Star Hunter.

Chapter 129 Vice Captain?

Emus and Vachin walked over.

It was still the same brown-haired, honest-looking young man that Waqing knew, still smiling the same way, but his attitude towards Xilin was completely different.

Faced with such a Xilin, both Emus and Vachin felt a chill run down their spines.

In just over twenty hours, 100,000 people perished, yet the person who caused it all remained unfazed, leisurely reading poetry on such a morning, as if the ruins and corpses beneath his feet were insignificant backgrounds.

Waqing swallowed hard and asked cautiously, "Xilin, those people from 'Venom'..."

"He's dead."

Dead...all dead?

Waqing opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. Should he be glad that the Sixth Fleet had produced such a talent?

"Vice Captain Akai and the others have already left in their spaceship, but we don't know the specifics. The captain will send a starship over, and we don't know when it will arrive, but we believe it won't be too long," Xilin said.

"Is that Caranio?" Emus asked, pointing to the skeleton on the pile of emblems.

"Yes." Xilin nodded.

Emus and Vachin examined the skeleton closely with surprise. Emus clicked his tongue in amazement: "So, Caranio's true identity has never been revealed all along."

Although all that remains now are Caranio's skeleton, we can tell how different Caranio was just by looking at his remains.

"Um, may I collect some data?" Emus asked Xilin. Emus was clearly more wary of Xilin now, and Karanio was Xilin's prey. If you want to study someone else's prey, you should at least tell the hunter.

"Alright, name your price."

Name your price?

  

It took Emus a moment to react before he laughed and said, "Of course you should name your price, since the prey is yours."

The inert material that Xilin used to design the throwing knife for Karanio was very expensive, and there were also costs involved in preparing the corrosive liquid and neurotoxin. So before making these things, Xilin made a list. He couldn't lose money, could he? Well, labor costs also had to be added.

Xilin decisively held up one finger: "Ten million."

Ten million?!

Waching almost cried out. Karanio's head might be priceless, but all Emus had to do was gather information about the skeleton. And that was worth ten million?

Emus stared into Sirin's eyes for a while, knowing that the kid wasn't joking.

"Sure, but I don't have that much money right now."

"It's alright," Xilin said, taking out the Vanguard special receipt and starting to write skillfully. After finishing, he handed it to Emus: "See if there are any problems. If there are no problems, sign it."

Emus looked at the receipt in his hand, his eye twitched, and he sighed inwardly. He really didn't know where the Vanguard Sixth Squadron had found such a prodigy.

After signing the receipt, Emus squatted down to look at some data from the bone analysis. After seeing the data, Emus felt much better. According to the data, it was indeed worth ten million. If only it had flesh and skin, it would be better. Unfortunately, only a skeleton was left. It was hard to imagine that the arrogant and tyrannical Skeleton King would end up in such a state.

However, while gathering information, Emus noticed a gaze fixed on him. He initially thought it was either Xilin or Waqing, but then he realized something was off. Emus turned his head and saw the gray cat perched on Xilin's shoulder staring at him with its round eyes, as if it were looking at a thief.

To prevent theft?

Emus was puzzled. "Why is a cat staring at me like that?"

Although Caranio hadn't told Emus about the gray cat searching for energy ore, Emus had his own ways of finding out, so he knew this must be the talking cat that could find energy ore. But why would Sirin bring it to this dangerous place? Wasn't he afraid the cat wouldn't return?

The man and the cat stared at each other. The gray cat was now adopting a strategy of "if the enemy doesn't move, I don't move; if the enemy moves, I still don't move." Knowing that Emus was a member of the military, the gray cat was much more cautious than when it treated other hunters.

Seeing that the gray cat remained unresponsive, Emus didn't say anything and went back to collecting data, but...

"Xilin, that guy cheated!" Gray Cat suddenly shouted, his round eyes staring straight at Emus, filled with anger.

Emus shrugged helplessly. "How did I cheat?" Although he knew the gray cat could talk, Emus was still startled when the cat suddenly spoke.

Xilin and Wachin, who were talking, also looked at Emus, their expressions saying: Kid, you think you can cheat us right under our noses? You want to go and keep Caranio company, huh?

Before Emus could say anything more, the gray cat raised its paw and pointed at Emus.

"He's scraping... um..." The gray cat didn't know how to describe it.

"Take a sample," Xilin said, as if on cue.

"Yes, sampling! Sampling incurs an additional fee!"

Emus's face stiffened. How could they collect information more accurately without taking samples?!

Xilin glanced at Emus, then calmly pulled out the receipt: "Name your price."

Waching, Emus: "..."

Emus wanted to say: I'm not collecting anymore!

But we've already signed a ten million contract, wouldn't it be a complete waste if we just gave it up like this?

So, Emus signed another million.

"Don't look so miserable. I know you can report the expenses to your superiors. You don't have to cut your own flesh," Xilin said to Emus, who looked miserable, and then handed him two more receipts.

Looking at the numbers on the two receipts, Emus's vision blurred, and he pointed a trembling finger at Sirin: "You...you've gone too far! Caranio's bones aren't worth that much at all!"

Each of those two receipts stated ten million.

"When did I say these two tickets were about Caranio?" Sirin looked at Emus. "You collected those two insects, didn't you?"

Emus paused, surprised that Xilin knew. He had indeed secretly collected samples of the two insects without Waqing noticing. However, according to Emus's valuation of the two insects, ten million for each was considered cheap.

Then, Waqing watched as Emus signed two more multi-million dollar notes. Waqing was inwardly roaring with rage: The Vanguard Sixth Squadron has produced a prodigy!

Five hours later, a starship from the Sixth Squadron arrived outside the planet, led by Shorten himself. They followed the delayed signal left by the Grey Cat. Although the delayed signal was delayed, it was better because it was concealed and could evade the signal tracking and detection of "Venom".

On their way there, they encountered a flying vehicle carrying the unconscious Akai and others. Apart from three who were still in the intensive care unit, the others were in regular wards, which relieved Shorten.

They hadn't placed much hope on Xilin originally. Kari and Xiaoshang were prepared for a fierce battle, but they didn't expect the result to be like this.

When they arrived around the planet, they saw debris floating in outer space.

As wave after wave of people fell at the crossroads, some people on the starships parked outside tried to escape. So Karanio pressed a button on the controller in his hand, which controlled the bombs installed on the starships. The "Fang" members had only two choices: die in battle or be blown up.

Kari and the others stared blankly at the debris outside the planet, while the signal receiver converted the received signals into information and displayed it on the big screen.

Xilin did not allow them to enter the planet, but only instructed them to send out an unmanned aircraft. No one from the Sixth Fleet was allowed to approach the planet.

Although Shorten didn't quite understand what Xilin meant, he did as he was told.

After the aircraft returned, Kari saw that Xilin was alright and gave him a heavy punch. He had been holding a grudge against Xilin for his solo mission.

"Don't do that again next time. If you're going to do something like that, you have to call us along!"

"Yeah, including me and Ba Dao," Xiao Shang said, patting Xi Lin on the shoulder.

"Hey, who's that guy?" Kari pointed with his chin at the door of the conference room next to him.

When Kari saw the strangers who boarded the ship at the same time as Xilin and Vaching, he was about to go up and find out more, but Xiaodun pulled the people into the conference room for a private talk, not giving Kari a chance to find out.

"That one, he's the enemy of the enemy." Xilin didn't mention Emus's name, because Emus was definitely a fake name. As for what Emus's real name was in the army, Emus probably wouldn't tell him.

The people of the Sixth Fleet did not know what method Xilin had used to wipe out the entire "Venom Fang" force, but one thing was certain: they all began to feel a sense of fear towards Xilin. Whether it was ordinary personnel or several vice-captains, they were obviously cautious when speaking in front of Xilin.

Xilin has done a great job this time, rescuing the hostages, recovering the energy ore, and destroying "Venom Fang". Even if the Vanguard main team came, they probably wouldn't be able to do it with such efficiency or to such an extent.

At the same time, Xilin also told Akai and Vakin that without Gray Cat, he could only destroy "Fang" but could not rescue the hostages. Therefore, Akai and Vakin were able to survive thanks to Gray Cat. As a result, Gray Cat's status was elevated again. Vakin and Akai smiled very kindly every time they saw Gray Cat, which led to Gray Cat being pampered and his status in the Sixth Fleet even surpassing that of the vice-captain.

Shorten didn't ask much about what Xilin had done on that planet. Xilin said he would designate that planet as a forbidden area for a hundred years, and Shorten readily agreed, ordering the people of the Sixth Fleet not to set foot on that planet for a hundred years. He also notified Bart and Sonbarro not to enter.

Vaching and Emus had no objection to designating that planet as a forbidden area. They knew that the reason the insects didn't attack them was because of Xilin. If Xilin hadn't left them with some kind of medicine or other preventative measures, they would probably have turned into a pile of bones long ago.

After everyone returned to the flagship of the Sixth Fleet, Xilin was summoned by Diaz before he could even rest.

"You want me to be the vice-captain?!" Xilin glared at Diaz, who was lying on the hospital bed with a smirk. Diaz looked much better now.

"No way." Xilin shook his head and was about to leave. He had been using his brain too much lately and was incredibly sleepy.

But the door was firmly closed, and pressing the door lock switch had no effect.

Xilin turned to Diaz, who had lost an arm: "What's wrong, sir? In your current state, are you planning to force yourself on me?"