Although he hadn't released any murderous intent or shown any signs of initiating a fight, everyone's heart suddenly sank.
Once the spaceship was destroyed, who besides the Cosmic People could survive? The Cosmic People were respected by the IAO for fundamental reasons.
"If it comes to a fight, I wouldn't let the spaceship stop before colliding," Divine·Valentine responded, "I just want you to give up on this mission. One hundred million each."
With that last sentence, she looked towards the crew members by Li Changzhou's side, intending to undermine them.
If there were no crew members, the mission would indeed be difficult, and Li Changzhou didn't even know where Konglu Star was, but it was just difficult, not impossible.
He didn't speak, allowing the crew to make their own choices.
"I'm out," Arnes was the first to speak up.
"Transfer the money," Divine·Valentine said.
The three-meter-tall female attendant tapped on her personal mainframe on her wrist, and Arnes received one hundred million Divine Will Coins.
"Itheri, what are you waiting for?" Arnes turned to the female hacker, "The former captain is dead, this spaceship isn't even called the Long Day Spaceship, all these are false memories!
"We don't need to follow a stranger and complete his game mission!
"If we quit, there's no danger and the two of us can have two hundred million! We could buy an estate on any planet, open a mental health clinic, buy your favorite flying car, and live the wealthiest life for the rest of our lives!"
As he said this, he grabbed Itheri's shoulders as if he wanted to engrave these words into her heart.
"Quite tempting," Li Changzhou said with a laugh.
Arnes quickly backed away, his body enlarging and muscles unfurling, an entire mini armory's worth of weapons aimed at Li Changzhou.
He was slightly panting, like a frightened cat, thinking that Li Changzhou was about to attack him.
Li Changzhou didn't look at him and continued to talk to Itheri:
"At the park, you and Luo Lei (the doctor) said I seemed like I was settling my affairs. I indeed was settling my affairs. After completing the mission, the Long Day Bounty Hunter team will disband, and you can sell this spaceship. The money from the sale will be yours to keep."
"That goes for you too; take the money and leave," he said, looking at the crew he had been with for two days, "I won't make a move against you."
The bridge fell silent, with the robot named Tomorrow unable to understand the situation.
To robots and mainframes alike, as long as Li Changzhou was recognized as the former captain, they would never alter that recognition. Any conduct saying Li Changzhou was not the captain would be taken as a program attack.
"Are you really a player?" the doctor inquired, looking at Li Changzhou.
"Authentic goods."
The doctor pondered for a moment: "I have a lot of equipment, which is burdensome to move. If you can continue to provide me with various research materials and funding, I can work for you—though I'm average in a fight."
"If you're not good at fighting, then don't fight; researchers can sometimes be more important than warriors," Li Changzhou said, not rejecting her offer to join.
In a mission, he was unemotional, prioritizing interests above all. The doctor was very useful, both during and after the mission.
"First, show me something as proof. If it has high research value, we'll cooperate," the doctor said.
...It was time to say that phrase again; Li Changzhou didn't love money.
Li Changzhou took out a drop of Blood Pearl and flicked it over.
The doctor caught it with her hand, placed it in her palm, and the microscope in her fingertip pads locked onto it, running various scans.
"Such strong life force! If I can fully study this, I can definitely improve the effectiveness of my healing chambers by a great margin! I'm going to study it right now! From this moment on! No matter what! No one! Is allowed to disturb me!"
The doctor ran off with the Blood Pearl.
—Giving your blood to these people brings the risk of being cloned. (Yang Qinglan's voice)
—It doesn't matter; a clone can only replicate the body, and whether they can clone a Divine Body remains an unknown.
—As long as you are aware.
Divine·Valentine did not mind the doctor's departure, as her combat abilities were modest. In the Constant Star project, aside from analyzing the enemy's biological weapons and healing her own crew members, she was not of much use.
"What about you?" she turned to Itheri, the dinosaur warrior, and others, who were the main forces.