Chapter 209

Looking at the long string of garbled codes, Gu Ding did not even have to think to know that it must be X calling. However, he also guessed that X calling at this time would not be good news.

"This kid's timing is really good," Neptune could not help but complain.

Gu Ding pressed the answer button, and X's voice came through unhurriedly. "I reckon you guys should be here by now. Am I right?"

"Just arrived. What's the matter?" Gu Ding turned on the speakerphone function.

"How do I break the news this time?" Gu Ding and the others heard X mumble in a low voice. Then, they heard X continue, "It's like this. Under normal circumstances, when I bring bad news to others, I like to find a piece of good news and tell it all at once. That way, people won't think I'm a jinx who only brings bad news. However, today, I really can't find any good news for you. I only have bad news, but it's not serious bad news. "

"Big brother, can you just say it? We'll think you're a jinx if you dawdle like this. " Lilliath finally could not help but complain. She liked to deal with people who said what they wanted to say.

"Well, the bad news is that the guy who gave you the gift won't be here until two days later. You'll have to stay on Probrand for two days." Only then did X break the bad news.

"That's it?" Gu Ding waited for a moment but did not hear anything else. He could not help but ask.

"What else do you want to hear?" X asked.

"Nothing, jinx. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up." Gu Ding stretched out his finger and was about to press the button when he heard X's voice again.

"Wait a minute, there's one more thing!"

"Can you say it in one breath?" Lilliath complained again.

"What I want to say is, please don't call me jinx. Thank …" X did not have time to say the other word of thanks before Gu Ding forcibly hung up.

"The barbecue over there looks delicious. Let's go try it!" Gu Ding had his eyes on a shop fifty meters away. This was the main reason he was so eager to hang up on X.

"Hey, Gu Ding, you saw the same shop as me." Lilliath turned her head and met Gu Ding's eyes. It was obvious that they had a long-standing tacit understanding. Obviously, she was dissatisfied with Yu X because she saw this barbecue restaurant.

"Barbecue …" Elsa looked at the barbecue in that shop's window and started drooling.

"The color looks pretty good, and I can smell the aroma of barbecued meat from here. Both the color and aroma elements are present, so I reckon the taste won't be too bad." Biggie was acting like a food critic.

The little cat thief, Tagore, leaped off Gu Ding's shoulder, and everyone immediately chased after it.

As for the remaining member, Robert, he still maintained the attitude of a mad scientist. He refused to socialize and locked himself in the cabin. In fact, apart from getting the remaining three materials from Gu Ding throughout the journey, he had not opened the door to his room once. However, the Sea Emperor told everyone not to disturb him as much as possible, so everyone let him be.

That barbecue restaurant was called BBQ. As for what the abbreviation was, no one paid much attention to it.

The barbecue shop was very big, and there was an open-air terrace outside the shop. Nearly a hundred umbrellas were erected on the platform, and brightly colored tables and chairs were placed under the umbrellas.

It was noon, and business was very good at the barbecue restaurant. The restaurant was almost full, but Gu Ding and his crew were lucky. There were still two or three empty seats on the platform.

Gu Ding led everyone to find an empty seat on the open-air terrace and sat down. Everyone formed a circle, and Biggie sat on the ground as usual. With his size, there was no stool that fit him.

Everyone quickly ordered what they wanted to eat and began to chat. Such a scene had not been seen for more than half a month. During the more than half a month of sailing, everyone had been frantically improving their strength. Although cultivation could bring great power, it was also boring. Other than that guy Robert, everyone else could not hold it in any longer. This stop felt like a holiday after half a month of hard work. Therefore, when X said that they needed to wait on this planet for two days, Gu Ding thought it was good news. Gu Ding was not the only one who thought so. Lilliath and the others thought so too.

"Everyone is free to do whatever you want for the next two days. However, for safety's sake, at least two people per group. Although I'm not sure why my bounty hasn't changed after so long, one thing is for sure — the Army won't give up on the hunt so easily. " For more than half a month, not only had Gu Ding's bounty not been updated, but it seemed that the bounty of all the other Interstellar Pirates in the entire Faye Cosmic Nation had not been updated.

"About this matter, I just saw the news. Half a month ago, the database of Mideon Media's Faye Cosmic Nation branch was hacked and some confidential information was lost. During this time, they have been investigating the matter internally, and the Federal Government is also assisting in the investigation. This has also caused a temporary halt in other work. This morning, Mideon Media's headquarters sent out an apology letter, "Neptune said as he projected the apology letter.

The apology letter contained a lot of content. It detailed the whole story of what happened half a month ago, then explained why the bounty had not been updated, and assured everyone that the latest bounty would be updated within thirty hours.

Lilliath, who heard the news, kept her head down and drank her drink. It was obvious that she did not want to hear anything about Mideon Media.

"How much do you think my bounty will go up to?" Gu Ding noticed Lilliath's mood and changed the subject.

"I think it will go up to at least two billion Universe Credits," Biggie was the first to speak. His guess was more conservative.

"I'm guessing five billion because the captains of the Hunter teams are all Peak Rank-12 Gene Levels, and their combat effectiveness has reached Rank-13. Also, the highest bounty that the team has ever captured was 4.8 billion Universe Credits. You wiped out their team, so your bounty should be at least higher than 4.8 billion, "Elsa analyzed.

"That's not how it works," Lilliath finally spoke. "The setting of the bounty depends on a lot of factors besides combat effectiveness. For example, the strength of the team, the level of threat to the Federal Government, the nature of the damage caused by each incident, and other factors … There's even an analysis of the individual's personality. It depends on whether the person is a radical or a conservative type, and even a deeper level of character is explored from aspects such as their growth experience. "

"Many people have high bounties not because they have high combat effectiveness, but because the damage they cause is more serious, and the Federal Government considers them to be of a bad nature. Although Gu Ding's incident this time had a great impact, the actual damage caused was not great. Not even a single building was damaged. Only the port's ground was slightly damaged, and there were no other innocent casualties. This time, he only showed off his combat effectiveness, so the bounty definitely won't increase to more than five billion. I'm guessing that the bounty this time will not exceed three billion. "

"Do you think our bounty will increase?" Elsa was also looking forward to it.

"I don't think so, because we didn't even show up in this incident. Elsa and Tagore, you two just stood by and watched the battle without doing anything. When the bounty is relatively low, there may be a subsequent increase, but our current bounty is not low anymore, so the possibility of this happening is not high. "Lilliath shook her head.

"After eating, everyone is free to move around, but I'll say it again, at least two people in a group," Gu Ding emphasized again. He was a little worried about moving alone.

Although Lilliath had advanced to a Rank 9 Gene Body, her specific combat effectiveness was still unclear. However, Gu Ding estimated that she would not be able to put up much of a fight if she encountered a Rank 12 pursuer.

Elsa was a little muddle-headed, and it was possible that she would be abducted by someone using food.

As for Biggie, without Lilliath's hypnosis, he would not have any combat effectiveness at all.

As for little cat thief Tagore, if no one was watching him, there was no telling what kind of trouble he would cause on this planet.

"I'll go with Lili!" Elsa and Lili were like sisters, and the two of them stuck together no matter what they did. The main reason was that Lili was more independent, and Elsa was less assertive. She did not have to worry about anything when she was with Lili.

"I want to go to the food market." Biggie felt that Lili and the others would definitely not want to go to the food market with him.

"Tagore will go with you." Gu Ding looked at Tagore. "Protect Biggie. If there's anything you want to eat, ask Biggie to buy it for you."

Tagore raised his paw and patted Biggie, as if to say, "Don't worry, I'll protect you."

He was too lazy to speak because his throat was different from a human's, and it was more difficult for him to speak human language every time.

"That's it then. I'll go with Neptune. Everyone should hurry back to the spaceship before sunset and have dinner together. Then, we'll make follow-up arrangements at night based on the situation. If anything happens, contact me through the communicator. "As Gu Ding spoke, everyone's barbecue was served.

After eating heartily, the crowd dispersed.

Lilliath pulled Elsa straight to the clothing store while Tagore jumped on Biggie's shoulder. The two of them walked toward the food market.

Gu Ding, on the other hand, sat where he was and took a sip of juice. "The most regrettable thing about this barbecue shop is that it doesn't have milca."

"Would you like a drink? There's a tavern about eighty meters from here in the two o 'clock direction. "To Gu Ding, Neptune was an all-purpose tour guide.

"Yes, let's have a drink first, then we'll go shopping." Gu Ding paid the bill and walked straight toward the tavern not far away.