57: Chapter 57: The Ten Million Dollar Designated Reward
57 -57: The Ten Million Dollar Designated Reward
Since he could move freely, Li Ming no longer needed to stay in the City Defense Building and took the opportunity to visit home after a long time.
“Li Ming!”
When he knocked on the door of Yang’s old shop, Yang Yu came running out excitedly, hugging him tightly, her soft chest constantly pressing against him.
Old Yang stood inside the shop, also seemingly relieved.
“Uh…” Li Ming hesitated for a moment.
Yang Peng didn’t come along, did he?
“What is the knife in your hand for?” he asked.
“It’s of course for protecting Grandpa…” Yang Yu hurriedly let go and took several steps back.
Due to the disturbance this morning, she was too nervous; seeing Li Ming, she became too excited and lost her composure.
“If any bad guys break in, I’ll chop them to death,” Yang Yu shifted the subject, swishing the kitchen knife in her hand, making a swishing sound.
“At least you have the conscience to come back and check on us.
That punk didn’t even make a call.” Old Yang grunted displeasedly.
“Uncle Yang, he…” Li Ming, remembering Yang Peng’s “threat,” urgently spoke, “He’s too busy to help it.”
“Busy!?
Don’t make excuses for him!” Old Yang became even angrier, repeatedly tapping his cane, “You ask him if his father’s last name is Yang or Qin!”
Li Ming grinned wryly, and then, Yang Yu said, “Oh right, you haven’t been back these past few days.
Two days ago, a guy named Yu Zhili came to your house, said to let you move out, he seemed to be the person who bought your house.”
“Oh.”
Yang Yu complained discontentedly, “He acts so superior; it’s not like we won’t move, what’s the rush?
We still have several days according to the contract.”
“I get it,” Li Ming nodded, not saying much.
Back at home, Li Ming lay on his bed, opened his smart terminal, and logged onto the Black Hole Network; his bounty had been deposited, and his balance reached 900,000.
There were a few message notifications–
The first was congratulating him on his upgrade to a two-star Bounty Hunter, allowing him to accept higher-level missions.
The second was a reminder that the referral bonus channel had been closed, intentionally done by the Lame Uncle.
The third was from Lame Uncle–
“What the hell did you do!?”
This one line was enough to prove Lame Uncle’s astonishment.
“Killed someone,” Li Ming typed back casually.
With 900,000 Star Coins, if he bought metal materials, along with his remaining metal energy, the total amount should reach about 10,000, enough to upgrade a certain powerful Controlled Object to D level.
Having made up his mind, Li Ming started looking for suitable alloy materials; he still wanted to buy Zircon Crystal Alloy, which was relatively cost-effective.
At this quantity level, if he were to blindly try other alloys, it would be fine if he profited, but if he lost, it would be painful.
When he had the time, he’d buy a few samples and test them individually.
However, 900,000 Star Coins could only buy about 8 tons, and he still needed nearly 80,000 Star Coins for shipping, costing him a large chunk.
“This is damn black…” He cursed, then placed the order, this time not using Giant Shield Company; otherwise, he’d have to pay extra.
He could now move freely and go outside the city to collect the goods, which wasn’t a big problem.
The delivery time was set for 48 hours later, longer than before, probably because the volume was large, requiring time for both transportation and sourcing.
After handling this matter, Li Ming pondered that his development progress had reached 94%, soon reaching 100%.
The E-level gene seed was now within sight, and he couldn’t help thinking about it.
He could either go kill those Bounty Hunters one by one, needing another ten to twenty kills, or go find that group of Bounty Hunters who had attacked the City Defense Building.
Just now, when Li Ming scoured the bounty section of Silver Grey Star, he saw a posting about that group of Bounty Hunters, offering a bounty of 100,000 Star Coins.
It had been posted a few hours ago, and still no movements; those people were very experienced and wouldn’t be found easily in a short period.
“Almost forgot, Lame Uncle might know something, Blue Star Civilization, these few star systems aren’t that large…” Li Ming’s thoughts stirred, and he quickly made a contact–
“Lame Uncle, do you recognize this guy?” Li Ming transmitted a photo, taken by someone when the person had been unmasked; now every staff member at the city department had a copy.
Still no response, he could only wait.
Towards the late night, Lame Uncle finally replied, “Don’t know the person, but I recognize the gloves, he must be wearing a Mimic Mask.”
“Du Huo–is the captain of a Bounty Hunters squad, a D-grade Life Form, did you offend him?”
“I need to find him for something, are you close to him?”