Tang Ci was not used to sleeping in the same bed with someone, nor was she used to her newly grown legs.
The way he lay on the bed looked very much like a corpse.
Looking at Tang Ci's upright and tense sleeping posture, Lu Jiuchuan couldn't help but tease, "Your sleeping posture looks like you're being forced to sleep with a hooligan, worried about being molested..." He leaned close to Tang Ci's ear, his deep voice tinged with amusement, " Xiao Tang, is it necessary to be so nervous sleeping with your brother?"
Tang Ci's eyelashes trembled slightly, her ears turned a little red, but her expression remained calm: "I'm not nervous, I'm just not used to sleeping alone next to someone, this bed is too small."
Lu Jiuchuan lay down next to him, deliberately leaving an arm's length distance, and smiled, "Don't worry, I'm a very upright gentleman. We're just sleeping together, I won't do anything to you."
Tang Ci turned to look at him: "A gentleman?"
Lu Jiuchuan's eyes were full of smiles: "What, do you think I'm not an upright person?"
Tang Ci: "..."
You have a thick skin.
Tang Ci glanced at him, turned over, and ignored him: "Go to sleep."
Lu Jiuchuan smiled slightly: "Good night."
Gradually, the even breathing of Tang Ci as he drifted off to sleep filled the room, but Lu Jiuchuan couldn't fall asleep and simply rested his head on his arms, lost in thought.
After an unknown amount of time, the spaceship suddenly shook violently.
Tang Ci was jolted awake by the sudden, violent spinning of the spaceship, as if an earthquake had struck. Due to the momentum, he crashed into Lu Jiuchuan's arms. Lu Jiuchuan instinctively stretched out his long arm and caught Tang Ci steadily: "What happened?"
Tang Ci's nose was almost crooked from the impact, and he whispered, "Is the spaceship shaking?"
He struggled to get out of Lu Jiuchuan's arms, but the man's arms around his waist tightened gently, holding him close, and he whispered, "Don't move."
Something's not right outside.
"Did we encounter turbulence?" Tang Ci's voice came from his chest. "Like an airplane encountering turbulence, there must be such turbulence in space, right?"
As if confirming his guess, the spaceship began to shake violently again.
Lu Jiuchuan was so shaken that he rolled off the bed.
He held Tang Ci tightly with his right hand, pushed off the ground with his left hand, rolled over, and quickly rolled with Tang Ci to the door, wanting to notify his teammates.
At the same time, Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou were also awakened by the violent tremors. Yu Hanjiang put his arm around Xiao Lou's waist and flew out using his Lightness Skill card. He grabbed a pillar in the living room with one hand and shouted, "Wake up, everyone! There's something going on outside!"
Ye Qi also pulled the sleepy-eyed Shao Qingge out.
The six people exchanged glances, quickly walked to the French windows, and drew back the curtains.
Outside the porthole, all was pitch black, with countless stars adorning the vast cosmos.
In this darkness, a colossal red creature floated silently ahead. Its "eyes" emitted a blinding red light, and its outstretched wings were as sharp as knives, with gleaming metallic lines that seemed capable of destroying everything.
Lu Jiuchuan was startled: "What is that? An alien creature?"
Shao Qingge, who had been yawning, was now fully awake. He squinted at the enormous creature not far away and said, "With such a huge size... we're practically food in front of it."
The spaceship was still shaking violently.
Tang Ci took out his optical computer to look up information, but was shaken so badly he lost his balance. Lu Jiuchuan immediately supported him from behind. Tang Ci brought up the LCD screen, quickly typed in some information, and then frowned and said, "Navigation failed, unable to determine our current location. Network connection interrupted, spaceship signal affected!"
He paused, then continued, "Based on the spaceship's speed and the route we took before we went to sleep, we should be in the vicinity of the Hydra constellation now."
Xiao Lou recalled the interstellar map he had seen at the time and said, "There are no humans living in the Hydra constellation. However, this interstellar spaceship's route has been established for more than ten years. It's impossible for alien creatures to suddenly appear on the route, right?"
Yu Hanjiang frowned as he looked at the enormous object not far away, and suddenly said, "That's not an alien creature, but a huge starship. Our spaceship's network was interrupted, probably due to the interference electromagnetic waves emitted by it."
Ye Qi's eyes widened: " Captain Yu is right, look over there!"
Everyone followed Ye Qi's gaze.
Suddenly, the massive starship's blade-like wings extended, clinging to the interstellar spacecraft like claws. Due to the attack of the "claws," the spacecraft shook violently once again!
The six people almost fell to the ground together, and quickly grabbed the pillar next to them to steady themselves.
More and more claws extended from the starship, eventually taking control of the entire interstellar passenger ship. The ship shook more and more violently, and the passengers' agonizing screams echoed from outside: "Aaaaaah! What's going on?!" "The ship seems to be under attack?!" "Oh my god, what is that thing?!"
The enormous creature, baring its fangs and claws, emitted a red light from its eyes that shone directly onto the spaceship's porthole. Upon seeing it, the passengers screamed even more piercingly!
It's like a giant spider with eight sharp wings made of special metal that can turn into "claws" at any time to capture its prey.
At this moment, the interstellar passenger ship became its prey.
"That's a warship! We've encountered a Space Pirate warship!"
"My God, could it be the legendary Space Pirate, the one that kills without hesitation?"
The screams outside had created complete chaos.
Just then, all the video feeds in the cabins were forcibly turned on, and a woman dressed entirely in black leather, with a neat ponytail and a silver mask appeared in the video—clearly, she had taken control of the spaceship's video broadcasting system.
The woman's gaze was sharp as a knife, and her voice was as cold as melting ice: "Open the spaceship hatch, leave all your personal belongings, and I might consider letting you live."
Teammates: "......"
Although she was wearing a mask, everyone recognized her at a glance.
— Chu Huaying, you're so awesome, you actually got involved in Space Pirate?!