Chapter 707: Mercenary with Supernova-Level Combat Power

Alliance big shot:???

Alliance big shot: Weiniya! What's the situation!

Alliance big shot: Send the coordinates, I'm coming to find you.

Zhang Jie was anxious, but Weiniya hadn't sent any more messages, as if they'd been cut off again.

"This is really bad...."

Zhang Jie frowned, the Alliance backend should be able to pull up the last heading coordinates of the deep-space vessel; it looks like I have to go myself.

"Xiao Jiu... hiss, no, her strength is too weak."

Although the Alliance intended to train Xiao Jiu into its third flagship, that still takes time.

Furthermore, to maintain normal life, we must combine Ship Life and the biological flagship technologies. Then, the Alliance's first flagship could also operate in humanoid form.

"Just let the little gadget rest outside; calling her back isn't really useful."

Zhang Jie thought, worrying and rubbing his chin; according to 'Little Aunt's' combat ability, under normal circumstances this shouldn't happen.

"What exactly is this hidden civilization?"

"Even the relics are this dangerous."

Zhang Jie muttered to himself; not far away, the humanoid form of the biological vessel was holding a tea cup, standing nervously to the side.

They say this Alliance big shot loves to experiment on biological vessels; slip up, and you could become part of his experiment.

Moreover, he has a very close relationship with the Alliance leader, Lin Ran; in this place, no one can judge him!

Zhang Jie didn't even notice the trembling biological vessel; he was just thinking about who to call for help later.

"Hmm... sapphire would be most suitable, after all this little thing is durable."

"No, actually nobody is suitable; our own people don't need to take this risk."

Zhang Jie suddenly realized there might be space mercenaries whose individual combat power could match Lin Ran's; there really seem to be a few of them.

After all, Lin Ran isn't the strongest in the universe; there are people beyond people, heavens beyond heavens.

On the cosmic scale, planets are extremely tiny, let alone individual combat power.

"Perfect, I'm never short of money."

Zhang Jie thought that, and casually searched the space mercenary software; come to think of it, Weiniya also takes jobs on that platform.

"Hiss, so expensive."

Zhang Jie looked at the price and sucked in a breath of cold air; the Demon King's Protection's price is no joke.

If you can't beat them, get an escort—no problem.

"Or is it Hall-certified? It's got power."

The currency system in the universe—you can't even imagine how high its limit goes; energy, technology, matter are the universe's hard currency.

The money Zhang Jie saved from interest in that simulation would almost take 1/20 of it to hire someone with Lin Ran's level of individual combat power once.

"Hmm, that doesn't seem like much, huh?"

"Damn it!"

Damn it, the price for hiring them once is enough to build ten Dyson spheres!

But Zhang Jie gritted his teeth, placed the order; the mercenaries have nothing to do with him now—live or die, it's on them.

Not long after Zhang Jie posted the bounty, the backend exploded—everyone was a mercenary wanting to take his job.

"What's going on?"

Zhang Jie was bewildered; even though they've reached this level of power, they should keep their composure—why is everyone so eager?

After Zhang Jie's thorough screening, he finally selected two mercenaries; the only reason is that their rates are half of everyone else's.

And after Hall certification, it's confirmed they have single-body star-shattering level ability; although they might not actually be as strong as Lin Ran, it's enough.

After all, single-body star-shattering is just a threshold standard; among star-shattering level combat powers there are still differences.

Zhang Jie hired two people: one a normal human, the other a silicon-based stone person.

As for why their rates are so low, upon asking I learned that the mercenary business is also fiercely competitive.

Although there are really a lot of jobs, it's still rare to see mercenaries hired for supernova-level combat power.

Especially those who fight for their civilization's survival—others work to support their families, but these guys aren't like that; they bear an entire civilization's family on their backs.

Zhang Jie could barely keep his composure either—especially that stone person: what's with you already having supernova-level combat power while your civilization is still stuck in the Stone Age?

"You're not joking, are you?"

"Only after the last question did I find out: it turns out a certain civilization's mineral planet gave birth to life."

"Then that stone person, as the most talented member of that civilization, sneaked around all along, lived as a maggot for thousands of years, and only then succeeded in becoming supernova-level combat power."

"As a result, right after buying back his homeland he ran out of money, and now most of his civilization is still stuck in the Stone Age."

"Tsk tsk tsk, how pitiful."

Zhang Jie sighed, saying only that Lin Ran's value keeps rising.

"He... here comes the Vice Leader!"

"Are you getting off the ship?"

At that moment, the biological vessel that had been holding tea finally spoke up timidly, and Zhang Jie noticed her.

"Oh, okay, thanks for your hard work."

"When you go back, just have your superior send you your salary."

That biological vessel's eyes visibly lit up—salary! Salary!

Long live the Vice Leader!! Even if you take me as an experiment, I have no complaints!!

Zhang Jie successfully arrived on the Expedition; Lin Ran was there surveying the mineral planet, and incidentally clearing the natural disasters around it.

Because the RimWorld interior needs a lot of material to build cities, Lin Ran has recently been doing fewer disaster cleanups.

And at this moment, Aitou Lu Lin Ran also happened to be worrying about the Deep Space Knight's affairs.

Seeing Zhang Jie arrive, she gazed at him with surprise and joy.

"You came?"

Zhang Jie nodded, pointing at the data in front of Lin Ran.

"Did you also receive the news from the Deep Space Knight's side?"

"Hmm, I'm currently retrieving their course."

Lin Ran looked at Zhang Jie, then suddenly spoke solemnly.

"This time you are not allowed to go."

"That's something I should be the one to say."

Zhang Jie shrugged; this time he had no intention of letting Lin Ran and the others go explore the so-called ruins.

"Oh no, that's wrong; it should be the remains of a hermit civilization."

"Are you trying to rebel?!"

Lin Ran widened her eyes, feigning anger as she scolded, but Zhang Jie remained unmoved.

"Don't mess around, listen."