Zhao Chen strolled around the academy for a bit before returning to the T3 Blizzard.
Shortly after he arrived back on the Starship's Bridge, a special message appeared on his handheld terminal.
'Ding, 3,500,000,000 star coins have been deposited into your Imperial private account.'
At this moment, Zhao Chen felt his spirits lift instantly.
Just as he needed to pay Red Eye for raw material procurement, his 'dear' Governor Chu River sent the pillow right over.
'Ding, 3,000,000,000 star coins have been deposited into your Imperial private account.'
That wonderfully annoying sound rang out again, like the feeling of a beating heart.
But it was strange; why was it split into two transfers, and what was the three billion star coins after that?
At this time, Zhao Chen received a short message, sent by Governor Chu River, requesting a holographic video communication.
Zhao Chen replied with a message, asking the other party to wait a moment, and activated the 'privacy mode' around the Captain's chair, so that the crew on the Bridge couldn't see what he was doing.
At this point, Governor Chu River had already sent a room link.
Zhao Chen sat in the Captain's chair, activated the holographic video function, and then clicked on the room link.
Subsequently, the scene around Zhao Chen changed.
Zhao Chen appeared in a cosmic environment, sitting on a floating chair, facing Governor Chu River, whom he hadn't seen in several months.
"Where have you been, kid?" Governor Chu River immediately threw a question at Zhao Chen.
"Haven't I been in the North Wind Star Sector all this time, conducting experiments related to T4 starships?
You don't know, this experimental research is really..." Zhao Chen put on an expression of exhaustion, as if his body had been hollowed out.
Governor Chu River didn't bother listening to Zhao Chen muttering and asked, "How's the progress?"
"It's still a bit tricky, but there's a slight glimmer of hope. Don't rush, we agreed on three years, and it's only been a few months," Zhao Chen said.
Governor Chu River didn't press further on this question. He said, "You received the final payment of 3.5 billion star coins I sent you, right?"
"I received it," Zhao Chen nodded, then asked, "What about the three billion star coins after that?"
In fact, Zhao Chen already had a rough guess in his heart.
Governor Chu River replied, "The first batch of T3 Flame ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) Dragon-class Medium Interstellar Destroyers that came off the production line and entered service, their sea trials and combat operations have been very satisfactory.
I'm preparing to build sixty more, and according to our previous agreement, I'll pay you another technology licensing fee.
This three billion is an advance payment, and in three months, I'll pay you the remaining seven billion."
"It's good that the T3 Fire Dragon satisfies you, good that it satisfies you," Zhao Chen said with a smile.
It would be strange if a Starship produced by the system wasn't satisfactory.
Although that T3 Fire Dragon wasn't the best T3 Interstellar Destroyer in Zhao Chen's system store, it was definitely quite excellent compared to the T3 Interstellar Destroyers currently on the market!
"Rest assured, when I, Chu Changhe, do business with people, I never deceive anyone.
What I say I will give you, I will not shortchange you a single cent.
But I also don't want others to deceive me." Governor Chu said one last sentence before ending the communication.
These words were undoubtedly a mix of carrot and stick, softness with firmness.
Zhao Chen leaned back in the Captain's chair.
He checked his account balance, which now totaled 7.8 billion star coins!
After deducting the raw material procurement costs that would be successively transferred to Red Eye, which was nearly 5 billion star coins, and the 1.5 billion star coins commission to be paid after the transaction was completed.
Zhao Chen himself would still have 1.3 billion star coins left.
This would be more than enough to meet the upcoming Starship construction plans.
Next was to wait for the academy's graduation ceremony and the completion ceremonies for several T3 Interstellar Warships.
...
【Quarterly Mission: Possess three different models of t3 level-level or higher Starships (3/3)
Select one auxiliary Starship and reach a quantity of 5 (5/5) (T2 Iron Hammer-class Heavy Interstellar Industrial Ship selected)
Mission completed, please claim mission reward】
A few days later, Zhao Chen received a system notification, and almost immediately afterward, Zhao Chen received a message from Lilith.
The T3 Phantom Assassin-class Light Interstellar Stealth Bomber, t3 level Goddess Academy-class Starship, T3 Andromeda-class Interstellar Medical Ship, and T2 Snow Mastiff-class Heavy Interstellar Battleship had all been completed and launched.
Three T3 Interstellar Warships entering service, although two of them were only auxiliary Interstellar Warship, this was a great help for Zhao Chen's future fleet construction!
Zhao Chen sent a message to Zhao Wan'er, asking her to return to the T3 Blizzard first.
Afterward, Zhao Chen opened the system page, ready to claim the reward for this quarterly mission.
【Quarterly Mission Reward claimed: Obtained T3 Gold Digger-class Heavy Interstellar Mining Ship · Technical Blueprint】
It was actually a t3 level Interstellar Mining Ship!
This was one of the two major auxiliary Starships in the auxiliary Starship category, alongside the Interstellar Transport Ship.
A Interstellar Mining Ship, as the name suggests, is an auxiliary Starship responsible for rapidly extracting interstellar resources in space.
Although they do not possess combat capabilities, they can quickly extract resources and are the most important tools for many interstellar mining groups.
And to date, there are only a few forces in the entire Starlight Empire that possess t3 level Interstellar Mining Ships.
Even the Hurricane Conglomerate has been unable to break through the technology to develop a t3 level Interstellar Mining Ship.
"With the t3 level Interstellar Mining Ship, I can mine the resources in the Owl Dragon Star System and the Lion King Star System.
Although both places are resource-poor Galaxies, the resources are scarce, but even a mosquito's leg is still meat!" Zhao Chen muttered.
Zhao Chen began to carefully examine the detailed information of this T3 Gold Digger-class Heavy Interstellar Mining Ship.
Its hull was not equipped with large combat weapons, but it had ten defensive gun emplacements.
In addition, there were various sizes of small mining vessels inside the hull, which could meet various resource collection needs.
At the same time, the t3 level Gold Digger also had a special feature: it combined the Interstellar Mining Ship and the ore processing plant into one.
Inside the t3 level Gold Digger, equipment for processing raw material resources was automatically installed.
In other words, resources extracted could be directly processed.
Afterward, only Interstellar Transport Ships would be needed for loading and transportation.
Efficiency was greatly improved.
Its resource extraction capabilities were also faster than several other t3 level Interstellar Mining Ships of the same class.
When these two characteristics were combined.
The status of the T3 Gold Digger-class Heavy Interstellar Mining Ship was basically self-evident.
This was a good thing for future wealth!
"Why did you suddenly call me back?" Zhao Wan'er appeared on the Bridge, looking at Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen smiled mysteriously, "Didn't you say you wanted to command a T3 Interstellar Warship before?
Big brother is going to take you to see the T3 Interstellar Warship you'll be commanding in the future!"
Zhao Wan'er's expression instantly froze.
A T3 Interstellar Warship?
So fast?
She had thought Zhao Chen was just talking big before.
