296: Special mission, please choose a code name

One month later, Mi Star.

“Finally arrived.”

Lin Yang sighed as he looked at the small, earthy-yellow planet before him.

Traveling through the universe is incredibly monotonous and boring.

Especially since the spaceship Lin Mu bought was just an ordinary one, and the quality of the hibernation pod wasn't great, causing a slight headache after hibernation. So, he chose not to hibernate and instead continuously trained himself.

In this past month, with no one to communicate with except System, facing the dark universe all day long could easily lead to negative emotions.

“This mercenary mission is to acquire three bu bo pearls from Bu Bo Ze inside Mi Star within one month. It seems like a collection mission, but in reality, it's probably about killing people.” Lin Yang retracted his gaze and re-examined the mission details.

Although Mi Star is a small planet, it has a vast wetland internally that produces something called bu bo pearl, a relatively rare special material.

However, the yield of bu bo pearl is not high; according to intelligence, only a few hundred bu bo pearls are produced annually. The area around Bu Bo Ze is filled with a large number of pearl prospectors, so once a bu bo pearl appears, it inevitably leads to a scramble. It can be said that obtaining three bu bo pearls within a month is not easy.

If he doesn't snatch them, relying solely on luck might not even yield one in half a year.

Of course, there are also those who specifically sell bu bo pearls, but this mercenary mission prohibits directly purchasing ready-made bu bo pearls, otherwise, the qualification to join the Cosmic Mercenary Corps will be permanently revoked.

During the assessment, in addition to supervision by the Cosmic Mercenary Corps' intelligent System, there will also be Cosmic Mercenary Corps staff secretly supervising.

Once cheating is discovered, the perpetrator will be blacklisted on the spot.

Lin Yang was somewhat puzzled by this: “As long as I can get the mission items and deliver them to the client, isn't that enough? Why does the Cosmic Mercenary Corps manage things so broadly?”

For ordinary mercenaries, the Cosmic Mercenary Corps is just an intermediary platform for posting missions. Normally, there's no need to concern themselves with how mercenaries acquire mission items.

As long as the mercenary can complete the mission, the platform gets a commission. The Cosmic Mercenary Corps' current approach made Lin Yang a bit confused.

“Host, that's true, but missions involving the collection of special items can demonstrate a mercenary's strength and methods. This is a way for the Cosmic Mercenary Corps to observe the potential of new mercenaries. They will rate mercenaries in the backend based on their performance during the mission. If the rating is high, they will receive some resource allocation from the Cosmic Mercenary Corps. Therefore, for these special missions, the Cosmic Mercenary Corps' assessment standards are relatively higher,” System explained.

“Oh… so you mean the missions you assigned to me and Lin Mu are special missions, and there are also ordinary, easier-to-complete missions?” Lin Yang's eyes flashed.

“Yes, Host. The Cosmic Mercenary Corps' ordinary assessment missions for junior mercenaries are extremely easy to complete and pose no difficulty for you, but similarly, there are no benefits upon completion.”

System explained again:

“Given your current strength, System has analyzed and determined that participating in such special missions will yield greater benefits. As long as your rating is high, you can immediately receive some special care and resource allocation from the Cosmic Mercenary Corps after becoming a junior mercenary.”

“The most direct benefit is that when you purchase items through the Cosmic Mercenary Corps' internal material channels, you can receive some discounts, saving a lot of resources and money, and even purchase some good items that other ordinary mercenaries do not have permission to buy.”

“Alright, then that's how it is. It sounds like the benefits are indeed considerable.” Lin Yang nodded slightly.

“Yes, Host, so during the assessment, you can try to perform exceptionally well. There's no need to hide your strength now. The better you perform now, the higher your rating will be, and the more benefits you will ultimately receive,” System urged.

“Understood. Then, let's go to the assessment point now.” Lin Yang nodded again.

“Just a moment, Host. System has provided you and Lin Mu with virtual identities, and if you don't want to expose your true face, you can first get a mask to wear,” System reminded again.

“Uh… a mask?” Lin Yang froze for a moment, then laughed, “That's a good idea.”

Although the expeditionary force Soman had previously dispatched was killed by him, and System's shielding prevented them from transmitting his image information to Soman.

However, the high-level mercenary with the mark on his brow had seen his true face, so it was indeed inappropriate to reveal his true face now.

With System's reminder, Lin Yang directly had Lin Mu craft him a dragon-head shaped mask.

There were simple tools on the spaceship, so molding a mask was not difficult.

“A descendant of the dragon, using a dragon-head mask.”

Lin Yang put on the mask with great satisfaction; the two dragon whiskers also happened to be on either side of his forehead, making him appear somewhat majestic.

As for Lin Mu himself, he also got a mechanical mask.

This guy has his own aesthetic…

As a Robot, he still preferred things with a more mechanical style.

...

Bu Bo Ze stretched as far as the eye could see.

Though called a wetland, describing it as a sea would not be an exaggeration.

Numerous ships continuously patrolled its surface, all engaged in detecting bu bo pearls.

Lin Yang merely glanced around, and the number of ships and people he saw already exceeded the annual yield of bu bo pearls.

Truly, there were more people than pearls.

“With so many people, once a new bu bo pearl is discovered, the scramble for it will likely be terrifying,” Lin Yang muttered.

“Host, there are no restrictions against killing in Bu Bo Ze, so if you sense you are outmatched, you must retreat immediately,” System also reminded again.

“Understood.” Lin Yang nodded.

“Of course, Host, you don't need to worry too much. Due to certain special reasons, only the power of peak Tier 3 technological weapons can be used within Mi Star. With your current weapon reserves, it's not an exaggeration to say you can sweep through the entire Bu Bo Ze, and obtaining the mission items will not be an issue at all.”

“Mm.” Lin Yang smiled.

Although he couldn't use the Tier 4 technological weapons purchased from the Tianji Federal Empire within Mi Star, he had not only bought Tier 4 technological weapons at that time. He had also purchased some peak Tier 3 technological weapons, intending to use them against ordinary interstellar civilizations and to arm Blue Star.

After all, he couldn't just use Tier 4 technological weapons to deal with a Tier 1 civilization, could he?

That would be too wasteful.

And at that time, because he had purchased a large quantity of Tier 4 technological weapons, the value was astonishing, and the single transaction amount was extremely high, so the Tianji Federation also gave him many additional peak Tier 3 technological weapons.

They were truly SSS-grade peak Tier 3 technological weapons.

They were far stronger than the ordinary peak Tier 3 technological weapons that the Red Thunder Empire sold externally, which he had purchased on Guiyun Star.

Under circumstances where Tier 4 technological weapon power could not be used, his weapon power was indeed invincible.

There was indeed no pressure to obtain the bu bo pearls required for himself and Lin Mu.

Subsequently, Lin Yang walked directly to the assessment point, reported the account number for the assessment application, and received the on-site mission.

After confirming his identity, the Cosmic Mercenary Corps staff handed him a special token and said, “Sir, you can choose a codename as your designation in the Cosmic Mercenary Corps. Whether this assessment is successful or not, this codename can accompany you permanently.”

“Codename?”

Lin Yang paused slightly, then pondered.

What codename should he choose?