Galaxy of Giant Ships: Starting with Data-Driven Warships

Chapter 28 Picking Up a Bargain

"Here are five thousand low-grade planetary origin crystals, which will serve as the initial operating funds for Universal Mining. Acquisitions, logistics, and daily expenses will all come from here. Just keep track of the accounts and report to me every now and then."

Huang Qizhuo took the storage box with both hands, feeling its heavy weight, and his fingers tightened slightly.

Five thousand low-grade Origin Crystals are not a small amount; they could buy nearly twenty white-grade rare items.

Chen Yao entrusted so much money to someone he had only known for two days. Although a large part of it was based on Huang Ping, the trust itself was enough for Huang Ping to remember him deeply.

"Don't worry, Young Master Yao, I will record every single transaction clearly."

Chen Yao nodded and didn't say anything more.

He trusts those he employs and does not employ those he distrusts. Since he has chosen Huang Qizhuo, he will give him ample room to maneuver.

However, he didn't speak, but Huang Ping, who was beside him, offered a suggestion.

"Brother Yao, while I trust you, it's always safer to sign an agreement beforehand."

Clearly, although he valued his nephew, Huang Ping was considering things primarily from Chen Yao's perspective.

Agreement, what is an agreement?

Within the shipboard component system of the Flame Warship, there is a type of component called Contract. This component can be used to sign several different star agreements between designated beings, all of which are witnessed by the origin of the starry sky.

They are categorized into three main types: classified, follower, and war-related.

Confidentiality: All parties involved in signing the agreement must remain absolutely silent about a specific matter and must not disclose it to the outside world in any form.

Follower type: Those who participate in signing the agreement voluntarily become followers of the contract component loading captain. Under their subtle influence, they will never do anything or even think anything that would harm the loading captain.

War-related: The two warring factions/civilizations that sign an agreement to restrain and cease all hostile actions within a defined timeframe, or to agree to initiate certain special war modes, etc.

What Huang Ping is talking about right now is naturally a follower-type contract agreement, but unfortunately, Chen Yao's flagship, the Xuntian, has not yet been equipped with such a component.

"We'll deal with the contracts and agreements later; my flagship hasn't installed such components yet."

……

For the next period of time, because everything was entrusted to Huang Qizhuo, Chen Yao was able to devote himself to the cultivation of guiding techniques with complete peace of mind.

Inside the battleship's underground chamber at the naval base, within the Sky Patrol ship's cabin, the [Energy Absorption Cultivation Pod] was filled with dense psionic energy, completely enveloping the entire pod.

Chen Yao sat cross-legged in the center of the cultivation cabin, his eyes slightly closed and his breathing long and even.

At his chest, the emerald green vines of the Pregnant Star Vine "Little Star" clung to his skin, faintly radiating a warm life energy, like an invisible hand gently pushing the psionic energy within his body to accelerate its circulation.

With the addition of several special cultivation aids provided by his father, Chen Tianhua, Chen Yao's cultivation efficiency was extremely high.

Cultivation knows no days or months.

Fifteen days passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the energy cultivation chamber, Chen Yao suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes. With the support of multiple auxiliary methods, just now, the vast dark energy within his body finally touched a faintly visible barrier.

Guiding Techniques Level 8 Peak.

A fleeting glint of light flashed in his eyes, and a slow smile crept onto his lips.

In just half a month, his guiding technique has reached the peak of level 8. If other captains of the same level knew about this speed, they would probably be astonished.

Keep in mind that it had only been a little over a month since he broke through to level 8.

"Xiao Xing, well done."

He glanced down at the lush green vine on his chest and said softly.

Xiao Xing seemed to understand his praise, and the vine trembled slightly as if in response.

Chen Yao smiled and did not rush to break through to level 9. Instead, he slowed down his cultivation pace and began to focus on adjusting his overall physical condition.

When it comes to breakthroughs, haste makes waste; a state of being in a perfect condition is more important than brute force.

……

On the evening of the second day after adjusting his state, Chen Yao had just stepped out of his meditation and was about to go upstairs for dinner when his Tianxun bracelet suddenly vibrated.

Huang Qizhuo's communication application.

Chen Yao raised an eyebrow slightly, his mind racing.

Could something have happened at Huanyu Mining?

"Qizhuo, what's wrong?" He answered the call, his tone calm.

On the other side of the screen, Huang Qizhuo's eyes flickered slightly, even showing a hint of barely suppressed joy:

"Young Master Yao, are you available now? I'm at the garrison headquarters; I have something I'd like you to take a look at."

It's not bad news.

Chen Yao relaxed, responded, and got up to walk outside.

At the gate of the garrison, Huang Qizhuo stood in the twilight, holding a palm-sized wooden box in his hands. When he saw Chen Yao come out, he quickly went to greet him.

"What good stuff is it? Why are you being so mysterious?" Chen Yao asked with a smile.

Huang Qizhuo didn't keep them in suspense and opened the wooden box directly.

The inside of the wooden box was lined with a layer of soft star beast skin, on which lay two fist-sized crystals, both emerald green, gleaming with a warm luster in the twilight.

At first glance, Chen Yao didn't see anything special. It was only because Huang Qizhuo was so mysterious that he took a closer look. It was these two glances that allowed him to quickly recognize the origin of the two crystals.

"This is... a life crystal?"

"That's right!" Huang Qizhuo lowered his voice: "A second-tier life crystal!"

After receiving confirmation from Huang Qizhuo, Chen Yao reached out and picked up one of the crystals. The moment his fingertips touched the crystal, his internal energy began to circulate, carefully absorbing the emerald green energy inside the crystal.

The next second, a pure and gentle life energy flowed into his body through his fingertips, and wherever it passed, the cells seemed to be dancing joyfully.

Even the little star in the chest sensed this aura; the vines warmed slightly, conveying a sense of urgent beating.

"Where did it come from?"

Chen Yao looked up at Huang Qizhuo, his eyes showing a hint of surprise.

A glint flashed in Huang Qizhuo's eyes, but his tone remained calm:

"This afternoon, a pioneer came to the store to deliver a bunch of miscellaneous ores, none of which were of very good quality. When I was counting them, I noticed that the energy fluctuations of two of these ores were not quite right. Upon closer inspection, I realized that they were two raw life crystal ores."

"Didn't that pioneer recognize you?"

"No." Huang Qizhu shook his head. "He thought they were ordinary green spirit stones, sold at the price of first-grade raw ore. I gave him less than forty Origin Crystals for both of them."

Chen Yao smiled.

Forty low-grade Origin Crystals for two second-tier Life Crystals? This isn't a transaction; it's a classic bargain.

Let alone forty, even if you had two hundred or three hundred, you'd be lucky to buy a single second-tier life crystal.

"Very good, Qizhuo, you have a sharp eye. This thing is indeed of great use to me, so I'll accept it."

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