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Chapter 504: Next Destination
Chapter 504: Next Destination
Chapter 504: Next Destination
After saying this, Hank looked at the star pirate loot box in his hand and said with emotion,
“The first bucket of gold I got when I was 20 was from the star pirate box. From then on, I became rich step by step and eventually owned a shop.”
“Now, just when I was about to close my shop and return to my hometown with nothing again, God sent another star pirate box to me!”
“This is like a destiny reincarnation! If this box is empty, then I can obey God’s will and go home with peace of mind.”
“But if there is still wealth in this box, it means God is willing to give me another chance to start over!!”
When he thought of this, Hank’s rickety back straightened suddenly, and his eyes shone with an unprecedented spirit.
Because they had an agreement before, he picked up the star pirate box and explained to Fang Linyan,
“Most star pirate boxes are specially customized. Combination locks can be added according to the buyer’s needs, and the locks can be unlocked in various ways.”
“For example, some use the most common passwords and keys, some use voiceprints to unlock locks, some use fingerprints, some use iris recognition, and some use direct faces, and some use photo as key… It comes in all kinds of strange.”
“So, it is almost impossible to open the lock through normal methods. Normally, we use a specially prepared corrosive liquid to open the lock.”
“The liquid will slowly penetrate and destroy the internal lock structure. The disadvantage of this is that it will definitely trigger the alarm device of the box itself, and the unlocking time will be very long, almost 40 minutes.”
“For star pirates who keep their boxes by their side at all times, if the enemy can easily crack their boxes in this way, it means that they are either dead or caught, so it doesn’t matter anymore.”
“What they are worried about is the kind of cracking method that opens instantly and does not trigger the box alarm method, but so far there is no such method.”
As Hank was talking, he mixed a large bucket of blue-black viscous liquid that looked like mercury.
Then he soaked the star pirate box in it. Immediately, the began to buzz, and many bubbles emerged on the surface.
Hank said,
“This means that the box’s alarm device has been triggered, and the alarm chip will be buried under the owner’s skin, often on the buttocks, inner knees, etc.”
“Once the alarm is triggered, it will cause burning and twitching pain to the owner of the box. This is to prevent the owner from not receiving the alarm when he is asleep or drunk.”
Fang Linyan nodded,
“So it will be opened after just soaking it for half an hour?”
Hank took a deep breath, looked at the box inside the bucket, and said expectantly,
“Yes.”
Then Hank looked at the Blue Vine Badge pinned to their chests, and he said in shock,
“This must be your first time coming to Tutuga Starport, right?”
Fang Linyan said,
“Yes.”
Hank said,
“No wonder, if I were you, I would definitely take this badge off and put it in my pocket. Otherwise, it will bring me a lot of trouble.”
“No, maybe they have already brought you some trouble.”
Fang Linyan said in surprise,
“Why though?”
Hank said seriously,
“When you went to apply for the Blue Vine Badge, all relevant information and even video data had been recorded in detail.”
“If my guess is correct, such information has been sold to many people at a good price. Outlanders like you are the most popular.”
Fang Linyan said thoughtfully,
“Is it because… we are tourists?”
Hank said,
“Yes, the Blue Vine Badge was established 40 years ago. Owner will have a lot of privileges, which seemed very useful at the time.”
“For example, you can take a starship without queuing or you can waive the parking fee for the spaceship. Now, these privileges are useless.”
“But some privileges become valuable, such as being able to purchase any acre of land in starport at a 50% discount.”
“40 years ago, when Tutuga Starport was in the development stage, buying land at a 50% discount was completely a waste because no one would buy it. If they were willing to spend money, the government would even proactively lower the land price to 30% off.”
“But now, every inch of land in Tutuga Starport is gold. This privilege represents terrifying profits!”
“And the governor who established the Blue Vine Badge set the Blue Vine Badege Medal to be transferable in order to allow owners the Blue Vine Badge to obtain substantial benefits…”
Fang Linyan was enlightened,
“I got it now. No business, no killing.”
They chatted with Hank for a while and inquired about some local news.
They got to know that energy weapons were commonly used in large machinery, such as starships, tanks, and other war weapons.
Although portable energy weapons exist, they were also very expensive to use and inconvenient to carry.
To put it simply, the price and cost of use of portable energy weapons were 10 times that of gunpowder weapons, and their power was only twice that of gunpowder weapons.
Therefore, gunpowder weapons were still very popular in this world, especially in gang fights, scuffles, etc. They were all using gunpowder weapons.
With the information provided by this old guy who had been here for decades, they had an even more solid plan.
Half an hour passed quickly. Hank took out the star pirate box, dried it with a towel, and put it on the table.
Then Hank took out a knife and pried it gently. The box was opened smoothly.
There was an inner box inside, which needed to be opened by twisting.
Hank’s breathing was getting slightly faster. This kind of gambling was the most exciting.
One step to heaven, one step to hell!!
As the inner box was opened, 3 crystals emitting a faint green light rolled out from inside…
Seeing this scene, Hank was dazed. He murmured,
“Green stone! It’s actually green stone!!”
Coincidentally, the first bucket of gold that Hank obtained from the star pirate box was a large green stone.
When he was in the most desperate moment, he chose to open the star pirate box for one last gamble, and he got 3 medium-sized green stone!!
These 3 medium-sized green stones were widely used in scientific research, and they could also be inlaid in jewelry.
Almost like gold, it could be used as both an industrial raw material and a luxury product, so it was not surprising that star pirates collected it as hard currency.
Reminiscing the past, Hank burst into tears. The hand holding the green stones also trembled slightly…
Fang Linyan smiled, patted Hank on the shoulder, and said,
“It seems God doesn’t want you to retire just yet.”
***
With the few hundred star cash given by Hank, Fang Linyan and the others had start-up capital, then they disguised themselves with the things in Hank’s shop.
For example, after darkening the skin, putting on sunglasses, putting on a hoodie, etc.. After that, they booked a smart aerocars and headed to Punk Bay as Hank mentioned.
The smart aerocars here were all driverless. They could recognize the waving gestures of passers-by and park automatically.
The fee would start after boarding the smart aerocar for 5 minutes. It supported voice input destination/manual input destination. The fee calculation adopted a fully smart mode. It also drove automatically when flying in the air, so the customers didn’t have to worry about being scammed.
Tutuga Starport was a huge city with more than 10 million people. It produced more than 20,000 tons of garbage every day. It was also a tourist city, so a garbage treatment plant was necessary.
Their destination, Punk Bay, was right next to the garbage treatment plant. It was the poorest and most chaotic area in the entire airport. It was equivalent to the dark side of the bright-looking Tutuga Starport.
Although this place was chaotic, dirty, disorderly, and even filled with sin wherever no one was around, there was a strange vitality rippling there.
It was like cancer cells that were frantically sucking nutrients to thrive.
The smart aerocar stopped 4km away from the destination. An electronic sound came from the aerocars’ computer,
“Dear tourists, the destination you entered belongs to an area that cannot be reached by this aerocar.”
“You can try re-entering a new destination or just get out of the car and walk there.”
TL: Sound like a good place to gamble?
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