Do you know each other?

At Citu Mall, Su Ke was in the process of purchasing the slaves he had his heart set on.

It sounded highly unethical, but in the universe, such concepts did not exist.

"Give me two more Stellar Rank 8 Psychic Masters."

"Five Stellar Rank 1 Martial Artists, and five Stellar Rank 1 Psychic Masters."

"For the Planetary Rank 9 slaves, give me 1,000 of them."

"No problem." The snake-woman Boa's face flushed, her voice carrying an unusual, seductive lilt; the more Su Ke bought, the more excited and thrilled she became.

After some haggling, the deal was finally settled at a price of 35.5 billion.

"When can the handover take place?" Su Ke asked after paying the deposit. With so many slaves, he would need to buy a larger spaceship to transport them if he wanted to leave.

"They will definitely be delivered within 48 hours," the snake-woman said immediately. Purple Phoenix Planet was the largest slave market among the surrounding hundreds of star systems, so the supply was extremely abundant.

"Good, then I will wait for you for 48 hours." Su Ke nodded. "I will contact you then to tell you the receiving location."

After leaving the slave market, Su Ke checked into "Blue Water Paradise," a famous luxury hotel in the city, treating it as an experience of the extravagant lifestyle of the wealthy upper class.

Su Ke stayed in the hotel for two days without stepping outside, working on his subsequent purchasing plans and incidentally ordering a C6-rank spaceship online. It was entirely gray, over a hundred meters in diameter, divided into three levels, and cost 1.3 billion Jialan Coins. This type of spaceship had a top speed of 1.6 times the speed of light in the Dark Universe.

C-rank spaceships generally only reached a little over 1 times the speed of light, and even E-rank spaceships only reached a few times that; throughout the entire cosmic nation, very few F-rank spaceships could reach 50 times the speed of light.

Before the two days were even up, Su Ke, who was in the hotel, received a communication from the slave market side.

"It's already here? Good, the location is..." After the communication, Su Ke ended the call with a smile on his face. Soon, he would have a group of powerful and reliable bodyguards. Although Su Ke had seemed comfortable over the past two days, he had actually been on edge the entire time, not daring to step out the front door without protection.

In an empty square in the southern district of Purple Phoenix City, Su Ke's newly ordered spaceship was temporarily docked.

Beside the ship, there was a sea of heads.

Both sides completed the handover smoothly.

"Mr. Su, the transaction is complete. A pleasure doing business with you." The snake-woman Boa looked down at the final payment that had arrived on her Auxiliary Optical Computer, swaying her voluptuous body with a beaming smile, followed by several bodyguards. "If you have any needs in the future, feel free to contact us anytime. We are honored to serve you."

"A pleasure doing business with you." Su Ke tilted his head to look at the thousand-plus fierce-looking slaves who had just "acknowledged their master," feeling very satisfied.

This was the guarantee of his own life. Now, he finally felt a sense of security, no longer trembling with fear just walking down the street.

"All of you, except for the two at Stellar Rank 9, get inside the ship." Su Ke ordered. He still needed to continue shopping in the city, and it would be too conspicuous to have so many people following him around.

"Yes, Master." The slaves, equipped with Bio-Chips, were very obedient and boarded the ship in an orderly fashion.

Only Su Ke and the two Stellar Rank 9 slaves remained at the scene.

"What are your names?" Su Ke smiled as he looked at his two strongest slaves.

"Khair." A burly man with blood-red skin, muscles coiled like steel, and an aura like a wild beast, standing nearly two meters tall, spoke in a deep voice.

"Lyumila." The other, a blue-haired woman with a cold temperament, a petite figure, and skin that faintly shimmered like beautiful jade, also spoke respectfully.

"Good. Khair, Lyumila, from now on, you will follow me." Su Ke nodded. "I cannot give you many promises, but as long as you work well for me, I will not treat you unfairly." He knew the chips could control the slaves' lives, but they couldn't prevent them from slacking off in secret, so he still needed to offer some incentives.

Slaves without hope were like walking corpses; only by seeing hope could they unleash their motivation.

"Yes," Khair and Lyumila both said respectfully. They both felt that this young master was easier to get along with than they had imagined.

"Good, let's go shopping." Su Ke waved his hand, full of spirit. He also needed to buy weapons and equipment for his slaves on this trip, otherwise, they wouldn't be able to utilize their full strength.

With guards, he could shop with peace of mind.

Treasure Studio was the premier shop on Purple Phoenix Planet. It had a massive background, with its headquarters on the Imperial Capital planet and branches spread across every important star; it was said that even the owner of Purple Phoenix Planet would not want to offend the forces behind it.

Under the protection of his two slaves, Su Ke stepped into the grand and dazzling shop.

Inside, the store was divided into sections: combat suits, beast taming, Force Weapons, Telepathic Weapons, exotic fruits, planetary specialties, robots, and more, with a vast variety of items in each category. All of them had simulated projections, and every item was exorbitantly expensive.

"First is... space storage items." Su Ke already had a plan, and he led his two guards along the signs to the section selling Space Rings.

Su Ke's gaze swept across the area, and he suddenly caught sight of a figure.

"Hmm? Is that...?" Su Ke stopped in his tracks, pondered for a moment, and changed his direction.

In a corner on the first floor of the shop, a gorilla-like brute was with a thin, two-headed man, both wearing uniform shop attire.

"Work hard. I spent quite a bit of effort to get you this job as a clerk here."

"I know," the gorilla-like brute said earnestly. He also knew how rare the opportunity to work at Treasure Studio was; even as a low-status clerk, it was a position countless Planetary Rank individuals would break their heads to get.

"Uncle Lu Ding." A voice came, causing both of them to look up.

A white-haired, red-eyed youth in black clothes, with a handsome face that had no flaws, walked over, followed by two guards whose auras were faintly heart-palpitating.

"This is..." The two-headed clerk's expression changed drastically. He was experienced and, without thinking, immediately put on an incredibly respectful smile. "Esteemed guest, may I ask..."

Sweat was about to drip from his two heads. He secretly glanced at his Auxiliary Optical Computer and trembled uncontrollably. Two Stellar Rank 9 guards—what kind of background was this?

He couldn't afford to offend such a big shot. Even though they were employees of Treasure Studio, they had no status, and the other party could ruin them with a single word.

Su Ke ignored him and smiled directly at the somewhat bewildered gorilla-like brute. "Uncle Lu Ding, we meet again. So you work here."

"You, you are..." Lu Ding immediately recognized this youth as the weak Apprentice Rank kid he had encountered by chance on the spaceship. At the time, he had lamented that this little guy was so ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, daring to run out to such a dangerous place alone. Now, he couldn't help but look at the man and woman behind the youth whose auras made him feel fear, realizing they were the youth's guards, and he was shocked.

He understood now. This was no weak, reckless apprentice; he was clearly a big shot from some major power! And he had been self-righteously thinking about helping the other party.

"You..." The two-headed clerk beside them seemed to realize the situation was not what he had initially imagined and couldn't help but ask.

"You know each other?"