From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 153 Letter from the Empire

The Hermes is now like a jobber who is well-dressed on weekdays, but always has to pack a lot of bags when he goes home during the New Year.

Although other people on the ship were a little unsure about jumping with so many things.

But seeing Amber drinking Tetra Pak black tea at the captain's seat and not panicking at all, they suppressed their nervousness.

And this destroyer did not disappoint Amber, successfully entered the jump, and finally arrived at its destination-the black market in another asteroid belt.

The asteroid belt, a typical area without laws and regulations, is the most suitable place for the black market to take root.

The black market that Amber came to was considered to be a larger and more famous place among the underground forces on the border of the Star Dragon Empire.

Until decades later, it was still serving many players who were wanted by NPC forces.

However, Amber did not dock in the port. After all, the 'big and small bags' mounted on the destroyer were too eye-catching.

After contacting a clinic in the black market that could perform chip removal, Amber asked Tom and several Marines to drive an assault boat to pick up people in the black market.

He and Murat drove the HCP to a point between the Hermes and the Black Market Airport.

The price of the surgery is not cheap, because there are 108 people anyway. Although it is just a simple cut through the skin and flesh to remove the chip, the workload is still relatively large.

If the people from Timler Company discover any clues because the chip is not cleaned properly, it will be more of a loss than a gain.

Then he deployed the heavy particle cannon and charged particle cannon, staring at the position of the assault boat and always preparing for emergencies.

Perhaps it was the arrival of the assault boats, but those eager guys in the black market knew that there was probably a military ship here.

Before Amber finished speaking, the miners were already eagerly approaching and planning to sign the contract.

When Amber walked up to them with a formal electronic contract, the miners realized that all of this was not a dream.

After all, it’s not that easy to come across someone like this who pays readily.

It could also be that the heavily armed Marines prevented them from alerting the enemy.

"Okay everyone, after signing this contract, you will be employees of Atlas. Of course, you still have the opportunity to choose to regain your freedom. I will immediately arrange for someone to take you to the space port."

Fortunately, the scene of a fight with someone with evil intentions in the black market did not appear.

After then removing the medical assistance robotic arm and taking off the mask to reveal a sweaty face, Amber also paid the relevant fees through one of the many secure accounts opened by Lilith.

And those miners who had their chips removed felt in a trance until the operation was completed. To them, it all seemed like a dream.

I won’t waste much time introducing the operation process, until the doctor finished the operation on the last miner out of breath.

In short, the assault boat finally succeeded in bringing back the clinic's doctors and related equipment.

The doctor who received the reminder that the final payment had arrived immediately smiled and said that he was not tired at all, and hoped that Amber would come to him for any jobs in the future.

The miner who boldly asked the question twice also became the first contract employee of Atlas Mining Company.

However, Amber has not been stingy with the money. "Earn what you should earn and spend what should be spent" has always been one of the principles he adheres to.

Looking at this man who was relatively bold and active among these miners and had his own ideas, Amber couldn't help but ask when signing the contract:

"What's your name?"

"George, my name is George Hester, boss."

This miner named George doesn't look very old, and the aging of his skin caused by long-term working in the asteroid belt mining area can't hide his youthful temperament.

"George. What work were you responsible for before?" "Report to the boss, I am responsible for the overall mining schedule."

In the subsequent conversation, Amber also learned about the miner's experience.

George graduated from a certain galaxy vocational and technical college in the Star Dragon Empire and was the top student in their class majoring in asteroid mining.

In the job search process after graduation, I also gained the favor of Timler Mining Company.

Moreover, the position promised at that time was a mining technical consultant at the headquarters.

As a result, on the day that George was about to sign the employment contract, his sister was hit by an out-of-control cleaning robot on the street and was seriously injured.

Although the hospital said it could save his sister, it would require a sky-high surgical fee.

At this time, after knowing about this incident, Timler Company sent someone to find George and expressed its willingness to help him pay for the surgery.

But the premise is that he must agree to go to the asteroid belt to work as a mining dispatch manager and repay the debt through labor.

Desperate, George was forced to agree to the suggestion and was then 'exiled' to his base of operations in the asteroid belt.

Amber sighed after hearing George's experience. This is another very typical story of having to give in after being manipulated by a big company.

Although there is no evidence, Amber even suspects that the out-of-control cleaning robot is the arm of Timler's company.

After all, it’s not like no other company has done this.

Of course, this was just an unfounded suspicion, and Amber did not say it out loud.

But he knew that if he had not appeared by chance, sooner or later George would have been drained of the last bit of value from him by the Timler Mining Company.

Finally died on this asteroid belt and was thrown into the incinerator.

The situation of the others was similar to George's, and they were all forced to 'sell themselves' to Timler Mining Company in desperation.

When Amber and the others finished signing the contracts for these miners, they were preparing to purchase some supplies for the miners to consume in the next period of time.

A piece of news came from Atlas's headquarters, the Tower of Babel.

Ms. Ellenita received a secret letter from the Star Dragon Empire.

The general content is about the recent situation of Isabel's family.

After her 'disappearance' aboard the Robert IV, her family and the Imperial Naval Intelligence Division were also attacked by the Regent's faction.

These nobles of the Regent faction, based on unconfirmed rumors, accused Isabel of being a spy for the Department of Naval Intelligence, but she failed to lead by example during the Battle of Robert IV and was suspected of betraying the empire.

This kind of attack involving party strife naturally triggered a reaction from the Princess Party.

A large number of nobles, including the imperial princess, also expressed support for Isabel's family and started a new round of war of words with the regent's family over this issue.

Although her family has not suffered any substantial damage so far, it has been completely pushed to the forefront.

"I might have to go back, Amber."

After Isabel read the secret message, she struggled for a long time, looked up at Amber and said apologetically.

(End of this chapter)