Chapter 614: 608: The Death Lair
Super Spender
Chapter 614: Chapter 608: The Death Lair
Finn Lewis suddenly had a peculiar feeling. Something about Jasmine Davis now seemed different than when they were negotiating earlier, but he couldnât pinpoint what exactly. After all, he wasnât very familiar with her.
âBloody Peach Blossom? Quite a striking alias,â Finn Lewis noncommittally nodded.
âItâs also the name of our pirate group.â Jasmine Davis made no attempts to conceal her identity.
âWhy do you still refer to yourselves as pirates, though? Weâre in the universe. Wouldnât Star Thief be more fitting?â Finn Lewis mused, before asking with a smile.
âWho knows? The term has been passed down from ancient times. As for why weâre called that, Iâm not too certain. Maybe itâs meant to indicate a celestial sea?â On this matter, Jasmine Davis seemed to be less clear than Finn Lewis. He wore a strange expression but didnât say anything.
âAlright, so is this place your hideout?â Finn Lewis asked out of curiosity. Since it was so hidden, there was no way this area was controlled by the official forces of the Galactic Federation. Since Jasmine Davis had brought him here, he presumed that it must be part of her territory.
âNo, if I had such a large territory, would I be haggling with you over a few tens of thousands of star credits? This place is called Death Nest, named after the asteroid belt that stretches across three planetary systems. The environment here is extremely complex, not just because of the asteroids but also due to occasional electromagnetic storms and other cosmic radiation storms. Hence, itâs a very dangerous place.â
âSpeaking of which, donât you think our way of speaking is very similar? I thought such vocabulary only existed on our home planet,â Finn Lewis said with squinted eyes.
âHandsome, there are some things I canât help answer. However, youâre right in thinking so. Did you think people like us donât exist on your home planet? How about Dunn Monty and Thomas Calvin? How do you know the words you speak are invented only on your home planet?â Jasmine Davis laughed.
Finn Lewis mulled over it and found it indeed the case. If it not for his encounter with Zero, he probably wouldnât have known there were so many aliens on Earth and that Earth was in fact, oneâs personal property.
Having understood this, Finn Lewis stopped talking and his eyes returned to the view outside.
âEveryone who should be notified has been. We will reach our destination after passing through three warp wormholes, a place filled with criminals, thieves, pirates, and everyone else you can think of. If you want to go, you can, but I canât guarantee your safety. You better think it over. As youâve said, Iâm still planning on making 30 million star credits off you.â Jasmine Davis chuckles again, drops a line, and leaves promptly..
Finn Lewis didnât look back. He kept watching the view outside. The spaceship was moving rapidly. To tell the truth, this passage wasnât large, but a ship this size was as agile as a fish swimming in an asteroid sea. Lewis didnât know whether the ship was being controlled by a computer or a person. If it was a person, it seemed that there was some talent among the pirates.
They quickly reached the last of the three journeys, but the surrounding scenery didnât change. Finn Lewis was curious to see what this so-called Haven for the Dead, the Deathâs Nest, looked like...
When the spacecraft went through the last warp, there was a flash of light, and the surrounding scenery changed dramatically. Finn Lewis froze for a moment. A lush green planet entered his sight. What stunned him, however, was not the planet itself, but the two massive ring-shaped steel constructions encapsulating it.
It was as if there were two iron rings circling a spherical object. These two iron rings intersected, and after warping here, numerous spacecraft of various sizes surrounding the entire planet could be seen. About a million kilometers outside the planet was the asteroid belt Finn Lewis and the others had just passed through.