"You and us?" the female Doctor looked at Da Yi's head, "Are you sure you're not mistaken?"
"I joined the Long Day Spaceship just to make Money to see Sisi!" Da Yi was certain he had not misspoken.
"Captain, let's take him out secretly during this mission," Itheri suggested, "we don't need people like him."
"You're not much better," Li Changzhou retorted to the flying car woman.
He looked at Sisi, no, he looked at Si, "So, you 'arranged' for us to meet each other here for what purpose?"
"Definitely to have kids with the Cosmic People," the Dinosaur Head Warrior immediately said.
"Exactly, the fusion of the Divine Race with the Cosmic People, what a noble child that would be!" Engineer Bi also exclaimed excitedly.
"Worth studying," the female Doctor agreed.
"Don't worry," Li Changzhou said to Si who was somewhat taken aback, "our spaceship doesn't operate on a voting system. Go on, your purpose."
Si collected herself, "You should have guessed my purpose by now—please abandon the IAO's mission."
"Ever since the argument between IAO and Konglu at the concert, IAO has sworn to pull away the Artificial Constant Star of Konglu Star, and the people of Konglu Star have been living in anxiety and fear, they are innocent."
His own mission, alongside Turquoise Pool and Bi, was to pull away the Artificial Constant Star;
Yang Qinglan and Li Qianxia's mission was to aid the Cosmic Great Ming Star in front of them.
Little Radish was to cultivate a new species.
Li Changzhou gathered his thoughts and looked at Bi, "Captain, what do you think?"
The Captain huffed disdainfully, floating at the same height as Si.
"I'm willing to offer double the money," Divine·Valentine stated firmly.
"Do you know how much that is?" Itheri couldn't help but interject.
"Six hundred million each." Was this Sisi?!
Li Changzhou was almost ready to hear Itheri seal the deal.
But Itheri did not.
"Si, you might be misunderstanding us," she said, "we're not good people, we're on our way to pull away a Life Planet's Constant Star, causing misery and even death to countless people, yet even someone like us who does such things has lines we must not cross."
"Chris (the Dinosaur Head Warrior) used to be a soldier, I've seen his memories, do you know when he felt soldiers had the most sense of mission in his heart?"
"Not killing the enemy, nor victory."
""In the midst of gunfire and storms of bullets, nobody can come out alive once inside, and then the higher-ups say to you, 'Pick up your Weapon, charge.' You reply, 'Sir, yes sir!'—this is when he believes soldiers feel the most sense of mission."
"I'm not a soldier, but as a Bounty Hunter, a Cosmic Adventurer, my greatest pleasure isn't in how many missions I've completed or how much money I've earned, but—knowing it's theft, kidnapping, murder, evil, yet still carrying it through, that's the romance and mission of a Bounty Hunter."
"How much Money we can make has to be based on this."
Li Changzhou, sitting on the Captain's throne, turned to Li Qianxia and said, "See, that's professionalism."
"Mm-hmm," Li Qianxia nodded, reflecting on her own indecisiveness as a Player.
The three-meter-tall waitress stared at Li Qianxia, "Although he's your brother, you're now one of us."
"Uh—" Li Qianxia touched her own small cheek, and then warned Li Changzhou, "I'm warning you, don't talk to me, or next time, I'll flatten you!"
She flaunted her small fist.
Li Changzhou ignored her and looked at Si, "You heard it, we're professionals, no matter how cruel the mission is, we will always fulfill it once accepted."
"Seven hundred million each," Si's voice was very calm.
"Gurgle," Itheri swallowed hard.
The bridge was very quiet, but in the silence, there was an air of restlessness, and even Li Changzhou hesitated for a moment.
With that money, even if the mission of him, Turquoise Pool, and Bi failed, it wouldn't be a loss. Not only could they let these strangers on the ship live well, they'd also be able to buy a lot of Mi'er Metal and Qi Aura.
"Being a star really makes money," Turquoise Pool said with a laugh, "but money isn't everything, power is. Taking your money, offending IAO, and ruining our reputation as Bounty Hunters—"
She smirked and slowly shook her head, "It's not worth it."
The crowd, who had just been tempted, cooled down slightly after her words.
"I know what you're thinking," the gaze of Divine·Valentine turned to Turquoise Pool, "in one possibility, you brag to Li Changzhou, 'Silly brother, even if we are to abandon the mission, we should drive Konglu Star to despair before giving up, that way we can get more benefits from that giantess.'
The crowd looked at Turquoise Pool.
Covering her face with her hand, not letting them see, Turquoise Pool looked at Li Changzhou and said with feigned shyness, "That's what I was thinking."
"I am a Player," Divine·Valentine suddenly said.
There wasn't much surprise in the bridge.
The universe is vast, capable of fulfilling every fantasy of all life. Even a planet that's an exact replica of Earth, where people speak Xia Yu and English—is that completely impossible?
It's normal to encounter anything, and equally normal not to encounter anything.
Divine·Valentine's emphasis wasn't on this point, however.
She looked down at the crew of the Long Day Spaceship, "Your real Captain died on the last mission, and this person has taken over his identity."
"What?!" Itheri and the others couldn't believe it.
"He is too," Divine·Valentine looked at Li Changzhou.
She glanced at Turquoise Pool and Bi but didn't expose their identities.
It wouldn't matter if she did, as the robots by the rules of the Value Game would recognize Turquoise Pool and Bi as the original two Princesses, never to rebel.
"Interesting," Li Changzhou started to laugh, "such an experience is intense enough. Spear against shield—to use an apt metaphor, it's like spaceships colliding. What's your purpose in doing this? Are you seeking death?"