Lilith looked at Zachary Chase: "The combat information about the Blizzard Zero was provided by Charlotte, and compiled by me after retrieving the Blizzard Zero's data."
Zachary was very satisfied. Lilith was already getting familiar with her position. As expected, the Demon Tribe's learning ability was indeed excellent.
"From now on, the combat basically just needs to proceed as planned, and we'll wait for the return trip… No, Lilith! Remember to compile that," Zachary said mysteriously, narrowing his eyes.
Lilith nodded heavily: "We have been continuously compiling that, and there will definitely not be a significant data deviation!"
"That's good," Zachary smiled slightly.
More than ten minutes passed quickly. Just as Zachary and Captain Victoria Shaw had expected, without the command of the three T2 Zerg Hive Motherships, the attack efficiency of a large number of swarm units drastically decreased, and their attack rhythm was far less fierce than at the beginning.
"Report, we have received news from P331 Asteroid that over five million civilians have been safely evacuated," Commander Elena Vance excitedly reported to Captain Shaw.
Captain Shaw let out a long sigh of relief. This crisis was finally resolved. They could finally make their graceful exit. As for the massive numbers of Zerg Hive Motherships and swarm units still present, they would be left to the Imperial Army fleet and Lord Fleet that would arrive later as reinforcements.
"Fortunately, what appeared this time was a Level 2 Cosmic Insectoid Hive, and it didn't exist for long. If it were a Level 3 Cosmic Insectoid Hive, then most of the Arctic Fox Galaxy would probably have suffered," Captain Shaw said, feeling relaxed.
She had once seen a record of a Zerg battle where a Level 3 Cosmic Insectoid Hive appeared in a galaxy. In less than a week, the entire galaxy completely fell, becoming a hatchery for the Interstellar Zerg, thus cultivating tens, or even hundreds, of times more Zerg fleets! Afterward, it took the Imperial Army fleet three or four months to completely eliminate all of these Interstellar Zerg. As for that galaxy, hundreds of years later, it had become an abandoned galaxy, left untouched.
"Quickly contact the Black Dragon Fleet and tell them we can withdraw from the battle," Captain Shaw said excitedly, but she quickly stopped her deputy. She wanted to contact him personally! She didn't know why, but she was filled with curiosity about this Black Dragon Fleet and that man.
The communication request was sent, and the other party quickly accepted.
"Captain, we just received news that over five million people on P331 Asteroid have been safely evacuated, and we can now withdraw from the battle," Captain Shaw said.
Zachary nodded, showing no emotional fluctuation to this news, because just now the system had already reminded him that this system mission had been successfully completed. He hadn't had time to check it yet when Captain Shaw sent the communication request, so he decided to communicate with Captain Shaw first, because there was a very, very important matter he needed to discuss with her.
"Captain, this time, thanks to your fleet…" Captain Shaw was about to chat more with the captain to get to know him.
However, Zachary unceremoniously interrupted her again. If it were anyone else, Captain Shaw would probably start to dislike them.
"Captain Shaw, I recall that according to a Galactic Alliance regulation, for any battle against the Interstellar Zerg, whoever eliminates the Interstellar Zerg owns them. Even if immediate body recovery is not possible, it can be recorded first. Is that right?" Zachary asked.
Captain Shaw nodded: "That's right."
Zachary immediately raised his hand, and a holographic projection of a table appeared, clearly showing strings of numbers.
Killed three T2 Zerg Hive Motherships.
Killed over seventy thousand T1 Flying Bugs.
Killed over four hundred T2 Hydralisks.
"Because we currently cannot clear the battlefield, we can only wait for the subsequent Imperial Army fleet to eliminate these Interstellar Zerg before recovery can be done. Even excluding cases where some insectoid bodies were cannibalized by their companions, at least half of the insectoid remains should be preserved. According to our calculations, this is roughly equivalent to a recovery price of around five to six hundred thousand star coins. Because I want to save trouble, I wonder if you, Captain, would be willing to directly accept this batch of insectoid bodies?" Zachary said with a smile: "Your starship also participated in this battle throughout, and your starship's combat recorder should be able to confirm the accuracy of our enemy kill count."
"What you wanted to tell me… was just this?" Captain Shaw was dumbfounded.
As soon as the battle ended, he was talking about money with her? This made Captain Shaw's previously grand image of the man in front of her seem to shatter a little.
Zachary didn't care if his image shattered or not. He wanted money! He wanted to buy raw materials with money! He wanted to build starships!
"Captain, we can act as a third party to vouch for everything you've said. I can also use my authority to directly approve it. We will recover those insectoid remains on your behalf," Captain Shaw squeezed out a smile, still enthusiastically helping him with these matters.
Zachary then immediately asked: "When will this fund be credited to my account?"
Captain Shaw maintained her smile: "If you're in a hurry, we can use our authority to process it through a special channel, and it can be credited within one day. As a reward for your fleet's excellent performance in this battle, I can increase this fund to six hundred thousand star coins."
"Okay, thank you. I'll send you my account number. I look forward to our next cooperation, goodbye." Zachary's face immediately broke into a brilliant smile, and at the same time, without waiting for Captain Shaw to speak, he decisively ended the call.
Captain Shaw's expression stiffened. What was wrong with this guy? He didn't give her any chance to interject. Was talking to her such a time-wasting and boring thing?
"No! I must meet this guy in person!" Captain Shaw's mood at this moment was like a kitten whose curiosity was not satisfied.
Just then, an account number was sent over.
Captain Shaw's eyes lit up when she saw it. She recognized the information on the account number; the initial code indicated that it was a temporary account opened at the Arctic Fox Starport. A temporary account meant that the home base of this Black Dragon Fleet should be at the Arctic Fox Starport. Considering her bounty mission and the time it took for this fleet to arrive, they should have roughly departed from the Arctic Fox Starport. If all else failed, she could also confirm with the person in charge of the Arctic Fox Starport who accepted this bounty mission.
"Once the other Imperial Army fleets arrive for the handover, we'll go to the Arctic Fox Starport!" Captain Shaw made a decision. She was going to find this man! As for what she would do once she found him, she wasn't actually sure. It was just this idea that was vaguely present.
At this moment, Zachary naturally didn't know that he had been targeted by an Imperial female officer. He was busy calculating his small fortune.
"Six hundred thousand star coins, plus the previously offered mission bounty, and the additional bounty from the Arctic Fox Starport. This operation directly yielded one million three hundred thousand star coins in one go! Adding the ninety thousand star coins already in the account, that's now a total of two million two hundred thousand star coins," Zachary mumbled, truly like a money grubber.
With only one month left for the quarterly mission, which required three system-produced starships, Zachary had only completed two-thirds: the T2 Bee Queen-class Heavy Carrier Starship and the T2 Iron Hammer-class Heavy Interstellar Industrial Ship. The quarterly mission had no penalties, and the rewards were generous. Zachary didn't want to waste it, so in this remaining month, he had to produce one more starship.
"First, let's take a look at the system mission that was just completed." Zachary opened the system interface in his consciousness, and a long-awaited box appeared before him.