181: Your Emotional Intelligence Is Lower Than a Dog's! How to Enter the Planet (Bonus Chapter for Guild Leader WeenTesla)

As they spoke, a communications officer hurried over to the Bridge with a report.

"Grand Adjudicator! An incoming communication request from the company's Sea Network!"

Yaven raised an eyebrow. "What do those company dogs want with me?"

He stepped up to the commander's station. "Put them through!"

Once the connection opened, Chuck's holographic projection appeared before Yaven.

"Captain Rhine. Long time no see," Yaven said with a smile that didn't reach his eyes.

Their previous encounters had been tense enough to end in a fight.

Chuck smiled. "Long time no see, Grand Adjudicator Xiao Ke."

Yaven asked bluntly, "Your people got in two months ago, didn't they? Why contact us?"

"To cooperate, of course," Chuck said.

"From the looks of it, you still haven't found a way in."

Displeasure crossed Yaven's face. "How we get in is none of your company's business. Get to the point."

Chuck stepped aside, and Yaven saw a handsome young man in a white suit and red shirt approach.

His badge identified him as an L26.

"Grand Adjudicator Xiao Ke. I've heard so much about you," Su Yi said with a smile.

Yaven frowned. "And who are you?"

"A friend, of course!" Su Yi said.

Yaven sneered. "An L26 isn't qualified to be my friend."

Su Yi had met plenty of arrogant men like him. Unfazed, he said, "Grand Adjudicator, it's hard to get anywhere in the universe these days without friends!"

"Take the Void Abyss Barrier around Kevin-9, for example."

While they talked, Maria, who had been lost in thought some distance away, froze at the familiar voice.

She turned toward them, delight filling her eyes.

But with Yaven there, Maria said nothing.

"Get to the point," Yaven said coolly. "Stop playing games!"

"If you could get in yourselves, you wouldn't have contacted me."