Cosmic Criminals (3)

Clunk! Clunk! Clunk!

The surface of the hammer-shaped spaceship began to reveal formidable muzzles.

The most eye-catching main cannon’s muzzle was 800 meters in diameter, and the auxiliary cannon muzzles were 120 meters in diameter.

…

The moment this spaceship arrived in the solar system, Earth’s security defense system discovered it and issued an alarm.

Earth’s upper echelons urgently convened in the virtual world.

A scholar pointed at the hammer-shaped spaceship and introduced it. “This is a cosmic transport ship, but it has undergone plenty of modification. It’s clearly much more bloated than an ordinary Black Brilliance Mark 5. Moreover, it has an additional planetary-level main cannon installed. The muzzle is 800 meters in diameter, enough to seriously injure a planet.”

“Can Earth’s security defense system block their attacks?” the brass asked.

“Yes.” The scholar nodded.

At this moment—

A notification was sent.

“Hello, Earth,” the cold man said with a smile. “I’ll give you 20 minutes to prepare 300 billion cosmic dollars’ worth of assets. If you can’t produce it in 20 minutes… we will launch an attack on Earth.”

“I hope your planet’s defense system can perfectly defend against the 12 different attacks we have prepared. But according to my predictions, those planet security defense systems aren’t that perfect. At least one-tenth of the population on your planet will die!” the cold man said. “At the same time, we will destroy the moon and seriously damage Mars.”

“I believe you can still survive with the help of the planet’s security defense system, but your future ecosystem will be much worse.” The cold man smiled and stated, “I don’t want much—only 300 billion!”

“Whether you hand over 300 billion or go to war is up to you. Hahaha… It’s been a long time since I fought a civilization.” The cold man’s eyes were filled with madness. “You still have 18 minutes and 39 seconds to prepare!”

Only a countdown remained on the screen as the seconds ticked by.

The upper echelons of Earth looked at each other in shock and anger.

“Can we perfectly defend against all 12 attacks he mentioned?”

“Can we counter-attack and destroy that spaceship?”

“Once war breaks out, the moon will be destroyed, and Mars will be seriously damaged. The entire solar system’s operation will be affected.”

“We can’t agree! If they succeed in extorting 300 billion this time, there will be another 300 billion. How can we withstand repeated extortions?”

“A first will lead to many more.”

“Then, what should we do? Reject him? Start a war?”

The upper echelons of Earth were arguing.

…

“The space pirates have finally appeared.” Xu Jingming immediately received the Primordial Battle Armor’s AI alarm and watched the hammer-shaped spaceship from afar.

Those who are down need not fear no fall. These space pirates are all desperadoes! They are down, but Earth has too many considerations. Once a war breaks out, if one-tenth of Earth’s population dies, that means hundreds of millions dead, Xu Jingming thought.

Thankfully, Tejano has taken over completely. Otherwise, I would’ve had to seek the help of Primordial City, Xu Jingming thought.

Without sufficient strength, one wouldn’t dare to reject Prince Lunardo.

Tejano had promised to give him full authority, so Xu Jingming was completely aware of his plan and was still very confident.

“Mr. Xu Jingming, can I make a move now?”

“Sorry to trouble you,” Xu Jingming said. “Let’s follow your plan.”

“Alright,” a gentle voice replied.

…

Immediately after, in the solar system.

Countless beams of light gathered at one spot.

“What’s that?” Be it the pirates or Earth, they were surprised to discover that a large amount of light in the solar system was being drawn to a point! This strange phenomenon made them feel uneasy.

In the solar system, countless rays of light gathered toward that spot and finally condensed into a figure—a yellow-shirted figure.

His entire body emitted light, and his eyes were as dazzling as stars.

He looked at the hammer-shaped spaceship, causing all the space pirates—be it the Lv. 7 cosmic lifeform leaders or the large number of planetary lifeforms inside the huge spaceship—to be swept up.

There were more than 80,000 people in the spaceship, and all of them felt their bodies freeze. They became motionless.

Light flowed naturally in the spaceship, and everyone illuminated was frozen.

“I’m the Redmond Group’s Yellow-Shirted Envoy, #1037.” The yellow-shirted man’s voice echoed in the space pirate spaceship and also through Earth’s security defense system. The entire security defense system was completely infiltrated by the yellow-shirted man.

“I’m under orders to protect Mr. Xu Jingming.” The yellow-shirted man’s voice echoed throughout the spaceship and Earth.