70: Chapter 70 [New Hope] Ship Leasing Company

Zhatie City.

Yang Bai sat in the waiting hall, watching the numbers on the big screen, waiting for the staff to call his number.

His two bodyguards stood behind him, staring intently at the surroundings, while feeling quite amazed by the large mechanical ships flying outside.

To explore the Star Sea World, a pioneer ship is essential.

Pioneer ships possess extremely fast flight speeds and the ability to break through the special energy barriers of Star Sea secret realms.

Moreover, ordinary ships can accommodate thousands of dependents, and the ships are equipped with divine power supply devices and logistics facilities.

The place Yang Bai arrived at was a large pioneer ship rental company called [New Hope].

The [New Hope] ship company is a subsidiary of [Xiju Mining], whose main business is providing maintenance and repair work for [Xiju Mining]'s pioneer-type ships, mining-type ships, and transport-type ships.

Its secondary business is ship leasing.

Of course, this company also has ship sales and private customization businesses, but a regular ship capable of holding thousands of dependents requires millions of star coins, and if customized, the cost can reach tens of millions.

Regarding this price, Yang Bai didn't even dare to think about it now; he had to spend ten thousand or so to rent an ordinary pioneer-type ship first.

"Number 778."

"Number 778, please come to Platform 25 to process your business."

Listening to the broadcast in the hall, Yang Bai looked at the tag in his hand; it was indeed "778".

Yang Bai stood up and, following the staff's guidance, arrived at Platform 25.

On Platform 25, the person receiving Yang Bai was a staff member wearing a black and white uniform, with a slender build but the head of a pug.

This was a Star Sea Alien Race, and also a native inhabitant of Magnet Lan Star—a Lantie Dog-headed Man.

Just as mentioned before, this Magnet Lan Star is a fully explored planet; in layman's terms, it means the Longyan Xia Kingdom spent over a year conquering the entire planet.

Habar pushed up the glasses on his dog face and said respectfully: "Respected Mr. Bai Mu, I am Habar, you can just call me Little Ha. May I ask what business you need to handle?"

Although Yang Bai's current appearance was that of a down-and-out, shabby wasteland pioneer, Habar dared not have the slightest bit of contempt.

Even though he himself was wearing a high-end uniform, wearing gold-rimmed crystal glasses, and was the business manager of this platform.

"I want to explore the [E-Magnet Mountain Range] secret realm and need a pioneer-type ship," Yang Bai said straightforwardly.

The [E-Magnet Mountain Range] secret realm is a special secret realm three thousand miles outside Zhatie City.

Among them, E represents the grade of the secret realm.

Below E-grade secret realms, there are only F-grades, and above this, there are D, C, B, A, S, SS, and SSS-grade secret realms.

These ones with letters are all secret realms that deities can freely form teams to explore; as for those deities cannot explore, those are private secret realms, national-level secret realms, and star-domain-level secret realms.

"Alright." Habar tapped on the keyboard a few times and continued to ask: "Mr. Bai Mu, do you have any specific requirements for the ship? Can you accept a shared rental?"

Yang Bai thought for two seconds, then said seriously:

"The performance must be good, the ship must be equipped with a divine power supply device; the armor and speed do not need to be too good, and the space does not need to be very large, the smallest size will do."

"As for shared rental, if there are really no independent ships, a shared ship is also acceptable."

Habar nodded, entered Yang Bai's requirements into the computer, and soon filtered out a large pile of ships, only these ship categories were marked in red, with a few marked in green.

Habar showed the green-marked ship categories to Yang Bai and said: "Mr. Bai Mu, these are the ships available for use in the near future; please see if there is one you like."

Yang Bai scanned them twice, frowned slightly, and said:

"Hiss, is the business for secret realm exploration very good recently? I have to wait a week to find an independent ship."

"The business for secret realm exploration is not good; it is mainly because [Xiju Mining] has an urgent need for a batch of ships recently, so our company has far fewer ships."

"If you are in a rush, I can recommend this ship to you. It is a shared-type ship that can accommodate 7,000 dependents and 1 million tons of cargo. If you reserve it now, the earliest boarding time is three days later."

Habar gave a bitter smile, then explained earnestly, while taking the opportunity to promote the ship recently in use to Yang Bai.

Yang Bai looked at the ship's data, nodded, and said: "That works, what are the specific fees?"

Seeing Yang Bai nod, Habar's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "If you reserve it, you need to pay a deposit of 50,000 star coins; the security deposit is also included in the deposit. After boarding, the daily rental fee is 2,000 star coins per day."

Yang Bai's expression stiffened slightly, and he said in a low voice: "2,000 star coins a day, this price isn't quite right, is it?"

For tasks like secret realm exploration, if you are alone, you can end it whenever you want.

But if it is a group exploration, at the very least, it will be a month-long exploration; of course, that is assuming the dependents don't die prematurely.

Even for the minimum of one month, that converts to 60,000 star coins, and after the exploration ends, the series of expenses for ship maintenance, upkeep, and energy replenishment will all be deducted from the deposit.

"Lord Bai Mu, there are few ships now; this price is already very affordable. In a few days, [Xiju Mining] might call for ships again; by then, we won't have any ship rental business here."

Habar sighed and began to promote it earnestly.

Yang Bai looked at the other ships and felt speechless; those ships were either ridiculously priced or the wait time was too long, making it impossible for him to choose.

"Forget it, let's go with this one; help me book it."

Yang Bai sighed helplessly, opened his subspace bracelet, and pushed over a stack of star coin banknotes—exactly 50,000 star coins, no more, no less.

The unspoken rule of Star Sea exploration—unless necessary, do not use electronic transfers; cash is best.

Doing this can prevent tech-side hacker masters from tracking you based on your transfer account.

"Alright, alright, I will book it for you right away."

Habar happily accepted the deposit and then made a phone call.

Ten minutes later, Habar handed a pile of documents, plus a crystal token, to Yang Bai, and bowed to respectfully see Yang Bai off.

Walking out of the [New Hope] ship company, Yang Bai put the rental ship documents into his subspace bracelet, then sighed heavily.

He hadn't even entered the secret realm yet, and 200,000 of the 300,000 star coins Yang Bai had were already gone, and he still had to prepare supplies and cards for exploring the secret realm, which would be another huge expense.

"I hope nothing goes wrong."

After saying this, Yang Bai suddenly shuddered.

Yang Bai touched his neck and wondered strangely: "Have I been too tired lately? I always feel like something is wrong."

"Lord Bai Mu, I also feel that you have done too much for White Jade Capital; it's time to relax a little."

"Yes, yes, Lord Bai Mu, you have been too tired lately. If there is anything, you can entrust it to us; we will handle it for you."

Chen Jianfeng and Zhou Yanlie heard Yang Bai's words, immediately stepped up, and said respectfully.

"Then let's relax; anyway, there are still three days left," Yang Bai said with a smile.

Meanwhile, on the other side of Zhatie City.

97 Cultivators emerged from underground; they arrived at various chaotic gathering places in the city and quickly blended into them.