Half an hour later, Su Mo, led by the young man, arrived at an unremarkable residential house.
He stepped forward and knocked on the door in a rhythmic pattern.
Creak!
The door opened.
A blonde beauty in a suit and skirt appeared.
"I’ve brought the person."
The young man hurriedly said.
The blonde beauty said, "Hmm, sir, please follow inside."
Then she led Su Mo inside.
Su Mo cautiously followed her in and soon arrived in the hall, where he t a familiar figure.
"Augustus!"
"Su Mo!"
Augustus was also taken aback.
Both of them showed expressions of great surprise.
"Haha, long ti no see. Didn’t expect it to be you. I was just wondering who would take on such a thankless task for the Federation."
After recovering, Augustus excitedly opened his arms and hugged Su Mo.
"I joined the Star Ring’s Military Departnt, and then I saw the Federation’s mission, so I took it right away."
Su Mo explained to Augustus with a smile.
"I knew I wasn’t wrong about you! Loyal as ever!"
Augustus nodded.
"But what is going on here, and why did you send soone to stake out?"
Su Mo asked straightforwardly.
Upon hearing Su Mo’s words, Augustus sighed and said to Su Mo, "What else could it be? The Federation has spent massive manpower and resources searching for the missing Freedom Fortress. However, the council felt there was no longer any aning in continuing the search, so they planned to give up. But how could I just give up, knowing how many of our old buddies are on that fortress, and Li Ruiqi is still up there. So I had soone stake out the officials sent from Star Ring City, and didn’t expect we’d catch one so accurately."
"I see."
Su Mo nodded in acknowledgnt.
"Sigh, this whole matter just makes angry. They’re actually giving up, and the President of Alles even agreed."
Augustus said in a deep voice.
"Don’t be angry; it’s actually understandable. The Federation searched for so long, which ans everyone was quite supportive at the start. But after searching for so many years, with such heavy casualties and cost, surely many of the original supportive counciln changed their stance and beca reluctant. Although the President of Alles has great power, the major decisions of the council require over fifty percent of counciln’s votes, so he has to heed their opinions too. This is all understandable; no one is entirely right or wrong."
Su Mo saw it all very clearly.
"You’ve matured a lot since before, haha!"
Augustus replied with a laugh.
"You’re too kind, but Lord Augustus, I’ve co this ti precisely for the search and rescue. I’ve already prepared a ship, and regardless of whether the Federation cancels the mission, the rescue mission must go on."
"That’s right, I think so too."
"But I need your help now."
Su Mo said directly.
"What kind of help do you need? Just say it."
"First, I need that drifting device with the distress signal, and second, I need a large batch of supplies."
Su Mo said simply and clearly.
"I’ll have soone steal that device for you. As for the supplies, if you’d co earlier before the council decision, you could have taken so from the Federation’s supply depot. But now it’s no longer possible. However, no worries, I’ll pay for them myself."
Augustus thought for a mont and then said to Su Mo.
"Alright, I’ll go with you for the procurent."
Su Mo nodded.
"Okay, then we’d better get going. Ao Qi, find a way to get that device."
As Augustus finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the blonde beauty.
"Yes, Lord Augustus."
Ao Qi replied and then left.
Su Mo glanced at the blonde beauty subconsciously; he hadn’t seen her before.
Augustus, thinking Su Mo was not reassured about Ao Qi, explained, "That’s my niece, and she’s been with for years, very capable."
"Oh, I see. By the way, where do we go for the procurent? I roughly estimated as I ca; I’ll need to carry a large amount of compressed food, dicines, so energy blocks, and nuclear fuel rods... All these should total around 50 billion Star Coins."
The supplies Su Mo ntioned weren’t for himself; the Star Destroyer Grey Fin was in full supply and needed no more. These were primarily for the Freedom Fortress.
Of course, if they couldn’t find the Freedom Fortress and got stuck themselves, these would then be for their own use.
"50 billion is no problem. I happen to have a donation from relatives of Freedom Fortress mbers, just enough. We need to go to the innermost Artificial Planet at the Revalclus Base; there’s a very large trading market there."
Augustus said to Su Mo.
"Alright, let’s go then."
Su Mo nodded.
"Wait a mont."
Augustus picked up a gray coat from the side and put it on, not forgetting to don a hat and a mask, making him almost unrecognizable at first glance.
Su Mo was slightly stunned, then smiled teasingly, "Lord Augustus, who are you hiding from in this getup?"
"Who else but Jimambu and his n. I won’t hide it from you; actually, the Federation has already issued a transfer order for , but I defied it and didn’t return."
Augustus replied with a wry smile.
"Haha!"
Su Mo also laughed upon hearing this.
Just as Augustus and Su Mo were about to leave, one of Augustus’s subordinates instinctively wanted to follow.
However, Augustus raised his hand to stop them and said to his subordinates.
"There’s no need for you to follow."
"But sir?"
The subordinates present were sowhat uneasy.
"Don’t worry, having Su Mo by my side is more reliable than all of you put together."
Augustus said with absolute confidence.
"Understood."
The subordinates exchanged glances and then agreed.
Su Mo couldn’t help but smile bitterly upon hearing this; Augustus did hold him in high regard.
So, the two of them departed.
...
More than an hour later, Su Mo and Augustus arrived at the Artificial Planet, Kapudos Market.
As the two stepped out from the floating elevator, a cacophony of noise surrounded them.
They found themselves in a massive market stretching out of sight, with shops lining the streets and stalls set up at the street’s edge.
In the central street, a sea of people crowded together, all here to explore the market.
"It’s so lively."
Su Mo couldn’t help but praise.
Augustus introduced the market to Su Mo, "The Revalclus Base is the largest supply and transit base on Ceres, and the Kapudos Market is the largest trading market at Revalclus Base. Whether it’s from the First Birthplace or the Second and Third, even personnel from Star Ring City co here to trade. You can buy most of what you want here."
"Seems like you’ve been here quite a bit, Lord Augustus."
"You’d be wrong; this is only my second ti. The first ti, I just wandered around casually."
Augustus shook his head.
"Alright then."
Su Mo smiled.
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