territory and decades of accumulated wealth were gone in an instant.

The only thing that gave him some comfort was that his fleet hadn't suffered major losses; he could still scrape together a fleet consisting of a dozen or so armed merchant ships and one decommissioned cruiser.

Just as The Great Pirate King was wondering what to do next, a transmission reached his ship.

The Great Pirate King accepted the transmission.

"Hello, The Great Pirate King, how are things? Having your home taken by Xia Xingchen and ending up with nothing—it doesn't feel good, does it?"

The Great Pirate King immediately recognized this voice; it was that red-haired kid.

"Red-head, if you're only here to mock me, I'll let you know that a tiger's teeth haven't fallen out yet."

The red-haired one didn't get angry upon hearing this, only smiling as he asked:

"In that case, I have a question: do you want to take back your world, or perhaps even advance further?"

The Great Pirate King became interested instantly upon hearing this.

"What do you mean by that? Don't tell me you have the ability to go up against an entire expedition-level fleet?"

The hot-blooded feeling that had initially risen in The Great Pirate King was suppressed; what was he thinking?

It would be good enough for a group like theirs to have three or five warships; attacking Xia Xingchen's fleet was tantamount to a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

The red-haired one, hearing The Great Pirate King say this, immediately stated:

"What if I'm talking about the United Alliance?"

The Great Pirate King was stunned for a moment after hearing this.

The United Alliance—he seemed to have heard this name before. Wasn't it a fairly famous faction in a neighboring star system?

"How many ships can you assemble?"

The Great Pirate King didn't agree immediately, instead asking how many ships they had.

"Don't tell me you only have a dozen or twenty small ships; why would I join you then? I might as well work alone."

"I can't tell you the exact number, but I can guarantee that our fleet includes a battleship, and the overall scale of the fleet is no less than a hundred warships."

The Great Pirate King heard this and didn't know if he was telling the truth or lying.

After the red-haired one finished speaking with confidence, he immediately asked in return:

"Now it should be your turn to provide guarantees."

It was obvious that the red-haired one wanted to ask if The Great Pirate King had any trump cards.

"I have no less than thirty warships under my command, and I also have a port hidden in an asteroid belt."

The red-haired one nodded upon hearing this.

"Very good. It seems, The Great Pirate King, that you are qualified to work with us."

The Great Pirate King heard this and immediately asked via the communication channel:

"What is the plan going forward?"

The Great Pirate King had also heard what the United Alliance was currently doing; most of their military forces were concentrated in the war on the Imperial Hive World. How much force could they really have to stop Xia Xingchen's fleet?

Therefore, The Great Pirate King wanted to know the feasibility of the United Alliance's plan.

"Once you arrive at the Leimu Star System, someone will naturally tell you."

After saying this, the red-haired one asked again:

"Are you willing to join our ranks now?"

"I agree."

The red-haired one heard this and immediately sent a set of coordinates to The Great Pirate King.

"Wait there for our reply."

After saying this, the red-haired one cut the transmission directly.

Upon seeing this, The Great Pirate King immediately began preparing his fleet.

At this moment, he had to lead his remaining troops to his hidden, makeshift port, where his last assets were kept.

The Great Pirate King had always been like a cunning rabbit with three burrows; this was why the Imperial Navy had encircled and suppressed them several times, yet every time, The Great Pirate King was always able to quickly regroup and return.

In the end, the Empire didn't want to waste the effort anymore, and the surrounding planetary governors, seeing that the Empire no longer cared and lacking the capability themselves, just stayed safe and secure.

As long as they didn't actively attack their worlds, they stopped caring.

Meanwhile, Xia Xingchen's fleet had already completed the conquest of this pirate city.

Xia Xingchen's troops would renovate and expand this city, turning it into a larger port.

After leaving behind the necessary defense forces, the rest of the main force began moving toward the battle moon.

Xia Xingchen's dream star arrived near the battle moon first, and after waiting in place for nearly half a day, the rest of the fleet also jumped in from the Mandenville Point.

Xia Xingchen gazed at the battle moon not far away, staring at it intently, as if wanting to imprint the entire appearance of the battle moon into his mind.

"What do you think it looks like?"

Hearing Xia Xingchen's question, Zheng Hai immediately replied:

"It looks like a stone that has been struck by water for years, its surface covered in gullies and cracks."

Xia Xingchen immediately imagined the stones under a waterfall, worn full of gullies by the dripping water.

Xia Xingchen carefully compared it with the image in his memory; the battle moon before him really did look quite similar.

This battle moon was covered in the countless marks left by time and war.

In particular, Xia Xingchen saw a huge gap in its center, as if it had been blown open, exposing the core inside.

Looking at the core before him, rather than calling it a core, it was more like something cobbled together from a pile of trash.

Yet, countless amounts of energy were slowly flowing across this core, transported from the center to every part of the battle moon, maintaining the operation of this massive war machine.

As for how the energy was generated, Xia Xingchen could only attribute it to the activation of Waaagh! Energy.

Just at this moment, the Orks on the battle moon also discovered the trail of the human fleet.

A large number of fighter jets began to take off from the battle moon, their numbers blotting out the sky.

But Xia Xingchen did not order the fleet to retreat at all; instead, he ordered Zheng Hai:

"Have the Origin Cannon charge up."

Xia Xingchen stared intently at the scene outside the porthole, and as the Ork fighters entered range, the various ships launched their defensive artillery.

Dense gunfire quickly formed a net of fire, blowing up the incoming fighters one after another like fireworks in space.

As the core of the fleet, the dream star had already begun charging its Origin Cannon.

The Orks still hadn't figured out the situation, and at this moment, the Fury-class interceptors in Xia Xingchen's fleet began to rush out from the hangars, heading toward the Ork fighters.

The fighter jets, built with standard Imperial resources and craftsmanship, quickly collided with the Orks' ramshackle fighters.