When Xu Yan walked out of the hatch and set foot on Yueyong Star, it was already three days later.
Several ordinary-looking but powerful flying cars took only an hour to cross half of the planet and landed directly outside the apartment building in Laizhou City. Xu Yan stepped out of the flying cars and looked up at the building in front of him.
As expected, the building is dilapidated and old, and all kinds of pipelines are exposed on the surface. This is not as simple as urban decline, but it was built from the beginning according to the concept of low cost, mass construction, and what can be used, and the old
A concept of welfare housing in the era. The apartment building was deserted and quiet, and there was nothing visible on the outside, except that there were two more plainclothes people sitting in the concierge inside the gate.
As soon as Xu Yan got off the car, several people in plain clothes came up to him in the building. These were people from the local security bureau of the planet, subordinates to Xu Yan's subordinates. The leader had done their homework and walked towards the elevator as Xu Yan walked towards the elevator.
Reporting quietly and quickly along the way.
"There are 310 legal residents in this apartment building and 530 illegal residents. There are currently 550 residents and 290 people are missing. The missing people are being fully investigated and the identities of the remaining residents have been verified."
"So many people are missing? No information can be found?"
The people from the local security bureau were a little nervous and said: "These people have lived here for a long time. The original system was not perfect and they filled in the information themselves. The local police did not care."
Xu Yan didn't ask any more questions, just said: "Go to the scene."
"The scene has been restored and Director Ding's body has been removed. The inspection report shows that he was hit by a powerful bullet and died."
Xu Yan stepped out of the elevator, slowed down his pace, and glanced around. This floor seemed dark and deserted. Many unit doors were half-open, and the people inside had already left. The few three or two residents who were still here were
Leaning against the door, he looked at Xu Yan and the group of people with numb and indifferent eyes.
Several policemen stood at the door of the old man's apartment, guarding the scene together with plainclothes security bureau officers. Compared with the capable and shrewd security bureau personnel, these policemen were not only older, but also obviously out of shape.
Xu Yan walked into the apartment. Inside the apartment, Ding Yi's lower body was still sitting on a chair, while his upper body was lying at the door. He looked in pain and seemed to be holding something in his hand.
"Where is his equipment?" Xu Yan asked.
The local security bureau personnel immediately said: "It has been recovered. Now traces show that Director Ding carried a total of 8 rounds of special ammunition. He fired one round and missed. The remaining ammunition has been recovered."
"No hit?"
"Yes."
Xu Yan raised his head and looked at the image of the old man by the window. Chu Longtu was standing on the side of the window with a cupboard at hand. There was a pistol on the cupboard, but there was a small question mark on the image of the pistol. Xu Yan placed the question mark
The previous point shows the content of the identification: "The traces on the scene showed that it was a pistol, but the bullets were too powerful for ordinary people to use. It is suspected that a special bracket was used in conjunction with it, and further traces are needed."
According to the standards of the Security Bureau, people like Chu Longtu who received basic genetic optimization at birth and received the third-level optimization plan as adults are ordinary people. The combat power of ordinary people basically does not exceed 5.
Xu Yan carefully looked at the old man's expression for a while, then walked to the door and looked across. There was a big hole in the wall of the opposite unit, the back wall, and the walls of the next three units. There was no one in these three units for a long time.
People have lived in it, and now it looks abnormal.
Xu Yan took one last look at the image of Ding Yi's body and said, "You have one week to find out the origins of all the missing persons."
"Yes!" The head of the local security bureau was excited and quickly expressed his position. He had heard a lot about this female boss's temper and habits.
Xu Yan didn't stay long and left directly. After getting on the speed car, she said to the person in charge of the local security bureau: "Move quickly, but also be cautious."
This sentence has no beginning and no end. The person in charge of the local security bureau obviously failed to understand it and could only answer yes.
The flying car started and flew directly to the star port. There was another person in the back seat of the flying car, who was the head of peripheral intelligence of the 6th Fleet who had met with her. The man seemed a little unruly, with one leg on the car door and looking on his knees.
Images of the scene.
"What did you see?" Xu Yan asked.
The man chuckled and said: "There are not many tough guys these days who use pistols to shoot shells. To put it in the past, this is real rock and roll! If this status hadn't hindered me, I would have wanted to have a drink with the old man. That subordinate of yours is dead
Damn it, I don't like this slimy, grumbling guy who thinks he's smart. This guy is just a lizard, but he always imitates a snake and bites people when they're not prepared. Hey, all your men are like this
Don’t you get tired of looking at people like this every day?”
Xu Yan said: "This is the person who stayed from before. However, it is really easy to use. He is very capable. This time... I just have bad luck."
The man glanced at her sideways and said, "It's just bad luck? Didn't you send him here to die?"
"It's just bad luck." Xu Yan said calmly.
The man snorted and stopped arguing. He reached out and swiped on the screen, and the image of the doorway appeared on it. Xu Yan could tell at a glance that this was the doorway of Chulongtu Apartment. From this angle, he could see most of the door through the door.
The monitor in the apartment was obviously installed by the Security Bureau, so how could he have the authority?
The man seemed to know what Xu Yan was thinking, and said: "How much sense of responsibility and innovative spirit can you expect from your subordinates in this remote country? After all, we are from the same system. I don't know the routines of the Security Bureau.
Clearly, not to mention the black spot monitor, just getting some control over the fighter starship is nothing. Take a look, what these police said is quite interesting."
There were three policemen and two plainclothes security bureau officers staying at the apartment. A younger policeman said: "We should notify the bureau first and help them search for information, right?"
An old policeman who got married slapped his back and said: "They are not in a hurry, why should we be in a hurry?"
The two plainclothes officers from the Security Bureau were also old and said lazily: "There are so many people in the bureau, and there are many people who can do things like checking information. Let's wait until the job is over. Our job is not without danger, so we have to do it rashly."
If you stand up, you will look like the guy who was beaten in two."
A few people chatted casually and passed the time on the mission. They basically had the attitude of doing whatever they were assigned and just hanging out if they could. They didn't plan to get promoted anyway. The young police seemed to have some enterprising ideas, but they were ignored by a few old people.
You suppressed me with every word, and gradually I lost all my energy.
The man turned off the video and said, "If you count on these people, you will never find anything."
Xu Yan connected to the channel of the head of the local security bureau and said coldly: "I changed my mind. Your time limit now is only 5 days." Without waiting for a reply, she cut off the channel.
The man shook his head, "It's useless. A sheep is just a sheep. Even if you kill him, you can't let him kill a lion."
"What should we do?"
"It's very simple, cooperate with me. It just so happens that I am also an old-school person, although I am still very young."
Only then did Xu Yan look at him seriously and said, "Aren't we cooperating?"
"Of course not! There are prerequisites for cooperation. You have to provide people with money. This is called cooperation."
"Then what are you doing?"
The man laughed and said, "I'll do it myself."
In an unknown asteroid belt within the Federation, a small spacecraft slowly sailed in and gradually entered the depths of the asteroid belt.
Sino sat in the cockpit, using his mind to control the starship to slow down and move forward slowly. While traveling, he received a weak signal. After decrypting and checking it, he flew to the new coordinate point.
After bypassing a dense group of asteroids, six starships parked together appeared in front of the starship. Redbeard's beautiful and wild face appeared on the screen and said: "All the people and starships are here.
, I will only take my own starship away. This is the personnel list, I hope you will treat them well."
Sino quickly glanced at the list and information and said: "That's not right. There are only 831 combatants? There are 110 more who are under 20 or over 70. Can this fight?"
"There is a small group of people who no longer want to continue their career as star thieves and want to find a place in the community to live out their lives as ordinary people."
"You really changed your mind just after you got the money!" Xino muttered. Redbeard was a little embarrassed and didn't say anything.
There are still more than 3,000 people on the list who are not suitable for combat, including hundreds of children and nearly half of them old people. The only good news is that there are hundreds of experienced engineers among these people.
But Sino immediately noticed a key line of data: personnel maintenance costs. Combatants have allowances and combat subsidies. Those who can work must receive a salary. The elderly and the young need corresponding living expenses. The total monthly cost is close to 2 million! This
Each fee is written in the transfer contract, and in principle it can only be more but not less.
Sino looked at the Star Thieves fleet ahead. In addition to the three starships purchased from Light Year, there was also a supply ship and a thick and round starship. This was a life ship transformed from a transport ship.
, the more than 3,000 people who cannot go to the battlefield live in this living ship. The performance of this living ship is average, the technology is backward, and the energy consumption and material consumption cannot be low. These also require Sino to pay.
It is the daily supply of this life ship, which consumes millions in a month.
There is still 100 million in Xino's account, which is the fleet startup funds given to him by Chu Jungui. Originally, Xino thought this was a lot of money. After all, the starship personnel are all ready-made, but reality gave him
This is a warning. The static maintenance cost alone is several million per month. If the fleet moves and fights another war, wouldn't the supply of energy, materials and ammunition have to go up?
It seems that one hundred million can last for a while, but this kind of spending money every day makes Xino not feel the slightest sense of security. When he thinks about the future, Xino feels that he will be frightened out of his dreams.
He instantly broke out in a cold sweat, immediately completed the reception, and then immediately contacted various intelligence dealers to find suitable robbery targets. If he didn't open the business quickly, his Star Thief Group would go bankrupt!
To be honest, before taking over Red Beard, Sino never expected that thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled people would spend so much money!
When he was worried, Xino suddenly thought of Light Years. It seemed that during the time he worked in Light Years, he had no salary or subsidy at all and was just taking care of the food.
Light Years is all about food?!
As if a bolt of lightning flashed through Xino's mind, he acted faster than he could think. He immediately connected to a preset private channel and said, "Xiaoya? I have 8,000, no, 90 million funds. You can buy them all for me."
Light years of stock! Yes, all of them, regardless of price!”
After dealing with this matter, Xino felt a little bit more secure.
"Hey, Xiao Xino, we..."
Before Red Beard finished speaking, Xino said "Goodbye!"
Redbeard was stunned. He originally wanted to have at least a drink to celebrate when the handover was completed, but he didn't expect that Xino was not even interested in saying another word to her. Is this the same swinger who shamelessly wanted to drink with her?
It's not that Xino didn't understand Red Beard's intention, but he only had enough money left to last for a month. Star thieves are not gods, so they can rob whoever they want. The real situation is that even Red Beard's scale is small.
No, it can only be said to be a mini star thief. There are only a few that can be snatched. You have to find the soft persimmons among the soft persimmons. There are not many such targets, and you may not be able to find one in a month or two.
Target.
When eating became a problem, Xino was not in the mood to pick up girls at all.
In the end, Redbeard took her boat and went away alone. Sino refused to waste a minute, compiled intelligence from all parties, and began to search for the target of robbery. The targets provided by the intelligence traffickers were either too hard, such as three transport ships.
, six escort ships like this, if Sino collides, it is not necessarily who will rob whom; either it will be a trap at first glance, or it will cause serious consequences if robbed, such as an interstellar liner.
After picking and choosing, Xino's eyes suddenly lit up, and a starship without any markings jumped into his field of vision.
This starship is 0.6 light-years away and is slowly moving along a long-abandoned route. It looks like a product from the last century. It has tough lines but old style. Its style is incompatible with the times. While it shows its personality, it is actually
The word "backward" was also plastered on his face. As soon as he saw it, Sino, who likes to collect, made a judgment. The big steel plate and the big engine were at least an antique from 200 years ago.
Based on his rich experience and keen intuition, Sino concluded that there must be something weird about this old starship, and you might be surprised if you grab it.
Sino's mobility was very strong, and his speed was far faster than his thinking. He immediately planned the location for action, and led three combat starships to start a space jump in preparation for interception.
In the endless deep space, an old starship sailed slowly. Three starships suddenly jumped out in front of it. As soon as they got rid of the vibration of space, they immediately locked onto the old starship.
In the command room of the old starship, everyone's eyes fell on the center console displaying the star map. In the star map, the three starships that suddenly appeared all displayed the star pirate logos, constantly sending out signals: "We are
The famous star thief Red Beard! Now I order you to stop the ship immediately, turn off the engine, give up resistance, and hand over all weapons! As long as you surrender, we can give you the necessary supplies to ensure your personal safety and survival! Repeat, we are the famous star thief Red Beard.
beard……"
A tall man nearly 2 meters tall turned around and said to the old man sitting in the captain's seat: "Boss, the famous star thief!"
The old man twirled the thick cigar between his fingers, laughed dumbly, and said: "Extracting teeth from the tiger's mouth?"