Chapter 29: The First Mission
This name is easy to remember, there is no difference between 3579 and 2468, the key is that it seems to be better than Chu Jungui thought for himself, so he did not express his opinion.
"Lin Ling, can I ask some questions or inquire about information?" Chu Jungui needs to know more about the Special Operations Division at present.
"I can answer any questions that are within your purview. ”
"How many junior agents are there at the moment?"
"The exact number is beyond your authority, and the range that can be given at the moment is above 10,000 and below 1,000,000. ”
The range fluctuation range is a bit large, but considering his authority, Chu Jungui feels that it is not unacceptable. He now has a general idea of the enormous strength of the Special Operations Division. But compared with the hundreds of billions of people in the Tang Dynasty, this agent is simply one in a million.
"Is there interest on my debts?" This question came out, and Chu Jungui's heart involuntarily tightened, waiting for the moment when the death sentence was announced.
"Any capital has a cost, and there is naturally interest on debt. Lin Ling extinguished the last vestiges of Chu Jungui's illusions.
"What's the interest rate?" Chu Jun simply understood.
"Each home year, the interest rate is 8 and will accumulate on your debt. ”
Chu Jungui came up with the answer in an instant, based on the debt of 15 billion, the interest to be repaid every year alone is 1.2 billion! And then this part of the new interest needs to be paid nearly 100 million in interest in the next year. If it is 9 years later, Chu Jungui's total liabilities will be doubled.
Chu Jungui couldn't help but think of a well-known saying from the era of the home planet: "Capital comes to the world, from head to toe, every pore is dripping with blood and filth." ”
He sighed and asked again, "In the history of the Special Operations Division, I am the junior agent with the most debts, right?"
This self-deprecating remark was met with an unexpected answer: "Of course you are not." Even in the last 100 years, there are more than 300 junior agents with higher debts than you. ”
Chu Jungui suddenly perked up and regained hope, "What happened to them now?"
"Most died, and a small part became slaves. ”
Hope has turned to despair again.
At this time, "The Social Form of Planetary Lifeforms (Humanoids) 10a" came into play, and Chu Jungui followed the guidelines and said, "There is one thing I think needs to be explained, so far, all the debt figures have been calculated unilaterally by you, and have not been approved by me. ”
"We have a full and detailed basis and rigorous scientific calculation methods that can withstand the most rigorous audits. So you don't need to question our credibility. ”
After a pause, Lin Ling smiled slyly and said, "It's useless to question, you don't have a place to file a lawsuit anyway." ”
Chu Jungui showed a gloomy expression and sighed, "Okay then...... But if you want me to die for you, you have to give me some hope, right?
Lin Ling paused for a moment, as if asking for something, and after a while, he said, "Good news, the interest on all your debts will no longer be compounded. As for further offers, it depends on your merits. There's a quest waiting for you right now, please come with me, Lady Red Hitomi is already waiting for you. ”
At the door of Chitong's office, Chu Jungui and Lin Xi converged. At this time, Lin Xi had already changed into a new light battle armor, which seemed to be part of the agent's basic equipment.
The sliding door slid open in front of the two of them, and the galaxy diagram in the middle of the office hall was replaced by an anatomical diagram of the mobile base, and the red pupil was staring at one of the highlighted areas, contemplating.
Seeing Chu Jungui and Lin Xi walk in, Chitong smiled and said, "I'm thinking about whether to upgrade the mobile base, and when I see you, I suddenly have confidence and am determined to spend this money, haha!"
Lin Xi looked carefully, but although she had learned a series of courses such as starship structure and engineering design, she was still far from letting her design the smallest starship by herself, and she couldn't see anything in the face of the city-level mobile base anatomy in front of her.
The red pupil did not hide it, and said, "This is the supply station enhancement module, once it is put into use, the airdrop box we launched will have an additional layer of stealth surface, whether it is a planetary detector or a ground radar station, it is difficult to detect, and the success rate of the airdrop will be significantly improved." This is also the Replenishment Station Enhancement Module, which will produce a new generation of drop boxes that can be placed farther and consume less energy. It is expected that the mileage of the empty drop container will be increased by 30 and the energy consumption will be reduced by 25 percent. The only downside is that the speed is a little slower, and the waiting time for the airdrop will be longer. Of course, the old model can also be used in an emergency, but in that case, the cost will be restored to the original standard. ”
The red pupil clicked twice on the base anatomy map, and the augmentation module turned green. Even in the office, Chu Jungui felt the hull of the ship tremble slightly, and then there was no movement. It seems that the production and construction of the reinforcement module has begun.
"When these two enhancement modules are ready, you can use them for this mission. Hmm, are you planning to go on a mission together, both of you are acting as agents? This is fine, you can apply for double material support if necessary, and the cost will not increase much. ”
Chu Jungui nodded, but he didn't believe it in his heart.
Lin Xi has no concept of money.
"So let's talk about this mission, I was still having a headache, but fortunately you guys showed up. The red pupil waved away the perspective view of the base, re-called the star map, clicked on the corner of the star map a few times, kept zooming in, and finally a galaxy appeared.
At the center of this galaxy is a pale blue star surrounded by four planets, with an asteroid belt between the first and second planets.
"This is the N7703 galaxy in the constellation Ophiuchus, and it looks unremarkable, even very ordinary. Originally, I didn't pay attention to this galaxy, after all, this kind of star is too short-lived, it is difficult for the surrounding planets to develop life, and there are few strategic resources. Recently, however, we have noticed that there is a marked shift in the Federation. Agents have been tracking federal activity only to discover that they are moving supplies and personnel into the N7703 system in a big way. That's why we started to focus on the N7703 galaxy. ”
The red pupil is a little above the galaxy, and the galaxy map zooms in again, and the final focus is on the outermost planet of the galaxy. The planet is blue-gray in color, looks unremarkable, has a thick cloud covering its surface, and is one of the smallest planets in the galaxy, about twice as large as Earth.
If you zoom in closer, you can see a circle of patterns on the planets. These patterns look beautiful, but they are actually planetary storms that are constantly generated, and the largest storms can be thousands of kilometers in diameter.
"As you can see, Planet Four has a terrifying storm layer on the outside, and a huge ion storm is generated inside every moment. At the core of any storm, the energy released every second is tens of thousands of times higher than the largest starship cannon that humans can build at present! Therefore, not many starships can successfully pass through the storm layer of Planet 4 and enter the interior exploration. ”
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