Whether compared with those ferocious mercenaries or the cold black panther next to him, this passenger with chaotic hair looks like an ordinary person everywhere. He can't tell whether he is old or beautiful or ugly. When he is in the crowd, he will definitely not show his appearance, and he will be forgotten in a flash.

But he had a pair of eyes that always contained a smile, and his eyes were as gentle and warm as the sunshine in winter. Not only did he have no evil smell, but he comforted Huo Dongling's fearful heart just now.

The little girl looked back and saw that the mercenaries curled up to another corner of the cabin, buried their heads in the lunch box, and did not dare to look up at this place.

When he turned around, the passenger with very good eyes actually raised his hands, looked very funny, and smiled and said, "It's okay, sit down. My surname is Li, just call me 'Mr. Li'."

"Mr. Lee..."

Perhaps the other party's eyes were too gentle and harmless, or perhaps it was such a small cabin, and the other party had any malicious intentions, and Huo Dongling had nowhere to escape. The little girl was lost and sat down obediently.

After thinking about it, I moved my butt to the cold black panther. After all, I know people but not the heart. Most of the bad people are smiling these days. After all, this black panther saved her just now!

Black Panther glanced at her, said nothing, curled her lips, and then ate herself.

"Your name is Dongling, right? I heard the crew call your name in the morning. You are the shipowner's daughter."

The passenger with messy hair smiled and suddenly remembered something. He took out a simple sterling silver bracelet from his arms and handed it over, "Dong Ling, I'll give you something, even if it's... a consultation fee!"

"This is"

Huo Dongling became more and more scared and thought in a mess, wasn't this old man a cultivator? She had never seen an immortal cultivator so kind to ordinary people and even gave them something to ordinary people.

In the past, the limit of seeing immortal cultivators was at most like the black panther next to him, who was as cold as ice to ordinary people and turned a blind eye.

Thinking of this, Huo Dongling became more and more nervous. He waved his hand desperately, not daring to accept the other party's things.

"Hold it, this bracelet is a small protective magic weapon."

The passenger with messy hair said, "Those hyenas just said that it was right. Now the sea of ​​stars is so messy. It is indeed not easy for a girl like you to come outside to explore, and you will encounter various dangers.

"Seeing that this spiral talisman array on the inside of the bracelet is not there, come, pierce your right thumb, make sure that the blood infiltrates the fingerprint, and then print the fingerprint on this spiral talisman array to confirm, you can activate the bracelet. In the future, if a bad person wants to invade you, the bracelet will automatically detect the bad person's body temperature, heartbeat and adrenaline secretion level. If you exceed the warning range, you will automatically shoot a strong arc and release a unique soul mark, which can be released ten times in total.

"As long as those bad people are immortal cultivators, they will definitely be able to identify the master of this soul imprint, what kind of cultivation is...

"Here, then you will tell those bad guys that this bracelet is your father, no, it is a good friend of your grandfather. It is a gift you gave when you were born, and it is used to keep you safe. Needless to say, there is no need to say too much about anything else. I think 99% of bad guys will give up.

"However, if you want to have a good relationship with your lover, remember to take off the bracelet, hahahaha, otherwise it will be bad if your lover is elected!"

Huo Dongling lowered her head shyly. Where did she get her lover? This Mr. Li's words were quite interesting.

"Is this the meal you made by yourself?"

The passenger with messy hair picked up the food box, took a deep breath, and praised, "It smells so good, Dong Ling, your skills are really good!"

Huo Dongling was stunned for a moment and said awkwardly: "No, Mr. Li, this is a very ordinary self-heating fast food, a mass-produced type. Well, it is printed on the packaging box."

The passenger with messy hair: "...Let's go straight to the topic, where did your ship start?"

Huo Dongling said honestly: "We came from the Nanling Star in the Crimson Star Domain. Mr. Li must have never heard of it. It is an asteroid that has just been developed for more than a hundred years. It has not yet formed a stable atmosphere. There are only four settlements that are not big or small. I was born in one of them."

"I haven't heard of Nanling Star, but I know that it is not close to our destination, Qihai Market. For civilian merchant ships like you, it may take dozens of star sea jumps and a long journey takes several months to reach it, and it's so dangerous along the way."

The passenger with messy hair said, "There are wars outside, and there are wars everywhere. I heard that the authorities have announced that the Wanjie Business Alliance is a rebellious organization and is about to besiege the Qihai Market. Why do you still have to take risks to go there to go to trade? Even if your father really wants money but lives, at least he shouldn't bring you with him, right?"

"We have no way."

Huo Dongling said sadly, "How can we, the high-ranking immortal masters, understand the lives of ordinary people, and the noble and powerful immortal masters? Our Nanling Star has just been developed for a hundred years. There is no strong backer behind it, and there are no rare specialties. Until now, all kinds of daily necessities cannot be self-sufficient. Without the food transported from outside, we will starve to death; without the water purification and circulation chips transported from outside, we will die of thirst; without the atmosphere stabilized system and compressed oxygen transported from outside, we will die of suffocation!

"In the past, the Wanjie Business Alliance had a wide range of trade routes and free markets were scattered. The caravans would pass through our planet regularly every month to purchase local minerals and transport food, water and air to us. If it was not possible, we could also go to the nearest free market to purchase, which only requires two short jumps, and come and go for up to one week.

"But when we fight outside, we are suffering from the saplings. What... The four major families declared that the Wanjie Business Alliance was a rebellious organization, cut off the trade routes, destroyed the free market, and recruited various star pirates to plunder, breaking the way for us ordinary people.

"It has been three months since the caravan passed by our Nanling Star. The food, water and air we store are almost exhausted, and no one has come to buy the mountains of raw ore in the port. Everyone can only stare at the more and more ores and worry.

"I originally wanted to go to the nearby free market to trade, but after going there, I faced a mess. The free market was besieged by the fleet of four major families and completely destroyed. Even our small merchant ship was almost sunk by the rioters who were regarded as "resistance".

"Later, we met a merchant ship coming to trade in several nearby star fields, and only then did we know that the fleets of the four major families had swept away all the free markets in the nearby thousands of worlds, and there were countless star pirates and mercenaries who were incorporated by the four major families, cruising on various waterways like jackals, and would never let the merchant fleet of the Wanjie Merchant Alliance go there.

"Even if one or two secret markets have not been wiped out, the prices there are scaryly high. The ordinary ore produced by our Nanling Star cannot be sold at all, and we cannot buy much necessary materials for survival.

"We want to eat, drink water, and maintain the stability of the thin atmosphere, so we can only venture to trade at the Qihai Market where the four major families have not yet made a guide. After all, the goods here are the most complete, the prices are also lower, and they are protected by the escort fleet of the Wanjie Merchant Alliance, which is a little safer.

"Oh, we don't know how long it takes to fight this battle. If we don't make a deal, we will be trapped on Nanling Star! My father is the most experienced captain of Nanling Star. How could he be a turtle in order to survive and die in his hometown?

"As for me, I took the initiative to ask to come out with my father. Anyway, if the 'Little Bear' does not bring the necessary supplies back, Nan Lingxing will definitely not be able to hold on for a year or two, and the ending will not be much better!"

Perhaps because he was infected by the other party's gentle gaze, Huo Dongling vented all his grievances in one breath. As he spoke, he shed tears silently and murmured: "Why do you immortal cultivators want to fight? Just fight for war, why don't you leave a way out for us ordinary people? We want to trade, we want to eat, and we want to survive!"

The passenger with messy hair was silent for a moment, sighed softly, and said, "How much is it in the world outside the empire like you Nan Lingxing?"

"So many, why not?"

Huo Dongling gritted his teeth and said, "In the Crimson Star Domain, just like Nanling Star, there are seven or eight asteroids that cannot be self-sufficient, and need to rely on caravans to survive. Since a hundred years ago, the Wanjie Merchant Alliance has carried out preliminary rectification of these planets under the banner of developing asteroids. After selling them to ordinary people at a very low price, they can also pay in installments, with almost zero down payment and zero interest, which is almost half sold and half given away.

"At that time, many ordinary people didn't know it was a plan, so they were deceived, took out all the coffin books, bought many asteroids from the Wanjie Merchants Alliance and migrated them, and tasted the taste of freedom and turning over and making the decision.

"Little do you know that developing an asteroid and settling for a long time is not that simple. Yes, the Wanjie Merchants League set the price of asteroid very low. Including the cost of early development, it is a big sale at a loss. However, subsequent food, water purification system, atmosphere stability magic weapon units, many consumables are replenished once a month or quarter, and it is not OK to replenish them without replenishing them.

"The Wanjie Merchant Alliance took our pain point and continuously increased the price of consumables. They also mastered the largest merchant fleet, completely monopolized our export channels, and suppressed our production prices very low. As we, asteroid residents, worked hard for a hundred years, have been working for the Wanjie Merchant Alliance.

"Using this method, the Wanjie Merchant Alliance has controlled countless resource planets and asteroid settlements outside the empire, dragging us all onto their pirate ships. If you want to work, just work. If you want to work, just pirate ships. Life can barely go on. But now the four major families have broken our way of life. Thousands of settlements like Nanlingxing are all in danger. If you don't take the risk of trading, you will be trapped to death!"
Chapter completed!