Sima Delang's status was indeed prestigious, but Sima Decao was also part of the core family line.
If he didn't deliver a strong enough counterattack, not only would his reputation suffer—making him a target for anyone to trample on—but even the strange looks from his own crew in the command chamber would be enough to keep him awake at night.
On the other hand, if he could suppress Sima Delang's arrogance, Sima Decao's standing would significantly rise.
At the very least, he would no longer be overshadowed by his peers.
"Sima Delang, my dear sixteenth brother, don't be so quick to gloat. Yuan Shu's Battle Axe is very likely hiding somewhere in this Asteroid Belt.
Yuan Shu is as good as dead, but the Battle Axe might not be an empty ship. The astronomical environment here is far too complex—perfect for the Battle Axe to play to its strengths.
You better be careful not to slip up and end up getting ambushed by the Battle Axe!
Keep in mind that in this Asteroid Belt, even if your Battleship is sunk, you might not be able to send out a distress signal!"
Sima Decao held back his fury and spoke with an ominous chill in his tone.
Sima Delang didn't mind the implied threat. He grinned and said, "I've long wanted to see how capable the so-called Mad Dog Thirteenth Brother truly is. Don't disappoint me now."
Sima Decao snorted coldly and cut the comms.
That rumored special module on the Battle Axe had been his target for a long time. There was no way he would let Sima Delang interfere.
They would simply settle it with real skill.
He turned his head and instructed the communications officer, "Contact Sima Zhongda. Ask where he is. How come he's slower than Sima Delang? Does he think this is a school outing?"
The communications officer quickly acknowledged the order.
Sima Decao was clearly in a foul mood—he didn't dare offer any explanations.
After all, Sima Delang had a Spark Warship, while Sima Zhongda was flying a basic reconnaissance ship. There was no way he could keep up.
Wang Dong, for his part, knew nothing about the tensions among the Sima family members.
But both Sima Delang and Sima Zhongda were no strangers to him.
In his previous life, after setting a trap and sinking Sima Decao's Battleship, the next people Wang Dong had faced directly were Sima Delang and Sima Zhongda.
Sima Delang's reckless arrogance and Sima Zhongda's meticulous strategies had caused him quite a bit of trouble.
But this time...
On the mining planet, inside Meizu Internet Café.
"Open the Kunpeng Streaming Platform."
Inside the access pod of Meizu Internet Café, Wang Dong calmly issued the command.
What was the Interstellar Net? It was a galaxy-spanning network made possible through quantum communication technology. It wasn't cheap to access and could only be used at specialized facilities like Meizu Internet Café.
Wang Dong's home terminal could also connect to the network, but it only accessed the local Mining Star Region's LAN. To connect to the Interstellar Net, he would need to pay a hefty fee and buy a dedicated access pod.
Thus, for platforms like "Kunpeng Streaming Platform," which was built on the Interstellar Net and covered most of Zijing Kingdom's territory, Wang Dong could only view them at a net café.
As for the Golden Sparrow Federation—sorry, they had their own Interstellar Net, which wasn't compatible with Zijing Kingdom's.
Politics. Totally normal.
After issuing the command, Wang Dong's view changed again.
The starlight dimmed, and a small black hole appeared ahead. A giant whale was being pulled in by the gravitational force, struggling desperately.
The gravitational pull easily distorted the protective field surrounding the whale.
Just as it seemed about to be dragged into the black hole's depths, a milky-white light burst from within the whale.
The light instantly enveloped the whale. In the next moment, it bloomed into a massive Kunpeng spreading its wings.
Effortlessly, it broke free from the black hole's grip. With a single flap of its wings, it leapt across a light-year's distance and appeared before Wang Dong.
Wang Dong stepped onto the Kunpeng's vast, continent-like wings. With another jump, the Kunpeng took him high into the heavens.
"Kunpeng spreads its wings, soaring through the nine heavens. Welcome to the Kunpeng Streaming Platform, dear Mr. Han Feng. It's been twenty-eight days since your last login. Welcome back."
In Wang Dong's vision, all 410 star systems of Zijing Kingdom appeared as miniaturized star charts before his eyes.
Wherever his gaze landed, the corresponding star system would enlarge and shift to the center of view, with all planets within it displaying their information cards one by one.
"Please select the star system or planet you wish to visit. For suggestions, please specify a category. For example: I want to watch pretty girls."
Wang Dong: "…"
This Kunpeng platform's attitude is getting cheeky—so it's been redesigned, huh?
So much for "peaceful streaming in a peaceful society." Did that get sucked into a black hole too?
Naturally, Wang Dong wasn't about to start flipping through streams of pretty girls, though he admitted the idea was tempting.
"Take me to the Glory Battleship Exhibition Hall."
The mini-map of the capital star system shifted to the forefront, and soon, a massive space station on the outer orbit came into view.
"Dear Mr. Han Feng, due to your current access level, only partial areas of the Glory Battleship Exhibition Hall are available. We apologize for the inconvenience."
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