Chapter 172: Li Ming, a fisherman at the Red River Star Waterfall
Yaro held the smart terminal and signaled to Li Ming, "The Land of Stars is near the Red River Star Stream. The magnetic interference of several meteorite belts is very high, almost Unable to contact the outside world."
"Only those floating island owners can contact the outside world."
Li Ming glanced at it, took out the smart terminal, and joined the local network. A large number of messages continued. There are people who can refresh, buy, sell, and even form teams on the spot, giving Li Ming a sense of immediacy.
After putting away the smart terminal, he couldn't help but ask: "Who built these floating islands in the first place?"
"This...I'm not sure." Yaro shook his head. "Anyway, the owners of the floating island are constantly changing, but the floating island is not allowed to be destroyed, otherwise several major forces in the Land of Stars will attack it."
Li Ming was thoughtful.
"Let's keep a low profile." Yaro came up and whispered: "The Star Hunters must have known that we have arrived in the Land of the Stars. Although this is the territory of the Collector, the boss of the Star Hunters, They are also A-level life forms. "
They killed Atom and came in Duke Bai Ye's car. The shipyard was only relatively strict, and they certainly did not dare to hide it from the Star Hunter.
Li Ming nodded, then asked: "Is there any place here where I can get a lot of metal materials?"
"A large amount of metal materials?" Yaro didn't know what he meant. He thought about it and asked, "Can scrap products be used?"
"Scrap products?" Li Ming thought, "That's okay."
"Red River Star Waterfall." Yaro spit out an unfamiliar term, and then explained: "The Land of Stars is at the edge of the Red River Star Stream. The Red River Star Stream is extremely long and runs through numerous star clusters."
"Every time Every once in a while, a star waterfall will erupt, like a meteor, spewing out a lot of debris and even civilization relics from the Red River star stream, and many people will make a lot of money from it."
"Red River Star Waterfall..." Li Ming thought of the red galaxy spreading into the depths of the universe, and couldn't help but ask: "Where did those things come from?"
Yaro also shook his head: "Who knows, the red star stream is extremely dangerous, no one dares to go deep into it."
Li Ming was thoughtful, Yaro glanced at him, shook his head and said: "However, if you want to get in, There must be a floating island."
"Huh?" Li Ming frowned.
"The Land of the Stars has been carved up by various A-level life forms. It is impossible for them to expose the benefits for nothing." Yaro whispered:
"The masters of the floating island are basically all Their people, and only their people, are allowed to benefit.”
"Each floating island has a gravity gripper, so that we can catch a lot of things in the Red River Star Waterfall."
"Is that so..." Li Ming frowned, while Yaluo said helplessly: "Yes, Don't think about it."
Li Ming was noncommittal and suddenly said, "You said before that you could do business here?"
" Yes." Ya Luo didn't understand.
“Where is the place to rent a store?”
Yaluo was stunned and said in surprise: "You want to open a shop?"
Li Ming shook his head, meaning vaguely: "No, I want to fish."
Yaluo was speechless and led the way. , this area is a well-known trading area in the Land of Stars.
Contraband items that are rare in ordinary civilization are available here. Many chained slaves are openly displayed on the street for people to choose from.
There are not many rules in this area, and one of them is that conflicts are not allowed in the store.
This boosted trade in the area, but also made its shops extremely expensive.
"The rental period is for at least one year. No deposit is required and no refunds will be given." The pot-bellied pig man lay lazily on the huge metal recliner with a fishy smell all over his body, without even opening his eyes.
All the houses on the entire floating island are owned by collectors. They are divided according to areas and are expensive.
There are no vacant houses in the best core area, and in the second-tier area, there is a three-story shop that has just been vacated.
"Five million a year, paid in one lump sum." Pigman glanced at it and quoted the price casually.
Li Ming couldn't help but was speechless. The price of renting for one year was five million, which was really high.
But this is the land of stars, the most chaotic place. These houses have some security properties, so they are naturally very expensive.
Yaro glanced at Li Ming, nodded and said, "That's it."
Pig Man sat up reluctantly, entered the process familiarly, and asked them to tell their names.
"Qinglong." Li Ming simply reported his name. The pig-man did not care whether it was true or false, and entered their current appearance into the data, reminding:
"Remember the facial features on the mimic mask. If it were a different face, we wouldn't recognize it."
Then he threw out a crystal card, which was the key.
The whole process is short and rough, with too many loopholes.
Through several blocks, a few people came to the store they rented. The walls were covered with gray-brown marks, but they were all made of metal materials.
The door number is a black screen, which seems to be adjustable at will, which is very good.
On both sides are the "Small Armor Specialty Store" and the "Old Saber Pharmacy Store."
The flow of people on this street is not small. There are no various regulatory authorities here. As long as the technology is excellent, It can far surpass others, no matter how high the price is, no one cares.
Opening the door with the key card, a smell of blood hit your face. The first floor was empty, and there were spray traces of blood everywhere on the ground.
“Fuck, these people are getting lazy and lazy, and they don’t even clean up.” Yaro cursed.
Li Mingze said, "Didn't you say that conflicts are not allowed in the store?"
"The rules are the rules." Yaro hesitated, "That's true in name, but if the enemy is too strong, he will be killed without even reacting, and the corpses will be cleaned up."
"The Island Guard will be declared missing. How can a Class A life form have time to pursue such a thing?"
Li Ming clicked, safety is relative, at least it must have the ability to protect itself.
"So, when we open a store, we are simply setting up a target for the star hunters." Yaro said helplessly.
Li Ming ignored him and several people started cleaning the room.
With [Intelligent Assistance] on, Li Ming even dug out pieces of dried meat from many gaps, as well as some useful monitoring equipment.
"I really like this place more and more." Li Ming shook his head, crushed the surveillance probe in his hand, opened the house number manager, and adjusted it.
"Qinglong Machinery Shop."
Seeing that Li Ming was taking the name seriously, Yaluo felt a toothache and asked, "Are you really planning to do business here?"
"What's wrong? Are there any other rules?" Li Ming was confused.
Yaro was helpless, "No, it's good. With your skills, there should be no shortage of business."
"Collectors like mechanics very much. I heard that he has a lot of broken things in his hands. He often Ask someone to repair it. If you can make a difference, he might be interested in it."
Having said that, Yaro obviously has no hope. The collectors are basically in contact with great mechanics. .
"You reminded me." Li Ming clicked on the door sign management system again and added a few lines--
"Only undertake customization and repair of weapons of C-level and above."< br>
If the level is too low, you won't make much money and it's just a waste of time.
“Hiss~” Yaro took a breath, “Do you want to increase the upper limit?”
“You reminded me again.” Li Ming raised his eyebrows lightly and added There was a line of words: "If the repair is not good, double refund!"
Yaro stared and said in shock: "What if someone comes with an A-level weapon to make things difficult for you?" "Just come and come. "Li Ming doesn't care, fishing requires big bait.
Originally, the new store didn't attract many people when it opened.
However, after adding this line of small words, many interstellar villains stopped, pointed, spoke some unknown interstellar dialect, and then laughed.
There were also people coming out of the shops on both sides and opposite, looking quite surprised, and then shaking their heads.
“It’s easy to get people killed by doing this kind of gimmick.” Yaro couldn’t help but remind him that in a normal civilization, this kind of gimmick might attract a wave of popularity.
In the Land of Stars, if you play too hard, it will easily overturn.
Li Ming didn't seem to hear it, except that there were six rooms on the first floor and two floors above, which could be modified at will during the rental period.
Li Ming directly opened up the entire third floor, and the second floor was given to Yaro and Kay.
Kay helped clean the house. Due to the existence of the gene suppressor, he was so tired that he was sweating profusely. After some hesitation, he still found Li Ming and asked, "Can you please tell me what arrangements you have for me?"< br>
Following him all the way, he has discovered that Yaro has no right to speak, and it is the man named Qinglong who has the final say.
But this person does not seem to be from the Star Alliance.
He could hardly see this person on the spaceship, which made him anxious all day long. Now he finally had the opportunity to ask him.
Li Ming said casually: "I don't have a waiter when I open my new store, so you can be the one for now."
Kay's face was stiff: "Waiter?"
"Everyone How about three thousand five hundred star coins a month?" Li Ming asked with a smile.
"This..." Kai forced a smile and said: "Sir, just tell me what you think. I don't think you want to let me go."
"Indeed." Li Ming admitted frankly, and Kai's expression froze.
"I am only interested in profit, and I finally rescued you..." Li Ming smiled gently, but Kai almost couldn't hold his breath.
"You should also know that I am an exiled nobleman and don't have much money on me." Kay said helplessly.
"No, you are very rich." Li Ming smiled, "The genetic sequence of the golden-eyed man is called - Judgment Holy Blade. I want the theory of evolution."
"The theory of evolution?"
Although there are two eyes on Kai's mimicry mask, there is no attachment, so it looks very empty, and no emotional waves can be seen.
But listening to his high-pitched tone, you can feel his turbulent mood. He flatly refused: "I can't possibly tell you."
Unexpectedly, the other party was not angry, but smiled. , "In other words, you have really memorized the theory of evolution, which is amazing."
Kay's face turned pale and he reluctantly said: "It's useless even if you get the theory of evolution, your gene seeds and the Holy Blade of Judgment "It's totally inappropriate."
Li Ming chuckled, knowing that there was no need to rush this matter, and said: "Don't worry, the room on the right upstairs belongs to you. In addition, Tepper will follow you, but there is no need." Little moves.”
Kay felt depressed and helpless.
Li Ming doesn't want to let him go for the time being. This guy still has secrets. He hasn't figured out what the golden vertical pupil he picked up is for yet.
Furthermore, the anti-plundering organization of the Interstellar Alliance seems to be quite interested in him.
Li Ming was already thinking about how to squeeze out enough urine from this toad.
Yaro, who was not far away, looked over frequently, his eyes flickering, but he hesitated to speak.
What Yaro didn't expect was that a few hours later, life forms would come to the door. They were several humans wearing simple armor.
"Everyone, we will only open tomorrow and we will not accept customers today." Kay said expressionlessly.
"Why are you still kicking customers out?" One of them looked at Kai, "Your store is really interesting. Even if you have such a loud tone, this waiter actually wears a gene suppressor?"
Hearing this, Kay couldn't help but frown. Yaro followed the sound and said, "Several of you, it's true that it hasn't opened yet. Look, there's nothing on this floor. It's not working yet?"
The scar-faced man next to him smiled ferociously and said: "I don't care about that. We are here to inform you that if you want to do business here, one-third of the net profit will be handed over to us in the future."
"Remember, it is net profit, not turnover. We will send people to keep an eye on it. Don't try to play tricks."
Yaro's expression calmed down, "Who are you? Collectors?"
< br>The scar-faced man sneered: "As an old collector, how can I have time to take care of such nonsense? If you want to do business here, you must abide by our rules!"
"Otherwise, knowing the original business here How did the boss die?"
Yaro's face turned cold.
"No problem." There was a voice on the stairs, and Li Ming walked down slowly, "One third, right? I understand."
A few people looked at each other and looked at Li Ming. Satisfied: "Are you the boss? Yes, you are quite sensible."
After getting the satisfactory results, the few people cursed and left.
Li Ming casually threw a [Position], which covered a range of 10,000 meters, enough to determine where the opponent would return.
Yaro frowned and said: "That shouldn't be the case. How dare someone collect protection fees from the collector's territory?"
"Protection fee?" Li Ming shook his head, "They are here to collect non-troublemaking fees. If they can't protect themselves, they can always cause trouble."
Yaro was stunned, "Yeah, shit, I used to come here just to buy things." Things, I didn’t expect there were so many ways to do it.”
Then he couldn’t help but ask: “Just give away one-third of the net profit?”
Li Ming was noncommittal, "Wait and see, they shouldn't be the first group of people."
Yaro was a little suspicious, and after waiting for about half an hour, another group of people actually came. It was Yaluo. Lizard people.
It’s similar to what those people said before, and it also requires one-third of the net profit.
Back and forth, there were three groups of people in total, and Yaro finally cursed,
“Each one needs a third, and giving them all is not enough. It’s not enough to collect protection fees. Just collect them piece by piece, how could there be such a person?"
"Ha..." A low laugh came from outside the door, but it was an almost skinny old guy with a messy beard, a bald head, and a stooped figure. His eyes were sinister.
"You..." Yaro stared at him, "Are you the owner of the pharmacy next door?"
"Saber." The old man introduced himself and said in a hoarse voice: "For the sake of us all being human beings, I'd like to give you a word and close the door as soon as possible."
"Who are they?" Yaro He wasn't angry either, but asked.
"Come with us." Sabo's words made Yaro stunned for a moment: "Come with us?"
Sabo sneered: "Yes, mechanical maintenance, weapon customization, only undertake C-level and With such a loud tone, it would be strange if the mechanics in this area don't join forces to squeeze you to death."
"You are smart, and there is no conflict between you. Don't look at their ferocious looks. If you were. If you dare to take action, believe it or not, they will just lie down on the ground and let the collector's guards come to punish you."
Yaro grinned, "I guessed this, they will definitely not take action."
He then asked tentatively: "Is there a solution?"
"Yes." Sabo laughed "ho ho", "But I don't want to tell you."
Yaro's face was slightly stiff, but Sabo had already turned away.
(End of this chapter)