Old Bit and his crew are a group of smugglers, and their means of transportation is a retired Cosmic Gunboat. This gunboat has a crew of thirty-one people, and after their deal here, they plan to head to Delva Planet.

Clearly, Jiang Cheng has never been to this galaxy. He is completely unfamiliar with Delva Planet, but the mere fact that he can leave this Nameless Planet for Delva is undoubtedly a significant step forward.

The current dilemma is whether to use force to seize the gunboat or to coerce these smugglers into piloting the gunboat and taking them to Delva Planet.

Jiang Cheng decided to first ignore the few smugglers in front of him, wait until they enter the gunboat, check out the situation inside, and then act accordingly.

If these smugglers' hands aren't stained with too much blood and aren't heinous criminals, Jiang Cheng decided to let them go and have them take him to Delva Planet.

On the contrary, if they are guilty of extreme crimes, this Nameless Planet would become their place of exile. As for whether they share Jiang Cheng's good fortune, he wouldn't care.

After discussing with Yanran, Jiang Cheng decided that Yanran would stay to guard the hostages while Jiang Cheng would head towards the boat as Old Bit mentioned.

Before leaving, Jiang Cheng repeatedly advised Yanran to be careful, not to pay attention to whatever tricks the smugglers might play.

After destroying all the smugglers' weapons, Jiang Cheng's figure flickered as he made his way to the gunboat.

Jiang Cheng and Yanran defeated those smugglers who tried to capture them, and from the leader, Old Bit, Jiang Cheng learned that the smugglers' means of transportation in the cosmos was a gunboat. Besides them, there were more than twenty other people aboard the gunboat.

After discussing with Yanran, Jiang Cheng decided that Yanran would guard the smugglers while he went to the gunboat to see the situation in detail before deciding on his next move.

No sooner did Jiang Cheng leave than those smugglers started scheming.

The terrifying man had left, and the young girl in front of them, compared to the man who had left, was simply angelic.

Though she was formidable, she was just a young girl, and she only had a bow and arrow.

Even though their weapons had been destroyed, they still had their pocket guns and laser swords for protection.

They were eager to act.

Old Bit was the first to speak. His face, after being pummeled by Jiang Cheng, had lost almost all of its teeth, his mouth was split, his eye had only one open, and his face was swollen beyond recognition.

The reason Jiang Cheng was so heavy-handed was because this old guy, sentence after sentence, was insistent on capturing Yanran and taking her for money.

Daring to treat his disciple this way, especially in front of him, if he didn't teach them a lesson, how could he live up to being her teacher?

Miss, Miss, "Old Bit called weakly: "Please help me, can you give me some water to drink?

Yanran merely raised her head, casting a cold gaze at him.

Old Bit thought well, first courtesy then force, Yanran was a girl and surely had a woman's innate sympathy. Thus, he decided to fully exploit this fact.

If they could seize this girl, their predicament could be reversed.

They could take her hostage, not only to find the man who scared them to their bones but also their wish to use Yanran and that strange bird to make a huge fortune hadn't vanished.

Greed is universal, even among people on planets far away from Water Ball.

Of course, Old Bit and his crew knew that the girl in front of them wouldn't be easily fooled.

They could only take it step by step.

Kind-hearted Miss, please, give me some water. "Old Bit continued to plead, lying on the ground, covered in mud on his body and face, mixed with the redness and blood on his face, making him look not only ugly but also somewhat pitiful.

Alice, "Yanran called to the Little Flaming Firebird, her eyes fixed on them.

" The Little Flaming Firebird flew to her side, and Yanran instructed, "Watch them, if they move, call me.

Gaa! "The Little Flaming Firebird responded to her.

Though Jiang Cheng repeatedly warned, these smugglers roaming between different planets are almost never up to any good, even if they died in front of you, it wouldn't be regrettable, nor would killing them yourself be worth feeling guilty about.

Jiang Cheng often traveled between various planets in the universe, and as for smugglers, they had too many vile acts, though smuggling was their main occupation, they also doubled as pirates doing such looting jobs.

Compared to the ocean, space has more hiding places, and larger ones, making smugglers a headache for authorities on various planets, often powerless against their crimes.

This further fueled their rampant arrogance and their actions became increasingly cruel.

Yanran went to a nearby brook to fetch water, while Old Bit and his companions pretending to be dead on the ground started discussing softly. Though the bird could see this, it couldn't speak.

Each of them had their opinions; some wanted to seize the opportunity to escape while others, like Old Bit, wanted to take this girl hostage. Clearly, those wishing to take the girl as hostage were in the majority.

Thus, they reached a consensus.

Yanran fetched water, the young girl was still naive about the world, Old Bit, who indeed looked old with his head full of white hair and a round chin with a white beard, had almost all his energy beaten out by Jiang Cheng and lay feebly on the ground, indeed appearing at death's door. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

This pitiful look stirred Yanran's sympathy.

An old man, though vile, had suffered punishment, and now he lay on the ground begging for some water. This request wasn't unreasonable to Yanran.

The crucial part was Old Bit's appearance, reminding her of those elders who once accompanied her, when they fell ill, she would care for them like this, and after being fed food and water, that elder would smile, apologizing for being a bother and grateful for her attentive care.

Yanran approached Old Bit, knelt down, and carefully brought the water jug closer to him. Old Bit drank greedily, indeed thirsty.

Yanran kindly advised him: "Drink slowly, there's plenty of water."

Old Bit gulped water to his heart's content, and wiped the water sticking to his beard, smiling slightly, seemingly wanting to say a word of thanks to Yanran.

At the moment Yanran was slightly distracted, Old Bit suddenly lifted his head, opened his mouth wide, and sprayed the water forcefully at Yanran's face.

The sudden occurrence made Yanran instinctively turn her head to avoid it.

A smuggler faking death on the ground suddenly crawled up and lunged at her from behind.