The wide street with a light gray tone extends in the field of vision, Qin Feng and Xu Gangyan are wandering on the side of the street, and from time to time you can see hovering cars roaring and passing at low altitude, most of the styles are relatively old, and there are also a lot of antique-level magnetic-driven cars on the ground.

The streets are lined with shops of all kinds, including bars and nightclubs, theaters, supermarkets, car repair centers, food stores, weapons shops, and even the most popular red-light district.

This is the ghost street on Planet Eleven, which is basically for the middle and lower level managers, and the black market merchant trading place that was formed in the jurisdiction of the Union Prison is located here.

Since there was always some shady business to be dealt with on the management side, and as the empire's largest concentration of felons, the shrewd merchants who specialized in underground business quickly sniffed out the business opportunities and converged, and the two sides hit it off.

“…… Every year, a large part of the prisoners sent here by the spaceship of the Imperial Supervision Department do not live for half a year, and on the surface they can't stand the harsh environment here and die of various diseases, but in fact, they are secretly resold by the guys above. ”

Xu Gangyan lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Many of the merchants here are inseparable from the slave trade, and those unlucky guys who are selected will be sold to the big nobles, lords, and chaebols all over the empire, and trained to be dead soldiers and mercenaries, to do all kinds of dangerous and shady heavy and dirty work, and even serve as the object of living genetic drug experiments. ”

"Not to mention women, all kinds of high-end clubs welcome their such sources, and some big people in alien civilizations are particularly fond of raising human slaves and playing for fun, the more noble the women, the more they like them, and if they are the kind of nobles with a long heritage, they will spend money very generously."

The most lucrative business in the Union Prison was the clandestine slave trade, and the amount of raw ore trade, although very large, was nothing compared to this.

Qin Feng asked with a deep groan: "The empire prohibits the slave trade on the surface, if this kind of business is too big, there will inevitably be problems, right?" ”

"Hehe......"

Xu Gangyan shook his head and said in a mocking tone: "The empire has been inherited for 100,000 years, and now the upper echelons are rotten and degenerate, the system is rigid, the outside is strong and the middle is dry, many legal provisions are just a virtual appearance, everyone is busy making their own benefits, who cares about this?" ”

"Understood."

Qin Feng exhaled lightly, the weather in the last years of the dynasty was like this, the civilization of the home star era was like this, and in the interstellar era, it was actually not exempt from vulgarity.

The eternal routine of human civilization is nothing new under the stars.

"According to the news on the Starry Sky Network, the Ingatil Empire and the Mondello Empire on the northeast border have started a war twenty days ago, and the millions of fleets on both sides are fighting fiercely, and the legions of the Mondelo Empire have cut off the Kunsha Starry Sky Corridor, and now the military forces on both sides are stumbling over there, and I don't know what the result will be!"

In the territory of the Inca Nebula, the Mondello Empire is a newly rising power in the last few hundred years, and the Ingal Empire is an old power, which has existed for more than 120,000 years, and according to the average lifespan of the elite class, it is about fifty generations.

By now, the twilight empire can be said to be terminally ill, the elite class controls more than ninety percent of the empire's resources, the gap between the rich and the poor is huge, the upward channel of ordinary people is basically blocked, and the dissatisfaction and resentment at the bottom have accumulated to the point of exploding.

Therefore, many people in the upper echelons of the empire are looking for a way back, trying to secretly transfer their possessions and families to other human civilization powers, preparing to get on a starship and run away once the tide is gone.

Xu Gangyan took out a cigarette and lit it, his eyes were gloomy: "This kind of country has long been rotten from the inside out, it doesn't matter if it's over, maybe with a new ruler, everyone's life will be a little better, right?" ”

Qin Feng said meaningfully: "Of course, in order to consolidate its position, the new ruling class will always be kind to the people at the bottom, provided that we can all live until that time." ”

Xu Gangyan nodded: "That's the case, but we are all prisoners, and this place is also a remote star field that is too poor to be poor, there is no oil and water at all, even if they fight the sky and the earth is torn apart, it will not affect here, at most, when the overall situation is timed, send a small fleet to come over and take over the territory." ”

Qin Feng smiled silently, this guy can see clearly, if he has a fate in the future, he may not consider giving him a chance to change his fate.

The two chatted all the way, and finally came to an ordinary flying car assembly and repair shop on the side of the road.

The hall was dimly lit, four semi-finished flying cars were lying on the workbench, various parts were scattered on the ground, and two apprentice-like young men were directing several industrial robots to work, without even looking at them.

"The old rule, go for Uncle Mack for a drink, twenty-five o'clock."

Xu Gangyan expertly walked to the side of the container, said a code word to a sloppy man who was squinting and dozing off on a chaise longue, and threw a blue coin over.

The guy didn't even open his eyes, and his shriveled left hand reached out slightly to catch the coin with precision, muttering a few words indistinctly before standing up lazily.

"There's a new person coming?"

He inadvertently examined Qin Feng, and in his cloudy eyes, a sharp essence was fleeting.

"He is a friend of Lao Tzu, he can be trusted, and he will be your big patron in the future." Xu Gangyan smiled.

The sloppy man pouted: "Big customer? Well, I hope you dare to blow like this when you see Uncle Mack, and he will use a stick to make you understand what the virtue of honesty is. ”

He led the two of them to the inner room, which was even more messy, with a dozen metal cargo boxes piled up in a haphazard manner, more parts of the flying car, and the pungent smell of engine oil in the air.

After tinkering with the back of the cargo box for a while, a secret door appeared on the wall inside, and Xu Gangyan, who had been here many times, led Qin Feng in.

Inside was a long dark passage, quite spacious, brightly lit, and on the benches against the wall, strong men who looked idly idle sat in twos and threes, looking at them with cold eyes.

At the end of the secret passage, in the decorated secret trading hall with considerable style, Qin Feng finally saw the so-called Uncle Mack, a handsome man who looked to be in his forties, with a short beard and a gentle smile.

"It's Brother Xu, how many good things did you bring this time? Hmm, a new customer? Hehe, it looks like a good kid! Sitting behind the desk, he said unhurriedly.

Qin Feng glanced at it, and instantly deduced that this guy's strength, or genetic index, was much higher than Mo Canghe's, and there was a faint evil aura on his body, obviously he had ended many lives with his own hands.

Xu Gangyan didn't talk nonsense, and opened the dimensional space storage bracelet on his wrist with a simple and polite sentence, and in a flash of brilliance, piles of rough stones of different sizes and shapes appeared on the floor.

Dimensional space equipment is a luxury, under normal circumstances, it is not something that a captain of the overseer can have, this piece in Xu Gangyan's hand is still lent to him by Mo Canghe, and the space inside is about equivalent to a house of more than thirty square meters, and it is no problem to stuff two or three hundred rough stones under normal circumstances.

Uncle Mack's expression froze for a moment, and he said with a little surprise: "You have a lot of goods this time, could it be ......?"

Under normal circumstances, Xu Gangyan would only send him a dozen rough stones at a time, and the two sides had already traded many times, and they already knew each other enough, so Uncle Mac found it incomprehensible.

"It's not me, he's got most of the rough stones." Xu Gangyan pointed at Qin Feng.

“……”

Uncle Mack's eyes became serious, and he stared at Qin Feng for a long time before bowing his head slightly: "I see, that's good, the one who can come to the door is a friend, the goods this time are good, I can consider giving you a certain discount, I hope our cooperation can last for a long time." ”

"I'm honored." Qin Feng said quietly.

So Uncle Mac called a few appraisers, took the testing equipment to screen the rough stones on the ground one by one, and gave an estimate that was in line with the underground market conditions, and finally counted, the total value was as high as more than 160,000 star coins.

Of course, most of them belong to Qin Feng, and the share belonging to Xu Gangyan is only about one percent.

"Brother Qin has made a lot of money this time,"

Uncle Mac smiled and said, "Star coins will be transferred to you immediately, and I also have some other things to buy here, so you can pick them slowly." ”

"Then there will be labor." Xu Gangyan said happily.

The transfer was made through their respective identification cards, and it was done in a few seconds, and then Uncle Mac sent me an updated list of goods, all of which he had in stock here.

High-energy nutrients, a variety of genetic agents for different purposes, light equipment such as lightsabers, particle guns, grenades, individual magnetic shields, various grades of flying cars, intelligent biochemical maids, etc., in addition to luxury goods such as famous cigarettes and wine, there is no shortage of second-hand goods and original new goods.

As for the more sensitive varieties such as mechas, armed flying cars, star fighters, and light warships, you need to make an appointment to wait, not to mention the high price, and there will basically be no good goods.

Qin Feng glanced at it, and according to the prompts of the ship spirit Yu Lan, he selected two boxes of high-energy nutrients, plus more than a dozen genetic potions for different purposes, a brand-new lightsaber and the necessary energy blocks, and finally there were more than five thousand star coins left.

It seems that the purchasing power of the empire's star coins is still very considerable, after all, the price of items in the black market is already a cut higher than the normal market, Qin Feng feels that if he comes a few more times, he should be able to take down all the items that the ship spirit Yu Lan is interested in.