Chapter 148

Like Interstellar Pirates, Interstellar Mercenaries belonged to a nomadic organization. The number of people in each team varied, ranging from one to tens of thousands. Simply put, it was an organization that worked for money. They would accept almost any job. Since many mercenaries were Interstellar Pirates, they were willing to accept almost any job as long as the price was right. Therefore, it was not unusual for Interstellar Mercenaries to be wanted by the Federal Government.

Occasionally, the Federal Government would anonymously seek help from mercenaries for some inconvenient jobs. Therefore, the relationship between the Federal Government and the Mercenary Alliance was more complicated and difficult to explain.

There were two ways for Interstellar Mercenaries to accept jobs.

One was to accept jobs from the Mercenary Alliance's network. The Mercenary Alliance would take a 1% to 10% commission for such jobs. In return, the Alliance would give points to the mercenary team. Mercenaries were divided into ten levels according to the points, ranging from one star to ten stars. The lower the level, the higher the commission the Alliance would take. A one-star Mercenary Alliance's commission was 10%, a two-star was 9%, and so on until a one-star was 1%.

The other way was for the commissioning party to commission a mission directly to the corresponding mercenary team. In this case, the Alliance would not take any commission if they did not use the Mercenary Alliance's network.

If the commissioning party chose the first way, which was to post the mission on the Mercenary Alliance's network, the commissioning party could set the conditions for accepting the mission. Mercenary teams that did not meet the conditions could see the relevant mission, but the mission was read-only to them and there was no option to accept it. This was the effect of the system's automatic selection. Only teams that passed the selection could accept the mission.

Of course, the commissioning party could also set the number of teams that accepted the mission. It could be one, multiple, or even unlimited. If only one was set, the mission would become read-only after the first team accepted it, and no other teams would be able to accept it. If more than one was set, the teams that accepted the mission would compete because only the team that completed the mission would receive the commission fee.

Neptune easily passed through the planet's signal shield and connected to the Interstellar Mercenary Alliance's network.

There was a huge commission option in the upper right corner of the network. Neptune clicked on it.

"How should I write it?" Neptune asked.

Gu Ding rested his chin on his hand and pondered for a moment. "The title should be: Destroy three Baby Dragon interceptors of the Federation Government Army!"

"Location: Outside Great Divinity's atmosphere, above the Interstellar Port."

"Number of teams to accept the mission: Unlimited."

"Mission Requirement: Only a team capable of destroying the Baby Dragon Interceptor is required!"

"Mission completion time limit: Two days, the earlier the better."

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"What's the commission amount?" Neptune filled in the items one by one. The last item was the commission amount.

"How much money do we have in our accounts?" It was only then that Gu Ding realized how much money he had.

"There's still more than 3.5 billion Universe Credits," Neptune reported a shocking number. "Yours is more urgent, so it's best to set the amount higher. Their system was set up so that the highest amount would be stuck at the top for a certain period of time until it was topped by a higher amount. Currently, the mission that was pinned at the top was worth 230 million Universe Credits. It was a mission that was released three days ago. In Dragon Soar Cosmic Nation, this amount is already very high. "

"Three hundred million Universe Credits then. One hundred million per ship!" Gu Ding immediately made his decision.

As soon as the request was sent, it was automatically pinned to the top by the system.

The title of the mission had indeed attracted many people's attention.

"Destroy three Baby Dragon Interceptors of the Federal Government Army!" Who issued this mission? How arrogant! Are they openly provoking the Federal Government? "An Interstellar Mercenary inadvertently glanced at the mission title that was pinned to the top by the system.

"The fact that it's pinned to the top means that the commission amount is not low. Check out the mission requirements!" The leader of the crew was leisurely sipping a cup of coffee when he heard the news.

"Mission completion time limit: Only a crew with the ability to destroy a Baby Dragon Interceptor!"

"Mission completion time limit: Two days, the earlier the better."

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"Commission amount: 300 million Universe Credits, one hundred million per ship."

Ravel looked at the big "Accept" button below and gulped down the hot coffee in his cup. He turned to look at the crew's spaceship pilot. "Great Divinity, can we reach there in two days?"

"If we depart now, we should be able to reach there at full speed." The pilot nodded. "But boss, are we really going to accept this mission? We're going against the Federal Government. "

"Isn't our team a wanted criminal already? So what if we destroy another Federal Government Interceptor? Besides, he has three chances to complete this mission. As long as we destroy an Interceptor, we can get a hundred million Universe Credits. There must be a lot of people accepting this mission, but we just need to get one. " Ravel felt that it was worth a try. "A hundred million Universe Credits. After we complete this mission, I'll give everyone ten days off!"

"Boss, your decision is truly wise and brilliant." The young man operating the page did not hesitate to accept the mission when he heard that there would be ten days off.

"I'll start the spaceship. Gather in the cabin in ten minutes." The pilot, who was half-lying on the sofa listlessly, suddenly stood up and jogged toward the door.

Apart from Ravel's crew, many powerful mercenary crews had also noticed Gu Ding's mission.

Some of the well-informed mercenary crews were very clear about what was happening on Great Divinity.

"A group of Interstellar Pirates is currently trapped on Great Divinity. The entire planet's signal should be blocked. Why would such a mission be issued?" Someone raised a question.

"There are two possibilities. The first is that the mission didn't come from Great Divinity. The second is that the person who issued the mission is a newcomer pirate who's been in the limelight recently — Gu Ding. He's done something like breaking through the planet's signal shield before. He probably asked someone to destroy three Baby Dragons in order to escape as soon as possible. There's a ninety percent chance that Gu Ding was the one who issued the mission. Not only does this kid have guts, but he also seems to be very wealthy. "

"Boss, should we accept this mission?"

"Of course we should. It's three hundred million Universe Credits. It's not bad to get a hundred million. Isn't it just a few Energy Crystals? This mission can't be any easier. " A bearded man took his cigar out of his mouth and blew out a ring of smoke. "Two days is enough for us to get there. Let's go!"

In less than half an hour, Gu Ding's mission became a hot topic among many Interstellar Mercenaries.

Many crews who met the requirements immediately accepted the mission and set off for Great Divinity.

Of course, such an important piece of news did not escape the Army's eyes and ears.

"Marshal, the Mercenary Alliance just put up a pinned mission …" A young man said as he projected the page.

The white-haired Howell immediately knew what had happened when he saw the title of the mission. "This kid Gu Ding has guts. It seems like Sharp and the others are really in trouble this time. Send this page to Sharp and the others. Let's see what their decision is. "

"Aren't we going to send reinforcements? If the three interceptors are destroyed, won't the Interstellar Pirates have a high chance of escaping with Gu Ding around? "The young man seemed worried.

"I want to send reinforcements too, but Sharp has done so much for the Army over the years. If I send reinforcements directly, it'll be telling him that I don't trust his ability. I can't do something like that. It'll disappoint him. Send the page to him. If he decides that reinforcements are needed, we'll send reinforcements. If he decides that he doesn't need reinforcements and the mission fails, he'll be mentally prepared to accept failure. Let's see what his decision is. "Howell shook his head." Go ahead. Let me know as soon as he replies. "

On Great Divinity, Sharp, who was half-asleep, quickly received a message from the Army headquarters. There were no words in the message. It was just a screenshot of a mission from the Mercenary Alliance.

The moment he saw the screenshot, Sharp broke out in a cold sweat.

Of course, he knew that Gu Ding was the one who issued the mission. There was no one else. He did not expect Gu Ding to react so quickly. He had purposely said to ask for reinforcements in front of the surveillance camera. His purpose was to let Gu Ding know that they had nowhere to run. No matter what they did, they would not be able to survive for long. He did not expect Gu Ding to turn the tables on him.

Evacuating the interceptors was not an option at all. Gu Ding would definitely find out immediately. With his ability, it would not be difficult for him to sneak back to the port, take back the spaceships, destroy the port's canopy system and armor-piercing cannon control system, and then leave the planet.

The interceptors were the only way to keep Gu Ding's crew on the planet. Without them, the chances of Gu Ding's crew successfully escaping would be very high.

Sharp also knew that even if Gu Ding was not the mastermind of the night attack, Gu Ding was definitely one of the culprits. Without Gu Ding, the Interstellar Pirates who were imprisoned would not have been released. Without Gu Ding's crew, Biggie would have appeared on the battlefield and would not have allowed such a tragedy to happen.

At that moment, there was a hurried knock on Sharp's door. "Sharp, did you see the picture that the headquarters sent just now?"

At the door was Emily, who hadn't slept the whole time. When she saw the picture, she was lying on a deck chair at the port, thinking about how to solve this crisis. She didn't expect a new crisis to come.

Sharp opened the door. "I got it. It looks like we don't have to wait until tomorrow morning. I'll write a request for reinforcements now."

"It's only two days. The Army won't be able to send reinforcements in time, right?" Emily frowned slightly. "Even the fastest spaceship would take at least three days to get here from the headquarters. Gu Ding must have calculated this time to escape before reinforcements arrive. "

"There's no other way. Do you have any good plans?" Sharp knew what Gu Ding was planning, but he could not think of a solution.

"Before I got the news, I thought of something. We can keep them on this planet for a long time." Emily seemed to have a plan. "Destroy all the Interstellar Pirates' spaceships! According to the Army's rules, all the spoils of war must be returned to the Army's warehouse. The people in the warehouse will then sell them off in exchange for Army funds. However, in order to complete the mission, the problem of funds can be put aside for now. "

After a moment of silence, Sharp nodded. "Let's do that. Tomorrow morning, we'll destroy all the Interstellar Pirates' spaceships in front of everyone!"