After traveling back to the interstellar world, I became a mermaid

Before Xie Li could think of anything, a burst of wild laughter came.

A dozen men with strong builds and sinewy faces walked in, looked around, and saw the fear and shrinking in everyone's eyes, and laughed even louder with satisfaction.

"Everyone, listen! Adults stand on this side, children on that side, and stand consciously! Otherwise, don't blame us for being rude!"

The air was filled with the cries of children. The star thief leader dug his ears and said impatiently: "Stop crying! Whoever cries again, I will cut out his tongue!"

The teacher who didn't have time to enter the rescue cabin whispered to comfort the student. The student barely stopped crying, but his body was still twitching and shaking.

The younger brother behind the leader smiled and directed everyone to stand in line. When he saw the beautiful teacher, he couldn't help but move his hands and feet. He was kicked hard by the star thief leader: "Don't waste your fucking time. Hurry up."

"Boss, there are a lot of mermaids here. What should we do with these mermaids?" A younger brother walked up to the leader and reported in a low voice.

The leader looked in the direction pointed by his younger brother, and immediately narrowed his eyes with a smile: "Find them all first, and then take them back together."

His eyes greedily swept across the crowd of mermaids, as if he saw the glittering vault waving to him.

"By the way, let's see if there is anyone here who can cook. Grab a few and take them back to improve the food for the brothers."

The leader of the Star Thieves knows that the food that has become popular in the Federation in recent years is the soy-flavored pork ribs and steamed spicy fish, and he has never forgotten it. It was said that those dishes could also repair mental violence, so he had to try it.

But because of his status as a star thief, he couldn't eat it.

In addition, the places where they operate are in the no-care zone outside the Federation and the Empire, and there are very few starships passing by. Now is a rare opportunity.

This starship comes from the Federation, so there must be someone who can cook.

When the time comes, these mermaids will be sold and replaced with weapons, and the combat effectiveness of their Star Thieves group will be improved by several levels.

When the star thief leader was dreaming about a better future, his men had already separated everyone and stood there.

"Boss, the number of people is wrong. Someone ran away. He should have gone back to spread the news." A younger brother whispered.

The star thief leader frowned: "Then speed up and fight quickly. Don't wait for the federal army to come."

There were not many adults, and the staff were only in their early teens.

There were more mermaids than adults, almost twenty of them.

More than a dozen adults were driven to a corner by the Star Thieves, while the mermaids were brought to the side of the Star Thieves leader, under the supervision of three younger brothers.

Mu Cai was forced to separate from Xie Li Jianzhao, standing among a group of mermaids, looking at the situation in the center of the cabin.

The rest of the children stood in the middle, making noises and crying softly.

The leader of the star thieves waved his hand, "Go and find them all, hurry up, otherwise the army won't be able to eat and carry them around."

The younger brothers responded and started searching among the children.

One by one, they lifted the child's chin and compared it with the photos on the brain.

"No, that's not it."

"Neither is this."

After the search, someone reported to the star thief leader: "Boss, we didn't find it."

The star thief leader frowned, "No?"

The man nodded affirmatively: "My brothers and I looked for it three times and confirmed again and again, it's not there."

Xie Li was close and couldn't help but frown when he heard their words.

Are these star thieves looking for someone?

Who are you looking for?

He raised his head and looked in the direction of Mu Cai. He saw a dozen mermaids surrounded by several star thieves in a circle, making it airtight and unable to escape.

He looked around again. He was surrounded by classmates of the same age and similar height. They were crowded and blocked, so he didn't see Jian Zhao.

Xie Li was secretly anxious.

Why haven't the rescue troops arrived yet? Too slow and unreasonable.

Even if it's rest time for the federal army, why is there no movement from the empire's army?

It's such a coincidence, so coincidental that it doesn't make sense at all.

There must be something wrong with this.

Maybe the federal army was delayed by something.

What about the imperial army? Is this also the case?

Xie Li only felt a headache.

Seeing the star thief corralling the mermaid alone, he gradually felt uneasy.

He almost immediately came to the conclusion that these star thieves were going to take Mu Cai and the others away.

The sale of mermaids is absolutely prohibited and severely punished in the Federation and the Empire, but...

The star thieves do not belong to any of these parties. They are all desperadoes, active all year round in areas outside the federal and imperial territories.

Because the Federation and the Empire are very strict about the buying and selling of mermaids, there has been no mermaid trading in the Federation and the Empire for many years. At the same time, in the black market located in the Sanjia zone, the price of mermaids is rising steadily. , there is still a price but no market.

Normally, star thieves would not dare to wander around the territory of the Federation and the Empire. What happened today?

Xie Li just felt that his brain was not enough.

No matter what Xie Li thought, as time passed by, the leader of the star thieves over there had already made a decision.

"retreat!"

A younger brother came out to stop him: "Boss, we haven't completed that adult's mission yet, so we just left..."

The star thief leader glanced at the pile of children irritably: "What can I do if he's not here? It's not like I didn't do what he ordered. Let's go!"

After saying that, he turned around without hesitation and ordered his younger brothers to return to his starship with a few teachers who knew how to cook and all the mermaids.

A teacher tried to stop him, but was severely beaten by several star thieves. It was not until the teacher fell to the ground that his life or death was unknown, and the star thieves walked away. There were other star thieves with weapons around who were paying attention to the movements of the people around them, and others did not dare to move anymore.

"Go back quickly, the federal army is coming!"

The star thieves who were still there wanted to search for more benefits, but when their companions reminded them, they immediately ran back to the starship.

Unlike defense-focused starships designed to carry passengers, starships are offensive and can be equipped with weapons.

Their starship was not big, but it was equipped with many extremely destructive weapons, so they easily hijacked this starship that was twice their size and escaped unscathed, and also harvested a batch of high-priced mermaids.

The leader of the Star Thieves almost woke up laughing from his dream.

Originally, this was a business that was sure to make a profit. Although he didn't complete the task assigned by the man and the balance couldn't be settled, he still gained a batch of mermaids!

This is much richer than the reward that person gave me.

Once he goes to the black market, sells these mermaids, and then takes the people underneath to run further away, the universe is so big, it will be difficult for the Federation to find him again.

A younger brother reminded: "Boss, the people over there say that the federal army is coming soon, let's run."

The star thief leader laughed, "Let's go back."

The small starship they specially drove this time was just for a quick victory and to run away immediately after completing the task, so it was very fast, but they disappeared in less than ten minutes.

When the federal troops arrived, the only people waiting for them were panic-stricken people.