Star Lord: Rob the alien race and you will get a hundred times the reward

Chapter 18 Space Station LicenseChapter 18 Space Station License

After returning to the manor, Liu Wen thought that he had finally had a chance to take a break, so he might as well go and see how the plantation arranged by Rand was going.

Calling for a flying disc, the two of them slowly flew towards the plantation.

”Sir, the plantation is a total of four square kilometers, and the breeding farm is 0.8 square kilometers. One square kilometer of the plantation is reserved for cultivating purple water chestnuts, which will be used as food for the colorful chickens in the breeding farm.” Lant introduced, pointing to the wide grassland at hand.

”The remaining three square kilometers of land here are divided into two parts, planted with fire snake fruit and crystal grapes respectively. However, they are only seedlings at present. It will take two to three years for them to grow and be harvested. The fruits in the first and second years are not good, so I plan to brew them into low-alcohol fruit wine for drinking in the manor during leisure time. Although it is not very effective in assisting spiritual practice, the taste of the fruit wine is still very good.”

Liu Wen looked at the land where supports had been erected. Red or purple seedlings were thriving under mechanical care, presenting a vibrant scene.

Suddenly, he saw a few small black dots hovering over his land and asked Lant, ”What are those black dots?”

”Sir, these are automated security robots, responsible for patrolling plantations and breeding gardens to prevent damage caused by invasions by local beasts.”

Lant took Liu Wen on a tour of the manor and introduced its various facilities, giving him an in-depth understanding of the current situation of the manor.

Although the output of the manor was only used to maintain the normal expenses of the manor, it gave the outside world a reasonable reason to keep them from being out of touch with the normal lords of the empire.

However, the necessary information and authority must be in hand. Liu Wen himself set up a set of security equipment in the manor, which was controlled by an intelligent AI. This was so that in case of emergencies, they could be protected so that they could leave by shuttle and enter the battleship for self-protection.

He returned to his room, changed his clothes, and began to practice psychic energy in the training room. After several months of practice, he was able to perform a complete action while visualizing. The growth rate of his mental power was quite satisfactory. His psychic energy scale already had three units, which was still a long way from the fifty units of psychic energy required to be promoted to the second level. It was estimated that it would take two to three years.

Of course, this is the speed without any auxiliary training conditions. Liu Wen now has all kinds of auxiliary conditions such as biological cell repair equipment, psychic food, gravity training room, etc., and the progress will be much faster. Similarly, the contribution points spent every month are also very high.

The various auxiliary instruments in the training room cost him hundreds of thousands of contribution points, and the spiritual energy materials he consumed every month were also worth thousands of contribution points. The monthly expenditure for six people exceeded six thousand.

If Bai Haitang knew that Liu Wen’s training conditions were so good, she would probably be envious to death. After leaving school, she rarely used the training room and only ate psychic materials occasionally.

After a day of practice, I lay on the biological cell repair instrument, and the green scanning light scanned up and down, and a series of cell data slid rapidly on the interface.

”The biological energy of the internal organs has been squeezed a bit too much, and the cells have shrunk a little. I need to replenish nutrition in a targeted way. The muscle cells are fine, but the body’s genetic evolution speed is too slow. I guess it’s because I don’t have enough spiritual energy.”

Based on the results of the scan, Liu Wen fine-tuned the types of spiritual energy ingredients for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow according to his physical condition.

By the time they walked out of the repair device, it was already seven o’clock in the evening. When they arrived at the restaurant, the little fox and the cat were sitting there pouting, looking unhappy.

”Aha! I seemed to have forgotten something.” When Liu Wen saw the two of them, he remembered that he had forgotten to pick them up after school as promised.

”Today is your first day of school. How do you feel?” Liu Wen pretended he knew nothing about it and sat down to ask the two about their school experiences.

”Brother Wen, there are so many people in the school. One class has more people than our entire infant and toddler nursery. There are also many courses, all kinds of them. The teacher asked us to choose a few courses to complete the credits, and give up the others if necessary.” Maomao excitedly explained his experience at school today. After a while, the little fox couldn’t help it and started to add details that Maomao hadn’t noticed.

”Brother Wen, you don’t know that there are actually celestial dragons studying in the academy.” The little fox said in surprise.

”Celestial Dragon? What are you going to study here?” Liu Wen was very surprised.

This Celestial Dragon has nothing to do with the one in One Piece. He really has dragon blood. This dragon also refers to the dragon-shaped monster among the void monsters. He can reach level seven psychic when he reaches adulthood, and with a little effort, he has hope of breaking through to become a saint.

The origins of the ancestors of the Celestial Dragons cannot be traced. Those Celestial Dragons active in the human kingdom have the strength of fourth-level psychics when they reach adulthood, and most of them can reach seventh-level psychic masters. Occasionally, we can hear of the birth of psychic saints.

However, their excellent bloodline also makes their population pitifully small. A natural birth may not occur for a hundred years. Even artificial breeding has a terribly high failure rate. In many cases, even the cause of the failure cannot be found.

At the same time, the Celestial Dragons are one of the main individual forces in human external warfare, and their casualty rate is also high. They can always be found on any battlefield where humans wage external wars, because the Celestial Dragons are the pro-war faction in the entire human race.

”I don’t know, I just saw her walking towards the library with a paper book in her arms.” The little fox shook her head. She didn’t dare to go up and ask her why she didn’t go to the battlefield but went to school in this school.

Traditionally speaking, the Celestial Dragons are a superior race to the little fox race and possess a natural suppressive power.

Liu Wen immediately put the matter behind him and stopped thinking about it. It was not his turn to worry about the affairs of the Celestial Dragons.

After finishing the meal, they entered the second world. Wa Zai was still driving the Xinghai around. He didn’t find any psychic materials, but he did find two conventional mineral planets. Unfortunately, they were not valuable, so Liu Wen was too lazy to tow them away and just asked Wa Zai to mark them.

”Boss, the detector I launched discovered alien warships flying everywhere inside the star field. I don’t know what’s going on.” Wazi pulled out the star map drawn with detection data and showed it to Liu Wen.

Liu Wen is very concerned about the situation of alien races in the 121 star field, and he wants to take part in it if he has the chance.

The alien race in the 121 star field was troubled by the Jacobson tribe because of Liu Wen’s two robberies. The loss of minerals was secondary. The most important thing was that they lost eight frigate-class battleships and two destroyer-class battleships, and the fleet lost almost one-third of its total.

Moreover, the alien warship that Liu Wen had taken out before was exactly the same style as a Brin warship in the star field. The civilization of this race was originally in a subspace. After being integrated into the second world, it was wiped out by the Blue River Empire. The remaining forces fled into the star field and relied on many local alien forces to barely maintain some strength, but they were also restricted in this star field and could no longer develop.

The alien races in the star field have deep conflicts with each other because of the small space and limited resources. They only gather together because they have a common enemy.

When their warships were lured and ambushed by several Brin warships, the Jacobsons hated the Brin with all their might.

We are all remnants of civilization, struggling to survive under the shadow of human warships. We can’t even develop a complete industrial system. And you actually team up with humans to cheat us.

The two sides were in an uproar over this matter. All the foreign tribes that had long been dissatisfied with the Brin tribe immediately stood on the side of the Jacobson tribe, waving flags and cheering for them, acting as spectators who were happy to watch the fun and shouting slogans such as ”beat him, kill him!”

The Brin were very annoyed. Our own warships totaled only over a hundred, and the strongest were only a few cruiser-class battleships. Now they were broken and even difficult to repair. The equipment we bought from human merchants at several times the price was only enough to barely maintain the warships and build some civilian equipment.

You actually said that I used the precious warship as bait to trick you. I think you are just looking for an excuse to go to my resource base.

The two sides fought back and forth, formed cliques and factions, and looked like they were preparing for a life-and-death battle.

But in reality, both sides knew that this could only have been done by humans. Unable to figure out the purpose of humans, they could only act to verify whether humans did not want them to continue to develop.

If so, then the mutual hostility between these different races is something that humans would welcome. As long as they are not a unified force, they will not pose any threat to humans.

If not, it can also lower the vigilance of humans who have attacked them repeatedly, and then release information on mining sites in various places and observe carefully. If they are simply coming for psychic minerals, you can make a contact with them and communicate with the fleet. How much can they get by robbing directly? We sell it to you directly, and you can get several times the profit. Moreover, it is a long-term business. Robbery may lead to accidents. Wouldn’t it be better to have a stable channel and a steady flow of income?

Liu Wen didn’t know the tricks of these aliens, otherwise he would have agreed. Although it was not as profitable as robbery, it didn’t stop him from robbing other aliens. Unfortunately, out of caution, he didn’t show up at all. After a few months, these aliens were almost acting out their tricks, but they didn’t show up, which was far from their previous style of robbing again after more than a month.

While Wazai continued to explore the mineral planet, Liu Wen continued to cultivate his psychic energy. He didn’t know if it was because of the environment in the second world, but the cultivation of psychic energy in the second world was faster than that in the main universe. Under the same conditions, both sides had seven units of psychic energy.

With the large-scale refining equipment running at full capacity, the minerals in the subspace can screen out nearly 150,000 cubic meters of psychic minerals every day. Unfortunately, it is still far from the refining goal he wants.

As a last resort, Liu Wen chose to transport some of the minerals to the mining site of Bai Haitang’s best friend, Tong Xue Na, and asked her to refine them. Liu Wen gave her a part of the handling fee, one contribution point for every hundred cubic meters.

After most of the mineral planet was refined, the debt between them was almost settled.

Tong Xue Na excitedly accepted the contract, while Bai Haitang enviously asked Liu Wen if she could also take the job.

”Do you have mineral refining equipment? Do you have the money to buy it?”

Liu Wen asked two questions in a row, and Bai Haitang immediately shut herself up. A set of refining equipment, even a small one, was worth tens of thousands of contribution points. She could buy two sets of this equipment even if she emptied her family’s savings. However, the working efficiency of small equipment was also low. It only earned a few dozen contribution points a day. It would take decades to earn back the cost. Liu Wen couldn’t wait that long!
Tong Xue Na is different. Although her mining equipment is of relatively low value and is of old model, it is fully equipped and she does not need to mine. She only needs to screen and refine it. She can earn hundreds of contribution points a day, which is much more than she earns by mining herself.

Construction started at both sites at the same time, and it is expected that the screening and refining work will be completed before the deadline for the subspace sale, and then the subspace and dock will be handed over.

As for those conventional metal mineral planets, Liu Wen plans to sell them together with the people who purchase the subspace. Once you buy them, you will definitely build them. Doesn’t this construction require alloys?

Buying alloys is naturally not as cheap as smelting them yourself. I have even prepared the materials for you. More than a dozen mineral planets are enough for your initial investment in development and construction. Who wouldn’t be happy to hear that?
Everything was going smoothly, and Liu Wen and his companions were working hard to cultivate their spiritual powers. Being from Paradise Island, they were very sensitive about their own safety, and were willing to sacrifice themselves to make their lives better. Otherwise, Liu Wen would not have dragged Fatty Blue to rob a nutrition store as soon as he left the Infant and Child Care Center. It was because he was too poor and insecure.

That day, Liu Wen was having dinner with a few children. Lant came in excitedly and told him that there was a way to get the space station license.

After dinner, the three of them came to the study, and Liu Wen asked Lant about the details.

Lant took out the information and explained, ”Sir, this is the Chief Executive of the Dream God Administration Star Domain, Rez Max, and the one next to him is his secretary Hanst. I contacted Hanst through my classmate, a viscount’s butler, and told him your needs.”

”Hanstedt told Rez that I could obtain a space station license by providing bearer bonds worth 30 million credit points, but the location cannot be within the far-Earth orbit of Oneiroi.”

”Thirty million credit points? With such a big appetite, aren’t you afraid of him eating too much?” When the blue fat man heard that the other party asked for thirty million, he thought it was really too much.

”We are outsiders. Even if we have purchased the status of lord, to the chief executive of a star field, we are just a small and dispensable role. I guess there is also a temptation from the local nobles here.” Liu Wen was not angry at all.

After all, they don’t have any acquaintances here, so if they want to get things done they can only pay for it. But considering his current wealth, what does this matter?

Of course, you can’t just agree to it like that. You still have to bargain. If you just accept whatever the other party says, that would make people look down on you, and who knows how much trouble it would cause in the future.

”Can I make an appointment with Rez?” Liu Wen asked Rand.

Lant pondered for a moment, nodded and answered affirmatively: ”Sure, sir, although it is a bit difficult, but this deal is equivalent to several years of income for Rez. As a businessman, it is not difficult to meet with customers.”

”Then let’s make an appointment and meet up to talk.” Liu Wen decided.

Although the blue fat man felt a little sad about giving money to others, he also knew that this was not the time to object, so he did not say anything.

Lant left to contact Hanst, while Liu Wen discussed with the blue fat man the arrangements before the subspace transaction, including the withdrawal of some people who should be evacuated, the disposal of some traces that should be dealt with, and the direction of their next work.

It’s time to investigate the coordinate point of the 316 star field. There’s no need to start digging right now, but the distribution of local teams still needs to be figured out. Check to see if there’s any team occupying the coordinate point, which team it is, what their strength is, and what their relationships are. All of this needs to be figured out.

Liu Wen was going to let Jack do this. He had always wanted to do something, and gathering intelligence was relatively the safest thing, so it was just right for him to practice.

That afternoon, Rant reported that they had made an appointment to go fishing in the Coral Sea three days later in the morning.

When Liu Wen heard that he was going fishing, he thought about whether he should buy a level 3 helmet to wear, but he felt that it seemed a bit disrespectful, so he turned to the second world and bought several sets of personal portable protective equipment.

Portable shields, portable exoskeleton armor, a level-6 shuttle with its own energy shield and short-distance jump, etc., armed himself to the limit to ensure that even if a level-6 psychic attacks him, his life can be kept safe for one minute while he waits for the shuttle to pick him up and send him to the battleship.

Three days later, Lant drove a shuttle to take Liu Wen and the blue fat man to the Coral Sea to keep an appointment.

The code of the sixth-level shuttle seemed to be more useful than Liu Wen’s identity. After arriving at the destination, the relevant welcoming personnel were very enthusiastic. Rez also hurriedly arrived in advance with his secretary Hanst.

In the sea resort, Rez, who was even fatter than the blue fat man, walked up to Liu Wen in gorgeous aristocratic clothes, surrounded by security personnel, and gave Liu Wen a hug with a smile.

”Mr. Liu, I have heard of your great name for a long time. I heard that you are from the Shangxia Republic, but you are willing to settle in the Blue River Empire. On behalf of Meng Shenxing, I would like to thank you for your recognition.”

”Mr. Rez, you are too polite. Dream Planet is so beautiful and charming. It is certainly worthy for me to live here. I want to stay here longer, so I come to trouble you, Mr. General.” Liu Wen smiled and praised the other party as soon as he caught up with him.

”Haha, Brother Liu, you’re being too polite. Why call me Chief? Just call me Brother. Otherwise it will seem too polite.” Rez had an expression that said, ”How can you be so polite to me?” I was very unhappy.

”Then listen to Brother Rez.” Liu Wen took advantage of the situation. Although he was blessed with good fortune every day in his previous life and didn’t like socializing, he was still worldly-wise. How could he not know what the other person was thinking? As the saying goes, I can choose not to accept, but you can’t choose not to give.

”Come, let’s talk while fishing.” Rez took Liu Wen to the fishing spot as if he was familiar with the matter, and boasted to Liu Wen about which fish was the most precious here, how big the fish were that he had caught, and so on.

Liu Wen seemed to be listening attentively, clapping his hands when something interesting happened. The two of them got along better and better as they talked, as if they had met each other too late.

After lunch, Rez had a meeting to attend, and before leaving, he asked Liu Wen if there was anything he needed his help with.

”It’s not a big deal. I’m planning to build a space station for my spacecraft to do maintenance and repairs.” Liu Wen responded casually.

”Oh, this is the hour. Don’t worry, brother. I will send the license plate to you when I get back.” Rez patted his chest and assured, ”Don’t worry, big brother will do the job.”

”Then I look forward to hearing from you, brother.” Liu Wen smiled with some difficulty. If anyone smiled for several hours, the facial muscles would feel uncomfortable.

”Rant, I will transfer 500,000 contribution points to your second world account, and you pass it on to Hanst.” In the evening, Liu Wen looked at the banquet invitation that Rez sent along with the space station license plate, inviting him to attend his wife’s birthday party in fifteen days.

”Yes, sir.” Rant looked at the invitation letter and immediately understood what it meant.