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

Chapter 24 BiotechnologyChapter 24 Biotechnology
Outside the 315 star field and 121 asteroid belt.

Liu Wen stood in the command room, watching a group of busy novice crew members frantically adjusting the fleet formation under the command of the staff.

Bai Haitang watched everyone busying around with interest, then turned around and asked Liu Wen, ”Boss, are you really not going in this time?”

”If I don’t go in, I have to do everything by myself. Then why did I recruit so many people?” Liu Wen’s purpose of coming to the asteroid belt this time was to train these novice crew members. As long as they can grab the goods, it won’t be a big loss even if a few ships are sunk.

He was going to check out the coordinates he had obtained last time. He didn’t know what the golden finger had arranged for him. A mother insect egg alone was worth more than two thousand contribution points, and the other miscellaneous insect fragments were sold for nearly one million contribution points. Unfortunately, if it wasn’t so fragmented, the value would be several times higher.

One battleship, seven level VI cruisers, twelve level VI destroyers, ten level VI frigates, and two medium-sized transport ships serving as supply ships and for transport missions. This is the current fleet configuration of the Star Fleet.

The ship Liu Wen is currently riding on is just a level 5 light command ship purchased later. It is only 800 meters long and 200 meters wide. It is inconspicuous under the cover of a number of warships. Although it has no attack power, its defense and escape capabilities are excellent.

”Notify several commanders and adjutants to come to the virtual command room for a meeting.” Seeing that the fleet had completed its adjustments and had also deployed detectors to search the waterway, Liu Wen was ready to explain the goals of this operation.

In the virtual conference room, Michelle, Sun Guangxi and Wu Shuhe sat on one side, and Luo Shaohua, Chen Wen and Shirley sat on the other side.

”The training location this time is inside the asteroid belt. The goal is to snatch items from alien races that are worth more than one million contribution points. I will not interfere with the process and will only focus on the results.” Liu Wen stood above the conference table.

”You will formulate your own action plan for this time. The deadline is one month, and the casualty rate must not exceed 20%.”

”Any questions?”

”Boss, we have no problem.” Michelle smiled brightly, revealing two rows of white teeth.

Luo Shaohua also looked calm and composed, patting his chest and promising to achieve the goal.

Seeing that both sides were so confident, Liu Wen didn’t say much. After the meeting, he ordered the command ship to head towards the reward coordinates.

The coordinates are located outside the star field, which belongs to the void area outside the galaxy. Fortunately, the distance is not very far, only more than 300 light years, so there is no phenomenon of getting lost.

The command ship jumped towards the target, and the journey would take about half a month.

In the command room of the Star Fleet’s Star Sea battleship, Michelle, Luo Shaohua and others gathered together to review the information they had just collected about the asteroid belt.

Because Liu Wen did not hand over the previously obtained intelligence and deployed detectors to them, there was not much intelligence except the usual alien information, which made several people frown as they looked at the projection of the asteroid belt.

”Tell me, how should we fight?” Luo Shaohua asked several people.

”According to intelligence, there was a small team mining for ore at the edge of the area. If we find them, we can get more detailed intelligence. The current intelligence is too one-sided and backward, and it is not suitable for our actions.” Shirley suggested after straightening her back.

”Of course, this decision is in line with our current situation. The boss only gave us one month, and there are many alien races inside, their sphere of influence is unknown, their specific force value is unknown, and the distribution of their resources is also unknown.” Even though Michelle graduated from a regular college and has rich theoretical knowledge, she still feels very embarrassed about her current situation.

The most troublesome thing is that it is difficult for their warships to pass through the asteroid belt. The asteroid belt is too dense and the route is not fixed.

”Let’s find a way to get in first. According to the information purchased from the Interstellar Alliance Intelligence Station, the asteroid belt in this area will become sparser at certain times, and it will be easier for shipping lanes to appear.” Wu Shuhe pulled in the projection and pointed at the entrance and exit of the human team.

”Send a reconnaissance ship over to take a look. Don’t there occasionally appear waterways here? Send a few more reconnaissance ships to go in and drop some detectors to expand our field of vision.” Luo Shaohua looked at Michelle, who shrugged without objection and suggested passing it.

Ten escort-class battleships were dispatched, and using their small size as an advantage, they passed through the asteroid belt and entered the interior of the 121 star field, exploring in all directions while dropping detectors to sort out their field of vision along the way.

Two days later, the Star Fleet finally passed through the asteroid belt, but did not find the human team that had been mining here before, and the idea of ​​obtaining intelligence from them fell through.

Shangguan Xi and Duanmu Yiyong have to be blamed for this. A great battle destroyed the city and the fixed assets of several teams were gone. They are still negotiating with the Blue River military about compensation. Besides, because of Liu Wen’s repeated troubles in the 121 star field, the alien races have reacted strongly and are about to fight each other. How can they mine with peace of mind?

The Star Fleet carefully sneaked through the asteroid belt and approached the alien sphere of influence.

It was not known who was luckier, but the direction they were heading in happened to be the sphere of influence of the Brin tribe.

When the ten reconnaissance ships cautiously entered the sphere of influence of these alien races, they were quickly discovered by the installed detectors. For a moment, all the alien races in the star field became nervous and observed the movements of these reconnaissance ships.

Many alien races even transported the collected minerals back in advance to avoid the same fate as the Jacobson clan.

Although they had previously called for the human team that repeatedly robbed the Jacobson tribe to become their supplier so that they could make money together, when the critical moment came, no one was willing to contact them.

After the large Star Fleet force was discovered, these alien races retracted their own forces and strengthened their defenses. Some of the less powerful alien races even prepared to escape.

There is no way. We cannot defeat them with more than a dozen main battleships. These alien races are struggling to survive here. It is difficult for them to even repair large battleships, let alone build them. They all escaped here, and few of them have much strength.

Time ticked by and half a month passed. Ten reconnaissance ships wandered around the star field, dropping thousands of detectors, and finally got a general idea of ​​the situation in the star field.

Just as they were discussing who to choose as the target this time, Chen Wen walked in with a strange look on his face and unfolded a document.

The star map records in detail the sphere of influence of a tribe called the Brin, its combat power, mineral distribution, defense deployment, industrial level, etc. It is so detailed that it seems as if it were obtained from the hands of the Brin.

”Where did this come from?” Luo Shaohua asked curiously.

Chen Wen’s expression became even weirder: ”Given by the alien race.”

”Given by the aliens?” Several people looked at each other. Is someone trying to kill someone with a borrowed knife?
Chen Wen explained: ”Someone just contacted the fleet and sent this information over. There is only one request: stop robbing their minerals.”

”Ah ha?” Michelle asked in surprise, ”Are there any alien races here that have been repeatedly robbed by humans?”

”Yes, the other party said that they recognized the hull numbers of two of the warships.” Chen Wen thought of the aggrieved look on the faces of the aliens he had contacted before, and felt it was very strange. Moreover, the two ships pointed out by the other party were exactly the two cruiser-class battleships that the boss had before, so it was self-evident who did it.

”Tsk, do you think this information is credible or not?” Luo Shaohua also guessed something and quickly changed the subject. He didn’t dare to make up stories about his boss under the surveillance of the battleship’s intelligent computer. He never knew that someone would be in trouble and wait for him to put them on.

”Ahem, I think it’s better to send a reconnaissance ship to investigate and verify. It happens to be not far ahead of us. The target’s surrounding environment is complex, which is also conducive to our retreat.” Michelle also guessed the truth and quickly cooperated. The two reconnaissance ships headed for the Breen’s sphere of influence. The Breen, who had been paying attention to the fleet’s movements, immediately discovered that the reconnaissance ship was heading in their direction, and at this time they also guessed that the humans had set their target on them this time.

The Brin tribe was not very powerful, and their original civilization had just reached level five. Because they were integrated into the second world, they were discovered by the Blue River Empire, and their home planet was destroyed in a battle. The star system was turned into a meteorite belt. There were less than three million Brin people who escaped here. They had a lot of various aircraft, but there were really not many warships for combat.

The strongest are only three level five cruiser-class battleships. There are quite a lot of destroyer-class battleships, as many as fifteen. However, there are even fewer frigate-class battleships, only eight.

Over the past decades, the Brin have worked hard to mine minerals, but have made little progress in rebuilding their industrial system. One reason is the shortage of talent, and the other is that other alien races do not allow it. They are all in the same boat. If you build an industrial system, will there be room for them to survive here?
So until now, the Brin have only secretly built docks and factories on several asteroids with a diameter of 30 kilometers, intending to establish an industrial system bit by bit and restore the shipbuilding capacity.

After discovering that the Star Fleet was heading towards them, all the leaders panicked. They knew they couldn’t win even if they fought. Even though they had a defense system that had been in operation for decades, their industrial capacity was not up to standard and their defense weapons were too weak. Apart from their numbers, they posed no threat to the main battleships of level 6 technology. They couldn’t even reach them in range. How could they fight?
Inside the Brin asteroid base, a group of leaders sat together with pale faces, trying to discuss a solution to the current predicament.

”Why don’t we just run away and leave the valuable minerals to them? I believe they won’t chase us.” An old Brin suggested.

”We can leave, everyone can leave, but what about the industrial asteroid we worked so hard to build?” A younger Brin immediately objected.

”According to human detection radar, the asteroid industrial system we have built cannot be hidden from their detection at all. Once we withdraw, without defense force, these industrial systems that we have painstakingly built up bit by bit will be destroyed by them. Will we still have a future to rebuild?”

All the Breen people in the conference room were silent. What the other party said was correct, but if they didn’t leave, they would have to sacrifice their few remaining fighting forces. Without these, there would be no hope for the Breen people to reproduce and rebuild their civilization.

”Why don’t we contact them?” A middle-aged Brin said, ”Every time they come in, they come for mineral resources. We can just ask them how much they want and give it to them. If we can’t defeat them, we can just treat them as a nominally affiliated race. As long as we can ensure the continuation of civilization, that’s fine.”

There was another silence. Half of the people abstained from voting, one third voted in favor, and the rest opposed. Finally, the minority obeyed the majority and the resolution was passed.

”What? Their envoy wants to see us?” Michelle looked incredulous.

”What’s going on?” Luo Shaohua also felt a little strange. Could it be that the other party had prepared some trap and wanted to save the country in a roundabout way?

Chen Wen spread his hands and said, ”I don’t understand either. They sent a civilian spacecraft over here and communicated in plain text to ask to see the fleet commander, or to say they wanted to see the boss.”

”According to what they said, their purpose seems to be to get us to spare their people. In return, they are willing to become a vassal race of the group, hand over a sum of money and property on time, and send soldiers to fight for us if necessary.”

Shirley crossed her arms, thought for a moment and said, ”What was the mission objective our boss gave us?”

Several people who were originally tempted suddenly stopped. Yes, their mission goal was to train the fleet members to coordinate in combat, and even robbing property worth millions of contribution points seemed like a side job.

”So how should this be handled?” Chen Wen asked. He was only the captain, not the fleet commander, and had no authority to handle such matters.

”Promise them that I will go to their territory to check the specific situation, report to the boss and let him handle whether he accepts it.” Shirley said.

”What about our mission?” Wu Shuhe continued to ask.

Luo Shaohua smiled and said, ”Perhaps there were only a few mission targets from the beginning, and we didn’t have any extra choices.”

Michelle shrugged. ”You’re right. Our fleet is a bit too strong for the aliens in the asteroid belt. Only those few aliens can fight us head-on. It just so happens that Shirley wants to go to the Brin tribe and get the detailed intelligence we need from them.”

When Chen Wen heard them say this, he knew how to respond. After discussing with Shirley, he returned to the cockpit and informed the commander of the Brin envoy of his decision.

When the Brin envoy saw a destroyer-class battleship flying towards them, he didn’t know whether to be happy or sad. He cautiously led the way and led the destroyer-class battleship towards the station.

The destroyer-class battleship openly turned on the high-power detection radar along the way, and dropped a few detectors from time to time to explore the situation of the Brin in more detail. The buildings inside several asteroids also could not escape the scanning of the detection radar. The data was archived and sent to the flagship, and then sent to the command ship where Liu Wen was after being summarized.

Liu Wen, who was almost reaching his goal, didn’t know what to do for a moment after receiving the information sent by the company after going online. He also didn’t know whether the things offered by the affiliated civilization could be considered as robbery. It would be a bit disappointing if he lost the reward at that time.

However, now there is only one alien race to serve as a subordinate race, and you can agree to sit down for the test. If you can also get rewards, even if the reward multiplier is reduced, it can be accepted. After all, you can get a fixed income every year without any risk, which is much more cost-effective than starting your own company to sell products. After all, starting a company may go bankrupt, but no matter how bad the auxiliary race is, it will not be short of things to offer.

However, we agreed in advance not to interfere with their actions, so let’s just ignore it for now and communicate again after the time is up.

Two days later, the spacecraft successfully arrived at the coordinate area, and a star system with only three planets and one star appeared in front of Liu Wen.

The coordinates were on the second planet. After carefully scanning several times to make sure there were no Void Zerg lurking in the star system, Liu Wen then drove the spaceship into the star system and flew towards the orbit of the second planet.

The star is a yellow dwarf, but the planets are quite large, all exceeding 10,000 kilometers, with the largest being 18,000 kilometers and the smallest being 13,000 kilometers. They are all terrestrial planets.

Bai Haitang took the processed detection results to Liu Wen and said, ”Boss, take a look at this. There are remains of man-made objects on these three planets, and there are remains of living cities on the surface.”

”In other words, there was once a civilization here?” Liu Wen was not too surprised. After all, without civilization, where would the rewards come from? At least there would be valuable things left behind only if there were intelligent creatures staying here.

A robot troop was dispatched by Liu Wen to the target planet, the coordinates of which happened to be the ruins of a living city.

After preliminary excavation, an underground scientific research base appeared in front of Liu Wen. The robot troops removed the information storage device from the supercomputer inside the research base. After reading, decrypting and translating, a complete four-level biotechnology tree suddenly appeared.

”Biotechnology? What use is this thing to me?” Liu Wen searched again and again, and indeed did not find any records related to the mother insect eggs. He was immediately disappointed. He thought he could find technical information about clones, but this is the result?
”Although a complete set of biological technology trees is quite valuable, it is useless to me. Besides selling it for money, it can only be used as a collection. At least before I have a large enough biological research institute, the only use of this information is to sell it for money.”

Bai Haitang listened to Liu Wen’s mumbling and silently rolled his eyes. After all, it was a set of biotechnology trees. This thing could be sold repeatedly. Although it was only level four and could not be sold at a high price in the human kingdom, it was still very instructive for some biotechnology companies or institutions. At least a few hundred million contribution points could be earned.

”Boss, do you want to continue digging?” Bai Haitang asked.

Liu Wen looked at the biotechnology tree. The intelligent computer was still correcting the translation: ”Dig, dig it all up, dispatch two mining barges, and use the mining radar to detect the underground to see if there are any hidden buildings.”

”Okay, boss.” Bai Haitang ran to work with great satisfaction. After this exploration, her bonus would be at least three or five hundred thousand. After all, the harvest was so great, and as the main force of the exploration, she would not be too far behind.

Thanks to Fa Ye Wang Cai, Meng Xing Tian Xia, and Gu Ban Zhuan for their rewards. Thank you boss for your support!

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