Chapter 29 Mining Area (2)
Mu Baixing: “…”
Mingyu: “…”
Mingyu smiled.
"What are you doing?" He leaned forward and looked closely at Mu Baixing. "Are you worried that I'll scare you away and no one will modify the starship for you?"
The closer he got, the more Mingyu realized that Mu Baixing must have spent a lot of time pinching this face.
From the bone structure to the skin, to those captivating eyes, the eyelashes are black and thick, and slightly curled at the ends, it can be said that the details are perfect.
Mu Baixing paused for a moment, then continued, "I guess so."
He curled the corners of his lips, but before he could finish his words, he reached out and grabbed Mingyu's arm, letting him put half of his weight on his hand. He turned his head and gestured to the lounge chair next to him, "Go sit down."
Mingyu was supported by Mu Baixing and hopped on one leg to the parking bay. He confirmed with Mu Baixing, "Three of them, are they the leaders of the exploration team?"
Anyone who can think of killing all the debt collectors in the future rescue team and put it into action cannot have never been involved in a crime.
There is no such thing as bringing criminals to justice in the outer port, let alone those who are only suspected of murder.
The rule there is the survival of the fittest, and life and death, like food, are fought for.
Even if a hunting team from a safe star region occasionally enters a free star region to hunt down a criminal, they never interfere with matters other than their own mission targets. Furthermore, the procedures for free travelers and residents to report crimes, provide clues, and apply for criminal hunting in a safe star region are too complicated to implement.
Mu Baixing responded.
The team that was trapped in the Quicksand Belt was a small exploration team of 30 people from the outer harbor. This exploration team could not afford the rescue fee, but its financial situation was better than that of Mu Boxing's team of less than 10 people.
Mu Boxing killed the leader who had attacked him, seized their base and property, recruited those who could be used, and dismissed those who could not. Because he had to deal with related matters overnight, he was one day later than the time he told Mingyu to go online.
His account was brief, but Mingyu could still imagine the thrilling situation. He breathed a sigh of relief at the end, and a light bulb went off in his head as he opened the search box.
"Why don't you search based on the names of those people to see if they're wanted criminals from some star region!" Ming Yu clapped his hands and said as a matter of course, "Maybe there's a bounty posted privately by the victim's family! After you claim the reward, you can log off and rest, without having to rush to the mining area to make money! Let me check..."
Sure enough, the search results popped up on Starnet.
"Karin, McCain, Smith... a serial killer gang that roamed between the artificial stars and Sky City in the southwest star region ten years ago... arrested and imprisoned, they escaped to the free star region... Reward: 30,000 star coins." Mingyu read out the description on the private bounty website, the smile on his lips gradually fading. "The list of victims is so long..."
He looked at the long list of names and said after a while, "You are acting on behalf of Heaven, Brother Mu."
Mu Boxing was filling out the information required by the bounty seeker. The information he provided needed further verification, and because the previous battle took place in the Flowing Sand Star Region, which was even further away than the Outer Harbor, the whole process was even more complicated.
He wrote very quickly until the last step, when he filled in the payment account information, then turned the light screen and handed it to Mingyu.
Mingyu: “?”
"Buy your design draft." Mu Baixing said.
"The engine design change from the last battle is 80,000 star coins, no exclusivity required. I made 50,000 from the voyage, plus the bounty, I'll start with 30,000, and I'll pay it all in one lump sum."
Mingyu: “……?!”
"The Lambda cannon is expensive on the free market, so I don't need it. It's not worth buying the blueprints. You can do with them as you please."
"I'll also give you the money for the starship lines for the non-awakened human observers, fifty thousand."
Mingyu opened his eyes slightly and looked at him as if he were an alien. He felt that Mu Baixing was glowing all over.
It seems to be the golden light coming from the financial sponsor, but more like the naive aura emanating from the big enemy.
Despite being a financial sponsor, Mu Boxing himself was extremely poor, unable to make ends meet. He was said to be a naive and innocent person...but the man's aura didn't quite match that.
Mingyu, half lost in thought and half testing the waters, jokingly asked, "So... what about the next few rounds of design drafts?"
Mu Baixing: "Want to sell it to me?"
He shook his head and said with a smile, "Did you set your identity information in the Star Navigation Competition to be invisible to non-teammates, so no one can find you?"
"I thought your communication channels were flooded after the competition. Those designs, including future designs, are being bid on by starship design institutes and civilian exploration teams."
His offer of 80,000 star coins was just the first round of bidding, and he was actually prepared for Mingyu to raise the price.
There is still some money in Mu Boxing's personal account.
Although not much.
Mu Baixing: "You still want me to buy all your future design drafts. I have to sell myself to you to pay off the debt."
Mingyu: “…”
Mu Baixing: "You haven't contacted the design institute or the exploration team?"
Mingyu: “…”
"No..." he said. Hearing Mu Baixing's serious tone, he even opened the Star Network Exchange's self-service contract signing system, intending to complete the transaction of the engine design draft with him before discussing other things. So he quickly stopped him and said seriously: "Wait, wait, Brother Mu... wait a moment."
Mingyu had thought about selling the starship design.
He'd been sketching starship designs since high school, starting with replicating existing blueprints, then picking up topics from references or exam questions, and finally sketching a few strokes whenever inspiration struck. Once completed, Mingyu piled the designs on his virtual bookshelf, at most importing them into a modeling machine to create a virtual model for his own visual enjoyment.
As he continued to learn and improve, Mingyu felt he still needed to hone his skills. Even though he participated in the Star Navigation Competition and began to help Mu Boxing modify the design of the starship in the virtual mining area...
Ming Yu: "But I'm just a junior designer, my skills are really limited. What's more, we're originally from the same team..."
Mu Baixing raised his eyebrows.
This was the second time Mingyu had told him his "limited ability." Before the first round, Mu Boxing had been neutral about such comments. But now, he had piloted Mingyu's modified starship.
Mu Baixing: "You underestimate yourself too much."
"Sign it." Without further ado, he logged onto the Starnet Free Chamber of Commerce's self-service contract signing page and filled out an electronic contract for the design draft transaction. After writing down the detailed terms, he pushed it to Mingyu for review. He then bluntly stated, "Of course I have to pay for using your design draft outside of the Star Navigation Competition. 80,000 star coins, I'll make a profit."
"If you want to sell the remaining design drafts, ask a few more companies for prices and sell them at a higher price."
"If you're worried that other teams will modify their starships based on your designs during the Starfleet Games, reducing our advantage, then just draw a few more good ones."
Mingyu: “…”
"...I feel like I'm being forced into this."
Although he was mumbling, he knew that Mu Baixing was thinking about him. After a moment, Mingyu thought that he needed to get out of the Ming family's situation, and at Mu Baixing's insistence, he picked up the electronic pen.
"Thank you, Brother Mu." Mingyu said seriously, and then took another look at the amount on the contract. Then he didn't move, but just looked up to confirm: "Brother Mu, do you still have money for food?"
Mu Baixing: “…”
Mu Baixing found it really funny. He pressed Mingyu's wrist to ask him to start writing, but Mingyu's arm moved.
One item was changed in the design draft transaction project.
"You have already used the route design draft of this non-awakened human observer hand. Don't get on the bus first and buy the ticket later." Mingyu felt the pressure from Mu Baixing's fingers preventing him from writing. Knowing that the other party disagreed, he wrote quickly and in a sloppy handwriting. Finally, when he signed his name, the letters were so flamboyant that they almost flew off the paper.
Mingyu then turned to look at Mu Baixing again, and grabbed his wrist to stop him from dragging the contract to destroy it.
"LUCE."
"We're still counting on you guys for the Star Navigation Competition." Mingyu quickly uploaded the contract and said, imitating Mu Baixing's tone, "If you feel you're underpaid, just put in more effort during the competition!"
The contract came into effect immediately, the account verification was passed, and 80,000 golden star coins instantly appeared in Mingyu's personal account.
At this moment, Mingyu felt that even the strange roars of the star beasts in the distant mining area sounded much more pleasant than before.
Mu Baixing paused slightly.
He listened to the roar of the star beast and frowned slightly.
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