"Hurry up, hurry up!"

"I'm ready to go right away!"

"Who, be careful, it's a high-explosive railgun! If you don't say hello, everyone has to finish playing! ”

"The one over there, the electronic component discharge room! Carl come, your territory, you are in charge! ”

……

Nine o'clock in the morning.

Near the No. 59 mooring dock in the lower area of Sil City, it can be described as crowded and endless.

Delivery workers in major hypermarkets and stores,

On time and on time, all the materials purchased by Wang Qi and others two days ago were packed and delivered.

meanwhile

The seven crew members recruited by Meng Lei were also in place very punctually, and they all gathered on the deck of the Sea Locust.

Other than that

Chen Yu, Wang Qi and Ning Wen also put down their work and rushed to the scene one after another.

Even many members of the Heavy Fleet parked near Dock 59,

On the grand day when the Commander-in-Chief of the fleet set sail again and continued to march towards the deep zone,

also rushed to see each other off.

The No. 59 mooring passage, which was originally quite spacious, was immediately surrounded by everyone.

As far as the eye can see, the narrow corridors are full of swaying figures.

It looks quite spectacular!

If you don't know, you should think it's going on here.

In the end, at Meng Lei's strong request,

Under the pretext of low-key development to prevent suspicion on the part of the alliance.

The crowd was finally evacuated.

When all is at peace,

Chen Yu held a pipe in his mouth, patted Meng Lei's shoulder, and said earnestly:

"It will take at least half a month to go, I won't talk about the extra entrustment, everything is based on safety,

Don't be greedy for money just to earn that extra bounty!

We still have a long time, don't be too impatient. ”

Chen Yu's tone was very sincere, and it could be seen that he was indeed extremely concerned about Meng Lei.

Meng Lei nodded and said seriously:

"Don't worry, Captain Chen, I know in my heart, I'm bothering you at home.

There may be a bad signal in many places on the road, and you may not be able to contact you in time.

In my absence, I'll leave everything to you! ”

Chen Yubao squeezed Meng Lei's shoulder hard with an affirmative look, and did not continue to say more.

On the other side,

Ning Wen pouted and stepped forward, and said reluctantly:

"Brother Lei, I can't go on the road with you this time, you must pay attention to safety!"

Wang Qi also said:

"Commander, take care! We're waiting for you back in town! ”

Meng Lei smiled at the two,

He punched each of them in the chest and scolded with a smile:

"That's it!

We just went to do a few tasks to make some money, and we didn't rush to die.

Don't look like you're parting from life and death one by one, making the atmosphere so heavy! ”

Huo Ye interjected on the side:

"That's it, you can put a hundred hearts!

With me here, I'll definitely bring back a lot of the hair that the commander gave you! ”

Hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.

Next, Meng Lei made a simple request,

and allocated 10,000 yuan of reserve money to Chen Yu for the development of the fleet.

After the ten thousand are transferred,

Meng Lei's personal account balance was only less than two thousand marks.

Fortunately, everything that should be bought has been bought.

There is also no place to spend money on the rest of the voyage.

At most, if you encounter other outposts, you can simply go in and take a stroll, and the cost will not be too large.

This more than 1,000 yuan is barely enough.

In the end, under the reluctant gaze of everyone, Meng Lei was ready to give the order to set sail.

But at this time, there was a special person outside the cabin who visited.

It's Enron!

The person in charge of the Northern Underworld Fleet suddenly rushed over and wanted to see off Meng Lei and the others!

"Commander Meng,

As our 66671 channel, the place of Blue Star players. Female Hang, you don't even say hello, it's a bit too much, right? ”

Holding a red flower pot in her hand, with a brightly colored red plant planted in it, echoing her fiery red lips, An Ran stepped into the hatch of the Sea Locust.

Meng Lei was surprised, hurriedly stepped forward, and said with a warm smile:

"If there is anything, just go out to explore the way, you can't go far, there is no need to make a big fanfare."

He really didn't expect that before leaving, An Ran would come over to see them off.

Although everyone paid lip service to an alliance agreement temporarily,

But in the end, the friendship is not particularly deep.

The other party can come at this time, which is enough to see that he really has a heart.

"Alright, I'll come over and have a look."

An Ran smiled slightly, handed the flower pot in his hand to Meng Lei, and said:

"The fleet is just starting, and there are poor people everywhere, and I don't have any gifts for my sister.

This pot of pop-bomb pomegranate flowers is sent to you, we have to plant flowers wherever we plant flowers, don't we?

And when you run out of ammunition, you can use it to save yourself. ”

Meng Lei hurriedly took it with both hands, and said with some flattery:

"Thank you so much Commander An, when I come back this time, I will definitely pay a visit!"

Kyushu has been a state of etiquette since ancient times, and since people can rush to see them off at this time, they are not empty-handed.

Don't care about the expensive gifts, the gifts are light and affectionate!

Meng Lei naturally had to say something.

Hearing this, An Ran still waved his hand so freely, and after the gift was delivered, he turned around and left.

"Let's go, have a nice trip!"

As he spoke, the sassy heroic posture had disappeared outside the door of the airlock chamber.

"This gift from Commander An has a good meaning! This is wishing us a good start! ”

Chen Yu smiled, looking at the red alien plant in the flower pot in Meng Lei's hand, thoughtful.

After a pause, he turned his gaze to Meng Lei again:

"It's not too early, and we won't delay your departure, have a good trip, take care!"

All the things that should be explained and entrusted have been dealt with.

pinched Meng Lei's shoulder hard,

Chen Yu waved his hand, didn't stay on the ship longer, and left the cabin of the Sea Locust with Ning Wen and a few others.

Eventually, everyone was gone, and the surroundings immediately became clear.

On the deck of the first floor of the Sea Locust, only Meng Lei, Huo Ye, Xu Hui, and Jia Quan remained.

and seven newly recruited alien native crew members.

Meng Lei took a deep breath, holding the red flower pots and red plants sent by An Ran in his hands, and his eyes swept over everyone one by one.

Eventually, he roared:

"Close the airlock chamber door and go!"

As soon as the words fell, Huo Ye immediately ran to the door of the airlock chamber.

At the push of a button, the heavy hatch slowly closes.

Meng Lei turned around and came to the bridge command room, put the flower pot aside,

Then open the navigation interface on the center console and bring up the updated auto-navigation.

Chose the nearest outpost east of Sil City.

The next moment, the hum of the engine and the water pump sounded.

The sound of less than 120 decibels, like the whisper of a giant, pulled the huge body of the Sea Locust, and slowly left the No. 59 dock.

Under the bright searchlights all around,

The Sea Locust, which has been rejuvenated from the inside out, is constantly taking off and rising higher and higher under the gaze of tens of thousands of initial reclamation boats.

ultimately

The body of steel reflected the surging light in the dim water,

Circled around the mooring area of Sil City,

Then he turned the bow of the ship and gradually disappeared into the infinite darkness in the distance.

Represents the first submarine that Blue Star players explore to the deeper seas,

On the fifth day when all the people arrived at the first outpost,

It's finally time to go.

…………

Sea Locust,

One floor area on deck.

After Meng Lei set the sailing route, he gathered all the current crew members together.

For at least half a month, everyone will have to get along day and night.

therefore

It is necessary for everyone to get to know each other briefly and get acquainted with each other.

Especially the captain Meng Lei, he has to have a minimum understanding of his subordinates.

"Alright, everyone is ready.

From now on, everyone is a member of the Sea Locust family.

No matter what happens, we all have to move forward together!

So before that, I hope everyone will introduce themselves and get acquainted with each other. ”

Speaking of this, Meng Lei set his eyes on Huo Ye and said:

"Lao Huo, let's start with you, you come and give everyone a sample!"

"Good!"

Huo Ye nodded, stepped forward to come out of the crowd, cleared his throat, and said with a smile:

"Hello everyone, my name is Huo Ye......"

Next

Huo Ye, Xu Hui and Jia Quan took turns to introduce themselves.

Soon, it was the turn of those alien native crews recruited by Meng Lei.

The first one to introduce himself,

It was the first electrical engineer recruited by Meng Lei, named Hans.

"Hello everyone, my name is Hans, a native of Sil, and I have been at sea with the bounty ship for about six years.

The master who taught me electrical maintenance at the time was an old drunkard on the Miracle, and I haven't seen him for many years now.

I don't know if it was seized by pirates or eaten by creepers.

Whatever.

Anyway, with me on board, at least I can guarantee that the ignition will not go out due to an electrical failure! ”

Hans's self-introduction is succinct.

Listening to it, this guy is very conceited.

However, with six years of sailing experience, it is true that he has conceited capital.

Being able to follow the bounty ship for six years, and still being alive and kicking, and not even having any injuries on his body, is enough to prove a lot of things.

"Big ...... Hi everyone, my name is Charlie.

Chinese New Year's Eve is thirty years old, I know how to order mechanical engineering things, everyone can come to me if they need help. ”

The second person to speak was a mechanical engineer recruited by Meng Lei the day before yesterday.

He is also about thirty years old, with dark skin and black-rimmed glasses.

The man seems a bit shy and relatively modest.

Meng Lei remembers that his career rating was C.

It's just a little bit worse than another mechanical engineer named Carl.

Next up was Carl.

This thirty-five-year-old middle-aged engineer has a C+ career rating.

Among the crew members that Meng Lei's current reputation can recruit, he is already the most top-level professional existence!

However, due to the lack of nautical mileage,

As a result, his overall evaluation, including salary, is similar to that of Hans.

Anyway, there were two people on board, Carl and Charlie.

As long as the facilities in the submarine are not devastated, the navigation can basically be guaranteed.

The next person to introduce is a middle-aged man with a full beard.

He only wore a vest on his upper body, revealing his well-developed and strong muscles, and the whole person looked like a yak.

At first glance, the first impression is that it is tall and powerful, and it is very secure.

He was a ship's security officer, usually in the position of gunner.

Besides

When encountering a sea monster invasion, or some missions that require out-of-cabin combat, he must also rush to the front line of the battle.

This is the main responsibility of a security officer.

"My name is Simon, and I have wandered by boat from the Freer outpost, and I have settled in the city of Sil temporarily.

Now that I've paid my wages, I'll try my best to keep the ship safe for at least a month!

At least the weak creepers and swift dragons don't want to get one step closer to the Sea Locust! ”

After a pause, this quite confident security officer suddenly stretched out his hand, showed a helpless expression, and said:

"Just pray, we don't run into a Kraken or a Morok.

That kind of terrible existence is not something that this small ship can handle.

When the time comes, I can't do anything either! ”

Simon's words are more objective and realistic,

Meng Lei nodded slightly, looking at the next person.

Also as the ship's security officer, this man looked much thinner than Simon.

However, his eyes were very bright.

Shining in the dark, it looks extraordinary.

With these special eyes, it's easy to overlook his thin physique.

"Hawke, from Sil."

In two sentences, everything was explained.

While the crowd waited blankly for the next step, Hawke stepped back and ended his brief introduction of himself.

"Gone?"

Huo Ye was a little confused.

The first time I saw the family with the same surname as him, although the other party was obviously of Western descent, the first word of his name was Huo.

I thought about chatting a few more words and getting closer to the relationship, but who knew that it would end in such a hurry.

Then

Hans, who had six years of sailing experience, stood up and said with a smile:

"Hawke doesn't like to talk, we used to be on the same ship, and we're old friends!

Don't look at his thin physique, but this guy's shooting hit rate is terrifying!

He has a brilliant record of shooting and killing creepers from 50 meters away!

Dear Captain, Hawke's performance will not disappoint you.

Believe me! ”

The last sentence Hans said to Meng Lei.

Hearing this, Meng Lei looked at Hawke carefully in surprise, he was really unseemly.

The range of 50 meters is almost the limit distance for the searchlight illumination of the ship's battery.

At the edge of this range, the light has become very dim.

Coupled with the refraction and distortion of the seawater, it is difficult to see the surrounding scene clearly under normal circumstances.

And Hawke can actually shoot and kill agile crawlers from a distance of fifty meters, and he is still a group of creepers.

It is enough to see that this guy is not only accurate, but also has a good look!

Meng Lei didn't expect that

I picked it up casually, and I actually picked up a treasure?

The penultimate speaker,

It was another electrical engineer on the ship, named Eugene.

Thirty-three years old, his comprehensive ability is very ordinary, and his appearance is not good-looking.

It's the type that you can't find if you throw it into the crowd.

I kept my head down, and my eyes were a little evasive, and I seemed to be very introverted.

After a brief understanding, Meng Lei didn't pay too much attention to this person.

Next, it's the turn of the last character on the team,

Also the only female crew member on board spoke.

This is a woman who looks bohemian on the outside and has very unusual makeup.

The loose white doctor's coat is loosely put on the body, and most of the fragrant shoulders are exposed.

It can be clearly seen that he is wearing a sexy red suspender belt inside.

Beneath the messy fluffy hair was a face with extremely delicate features.

Although the exaggerated smoky makeup, and messy hair, almost completely covered her face.

But the temperament faintly revealed between the eyebrows proves that this woman is by no means a good stubble.

It seems that the white and tender skin of only her twenties should be well maintained, hiding her real age.

Meng Lei had read her information and knew that she was almost forty years old.

Judging from the dress and physiognomy, it is more like a no. Good girl.

This woman,

It's the ship's doctor.

On the last day before setting sail, Meng Lei had no choice but to summon her onto the ship.

At the beginning, the comprehensive evaluation of the labor market gave her,

Including the amount of bounty tasks completed, and the rating of professional skills, etc., they are all A.-level levels!

however

It's only because of the weird personality that I've received a lot of complaints.

Therefore, the overall rating was greatly lowered, and the employment evaluation was only C+.

At first, Meng Lei felt that it didn't matter if he had a strange personality, as long as he had excellent professional skills, he could save people at critical moments.

can look at the other party's strange dress and alternative makeup.

Meng Lei suddenly realized, did he invite a trouble to get on the boat?

This obviously doesn't look like a fuel-efficient lamp!

Then

didn't wait for Meng Lei to have the idea of returning the goods and replacing them in his heart.

The female doctor tilted her head, held a slender lady's cigarette in her mouth, and had an inexplicable smile on her face, and slowly walked in front of Meng Lei.

Gently said:

"Young Captain, I am glad you have chosen wisely.

If you pick those of my peers,

Perhaps, you will watch your kidneys melt into your eye sockets at some point.

Or maybe you'll see thousands of yourself, wailing in pain on the operating table.

They don't understand how sacred life is.

They'll leave you alone in the medical pod halfway through the operation, hiding in a corner and sipping champagne from the red-hot salt pits......

Don't be surprised, these phenomena are normal.

But obviously, you can avoid these pitfalls now.

Because......

You've found Dr. Gina!

The only medically educated professional doctor in Sil City!

She's there, unless you've been brain-pierced by a spinyphorn or swallowed a fuel rod in use!

Otherwise, God has no right to take your life! ”

The opening remarks were incomparably unique, and in the end they turned into hysterical speeches.

"Sail! Set sail!

Like the sailing ship of the old legend, with hope, go to the hellish dark abyss!

Dr. Gina is here to protect you! ”

Some nervous monologues echo in the dead silence of the cabin.

A beautiful doctor named Gina, with a cigarette in her hand, walks gracefully and strangely at her feet.

While expressing his emotions with his passionate self-care,

In the bewildered gaze of everyone, he slowly walked towards the shaft passage leading to the second floor area.

Then the figure flickered and disappeared in the direction of the medical module.

Looking at the graceful figure of the curve, it finally disappeared from the field of vision.

Meng Lei and Huo Ye looked at each other, and their minds couldn't turn for a while.

Half an hour later,

Meng Lei turned his head stiffly, looked at the other alien crew members in a daze, and asked:

"You doctors, all like that?"

Everyone seemed to shrug their shoulders as they were accustomed to, and Hans said even more right:

"Well, doctors, most of them look like this.

If there is nothing wrong with the brain, who wants to see all kinds of blood and mucus mixed and intertwined from the boil full of pus.

That ugly posture is even more disgusting than the parasite on the creeper's body!

For most doctors,

Patient moaning in pain. Moan is the best reward for them.

The lure of money. Confusion is far less than spiritual satisfaction! ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei and the others were a little confused for a while.

What kind of behavioral logic is this, don't the doctors on this alien planet know what medical ethics are?!

He actually builds his happiness on the pain of the patient.

Such a doctor, how dare anyone take it on board?

In particular, the alliance actually acquiesces to such a person, who can be recruited through talent?

This person is crazy, isn't he?!

Perhaps sensing the confusion and confusion of Meng Lei and the others, Hans smiled and continued to explain:

"Captain, we're very lucky to have a ship doctor.

Although these doctors are unreliable most of the time,

But at least they know how to treat your suffocation and comminuted fractures, bring you back from the brink of death, and give you a new lease of life!

Because of this, even if the treatment process is a little painful, it is all worth it!

Especially Dr. Gina......"

Speaking of which, Hanston paused.

Meng Lei suddenly sensed that something was wrong and asked, "What, do you know her?" ”

Hans nodded and said:

"Many people in the city of Ciel know her,

Including the bounty hunters who often roamed around the city of Sil, most of them asked her to work as a ship doctor. ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei became interested, and he even recruited a celebrity!

"What kind of person is she? Why are there so many bad reviews in the labor market? ”

Hans shook his head and said:

"It's not clear, it's not good to evaluate.

But I heard many people mention that she often seems to lose some neurotoxin drugs.

Then one of the crew members would go crazy for no apparent reason. ”

After a pause, Hans added:

"In addition, she herself seems to be a bit neurotic, and the problem is more serious than that of ordinary doctors!

Also, don't let her into the kitchen! ”

"Kitchen?!"

Meng Lei frowned suspiciously, and said in disbelief:

"What's wrong with going into the kitchen? Could it be that she would poison the crew?!

”

Hans shook his head again, shrugged his shoulders, and said helplessly:

"I don't know, that's what people say."

Speaking of this, Hans suddenly mysteriously approached Meng Lei's side and said in a low voice:

"Probably...... It had something to do with the neurotoxins she had lost. ”

After saying that, Hans returned to his familiar appearance, spread his hands and said:

"Who knows.

Anyway, just pay a little attention.

At least her medical level is still quite good! ”

Meng Lei turned his head to look in the direction where the beautiful back disappeared, and nodded thoughtfully.

For this eccentric woman, I was somewhat wary of it.

At this time, all the staff have finished introducing themselves.

Except for Gina, who was spitting fog in the medical cabin, everyone got together to chat and get acquainted with each other again.

After a moment, the bearded Simon suddenly asked:

"Captain, having said all that, what is the goal of our mission this time? What's next? ”

Meng Lei smiled and said:

"The first stop, go to the Molten Rock Outpost first, which is three hundred and forty kilometers away, not far or close, suitable for warming up.

As for the mission objectives......"

After a pause, Meng Lei said again:

"You guys take their seats first, and I'll announce it later."

"Okay!"

"Yes!"

"Roger!"

……

A group of people took the order, disbanded on the spot, and rushed to a different area in the submarine.

And Meng Lei turned around and returned to the bridge command room,

Take out the hand-held tablet, open the interface of the Sir City bounty task, and browse it quickly.

In fact

During the days he was waiting for the Sea Locust to upgrade, he would also look at the task list from time to time.

I was going to book a suitable assignment as soon as I had it.

However, most of the missions that approach the deep zone have a certain time limit.

If you can't complete the task on time, you will have to deduct reputation.

And before the official departure, he can't guarantee that there will be some other moths during the period, which will delay the trip.

Therefore, there was no preparation in advance, and everything was waiting for the Sea Locust to hit the road.

Anyway, there are a lot of missions released every day in Sil City, so you don't have to worry about running empty.

At the moment, constantly flipping the task interface on the tablet,

Meng Lei's expression was extremely serious, and he accurately screened each task.

Through the understanding of the past few days, he has roughly mastered several main types of bounty tasks.

1: Hunt the sea monster horde!

The Alliance will issue an approximate coordinates, indicating the sea area where a large number of sea monsters roam, and send people to hunt and eliminate potential threats in the channel.

This type of task is usually published most frequently.

Depending on the number of sea monsters, the difficulty coefficient varies from D to B, and generally does not exceed the A. level.

The bounty amount fluctuates between 3,000 and 8,000.

2: Cargo transportation!

The merchants of Sil City often have some strange goods that need to be transported to other outposts.

When the transport company does not have enough ships, or dislikes the lack of goods, and the benefits are not proportional to the consumption.

These kinds of tasks fall to the bounty hunters.

Generally speaking, this kind of task is relatively the easiest, and it is easy to do, which is equivalent to picking it up for nothing.

Sometimes, however, there are risks.

For example, explosives and some special items, if you are not careful, the whole ship may be ruined!

3: Clean up the monster lair!

The sea monsters in the alien ocean reproduce quite quickly.

Some cargo ships or cargo submarines, along the way, will discover some new monster lair.

If this monster's nest is not strangled in the cradle,

In a short period of time, it is likely to develop into a huge hidden danger that affects the safety of the entire waterway!

Therefore, someone needs to go there and clean it up.

Because the location of these monster lairs is usually very strange, there are also a large number of sea monsters entrenched nearby.

Therefore, the task is relatively difficult, and it is usually above the C level.

But correspondingly, the remuneration is also quite generous.

4: Shipwreck salvage!

Some wrecked ships send out a final farewell message before they are shipwrecked.

At this time, the alliance needs to send someone to the scene of the incident and salvage the logbook of the sunken ship to confirm the real cause of the death.

Let's see if it's the pirates or the sea monsters.

Once you have a clear goal, you can move on to the next step.

This kind of mission is extremely risky, and many times it can be that pirates take advantage of the opportunity to fish, constantly lure people into the bait, and carry out looting.

Therefore, if you don't have some real skills, few people will generally take on this kind of deadly task.

5: Investigate the Outpost!

Sometimes some outposts will inexplicably lose contact with the Alliance, and communication with the Alliance will be completely cut off.

If it's a normal signal problem, there's almost no risk to it, just run over and take a look.

However, once the rebels attack the city, or the sea monster invasion.

Then the personnel who undertake the task, eight times out of ten. Nine is to go and there is no return.

As a result, these tasks tend to be the riskiest, mostly A. level difficulty.

There is a life to earn and no life to spend, this is the saddest.

In addition to these five items,

Others include escorting criminals, mining mineral samples, and even seafood purchase orders issued by high-end restaurants.

These tasks are relatively rare and don't make a lot of money, but they have a high safety factor.

So once it is refreshed, it will soon be snatched away.

Meng Lei held the tablet and watched it for a long time, and felt that the two tasks of hunting sea monsters and cleaning up nests were more suitable for their current situation.

First, it can run in the team, and secondly, the risk is not very large.

With the configuration of the Sea Locust's firepower, it can be completely coped.

As a result, he focused most of his efforts on screening for such tasks.

Fortunately, the number of releases for this type of task is still relatively large, and it will be refreshed frequently.

It didn't take long for Meng Lei to really find two suitable tasks.

1. [Clean up the Swift Dragon Lair:

Description: In a deep sea cavern leading to the Molten Outpost, a group of mire dragons have settled here.

If they are not cleared as soon as possible, it will cause a huge safety hazard to the waterway in the future!

Get rid of these goddamn crawlies, secure your routes, and upload videos as proof that you'll get paid handsomely!

Difficulty: C+

Reward: DM 5500! 】

2. [Clean up the creeper group:

Mission Description: In the waterway leading to the Molten Outpost, it has been claimed to have been attacked by a colony of gray algae creepers.

Go to your target location as soon as possible and get rid of these filthy and ugly creatures and kill them all, preferably not even the young!

Upload the video as a voucher and you'll get paid handsomely!

Difficulty: Estimated grade C (depending on the situation)

Reward: DM 5,000! (It may fluctuate depending on the actual situation)]

After seeing these two bounty tasks, Meng Lei's eyes immediately lit up.

Don't say anything, take these two tasks first!

(Today's Tanabata ...... Good luck to all...... ）