Just when Meng Lei and Zhu Li, the editor of Sil Weekly, made an appointment to meet in the evening.

On the other side, Lanny, the fat boss of the war supplies store at the Rongyan outpost, also sent a text message, hoping to have the opportunity to meet with Meng Lei and discuss future cooperation.

At the same time, before Meng Lei could figure out the time to make an appointment with Lenny.

Roger, the head of the Security Office in Sil City and a member of the Separatist Explorer's faction, also sent a message to Meng Lei, asking if he would have time to meet in the evening.

For a while, the three-party interview was crowded together, and Meng Lei's head suddenly became big.

Usually when I'm free, I don't see these guys come out with a fart, and they all pile up together when something happens.

Meng Lei even wondered if these people had discussed it and deliberately organized a group to make him a problem!

"Who should I make an appointment with first?"

Sitting in the command room of the Sea Locust, Meng Lei put his legs on the edge of the center console, rubbing his eyebrows lightly with his fingers, and thought to himself.

The negotiation with the Sil Weekly is not in a hurry, since the whereabouts of the little girl of the Huo family have not been found so far, there must be no other results in the short term.

Julie's other so-called things, although I'm not sure what they are, don't think about it too much.

It's just a magazine, and the reason for looking for him is nothing more than an interview, and other than that, there doesn't seem to be much to talk about between the two sides.

In comparison, Roger's side is undoubtedly much more important.

After the negotiation ended yesterday, Roger said that he would report to the organization.

And according to the situation of the heavy fleet, and the surrounding sea environment of the 66671 channel, make a detailed assessment, and future development planning.

The content of Roger's interview with him at night is likely to be this kind of thing.

The future of the entire fleet is at stake, and at this time, nothing else can match the importance of this matter.

"Let's push Julie over there first, wait to see the time after talking to Roger, and if you can make time, meet Julie."

"As for Lenny......"

Meng Lei looked at the time on the center console, it was not yet noon.

Even if the transfer of ownership of the other three submarines is completed, there will still be plenty of time to talk about things in the afternoon.

The arms company behind Lenny will also be a big help in the development of the fleet in the future.

A lot of powerful equipment and ammunition that is not available on the Alliance's side can be provided by private arms dealers, and even some submarines that are more advanced than those sold by the Alliance's shipyards are also under their scope.

Therefore, it is still necessary to establish a good relationship with these arms companies.

After a little hesitation, Meng Lei sent a message to Lenny, setting the appointment for the afternoon.

Unlike Roger and Julie, who are busy with league work during the day, Lenny has relatively free time.

On the side of Cill City, he has no regular business.

The reason why I still stay here is to wait for the next company's merchant ship to arrive, so that I can leave with a hitchhiker.

On the other hand, the main thing is to wait for the company's reply and talk about cooperation with Meng Lei.

Shortly after Meng Lei's message was sent, Lenny quickly agreed, and chose the meeting place at the CoCo bar in Sil City.

The agreed time is 4 p.m.

After dealing with the matter on Lenny's side, Meng Lei lit a cigarette and sent another message to Julie, temporarily canceling the appointment.

Zhu Li didn't say anything else special, and simply left a sentence to let Meng Lei contact her at any time when he was free.

In this regard, Meng Lei naturally gave a positive answer.

Finally, he replied to Roger's text message, set a time for the evening meeting, and then took his citizen ID card and ran briskly towards the city hall on the third floor of Sil City.

Thanks to its high reputation in the Alien Alliance,

The transfer of ownership of the other four submarines went very smoothly.

Under normal circumstances, an ordinary alien citizen is only allowed to register one submarine under his name.

As reputation increases, so does the number of submarines that can be registered.

With the prestige of Meng Lei's current esteem level, the number of submarines he can have under his name can reach up to five, which just uses up all the quotas.

And this number is also the limit of what a person can have submarines.

Even if the prestige value is raised by one level and reaches the highest level of reverence, the number of submarines under the individual's name will not increase in any way.

The reason why the alliance has imposed such restrictions is also to prevent the formation of private armed forces to a certain extent.

Although this approach does not fundamentally solve the problem, it can at least eliminate some potential hidden dangers.

In the surprised gaze of the salesman's young lady,

At half past two in the afternoon, Meng Lei left the city hall with a satisfied smile on his face and the fluorescent lamp.

At this moment, in terms of citizen information, his worth finally exceeded the goal of one million marks, which can be regarded as a small milestone.

Including the Sea Locust, there are a total of five upgraded F-class submarines under his name, with fixed assets of more than one million!

This can be regarded as a rich man in the true sense of the word in the whole of Sil City.

But for Meng Lei, the current speed of development still does not make him feel very satisfied.

As various events broke out one after another, he felt more and more an invisible sense of urgency enveloping his heart, making him faintly feel a little depressed.

Space tides erupt, alliances and breakaway organizations declare all-out war, and explorers want to take the opportunity to become independent.

In the case that the Blue Star players have not yet gained a firm foothold, the entire alien society will be in chaos, which will undoubtedly greatly affect the normal development of the entire Blue Star player group.

Especially for large fleets, the impact is greater than that of those lone wolves!

Individual players feed the whole family and don't go hungry, and as long as they can live, they don't think too much.

However, the growth and survival of a fleet, for the time being, is closely related to the stability of the entire alien society.

Therefore, the upcoming war is bound to have far-reaching consequences.

At best, it may even cause irreversible changes to the outcome of all mankind in the future!

How to maintain his own stability in this chaos is the most important question that Meng Lei needs to think about at present.

After leaving the gate of the Municipal Hall of Sil City, Meng Lei was thinking about various things in his mind, and unconsciously returned to the No. 59 dock dock.

The agreed meeting time with Lenny was four o'clock in the afternoon, and when Meng Lei came to the Guixu, it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon.

The first time he came into contact with the local agent of the alien private arms dealer, although there was Lanny in the middle, Meng Lei felt that at least in terms of dress, he should pay more attention to it.

He deliberately shaved, meticulously tidied up the neat captain's uniform and top hat, and then changed into the white shirt he bought when he was shopping in the city, dressed up cleanly, and looked like he was going on a blind date, and then pushed the door out.

The existence of agents of the major arms companies is semi-open and transparent throughout the alliance.

However, they are often difficult to access, including the Coalition, and no one knows the identity of these agents to the outside world.

They could be waiters at a restaurant, bartenders at a bar, or an inconspicuous beggar on a roadside corner.

In short, arms company agents have always been secretive.

Taking the initiative to look for them, usually nothing will come to you, and you can only obediently wait for the other party to come to the door.

Such a sales model has greatly improved the company's concealment, and also made the alliance unable to deal with it, and it is difficult to eliminate the export of arms from the root.

But the coalition did not dare to publicly condemn the actions of these private arms dealers.

Because in the event of a conflict, the alliance will not necessarily be able to bargain, but will affect the stability of the overall situation.

After all, these arms companies have as long a history as the Alliance, and if you go back in time, you can trace it all the way back to the time when the first colonists were on the alien planet.

At the beginning, the home planet had not yet lost contact, and the so-called alliance had not been formed, and these companies already existed.

Moreover, the predecessor of the current Alien Alliance was actually the first batch of mining companies and official enterprises, as well as private arms dealers, when the home planet was opened up.

In the final analysis, the existing arms giants and mining tycoons are, in a sense, the same alliance back then.

It was only when the alliance was founded that it did not announce its accession and was independent of the control of the alliance, which formed the current situation.

This information is not a secret, Meng Lei has heard it for a long time.

He was just curious, how big a gap is there between the technological level of these arms companies and the alliance?

So much so that it has not been swallowed up by the alliance to this day?

While thinking, Meng Lei walked to the foot of a huge building with dozens of floors in the central area of Xi'er City.

On the rooftop, two scantily clad hot girls swayed under the surging smoke, writhing wildly in bewitching postures.

It is a light image from a holographic projection, standing on the top of the building, which is very eye-catching.

In the neon flash, on the surface of the building, there are several huge and illusory words of [CoCo Bar], which carry out continuous publicity for the building day and night.

Anyone who sets foot in the steel jungle of Sir City will be attracted to it at first sight.

When Meng Lei first came to Sil City, he had seen the promotion of this bar.

The two holographic girls on the roof left a deep impression on him.

Standing outside the building, Meng Lei took a deep breath and raised his hand to look at the time of his watch, it was already 3:50 in the afternoon.

Without further delay, he walked along the sky corridor outside the building to the entrance to the middle floor.

After several security personnel repeatedly confirmed their identities, Meng Lei stepped into the largest entertainment venue in the city of Sil, stepping to the beat of a deafening heavy metal-style music.

Although it's afternoon, according to the rhythm of life in Blue Star, it's not yet time for the nightlife to begin.

But the bar's public reception area is still crowded at the moment.

Most of the people present were dressed in unusual costumes, and it was obvious that these were bounty hunters who were in danger every day.

For them, it's the right time to have fun, and the so-called nightlife is not a very clear concept.

Meng Lei shuttled through it, the thick smell of smoke mixed with the pungent strange gas, which filled the entire hall under the flickering of the laser lights flickering wildly.

The disgusting but indulgent intoxication, and the sexy girls who can be seen everywhere with champagne, all announce to people that this is an ethanol!

Meng Lei covered his mouth and nose lightly, his brows furrowed slightly.

He didn't like the environment and the smell very much, and wanted to find an elevator to the upper floor as soon as possible to get out of this dizzying environment.

At this time, a boy dressed as a waiter saw his face and immediately took the initiative to greet him.

"Hello sir, do you have an appointment?"

The waiter has dark brown hair, meticulously groomed, and is not very old, but he has a very capable temperament in his gestures.

Meng Lei nodded and said:

"I made an appointment, the A56 box in the VIP area, please lead the way."

The sound of deafening music filled the entire public reception area through the narrow and dimly lit corridors, and Meng Lei almost reached the waiter's ear and shouted out the words.

The waiter smiled slightly when he heard this, immediately bowed his head, made a gesture of invitation to Meng Lei, and said:

"Okay, please come with me!"

As soon as the words fell, the waiter walked in front and led Meng Lei to the location of the elevator in the corner of the reception area.

The atmosphere here is a bit more deserted, and there are almost no people.

It can be seen that ordinary bounty hunters who indulge in the red lips of entertaining girls and surrounded by ethanol rarely open a box in the VIP area under normal circumstances.

The lowest pleasures are already the highest pleasures for them.

The elevator door slowly opened, and the waiter politely invited Meng Lei to enter, and pressed the button on the fifth floor.

A moment later, the elevator doors opened again, and a golden promenade appeared in front of me.

The waiter led Meng Lei out of the elevator and walked towards the end of the corridor.

Here, armed men in the uniforms of security officers can be seen standing guard in the corridors with idle faces.

At first, Meng Lei was a little puzzled as to why he could see official security personnel in an entertainment place like a bar.

But when he thought about it, he was immediately relieved.

After all, this bar is also an official organization under the Alliance, not a private enterprise, so it makes sense to arrange a police officer to maintain law and order here.

Led by the waiter, the two soon came to the end of the hallway.

On the side of the luxurious and exquisite gate, the word A56 is prominently engraved on the metal sign, and the meeting place agreed with Lenny must be here.

"Hello sir, this is the A56 box in the VIP area, I wish you a pleasant stay!"

After the young waiter said this, he saluted Meng Lei, and then politely retired, without saying anything more, with a very high professional quality.

Meng Lei nodded, and after the waiter left, he stood in front of the door and cleared his throat.

Then he took a deep breath and knocked softly on the door......