Two C-level missions with a mediocre level of risk.

The bounty amount can reach more than 10,000 marks!

This amount of money is already an extremely generous reward for the vast majority of bounty hunters and ordinary people.

Especially for those who work in the city where the gathering place is gathered, under normal circumstances, they only have a salary of two or three thousand, or even one or two thousand per month.

And the bounties of these two C-level missions are worth half a year's income!

But for Meng Lei, who had 140,000 marks in his pocket not long ago,

This amount of money is really a bit out of sight.

But in the final analysis, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, and the Great Wall and the pyramids are also piled up brick by brick.

Therefore, Meng Lei is very peaceful.

If these two tasks can be completed, at least the maintenance cost of the ship going to sea this time will be covered, and the fuel cost can also be covered.

What task will be taken in the future, that is, the net profit earned!

Of course, the crew's salary can't be counted first, after all, there is still a month.

In particular, I can take this opportunity to let everyone run in as soon as possible and get acquainted with each other.

This is Meng Lei's main purpose.

Through the loudspeaker on the center console of the bridge command room, Meng Lei notified all the members of the two tasks he had just received.

Everyone just knew what to expect, and there was no more reaction.

For these alien natives who are similar to mercenaries, they have more or less all kinds of experiences going to sea, and they have encountered all kinds of tasks.

It's just two C-level missions, so naturally it won't cause them too much repercussions.

And while there is still some distance to reach the mission site,

Meng Lei summoned Hans to the command room, intending to learn from him.

Learn more about what to pay attention to during the execution of the hunt mission.

Hans is also very cheerful and unreserved, sharing his experience and inventory.

In the end, he also told Meng Lei a semi-open secret.

"Captain, in fact, the way to make money in hunting missions is not just to receive bounties!"

"The corpses of those sea monsters can be regarded as an extra reward."

"Whether it's the alien plasma extracted, or the bones and flesh, as long as it's pulled to the outpost, no one will buy it."

Hans's mention of this point aroused Meng Lei's interest.

Ordinary submarines do not have the same decomposition function as on the wasteland boat, and Meng Lei has been thinking about how to avoid the waste of sea monster corpses.

But if someone buys it, the problem is solved.

It can be regarded as saving a lot of trouble.

"What is the value of an alien sea monster?"

Meng Lei asked curiously.

"In the case of the average creeper, the average price is around a hundred marks.

The quagmire Xunmenglong is slightly more expensive, and the overall purchase price can be higher by fifty.

If you encounter a group of creepers, you can generally sell the corpse and earn one or two thousand marks more than the bounty.

And the Lair Clearing mission earns even more!

If you're lucky, pick up a bunch of Xunmeng dragon eggs, and you'll be really developed! ”

Speaking of this, Hans suddenly became excited.

Meng Lei raised his eyebrows in confusion and asked puzzledly:

"Swift dragon eggs? Is that thing worth a lot? ”

"Of course!"

Hans rubbed his hands together excitedly, his eyes half obscured by a messy set of brown hair, and shone brightly.

"Swift dragon eggs, that's a good thing!

We have a lot of people here who think of the Mire Swift Dragon as the perfect pet and companion.

Most bounty ships and pirate ships will have one or two.

moreover

Every other year, outposts and gathering places in the major waterways hold a grand Swift Dragon Sprint Race!

The winner will win fabulous rewards! ”

Speaking of this, Hans looked at Meng Lei excitedly:

"Captain, do you know,

Last year's overall champion of the Swift Menglong Sprint Race,

The prize is an oxygen concentrator with a brand new HEPA filter!

Installed on the submarine, you will never smell any messy odors again, and even the thalamic spores can be filtered and purified!

The market price is as high as 100,000 marks!

And the year before last, the prize was a real alien technology! ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei couldn't help but be shocked!

Pet the Mire Dragon? There are even competitions?!

And the rewards of the competition are so rich!

Is it true that the aborigines of this alien planet have no other entertainment to satisfy their spiritual emptiness?

This kind of entertainment is too weird!

"How much can a Swift Dragon Egg sell for now?"

Meng Lei was also a little moved.

If it is really like what Hans said, then the value of this swift dragon egg is estimated to be comparable to that of a painted skin worm egg!

Hans saw what Meng Lei thought,

Suddenly shook his head, sighed a little helplessly, and said:

"Recently, the Xunmenglong breeding industry has been sluggish.

There is another voice within the alliance, saying that the Xunmenglong breeding has violated the gathering place safety law, and it is required to order the cessation of all related activities.

So, the price has been affected to a certain extent.

However, a Swift Dragon Egg sells for 500 marks, and it is not a big problem. ”

Meng Lei nodded thoughtfully.

To be honest, in his opinion, this kind of activity should have been banned a long time ago.

It's weird enough to treat the alien sea monster as a pet, and it even organizes a sprint race.

You must know that Xunmenglong is a cannibal, and the danger of this activity is obviously much more dangerous than cockfighting and dog fighting!

This alien alliance is also big-hearted, and it has only stopped its activities now.

It is estimated that there was some bloody incident in the middle, and it is unknown as a last resort.

But none of that matters.

A Swift Dragon Egg can be sold for 500 marks, which is not as valuable as a Painted Skin Worm Egg.

Meng Lei decided,

When you get to the Swift Dragon's lair, you must look carefully.

We must not allow any swift dragon that may hatch in the future to escape the sanctions of the security law!

Yes, we're not here to make money,

I did this purely in the spirit of the principle of putting the safety of the waterway first!

After chatting briefly for a while, and hearing some strange things from Hans's mouth, Meng Lei invisibly gained a lot of gains.

I have to say,

It was a blessing to have such an experienced old fellow on board.

At least it will allow him to learn a lot of knowledge that he can't learn from books.

Twelve o'clock in the afternoon.

The Sea Locust left the sea near the city of Syr.

All the way to the east.

Since passing through the underwater cave where the sea monster is entrenched, Meng Lei has found that

Including the city of Sil,

The entire space was enveloped in a vast cavity of the earth's crust.

Above the head there was no longer an endless void ocean, completely replaced by thick rock formations.

The so-called channel is actually a tunnel artificially carved out in the complex marine cave structure for submarines to pass.

Although there are occasional encounters, there are very large hollow seas that look like they have surfaced from the earth's crust.

But in reality, the submarine is still moving below the surface.

According to Hans, a long part of the road, probably a thousand kilometers, was sailed on the surface.

And the various outposts and strongholds along the way are also built in the thick rock formations.

Only 1,000 kilometers away, there is another part of the sea known as the hydrothermal wasteland.

Only then will there be a chance to emerge from the earth's crust and return to the embrace of the ocean.

And the degree of danger in that sea area is by no means accessible to individual forces.

At least don't think about the sea locust for the time being, it used to be to deliver food.

Fortunately, although it is traversing narrow and cramped rock formations, this channel has been in operation for tens of years and nearly 100 years.

During this period, there were several expansions.

The auto-navigation route is also relatively complete.

Therefore, there is no need for Meng Lei to personally control it in a short period of time.

The Sea Locust can follow its current course, among the hundreds of intricate tunnels leading to different seas, find the most correct one, and automatically move in the direction of the molten outpost.

Around one o'clock in the afternoon.

Meng Lei called everyone to the restaurant through the radio.

Fresh ingredients such as canned food, vegetables, and fish purchased in advance are taken out of the refrigerator and put into the food processor.

Add seasonings such as sea yeast, sea salt, and monosodium glutamate, and choose from heating, baking, and boiling options.

A few minutes later, a steaming meal was freshly baked.

Everyone gathers around the table and mixes some messy sauces according to each person's preferences.

A high-quality lunch, just ready like that.

These meals are not as delicate and delicious as Aunt Kingsley's restaurant, but they are appetizing.

But at least it is relatively hearty, and there are all kinds of spices and jams, and there are all kinds of flavors.

This is rare on most bounty hunters' ships.

Even Hans, who has a wealth of experience in going to sea, couldn't help but smack his tongue again and again, claiming that the food on the Sea Locust was really the only one he had seen in his life, and he greatly appreciated it!

Then, there was a storm of clouds,

Eating it is called a pleasure, like the reincarnation of a hungry ghost.

The others were similar to him, and there was a clanging of knives and forks.

The food that had just been served suddenly disappeared at a speed that was visible to the naked eye.

In this regard, Meng Lei couldn't help but ask curiously:

"What did you eat when you used to go to sea? It's not so exaggerated, is it? ”

Simon, who was strong and strong, wiped the sauce on his beard, and as he continued to eat Hesse, he smiled heavily:

"Captain, do you think those bounty hunters are as generous as you?

Just get some canned food that is about to expire and heat it up to fill your stomach.

Most of the time, a piece of meat is chopped from the alien sea monster and thrown directly into the processing machine.

They are quite stingy, and a coin can be broken in half!

Not to mention all kinds of expensive sauces, some people even use creeper fat as a condiment, which is sterilized by a food processor and directly spread on meals.

Here, food is just a basic sustenance for most people.

As for whether it tastes good or not, that's something that only wealthy people in high society will consider. ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei suddenly realized.

The ideology of these Blue Star players has not been completely changed fundamentally.

It's still a way of thinking.

For example, eating,

Especially those of Kyushu, when they can, they always put food first.

If you can eat well, try to eat well, and only when you eat well and are full, can you have the strength to work.

Therefore, when Meng Lei arranged the procurement, he explained that food seasonings and ingredients and other things, if you can buy more, the more abundant, the better.

But now it seems that

His behavior is definitely a luxury in an alien society.

It was also at this time that he reacted, why did the 150,000 yuan spend so quickly.

Feelings just stock up on food, and they take up a big share!

However, after buying everything, Meng Lei didn't feel any distress.

At least it satisfies everyone's appetite, and it will work harder.

At least as can be seen from their greed for good food,

It's not that these people don't want to eat good,

It's reluctant!

This point is in place, and it can also invisibly win people's hearts to a certain extent.

So, Meng Lei explained to Huo Ye again and took a bottle of wine from the refrigerator.

I gave everyone a sip, which was considered an after-dinner drink.

This move immediately attracted a burst of cheers from everyone.

Distribute the precious wine to the outside crew to enjoy, and besides pirates, such a captain is simply extremely rare!

Not counting champagne, just ordinary beer, the cheapest in the city has to sell for 70 marks.

It's almost as good as a creeper's gains.

And what Meng Lei took out was still a pirate's treasure, and its value was even higher!

"Good fellows, '72 Modus! This wine is a treasure! There aren't always a few bottles in the CoCo bar! ”

"I've traveled nearly 50,000 kilometers and it's the first time I've seen a wine of this caliber on a bounty ship!

Captain, how much did you pay for it?

To say the least, it would be a few thousand marks, right? ”

"I can't buy it now with money, and eighty percent of the captain was fished out of a shipwreck in the last era, right?"

……

A group of people were full of wine and food, and they started a discussion on Twitter.

Meng Lei smiled and didn't speak, looking at this harmonious and lively scene, he was a little satisfied.

At the same time, I couldn't help but drip blood in my heart, and I wanted to cry without tears.

He really didn't expect it,

These wine stores on the pirate ship are so precious.

If I had known, who would have been willing to take this thing out and drink it, wouldn't it smell good if I sold it for money?

Although he is not a stingy man,

But now that life is so difficult, there is no need to be so extravagant.

"It's good for everyone to be happy, as long as you follow me and work hard, I can't guarantee anything else, at least we will be satisfied in eating and drinking!"

His heart was bleeding and he had a sincere smile on his face.

In order to win people's hearts, Meng Lei endured the heartache and patted his chest. Promise to everyone.

Suddenly, these words once again attracted cheers from everyone.

But no one found out,

At this time, Gina, who had been elegantly tasting food in the corner, stared at the delicate wine bottle on the table with big eyes, motionless.

After a few moments, she left the table unconsciously.

With the always light dance steps, he quietly left the restaurant.

When she returned, she had an extra bottle of champagne with a more refined shape and packaging.

"Bang!"

The sound of cork activity rang out.

The discussion came to an abrupt end.

Everyone in the restaurant looked at each other.

I saw Gina holding the cork in her mouth, tilted her head to the mouth of the bottle and sniffed it twice, and closed her eyes with an intoxicated expression.

"The Gudega of the P183 Sea Orchid Stone Outpost still tastes so mellow, it's really nostalgic!

Unexpectedly, there is such a big treasure trove hidden on this small ship!

What a surprise...... I'm excited again! ”

Under the stunned gaze of everyone, Gina took a deep breath of intoxication.

Then, he raised the bottle and drank it bitterly.

I didn't care about the shocked stares around me.

Blankly stared at the bottle from Gina's bewitching red. Bubbles that keep spitting out of the lips.

There seemed to be a huge voice in Meng Lei's head, like Hong Zhong Da Lu.

500！

500！

500！

……

Every time Gina took a sip, Meng Lei felt that the world was inexplicably dark.

Dreams are like broken lenses, farther and farther away from him.

Until nearly a third of the dark golden liquid in the bottle was in her stomach, Gina couldn't help but burp.

Meng Lei finally came back to his senses and shouted in grief:

"Shut up!"

Gina turned her head blankly and looked at Meng Lei suspiciously:

"What's the matter, little captain, why are you so excited?"

Meng Lei took a deep breath and said in a slightly trembling voice:

"Wine ...... It's not good to drink too much, aren't we still sailing? ”

"Oh!"

Gina sighed, nodded thoughtfully in affirmation, and continued:

"Then I'll drink it at night before I go to bed."

Meng Lei almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, but he still suppressed the tremor in his heart, and reminded with a smile:

"The wine...... It's very expensive, and I usually don't want to drink it......"

Wen Yan,

The corners of Gina's mouth rose slightly, evoking a thrilling smile, and her eyes looked at Meng Lei through her messy hair.

"Didn't you say it, satisfy everyone's eating and drinking, but I'm not satisfied yet!"

"Then you can't drink such expensive champagne as water!"

Meng Lei wants to cry without tears, this woman is too sincere.

Anyone can hear it, it's just a polite remark.

Who knows, she is really such a tiger!

"Cut~ Stingy!"

Gina pursed her lips with disdain, picked up the bottle and took another sip.

"It's a big deal, deduct from my commission!"

"Sister, I've paid the commission, what will I deduct for you!"

Meng Lei thumped his chest suddenly.

Simon muttered on the side: "This bottle of wine can at least cover her commission for three months, right?" I'm pretty good at reckoning......"

Hearing this, Gina immediately looked at Simon, squinted her eyes and smiled:

"Big man, you'd better pray not to lie on the operating table.

Otherwise, I can't guarantee that you won't have anything more on you, or ...... Something less. ”

Don't look at Simon, who is five big and three thick, strong like a cow.

Available in Gina Chi. After the naked threat, I still couldn't help but shudder,

Immediately behaved like a cat, and never dared to say a word more.

Then

Gina stood up with the wine bottle in her hand, walked towards the door with swaying steps, and waved her hand at Meng Lei with her back to her:

"If the commission is not enough, it will be deducted from the next month! If you don't have enough for next month, you will pay it off next month, and there will always be a time to pay it back......"

As he spoke, the white coat disappeared into the corridor outside the cafeteria.

Everyone looked at each other.

Huo Ye touched his chin, and suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"Commander, this woman looks like she's paying off the commission, but how do I think she seems to be relying on us?"

Meng Lei raised his forehead and sighed lightly, and he also felt that his head was big for a while.

Then he turned his head to look at Hans, and said helplessly:

"I seem to understand why the other bounty teams complained about her and didn't let her near the cafeteria.

This woman is a drunkard at all! ”

…………

After a lively lunch.

Everyone simply cleaned up their plates and went back to their jobs.

Huo Ye, Jia Quan, Simon, and Xu Hui stayed in the artillery control room, observing the surrounding environment outside the submarine through the periscope from time to time.

Most of the time, it's just chatting and farting there, and there's nothing serious to do.

And the other security officer named Hawke,

In the bar on the second floor, I was constantly fiddling with some flower pots and seeds that I had bought to decorate.

This guy who is not good at words seems to be particularly interested in plants like potted plants.

In this regard, Meng Lei didn't say much, but was happy.

As a result, there is an additional gardener on board.

Why not spend one dollar and hire someone to do two jobs?

In addition, Gina has rarely been seen in other areas.

Except for taking the initiative to appear during meals, he usually stays in the smoky medical cabin all the time.

or read magazines,

Or just tinker with those weird pill bottles, and no one knows what she's doing.

For this woman whose brain circuits are obviously a little abnormal,

Everyone stayed away, and if they could avoid it as much as possible, they would have less contact with her.

As for Hans, the engineers were the most idle of all.

As long as there is nothing wrong with the hardware on board, they have nothing to do and go back and forth inside the submarine.

Or gather in the electrical room to play cards, or take spare parts to practice, disassemble and disassemble, and study the structure and wiring inside.

Or, go to the artillery control room and chat with Huo Ye and them.

In short, idleness is the most enviable profession.

This is the state of life on the ship.

Boring, boring, and unchanging.

I have a lot of time, but I don't know how to spend it.

And relatively speaking,

Meng Lei, the captain, is the busiest of all.

He has to keep an eye on the submarine's values on the center console, including air quality, hull damage, ballast tank water level, etc.

And also staring at the virtual map presented by the sonar display,

While preventing the autopilot from malfunctioning and causing the submarine to hit a wall, you have to watch if there are any abnormal points to refresh out.

In addition, he also has to hold the tablet brush task to see if there is a suitable bounty to post.

All in all, being a captain is a tiring job.

Look at the six ways and listen to the eight directions.

However, Meng Lei enjoyed it and felt that his life was extremely fulfilling.

It is worth mentioning.

Since it starts from the city of Sil, most of the following passages pass through the rugged underwater caverns.

engulf

In order to ensure the safety of navigation, the Sil City Shipyard was very considerate and sealed the porthole located in the bow of the Sea Locust.

The entire glass was removed and replaced with a sturdy, impact-resistant metal bulkhead.

The hull hull shell was also reinforced.

And in order to facilitate the observation of the external environment, several wide-angle cameras are installed in the bow of the ship.

Finally, in the form of projection, the external image is projected at the position of the original porthole of the bridge command room.

In this way, the safety factor is not only guaranteed, but also has the same field of vision as before.

The design is so subtle that it kills two birds with one stone.

Meng Lei sat on the chair for a long time, and he would stand up and move.

With a steaming cup of coffee in his hand and a fine cigarette he bought in the city of Sil in his mouth.

Put down your headphones and hide the noise of the crew from the sea.

Standing still in front of the screen on the bow of the ship, watching the Sea Locust weave through the cold, dead rock formations.

Except for the occasional deep-sea monster fish that roamed past,

From time to time, you can still see some fluorescent algae on the rock wall, dotted in the boundless darkness, turning into an insignificant glimmer of hope in the abyss.

This indescribable sense of tranquility and pleasure carries a little satisfaction in loneliness.

made Meng Lei's whole person calm down,

There is no peace of mind in my heart.

Time, in this wordless silence, passes minute by minute.

The difficulty of the mission is estimated to be a C-level hunting mission, and it is a hundred kilometers away from the city of Sill.

At its current speed, it will be around eight o'clock in the evening and will be able to reach the vicinity of that area.

In fact

With the top speed of the Sea Locust, it is more than just a small distance for such a long time.

However, due to the current environment, Meng Lei did not dare to drive the boat too fast.

At the current speed of thirteen kilometers per hour, along the way, there are several times that almost hit a wall.

In fact, the waterway environment of this section of the road is too complicated.

This is still the small size of the Sea Locust,

If you change to a big ship like the Ceres, I'm afraid it will drive even slower.

In addition, Meng Lei also noted.

Along the way, the number of anomalies encountered along the way is very rare.

Except for the occasional lone sea monster roaming, there are almost no resource anomalies.

Obviously, this waterway should belong to the popular waterway nearby.

Usually, there are many ships coming and going, but anything of value has long been wiped out.

Therefore, Meng Lei didn't pay much attention, and drove all the way forward without stopping.

Around six o'clock in the afternoon.

It was still a simple and hearty meal, but Meng Lei didn't open the wine again.

Let's not talk about it later, I have to be ready to fight monsters,

The wine in the bar is too expensive, and the local tyrants don't dare to drink it like this, just have a drink occasionally to promote the relationship.

Only Gina is unconscious,

Eating and drinking, while humming strange tunes with syllables, living completely in his own world.

When you finish eating, you run, and you can't find anyone if you wipe your mouth.

For this crazy woman, everyone is helpless, and there is nothing they can do about her.

Who made the family a ship doctor?

In case she was careful to hold a grudge and put something in her stomach during the operation, the joke would be a big deal!

After eating and drinking, everyone hit the road again.

As we get closer and closer to the sea where the creeper hordes infest,

Simon and Huo Ye didn't dare to be so casual anymore.

Everyone stuck to their posts, holding periscopes and looking around, paying close attention to movement in the dark.

When Meng Lei was piloting the submarine, he also firmly locked his attention to the sonar display, for fear of missing something.

The coordinates provided by the alliance are only approximate coordinates.

And the creeper is a sapient creature, and it is impossible to stay in one place without moving.

At this time, you need to actively search the neighborhood to find their traces.

Soon, it was nearly eight o'clock in the evening.

At this time, eleven hours had passed since the Sea Locust set off from the city of Sil.

The total range of distance, one hundred and thirty-seven kilometers.

The nearby sea environment has gradually become more open.

The bare rock formations that have always been oppressive overhead, slowly turn into tall domes.

The light from the searchlight was out, and there was no reflection at all.

The sonar map shows that the height of the rock formation is climbing rapidly in an increasing pattern, and soon it will rise to 500 meters!

At the same time, a new trench terrain appeared, and the surrounding environment immediately became extremely vast.

The Sea Locust appears to have entered an incomparably large underground cavity structure.

At this time, Hans's voice came from the headphones:

"Captain, here is the famous little cavity near the city of Sil,

The trench below is more than 4,000 meters deep, and the rock formations above are full of holes that extend in all directions.

There are often sea monsters that come out of various places inexplicably,

Be careful! ”

"yes, got it."

Meng Lei replied in the earphone, and then controlled the submarine and tried to sink into the bottomless trench.

Two kilometers is only the sonar detection range, and the Sea Locust can only withstand the pressure at a depth of about 3,500 meters, so it will certainly not be able to dive to the bottom of the trench.

He just wanted to expand the detection range and see if he could find some clues.

Half an hour passed,

Everyone was nervous and focused to the limit.

But nothing was found.

Meng Lei was a little suspicious,

Could it be that those creeper sea monsters caught that submarine and got into trouble, and left directly after a vote?

Otherwise, how could you not find it?

Thinking,

suddenly

On the three-dimensional map presented by the sonar display, several surging anomalies were detected on the rock dome above the submarine.

It seems that because the signal feedback has not been fully calculated, those few anomalies are somewhat ambiguous.

But it soon became clear.

Without waiting for Meng Lei to concentrate, he used the golden finger to query the information of those anomalous points.

The next moment, more anomalies appeared.

Soon at the top of the rock formation, a long list of dense protrusions emerged!

Then, suddenly, the anomalies lined up in a narrow queue and swooped downward.

Now, you don't need to be reminded by the gold finger to know.

These anomalies that can move autonomously are undoubtedly sea monsters.

"One, two, three...... Seventeen, eighteen...... Twenty-six ......"

"I'll go, nearly thirty creepers!

Is this the number of C-level missions that should be? How does it feel like you've been trapped! ”

Meng Lei took a deep breath and immediately yelled into the headphones:

"Everyone prepare, six hundred meters above, at one o'clock, there is a sea monster attacking! I've got it all in sight! ”

He said this to several security officers in the artillery control room.

"Yes!"

"Roger!"

……

Simon and Huo Ye also agreed, and immediately pressed their fingers on the firing button.

Although there are so many sea monsters, Meng Lei is not timid!

It's time to show the results of the Sea Locust's refinement after spending tens of thousands.

At the same time, it is also necessary to verify the true level of the two gunners, Simon and Hawke.

So, Meng Lei drove the submarine directly and took the initiative to float.

Towards the twenty or thirty swooping creepers, he slammed into it.

After a brief silence, the distance between the two sides grew closer.

When the searchlight of the shipborne battery illuminated the edge of the extreme, a black shadow faintly appeared.

Without Meng Lei opening his mouth, Hawke took the lead in pressing the launch button.

meanwhile

Meng Lei also controlled the submarine to retreat quickly, and quickly distanced himself from the dozens of crawlers that gradually surrounded him above.

At this time, Simon and Huo Ye also followed Hawke and pressed the firing button.

Suddenly, a large number of shells poured out.

Between the dim abyss, a light flashed immediately.

The roar of the guns and cannons boiled in an instant!