Chapter 44

Smuggling has always been very profitable. Li Ang didn't feel strange about the existence of this industry on the colony planet; after all, the drug lords before he traveled had started smuggling eggs.

And the colony planets chosen by the Federation are all valuable. The specialty of Colony Planet No. 9527 is a mineral called 'F-9527 Fire Crystal', and the smugglers are also smuggling this item.

"Alright, if you've read the information, let's go."

Seeing that his team members had already understood the mission content, Danika said.

After choosing an inconspicuous minibus, the group drove toward the mission destination.

Sitting in the car, Li Ang played with the newly acquired firearm in his hand and asked casually: "Why does the bureau still issue these old antiques?"

This was a doubt he had when he was clearing Technical Talent Settlement Area 2 earlier. After all, in the sci-fi movies Li Ang had watched before he traveled, such kinetic weapons driven by gunpowder were rarely used.

Hearing his question, Danika, who was sitting in the passenger seat, replied listlessly: "No money, and the Federation wouldn't allow extra-legal citizens to use weapons that are too powerful."

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Such a realistic answer, Li Ang didn't expect it to be this reason.

At this time, Cole, who was sitting beside him, added in a low voice: "Actually, it's enough. It didn't work last time only because the new breed of bugs had specialized."

Indeed, that giant bug that looked like a beetle was clearly defense-specialized.

Recalling the fine scales on the other party's shell, Li Ang fell into silence.

Not long after, the vehicle the group was riding in stopped not far from a small building that had already collapsed.

"This is it. According to intelligence, this should be one of the dens of those smugglers. If it weren't for the bugs causing such a big scene in the city a few days ago, the bureau wouldn't have been able to discover the abnormality here."

As she spoke, Danika turned to look at Li Ang.

"I'll take a few people in later, you and Cole stay outside, don't let anyone run away."

Hearing this, Li Ang nodded and agreed to her arrangement, although compared to keeping watch outside, he actually wanted to go in and grind some skill experience.

Watching Danika take people into the small building quietly, Li Ang took out the book he had picked up from the Public Security Bureau and started reading.

He wanted to try whether he could choose a profession like [Scholar]; after all, this kind of profession sounds like it could increase comprehension.

Although he had the world-shaking wisdom of the professional panel, who could refuse double the world-shaking wisdom?

But unfortunately, the panel in front of Li Ang had no movement at all.

And Cole beside him, after seeing this scene, couldn't help but open his mouth to say something, but then seemed to think of something and closed his mouth again.

'Could this be the reason why Mr. Li is getting stronger?'

'I get it!'

Just when the two were one reading and one dazed, dense gunfire suddenly rang out in the small building.

Hearing the sound, Li Ang immediately put away the book in his hand.

Sure enough, soon a figure covered in blood, holding a gun in his right hand, stumbled out of the small building.

After seeing Li Ang and the other two guarding outside the building, this person was stunned for a moment, then a fierce expression appeared on his face, and he raised his right hand to shoot.

But the next moment, his expression turned from fierce to terrified.

Because at this moment in his line of sight, a figure covered in white had already arrived in front of him and grabbed his wrist holding the gun.

Li Ang indeed couldn't dodge bullets yet, but he could make a prediction before the other party fired.

As a sharp pain struck, the bandit subconsciously let go of the weapon in his hand.

"Ah—mm..."

The scream turned into a whimper. Li Ang looked at the bandit who was struggling constantly while being choked by him, and immediately wanted to send him to the west.

Just then, Danika walked out of the small building with three team members.

"Don't kill him, he's the only one left, I still have questions to ask him."

Hearing this, Li Ang threw the bandit in his hand to the ground, then took out his pistol and wanted to shatter his kneecap.

Bang—

As the wisps of gunpowder smoke rose, the bandit immediately hugged his right leg and wailed.

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Missed.

Li Ang put away his pistol with an unchanging expression, as if he hadn't missed.

He decided that he would not use a gun if he could avoid it in the future.

Danika didn't notice Li Ang's move, just squatted in front of the bandit and took a fire-red crystal-like object in front of him.

"Tell me, where did you get this thing?"

"Ah ah ah!"

Facing Danika's inquiry, the bandit seemed not to hear it and continued to cover his leg and keep screaming.

"Ga—"

The scream stopped abruptly. Danika took back her right hand, stood up, and said to the team member beside her: "Take him back for interrogation."

As she spoke, she pointed to the bandit who had already passed out on the ground.

Watching her agents lift the bandit into the car, Danika let out a long sigh, and a look of life-is-meaningless appeared on her face.

Seeing her performance was a bit strange, Li Ang asked: "Is there a problem?"

Hearing this, Danika sighed, then tossed the fire-red crystal in her hand: "This is the specialty of our Colony Planet No. 9527, but this piece has already been refined."

"Refined?"

Li Ang subconsciously read out the term he hadn't heard before.

"Yeah, there is a [Craftsman] among these smugglers..."

As she spoke, Danika let out a long sigh, and her already weary face became even worse.

However, Li Ang had already captured the key information in her words at this time.

[Craftsman]!

This sounds like a new profession.

But before Li Ang could ask sideways, he heard Danika mutter somewhat puzzled: "Do [Craftsmen] also smuggle? Clearly, the treatment given by the Federation to professionals of their category is the highest at the same level..."

She vaguely felt that something was wrong, but after thinking about it, she couldn't think of the reason, so she could only temporarily suppress the doubt.

Li Ang silently wrote down the name of [Craftsman], preparing to look up relevant information after going back.

Getting into the car, Danika closed her eyes and leaned against the back of the passenger seat, saying somewhat wearily: "Go back to the bureau, I have to report what happened here to the Chief."

"We probably won't be able to be idle for a while."

Hearing her say this, the expressions of the agents in the car except Li Ang were extremely wonderful. Even a workaholic like the captain said they couldn't be idle, they already didn't dare to imagine what kind of work intensity that would be.

Soon, the group returned to the Public Security Bureau.

Li Ang stood behind the one-way glass, watching Cole wake up the bandit extremely violently in the interrogation room, and was in a trance for a while.

After all, he had also sat in the interrogation room not long ago. Who could have thought that he would now turn into a Public Security Bureau agent.

And this was the change brought about by becoming a professional.

Just when he was a bit distracted, Cole had already started his interrogation.

"If you say it yourself, you can suffer less."