A medium-sized ship painted with the unique logo of the "Tempest Mercenary Regiment" flew silently away from Jupiter. Looking from the starry sky, this planet full of yellow sand is like a yellow ball suspended in the air, and the airport has turned into a small blue stain in the yellow sand.

The Federation's inventory of interstellar pirates and mercenary groups entering and leaving the Federation's star field is not as strict as in the law, because in the era of interstellar warfare, in this vast space, interstellar pirates and mercenary groups have become a fighting force to be reckoned with in the Federation.

After all, striking and weakening the Covenant has become the primary purpose of the Federation in this war that has lasted for thousands of years. The same is true for the Star Alliance.

After falling asleep for two hours, Xiao Bai sat by the porthole, looking at everything in the spaceship. Bao Lesheng's spaceship has opened his eyes, but the shipship of the Tempest Mercenary has refreshed the bottom line of dirt and chaos in his impression. Except for the necessary source power mecha, the parking compartment of the source power ship, and the member lounge, almost all the rooms have been dismantled, and a large area in the spaceship has been vacated, which has become a place for members to entertain.

But this large area does not seem empty, because in one of the corners, there are piles of empty wine bottles and leftover debris, and there is a smell of sour rot wafting in the air. In another corner, the boxes were laid out horizontally, and on top of them, there were even dirty uniforms crumpled up and resting on them. In the center of the hall are more than a dozen white long tables, and three huge crystal screens are fixed to the bulkhead.

In the dome of the hall, there are more than a dozen metal wires, and at the end of the line, all kinds of strange ornaments are tied, which are said to be trophies that are completely useless in the execution of various commissions obtained by the Tempest Mercenary Group, but can be used to show their status.

The mercenary group all regarded Xiao Bai as the kind of young master who didn't have much strength, but wanted to experience life, in this team that spoke with fists, it was impossible for such a person to get the respect he deserved, if it weren't for Huang Qi'an's relationship, maybe no one would give him a good look. Xiao Bai sat silently on the side, watching this group of people who were bored, happy to be idle.

After leaving Jupiter at a distance of about 5 million kilometers, the ship's alarm sounded, and Xiao Bai had to go back to the compartment assigned to him and enter forced hibernation. But I don't know who used this cabin in the past, it's a dirty mess, especially the stench from the garbage that hasn't had time to clean up in the cabin, it's unbearable. This situation can only be encountered in the garbage dump of the sparsely populated Firebird Star.

Soon Xue Youman took the members of the 6 mercenary groups, stood by the portholes on both sides of the spaceship and began to be on duty, and the rest of the people all entered the dormant warehouse, Huang Qi'an's cabin was next door to Xiao Bai, if it weren't for his body being unable to withstand the impact of space crossing again, he would have stayed outside Xiao Bai's cabin to prevent accidents.

The forced hibernation program of the dormancy chamber was activated, and at the same time, the spacecraft shook slightly, and the spaceship with curvature flight turned on instantly reached the speed of light, and plunged headlong into the spatial rift and disappeared. The sense of oppression struck, and Xiao Bai only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he lost consciousness.

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Although the neutral area resembles a small gully on the plains compared to the territory of the Federation and the Star Alliance, it is still more than 1,000 light-years wide vertically. It's not that the Federation and Star Field don't want to fight the idea of the neutral area, but it has become a paradise for outlaws, a strong fighting force, and the two empires need this buffer area, so that the two territories are not completely connected and form a full-scale war situation, so the neutral area has become a "happy land" that cannot be reached by war.

Yangma is the planet with the most harsh environment in the neutral region. But in the neutral region, a narrow strip sandwiched between the Federation and the Star Field, there are too few planets to choose from, so even if the environment is harsh, there is still a civilization.

Yangma is a rare iron planet in the interstellar space, although it is not large, this planet composed entirely of iron elements, the gravity is 7 times that of the southern star. And that's not even the worst thing, the worst thing is that the star of the Yangma galaxy is a white dwarf. Before the stellar superplanet erupted, as it expanded into a red giant, Yangma was melted into a sea of molten iron by the nearby red giant.

After the explosion of the superplanet, the strong eruption shock wave blew out countless huge waves and cooled down rapidly, so that the giant peaks formed by iron, the hills formed by iron, and the plains formed by iron can be seen everywhere on Yangma Star, and the huge mountains and canyons that intersect vertically and horizontally are the ripples in the ocean of molten iron.

After the superplanet erupted, the star collapsed into a white dwarf, and although the luminosity was several orders of magnitude different from before, the temperature was hundreds of degrees higher than before the star expanded into a red giant. That is to say, the former Yangma Star was a cold and dark iron planet, and the middle became a planet composed of molten iron; Now, it has become a dark but steamer-like purgatory on earth.

The huge gravitational pull of the white dwarf severely inhibits the rotation of Yangma, which is equivalent to one week of Firebird and five days of South. The side facing the star can reach more than 500 degrees, and the side facing away from the star can reach more than minus 100 degrees. But it is such a zone of terror that is still inhabited by neutral areas.

Because it is not only a transit point for the neutral region to reach the Federation, but also because of the stellar material that erupted from the superplanet, it has brought countless rare elements to the planet, which has become an important asset for the neutral region to be sold.

After breaking through the wormhole, the spacecraft flew directly to the side of Yangma Star with its back to the star, a lonely airport, shrouded in a strong plasma shield, built on an iron plain sandwiched between two "ripples". Despite wearing high-strength protective clothing, the effectiveness of the anti-gravity suppression device is still far from ideal, and the unusually strong magnetic field of the iron planet has seriously interfered with the operation of the anti-gravity suppression device.

Although the compression device of the protective suit counteracts the effects of gravity on his body, Xiao Bai still feels that his legs are filled with lead, and it is extremely difficult to walk. In the dim world, in the distance, there are amazing giant peaks, and because of the extremely low temperature and rare mineral elements on the side facing away from the star, the fantasy world of black and blue intersects in front of you. Although in this era, interstellar knowledge is already a compulsory course, Xiao Bai still can't help but be stunned when he sees such an extreme world.

In fact, for Huang Qi'an, it is not the first time he has seen such a planet. Although he has been transporting goods for the "Southern Star Firm" for more than 40 years, he often only travels back and forth at various cargo transit stations, and there are too many inhabited planets of the Federation, and extreme planets like Firebird are already the limit of habitation, and the Federation will not spend too many resources on such hard-to-mine planets.

However, the Tempest Mercenary Regiment, which has been wandering in neutral areas for a long time, has turned a blind eye to this. Xue Youman walked to the two people who were enjoying the wonders and said: "Yangma Star welcomes guests from afar, there are still five days before Yangma Star's daylight, and you can enjoy it on the ground at that time, but now there are four days before the arrival time of the goods, so let's go underground and settle down first." ”

Xue Youman's words made a burst of unbridled laughter ring all around, and Xiao Bai frowned and said: "The boss said that this trip will only take 7 days at most, and it will take three days just to get through the various inspection gates on the return trip, which seems to have no time for us to prepare and breathe at all." ”

Huang Qi'an looked at Xue Youman and said vigilantly: "In the terms of employment, it is clearly stated that the arrival time of the goods only takes three days, why is it delayed by one day?"

Xue Youman sighed and said: "This is a neutral area, and the so-called terms are not very applicable to the people here, they only recognize strength and money." For the arrival of this batch of goods, our Tempest Mercenary Group took out almost half of the Chai family's employment fees to ensure the delivery time of this shipment, and we have done our best in four days, in the final analysis, the reputation of the mercenary group cannot be smashed on this single task. ”

Huang Qi'an frowned and said: "If this is the case, our follow-up customs clearance link will be very urgent, and it will be easy to go wrong!" ”

Xue Youman shrugged his shoulders and said, "We are only responsible for transporting the goods and ensuring the safety of the goods, as for customs clearance or something, it is not something that the mercenary group needs to care about." So I hope Captain Huang understands. ”

Xue Youman didn't seem to want to discuss the issue of time anymore, and after saying that, he waved his hand, motioned to the other heavily armed members, and walked towards the underground passage below the airport. This situation reminded Xiao Bai of the environment of Firebird Star, how do the residents of Yangma Star live underground in such an environment?

Huang Qi'an sighed and said to Xiao Bai: "Let's go, we can't control anything in the neutral area, and the Tempest Mercenary Group's promise to only delay it for one day is already very surprising." It seems that the second set of plans is completely useless. ”

"The second plan?" Xiao Bai asked in surprise, "What is the second set of plans?" ”

"If the goods still don't arrive on time on the 7th day, we will go directly to the smugglers in the neutral area to trade."

"What's that?"

"Blackstone Star Field, Blackstone Star." Huang Qi'an said.