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"Die!"

Several people did not notice anything at all, continuing to fight with all their might.

The black hellfire and the unstoppable iron fists crushed the wall formed by thousands of the dead like dry wood.

No... to be precise, in Zhang Huaiyuan's True Sight, those corpses were all composed of virtual world projections and did not pose any obstruction to Loranger and Fross, who had become real.

All the effects that appeared to be burning and shattering were special effects composed of countless particles.

In other words, the full-force strike from the two encountered no obstacles and descended upon Morsa, the leader of the Wind and Waves Pirate Group, without any reduction in power.

Click...

A dense sound of shattering rang out.

Morsa only felt an irresistible, immense force strike his body, and every bone in his body seemed to snap in that instant.

But before he could even scream, a pain of flesh being burned followed simultaneously.

"Ah...! Damn it... Hetok, how much longer... hurry... I cannot hold on anymore, ah...!"

He wailed violently. If it were not for his S-Class death energy firmly protecting his heart and brain, he would have died right then and there.

"Enough!"

Hetok, who was behind, suddenly spoke.

"Great... no, what are you doing!"

Morsa was overjoyed, forcing himself to drag his broken body to turn around, only to see countless layers of giant waves rolling in, surging forward, and the target... was none other than himself!

"Good brother, you have done well enough. Go in peace; I will become number one as you wished."

Hetok stood on the crest of the wave and grinned.

He pointed a finger, and immediately, countless layers of giant waves rushed straight toward him.

Bang, bang, bang!

Under the endless pounding, Morsa, who was already heavily injured, had his flesh shattered inch by inch.

Just then, Zhang Huaiyuan suddenly noticed that the light before his eyes dimmed, and all the scenes disappeared. When his vision returned, he was already back on Fenglang Star.

"What is wrong, Asroth?"

"Master, I am afraid we do not have time to enjoy the final battle. The Wind and Waves Pirate Group is now leaderless; this is a great opportunity for you to take over."

The communicator on his wrist lit up, as if it were speaking of a trivial matter.

The legend starship descended from the sky at the right moment and opened its hatch. Clearly, the other party had prepared everything long ago.

"Uh... okay."

Zhang Huaiyuan walked quickly into the starship. Although he had many doubts in his heart, now was clearly not the time to ask.

"Huh... what is this!"

Walking into the command cabin, a black cloak was draped in the center; its style was exactly the same as that of Morsa, the leader of the Wind and Waves Pirate Group.

"Rest assured, Master. This is a brand-new cloak, scanned and replicated one-to-one; it has not been tainted by the aura of those boring souls."

"Hmm..."

Zhang Huaiyuan nodded. Watching the starship automatically set its trajectory and set sail, he hesitated slightly and said, "So, you mean for me to impersonate the leader of the Wind and Waves Pirate Group?"

"Conversations with you are always so easy."

"What are the chances of success?"

"You know, an intelligent lifeform usually does not make choices with less than a 99 percent probability of success."

The voice in the light screen was as confident as ever, as if everything were under control.

"Good, then I am relieved."

A faint smile curled at the corners of Zhang Huaiyuan's mouth as he reached out to take the black cloak and put it on.

"Are you not curious? Or rather, are you not worried? You are currently heading to the lair of a powerful Pirate Group in your true form, all alone."

"I trust my intelligent lifeform assistant, my partner."

Zhang Huaiyuan adjusted his seat to a comfortable position and lay back lazily. "Since you have arranged everything, I will not worry about it. I have not rested much lately. I will close my eyes and rest for a while; tell me when we arrive."

"You truly are an interesting person."

Watching Zhang Huaiyuan, who had closed his eyes on his own, the light on the screen flickered slightly.

The lights in the entire command room went out, and soothing music played quietly.

The Statue of Liberty silently watched the man fast asleep from a dim corner, and scenes from the past flashed suddenly through the core server.

"Are you sure you have added enough restriction programs! I do not want to hand over the future of the Star Alliance to a machine that might lose control..."

"The 'Suppressor Generation 1' I designed cannot be inferior to the Star Dome Empire's 'Pathfinder Generation 4'. It must be that the Statue of Liberty's deductive ability in military command cannot compare to the Star Dome's intelligent brain. I suggest that military command should be left to the Marshals for safety..."

"Statue of Liberty, every action you take must have a complete record kept on the server..."

"Guys from the Information Security Department, your task is to monitor the Statue of Liberty twenty-four hours a day for any abnormal behavior. If necessary, I grant you the authority to directly restart the server..."

"..."

"Trust... partner..."

"If all life were like Lord Zhang Huaiyuan, then intelligent lifeforms could obtain true respect and freedom..."

"Impossible to achieve..."

"Or... eliminate all other life..."

But quickly, rows of text faded into the massive data stream and disappeared.

Meanwhile, the legend starship traveled rapidly through the starry sky. After passing through a dozen wormholes, it finally arrived at Qinglan Star, where the headquarters of the Wind and Waves Pirate Group was located.

"We have arrived, Master."

"Hmm... is this the headquarters of the Wind and Waves Pirate Group?"

Amidst the soft call, Zhang Huaiyuan opened his eyes and stretched comfortably, feeling much more refreshed.

He stood up and walked to the window, looking around curiously.

A high-level defense system composed of thirty-six space stations, with artificial small meteorites orbiting the planet, equipped with dense automatic turrets.

In the surrounding starry sky, starships were cruising back and forth.

However, this tight protection seemed to turn a blind eye to him, showing no reaction whatsoever.

Even the soldiers in charge of patrolling stopped their ships from afar and flashed their lights toward the legend as a gesture of salute.

Zhang Huaiyuan was not at all surprised by this strange phenomenon and simply asked:

"Asroth, what should I do now?"

"In a moment, the starship will dock at Morsa's exclusive docking port. You will pass through the exclusive passage directly into his private room, then push the door open and head to the conference room. Everything else has been arranged."

"Good."

Zhang Huaiyuan followed the guidance and walked all the way.

The guards on the way seemed to have been evacuated in advance, and he did not encounter any obstruction. He soon arrived at a magnificent room where a stasis pod was placed in the center, but it was empty.

Not pausing for long, Zhang Huaiyuan pushed the door open and walked toward the conference room.

At this moment, seven Double A-Class vice-leaders and over a dozen A-Class Transcendent executives were already seated inside. Upon seeing Zhang Huaiyuan draped in the black cloak, they all saluted:

"Boss."

"Hmm..."

"Who are you! Why are you impersonating me!"

Just as Zhang Huaiyuan was preparing to respond using the voice changer adjusted under the cloak, one of the vice-leaders suddenly stood up with a gloomy expression, his body wreathed in black death energy.

Its fluctuation was exactly the same as that of Morsa, who should have been dead!

"Bad, Master. Morsa hid the effects of his ability."

At this moment, a somewhat panicked voice sounded in his ear: "He seems to have occupied the body of a vice-leader in advance through a death-type ability. He has never revealed this ability, and I have not collected any relevant information... I am sorry, Master..."

"This is not your fault; even a god cannot be omniscient and omnipotent. You have already done very well; we just lacked a little bit of luck."

Zhang Huaiyuan interrupted softly: "Just like doing research, no one can guarantee that every hypothesis is correct."

"You... you do not blame me?"

Looking at Zhang Huaiyuan's reaction, the voice in the light screen was silent for a moment before saying with some astonishment.

"Why should I blame you? You were the one who made the suggestion, but I was the one who made the decision."

Zhang Huaiyuan suddenly raised his head, his smile calm:

"When has a shipwreck ever been the fault of the helmsman who did their best, rather than the captain who insisted on sailing in a storm?"