"Isn't this a bit too risky?" Ma Lu said, "If we get caught on camera, won't it alert the dock security?"
"Under normal circumstances, maybe. But it's already the end of the world, chaos has started spreading across the city in recent days, and the dock patrols have been reassigned to maintain order elsewhere.
"Plus, the port right now is insanely busy. No one cares about small robberies like this." The Gnoll spoke with experience. "As for my boss, you don't need to worry about him reporting this. First off, he's already gone. Secondly, this Warp Pulse Engine has a rather sketchy background itself.
"The nameplate's been scraped off, the chips inside have been hacked violently—you can only sell it to smuggling groups or interstellar hunters like you guys. Hmm... Why are you all staring at me like that?"
"How do you know we're a smuggling group?" Angie asked in shock.
"Oh, come on, you contacted me via the black market. What else could you be—an actual legit company?
