February 4, 2508 in the military calendar. The third star field, the unstable space zone, the military buffer zone, the black domain.

After thinking about it, Long Qi reluctantly accepted his idea of joining the Xu family, which was purely a pipe dream. When you really think about it, there are too many problems with the actual implementation.

The most important thing is that you have very few chips to use.

If you use other people's chips in exchange for what you get back, it will not belong to you, and you will end up just working in vain.

The frigate sailed into the Black Seal City under the guidance of the tower.

When approaching the shell of Black Seal City, the armor plate that was once indestructible slowly opened. Even in the process of opening, you can still see the debris falling off.

Long Qicong's face was a little weird. Although I knew in my heart, the Xu family couldn't afford to raise a planetary fortress. But I didn't expect it to come to this point.

It looks like it's going to fall apart at any moment.

The frigate moored into the port, and armed personnel were on standby on board. Zhu Di, Long Qicong and others got off the boat, and to Long Qicong's surprise, Han Feng and Xiao Yunfen also accompanied him.

Both were captains of their respective samurai brigades. The strength is of course undoubted, but both of them wear samurai heavy armor. Isn't that afraid of being exposed?

Long Qicong looked at Zhu Di and saw that her face was as usual, and she didn't seem to care about it. Long Qicong didn't care about this matter.

As soon as the group got off the boat, they saw several people in suits and leather shoes, standing below and waiting.

"Welcome to the Black Domain."

Zhu Di nodded and said, "I heard that the head of the Xu family is recruiting allies to make a fortune together. I'm a little interested, so I'm here to take a look. ”

The man bowed, took a step back, waved his hand for directions, and said, "Please." ”

Zhu Di nodded in response and walked forward. Long Qicong quickly followed, feeling as if something was wrong, but he couldn't say it for a while.

After walking a little distance, the places I saw along the road were all shiny metal walls, and on the neat walls, each steel plate was neatly arranged, and rivets were regularly laid.

Long Qicong was a little surprised, and said in his heart, isn't the Xu family poor? How is the interior the same as new? Could it be that he is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, deliberately pretending to be bankrupt to confuse the enemy?

Looking left and right, the whole hall also seemed a little empty. There were only a few groups of people walking by, and there didn't seem to be a busy crowd to be seen.

Isn't it said that Black Seal City is an important trade node? What the hell is going on now?

Zhu Di saw Long Qicong looking around, probably knowing what Long Qicong was looking at, smiled slightly, and secretly dragged Long Qicong to say.

"If you don't look at the shiny surface, the bottom is already rusty."

Long Qicong was a little surprised when he heard Zhu Di's sudden words. Would anyone really use a steel plate to cover the original foundation?

Is this considered a repair?

"Completely rusted?"

Zhu Di nodded and said, "It should be almost." ”

Long Qi glanced thoughtfully at the surrounding walls. The so-called fortress port here, since it has also reached this point?

"The Empire's stuff is so unforbidden?"

Zhu Di shook his head and said, "I don't know about this." I haven't used it either. ”

Chen Shitong said at the right time: "No matter how good things are, it depends on who uses them." Isn't it said that the Xu family is a descendant of the royal family somewhere? It should not be an advanced civilization. I'm afraid I don't know anything about this kind of mechanical creation. It's not surprising that this is the case. ”

Long Qicong and Zhu Di spoke at a loud volume, and also slightly controlled the volume. After all, it's someone else's territory, even if it's just out of politeness, you shouldn't talk about others behind your back.

And Chen Shitong is like a two-hundred-five, outspoken, and does not care about the volume at all. The people who led the way in front were a little speechless, and they wanted to say something, but they couldn't say anything, which was very embarrassing.

Long Qicong glared at Chen Shitong, but Chen Shitong didn't care, and said in his own way.

"We're here to get rich with our allies. It's not about looking for a bottle of oil to do good deeds. These plates, which look very good, are actually extremely inferior steel. Only the surface, there is a good plating. Either the Xu family was deceived, or the Xu family wanted to deceive us? ”

Long Qicong was a little stunned, and reprimanded angrily: "Shi Tong! ”

Chen Shitong still didn't care about it and said: "If I'm not mistaken." It took less than a month to complete the laying of these steel plates, and you only laid them recently, right? ”

The leader finally couldn't pretend he didn't hear. Turning around, he said with a smile: "Yes, we have only been decorating for a short time." ”

Chen Shitong sneered, noncommittal. Is it just a renovation? Chen Shitong didn't believe it. Long Qi never believed it.

The reason why she is so radical and presumptuous is not because she doesn't take Long Qicong seriously. Long before she spoke, she received the hint from the young master's eyes.

Long Qicong's purpose is nothing else, but to explore the truth and reality. The emptiness of the Xu family's strength seems to be an indisputable fact.

Now, Long Qicong is actually quite curious, the Xu family was originally entrenched in the trade node, how did it end up in such a field today. This process, Long Qicong thinks it is worth studying.

The man who led the way turned back awkwardly and stopped talking to the group. At this time, there was a dispute ahead.

"Why don't you let us in? It's you who want to recruit the strong! Nowadays, the door is a guest, how can there be a reason to refuse a guest outside the door. ”

It was a few people, who were arguing with the Xu family in suits and leather shoes. There is even unfriendly physical contact from time to time. It can be seen that the people of the Xu family are quite restrained. Try to use good words to persuade and avoid escalating conflicts.

Long Qicong noticed that behind the people of the Xu family, there was an old man in a gray robe. All over his body was covered in a gray robe, and only some beards were visible to see.

The old man was surrounded by aura, and he thought he was also a master.

Suddenly remembered the two elders on the volume. Long Qicong was a little strange, how could these elderly powerhouses like to hide in their robes. It's either a black robe or a gray robe, as if they don't want to wash their clothes.

After thinking about it, Long Qicong even suspected that the black robes of those black-robed old men were also gray earlier. The gray ones may still be white.

Seeing this, Zhu Di still asked the person who led the way.

"What's going on? Is it a joke that the Xu family is recruiting allies, or are they looking for fun? ”

The guide also hurriedly apologized and explained: "No, our Xu family is sincere. It's just that some people always want to make up for it. We don't wait for thresholds, and we don't mean to turn away customers. ”

Zhu Di nodded slightly and asked, "Then do you want to check on us, and see if we are enough for your threshold." Don't end up in vain. ”

He hurriedly said, "You don't need it, you don't need it." Please, please. As he spoke, he got out of the way and asked Zhu Di and the others to go in.