Always Rejected

After visiting four repair shops, Gu Ding received the same answer each time, "Unable to repair." The reasons given varied. In addition to the two reasons from the first two shops, there were also those that said the owner was not present, the shop was temporarily closed, or the machine was too old and the workers lacked repair experience.

"What exactly happened? Did all these people see the media reports?" Gu Ding was puzzled.

"I think someone has tampered with something. Let me check. Please wait a moment." Sea Emperor also noticed the anomaly. He began to infiltrate the Smart Watch of the four repair shop owners, and in just a moment, he found the answer.

"I found it! There's a number that has spoken with all the owners of these repair shops," Sea Emperor said, playing the recording of the conversation.

"Mr. Kalil, this is Bendi from Onassis Shipyard. I apologize for bothering you. The Onassis Family has a small favor to ask of you. I will send you two photos later. If you see the people in the photos asking you to repair their ships or have any other needs, please refuse. The Onassis Family will remember your help..."

"Mr. Adam, I am Bendi from Onassis Shipyard ..."

Gu Ding overheard four conversations in a row, all of which were orchestrated by this guy named Bendi.

"Sea Emperor, I want all the information about this Bendi." Gu Ding clenched his fist. He dared to attack even the head of the Onassis Family, so he didn't mind teaching this Bendi a lesson.

"Bendi, (age 18, member of the Onassis Family branch, currently serving as the shipyard assistant at the Onassis branch's shipyard..."

"This guy doesn't seem like anything special," Gu Ding commented after reviewing Bendi's file. "How did he know we arrived on Konstruk Star?"

Gu Ding was quite curious about this; they had shaken off many Interstellar Hunter along the way, yet this guy had managed to discover them.

"He discovered it by accident," Sea Emperor said, pulling up a video of the two of them having dinner at the restaurant the previous night. The guy named Bendi was sitting two tables away from Gu Ding and Liliath. The video also showed that after seeing the two of them, he glanced down at his Smart Watch and then hurriedly paid the bill and left. Once he reached the corner near the door and made sure Gu Ding and Liliath hadn't noticed him, he dialed a number.

Sea Emperor even broadcast that part of the conversation.

"Who is that guy with the deep voice in the Onassis Family? Can you find out?" Gu Ding wanted to find out the identity of the person behind the scenes in one fell swoop.

"I can't find it. The serial number of this line is a public number used by their family, and anyone could answer it. Moreover, I compared this person's voice with the voices of representatives of the Onassis Family who have spoken in the media over the past thirty years, and none of them are the same."

"Who is the shipyard manager?" Gu Ding then asked.

"Lab Onassis, 51 years old, Seventh Order Gene Body. A Direct Lineage member of the Onassis Family, he has an eccentric temperament. He voluntarily left the family headquarters at the age of twenty and remains single. He is short-tempered and addicted to alcohol..."

"Why look at so much information? Let's go straight back to the port, bombard their family's lousy shipyard, and then find another planet to repair our spaceships..." Liliath gave a very violent suggestion.

"This guy probably doesn't know about our affairs yet. He doesn't seem to get along well with the people in his family headquarters." Gu Ding shook his head. "This is a feud between us and Bendi. There's no need to drag him into it."

"I don't recommend that you two repeat what happened on Fengyuan Star on this planet." The Sea Emperor also gave a very convincing opinion. "You should have seen the Golden Eagle docked in the port yesterday. The owner of that ship is a level 10 gene body powerhouse. If you launch a bombardment on this planet, that guy will tear the Grey Eagle in half with his bare hands in an instant, and your mortality rate will be 100%."

Upon hearing the Sea Emperor's words, Gu Ding and Liliath both chose to remain silent.

They were fully aware of what Tenth-Order Gene Body meant. A Universe Country consisted of several universes, and the ruler of the Universe Country would appoint a World Master for each of its subordinate universes. Each World Master had jurisdiction over their respective universe. And one of the selection criteria for World Master was that they must be Tenth-Order Gene Body.

Therefore, a powerhouse with Tenth-Order Gene Body is also known as World Master- level powerhouse, representing absolute peak Combat Strength in the universe. Provoking such a powerhouse is tantamount to courting death.

Although Gu Ding was a fearless individual, he was not stupid. Provoking such a powerful person would only bring him trouble.

"There are many powerful beings on this planet, so you should try to keep a low profile," the Sea Emperor added.

"Understood. We'll teach Bendi a lesson before we leave." Gu Ding didn't plan to delve too deeply into the matter. Bendi was just a small fry; there was no need to waste time on him. His main concern was the spaceship's repair. "But all the repair shops have been bribed by that guy and are refusing to repair our ship. Do we really have to change course and go to the next destination?"

"I don't think it's necessary for a repair shop to do this repair work. You can take this opportunity to recruit a mechanic. In the future, ship repairs can be handled by a mechanic, which can save a lot of money," Sea Emperor suggested.

Following the Sea Emperor's advice, Gu Ding and Liliath stayed on Konstruk Star Liliath another day. They visited six Independent Repairman, but were Gu Ding turned away.

These repairmen with reading abilities were also bribed by Bendi. Not only were they not recruited as Interstellar Pirate, but they were even refused when asked to help Gu Ding repair his spaceship.

"After dinner, let's visit Bendi's family first, and then leave this planet directly, how about it?" Gu Ding didn't plan to stay any longer, but Liliath didn't hear what he said. She squatted down in front of a roadside stall, playing with a few crystal cores in her hand.

"Gu Ding, don't go yet! There's a fist-sized metal block on that stall Liliath is looking at. Buy that thing along with the crystal cores Liliath has! Be quick, or it'll be too late if someone else recognizes it!" The Sea Emperor's voice suddenly came; he seemed to have discovered something good.

Gu Ding walked towards the stall, reached out and picked up the metal ball, and the stall owner did not stop him.

After weighing it in his hand, he didn't find anything particularly special about it, but since the Sea Emperor said so, there must be a reason. "Boss, I'll take this metal sphere and the few crystal cores the little girl is holding!"

(Thanks to my old friend Frost... Tears for the donation! I want to say to him, you're almost a butler, keep it up!)

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