Robert had paid an enormous price, even asking a spaceship about to enter warp jump to relay the message back.
There was no helping it. The other side had given them only one day to respond. That was pressure on Chen Jiu, and on him as well.
By the time Chen Jiu received the reply, dawn had already broken the next day. He did not dare delay and quickly contacted Feng Jun through his handset.
Feng Jun's handset was switched on and had not been placed in his Storage Pouch. As soon as Chen Jiu called, it was immediately detected.
The monitors were located in the center of Lower Dragon City, in a building that had just risen from the ruins. The structure was enormous, with few people working inside, yet its outer walls blazed with lights, as though proclaiming Xingzheng Star's rebirth.
Two men and one woman were responsible for the surveillance, working in a basement. Yet despite being underground, the ceiling was around five meters high, and the room covered nearly two hundred square meters. Its decor and equipment looked extremely high-tech.
"The signal's locked on," a young man said excitedly. "It's two hundred kilometers away, beyond the outskirts... Should we notify the guards?"
"Not yet," the older man said gravely. "Acting too hastily might trigger an unpredictable counterattack from their civilization... Let's eavesdrop first."
"This is a fifty-million Federation Credit deal," the young woman said. They were not military or government personnel, but the local branch of a powerful private detective company. "And that's only the first-stage payment."
"With this achievement, we won't have to worry about the year-end evaluation anymore," the young man said eagerly. "We can expand the branch, or apply for an early transfer back... This Border Star is really desolate."
The young woman