Giant Bear Fortress, Yejia Harbor.

Zhang Yuan and Xia Xiyan left the Daimaru separately.

Xia Xiyan got off the spaceship first, and as soon as she went, she was picked up by a military spaceship that had been waiting for a long time, and the shell of this spaceship was sprayed with a fiery red leaf.

Zhang Yuan got off the spaceship last, and after he got off the spaceship, Marlan was waiting for him at the hatch of the ship.

"Captain, are you really planning to sell the Daimaru to the Free Heavens?"

Zhang Yuan raised his eyebrows: "The Kingdom of Freedom gave a high price, and this is just an ordinary spaceship, why don't I sell it?" ”

A large pill, the Free Heavenly Kingdom paid 120 million star shields to buy out, which is 15 times higher than the market price, and Zhang Yuan also knew that the other party's purpose was nothing more than to get the high-rate space expansion technology on the spaceship.

This technique is not difficult, and there are many limitations in its use, and if someone is willing to do a big deal, Zhang Yuan will naturally not refuse.

After handing over the Daimaru spaceship, Marlan asked, "Captain, what are you going to do in the future?" ”

"Go around and relax. It is rumored that Blue Mercury is a scenic spot, and it is also known as a beauty star, maybe I can still meet a love mile there. Zhang Yuan said with a smile on his face.

Marlan rolled his eyes: "You are really idle, don't you know that there are countless interstellar billionaires who want your life now, so that they can pay off the debt owed to you?" ”

"Really?" Zhang Yuanyi raised his eyebrows, then walked into Marlan and said softly: "Do you really think I don't have a mecha?" ”

Marlan's eyes widened, yes, how could she think that Zhang Yuan didn't have a mecha? A warrior whose mobile combat skills have reached such a point will not have a mecha? Don't be funny!

How powerful should his mech be? The middle of the apocalypse? The upper end of the apocalypse? Or is it a higher level?

Countless doubts swept through Marlan's mind, and when she came back to her senses, she found that there was no trace of Zhang Yuan around her. She turned her head to look around, and Zhang Yuan was also nowhere to be seen.

When she was searching, her personal brain sounded the prompt of 'Didi', she looked down and found that it was an unfamiliar communication signal, and after it was connected, the voice of Captain Zhang Yuan came from inside.

"If someone defaults, don't forget to help me collect the debt."

"......." Marlan was speechless.

On the other side, Zhang Yuan walked out of a corner not far away, and the path he took was very peculiar, which was the blind spot of Marlan's vision.

So, he was obviously walking leisurely less than 50 meters away from Marlan, but Marlan thought that he had gone far away, but he didn't notice his existence.

Zhang Yuan sighed in his heart: "Hey~ The apostles will cultivate some brainless masters." ”

He found a small private spaceship that was about to depart, reached out and gently knocked on the hull, and after a while, the hatch opened a crack, and a middle-aged man showed half of his face, looking at him vigilantly: "Look for death!" My ship is about to start, so let's go farther! ”

The space ripples when the spaceship starts are still lethal, enough to seriously injure ordinary people.

Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Big brother, my name is Zhang Yuan, I am from the Aum Empire's Ash Valley Planetary Belt, I came here to travel, and now I want to visit Bi Mercury." How about a hitchhike? ”

The middle-aged man looked Zhang Yuan up and down, and saw that he was young and had a refreshing temperament, so he put his mind at ease: "How much money do you pay?" ”

"How about 2000 Star Shields?"

"If it's less, it will cost at least 3,000 star shields. The cost of my flight will be 6,000 star shields, and you have to take a boat, at least share it evenly, right? ”

"Okay, then 3000."

After taking out the 3,000 star shield and handing it over, the middle-aged man's face line softened a lot, and he opened the hatch: "Young man, you have chosen the right ship." I have just bought this spaceship for less than a year, and I take good care of it on weekdays, and I don't feel any vibration when accelerating, and my wife and I usually use it. If it weren't for you, I would never have let a stranger on board. ”

"Thank you, big brother." Zhang Yuan entered the spaceship and sat down in the passenger seat of the spaceship: "Big brother, I just jumped over on an interstellar giant ship. I saw that the fortress was full of warships and mechs, and the atmosphere was a little tense. ”

The middle-aged man started the spaceship, the spacecraft shook slightly, and then rushed into the sky, the acceleration process was indeed very stable, and after the spacecraft stabilized its speed, he set the spaceship to autopilot, and then said: "Hey, this is all the fault of the transformation monster." Just three days ago, all the Red Moon Province fell, the three human stars in the entire province, and the 15 military fortresses were all finished, hey~~ I still have business contacts in the Red Moon Province, and now it's all yellow. ”

As he spoke, he poured two drinks, handed Zhang Yuan a glass, drank one himself, and after taking a sip, he sighed again: "I hope those damn shapeshifters don't come to Heyue, otherwise, ordinary people like us really don't even have a place to run." ”

Zhang Yuan's face was 'shocked': "It's so serious!" ”

Seeing Zhang Yuan's frightened look, the middle-aged man laughed: "Don't worry, young man, although the matter is very serious, Governor Ye is not a vegetarian, and the nearby military fortresses are all heavily arranged, if you really want to fight, you may not lose." Besides, this Blue Mercury is the property of the Ye family, and Governor Ye will not lose his hometown wherever he loses it. ”

"That's right, too."

Zhang Yuan could understand the words of the middle-aged man, and at that time in the interstellar high-speed channel, Xia Xiyan had already popularized the basic knowledge of the Crimson Empire to him in detail.

The Crimson Empire is an empire ruled by royalty and nobility, and its structure is very similar to that of the Aum Empire. The governor of every province must be born from the great nobles of the province.

For example, in Heyue Province, its governor must be surnamed Ye.

These large nobles have a high degree of autonomy over the province, and they can appoint and dismiss officials within the province at will, canonize minor nobles, and even have their own private soldiers, as if they were a small kingdom.

The great nobles also had a duty to the royal family, and every year, they had to pay a large amount of taxes to the royal family, and the royal family maintained direct power to appoint and dismiss the governors of the provinces, and when the royal family needed it, the great nobles had to lead the army and the royal family to fight together.

Because the royal family has a monopoly on many advanced technologies such as rhodium magnetic engines, and the productivity of the interstellar era is extremely high, even ordinary people with no background can live a very enjoyable life, so the imperial structure is quite stable, such as the Crimson Empire, which has been running stably for more than 1,800 standard years.

During the subsequent journey, the middle-aged man's chatterbox opened, chattering with Zhang Yuan all the way.

For example, his son is not worried about learning business with him, and he prefers to run to join Rausch's army, and now he spends all day in the virtual network doing all kinds of training.

He also said that business is not easy to do, not to mention the fierce competition, the Aum Empire is still at war, and the price of raw materials has risen sharply, which is about to crush the profit margins of finished products.

As he spoke, he said that his wife had no interest in life, lying motionless on the bed like a dead man, as if he was a corpse.

And so on, there are a lot of balabala, and when Zhang Yuan's ears are about to hear the calluses, the blue mercury spaceport has arrived!

Under the enthusiastic gaze of this middle-aged uncle, Zhang Yuanfu also seemed to leave the spaceship, sit on the space ladder, sink all the way, and land on the blue water planet.

The blue water planet is worthy of being a tourist attraction, when he was on the space ladder, Zhang Yuan saw a lake and mountains, and there was not a single high-rise building on the whole planet, and all the buildings were hidden in the verdant woods.

Further down, you can see flocks of birds flying over the turquoise lake, and all kinds of fish jumping out of the water, their scales shining golden in the sunlight.

After descending to the ground, Zhang Yuan rented a small airship and flew around in the sky, looking at the scenery while checking the information and news of various river crossing provinces.

"Dididi~ Left Collision Warning! Left Collision Warning! ”

Zhang Yuan looked behind the left, and saw a figure jumping into the back cabin of his airship with a 'bang', he was startled, and just about to check, a faint figure rushed up at great speed, and after an instant, a snow-bright dagger cut towards his neck.

Zhang Yuan was about to dodge, but then he gave up, he stood motionless, and raised his hands in a surrender gesture.

A cold dagger was placed around his neck, and a joking voice sounded: "Zhang Yuan, your skills are really regressive." ”