Star Survival: The Rise of the Fourth Scourge

Very expensive, very expensive...

The reason why it is expensive is that you are not only buying the technology blueprint, but also the technology contained in the blueprint.

Is 150 million trade coins a lot?

Many, many, many...

But Li Meng suddenly discovered that his 1.5 trade coins could not buy anything at all.

Can't even afford a cruiser tech blueprint.

buy what?

Looking at the densely packed products on the product page, Li Meng looked thoughtful.

There are not enough trade coins, so we can only buy some needed things first.

Slave labor must be bought, and what is most lacking right now is labor.

The civilians of the empire can take it easy first. There are still more than three years left before the mission deadline, so there is no rush.

You can buy one of the escort ships.

The Firestorm-class escort's light spear array and efficient energy transmission system are very useful and have the greatest value.

As for atmospheric civil warplanes and starfighters, they are not needed yet.

Neither destroyers nor escorts have hangars. Only battleships above the cruiser level have large-capacity hangars.

Well... you can buy starfighters.

The Ark is very large, and an area can be designated as a hangar to increase the Ark's self-protection capabilities.

You can buy it, but you probably don’t have enough money...

Transaction taxes are a lot of money.

After roughly calculating the value in his mind, Li Meng purchased two products.

[Purchase Firestorm-class escort technology blueprint: -100 million trade coins]

[Purchase 30,000 imperial slave workers: -30 million trade coins]

[Transaction tax: 13 million, total: 143 million, paid, balance: 11812000]

[Please select the product placement location...]

Even the hull structure of the "Cobra" destroyer was scanned.

After looking at the hull structure diagram of the Alfred, Li Meng was in the area where the cargo hold was.

[The product is being delivered and has been delivered]

In the harbor, a magical scene appeared again.

Lines of blue light curtains were transmitted from the metal walls and swept across the hull.

In the cargo hold of the Alfred, a blue light curtain penetrated the hull and illuminated the cargo ship.

Wherever the light curtain passed, blue light surged, forming a metal box half a meter high and one meter long.

This is not the end.

As dense blue light emerged, slave workers appeared in the cargo ship one after another.

They were almost naked, with collars around their necks and only a pair of underpants.

As soon as they appeared, they looked around, a trace of confusion flashing in their eyes.

The cargo hold did not become noisy due to their appearance, and remained quiet.

"King, the goods have appeared in the cargo hold, and the number of slave workers is being counted..."

In the communicator, Li Meng heard Ralph's report.

There will definitely be no less...

[After the transaction is completed, please leave the harbor within half an hour. Additional fees will be charged for delays, 1 million trade coins per hour]

1 million trade coins an hour?

Li Meng looked stunned and quickly closed the transaction page.

Then he turned around and walked towards the Alfred along the light bridge.

When Li Meng returned to the Alfred, the light bridge and tractor beam outside suddenly disappeared.

"Relf, ​​let's go, leave the harbor..."

Walking quickly in the long metal corridor, Li Meng gave Ralph the order to leave the port.

In the harbor outside, the Alfred's booster engine started, spitting out a long white tail flame.

Under the strong thrust, the Alfred slowly retreated and gradually retreated from the harbor.

"Elland, they are coming out..."

Outside, three men on the bridges of three Steadfast-class frigates kept their eyes on the harbor.

They saw the Alfred slowly exiting the harbor.

"Elland, launch the probe. At this time, the opponent should not have opened the shield."

"I think it's better to be cautious. The other party is a warship, not an engineering ship. Once discovered, it will be in trouble."

"What are you afraid of? We have three frigates, and he only has one, and the distance is very close. The advantage is on our side."

"Don't act recklessly. Although we have three Steadfast-class frigates, their total mass and total size are comparable to the opponent's. The outcome is unpredictable. Also, our mission is not to fight. Don't impulsively affect the parliament's decision-making."

At this time, the Alfred had withdrawn from the harbor and was slowly turning.

"Is there any news from the Council? How long are we going to stay here?"

"There is a seven-day delay in signal transmission. The parliament should have received the information we sent, and it should be soon."

At this time, on the Alfred, Li Meng returned to his residence.

"King, what was that blue light curtain just now?"

As soon as they entered the gate, they were greeted by Sandra.

Li Meng even smelled a strong body fragrance rushing towards him, which shocked him.

After looking into the hall, Li Meng walked up to the upper floor.

Sandra followed behind Li Meng.

While walking, Li Meng answered Sandra's previous questions.

"Scanning rays are a technology that provides services for light transmission. Don't worry, it is harmless to the human body."

"King, are we going back?"

Before, Sandra saw the huge metal space outside the glass wall of the hall.

She knew that the Alfred was docked in a huge metal building.

Who built such a huge cube?

She was confused and curious...

But Sandra knew that as a maid and a head servant, there were some things she shouldn't ask.

"Well, we are returning..."

In addition to completing the transaction, there are other gains from this trip to the trading mall.

Although the Milky Way is large, the S sector is very lively.

Li Meng also saw the characteristics of others.

Understand better the importance of personal characteristics.

Some features can serve the team, and some features can serve the individual.

Although the types of characteristics are endless, there will never be useless characteristics.

In a group, the combination of personal characteristics will play an unimaginable role.

And his "100-fold reward" feature seems a bit helpful.

Transactions with the Trade Mall are not within the scope of the "100x Reward".

You can only complete the task and get a hundred times the reward.

The only advantage is probably the basis of being a hundred times better than others.

Because of the "hundredfold reward" feature, he has a huge colony ship as soon as he appears.

The identity of the living saint is probably closely related to the "hundredfold reward".

Otherwise, he would not be so lucky, and the goddess of fate would not favor him.

At this time, in the starry sky outside, the Alfred was already far away from the star.

The space in front of the Alfred's bow was suddenly distorted, and a huge red vortex quickly emerged.

The Alfred, which was continuing to accelerate, crashed into it and disappeared without a trace.

Also disappearing with it is the red vortex.