The Strongest Man in the Universe

Chapter 513

The merchant ship's sensors indicate that something is approaching them. Although it could not be certain whether it was a space pirate, they could not just decide. After all, it was about the safety of everyone in the entire merchant ship, as well as the expectations of the Jung family.

Marlee sounded the alarm without hesitation. Suddenly, a loud alarm filled the entire merchant ship.

Some of the staff in the control room who were controlling the merchant ship immediately turned their heads towards Marlee nervously. Everyone on the merchant ship heard this.

Except for David and Peggy, everybody's in action. Fraser also quickly rushed into the control room.

"Mrs, what's wrong?" Fraser asked nervously

He knew that Marlee wouldn't sound the alarm for no reason. There must be a problem.

"Something is approaching our ship. Get everyone to their posts and get ready." replied Marlee calmly.

At this moment, he was actually also very nervous. But as the backbone of this merchant ship, he would not show it. If he panicked, the atmosphere on the merchant ship would be chaotic.

"Is that a space pirate?" Fraser asked with a trembling voice.

Space pirates could be ranked as the most famous group of people in the entire Star Kingdom. They would scare many traders just by hearing his name.

They are divided into three types.

The first type makes more sense. They would only charge travel fees, and not rob or kill people. Even if the merchant met them, they would only pay a fee to avoid disaster.

Second type of space pirates, will rob the cargo of passing ships, but they do not kill. Finally, the third type, is the cruelest of all space pirates. Not only would they rob the traffickers and rape the women, but they would not spare the lives of the crew and passengers.

Unfortunately, the third type is the most common among space pirates, and they account for at least 90% of space pirates. True to their name, they are space pirates. Why do they care about any principle?

If the merchants were stronger than the space pirates they encountered, then the situation would be different. Space pirates are not fools. They would not dare if their opponents were stronger. When facing a group stronger than them, they would instantly retreat.

If their strength was about the same, and the space pirates felt that they did not want to lose too much, then they would compromise. They would let their victims go after asking for some money like a first-type pirate.

If their victims were much weaker, then there would only be one ending. The space pirates would rob and kill their victims without giving them a chance to negotiate.

Fraser was also afraid of facing the third type of pirates. The strength of their merchant ships was no greater than that of space pirates. If the space pirates could not even defeat the people on this ship, how could they call themselves space pirates.

A group of space pirates would at least have a portion of the Eternals leading them. The larger space pirate gangs will even have multiple Eternals.

Meanwhile, the strongest on this Jung family merchant ship was Marlee, the Peak of Infinity Rank. The second was Fraser, the Final Infinity Ranker.

"It's unclear what's approaching. It might be space pirates, it might not, but no matter what it is, everyone should be ready.” Marlee said without looking back .

“Understanding! Madam, I will tell everyone soon so they can get ready.”

Fraser turned around and left after speaking. Marlee stood in place, staring intently at the sensor. Sensors showed there was an object in front and it was approaching the merchant ship quickly. At this speed, both sides would collide within an hour.

Now that they saw it, there was no point in saying anything else.

The first step is to determine whether the object is alive or dead. If the object died, then it would definitely not be the space pirates. It was probably a meteorite that floated in the void. If so, they can change direction and rotate it.

If it was a living being and chasing after them, then it was most likely the space pirates. After calming down, Marlee turned to the control room and said to the staff controlling the merchant ship, “Slow down and move thirty degrees to the right.”

“Good, Mistress!" The staff member replied.

Then he controlled the merchant ship, reducing its speed and heading right. Marlee stared at the rapidly approaching object in front. If the object followed as they changed direction, then they could be sure that it was the space pirates.

"Mother!"

Peggy awakens to the sound of an alarm, and discovers that her mother is no longer beside her. So he's headed for the control room.

"Peggy, I'm busy right now. So you should go back to sleep." Marlee bowed and lifted Peggy before saying.

"Mom, I can't sleep. You can continue your work, I won't bother you."

"No, I can't concentrate if you're here."

"But I don't want to sleep alone!" the little girl pouted and protested sadly.

"Then, how about you go find David? He should be up by now." Marlee suggested after thinking for a moment.

"okay! I'll go play with Mister." said the little girl happily.

"Okay, you have to go play with David. If she asks, just tell her that mom is busy right now" Marlee said as she placed Peggy on the floor.

"Good, mom. I'm going to go now."

"Go, baby."

The little girl exited the control room while jumping around in excitement.

Marlee is focusing on the radar sensor. Time passes by every second and every minute.

One minute later..

Five minutes later..

Ten minutes later..

The thing in front of him still did not show the slightest change in movement, so Marlee felt a little relaxed.

"No need to deviate. Hurry up and be straight." said Marlee.

"Understand!"

The merchant ship continued to go straight ahead. After half an hour there was no movement. Fifty minutes later, there was still no movement.

In another ten or twenty minutes, the merchant ship would deviate from the fast-moving object in front of it. Once they do, they'll be safe.

“Mrs!" Fraser shouted nervously.

“Silence. Take a good look. We are in a critical moment. If you see the opponent moving towards us, immediately enter the battle mode.” Marlee commands seriously.

“Understanding!" Fraser said and fell silent.

Although the staff in the control room did not speak, they were extremely nervous. Their hands were soaked with sweat.

After the alarm went off, of course David heard it too. He wanted to go out and ask Marlee about this. After thinking about it, he decided to forget about it. A trader like Marlee, who moves year-round, must have his plans in place to deal with emergencies. There was a high chance that he would not have to worry about this.

David does not know that this is the first time Marlee has directed the ship. Even merchants traveling all year long were afraid of meeting a large space pirate gang. However, they would not be afraid of ordinary space pirates. After all, they would not be too weak if they dared to do business outside.

David did not come out and continued to rest in his room. He was thinking about how he should start his business after he arrived at the Central Sacred Continent.

Tok tok !

Suddenly there was a knock at the door.

“Who is that?" ask David.

“Master, open the door. It's me!" Peggy's little girl's voice rang out from outside the door.

‘Peggy?

What does he want?'

David was curious, and got up and opened the door. He saw the little girl standing there outside the door.

David squatted down and asked, ”Peggy, why are you here?”

"Master, mom is very busy right now, and has no time to play with me, so mom asked me to come over here and play with Mister" said Peggy looking shy.

"Then, what is your mother doing?"

"I don't know" said Peggy, shaking her head.

David smiled.

'Again, what can a seven or eight year old little girl know?'

"Well then. Since your mother is busy, I'll play with you."

"Thank you, Mister!"

This little girl is so funny. After putting the little girl on the chair, David asked, "Well Peggy, what do you want to play?"

"I want you to tell me" said the little girl.

"Well, sure! I'll tell you a story about Snow White and the Seven Dwarves." David said after thinking for a moment.

"OK, okay. Sir, tell me now!" peggy said excitedly.

Then, David began to tell Peggy. It immediately seemed a funny scene. One person is speaking seriously, while another is listening more seriously.

When she heard Snow White eating the poisoned apple, the little girl held both of her cheeks with her mouth wide open. Shows tension and anxiety in his heart. But Peggy was very reasonable and didn't ask anything out loud. He also did not interrupt David.

After David finished telling his short story and said that Snow White and the Prince lived happily ever after, the little girl breathed a sigh of relief and looked radiant.

"Hows it? Peggy, is that a good story?" david asked with a smile.

"Yes, yeah, that's great. Sir tell me another story." The little girl replied excitedly.

"Then, I'll tell you one more story..."

Both had a happy story time in the room. Instead, the atmosphere within the trading ship's control room had reached a freezing point. Marlee stared at the sensor intently.

Five more minutes. As long as these five minutes pass and the thing still has not changed its route, both sides will pass each other and they will be safe. This meant his opponent was a meteorite, a merchant ship, or someone who happened to pass by. In these cases, it would not be a space pirate.

‘Do not move. You don't have to move!'

Marlee prayed in her heart.

Not only him, Fraser who was standing next to him was also praying inwardly. All the staff on the merchant ship were in a very tense state. If the approaching object quickly changed direction and came towards them, they could basically determine.it must be a group of space pirates.

The lives of everyone on the merchant ship would be in danger. They are unable to escape facing space pirates who specialize in robbing merchant ships. Even if they changed direction as soon as they found the other party, there was still no chance of escape.

Space pirate equipment is much more sophisticated than the equipment of the Jung family merchant ship.

Marlee and Fraser stared at the merchant ship's sensors. Time passes slowly. Every second was a torment to the people on the merchant ship.

Suddenly, Marlee notices an approaching object in front of her, and moves towards the ship. When she saw that, Marlee's heart rose to her throat. He was afraid that he was just hallucinating because he was too nervous. Therefore, he hurriedly rubbed his eyes with both hands to take a closer look.

What he saw instantly made his eyes widen in horror. On the sensor, the light point in front of them quickly approached the merchant ship. Initially, although the two were getting closer, they were like two parallel lines that could never collide.

Now, the point of light changed its trajectory and began to move towards the merchant ship. If this continued, their path would soon be closed. The other party had clearly come for the merchant ship.

'Did we meet the space pirates?

Why does this have to happen?

Why would fate treat me like this?

Why didn't fate give me a chance?'

Seeing them would soon arrive at a place of hope, but now there was an impassable gap. Marlee felt a strong sense of helplessness.

Back when she wanders outside, she is treated unfairly by fate which causes her to return to the Jung family alone while pregnant. Over the years, Marlee gave birth to and raised her daughter Peggy alone. How much criticism and pressure has he faced since then?

While the Jung family members talked about it in the back, let alone outsiders. If it wasn't for her daughter, Marlee wouldn't have been able to hold on anymore. He didn't want to think of anything right now. She just wants to raise and make her daughter, Peggy, safe until Peggy can be independent.

Nonetheless, it seems that fate is unwilling to fulfill even this simple request. Maybe he's already used all his luck in the first half of his life, and that's why Marlee had such a miserable life in the second half of his life.

She used to be the proud daughter of the Jung family. Not only talented, her beautiful appearance is also famous in the galaxy where the Jung family is located. Many heirs of countless powers were attracted to him, and there was a wave of people coming to propose to him. Instead, now whenever his name was mentioned, he would be the subject of their jokes.

Fraser also looked at what was happening on the radar sensor. He screams in horror,."Nyo-Mrs! It-It's coming our way. What do we do now?"

When the other staff in the control room heard Fraser's voice, they all turned their heads and looked at him with horrified expressions.

Marlee's mind was also muddled at that moment.

‘What should we do?

How do I know?’

In this situation, the only thing they could do was pray that the other party would simply ask for some money and let them go. He would then think of it as paying some money to prevent a disaster. He did not want to meet the most ruthless space pirates. Otherwise, the hopes of the people on this ship, as well as the entire Jung family, will be shattered.

Brak!

Marlee recovered and sounded the alarm again.

Nguunngg!

A loud alarm echoed throughout the merchant ship again.

"Uncle Fraser, command the entire crew to be vigilant to defend against foreign enemies.” command Marlee while staring at the point of light on the approaching radar sensor.

“Yes, Mistress!” Fraser replied and immediately left the control room to relay Marlee's orders.

He can only follow Marlee's orders now.

“Mrs... Do we need to change route?” A staff member asked carefully.

“Freely only. Even if we turn around and flee once we see the other party, it remains useless. Once space pirates notice us, our ship has no possibility of escape." Marlee shook her head and said.

“Then... Then what should we do?”

“Continue moving forward! If it's a blessing, then we'll be fine. If not, we cannot avoid disaster. Now that we have reached this point, we cannot escape. So hopefully the other party's request is not too excessive.”

After receiving Marlee's orders, the entire merchant ship began to change. Energy cannon barrels appeared around the merchant ships, arming the merchant ships like hedgehogs. At the same time, the merchant ship defense system was also upgraded to its maximum level.

If this point of light that approached them were space pirates, it would be impossible for them to fight back with this small force. However, even if they were not strong enough, they would not give up. Everyone will fight to the death.

David was still telling Peggy in the room when the alarm drowned out David's storytelling voice.

After the alarm stopped, David asked, "Peggy, do you know what that sound is?"

"Master, that's an alarm. It will only sound during an emergency" the little girl replied.

"That's been heard twice in a row, so does that mean something important has happened? Aren't you worried about your mother?"

"Don't worry, sir. Whatever happens, my mother will take care of it." said the little girl proudly.

To him, his mother was probably an invincible existence and could complete anything.

"Ohh? Is your mother very strong?" david asked to know.

In her opinion, Marlee was only a Peak Infinity rank, and she was not even in the Eternal Realm. How could he be that strong?

Especially in a place where Eternals were abundant and Saint Masters were everywhere. When David first came to Star Kingdom, he had seen many Eternals and three Saint Rankers in the Iridescent Sect. Therefore, this caused him to misjudge the situation in Star Kingdom.

"of course! My mother is very strong. When I'm at home, mom will beat anyone who dares to bully me. In fact, if they returned with complaints, no one dared to trouble mother. For a long time no one dared to bully me anymore." the little girl raised her head like a proud little peacock.

David understood. It seems that the Jung family where this little girl came from is mediocre. It was definitely only a small family, as they could regard the Peak Infinity Rank as a top combat power. Even if there were Eternals, there would only be a few. At least one or two people.

"Because your mother is so strong, are we going to continue her story?"

David won't ask now. She'll wait until Marlee runs out of ideas before she leaves to see what's going on. David will offer help if it's within his reach. Instead, he wouldn't have done it if it was beyond his means.

Now, he had a lot of responsibility on his shoulders. In addition to saving Celeste, she also needs to guarantee the safety of Celia and the others. Therefore, he could not allow anything to happen to himself.

‘I'm still too weak!’

David breathed in his heart.

“OK! Sir, please keep telling me. Mom will come back to pick me up as soon as she's done with her job.”

Both of them were completely unaffected by the alarm as they continued the unfinished story.

Peggy has absolute confidence in her mother while David feels that her powers are too weak, and because she has heavy responsibilities, she is unwilling to cause too many additional problems.