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Chapter 1559
“It’s not clear what is approaching. It might be a space pirate, it might not, but no matter what it is, everyone
should be prepared,” Marlee said without looking back.
“Understood! Miss, I will inform everyone right away so that they can get ready.”
Fraser turned and left after speaking.
Marlee stood where she was, staring fixedly at the sensor.
The sensor showed there was an object ahead and it was approaching the merchant ship quickly.
At this speed, the two sides would collide in an hour.
Now that they had encountered it, it was useless to say anything else.
The first step was to determine whether the object was dead or alive.
If it was dead, then it was surely not a space pirate.
It would probably be a meteorite drifting in the void.
If that were the case, they could change direction and go around it.
If it was a living thing and it was chasing them, then the chances of it being a space pirate were high.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAfter 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.”
“Yes, Miss!” The staff member replied.
Then, he controlled the merchant ship, reduced the speed, and steered to the right.
Marlee stared at the rapidly approaching object ahead.
If the thing moved as they changed direction, then they could be sure that it was indeed a space pirate.
“Mom! ” The little girl Peggy was awakened by the alarm and found that her mother was not around, so she headed
to the control room.
“Peggy, I am busy now. You should go back to sleep,” Marlee bent down and picked Peggy up before saying.
“Mom, I can’t sleep! You can go on with your work, I will not disturb you.”
“No! You will affect me if you’re here.”
“But I don’t want to sleep alone!” The little girl pouted and protested aggrievedly.
“Then... How about you go to David? He should have woken up by now,” Marlee thought for a while and suggested.
“Okay! I’ll go play with Mister,” the little girl immediately said happily.
“Okay, you should go to play with David. If he asks, you just tell him that I am busy now,” Marlee said and put the
little girl on the ground.
“Okay, Mom. I’m going now.”
“Go ahead.”
The little girl skipped out of the control room.
Marlee continued to focus on the sensor.
Time passed by every minute and every second.
One minute later...
Five minutes later...
Ten minutes later...
A full ten minutes passed.
The object in front still did not show the slightest trace of movement, so Marlee felt a little more relaxed.
“No need to deviate. Speed up and go straight ahead,” Marlee said.
“Roger that!”
The merchant ship continued straight ahead.
After half an hour, there was no movement.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmFifty minutes later, there was still no movement.
In another ten or twenty minutes, the merchant ship would have deviated from the fast-moving object in front.
Once they did, they would be safe.
“Miss!” Fraser yelled nervously.
“Keep quiet. Look carefully. We’re in a critical moment. If you notice that the opponent is moving towards us,
immediately go into battle mode,” Marlee ordered seriously.
“Understood!” Fraser said and fell silent.
Although the staff in the control room did not speak, they were extremely nervous.
Their palms were drenched with sweat.
After the alarm sounded, David naturally heard it too.
He wanted to go out and ask Marlee about this.
After thinking about it, he decided to forget it.
A merchant like Marlee, who was on the move all year round, should have her plan for dealing with emergencies.
There was a high probability that he did not need to worry about this.
David did not know that this was Marlee’s first time directing the ship.
Even merchants who traveled all year round were afraid of encountering large space pirate gangs.
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