It took several days, but Black Spider finally spotted the Juberly Hub, not without turning over his savings and 3,102 Enas. As passengers entered, he challenged them on Wayne cards and the other passengers who had lost money were quite happy to keep their mouths shut and watch Black Spider massacre the newcomers.
One guy even bet 100 enas directly, but cried profusely after losing. Black Spider received several romantic advances from various races because of this, but he wasn't interested.
As soon as they arrived, he was amazed by the place.
After several days, a massive fortress floating in space appeared outside the windows of their spacecraft. The Juberly Hub looked like something out of a science fiction movie, its futuristic steel structures standing out against the backdrop of countless distant stars. It seemed intimidating and mysterious at the same time.
Spacecraft came and went through its docks incessantly, their enormous engines left behind streaks of multicolored light in space. Thousands of these streaks surrounded the space station, although there was no sound in space, it was as if a magnificent fireworks display was taking place.
The space station grew larger and larger in the spacecraft windows before regaining its full view. It was then that the people on board finally grasped the scale of this gigantic space fortress. The Little Horn Star, comparable only to a small city in size, was like a grain of rice next to a watermelon when placed beside the Juberly Center.
Black Spider sensed that the place could be the size of a dwarf planet.
The Little Horn Star entered a large docking area and the ship's bottom locked onto the docking rails. After the ship was secured, the metal gates of the port opened, the ship was guided along the rails before the gates closed again.
The passengers on the spaceship then made their way to the bridge to wait to disembark while loading their luggage. The clones were all carrying Black Spider's heavy bags. The heavy luggage easily attracted the attention of onlookers around. Black Spider sensed many "interested" eyes around him, and an almost imperceptible cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He expected someone to attack him quickly.
The suitcases, of course, were full of genetic reagents, ready to test the market and see if they could make any money from it, but for now Black Spider was ready to find a place to stay first.
Until he has a spaceship, using this place as a logistics center is necessary, without any communication, followed by the clones again covered from head to toe in tactical gear, he left quickly.
His smile didn't fade as he sensed someone was still following him.
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Two hours later, Ringo was gazing contentedly at his new spaceship, plans really can't keep up with the changes.
One moment he was a poor guy, now he had his own ship. Well, it was just an assault model costing between 100 and 200 thousand Enas, but still.
Its circular design resembled the Millennium Falcon, but it was completely smooth and painted black with red details. Beside it, the group of butchers was tied up and surrounded by armed clones.
These guys only had one Grade C leader and the rest were Grade D. He still didn't understand where their courage came from, but he didn't care. After going to an empty area, he was attacked directly. The leader was a speed-focused Pugilist. He tried to kill him first, but it didn't work.
It didn't even take a minute for them all to be lying on the floor crying.
After delving into the leader's mind, he quickly learned everything he needed to know about them. They were part of a group of galactic pirates with a Grade B leader. They were accustomed to robbing travelers and had tried to rob Ringo, who seemed to lack quality equipment, but possessed gunpowder weapons.
Terrible choice.
Ringo got 12,000 Enas from those guys, plus the ship and equipment, he had made a tremendous profit.
Their leader himself, Blood Fang Tanos, had a bounty of 2,900 ena.
It would be a good first task for his resume, he would register first, then hand over the man, his capture would appear on his mercenary record.
As for the mobs without rewards, Black Spider looked at them and felt he had a good idea.
Five hours later, Black Spider appeared in an area of the black market with his face completely covered. He had discovered this place through Tanos. Behind him, four of his clones followed, still dressed in hiding, but their clothes had completely changed, now wearing dark cloaks.
Guided by the clones, the butchers had vanished, in their place were a group of beauties of various races, all chained and gagged, with such sad and melancholic looks that it would evoke pity in anyone.
Well, those are the pirates.
Let's say Ringo performed extensive plastic surgery on the pirates using his evolutionary energy. They didn't change race, but outwardly they looked exactly like extremely valuable races on the black market.
He transformed them into extremely beautiful women and erased their memories of his actions. They still knew they had attacked him and that's why they were transformed into these forms, but it would be very difficult for anyone to track them down.
He already knew that these guys not only killed to steal, but that rape and selling slaves was the norm.
Black Spider thought it would be a poetic fate for them, he was even kind enough to remove their pleasure receptors, so instead they now felt pain.
How kind of him, even a crocodile tear rolled down his cheek.
Of course, he didn't dare negotiate with races like the Godorians in this star system dominated by Godora, nor did he dare to attempt a race with a strong civilization, instead, he chose rare races that weren't unified into a single civilization.
Like elves and demons.
In the end, he left with 30,000 Enas more, it's no wonder there are so many scavengers and pirates who work with slavery, the profits in this area are tremendous, quick and easy.
Of course, Ringo's clone isn't ready to become a slaver, only the most heinous villains will earn that "honor". He even felt like going back to Aquamarine and bringing the Germinal Leader to "contribute".
Within a few hours of arriving in that chaotic place, his account had almost reached 50,000 enas and he had acquired a spaceship.
As for whether the pirates would come after him because of the ship? Black Spider grinned excitedly, that would be even better! As long as it didn't involve a Grade A or higher Mage, he wasn't afraid of trouble.
What Ringo needed most right now was a skilled mechanic to protect the ship from hackers and repair damage to the spaceship. Unfortunately, he hadn't found one yet, and recruiting one wouldn't be easy.
For a moment he missed Han Xiao, even though the guy was currently only a Grade D.
It was still about 3 years before Kerlodd(the Godorian) would arrive in Aquamarine. Well, maybe it wouldn't even be the same Godorian sent, or maybe he wouldn't even go, but in any case, he needed to recruit members quickly.
The problem is that recruiting someone trustworthy is difficult at this stage, he doesn't have Han Xiao's interface to tell who is an enemy and who is an ally, and he also doesn't want to perform a "brain lobotomy" on everyone who approaches him. Fortunately, he still has his vision for the future, which can mitigate bigger problems.
He wished he could bring Lena into space. Speaking of her, he still had a lot of knowledge to acquire, although advanced Esper knowledge is just icing on the cake for him, it's not for the others, whether it's Lena, Eva, Hila, Aurora or Melissa, he needs to seek out world-class knowledge for them.
There were two advanced pieces of knowledge that they didn't have for Pugilists in Tanos mind, which Ringo had already begun to explain to Eva and Melissa.
Ringo's options are now vast, but his medium-term plan is to become the Floating Dragon's field team.
Should he wait for the Silver's mission or go directly?
Going directly there might have some variables, but there aren't any high-level mages with Ames, so he'd be safe even if he did.
Once the Dragon Emperor's umbrella is opened, it will greatly facilitate his future, but if he goes, the future will change very quickly because a Grade S Beyonder's single field team is no small change.
He believes Jenny will appreciate him much more than Han Xiao, after all Han Xiao is the typical careerist who wants to expand everywhere, Ringo on the other hand cares more about personal strength and profit, so he won't get on Jenny's nerves, they might even be friends.
The problem isn't the change itself, but that he still needs the source of the mutation in Silver's possession, if he loses that, he'll need to take flesh from Han Xiao's mouth again.
But he paused for a moment and remembered that the planet Aquamarine wasn't the only one affected, there were other planets that were also part of Dark Star's plan, so finding a source of the mutation on another target planet was also an option.
Leaving that aside for now, Black Spider quickly went to the mercenary Mercenary alliance with the clones in tow.