When Xu Yan walked out of the hatch and set foot on Yueyong Star, it was already three days later.
Several flying cars with ordinary appearance and powerful performance crossed half a planet in just one hour and landed directly outside the apartment building in Laizhou City. Xu Yan stepped out of the speed car and looked up at the building in front of him.
The building was predictably dilapidated and old, with all kinds of pipes exposed on the surface. This is not as simple as urban decline, but it has been built from the beginning based on the concept of low cost, mass construction, and usability, which is the same concept as the welfare housing of the old era. The apartment building was deserted and silent, and there was nothing visible on the outside, except that there were two more plainclothes men sitting in the concierge inside the gate.
As soon as Xu Yan got out of the car, several people in civilian clothes came up to him in the building. These were people from the planetary local security bureau and were subordinates to Xu Yan's subordinates. The leader had done enough homework and reported quietly and quickly as Xu Yan walked to the elevator.
"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 still stayed here were leaning against the door, looking at Xu Yan and the group of people with numb and indifferent eyes.
Several police officers 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 police officers are 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 the 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 stood by 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 clicked on the question mark to show the identification content: "The traces on the scene show that it is a pistol, but the bullet is too powerful and cannot be used by ordinary people. It is suspected that a special bracket was used in conjunction with it, and further traces need to be searched."
According to the standards of the Security Bureau, those in Chu Longtu who received basic genetic optimization at birth and received third-level optimization plans as adults were 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 large hole in the wall of the opposite unit, the back wall, and the walls of the next three units. No one has lived in these three units for a long time, and now they look 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 person in charge 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 flying car, she said to the person in charge of the local security bureau: "Move quickly, but also be cautious."
This sentence had no beginning or end. The person in charge of the local security bureau obviously failed to understand it and could only answer yes.
The speed car started and flew directly to the star port. There was another person in the back seat of the flying car, who was the person in charge of peripheral intelligence of the 6th Fleet who had met with her. The man looked a little unruly, with one leg on the car door and watching the scene on his knee.
"What did you see?" Xu Yan asked.
The man chuckled and said, "There aren't 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 gotten in the way, I would have wanted to have a drink with the old man. That subordinate of yours is dead Just die, 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 this kind of person every day?”
Xu Yan said: "This is the person who stayed from before, but 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, stopped arguing, stretched out his hand 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 entrance to Chu Longtu Apartment. From this angle, he could see most of the apartment through the door. The monitor was obviously installed by the Security Bureau, so how could he have 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."
Three policemen and two plainclothes security officers remained 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 both old, and they 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. 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. Basically, they all have the attitude of doing whatever they are assigned and doing whatever they can, and they have no intention of getting promoted anyway. The young policeman seemed to have some aggressive ideas, but he was suppressed by the words of several old people and gradually lost his 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 simple, work with me. It just so happens that I'm also an old-school guy, even though I'm still 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 do you want?"
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 towards 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 treat it well them."
Sino quickly browsed 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. Red Beard 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 piece of data: personnel maintenance costs. Combatants are provided with allowances and combat subsidies, and those who can work are required to receive a salary. The elderly and young need corresponding living expenses. The total monthly cost is close to 2 million! This 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. This living ship has average performance and backward technology, and its energy and material consumption cannot be low. Sino also has to pay for these. Just the daily supplies of this life ship will consume millions a month.
There is still 100 million in Xino's account, which is the fleet start-up funds given to him by Chu Jun. Originally, Sino thought this was a lot of money, after all, the starship personnel were all ready-made, but the reality gave him a cold blow. The static maintenance costs alone are several million per month. If the fleet moves and fights another war, wouldn't the supplies of energy, materials and ammunition have to go up to the sky?
One hundred million seems to be enough to last for a while, but this feeling of spending money every day and living in vain every day makes Xino not feel the slightest sense of security. When thinking about the days to come, Xino felt that he would be frightened awake even in his dreams.
He instantly broke into a cold sweat, completed the reception immediately, and then immediately contacted various intelligence dealers to find suitable robbery targets. If he doesn't open soon, his Star Thief Group will 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 Guangnian, as if he had no salary or subsidy during the time he worked in Guangnian, and he was just taking care of the food.
Just take care of the 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-year worth of stocks! Yes, all of them, regardless of price!”
After dealing with this matter, Xino felt a little bit safer.
"Hey, Xiao Xino, we..."
Before Redbeard finished speaking, Xino said "Goodbye!"
Redbeard was stunned for a moment. 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 still the shameless swinger who 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 the scale of Red Beard is even 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 might not be able to find a target for a month or two.
When eating was a problem, Xino was not in the mood to pick up girls at all.
In the end, Redbeard took her boat and left alone. Sino refused to waste a second, compiled intelligence from all parties, and set out to search for the robbery target. The targets provided by the intelligence dealers are either too hard, such as 3 transport ships and 6 escort ships. If Sino collides with them, it is not necessarily who will rob whom; either they are traps at first glance, or robberies will cause serious Consequences, such as 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 moving slowly along a long-abandoned route. It looks like a product from the last century, with tough lines but old style, and a style that is out of tune with the times. While it shows its individuality, it actually puts the word backward on its 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.
With his rich experience and keen intuition, Sino concluded that there must be something weird about this old starship, and you might get a surprise if you grab it.
Xino's actions were very powerful, and his speed was far faster than his thinking. He immediately planned the location for action, and led three combat starships to start space jumping 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 shock 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 that displayed the star map. In the star map, the three starships that suddenly appeared all displayed the Star Thief logo and kept 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..."
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, "A tooth pulled from a tiger's mouth?"
