Star Sea: Explorer's Notes

Chapter 8 Trading
"boom--"

Along with the metal wall at the dock, Frege's frail, young heart had shattered—especially after the repair shop employees left the next day.

He looked at the notes spread out in his mind, and the experience that was close to full value dropped directly back to 400 points.

This is the experience he gained from countless beatings...

Regarding things related to driving, it seems that [Ability: Learning] alone cannot save him, or there is actually an ability called [Vehicle Killer] hidden in his body, which offsets other positive buffs.

In addition to experience points, he also needs to pay the cost of repairing the ship, and——

Several Solomon Starport staff in formal attire knocked on the door of the lounge, left a bill and left.

"131.3 Star Points..." Frege couldn't help but feel heartbroken looking at the compensation details on the bill, "It was still discounted, how much discount did they give?"

"9.9% off," Nuoya's voice sounded in his ear, "After dealing with the matter here, I suggest you continue to live in another place."

"why?"

"Because... your name and deeds have spread throughout the entire star port, honorable captain."

Nuoya was sitting on the sofa in the lounge at this time. Today she changed into a blue and white lace dress, and after taking off her glasses, she looked a bit lazy at home.

"Is it really okay for you to come out like this?"

Frege glanced at her and said with some concern.

In his impression, the shipboard intelligent body cannot leave the range of the ship too far.

"It's okay," Nuoya shook her head, "I'm mainly worried that it's not safe for you to hold so much money. By the way, Guard No. [-] will be with you."

"Guard No. [-]?" Frege was slightly taken aback, "It's too big, will it stand out when walking outside?"

Indeed, it is almost impossible to see a person over five meters tall among humans. If the three of them take to the streets together, they will definitely turn heads.

"Don't worry, Guard One is equipped with the most advanced deformation and camouflage modules, he can become as tall as you."

Hearing this, Frege glanced at the silent Guard No. [-] in the corner, and the explorer's note in his mind trembled again, and his attribute panel appeared on a new blank page of the note:

[Name: Forbidden Guard No. [-]]

[Race: Intelligent Body]

【Intelligence level: 6】

【Strength Rank: S】

【Response grade: A】

【Speed ​​grade: A】

【Physical rank: A】

[Energy Value: 5/000]

[Armor Durability: 10/000]

[Specialties: Advanced Firearms Proficiency, Intermediate Electronic Network Intrusion, Advanced Wide Area Measurement, Form Transformation]

[Advanced firearms proficiency: very good at operating various types of firearms]

[Intermediate electronic network intrusion: master the ability to hack into electronic networks, and can briefly invade internal networks below the empire level]

[High-level wide-area measurement: the ability to measure the content of substances in a wide range of areas]

[Shape Transformation: You can freely change your own shape, including height, appearance anthropomorphic camouflage, etc. (cannot be used during battle)]

[Character evaluation: Seriously damaged due to unknown reasons, the panel is fake, don't believe it]

Great!

——If there is no last sentence of character evaluation.

This is the third character panel included in Frege's notes. He recalled what Noah said before signing the contract. After careful consideration, it was true.

Not to mention anything else, the value of this big guy alone may exceed the value of a living planet.

As one of the main forces in the landing battle, he had never heard of an intelligent mech with an average A grade and an individual item exceeding S grade.

Generally speaking, only the combat power of mechas can be compared with that of humans equipped with mechanized exoskeletons.

But in reality, there are probably not many fighters with single A or above in the entire Galactic Federation. The attributes of Janitor One can be said to have reached the pinnacle of the Galactic Federation.

"Guard No. [-], you can use the look in the photo."

Noah handed him a photo, and Guard No. [-] nodded. The metal plate on his body folded and rotated quickly, and it didn't take long for him to transform into a middle-aged man.

"You are our bodyguard now, don't call your master and your lord after you go out," Noya ordered, "Frege is the young master, I am..."

A hint of embarrassment suddenly appeared on her face when she said this, and Frege immediately answered, "Of course you are the young husband—"

"Husband, you are big!" Nuoya gave him a thump on the head, "I'm just... ahem, I'm the secretary next to the young master."

"Secretary is fine too, if there's something the secretary can do..."

"you shut up!"

Nuoya's pretty face was stained with a blush, "Get ready to go, there will be an auction in the core city of Xinggang in about three hours. Before that, we have to go to the trading center first."

"Those energy crystals need to be exchanged for star source points first, and they can't be used directly as currency." She glanced at the two boxes in the hands of Janitor No. [-], "Go back to the ship and get the remaining ones in the warehouse Take one too."

"Yes."

Nuoya turned her head and explained to him: "These energy crystals won't be of much use to us, and there are only three boxes on board. In order to ensure enough potions, we simply exchanged them all this time."

Frege nodded upon hearing this. Based on the price they discussed before, these three boxes add up to about 1800 million star points, which is still enough to buy a small mineral planet.

If he still can't buy medicine like this, then he really has nothing to do.

Large commercial ships pass by from time to time on the outer light wall. Behind the docks surrounding the star port is the core urban area for people to live normally.

The three of Frege walked on the street, looking at the surrounding street scene and couldn't help but let out a sigh.

Solomon Starport is worthy of being the commercial center of the Galactic Federation, surrounded by countless high-rise buildings, and the large screens and floating tracks that can be seen everywhere together build the prosperity of the city.

He couldn't help but think of his hometown "Karaze" star. Although the development there is quite good, compared with this star port, it is completely an underground and a sky.

"arrive."

The three stopped and looked at the electronic plaque with the four characters "Trading Center" hanging high above their heads.

Compared with the crowded free market and auction house not far away, the entrance of the official trading center of the Galactic Federation is very deserted.

Occasionally, some customers who came out of it had depressed expressions on their faces, as if they were quite dissatisfied with the transactions inside.

As soon as the three of them walked up the steps, they were stopped by a man who looked like a security guard. After carefully checking their ID cards several times, they were willing to let them go.

"Is this really organized by the Galactic Federation..."

Frege recalled the scene of the security guard repeatedly groping on him and couldn't help feeling chills. Fortunately, when Noya was checked, a female security guard was replaced, so she held back and did not continue to have seizures.

"After all, the Federation of the Milky Way is an organization in the nature of an alliance. Except for the legislative and law enforcement agencies under the control of the parliament, the administrative organizations in places like this are basically established by the local big families themselves." Nuoya is also a little helpless about this, " Don't complain, we're only here to exchange currency."

But the result of things will not always be as they wished so easily. When the service staff at the counter arrogantly handed them the bill totaling 820 million Star Source Points, Frege stepped forward to ask, suppressing his dissatisfaction. road:

"Why only 820 million?"

His voice was slightly louder, so it inevitably attracted the attention of those around him.

But when those people saw that their clothes were clean and without any family emblems, they didn't take it seriously.

"Sir, there are details on the bill." The waiter still looked indifferent, and casually pointed to the bill in front of Frege.

"Of course I know there are details, 8.2 star source points per unit, which is much lower than the federal standard fuel price?" He was still trying to argue with the other party, "The price of high-compression energy crystals is obviously..."

"Sir," through a glass, the waiter tapped on a form pasted on it, "here are the details."

Frege took a closer look and found that the back of the high-compression energy crystal was clearly marked "8.2 per unit", but this was far from their psychological expectations.

"It's okay," Nuoya sighed, and then ordered Guard No. [-] to take out the third full box of energy crystals, "Please re-count the quantity."

"1230 million, don't you have any objections this time?" The waiter glanced at Frege with some dissatisfaction, and then muttered in a voice just enough for him to hear, "It's okay to ask for trouble."

This time, Nuoya immediately stretched out her hand to stop him, and at the same time shook her head slightly to signal him not to be impulsive.

However, at this moment, the customer at the next window also brought out three boxes of energy crystals.

Frege was a little curious and took another look, but then he discovered that the other party's bill said "1845 million".

"Bam—"

He couldn't help but slapped the black marble under the window, "What do you mean?"

Before the waiter could answer, a rather feminine-looking man in the waiting area not far away suddenly walked towards him, "Because our Laurent family is a diamond-level customer of the trading center."

"Don't rush to get angry," the feminine man said with a smile, "I think it's the first time for you to come to Solomon's Starport. The reason why this Starport was established at the beginning is because the dozens of families stationed in the inner city now They all make different contributions.”

"So, the service in Xinggang will naturally give us some preferential treatment." Speaking of this, he suddenly glanced at Nuoya who was frowning at the side, "My friend, I think you seem to be in a hurry. Use money? I don’t mind making a deal for you.”

"Oh?" Frege looked at the man in front of him cautiously, "Do you have any conditions?"

"Conditions? Hehe...too far-fetched," he slowly shook his head, "It's just a little effort, what conditions do you want? But..."

His gaze became more presumptuous, as if he was answering Frege, but he was actually speaking to Noah.

"I don't have any other hobbies on weekdays, but I'm interested in art. Recently, I just need a model. If this lady is willing to come to my Laurent family's residence alone for three days... oh no, a model for one day ..."

He specially added some emphasis on the word "alone", "Don't talk about this transaction, even if you are allowed to join the Laurent family, there is nothing wrong with it."

"Sorry," Frege refused without even thinking about it, "We don't need your help."

"Oh...that's such a pity," the feminine man shook his head, and he never left Nuoya's eyes during this period, "I think we will meet again soon."

This person quickly left the trading center with several waiters under him. The three Freges who came much earlier than them were still waiting for the backstage procedures at the counter.

"Okay..." Seeing that Frege was in a bad mood, Noah hurriedly comforted him, "There is really nothing to do when you meet this kind of family, you can only follow their rules here."

"Ah."

Frege had realized that even arguing would not have any effect on the outcome.

"When we get the gene awakening potion, we will leave here immediately." Nuoya then added.

She sensed a strange aura from the feminine man just now.

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"Guests, please verify your identity."

The three of them came to the auction house immediately after leaving the trading center. There were three hours left for Fuyu, but after procrastinating there, it took less than 5 minutes to leave the venue.

[Verification passed]

Before going out, Noah let Guard No. [-] hack into the central network system of Solomon Starport, tampered with the invitation information of the auction house today, and recorded all three of them in the list.

They caught up with the last opportunity without any risk, and the three of them quickly found their seats and sat down after entering the hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Solomon Center Auction House. I am today's host, Judy."

Not long after they were seated, a man came to the center of the stage, "Don't say much, let's start today's auction directly."

(End of this chapter)