chsdbacks Chapter 117 Apprentice Mercenary Mission
Chapter 117 Apprentice Mercenary Mission
The spaceship is flying rapidly through the dark universe.
On Mercenary Island, in his apartment, Gao Sheng opened the function interface.
"Xiao Ai, take a look at the task list. Are there any suitable tasks?"
"What? You want to do a trainee mercenary mission?" Xiao Ai asked curiously.
"I think that cultivation is something you can learn from in real-world combat much faster," Gao Sheng said with a smile. "Cosmic-level trainee mercenaries should also have some missions, right?"
"Of course, the tasks for trainee mercenaries usually have low merit, and they are for the Hengxing level. However, the difficulty of the Universe One-Star Mercenary assessment is very high. Generally, after becoming a Universe level, one must cultivate for many years before participating. The Universe Mercenary Alliance will definitely arrange some tasks for Universe level trainee mercenaries."
"I've picked some out for you. These tasks have high merit and are definitely not for Hengxing-level players." Xiao Ai quickly listed a long list of tasks, which numbered in the tens of thousands.
Gao Sheng checked several missions in succession, and all of them were located in other star systems.
"Is there anything about the Black Dragon Mountain star region?"
Xiao Ai nodded quickly and said, "There's only one."
The screen changed.
"Ordinary Trainee Mercenary Mission - No. Qian 0544889, Mining Mission"
"Near the Red Scorpion Star System in the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region, on the rogue giant planet numbered 2544899, there is a Crimson Silver vein in its core. If enough Crimson Silver is collected..."
Gao Sheng carefully read the mission instructions.
The giant planet 2544899 has a diameter of 470,000 kilometers and a solid core with a diameter of 63,000 kilometers. Beneath its core, the rocky life form known as the "Crimson Darkness" continues to thrive, its initial existence equivalent to a ninth-tier Constant Star level being. The planet's surface is home to over 100 million Crimson Darkness beings; its internal life forms are unknown, but the vast majority are between the first and sixth tiers of the Cosmic level, with only a small number possessing the strength of a ninth-tier Cosmic level being… and an extremely small minority possessing near-Domain Lord level strength.
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Mission objective: Collect at least 10,000 tons of Crimson Silver and deliver it to the staff stationed at the extraplanetary alliance. Success will earn you 5,000 merits. For any amount exceeding 10,000 tons, you can exchange 1 merit for each ton.
note:
1. This task can only be accepted once.
2. It is recommended to reach at least the Cosmic level before accepting this mission, as the mortality rate for trainee mercenaries at the Constant level is extremely high.
3. Once you accept this task and enter the task location, you may not leave until the task is completed.
4. Reminder: You can take away items that exceed the mission requirements, but their value will not be higher than directly exchanging them for merit.
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Gao Sheng looked at the task description and pondered.
Crimson Silver is a D7 grade metal, quite valuable. It costs about 50 Qianwu coins per ton to buy, and it must have been made with more than just a little bit of merit.
If you include the trace amounts of Crimson Silver Refined Silver and the extremely small amounts of Crimson Silver Mother in the Crimson Silver vein, the value would be several times higher.
However, this kind of metal vein cannot be pure metal. It would be very costly to extract it, and even ordinary cosmic-level beings do not have the capability to do so. Therefore, it is reasonable to exchange some credit for it.
If the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance wanted, it could easily wipe out all the energy life forms on a mineral planet by sending just a few Domain Lords. Sending one Domain Lord would allow them to take over the entire planet. This is actually giving cosmic-level trainee mercenaries an opportunity to earn money and gain experience.
Of course, this money is not easy to earn; you might even encounter a cosmic-level ninth-order 'Crimson Dark' life form.
The Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, and even other high-level human forces, are actually cultivating and consuming resources for lower-level martial artists. The establishment of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance is actually to provide a large number of lower-level martial artists with opportunities to hone their skills and acquire resources.
"The Red Scorpion Galaxy? It's on the way, I'll take it."
Inside the spaceship, Gao Sheng asked Lan Luo to take on the same mission.
Lan Luo was a normal cultivator and also a trainee mercenary, but he was not from the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region. Instead, he went to the Cui Lang Star Region branch to take on a mission.
In the dark universe, the rising silver spaceship slightly turned and flew directly towards the Red Scorpion Galaxy.
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In the dark void, a dim, giant planet slowly rotates. More than five million kilometers away from the planet, a silver spaceship suddenly appears.
"Traction signal received, from the Space Mercenary Alliance," Xiao Ai reminded.
"Relinquish control."
Under the control of the traction signal, the spacecraft rapidly flew towards the space base outside the giant planet.
The base resembled a thin metal plate, fifty kilometers long, about fifteen kilometers wide, and only a little over one kilometer thick. Thousands of spaceships could be seen "hanging" on both sides of the plate, almost all of them C8 or C9 class, with the occasional D class spaceship.
The entire base is less than a million kilometers away from the giant planet next to it, and it is rapidly rotating around that planet.
Gao Sheng knew that this was actually an interstellar mothership, temporarily serving as a satellite of this planet, and would leave once the planet's resources were exhausted.
Although it is not visible, there must be a security system deployed around the entire planet, in addition to the mothership, to prevent illegal mining and to prevent cosmic mercenaries from sneaking away.
Minutes later, the spaceship locked onto the base docking post, and Gao Sheng and Lan Luo flew out of the hatch.
As for Sasha Ansen and her Star-level subordinates, Gao Sheng had already sent them back on another spaceship.
Although Anson became a cosmic-level mercenary, he was not a trainee mercenary. When he came out of the interdimensional realm, he did not receive any mission items.
A star-level man wearing the uniform of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance flew over and shone his personal computer on the two of them.
"Promotion? Lanluo? My lords, please follow me." The man said respectfully.
Gao Sheng followed behind the man, looking at the starry sky around them.
The surrounding starlight was dim, but in front of them was a large expanse of bright red starlight, which was the Red Scorpion Galaxy.
The nameless giant star on the left, which occupies half of the starry sky, emits a faint red glow, only slightly brighter than the pitch-black background of the starry sky.
This enormous planet, which has no name but only a number, is much larger than most planets, even though it is not a star. Moreover, this enormous planet does not orbit any star, and it is not even within the Red Scorpion system.
The entire base was nearly deserted. Soon, Gao Sheng and Lan Luo entered the main hall of the base's only building.
Upon entering, Gao Sheng saw a tall, black-armored man with a three-star mercenary medal hanging on his chest.
After verifying his identity, the man coldly stated, "A radius of one million kilometers outside the planet is the warning zone. Once the mission begins, you must not leave the warning zone before its completion, otherwise you will be automatically attacked. Begin the mission?"
"Yes."
The man in black armor clicked on the light screen in front of him.
"Alright, go ahead. Leave the spaceship here and fly inside."
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Gao Sheng and Lan Luo flew towards the huge red shadow.
"Judging from the number of spaceships, there aren't many cosmic-level mercenaries doing this mission. We're unlikely to encounter any other mercenaries."
Lanlu nodded.
In the entire Black Dragon Mountain Starfield, there are only a few hundred thousand cosmic-level beings. If there are one or two thousand here, the reward for this mission is already quite high. There are definitely fewer cosmic-level beings from other starfields.