Chapter 97: A Mistake
Li Ping got off the spaceship with excitement. Li Yu's worry about him made it difficult for him to control himself. Even if he was going to die now, he would not hesitate.
"I must complete this mission perfectly and not let Mr. Li Yu down!" Li Ping made up his mind secretly and walked out of the metal corridor with his head held high.
The spaceship behind him slowly took off after he left, flew to another place, and took out ten tons of star sand packed in a metal box.
It's incredible that there was such a big metal box placed on the open space at the dock, but no one thought of stealing it or secretly opening it to take a look.
It’s not that the security in [Borderlands] is so good, but it’s quite bad.
There are too many bad people here, but because [Borderless Land] is a mixed bag of good and bad people, some plunderers cannot cause trouble openly, so they have developed a lot of despicable means.
For example, putting a time-sensitive bomb in a box, smearing nerve poison on star coins, and then throwing them on the ground.
He enjoyed watching in secret those who had gotten the advantage from him being blown to pieces in their euphoria or dying from poison.
Over time, [No Man's Land] has become a good place where people don't pick up things on the road!
After opening the metal box, sand shining with starlight appeared in front of everyone.
This is also a viewing box. When you turn on a button, the metal on both sides will converge layer by layer, revealing the glass partition, through which you can clearly see the sand that looks like a galaxy.
The magnificent star sand is formed over countless years from various star fragments scattered in the universe. It possesses a unique star power that can slowly enhance the strength of life forms and assist in the development of gene chains.
This is one of the reasons why it is so valuable nowadays...
Li Yu took out the sandworm sealed in amber from the system space and gently put it in. It was unknown what material the amber was made of.
It was just placed lightly on the star sand, and it turned into liquid and melted, and the sandworms inside directly jumped into the star sand.
Strands of starlight like tassels lingered on the sandworm's body, and star sand began to enter its body through its mouthparts.
I wonder how big this little thing will grow in the end... Li Yu is looking forward to it...
Moduo and the hunter were also looking at the weak larva in front of the box.
"Where did you get such an ugly bug?" the hunter asked with a bit of disgust. Even if it was a decoration, he wouldn't use such a bug.
"This little guy is not simple..." Li Yu shook his head.
"Not simple?" The hunter stared at Li Yu suspiciously: "Could it be the cub of some giant star beast?"
Star beasts... the terrifying beasts roaming among the stars are one of the most undesirable troubles in interstellar travel.
The largest star beasts can even be as big as a living planet, and their surface defenses cannot even be penetrated by the main guns of a ship.
"How is it possible..." Before Li Yu could answer, the hunter shook his head. Star beasts have always been the object of research that major civilizations have been vying for.
The gene chain in its body is almost impossible to fuse with any normal life form because it is too powerful.
When they were serving in the [AEUG], they had specialized in capturing star beasts, which were too difficult to deal with.
Even [Aug] took half a year to catch one, and it was dead.
As for the cubs of the star beasts, the entire cosmic civilization could not capture even one in several years.
Li Yu remained silent and placed his palm on the glass. The young sandworm seemed to sense something.
Squeezing away the sand around it, the sandworm curled up and leaned against the glass, as if rubbing Li Yu's palm through the glass, looking extremely intimate with him.
"Little guy, grow up quickly..." Li Yu couldn't help but smile.
Then I can draw your blood to create a gene chain.
On the other side, in the slave market of [No Man's Land], this place belongs to the pan-city area.
The entire [No Man's Land] is very large, divided into the pan-city area and the inner city area. The pan-city area is the periphery of [No Man's Land], the area near the dock, like a slum.
Most of them are gathering places for ordinary plunderers, wanderers, and explorers.
The slave trade is the most popular trade in the entire galaxy. There are almost no civilizations that completely ban the slave trade, or they cannot do so.
The largest slave trader in the entire galaxy is the Star Empire, which uses the slave trade as a means of controlling its colonies.
The deterrent effect of turning all life on the planet into slaves is very great, resulting in almost no one in the colonies under his command daring to resist.
Unlike the messy outside, this place is very clean and you can't see any slaves when you first enter the door.
You can only see smiling [Enverians], who will ask for your opinion before offering suggestions.
Watching slaves in the final stage...
Kerry came here a little nervously. The Enver people would not let any behavioral characteristics of the other party affect their service attitude.
Even though Kerry was a ragged teenager, he was nervous and uneasy, mixed with indignation.
"What kind of slaves do you need? We have some here..." The [ Enver ] lady smiled and began a programmed introduction.
"I... want to buy slave No. 17..." Kerry interrupted the other party, his goal was clear.
"Slave No. 17?" The young lady was slightly stunned, and then continued to smile and said: "Please wait a moment..."
She called over another staff member, who served her drinks, and she herself walked through the metal doors at the back.
Behind the door was a straight metal corridor with single cells on both sides. It was all metallic white and very clean, with different creatures imprisoned inside.
She ignored the creatures and continued on her way.
In a room deep inside...
“Damn, who leaked the news?!” An angry growl, accompanied by the sound of hammering metal.
A fat man in luxurious clothes had an angry look on his face, a gold necklace around his neck, and jewel rings on all five fingers.
"Hall, be quiet..." Opposite was a woman wearing an ordinary linen robe. Her face was calm and her eyes were like the silent starry sky, without a single ripple.
"Krey, how can I be quiet... Little Martha has been arrested, and so has the Ancient Lord. The key has fallen into the hands of the Green Knight. Once..."
Hall looked at the calm Kerry, but his voice became smaller and smaller, and gradually became quiet, as if this woman had such a temperament.
"If the Green Knight had obtained the key, he would not have returned to Langdie..." Kerry shook his head.
Hall's expression was slightly excited: "You mean they didn't get the key?"
Kerry did not comment, but said, "There should be less than ten people who know the meeting place is Langdie. Check carefully. There is a traitor in the team... All activities should be suspended."
"Okay..." Hall nodded and rubbed his head, his tone lamenting, "It's only been a short time, and someone has already forgotten the shame and the oath."
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, followed by a gentle voice: "Mr. Hall, someone is buying slave No. 17."
"Who!?" Hall's face changed and he waved his hand on the metal table. A holographic projection appeared and Kerry's uneasy look was immediately magnified.
"It's a teenager... He's dressed in ordinary clothes..." The person outside the door continued to talk. Hall looked up at Kerry opposite him with a strange expression and said loudly:
"Okay, I understand. You can go back..."
"You..." Kerry stared at the boy on the screen and frowned: "What is the price you gave me?"
"Two hundred thousand star coins..." Hall replied, and then quickly added: "This is a relatively normal price among interstellar humans. It's even a little high."
"If it's any higher, it might attract other people's attention..."
"He got two hundred thousand?" Kerry asked doubtfully.
"Impossible..." Hall said firmly, "He has no more than 50,000 star coins on him. I plan to send someone to rob him when he saves up 100,000 star coins."
Kerry looked at Hall speechlessly, then at the somewhat uneasy boy, and sighed. Half a year... fifty thousand star coins...for a young boy, it was already too much hard work.
"I'm going back..." Kerry stood up and walked to the metal wall. A crack appeared in the wall, revealing a narrow metal corridor.
"Be nicer to him..." Kerry reminded again.
"I also treat him as my brother...but...you don't want to..." Hall shook his head, hesitating to speak.
"He's too young..." Kerry said firmly.
Hall didn't say much. He rubbed his fat face, forced out a cunning smile, and walked out...
"Hey hey... little brother... it's you again..."
Kerry stared at the fat man in front of him with disgust. His fat face was full of cunning and his smile made people want to gag.
It was this guy who bought his sister and gave him the money to save his life when he was sick.
"I want to buy my sister back..." Kerry said coldly.
"Of course..." Hall rubbed his hands: "But this money..."
"I've saved enough!" Kerry shouted, showing his balance, just over 200,000 star coins...
Hall's pupils contracted. What happened? Where did this guy get two hundred thousand?
"Take me to see my sister quickly..." Kerry scolded. Those who have money are the boss. He has understood this truth well in the past six months.
"Well... okay..." Hall did not hesitate for too long, but was thinking about countermeasures in his mind. Raise the price temporarily?
No...if this kid makes a fuss, he will definitely attract a lot of attention.
Kerry followed Hall into the back with some excitement. In cage number 17, Kerry saw his sister. She was wearing a linen robe that could not cover her body, and large areas of skin were exposed.
He knew that this was how slave owners attracted buyers.
Suddenly, he hated the fat man in front of him even more...
"Sister!" he called out, his eyes filled with tears.
"Kerry... " Kerry seemed surprised as well. He came to the cage and held Kerry's hand tightly.
"Sister... I have saved enough money, I want to take you away from here!" Kerry said excitedly.
"Really? Kerry..." Kerry also pretended to be very excited and asked in surprise: "How did you save enough so quickly..."
Kerry said with pride: "I am very popular. Everyone is willing to order me around..."
As Kerry narrated, Kerry in front of him couldn't help but tremble slightly, without saying a word...
"...Especially today, I met a nice guy at Langdie Bar..."
"Wait... where is it?" Kerry was a little sensitive to the words Langdie Bar.
"Langdie...sister, you don't know, that good man..." Kerry did not hide anything from his sister, but he did not notice that his sister's expression changed several times.
"You mean you took him to the second floor of the Langdie Bar? And not many people saw him?" The woman's pupils contracted, and she instantly had a bad feeling.
"Yeah? What's wrong?" Kerry was a little confused. Why did his sister care about these things?
boom!
A roar came from outside, and the entire slave exchange was shaking.
