Upon entering the merchant guild's flagship, one is greeted by a massive helipad, which is marked with parking areas for spaceships of all sizes. Within these areas, there are also numerous smaller spaceships of various shapes and sizes.
The guild's flagship had just arrived here, and these smaller spaceships parked there had obviously come with it.
In front of the spaceship in the parking area, there were many people and machines circling around it, going back and forth, seemingly busy with something.
Upon seeing the small spaceship enter, the aliens on the ground who were circling the spaceship all raised their heads and looked at the newcomers following behind the small spaceship.
However, upon seeing that Li Xingkong had flown in physically behind the small spaceship, a large portion of the aliens lowered their heads, seemingly terrified, and dared not look at him again.
The few remaining people who looked up at Li Xingkong, completely still upon seeing him.
"Selling spaceships, slaves, technology, groceries..."
Just as the aliens in front of the numerous spaceships fell silent, a shout suddenly came from one of the corners, spoken in the language of the spaceships.
The creature shouting out its wares looked like an octopus, its body covered in various mechanical devices. Each of its eight tentacles was busy with its own tasks: organizing the spaceship, moving cargo, and a few others were holding up signs.
However, before he could finish shouting, his companion covered his mouth.
Even so, its actions had already attracted Li Xingkong, Li Xingkong subconsciously wanted to know why these guys reacted like this the moment they saw him.
"Are you out of your mind?! Don't you know who's coming?!"
After covering the creature's mouth, the octopus-like monster, which looked much larger, stared with its dark eyes and looked around.
It also glanced at Li Xingkong to see if he had noticed it, and seeing that Li Xingkong wasn't looking at them, it whispered something.
"Huh? Who is it? Isn't this what you taught me? When the little spaceship arrives, start hawking your wares."
The young octopus monster was clearly a first-timer on board, exuding a naive folly.
"Oh my God, don't you think about why none of the other guys have said a word?"
The giant octopus monster was speechless. It was true that he hadn't mentioned it, but this little guy was really bad at judging the situation.
"Look how this person got here!"
One of the giant octopus monster's tentacles pointed slightly in Li Xingkong's direction.
"It flew in."
"Didn't you notice that he wasn't traveling by spaceship?"
"I noticed, huh? What's wrong? Can't our elite soldiers also conduct space operations?"
"Look at his clothes, does he have any space-age medical equipment?"
The little octopus monster glanced at it again.
"There really isn't..."
"Sigh, I didn't tell you because encountering a warrior of this caliber in this star sector is a low-probability event. Who would have thought there would be someone of this caliber here?"
The giant octopus monster looked relieved; thankfully, the newcomer hadn't noticed them, or they would have been in serious trouble.
"The Chamber of Commerce usually docks outside the star system because if it enters the interior of the star system, the enormous mass of the Chamber of Commerce's spaceship will cause gravitational anomalies and damage the entire star system."
"Therefore, even space warriors who are capable of fighting in space will come by spaceship when they come to the merchant ship. Ordinary single-soldier combat mechs or exoskeletons simply cannot support intergalactic operations."
"Anyone who can physically cross galaxies to come to the Chamber of Commerce is someone we can't afford to offend. They're either from advanced civilizations or madmen who research body modification. When have these guys ever paid for their goods?"
"Some of the more arrogant ones are people even the Chamber of Commerce can't afford to offend, let alone get into conflicts with others for the sake of a few of us. If we get into trouble, the next second we'll have to pack up our ships and send them to the other side as apologies."
Although the two octopus-like monsters spoke in low voices, Li Xingkong's Divine Sense was still present, and Li Xingkong heard everything they said clearly.
It turned out that his unusual entrance had startled these guys; no wonder they froze like statues when they saw him.
"What are these?"
Li Xingkong reached out and tapped the hull of the small spaceship, then pointed to the aliens in the docking area.
"These are individual vendors who have paid for stalls on the spaceship. They come from various different civilizations and sell low-level technical data, minerals, antiques, treasure maps, weapons, slaves, and so on."
The small spaceship quickly answered Li Xingkong's question.
So that explains why there are so many spaceships here; they're all here to set up stalls.
It's starting to resemble a space-age Panjiayuan a famous Chinese market in Beijing).
I briefly scanned the items these people were selling with my Divine Sense. They included all sorts of strange instruments that looked like they had been dug up from somewhere, some incomplete technical documents, and various ancient books that looked quite old.
With just a glance, Li Xingkong knew that nine out of ten of these things were fake, and even the real ones wouldn't be of much use.
On the contrary, those who traded slaves had their spaceships crammed with all sorts of captured aliens in cages. Only those with relatively good complexions were taken out and placed outside the spaceship so that buyers could see them.
It can only be said that in the vast environment of the universe, it is indeed difficult to prohibit human trafficking, and some civilizations have even made a fortune from it.
The situation on some of the ships was even more absurd. The slave seller was a strange man covered in black and white stripes, with an inverted trapezoidal head, and his ship was full of his own kind, without even any means of confinement.
The clansman he had pulled out still asks him from time to time when he can sell him.
This is the first time I've seen slaves who are being sold want to sell themselves more than the slave traders.
Li Xingkong didn't go down. He wasn't interested in what these guys were selling. It was better to stay on the small spaceship and familiarize himself with the overall layout of the chamber of commerce.
Crossing the helipad, Li Xingkong to a magnificent passageway.
The small spaceship stopped and turned to face Li Xingkong.
"This is the entrance to the commercial area of the Chamber of Commerce's spaceship. The spaceship has an adjustable internal structure, so no matter which entrance you enter from, you can browse all the shops in the Chamber of Commerce by simply walking forward. We hope you enjoy your shopping!"
Judging from its appearance, it wasn't planning to go inside, so Li Xingkong wasn't in a hurry to go in either. He still had some questions he wanted to ask the little spaceship.
What currency does our spaceship use?
Li Xingkong is penniless now; he has no money to go shopping.
The spaceship supports transactions in the currencies of the five major nations and offers currency exchange services among the Pan-Civilization Convention countries. It also provides pawn services for related technical documents. Of course, you can also present your identification; after verification, we will grant you a loan at our discretion.
"The relevant bounty board allows you to accept bounty missions, which can also earn you a considerable income."
"Fighting is strictly prohibited within the Chamber of Commerce. Violators will be wanted by the entire Pan-Civilization Convention and become lifelong criminals of the Axiom Arc."
" Kilometer Arc?"
Li Xingkong heard a new term again. Ever since he boarded the ship, he had been like an illiterate man entering the city, having to ask questions to understand everything.