After faking her death in interstellar space, the powerful woman disguised herself as a man and went

Command room.

Joey sat at the round table, her face fierce: "He Xiting, it's really not easy to see you."

He sneered coldly, "You recruited these stupid subordinates yourself. Someone like you wouldn't even be worthy of seeing me on Storm Star. It's your honor to be able to see both me and the Eldest Princess at the same time."

Then, he turned coldly to Cecilia and kissed the back of her hand in a gentlemanly manner: "Your Highness, it is a pity to meet you in such a place. After this matter is over, please be sure to visit my home."

The boy before me had light wheat-colored skin, a tall and slender build, and delicate features. His dark eyes shone like stars, and he was gazing intently at me.

Cecilia felt her heart race a little, and smiled as she nodded: "Definitely."

Joey glanced at the two of them sideways: "If I don't get the money, neither of you can go home."

Leng Ran said impatiently, "Don't worry, you poor wretch who's never seen the world. My father has already gone to raise the ransom. It's only a billion. My luxury mecha costs a billion."

Then he turned to the eldest princess with a bright smile: "Come and have some tea, Your Highness. This is the finest Longjing tea."

Joey stopped talking, questioning his life for the first time: A billion dollars, is that too little?

Leng Ran: Of course it's a lot. I've never seen so much money in my two lifetimes combined.

He casually spread out the tea bag, took out some tea leaves, skillfully began brewing the tea, and placed the remaining tea leaves in an area within reach of his right.

Then, completely ignoring Joey in front of him, Leng Ran began chatting with Cecilia.

Rennes, you'd better step up your game...

Just then, Raine's voice came through: "He Xiting, I've got the deactivation device, but I don't have permission to enter the command room. Find a way to get out yourself."

He glanced around the general layout of the command room, then looked at the surveillance camera coverage area, and a plan formed in his mind.

Suddenly clutching his stomach, he slumped onto the table: "Ouch, my stomach hurts so much, I need to go to the toilet!"

Joey said grimly, "Bear with it, there's no toilet in the command room."

Leng Ran suddenly collapsed to the ground, taking a few special tea leaves with her, and curled up into a ball on the ground.

"I won't do it! Let me go to the toilet!"

Upon receiving the telepathic message from Rein, Cecilia quickly went to Leng Ran's side and then shouted at Joey, "Let him go! We're all on this ship, do you think he can run off to outer space by himself?"

Joey thought about it and agreed, so he called another subordinate to take Leng Ran to the restroom.

Leng Ran clutched his stomach as he walked out of the monitoring area outside the command room and into the restroom, followed by the pirates behind him.

Raine, who had been waiting for a long time, suddenly darted out of the shadows and silently snapped the pirate's neck. The pirate's body went limp and he collapsed.

"He Xiting, let me help you deactivate the device."

Raine picked up the deactivation device, preparing to remove it from Leng Ran, but Leng Ran stopped him by raising her hand.

“Raine, without any preparation time, I can only control Joey at level one for two seconds. We must kill him within two seconds of seeing him.”

“The entire route from here to the main entrance of the command center is under surveillance, and if I remove the restraint ring, it will alert Joey.”

He coldly stared at the lifeless corpse: "We can make use of his men. You change into his clothes, pretend to escort me, and then we'll remove your restraint ring when we get to the command room."

Rein frowned: "It takes at least five seconds to remove the restraint ring, which is too long. Besides, there are two guards at the door. I can't alert them with gunfire. It's difficult for me to deal with them all by myself."

"No, that's enough. Two guards, one on the left and one on the right." He chuckled coldly. "As for the time issue, contact the eldest princess and ask her to cooperate."

Five minutes later, the disguised Raine escorted Leng Ran back to the command room. Joey kept watching the monitor but didn't notice anything unusual.

The two guards at the gate stopped Leng Ran.

Leng Ran shouted from outside the door, "Hey, open the door! I want to keep drinking my tea!"

The sound of a chair being moved came from the monitor, indicating that Joey had left the screen. He then gave Ryan a look that signaled him to make a move.

The guard on the left was struck on the side of the neck by Renn's palm and immediately lost consciousness, slowly collapsing to the ground.

At the same time, Renn smelled blood and turned around to see another guard bleeding from his neck; he was already dead.

He could vaguely see something stuck in the guard's neck, stained red with blood, making it impossible to discern its original appearance.

Raine was surprised. He Xiting had already been searched at the door, so where did he get a weapon that could cause a penetrating wound?

Inside the command center, Cecilia watched as Joey got up to open the door, and seemingly accidentally spilled the scalding hot tea she was holding onto Joey's hand: "Oops, sorry, I couldn't hold it."

Joey winced in pain and could only glare at Cecilia before finally gripping the doorknob and opening the door after three seconds.

He was greeted by Leng Ran and Rein, who had been freed from their restraints.

As Raine and Leng Ran attacked simultaneously, Joey felt a sharp pain in his head as his mental sea was attacked, followed by a large amount of blood gushing from his neck.

A dart made of tea leaves was precisely embedded in his carotid artery. Joey looked at Leng Ran in horror, as if he were looking at some monster.

She smiled coldly at him: "This is top-quality Longjing tea. You won't lose out by sending it to you on your way."

Joey, who was punched by Ryan, closed his eyes forever.

Tea leaves that have undergone special hardening treatment, with a little polishing, can become an excellent throwing dart.

Leng Ran's lips curled up. How could he possibly come on such a dangerous mission without any weapons or equipment?

After carefully examining the tea leaves, Raine's assessment of Leng Ran's combat prowess rose to a new level.

They actually thought of using tea leaves to make darts! The accuracy is pretty good too. Commander He Xiting is quite skilled with hidden weapons!

Compared to individual soldiers, commanders, although mostly vulnerable, are not completely incapable of wielding a gun, which is understandable.

Having believed he knew the truth, Renn stopped dwelling on the matter and strode into the command room. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Cecilia unharmed.

"Your Highness, I am late." Renn knelt and bowed.

Cecilia gently helped Ryan up: "Don't worry, I'm fine. I was able to escape danger thanks to you and He Xiting."

Cecilia glanced at Leng Ran, who was still searching for Joey's body, and stood up to bow: "He Xiting, I, Cecilia Dohasa, on behalf of the Imperial Royal Family, thank you for your help to the people of the Empire."

“Your Highness, there’s no need for such formalities.” Leng Ran solemnly raised the sphere in her hand. “There’s only one explosion controller on Joey. The others are missing.”

"The danger is not completely over. If we don't want to become fireworks in the universe, we must find the remaining controllers."

This spherical controller will instantly activate the bomb it is connected to once it receives sufficient external pressure.

Cecilia recalled the people she had contact with Joey... and a figure flashed through her mind.

"It's Joey's adjutant, Baker, blind in his left eye. Joey seems to have handed him a spherical object; he should be in the rear cabin now!"

Raine looked at the only commander present: "He Xiting, can you use your mental search to find this person?"

He closed his eyes coldly, suppressed his mental power from level four to level three, and then released the mental detection network.

A minute later, she opened her eyes coldly.

"Found it, on the starship observation deck."