Chapter 177: Harris’s Secret

Xia Fei did not know that Harris’s industrial ship was completely empty. In his eyes, Harris was just a regular smuggler—one who enjoyed wealth and respect.

“Follow me.”

Xia Fei turned around and walked toward the command deck with Harris’s navigation computer memory.

Harris carefully put the two sacks on the ground before hurriedly following in Xia Fei’s footsteps. The sacks contained normal rations, as well as some machine parts and plants, that did not appear valuable, which Xia Fei could not understand.

The Vexor battlecruiser was massive. Harris was completely taken away as he followed Xia Fei closely. Is he alone on his massive warship?

In the command deck, Xia Fei deftly connected the navigation command memory onto his computer.

“Starting system scan,” Xia Fei commanded the AI computer.

A few seconds later, the cold female voice replied, “Navigation memory is safe and can now be opened.”

The AI computer was an advanced computer system. Any external data must be made safe and could only be opened after making sure that it did not contain any viruses or malicious programs.

“Open.”

The projected screen began to flash quickly. In less than a second, everything was read onto the computer of Tomahawk.

Xia Fei turned to look at Harris, noticing that he was standing carefully at the door.

“Grab a seat,” Xia Fei invited. “I’m trying to get to a planet in Black Abyss called DLC-113, but I’m unfamiliar with the route. How accurate is the information on your navigation computer?”

Harris slapped his chest. “I’ve been to DLC-113 as well, no less than seven times, in fact. There should absolutely be no problems there.”

Xia Fei nodded and commanded the AI computer. “Read the new information and create a fresh fastest route.”

“Recalculating route.”

A few moments later, the new route was created. The initial estimated travel time of twenty-seven days was shortened to nineteen days. It appeared that Harris’s navigation information was more detailed and precise.

Under Xia Fei’s command, Harris checked the route on the projected screen.

“There shouldn’t be any problems. The only threats on that route are the pirates, but since you have an Adjudicator Union insignia on the ship, ordinary pirates won’t even think about attacking you,” Harris said with a smile.

The autopilot of the ship was engaged, following the new route toward Black Abyss.

Xia Fei brought Harris to a crew cabin. The Tomahawk had yet to be retrofitted according to Xia Fei’s preference, so it still had comfortable beds and lavish living spaces.

“You’ll be staying here for the duration of the journey. You’d best not wander around the ship outside of mealtime, especially not the control center. If I notice anything suspicious from you, I will throw you out into space without any hesitation; understood?” Xia Fei said sternly.

Harris quickly nodded. “As you wish. Feel free to order me around if you want anything done. Cooking, cleaning—I can do anything.”

Xia Fei grabbed a seat, then took a few puffs of his cigarette, asking, “I heard that the Death Trio Star Region hasn’t been all that peaceful recently? You should know something about it seeing as how often you’ve traveled this route.”

“You heard it right. Currently, all the three main star regions have their respective leaders, representing the interests of the local tyrants and warlords, where everybody despises one another. You must also know that the Death Trio Star Region is incredibly impoverished. They don’t even have the food to keep their huge population alive, requiring them to import goods from the Alliance.

“Because of this No Man’s Space, it’s incredibly difficult to get goods delivered from the Alliance. Although shipments arrive every few months, they are far from enough to sustain everyone in the three star regions. Even if there are more merchants like me, who transport food and medicine to feed our family, it’ll still be difficult to put food on everyone’s table.

“Recently, a new galaxy was discovered near the edge of the tree main star regions. There are four planets in that solar system, and they are all incredibly suitable for human habitation. Moreover, they were capable of providing plenty of food. The warlords of the three star regions have clashed multiple times over these four planets, and we are at the precipice of war,” Harris explained.

There was not a day and night cycle in space, so people would have to manage their work and sleep cycles themselves. Although they were now quite far away from Earth, Xia Fei still followed the twenty-four hour lifestyle of his planet.

When it was night, Harris volunteered to make dinner and even cleaned the kitchen. Humble attitudes like this were really to Xia Fei’s liking as most men disliked doing menial tasks like cooking and cleaning, and Xia Fei was no exception.

After dinner, Xia Fei shut himself in his room and went through an introduction to computer coding. The book was incredibly complex, and Xia Fei would learn something new everytime he read it. It was as though the book had limitless knowledge awaiting his discovery.

Suddenly, Xia Fei felt that there was a mental energy spying on him.

The corners of Xia Fei’s lips twitched. He lay down in bed, turning off his microcomputer before pretending to go to sleep.

Outside of Xia Fei’s room, there was only Harris left on the Tomahawk, so the mental energy could not have been from anyone else. As a mental ability