Shen Que feels a little sleepy after eating, and the body in recovery period needs sufficient sleep.
He held a glass of orange juice in his hand and half-closed his eyes as he listened to Pei Ji and Shafiya discussing the rules of the black game.
"There are five levels in the Mecha Black Tournament on White Sand Star, from one star to five stars. You are a nobody, so you have to start from one star. Winning a match will earn you one thousand star coins and five points."
"The novice pool is full of noobs and psychos. Their mechas are generally below rank B. If you want to encounter an S-rank or above mecha, you have to at least get three stars."
"But before that, you need to prepare an unregistered mecha, otherwise you won't be able to participate."
Shen Que nodded his head, and was pulled over by someone, leaning on his broad shoulders.
"If you are tired, go back first." Pei Ji whispered against his forehead.
Shen Que shook his head, leaned on Pei Ji's shoulder and said, "Regular mecha masters need to register to make mechas. Customizing them on the black market will take another month or two, which is too long. The best way is to buy them on the dark web."
"You have never been on the dark web, so you might be cheated out of your money," Shafiya warned.
"It doesn't matter." Pei Ji didn't care. "I have money."
Shafiya: ...
Shafiya: "I want to hate the rich."
Several mercenaries pushed the door open and entered the tavern, bringing with them a hint of damp rain air, and greeted Pei Ji and Shafiya with a smile.
In the desert, rainy days are good weather, and you need to come out and have a glass of sand beer to celebrate.
They discussed recent commission anecdotes, from a sand camel crushed to death by a mining device in a small mine to Baron Garnier finding two new mistresses, and occasionally exchanged punches.
Two of the mercenaries were wearing single earrings, which swayed from side to side as they moved.
"Is there any meaning behind wearing a single earring in the desert?" Chen Que suddenly asked.
The residents of Baisha Star, regardless of gender, like jewelry, but the residents of the oasis generally wear double-sided earrings, while the indigenous people in the desert area are always seen wearing single-sided earrings.
"That's our tradition," Shafia said with a smile. "A left earring means you're married, and a right earring means you're in a relationship."
She fiddled with her double ruby earrings.
"Of course you can wear both, it means you are rich."
Benson and Lulu went to take care of the guests.
Pei Ji asked Shafiya again, "How's the matter I asked you to investigate?"
Shafiya's raised eyebrows moved around Shen Que.
Shen Que reluctantly raised his head from Pei Ji's shoulder, "Do you need me to step aside?"
Pei Ji glanced at him and suddenly smiled, "Why are you looking at me with such a terrifying look?"
He turned to Shafiya and said, "No need to avoid him. This little guy is not honest. If I don't tell him, he will find out secretly on his own."
He paused slightly.
"Besides, he is the protagonist after all."
Shen sure understood.
Pei Ji commissioned Shafiya to investigate his defeat. She had left Baisha Star for this very reason.
He leaned back, clasped his hands on his knees, and lowered his eyes, hiding all emotion.
This was Shen Que's habitual action during the trial. When he made this move, his thin and frail body would inexplicably release a cold aura of a superior, which made people feel cold and had nowhere to hide.
Pei Ji glanced at him, his Adam's apple moved slightly, and he quickly looked away.
Shafiya slowly raised the corners of her mouth.
"Then I'll be frank. I went to Nomad Star."
Nomad Star is not a real planet, but a large space station cobbled together from a pile of wreckage and scrap metal.
It also does not have a fixed coordinate, like a ghost, floating in the border zone between the Icarus Galaxy and the Eden Galaxy.
There is the lair of interstellar pirates.
"Space pirates are a cunning and cowardly bunch. I infiltrated them for two whole months before I could barely find out about the encounter from a few young men."
"At the time, someone spread the word that they had discovered the First Fleet's route and were planning to rob warships near the 8215 asteroid belt."
"This is a big business that can earn you enough to retire with just one ticket. Many desperate people have joined in."
"They made a very detailed plan. The information was accurate. The First Fleet did indeed pass through the 8215 asteroid belt and was ambushed by them. They even successfully destroyed the warship's optical computer detection system and forced Shen Que out."
Shen Que tapped his knees with his fingertips.
It was all just as he remembered.
"Then what?"
"Then……"
Shafiya burst out laughing.
"You walked into their ambush alone, and a single 'Han Ying' blew up twenty of their mechas and twelve starships, leaving them with a psychological scar."
——[Fuck! He's working until retirement, I've lost everything, even my underwear. Is that Shen really a human being? Stupid!]
“That’s what they say,” Shafiya shrugged.
The air was silent for a while.
Pei Ji: "Awesome."
Shen Que kicked him.
Pei Ji: "I'm praising you."
"What happened next?" Shen Que frowned, "I don't remember what happened afterwards."
Shafiya: "Those guys either ran or died. I don't know what happened after that, but one kid said that the direction you left seemed to be... the Eden system."
Pei Ji suddenly said, "The First Fleet's optical computer detection system was broken at that time."
Shafiya nodded, "That's right."
Shen Que frowned.
He led the damaged warship and landed in the Eden system when the optical computer detection system malfunctioned.
I don’t know what happened in between, I only know that in the end we encountered a swarm of insects and were completely wiped out.
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