Honestly, the 40-minute wait wasn't long. After Qin Zhongquan finished chewing the dried meat, the figure on the screen changed again. The original mosaic image disappeared, replaced by the standby screen of the Moron-class battleship's computer system—the same screen appeared on all the screens.
If there was someone knowledgeable about this among the crew, he would definitely know that an unknown person had hijacked the ship's computer and was rewriting the control system program.
However, Qin Zhongquan and his friends, including his gang, were completely unprepared for all this. In fact, it was unlikely that they would learn any hacking techniques. After all, this lost skill had long been lost in history. So they just watched the progress bar on the screen with curiosity as it loaded.
Then, they were surprised to find that the Terminus began to accelerate again.
"What the hell?" Qin Zhongquan suddenly felt the corridor transform into a hillside. Panicking, he tried to grab the handrail, but was tripped by the priest, who was also sliding down due to inertia, and they both tumbled down. He saw all the floating debris flying towards him, but he couldn't drag his heavy body to try to avoid it, especially with a skeleton hanging from his leg, screaming and wailing.
After a while of "dinosaurs fighting wolves", he heard a familiar voice from the loudspeaker: "Mr. Wolf, see you again!"
"You are... Tom?" Qin Zhongquan recalled the scene from a year ago.
"Yes and no." The mysterious man's tone was a touch playful. "It doesn't matter who I am. What's important is you. The good things you've done have been thoroughly investigated by Freeport. Now, according to calculations, your bounty in the grid has risen to 450,000 Universal Dollars. Many people are looking for you."
"So you're here to borrow my brain too? But judging from your tone, it doesn't seem like it..." Qin Zhongquan pushed aside the miscellaneous items on his body and reached out to grab the wireless microphone.
"Hmm, isn't it?"
"I've never seen a respectable person do such a dirty job. And you're making a big show of yourself, assembling such a large army all at once. It doesn't look like you're going to suppress bandits, but more like the space wars my adoptive mother fought. Let me make it clear, I won't participate in a war I have no chance of winning."
"Interesting." The mysterious man took a moment to continue, "Let's get back to the point! Anyway, I have a solution to your problem, but can you solve mine?"
"I don't believe that the powerful Mr. K could be troubled by anything to the point that he needs to ask you to come to me, a stray dog!" Qin Zhongquan frowned, a sense of crisis surged in his heart, and he realized that he seemed to have missed something.
"Haha, don't worry. I'm not an evil person." The mysterious man's tone changed and he said seriously, "Mr. K needs your help to find someone."
"who is he?"
"The Returner. But people call him—Khan Lauber."
"He's a returner? Then what am I?"
"You already know the answer, don't you?" The mysterious man did not explain.
Qin Zhongquan was silent for a moment, seemingly accepting this ambiguous answer. "I need supplies, manpower, weapons and ammunition, and small vessels. Ideally, a sufficiently large shipyard. Of course, if Mr. K could provide an international-class flagship, that would be even better. Unless you intend to leave us to fend for ourselves, you should agree to my terms."
"Of course, Wild Wolf," the mysterious man replied in a formulaic tone of approval. "Your shipyard is right on your route, and it's stocked with ample supplies, enough for you to squander. But forget about national-level supplies; even if they were available, it wouldn't be your turn to use them... Oh, and since we're already partners, it would be too awkward to keep referring to each other by code names. From now on, you can call me Lin Ke, Mr. Qin Zhongquan."
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