After leaving the VIP room, Li Wenyuan fell into a brief thought.

The only resource needed to repair the "fourth level singularity" is Zero Zero, but just this one Zero Zero seems to have blocked his progress, and he can only look at it and sigh.

Even global companies like Crebo couldn't get Zero, and he couldn't figure out how to get it for a while.

Seeing that there was no hope of repair, he had to control the synthesizers to search for visitors from the "Idealist Civilization" in the trading station.

Because according to what Braining said, Zero is only produced by the civilization of these idealists.

"But then again, in this future world, a materialistic civilization will actually develop into the interstellar era?" Li Wenyuan didn't believe it. The education he received in his previous life allowed him to maintain a materialistic worldview.

He believes that the so-called "ideal civilization" only exists in name only. In fact, people still follow the scientific path.

But the next moment he had this idea, a voice suddenly sounded next to the synthesizer:

"We are indeed materialistic to a certain extent, but our materialism seems to you to be just the soliloquy of a group of lunatics."

This sudden sound immediately startled Li Wenyuan in the virtual world. After looking around, he saw nothing.

"I'm here. It's time for your mechanical eyes to be repaired. Can't you see even those close to you?"

Only then did Li Wenyuan notice that there was a small "goblin" floating in front of the synthetic human's chest.

At first she looked like she was floating, but the synthetic eyes flickered slightly, and it became clear that she actually had two pairs of dragonfly-like wings flapping rapidly behind her.

The high frequency even makes it difficult to detect with the naked eye, but to the mechanical eye it is just slow motion frame by frame.

As for why she is said to look like a "goblin", it's because Li Wenyuan really feels that she is very similar to the goblins flying among the flowers in Western fantasy movies in his previous life.

What shocked him the most was that the "goblin" in front of him looked very similar to a "human" in terms of body shape and face.

This was the second "human-like creature" that Li Wenyuan saw after Lillian. This sense of surprise, as if "meeting an old friend in a foreign land," even made him forget for a while how this "goblin" caught his attention.

But I saw this "goblin"-looking alien raised his eyebrows and said curiously:

"You are actually an omnic, not a semi-modified robot? I thought that only organic life could detect psychic signals, but I never thought that an omnic could also detect psychic signals.

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"What a good discovery. It seems that the 'theory of mind' in our textbooks needs to be questioned."

After hearing what she said, Li Wenyuan suddenly realized that this goblin... seemed to be able to spy on his thoughts?

What is going on? Is it magic? Or some unknown technology?

As soon as this idea came up, he unconsciously became on guard. The synthetic man's cold eyes analyzed the body structure of the goblin, and at the same time, a new species was added to the biological illustration that had not been updated for a long time.

"Oops..." The goblin suddenly became regretful and said with a pity on his face: "Why did you suddenly become alert? Then I won't be able to continue to read psychic signals?"

"How about I pay you to chat with me for a while and give me more material for my graduation thesis?"

Although the goblin's expression was sincere, at this time Li Wenyuan no longer had any thoughts of staying any longer and simply disappeared into the crowd.

The goblin seemed quite regretful after he left, as if he had missed a great discovery of the century.

"If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have reminded him. In this case, I could have studied it for a while longer..."

"But who can resist the temptation to communicate with a 'mind-holding machine'? Alas, I hope to encounter more similar ones in the future..." The goblin flew unsteadily through the crowd, and everyone seemed to have seen it.

The savage beasts generally dispersed in fear of being avoided.

The goblin disappeared from the eyes of the crowd as if it were commonplace. It was not until she left that someone in the crowd whispered:

"If I read it correctly, they seem to be people from the idealistic civilization - the Court of Faris? The last time I saw them was at a 'scientific exchange meeting'..."

"Hush... It is said that the scientific exchange meeting broke up on bad terms. No one knows what happened specifically. But after that, this group of idealists almost stopped interacting with the outside world and rarely appeared in the interstellar world...

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"Despite this, almost all idealistic civilizations are under the protection of the 'Watchers', and there haven't been many conflicts."

"But aren't they just a bunch of crazy people? It's better to stay away to avoid being infected..."

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Li Wenyuan didn't know anything about what happened after leaving. He just hurriedly completed the transaction with Keruibo, and then started the spacecraft to prepare to go back.

Encountering "goblins" made him realize that there were many dangers in this interstellar world that he had never thought of. He thought that with the high level of protection of synthetic humans, there would be no "information leakage".

But he didn't expect that the idealistic civilization would give him a hard blow and read his thoughts using some technological means, which he had never heard of before.

"I have to go back quickly. The interstellar water is too deep and I can't control it. When I have the strength, I can come to the interstellar stage to learn more."

After checking the cargo and confirming that there were no problems, Li Wenyuan pulled a ship of reinforced alloys and a "three-level energy core" stored in a special container and started the spacecraft.

And just as he left the star port, the bear-shaped alien who was waiting for good news in the guard room received the news that the pirate spaceship had left.

He was stunned at first, then became furious, as if he couldn't imagine that someone would dare to ignore his threat and walk away without paying the guarantee fee.

So he quickly opened the communication with his subordinates, and at the same time contacted his colleagues working in the Trade Department, wanting to know the trade volume of this pirate ship on the exchange.

He has made up his mind to collect 95% of the guarantee fee this time, otherwise he will never let the ship leave.

"Hello? Mao Huzi? It's me. I have something like this... Yes, check it out for me. They are really a group of guys who don't know the heights of the world. They have to let them understand who is the boss here!"

The person on the other end of the communication device agreed, but after a while, he asked in a subtle tone:

"Mao Xiong...are you sure you really want to tax this family?"

"Of course! Otherwise, where would I put my face? How about a new group of pirates?" Mao Xiong still said he didn't care, as if he was not afraid of anything.

Mao Huzi was silent for a moment, and then continued: "Well, you are awesome. The transaction volume of this company is 22.5 billion energy coins. I have never seen such a trade volume in a border galaxy like ours."

"Only 22 - how much!?" The bear, who was still leisurely in the guard room, suddenly stood up, his eyes always filled with greed were full of astonishment.

"22.5 billion~ You usually take 30%, right? Since this company has offended you, you will take at least 50%, right? Tsk tsk, it's more than 10 billion. Remember to help your brothers when you have time~" Mao Huzi was full of teasing, as if

I have already seen the wooly bear in danger.

At this time, Mao Xiong was covered in cold sweat, trembled suddenly, and then shouted at the communication equipment on the other side:

"Get back here! No one is allowed to leave the port! I will throw anyone who dares to leave the port into the furnace of stars!"

Those subordinates who were gearing up to arrest the "wanted criminal" were stunned for a moment when he yelled like this, and then they immediately stayed in the star port obediently.

"Aren't you awesome? What do you usually say to those pirates? 'You won't go far in doing this, and you will fail sooner or later'? Are you going to kick the iron this time?"

Mao Beard’s voice of gloating about the misfortune was still echoing in Mao Bear’s ears, but at this time, he no longer paid attention to it. Instead, he paced quickly in the guard room, thinking about how to remedy the situation.

His monthly salary as the "Captain of the Security Brigade" is not even an energy coin, but an electronic currency that circulates within Corebo.

Energy coins are only used in interstellar transactions, but even here, 1 energy coin is already sky-high in the eyes of ordinary people. Even Mao Xiong's own annual income cannot buy 1 energy coin.

Fortunately, he has a special position. He serves as the guard captain in this trading enclave and has the opportunity to secretly collect taxes from those "unlicensed spaceships".

And here, the most indispensable thing is undocumented spaceships.

This is a trading post in name, but in fact it is a place for a group of interstellar explorers to trade and supply. The trading objects of Keruibo are generally aimed at them.

This group of crazy explorers will never return to their home planet in their lifetime, and their spaceships often fail to update their electronic signatures, thus being regarded as undocumented spacecrafts.

Mao Xiong also received an additional one or two hundred energy coins a year through tax collection. The amount seemed small, but it was enough for him to purchase dozens of buildings in the name of others on his home planet.

But now the trade volume is as high as tens of billions... He wouldn't even dare to touch it if he had ten thousand courages.

So while he notified his men to reopen the star port and escort a "pirate spaceship", he sent an email to the previous group of people, hoping to try to rescue the mistake.

Li Wenyuan controlled the spacecraft and was about to start the hyperspace engine and go to the next galaxy when he received the email.

When he saw that the signature came from the guard, he threw it directly into the recycling bin.

He has no intention of arguing with such a small person now, he just wants to go home quickly.

If you want to levy a tax, just do it as you please. Anyway, Li Wenyuan deposited all those energy coins in Corebo. He doesn't believe that the alien who looks like the "security captain" dares to touch such a number of energy coins.

What's more, the "Guardian Civilization" he represents has received key care from Corebo, so it's a good thing that he didn't go to the "Security Captain" to settle accounts.

As soon as the hyperspace engine started, Li Wenyuan's spaceship disappeared from the galaxy without a trace.


Chapter completed!