According to Roger's description.

The Cyl Weekly is not only published in this channel, but also has a certain influence and is widely sought after among the major gathering places around the world.

Therefore, Meng Lei intends to use the channel of the Cyre Weekly,

Let's see if I can help Huo Ye and investigate his daughter's whereabouts.

If you can, even if you can offer a bounty based on clues!

In this way, it can also motivate the indigenous people of the alien region to join in and expand the scope of the investigation.

Hearing this, Zhu Li, the female editor of Sil Weekly, paused slightly.

"Missing person notice?!"

Zhu Li looked back at Meng Lei curiously, and said in surprise:

"Captain Meng, who are you looking for?

Although we have a lot of sections in the Sil Weekly, there is really no suitable one for us in terms of searching for people.

Moreover, even if you advertise in other sections, the cost is quite expensive.

No one has ever been willing to spend a lot of money on a missing person in an advertising area.

So ......"

Julie's meaning is already obvious,

It's not that missing person notices can't be sent, the key is money.

In Meng Lei's view, as long as it is a problem that can be solved with money, it is not a problem.

So, without any hesitation,

Meng Lei asked bluntly:

"How much does it cost to post a missing person notice in the advertising area?"

Zhu Li did not answer this question directly, but asked curiously:

"Captain Meng, who are you looking for? Is it important?

If you have a close relationship with you,

We can consider adding it to your own story, as appropriate.

In this way, it can also save you a lot of money.

Helping you grow quickly in the early stages. ”

As an editor of a magazine, being able to say such a thing proves that Zhu Li can also be called the conscience of the industry.

Meng Lei groaned,

In this matter, he does not intend to take advantage of this,

So tell the truth:

"That's right, a friend of mine, who was separated from his daughter......"

Next

Meng Lei gave a detailed introduction to Zhu Li about Huo Ye and his daughter.

After listening, Zhu Li looked at Meng Lei's gaze and suddenly became even more curious.

In other words, it has nothing to do with you.

You're helping a friend post a missing person notice,

And, do you plan to pay for it yourself? ”

Meng Lei nodded and said noncommittally:

"If you want to understand it that way, there's nothing wrong with that."

Zhu Li nodded thoughtfully, took a deep breath, and suddenly smiled:

"Captain Meng, I didn't expect you to be such a righteous person.

This is rare on our alien planet,

It seems that the conversation just now is still not deep enough,

I still don't know enough about you. ”

Meng Lei shook his head modestly, lit a cigarette, and said freely:

"Everyone is a fellow Blue Star, and they have experienced life and death together, so naturally they can help, who hasn't encountered difficulties yet."

Speaking of this, Meng Lei suddenly thought of something,

Suddenly sat up straight, touched his chin thoughtfully, and continued:

"Editor Julie, I have an idea, maybe you can consider it in Ciel Magazine."

Julie smiled and nodded,

took out a pen and paper, prepared to take a careful note, and said:

"I want to hear about it."

"That's right."

Meng Lei sorted out his thoughts and said:

"Today, the Blue Star people have billions of people, and they are scattered in various waterways after crossing.

Almost all of them have been separated from their loved ones.

Perhaps you can set up a special section dedicated to publishing missing person notices.

First of all, such an act can alleviate you, the Tias, including the entire alliance,

In the matter of the home planet, the tension between the people and the Blue Star people.

In addition, it can further enhance the visibility and influence of your Hill magazine in the world.

By the way, it can also allow you to add an extra income,

Isn't it? ”

After a pause, Meng Lei added:

"Although at this stage, our Blue Star people may not have a deep enough foundation and limited accumulation.

For your magazine, the investment is not proportional to the return.

But our creativity is unquestionable!

I believe that it will not be too long before you will see the effect beyond your imagination! ”

With Meng Lei's description, Zhu Li's eyes became brighter and brighter.

truly

Now the situation between the alliance and the Blue Star people has been very tense because of the actions of the home planet.

Although the alliance has temporarily suppressed the conflict, the hidden danger remains.

A large part of the reasons for this situation are related to the breakdown of families and the separation of relatives and friends.

If the Coalition can do something remedy in this regard,

Then it will certainly be able to ease the tension between the two civilized races to a certain extent.

And if they can get involved,

Then the influence between the seas will inevitably be greatly improved.

When the time comes,

The benefits that this sector can bring are insignificant.

The overall sales of their magazines will increase exponentially!

The point is,

No media outlet has yet made a move on this.

If they do, it will be the first of its kind in the world!

After thinking seriously for a moment, Zhu Li nodded heavily.

After closing the notepad in his hand, he looked up at Meng Lei and said solemnly:

"Captain Meng, thank you very much for your valuable opinions, our magazine will definitely consider it seriously!

Also, for your vigorous promotion of harmonious relations between our two civilized races,

I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to you personally,

If, someday in the future,

We can really work together, regardless of each other.

You will inevitably leave a strong mark on the history of alien civilizations! ”

Meng Lei smiled and waved his hand, and said disapprehantly:

"It's over, I just mentioned it casually, it's not as great as you say."

In fact, Meng Lei really didn't think about it that much.

He just had a flash of inspiration in his head, and suddenly he had this thought.

When it comes to considering the overall situation and influence, he really doesn't have such a clear ideological concept.

Ultimately

He just wanted to do his part to help Huo Ye find the child.

And Zhu Li, the editor of Sil Weekly, was completely mobilized at the moment.

looked at Meng Lei with burning eyes, and said with a smile:

"Captain Meng, you mentioned it casually,

The implications of the future are profound.

I believe that the alliance will also praise you when they learn about it! ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei smiled lightly,

Without further saying anything on this matter, he asked again:

"What about missing person notices......

Without waiting for Meng Lei to finish speaking, Zhu Li immediately spoke:

"You don't have to worry about this, I will communicate with several other editors-in-chief and directors.

Pick a suitable section and help you get it out in the headlines.

You don't need to worry about the cost.

The value of your suggestion is far more than the advertising cost.

We at Sil Weekly will never charge you any more! ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei suddenly felt happy in his heart.

"Thank you very much!"

Next, Zhu Li seemed to be in a hurry to go back to discuss Fang Yu with the top management of the magazine, and she didn't stay at Meng Lei for long.

The two left each other's contact information,

Zhu Li retired first.

Not long after she left, Huo Ye came back from Ning Wen's side.

Due to the destruction of the Kyushu fleet, they are now unable to do one person and one boat in this small group.

So during the Corsair upgrade,

Huo Ye was still the same as before, temporarily living with Meng Lei on the Guixu.

When he learned that the editor of the Sil Weekly had just visited and promised to help publish his daughter's missing person notice.

Huo Ye, a man in his forties, had a glittering look in his eyes.

Holding Meng Lei's hand, he was speechless for a while.

Meng Lei comforted him for a long time, and his emotions finally calmed down.

"Brother Meng, don't say anything, no matter if my daughter can find it in the end.

Your favor, my old Huo has written it down!

I'll ...... in the future."

Meng Lei patted Huo Ye on the shoulder and didn't let him continue.

"Lao Huo, our relationship, if you are polite, then you will see the outside!

Your daughter, that's my niece, right?

My own people, why do you say that you don't have them? ”

Hearing this, Huo Ye snorted,

Suddenly looked up at Meng Lei, lowered his head and muttered silently for a moment, and muttered:

"Niece...... It may be a little out of place......

My daughter is nineteen years old this year, not much younger than you, and her brother is almost the same.

Or ......"

I don't know what I thought, Huo Ye took a step back,

With the eyes of the old man looking at his future son-in-law, he looked Meng Lei up and down,

Nodding thoughtfully, he said:

"Not bad...... Nice......"

Meng Lei's face turned dark, and he pushed Huo Ye away, and said with disdain:

"Stop! Don't come to this!

Let's have a good relationship! There's no need to go any further! ”

Joke

I treat you as a brother, but you want to be my father?!

Crazy!

Huo Yehe smiled and retracted his gaze, waved his hand and said, "No, no, you think too much, I didn't mean that......"

Immediately, Huo Ye diverted the topic and said:

"By the way, I just talked to Chen Yu and them,

In the next few days, it shouldn't be a big deal.

If you want to make a purchase, no matter what you buy, you can send it directly to the ship.

I can't get involved in the rest of the crew recruitment, as well as the task screening.

So I'm going to take a few people around the nearby waters before we set sail.

Collect some resources, catch some fish, and replenish our food reserves.

What do you think? ”

Regarding Huo Ye's proposal, Meng Lei thought about it carefully, and finally shook his head and said:

"Forget it, we're not bad at that now,

If you can spend money to buy it, you can buy it directly, and everything is based on safety.

Don't make some moths before you go out to sea, so be careful. ”

After a pause, Meng Lei said again:

"Mainly, in the cave where we came, there was an alien relic in an exposed state.

Those countless sea monsters, the Eight Achievements were attracted by that relic.

The nearby sea is not too peaceful, so don't run around. ”

Hearing this, Huo Ye said disappreliantly:

"I know about that relic, I just heard a report from the other members of the fleet.

The alliance has already transferred a batch of relic containment boxes from other places, and this hidden danger can be solved soon. ”

"Transferred?"

Meng Lei said suspiciously: "In other words, there is no relic containment box in Si'er City itself?" ”

"Seems like so."

Huo Ye nodded and said:

"According to the reports of his subordinates, the relics containment box seems to be very precious, and it is related to alien ruins.

Even in a large gathering place like Sil City, there are no extra reserves.

After receiving information about the relics, they applied for a transfer from the research outpost.

And if there is no extra reserve even for the scientific research outpost, then the relics can only be exposed,

When are there empty boxes, when are they going to be contained.

That's why the relic in the cave has always been there, which has caused a great obstacle to our progress. ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei was suddenly stunned.

No wonder the cavern was so close to the city of Sil that the Alliance turned a blind eye to it and allowed the sea monsters to gather.

Feelings, it turns out that the alliance is also helpless against this.

It can be seen that the relics containment box is indeed precious.

However, even if you know the cause and effect, you know that the hidden danger will be eliminated soon.

But Meng Lei still didn't plan to let Huo Ye risk his life.

For the sake of such supplies, there is no need to go to the extraneous branches.

Staying on the ship honestly, recuperating and preparing for the next voyage is the right way!

At Meng Lei's stern request,

In the end, Huo Ye reluctantly dismissed the idea of going to sea.

Next

One of them was holding a tablet to browse the bounty mission, and the other was holding a submarine maintenance guide and reading it hard.

Had a rare quiet night.

The next day,

Everyone met on the Guixu to plan for the day's itinerary, and then set off again.

In the same way, today everyone is still acting separately, but the tasks are reversed.

Meng Lei and Chen Yu go to the labor market to recruit crew members for the pirate ship.

Wang Qi and a few others continued to make purchases in the city.

Purchase food, seeds, and other things that may be used in the course of the task all at once.

Even if there is anything missing, it will not affect the voyage.

"Do you have any specific plans for the number and occupation of the crew?"

On the way to the labor market, Chen Yu asked.

For this question, Meng Lei has been prepared for a long time.

In his spare time during these two days, he learned a lot about navigation through reading books and materials on his tablet.

In general,

In addition to being a captain, there are several other important professions in a submarine that should not be overlooked.

One is the gunner in the fire control room, who is responsible for controlling various shipboard weapons and is responsible for the safety and protection of the entire submarine.

The other is an electrical engineer.

In submarine electrical equipment, such as oxygen concentrators, junction boxes, center consoles, supercapacitors and battery packs.

When these things fail, it is necessary to find the fault point in time and repair it urgently.

There are also mechanical engineers.

It is mainly responsible for the daily maintenance of equipment such as processing tables, deconstructors, nuclear reactors and water pumps.

In an emergency, the distinction between the two positions is more ambiguous.

No matter what the problem is, everyone has to fix it, otherwise everyone will be doomed together.

But relatively speaking,

There are more mechanical engineers than electrical engineers.

What the former can repair, the latter may not be able to repair.

And the latter can handle the problem, the former can almost do it.

As a result, mechanical engineers are often more sought-after than electrical engineers.

Every submarine that goes to sea must take at least one with it.

In addition, the accompanying ship doctor is also essential.

It's okay if nothing happens, it's just that there is one more mouth to eat on the boat.

But once you encounter an accident such as a sea monster breaking into the cabin, or a nuclear radiation leak.

One more ship doctor is equivalent to one more life!

Therefore, whether it is used or not, the ship doctor has to take it.

Besides

On some of the larger submarines,

There are also many life assistants who help deal with some emergencies or help other positions.

Take the submarine Ceres, for example.

Of the dozens of crew members, at least half of them are assistants.

Real professionals are only a minority.

Of course, Meng Lei and their submarine don't need any assistants at the moment.

Huo Ye, Xu Hui and a few of them can act as assistants.

While helping,

It can also allow them to follow the professionals, learn more and understand more, and improve their abilities.

As for cooking, it's not a must-have profession.

If you want to improve the quality of life, you can recruit one.

If you don't, you can't die,

Anyway, there are food processors on the submarine, which can fully meet the needs of life.

therefore

Faced with Chen Yu's question, Meng Lei said without thinking:

"For now, two gunners are enough, not too much.

The control method of the artillery is relatively simple, and Huo Ye and they can do it.

One ship doctor and two electrical and mechanical engineers are recruited, which are more important positions and can greatly improve safety.

In other words, we need to recruit a total of seven people.

With the addition of Huo Ye and the four of us, there are exactly eleven people, and the crew room is enough.

If you have more, there will be no place to live. ”

Hearing this, Chen Yu nodded and affirmed:

"Yes, as I thought,

Just recruit so many people for the time being, if there are more, there will be manpower overflow, resulting in unnecessary waste. ”

After a pause, Chen Yu said again:

"You have to be mentally prepared, though.

When we came here yesterday, the manpower reserve of engineers was very scarce, and today we may not have much to gain. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Yu suddenly remembered something, and changed his words:

"However, it doesn't seem to be necessarily.

You have a higher reputation in the Alien Alliance than we do, so you may have more options. ”

The level of prestige is related to the status of the alien alliance.

A higher status allows for the hiring of more experienced crews.

This point is the hint given by the system when he first crossed over, and Meng Lei is naturally very clear.

At that moment, Meng Lei smiled slightly, waved his hand very freely, and said:

"Anyway, it's all luck, if you have it, if you don't, forget it.

Now we still have three days to prepare, so there's no hurry. ”

While talking,

The two of them came to the door of the labor market, located northeast of the city of Sil.

This building is relatively tall in the city, with more than 20 floors!

The lower half is the business district, and the middle five floors are the labor market.

Meng Lei and the others arrived at the suspended platform through a metal corridor that ran through the air.

Standing outside the door, you can find that the business in this labor market should still be good.

At least it's much more lively than the shipyard.

In the service hall,

You can see a lot of people dressed in strange costumes, around the low counters, doing some business.

Judging by the styling and outfit of these people, it is clear that most of them are rough and eclectic bounty hunters.

He wears an unknown leather coat or trench coat, exaggerated ornaments all over his body, and numerous tattoos all over his skin.

It looks like it's a heavy metal rock 'n' roll style.

Meng Lei and Chen Yu didn't like to be busy, so they casually found a counter with few people.

At this time, there happened to be a person who finished the business,

Maybe he didn't recruit the crew he wanted, so he scolded and walked out.

Meng Lei walked forward quickly.

With a stiff professional smile on his face, the staff asked politely:

"Hello, do you need to recruit a crew?"

Meng Lei nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"Then please register your personal information first, so that we can help you screen it."

As he spoke, the staff put the large tablet in his hand in front of Meng Lei.

Meng Lei took out his ID card and swiped it on it.

A series of information, including reputation and submarines, was immediately updated.

Meng Lei noted,

His own Typhon-class pirate ship only showed a series of numbers on the other party's flat plate, and there was no submarine name.

Only then did he realize that after he had registered, he didn't seem to have named the submarine yet.

Moreover, Roger did not remind himself of this aspect at that time.

He suddenly felt a little puzzled, so he asked:

"By the way, I want to ask, don't you need to name the submarine here?"

The staff took back the tablet, smiled and nodded:

"Hello sir, it is not normally necessary.

Because at the time of registration, we have done a special numbering process based on your submarine information.

However, if you want to give the submarine a special name, you can also register it at the town hall.

Of course, this designation is only valid in the waters under the jurisdiction of the Alliance.

Some independent agglomerations and outposts of rebel groups will not recognize such a name. ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei was suddenly stunned.

To put it bluntly, every submarine alliance has registered a ship number,

Based on these numbers, submarine information can be judged, so there is no need for a special name.

If you really want to take it, it's just a verbal call for convenience.

But

Meng Lei felt that if he had time, it would be better to give the submarine a number.

A submarine without its own name, that is soulless!

"Hello sir, your information has been entered, what type of crew do you need to recruit?"

Just as Meng Lei was secretly thinking, the staff asked again.

then

Meng Lei briefly described his needs.

The staff immediately entered some information on their large tablets.

Then he called up a series of character information, put it in front of Meng Lei, and said:

"Hello sir, the crew that meets your qualifications, these are the only ones in power at present, please take a look."

Chen Yu on the side swept his eyes, and immediately muttered:

"Sure enough, there are more candidates than I looked at yesterday.

Looks like I'm going to have to find a way to boost my reputation as soon as possible. ”

Meng Lei nodded noncommittally,

Then I carefully looked at the information of the people on the list.

That's when he found out,

It turns out that every position of the technician,

There is a professional rating, and an overall rating.

With his current reputation level, the highest professional skill rating he can recruit is C+.

And in addition to professional ratings,

The division of talent levels is also related to the total number of miles sailed and the number of bounty tasks completed with the ship.

The higher these values, the higher the overall evaluation of the character.

Meng Lei saw that some people's vocational skills were only rated D.

But

His overall rating is a B grade, far exceeding the vocational skills rating.

It is precisely because of his total sailing mileage that it is as high as 50,000 kilometers!

And the bounty tasks that accompany the ship,

There are six E-class missions, eighteen D-class missions, and ten more C-class missions!

And, even there are five B-rank missions to complete!

I was able to complete so many tasks with the ship, ran more than 50,000 kilometers of routes, and still survived so far.

Regardless of its career rating,

Just his knowledge and experience are enough to push him to a B-level character evaluation.

For newcomers such as Meng Lei and the majority of Blue Star players,

Such talents are absolutely hard to find.

Far more valuable than nerds who have no career rating but lack sailing experience!

Present

Meng Lei mainly locked the screening criteria on those experienced crew members.

It's just that such talents are a minority after all.

After a long day of careful selection, he only found a more suitable electrical engineer and a mechanical engineer.

In addition, most of the rest of the people have too low professional ratings, and they have no experience and no ability.

Such a person Meng Lei does not need.

It's okay to have a few experienced people on board, it doesn't have to be everyone.

At a critical time, you still have to rely on skilled talents to save your life.

ultimately

Meng Lei paid a fee of five thousand marks, recruited the two suitable engineers under his command first, and bought out a month's sake.

And asked the human resources market to inform the two engineers to report to dock 59 in the evening.

Then, he left here with Chen Yu.

For most of the remaining day, the two walked around the city.

Meng Lei finally got his wish, took a small notebook, and recorded most of the buildings and corners of the business district of Sil City in detail.

In the afternoon, Julie called.

He said that a new issue of the weekly magazine on the publication of Meng Lei's single report and the missing person notice would be published in four days.

In addition, it is also distributed globally.

At that time, major gathering places around the world, including independent colonies, will see reports about Meng Lei and the missing person notice.

In addition, there is a suggestion about Meng Lei's proposal to serialize missing person notices.

The Sil Weekly and the Sil City Alliance Government are also in full swing.

If all goes well,

Maybe it will be released at the same time as the next issue of the weekly.

The government of the Sil City Alliance also expressed high appreciation for Meng Lei's valuable proposal.

It was decided to commend it, along with additional awards.

As for what the reward content is, it is still being discussed, and no specific conclusion has been reached.

But Zhu Li said that she would definitely not disappoint Meng Lei.

In this regard, Meng Lei was also extremely excited and surprised.

He didn't expect that his just casual suggestion would have such a big impact.

Even the coalition government got involved and wanted to honor him.

It's like pie in the sky, a proper windfall.

But for the Alliance's awards,

To be honest, Meng Lei didn't take it to heart.

It's better if you have it, and it's okay if you don't.

Anyway, it's all a windfall, the icing on the cake, so there's no need to expect too much.

The time quickly came into the evening.

At the same time that Meng Lei and Chen Yu returned to the No. 59 dock, Wang Qi and others, who had gone out to purchase, also returned to the dock one after another, and then reported the procurement details to Meng Lei.

At the end of this day, everyone bought a lot of things.

In addition to daily necessities and task items,

After Wang Qi learned that the Corsair had re-installed the railgun, he ordered a batch of high-explosive railgun shells that could not be made by ordinary processing stations in case of emergency.

In addition, considering that the prestige is high can be discounted,

All the items purchased by the people today are paid for on delivery in the form of bookkeeping.

Wait for three days later, when the Corsair is transformed and the goods are delivered to the door, the payment will be made in unison.

This is invisibly much more convenient.

After everyone finished reporting today's harvest, the two newly recruited engineers also rushed over to report before going to bed.

One of them, Hans, was twenty-eight years old and had been at sea for six years.

The other is Carl, a thirty-five-year-old with a C+ career rating.

Although the experience of going to sea is not as rich as Hans, it is better than the technology.

Meng Lei briefly communicated with the two of them and had a general understanding of their respective situations.

Then, let the two of them come back to report three days later, during which they can move freely.

The point is, now Meng Lei has no boat to stay with them.

However, before parting, after Hans's reminder, Meng Lei arranged for Wang Qi to follow Hans to the city tomorrow for another trip.

Some maintenance materials and spare equipment that may be used on a daily basis are purchased in an additional batch.

In any case, make sure that the voyage is unharmed.

The next three days went by in a flash.

The work of Chen Yu, Wang Qi and others gradually got on the right track, and they began to carry out all-round construction of the development of the fleet in a planned way.

Meng Lei is also happy to be a shopkeeper.

If you have nothing to do, go to the labor market and wander around, or be a street boss.

Immerse yourself in the city of Sil and gain a deeper understanding of this alien city.

During this period, he also made a special trip to the town hall.

The pirate ship was given a new name, the Sea Locust.

Originally, he planned to call the "Sea Emperor", but this name has been taken up by others.

As a last resort,

He could only grit his teeth, and his brain twitched up such an alternative name.

However, the name is quite apt.

Meng Lei felt that it was more consistent with his temperament.

In the future, where you pass, you will definitely leave this alien ocean without any grass!

In the following time,

The gunner and other crew members also found suitable candidates one after another.

Only the position of ship doctor was always vacant, and no suitable person could be found to fill it.

On the last day,

Meng Lei really had no choice, so he could only find a person who was very good in all aspects and could fully reach the A. level evaluation.

However, because the character is marked as eccentric, the indigenous doctor who greatly lowered the overall score is on board.

In Meng Lei's opinion, the personality is weird.

Anyway, the position of a doctor is not needed most of the time, and it is over by trying to avoid contact with the other party.

So, on the morning of the fourth day.

Meng Lei personally went to the shipyard to complete the handover, and the staff drove the upgraded Sea Locust to the No. 59 dock.

All the members of the Sea Locust finally assembled for the first time.

It's time to set sail and continue into the depths of the abyss!