"Not bad, Zhou Yuan. You secretly bought an E2-class spaceship? How did you get it?" Mu Feng looked at the five-hundred-meter-long silver-white spaceship before him, his eyes full of envy.
An E2-class spaceship was already considered fairly high-end among World Lord-level adventurers. Its speed and defensive power far surpassed those of an ordinary D-class spaceship, while many World Lords still used D-class spaceships.
"You actually hid such a treasure from us. I never noticed a thing!" Suo Lin teased as well, circling the spaceship and carefully inspecting the brand-new vessel.
"I bought it at the Purple Zenith Auction last time. There happened to be a batch of E2-class spaceships up for auction, so I bought one," Zhou Yuan explained with a smile. He opened the hatch and called everyone aboard.
"I attended that auction too, but unfortunately, I didn't manage to get one of those spaceships. I never expected you to snag one." Yun Yan suddenly understood. He had wanted to bid for one at the time, but gave up in the end because the price was too high.
"Let's talk inside. We've got plenty of time on the way." Zhou Yuan smiled and ushered everyone into the spaceship.
Once inside the spaceship's central lounge, he took out wine and food he had stored for decades from his World Ring and shared them with everyone.
The spaceship's voyage was entrusted to the intelligent assistant Beibei. Beibei had already set the route back to the base and would fly at maximum speed.
"Sigh, when we came, we flew directly from the base to the Sixth Continent and took less than a day. But going back will take a full two years. This is torture." Mu Feng took a sip of wine and could not help complaining.
What he disliked most was this kind of long voyage. He found it dull and tedious.
"You know perfectly well that the base has a dedicated route opened by the Universe Mercenary Alliance. It can directly accelerate to light speed and enter the Dark Universe for travel. But there's no such route around the Sixth Continent, so spaceships can't reach light speed. Naturally, they're much slower," Gao Tao explained with a smile.
He knew Mu Feng was merely complaining casually and was not genuinely angry.
"This is already pretty good. Thanks to Zhou Yuan's E2-class spaceship, we're much faster than an ordinary D9-class spaceship. If we were using a D9-class spaceship, it would take at least several more months to get back to the base," Suo Lin said with a smile. She leaned back against the sofa, leisurely sipping juice and enjoying this rare moment of relaxation.
Time slowly passed during the long voyage. Two years and one month later, the spaceship finally arrived at the base spaceport established by the Universe Mercenary Alliance on the Sixth Continent.
The moment the spaceship landed smoothly, everyone let out a sigh of relief. The long voyage was finally over.
The six of Zhou Yuan's group did not stop at all. After storing away the spaceship, they flew straight toward the Universe Mercenary Alliance outpost. They carried a large amount of resources and all wanted to sell them as quickly as possible and secure the money.
After all, in the universe, resources could only truly realize their value once converted into currency.
After arriving at the outpost, they first submitted the treasures that met the Universe Mercenary Alliance's mission requirements. Mission rewards were generally more worthwhile than selling directly, allowing them to obtain more Hunyuan units.
After submitting the missions, Gao Tao submitted a trade request through the Virtual Universe and uploaded all the resources that needed to be sold directly into the system.
Not long after, staff from the Universe Mercenary Alliance came to receive the items.
Captain Gao Tao handed the World Ring containing the resources to the Universe Mercenary Alliance staff and had them inventory the resources personally.
They used instruments to scan and appraise all the resources. After confirming everything was correct, they transferred the corresponding funds into Gao Tao's virtual account.
"Captain, what's the total amount we earned this time?" Mu Feng asked impatiently, his eyes full of anticipation.
The others also looked toward Captain Gao Tao. After all, one of their goals in venturing through the Sixth Continent was the high income, so they naturally cared greatly about this profit.
"There are too many people here, and it's not convenient to talk. Let's find somewhere private. We'll go to a private room at Phoenix Grace Restaurant and discuss it in detail," Captain Gao Tao said quietly.
"Alright, we'll listen to the captain!" The other five immediately agreed with Gao Tao's suggestion. They also understood that wealth should not be flaunted, lest it cause unnecessary trouble.
Soon, the six arrived at Phoenix Grace Restaurant and found a quiet private room. After ordering, they ate, drank, and chatted while waiting for the moment to split the accounts after they had eaten and drunk their fill.
When the last dish was served and everyone had nearly finished eating, Captain Gao Tao closed the private room's door, activated a Virtual Universe projection, and began announcing the results of the distribution.
"According to the Virtual Universe's contribution calculation system, all the profits from this operation are as follows." Captain Gao Tao cleared his throat, and a detailed distribution statement appeared on the projection screen.
"According to the Virtual Universe's contribution calculations: for the first battle, the battle at Giant Bear Valley, we gained 92 Hunyuan units. I contributed 30%, Ka En 20%, Zhou Yuan and Suo Lin 14% each, Mu Feng 12%, and Yun Yan 10%.
For the second battle, we gained 102 Hunyuan units. The contributions were...
For the third battle, we gained 109 Hunyuan units. The contributions were...
For the fourth battle, we lost. We lost an E3-class spaceship, valued at 9 Hunyuan units based on the price I paid, and Yun Yan also needs to pay Mu Feng for the Life Fruit."
When he reached the fourth battle, Gao Tao paused before continuing, "For the fifth battle, we gained 82 Hunyuan units. The contributions were...
The gains from the final battle were...
And there were the profits from our mining. The Virtual Universe calculated those separately. We gained a total of 7,126 Hunyuan units. I get 20%, Ka En gets 18%, Mu Feng and Suo Lin get 16% each, and Zhou Yuan and Yun Yan get 15% each."
Captain Gao Tao paused, then continued, "The total gain was 8,576 Hunyuan units. Of that, I receive 1,841 Hunyuan units, Ka En receives 1,557 Hunyuan units, Mu Feng receives 1,312 Hunyuan units, Suo Lin receives 1,343 Hunyuan units, Zhou Yuan receives 1,282 Hunyuan units, and Yun Yan receives 1,241 Hunyuan units.
Finally, two additional points. Yun Yan needs to give Mu Feng three Hunyuan units to compensate for the lost Life Fruit.
Ka En will compensate me with ten Hunyuan units for the spaceship lost while saving you.
Take a look and see whether there are any problems. If anyone has objections, bring them up and we'll discuss them."
"The Virtual Universe's contribution calculation system is the fairest. We have no objections. Let's divide it this way," Mu Feng was the first to speak.
He was extremely satisfied with the distribution. Although he had been somewhat unwilling to mine this time, the final profit had been very substantial.
The others also nodded in agreement. They all believed the Virtual Universe's calculations were fair and would not show favoritism. The compensation Captain Gao Tao mentioned at the end had also been agreed upon beforehand.
Seeing that no one objected, Gao Tao directly transferred the corresponding Hunyuan units into each person's virtual account.
The moment their accounts notified them that the transfers had arrived, brilliant smiles appeared on everyone's faces.
More than sixty years of hard work had not been in vain. Even Yun Yan, who received the least, had earned over a thousand Hunyuan units. Exploring and developing secret realms really did earn far more than usual. After all, the average assets of a World Lord were only a few Hunyuan units. The few of them had now far surpassed ordinary World Lords.
Next, they could finally rest and recuperate in peace for a while, preparing for their next adventure. The atmosphere in the private room was extremely lively as they drank and talked freely about their future plans, laughter filling the entire room.