VCRMM: Chapter 157

“Thank you very much for your help. Mr Xu is a really kind and good person.”
Angelia held the white rabbit and smiled as gently and harmlessly as the white rabbit. She gave people the impression that she was a little lady who grew up in a greenhouse.

Xu Sili might’ve felt the same if he hadn’t felt the sound elements becoming alive again.
He paused slightly before lifting his chin and nodding very proudly. He pretended to be a bit arrogant and awkward at being praised.

Angelia’s voice manipulation only confused people’s emotions and made people feel good about her, so it was easier to accept her request. It didn’t turn people into thoughtless puppets who had to follow her instructions in every move.
After understanding this, Xu Sili showed a bit of ‘personality’ while listening to the request, so as to not arouse suspicion.

Sure enough, Angelia didn’t discover that her ability was ineffective against him and the smile on her face deepened.
This Mr Xu looked cold and arrogant, but his willpower was actually quite weak or he was too kind-hearted. He was influenced by her with just a few words.

He had such a strong healing ability. After he healed the boss’ injury, he might still be able to stay by her side. This way, her position in the Flaming Fox would be more secure.
Angelia thought so and gently put the white rabbit down. She held Xu Sili’s card with both hands and placed the card on the table.

“Mr Xu, please bear with it a bit longer. Kuris needs to rest and recover his strength before he can use the card technique again to release you from the card.”
“I’m sorry for causing you so much trouble. I hope you don’t mind.”

To be fair, Angelia’s words were still good. Combine this with her pure and harmless appearance and the special abilities of a half merfolk and it was no wonder that she could live well in the star thief organization.

Xu Sili was secretly alert. He didn’t show any response to Angelia’s soft words. His expression didn’t relax. He put on an expression of anger and not wanting to deal with her.
Angelia tactfully said nothing more.
The cabin gradually fell quiet.
Xu Sili felt a bit bored being imprisoned in the card and unable to move. He simply closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, but he was actually looking at his personal panel.

[Snow Roland]
[Identity: NPC faction leader
Faction: Roland Empire
Age: 18 years old
Personal level: Lv 30
Distance to level up: The experience bar is frozen and the star limit needs to be lifted to continue to level up.
……
Status: Card transformation.]

The card transformation was in blue font, indicating that he could continue to click on it.
Xu Sili clicked on it and a new interface popped up.

[Card (Snow Roland/Xu)]
[Level: Half a star (pseudo).
Description: You are a counterfeit card and you have the right to conceal your skills because the card master forcibly transformed you.
A card master can cancel your card status.
Skills: All the skills before the card transformation are retained. Your abilities are weakened and will be gradually unlocked as the card master levels you up.]

A counterfeit card…
Xu Sili didn’t know how to complain for a while, but the status of level of the card could be increased?
No, it couldn’t be called leveling up. It was restoring his weakened ability to the original state.

Looking at this description, did it mean that if a person was voluntarily turned into a card, the card master would be able to learn all his skills and use the card’s skills to fight?
Was the magic of the card master consumed when using the card’s skills? If not, wouldn’t that be too scary?

It was quite simple to let a person ‘voluntarily’ do something. Xu Sili felt terrified when he thought about it.
Hey, he still had to lift his card status as soon as possible.

Xu Sili shook his head. At this time, he could faintly hear Angelia and Wang Kun communicating in low voices. They seemed to mention another star thief organization called Blood Dance.
During this period, there were noisy footsteps. It was clear that there was indeed more than the three of them on this spaceship.

Xu Sili closed his eyes and faked sleeping, but his spiritual power quietly expanded.
At this time, he had a feeling that his ability was weakened. His spiritual power could extend to hundreds of meters away but it was now limited to within a hundred meters.
But it was enough for him to observe the movement inside the spaceship.

He roughly estimated that the number of people on the Flaming Fox ship was around 100. The level was generally between level 30 and level 40. One person had reached over level 40 and that was Wang Kun.
One person was keenly perceptive. The moment Xu Sili’s spiritual power swept over him, he put down his work and looked over.

Xu Sili calmly withdrew his spiritual strength. The other person looked to this side for a while. Finally, he didn’t notice anything and withdrew his gaze.
Due to this accident, Xu Sili became more cautious.
The spacecraft was entering the jump channel and was getting further and further away from Kechibal Star.

Xu Sili confirmed the summoning option again. He found that it was still valid despite being so far apart and calmed down again.
Once they arrived at the headquarters of the star thieves, he would summon Si Sheng to suppress these star thieves. This was regarded as eliminating harm for the people.
As for Mu Xingzhou…
He wasn’t happy with this person but Mu Xingzhou hadn’t done anything to offend him at present. He would see when the time came how to deal with Mu Xingzhou.

Xu Sili controlled his spiritual power to wander around the spaceship. He soon made a new discovery.

This should be the power room of the spaceship. It was filled with various high-tech devices and a staff member in a white coat was checking various equipment.
This man wasn’t young. He had gray hair and a thin body. The back of his hand holding the tool had raised blue veins and less obvious age spots.

What really caught Xu Sili’s attention was that there were two star thieves beside him. The star thieves were tall and big. One was standing at the entrance and the other was staring at the old man.
They weren’t like assistants but people monitoring him.

Xu Sili looked at it for a while before something flashed in his mind. He looked at the old man who was busy checking the machine. The more he looked at him, the more familiar he felt…
Wasn’t this Mutou?
In other words, Dr Ding Mingyu who rushed to Roland with his sister, only to meet trouble halfway and later sent him a distress message.
Was he really hijacked by the star thieves?

Xu Sili never expected that this unlucky Dr Ding would be on the same spaceship as him!
So the star thieves who captured him were the Flaming Fox?
He wasn’t missing any arms or legs and was in good condition apart from his complexion. It seemed that the star thieves didn’t make things too difficult for him.

It wasn’t known how long it took when the old man finally stopped moving. He took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead.
At this time, Wang Kun walked in from outside.
“Old Ding, you’ve worked hard.”
Wang Kun looked at the newly renovated power room with a satisfied smile on his face.

Since this man installed a new power system for Flaming Fox, the speed of the spaceship had increased by more than one level. It increased their speed of going back and forth from Kechibal Star a lot.

Dr Ding glanced at him and didn’t say anything. He got a glass of water from the automatic water dispenser and sat down on a chair while drinking.
His gaze fell on the two star thieves. They had immediately put away their casual attitudes when Wang Kung came over.
The old man thought for a while and said, “The two of you might as well go and rest. I can’t escape on a spaceship.”

“The old man said the same last time but his subsequent behavior wasn’t very trustworthy.”
One of the star thieves said as he crossed his arms.
Dr Ding pursed his lips. “I said that I would just help you improve the power unit. Now that I have finished it, when will you let me go?”

“Don’t worry, old man.”
Wang Kun smiled. “The power unit has only been trialed for a short time. Don’t be in a rush. You also know that no one else in Flaming Fox can repair this. We naturally need to keep you for a while.”
“Moreover, your sister is receiving top treatment on Flaming Star. Why are you in such a hurry to leave?”

Dr Ding’s expression darkened. If it wasn’t for his sister being in their hands, he would’ve thought of a way to escape…
The distress messages sent before were silent and now he was being strictly guarded. There was no way to ask for help from the outside world in a short period of time.

He adjusted his glasses, sat on the side and sulked.
Flaming Fox was the second largest organization among the star thieves and he had heard about them for a long time. After getting in touch with them for the past few months, he had an understanding of their style.
Compared with the burning, killing and looting of Blood Dance, the people of Flaming Fox were more restrained and inclined to high IQ crimes due to the constraints of their leader.

Before hijacking him, they used the method of intelligent intrusion to take over the spaceship. They didn’t harm other passengers except for the rebellious security personnel.
However, star thieves were star thieves. After that, they acted arrogantly and detained him after discovering his identity.

He helped them transform the power unit for the sake of their principled behavior. If he had encountered star thieves like Blood Dance, he wouldn’t have helped them even if it meant death!

Seeing the old man’s sullen expression, Wang Kun couldn’t help persuading him. “Old Ding, I know you want to take your sister to Escher Star but you probably don’t know anything about it.”
“The planet is occupied by countless terrifying beasts. The Interstellar Alliance is about to give up on that planet. Based on the situation of you and your sister, it is absolutely impossible to go there. Why should you seek your own death?”

Dr Ding glanced sideways at him. He snorted coldly and continued to drink water. No matter what Wang Kun said, he no longer responded.
Seeing this, Wang Kun didn’t bother anymore.
After talking to the old man, he walked out the door and ordered his two subordinates to watch closely. Then he left.

Dr Ding gripped the paper cup in his hand. He paid attention to the two guards out of the corner of his eye. Finally, he sighed dejectedly and his entire body seemed a bit older.

When Wang Kun walked in, Xu Sili withdrew his spiritual power to avoid being discovered by Wang Kun, who had a much higher level than him. Then he mobilized the sound elements to pay attention to their movements.
He learned a bit of information from the conversation between the two of them.
Sure enough, this old man was poor Dr Ding Mingyu, who was kidnapped to repair the spaceship for Flaming Fox.

He was really unlucky!
Xu Sili felt that this old man might not know he had been designated as a traitor by the Flanders Interstellar Federation and was on the wanted list.
Before, he didn’t have the time or energy to be nosy. Now they had met and it could be regarded as fate. If he could extend a helping hand then Xu Sili would do it.
After all, this person happened to be heading to Roland.

Xu Sili glanced at the two star thieves guarding Dr Ding. In order to avoid trouble, he finally decided not to contact this Old Ding for the time being. He would wait until they arrived at the star thieves’ headquarters.
Moreover, Old Ding’s vegetative sister should be at the headquarters of Flaming Fox.

Xu Sili thought this and took a few final glances. Then he gathered his spiritual power and returned to the cabin.
Wang Kun hadn’t returned yet. Kuris was still sleeping and Angelia was knitting a sweater. Seeing that she was comparing it to the rabbit, she was presumably knitting it for this little guy.
It was hard to imagine that this girl was an evil star thief.

Xu Sili withdrew his spiritual power. Since he was turned into a card, his physiological needs seemed static. He didn’t feel anything even after a day and a night.
At this time, Kuris finally returned to his full state after a long rest and he was completely sober.

He saw the card placed on the table instantly and quickly picked it up.
He checked that there were no problems and sighed with relief. Then he took out the Card Master’s Wooden Box to put Xu Sili back.

Xu Sili didn’t like staying inside it.
It was just that he couldn’t speak in his current setting. He had to endure it for the time being and keep this account in his heart. Sooner or later, he would repay it all.
Then not long after, Kuris released him from the box again.

Angelia also appeared in the room and they seemed to have finished eating.
“Good morning, Mr Xu.”
She greeted him gently.

Feeling the sound elements that became active again, Xu Sili couldn’t help raising an eyebrow. She started to use her ability again so quickly?
On the other hand, Kuris wasn’t very happy.
“Angelia, hurry up. I will control him and you follow my command. It will be done soon!”

Xu Sili glared angrily but Angelia helped him. “Kuris, don’t talk to Mr Xu like this.”
She stopped him. “Mr Xu already promised me yesterday that he would help us heal the boss, right?”
This last sentence was asked while looking at Xu Sili.

The sound elements became more and more active.
Xu Sili looked at her. According to the character he showed yesterday, he frowned like he was resisting. Finally, he succumbed to her control and nodded in agreement.

“Kuris, look. Mr Xu promised us,” Angelia said happily. “Hurry up and lift Mr Xu’s card status. How can there be any reason to treat guests like this?”
Kuris scratched his head.
“Is that so? I really don’t have to control him?”

The two of them cooperated together. One had a good face and the other had a dark face and it was quite good acting.
Xu Sili watched the play but finally accompanied them in acting. This finally let Kuris relax and he regained his freedom.

He saw Kuris pinching his card. Kuris closed his eyes and silently recited something. Then he threw the card to the floor of the room.
Xu Sili felt the sky spinning for a while and the disgusting feeling of vertigo came again.
Once this feeling eased and he opened his eyes, he found that he was already standing on the floor of the cabin, still maintaining the walking posture he had before.

Xu Sili moved his stiff limbs and a type of enlightenment rose in his heart. It was as if…
[Ding~ You have completed the whole process of card transformation.]
[You have gained a new ability: Card Transformation (Pseudo)]
[You can turn yourself into a card or release the card status according to your own wishes.]

“……”
He didn’t want this ability, okay?
It was okay to turn someone else or something else into a card. What was the use of turning himself into a card?

Xu Sili turned off the system notification and looked at Kuris and Angelia.
Without waiting for him to say anything, Angelia had already stepped forward to appease him. Then she asked people to arrange a room for him, as if he was really being entertained as a guest.
“Please take a break first. We will arrive at Flaming Star in the afternoon.”

Flaming Fox’s headquarters was quite close to Kechibal Star and it took less than two days to arrive—of course, it might also be that Dr Ding’s modified power system played a role.
Once the old man was rescued, perhaps he and Xiao Wu would have many common topics.

Xu Sili had long been put away. There was no communication equipment in the room and there were guards outside. According to normal circumstances, it was hard for him to run away.
He didn’t act rashly. The time finally reached the afternoon and Xu Sili saw the base of Flaming Fox.

This Flaming Star wasn’t a complete planet. It just had the name.
This place was hidden in a gravel star belt, composed of large and small celestial bodies. The headquarters of Flaming Fox was hidden inside one of the medium-sized celestial bodies.
From the outside, it was impossible to see that the inside had been hollowed out and a base had been built.

Once Flaming Fox reached the designated place, the outside of the huge celestial body quietly opened a passage to accommodate the spaceship.
After the spaceship entered, it shut down again and became calm again.

Xu Sili finally saw what the headquarters of the star thief organization looked like.
If he hadn’t known in advance that this was the territory of the interstellar pirates, he might’ve thought he had come to a military base of an unknown nation.
Of course, it might be that the military bases of alien nations were more rigorous and advanced than this. However, he hadn’t seen it.

“How is it? Mr Xu, our base is good, right? It isn’t inferior at all to those nations that rank high in overall strength.” Wang Kun saw him observing the base and couldn’t help saying with a bit of pride.

“Indeed.” Xu Sili nodded and said with a smile. “I can’t wait to see it destroyed. It should look good when blown into fireworks.”

Wang Kun and the others were stunned. He was just about to say something when an urgent alarm suddenly sounded in the base.

“Warning, warning—there is an enemy invasion. Please prepare the fighters for battle!”
“Warning, warning—there is an enemy invasion. Please gather immediately and go to Area A to meet the enemy!”

At this moment, even Xu Sili was stunned.
Huh? He hadn’t summoned Si Sheng yet!

Proofreader: Purichan