"It seems you don't believe me!" Xing Yuan said lightly.
Yu Hua Nan nodded sincerely, "Miss, before you say such things, perhaps you should take a look at yourself. To be blunt, I don't think you could even beat me."
Yu Hua Nan was a typical noble young master. He had studied etiquette and his family's business since childhood, but had never practiced martial arts. His mental strength was only average. However, he had a good background, and from the moment he was born, it was destined that he would inherit his father's title.
Naturally romantic and protected by his family, he didn't understand that one shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Xing Yuan's lips curved upwards, and then she punched the chair binding Yu Hua Nan.
The chair instantly turned into fragments and scattered. Yu Hua Nan landed hard. His gaze towards Xing Yuan became wary.
She looked like a delicate girl, why was she so violent!
Xing Yuan grabbed Yu Hua Nan and, with what she considered her most amiable smile, said, "Whether you cooperate today or not, you will. I never take things for free. Protecting your life is repayment enough."
Xing Yuan casually finished off the pirate who had been used to prove her truthfulness. Then, carrying Yu Hua Nan as if he were a small chick, she menacingly addressed his guards:
"What are you looking at? Your young master is in my hands. If you want him to live, you will obediently sail the ship back to the main planet, and then I'll let him go."
Yu Hua Nan wanted to sternly tell his subordinates to refuse, but something had been done to him. He could only let out muffled sounds, unable to express his intentions.
Yu Hua Nan's surrounding subordinates exchanged glances. Then, they made an opening for her to board.
They didn't intend to attack Xing Yuan. In their opinion, she was quite foolish. Knowing their master's identity, didn't she understand that the main planet was their territory?
They might not be able to do anything to her on the trash planet, but they would be delighted if she went to her own doom.
As the group left the trash planet, they ran into the waiting pirates.
The moment they saw these people, they knew their boss had failed. The second-in-command laughed heartily, his face full of excitement.
Finally, the boss was dead. From now on, he would be the boss of this ship.
The second-in-command, having reached the pinnacle of his life, shouted, "Brothers, charge! Capture them alive, and I'll lead you to a life of luxury!"
A group of pirates roared and charged forward. Xing Yuan, however, was leisurely and unhurriedly removed the speech impediment from Yu Hua Nan. "Now, do you believe me?"
Yu Hua Nan nodded blankly, his heart heavy. To keep a low profile, he had brought only a few dozen guards. The interstellar pirates on the other side were numerous and powerful. They couldn't possibly win.
"You said before that you had a way to protect me? Is that true?" Yu Hua Nan looked at Xing Yuan with slightly hopeful eyes, as if he had grasped the last straw.
Xing Yuan nodded and retorted sarcastically, "Didn't you not believe me?"
"No, I believe you." Now, I have no other choice but to believe you.
"Good. If you believe me, lend me a high-spec mecha, and I'll help you slaughter these pirates. It can be your travel expenses." Xing Yuan's eyes sparkled with excitement, eager to rush out.
"Slaughter them?" Yu Hua Nan hastily waved his hands. "There's no need for such trouble. As long as you help us escape this danger, that's enough."
"That won't do." Xing Yuan's expression was displeased. She hadn't piloted a mecha yet! This was her first stop, and the opponent's strength wasn't high, making it perfect for practice. If she missed this opportunity, who knew when she would get another chance.
"Alright then! I'll lend you my mecha." Yu Hua Nan gritted his teeth and instructed his subordinates to prepare his mecha.
Then, with a look of desperate determination, he handed his neural interface to Xing Yuan.
"I believe you. Someone like you wouldn't stoop to deception. I'll lend you my neural interface; it will help you operate the mecha."
Yu Hua Nan was afraid she would run off with his mecha, but there was nothing he could do now.
"Don't worry! I don't even bother with these low-level opponents." With that, Xing Yuan turned and walked outside.
Yu Hua Nan's mecha was golden, signifying the nobility and wealth of its owner.
The mecha's intelligent name was Jin Nan, showing how casually Yu Hua Nan had named it.
The mecha was almost new, unused. Xing Yuan sat in the cockpit with satisfaction, feeling the warmth of the metal.
Then, mental connection.
Once a person forms a mental connection with a mecha, it means the mecha can be controlled as if it were a part of their body. The stronger the mental power, the higher the mecha's agility.
Once ready, Xing Yuan, with an excited expression, piloted the mecha into the midst of the pirates.
The pirates themselves lacked organizational discipline. Eager to impress their new boss, they directly controlled their laser cannons and fired at Xing Yuan.
The pirates were poor, and they only had about a dozen mechas, most of which were difficult to operate.
The dozen mechas surrounded Xing Yuan, while the other pirates used their small ships to charge towards Yu Hua Nan's spaceship.
Yu Hua Nan's spaceship had built-in defense and counter-attack functions, and his guards were not to be trifled with. The two sides were locked in a stalemate for the time being.
Meanwhile, Xing Yuan dodged the cannon fire. While a few mechas were recharging, she directly used her laser sword to cleave them in half.
Two of the pirates piloting the mechas escaped in escape pods to unknown locations, while two were killed along with their mechas.
With a successful strike, Xing Yuan's eyes shone brighter. Jin Nan, having never seen battle before, was also constantly conveying feelings of joy to its pilot.
Xing Yuan could feel herself meshing with the mecha. At this moment, the faint light in her backpack, which originally belonged to her, seemed to sense a threat and began to flash, as if reminding its owner that she had her own mecha.
Xing Yuan gently touched her backpack to reassure it, and then fully immersed herself in the battle. It wasn't an exhilarating experience, at most, it deepened Xing Yuan's understanding of mechas. Moreover, in her memory, the threat posed by the Zerg was far greater than these pirates.
After dealing with these mechas, Xing Yuan turned to face the pirates piloting the small ships. They were much easier to deal with than the mechas, and she cut them down like vegetables, one by one.
The damage they inflicted was negligible. Even if Xing Yuan stood still and let them attack, it would take them at least an hour to damage the mecha.
Pirates were essentially an alliance formed by exiles or those forced into it by mistakes.