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The stone crabs they ate for lunch are distributed in the cold sea area of ​​Dark Sand Star. They are huge in size and live in the deep sea area. The meat is firm and delicate, and tastes very sweet even if eaten raw.

The local way of eating is to eat it with mustard sauce and lemon, while the rest of the recipe is obviously Ji Mingxiao's handicraft.

Even if he had doubts in his heart, Xiao could only temporarily put aside a delicious meal and concentrate on enjoying it.

After returning to his room after lunch, Ji Mingxiao explained the reason to him, and he realized that he was thinking too much.

Ji Mingxiao got up in the morning to inquire about stone crabs, but the restaurant of the hotel happened to be booked today, and the boss kindly invited him to the kitchen to enjoy this local specialty.

The stone crab produced by Dark Sand Star is very delicious, but its appearance is very hideous. Its shell is bright red or cobalt blue, with hard thorns, and it is very hard. It is impossible to break it without effort.

But after cracking the hard shell, the inside is full of snow-white and delicate crab meat, which is delicious and smooth.According to the local way of eating, the two big clips and long claws are broken off, and each claw will bring a little crab body, steamed and eaten with mustard or creamy sauce.

Ji Mingxiao felt itchy for a moment, and couldn't help but propose some different ways of eating.The boss is also a person who likes to cook very much. The two of them discussed various crab meat recipes in the kitchen, and later expanded to other dishes. The more they chatted, the more speculative they became. Finally, they jointly made such a crab meat feast. Come.

So these two people got acquainted simply because of their love for food.

"We only talked about cooking and nothing else." Ji Mingxiao said, "Although he is a little nervous at times, he seems to have a good temper."

The corners of Xiao's eyes twitched, he really couldn't connect the person Ji Mingxiao was talking about with the one he was familiar with.

"And," Ji Mingxiao added, "he said that there are many places to go on the Dark Sand Star. If we want to go, he can lend us his small spaceship."

This information made Xiao stunned for a moment, he looked at Ji Mingxiao, he didn't seem to know what the other party's words meant.

Xiao's expression suddenly became a little complicated. This is probably the legendary blessing of stupid people?

Abandoning this topic, he turned to another matter: "I've already taken care of everything about the trade fair, tonight you..."

He paused for a moment, and then temporarily changed what he was about to say to: "You come with me."

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There are so many black market places in Brooklyn, with fairs of every kind taking place almost every day, that whatever you're looking for, you'll likely find it here.

Gray Rock is located in the center of Brooklyn. It is a Byzantine-style building with a white appearance and a silver-gray circular dome. At night, it will be brightly lit, making it look very spectacular.It is a very famous store here, of course, the name refers more to notoriety.

In the process of entering the trading venue, Ji Mingxiao thoroughly saw the chaos of the dark sand star.Many things that are explicitly prohibited in the Federation are directly put on the table here, without any cover-up.

The venue of the trade fair is underground in the gray rock, and one has to go through very strict security to enter there.But this kind of security is only for entering with dangerous goods on your body. No one will pay attention to who you are and what your identity is. As long as you have an admission ticket, you can enter.The organizer even prepared a cloak or mask at the entrance that can cover the image, and those who need it can take it by themselves.

Ji Mingxiao's current image is still that of a passer-by simulated by a simulation device, which is basically easy to forget.Even so, Xiao still used a black cloak to completely cover his figure, and he himself took out an imitation mask and put it on, and his face immediately became another person.

After passing through a long corridor, the eyes suddenly opened up, and a huge circular field appeared in front of them.

In the middle of the venue is a large booth, surrounded by a circle of stands around it, and rows of seats are arranged. The trade fair will be held in the form of auction later.

When they came, there were already many people sitting in the stands.There is a small display stand at intervals on the seats, on which the virtual images of various trading items are projected using holographic technology, allowing the guests present to learn more about the various items involved in the transaction today.

Xiao dragged him to a relatively rear position, next to a display stand, on which a huge sapphire was being displayed, and the cut surface of the gem reflected a charming luster.

It will take a while before the auction starts. Ji Mingxiao is checking today's items on the display stand.Soon, he found that he still underestimated the lower limit here, and there were slaves among the items for sale.As for what these slaves were used for, it couldn't be more obvious from the detailed body description next to them.

Ji Mingxiao's hands trembled. He didn't expect this kind of human trafficking to still exist.

Someone nearby reached out and clicked twice on the operation interface, blocking the information related to the slave trade, and some normal sales appeared on it.

He raised his head, and then couldn't help but took a step back, alarm bells ringing in his heart.

The person in front of him was wearing a large silver-gray cloak, covering himself entirely in it.Under the wide hood of the cloak, an elegant and delicate chin is slightly exposed, as well as light platinum-blond hair.

A hand fell on his shoulder, he turned his head, Xiao was standing behind him, looking at the man opposite him.Because of the mask on his face, he couldn't see the slightest emotion.

The surrounding air seemed to stagnate.

After a while, Wei looked up at him, then shifted his gaze from him to the person behind him, the eyes of the two met, and the corner of Wei's lips curled up into an unknown arc.

Ji Mingxiao thought about what it would be like to meet Wei again, but he didn't expect him to appear in front of him so suddenly.

But then, nothing happened.Wei's expression returned to normal, and he nodded slightly reservedly at Xiao, and Xiao also nodded at him.He took another look at Ji Mingxiao who had a serious expression, turned around and walked towards the front row without saying anything.

The silent communication between the two made Ji Mingxiao full of doubts. He looked at Wei's back, and then turned to look at Xiao after he sat down.

Xiao pulled him to sit down, and then stuffed an electronic tablet into his hand.

"Some things, I will explain to you when I get back." He whispered, "See if there is anything you want, we can take a picture later."

Ji Mingxiao calmed down his emotions, lowered his head and let himself turn his attention to the things in his hands.

The tablet displays some normal items for sale, and you can check their auction order, the lower the order, the higher the value.The medicines he provided were listed as a group, slightly higher in order, and the starting price was moderate.And the other thing he took out was at the very back, and it was probably regarded as one of the finale sales.

The thorium that Xiao needs is also in it, and it is indeed quite a lot.From the price reference of the starting auction, the value of the things he provided must be enough to buy it, and maybe there will be a lot more.

After Ji Mingxiao browsed almost everything, the trade fair started.

A curvaceous host walked up to the booth in the middle, and after a brief introduction, he began to host the auction, and virtual images of items being auctioned began to appear on the booth below.

The auction items were various, including antiques, jewelry, rare and rare plants and animals, top-notch ores and materials for making mechas, and of course the slaves that Ji Mingxiao just saw on the display stand were indispensable.

The things auctioned in the early stage were fairly common, but the rarer and more expensive the later ones were, and of course the higher the price.

Products for sale continued to be sent to the booth. After several rounds of warming up, the atmosphere at the venue became heated, and the bidding also became fierce.

Ji Mingxiao's group of genetic medicines came soon, and the starting price seemed reasonable to him.But obviously this thing is very popular in Dark Sand Star, the auction price has been rising all the way, and the final transaction price is staggering.

During the auction of mecha materials, the atmosphere eased a little.

When Thorium was sent up, Xiao did not immediately participate in the bidding, but calmly observed the bidding situation on the field. After several rounds of bidding, when the price began to stalemate, he calmly pressed the bidding device, skipping the price increase range and placing the bid It has improved a lot.

He deliberately put on an attitude that he was determined to win. After several rounds of bidding, there were only two remaining bidders, and Wei was one of them.

However, after he turned his head and glanced in their direction, he raised the price symbolically, and then stopped.Shortly after he stopped, another person also stopped bidding, and the thorium was sold at a price below their psychological price.

"There are not many pilots who can operate high-level mechas in Dark Sand Star, and there are very few people who can make high-level mechas." Xiao explained to Ji Mingxiao in a low voice, "So the competition for these top-level materials is not so great here. fierce."

Probably because the price of Thorium did not exceed expectations, Xiao participated in the next few auctions, not only bought some needed materials, but also bought some magical plants brought from other galaxies.

Knowing that these plants were specially bought for him, Ji Mingxiao stretched out his hand to the side and held Xiao's hand. Xiao opened his fingers and held his fingers back, interlocking his fingers.

"Do we have enough money?" He asked in a low voice, "Buy what you need first."

"Don't worry." Xiao said in his ear, "more than enough."

After the auction had lasted for some time, the auction of slaves began.The auction of slaves is not limited to humans, there are many humanoid intelligent creatures in other galaxies.

From the moment a beautiful mermaid slave appeared on stage, Ji Mingxiao pulled down the hood of his cloak to cover his sight, but he could still hear the intense atmosphere in his ears.He just saw a virtual image on the display stand, but now that this scene actually appeared before his eyes, he found it really hard for him to accept it.

He couldn't help looking in Wei's direction from under the hood when he heard about the auction of the Ragu Stars in his ears.

He didn't participate in many auctions before, and when faced with the Ragu stars who appeared on the stage, he just pressed the bidder calmly and took all of them down.

After the auction of the slaves was over, it finally entered the auction stage of the final item, and the scene began to climax.

It can rejuvenate people, restore people's body functions to the best state, and there is no sequelae of cell repair surgery. These functions seem to have touched the minds of many people.When this item appeared on the booth, it caused frantic bidding on the spot, and finally it was sold at an astonishing price.

But Ji Mingxiao was already a little bit discouraged. If it wasn't because he couldn't leave early, he almost wanted to leave this place immediately. The slave trade just now made him feel very depressed.

When the auction finally ended, he immediately got up and pulled Xiao out from the exit.

The trade fair had been going on for several hours, and it was already midnight outside.

The suspension car Xiao rented was parked in the parking lot of Huiyan Rock, and he didn't say much from the time he got out and got in the car to the time he went back.

Xiao probably understood what he was thinking, and didn't say much, but just rubbed his hair comfortingly.

When he arrived at their residence, Xiao didn't get out of the car right away.Ji Mingxiao turned to look at him, and found that he was putting his hand on something above his ear, and then he heard him start communicating with someone,

There was an earring-like thing on his ear, which Ji Mingxiao thought was a popular local accessory, but now it seems that it is actually some kind of communication device.

After communicating for a while, Xiao stopped talking, then turned to look at Ji Mingxiao.

"Martin and the others will reach Dark Sand in a few days," he said with a smile.

"We can go home."