Devouring the Stars: The Master of Metaphysics

One of the team members noticed something was wrong with Li Qi's expression and called out with concern: "Captain?"

"I'm fine."

Li Qi came back to his senses, took a deep breath and said: "Continue to act according to the battle plan and clean up the lower warehouse."

All the team members nodded, "Yes."

Li Qi and others searched for the enemy and swept the lower warehouse, but no other smuggling crew members were found.

Judging from the still warm drink, the smuggling crew members in the lower warehouse have all escaped, and their escape did not take long.

According to the battle plan, they stayed on the spot after clearing the lower warehouse, waiting for orders from the inspection team.

So, they stayed in the rest room of the lower warehouse, where they could see the situation in the entire lower warehouse.

Li Qi sat on the ground, looking up at the neat shelves on the light screen, feeling a little uneasy.

"Captain, is this your first time seeing this kind of scene?"

The only female team member was very attentive. When she saw Li Qi looking at the densely packed freezers, she knew it was her first time seeing the slave trade.

Li Qi turned his head, "What?"

The female team member pointed to the neat shelves in the light curtain, "Slave trade."

Li Qi nodded slightly, "This is the first time we've met."

The female team member asked curiously: "Captain, are you from the Lava Empire?"

"Um."

Li Qi nodded, and then asked: "Does this matter?"

"Captain, if you were not from the Lava Empire, you would not have seen the slave trade for the first time."

Another team member explained: "For example, in the medium universe country where I am, the slave trade is an industry that many families are involved in. I was taken to watch the slave trade when I was still a minor."

As he said this, the team member shook his head and said, "The first time I saw you and I were almost the same as the captain, but after seeing them too much, I became numb."

"The Lava Empire is different from the surrounding medium-sized universe countries. The slave trade is prohibited here."

The team member continued: "The emperor of the medium-sized universe has great power. The law prohibiting the slave trade enacted by the Lava Emperor leaves no room for the slave-catching team to survive in the Lava Empire.

“But the more forbidden something is, the more people want to have it. Especially for those with extremely high status and power, having something that others cannot have will make them extremely happy!

“And where there’s demand, there’s supply!”

The team member pointed at the light screen and said: "Take the Phantom Wing tribe inside as an example. In other medium-sized universe countries that do not prohibit slave trade, an apprentice-level Phantom Wing tribe slave can be sold for one hundred lava coins, which is already very high. !

"You can smuggle this apprentice-level phantom clan into the Lava Empire, and the price can be sold for thousands or even tens of thousands of lava coins!"

The team member shook his head and said: "The price difference is tens or hundreds of times, the profit in this is too great!"

Li Qi was silent. He knew that when the benefits reached a certain level, people would really risk their lives!

"Captain, the universe is so cruel, we can't change it!"

At this time, the female team member comforted: "But we can become strong and protect our families. This is the only thing we can do."

Li Qi nodded, "I understand."

He understands these truths, and this is also his determination to become stronger!

"To be honest, I admire the Lava Emperor!"

The team member suddenly said: "He is not a great immortal god, but it is really amazing that he can create a lava empire in the body of a world lord!"

"What?"

Li Qi's eyes widened and he was a little surprised: "His Majesty the Lava Emperor is not an immortal god?"

"Well, captain, don't you know?"

The team member was confused, "His Majesty the Lava Emperor is the Realm Lord. This is not a big secret." Li Qi recalled the Lava Emperor he had seen, shook his head and said: "I always thought that the Lava Emperor was an immortal god."

"Maybe the captain was misled."

The female team member said: "His Majesty the Lava Emperor once defeated the Immortal God head-on, so he is often mistaken for the Immortal God by people who don't know the truth."

"Defeat the Immortal God head-on!"

Li Qi was a little frightened, "If I remember correctly, many realm lords in the outer battlefields who are rated as elite realm lords and generals can only briefly fight against the immortal war lords, and there are very few who can match them, let alone Say defeated!

"To be able to defeat the immortal gods head-on, this is already the top power among the world lords, and it is just a little worse than the geniuses cultivated by the five giants."

"It's definitely possible."

The team member nodded and did not continue the topic.

The reason why the two of them talked about this was to enlighten the young captain and make friends with this planet-level field-level genius.

Now that the goal has been achieved, they naturally stop talking. They understand that talking too much will lead to mistakes.

Not long after the conversation ended, the imperial inspection captain sent a message that all the crew members of the smuggling ship had been cleared, and the universe-level captain among them was eliminated by the universe-level mentor who led the team.

Returning to the inspection ship, Li Qi and others learned that the smuggling spacecraft was handled by specific departments, and the slaves on it would be arranged to live on the living planets within the empire.

Regarding this arrangement, Li Qi nodded secretly. It is far better for these slaves to live in the Lava Empire than to be sent back to their hometown!

After completing this attack on the smuggling ship, the inspection ship set sail again and continued its smuggling inspection mission.

As the deadline for this inspection mission expired, Li Qi and others completed this trial mission.

"It's finally over."

On the spaceship returning to the Sand Sea Star Training Camp, Li Qi looked at the light curtain in front of him and said to himself: "I don't know how many points I can get in this trial mission."

Because patrol missions are prone to unexpected events, the points reward will be settled after the mission is completed.

At this time, the points settlement has come out!

"The points obtained by Li Qi Royce for completing the patrol mission are as follows.

"Basic reward for patrol missions, 60 points.

"Sudden reward for patrol missions, 30 points.

"Served as captain, no team members died, 20 points.

"The Imperial Audit Department's evaluation is perfect! An additional reward of 30 points.

"A total of 140 points were obtained for this patrol mission!"

Looking at the points obtained in this trial mission, Li Qi was a little surprised, "140 points, so many?"

Not long ago, an old student calculated the points reward for this patrol mission based on previous mission experience.

Because this trial mission was relatively smooth, the sudden reward points obtained would not be many. Even if it was a captain with no casualties, it was estimated that it would be around 110 points.

But the points obtained by Li Qi far exceeded the estimate, and he obtained as many as 140 points!

"Yeah."

He found out why his score exceeded his estimate. "The Imperial Audit Department rated it as perfect and awarded him an extra 30 points."

If these 30 points were removed, his score would be equal to the estimated score of the veteran student.

Li Qi was puzzled. "Why did the Imperial Audit Department rate me as perfect?"

In this trial mission, he didn't perform particularly well, but he killed a fourth-level star warrior. How did he get a perfect evaluation?