Ascension Warrior·Arnes left, Doctor·Luo Lei joined, still remaining were the hacker girl, the engineer, the navigator, the Dinosaur Head Warrior.

Divine·Valentine was most eager to break down the hacker girl, her role alone exceeded all the others combined.

She didn't rush to persuade Itheri; she knew well that the more people who betrayed, the less pressure Itheri would feel to betray, and the greater the likelihood that she would.

"What about you?" Her voice softened as she looked toward Navigator·Da Yi.

As a star, utilizing one's charm is instinctive.

Da Yi observed Li Changzhou with the three eyes on his three tentacles.

He hadn't noticed before, but now he saw that the man sitting on the captain's throne had lost some of his overbearing arrogance and gained some composure and aloofness.

It was like... the difference between a martial emperor and a solitary king.

Yet his brain still told him that Li Changzhou was his captain with whom he had fought across the universe for many years; he could even recall every gesture of the other when they first met.

"Are you really not my captain?" Da Yi asked.

"No," Li Changzhou answered.

"What about the former captain?"

"Unclear." Li Changzhou caressed the beads on the armrest, "When I opened my eyes, I was already in the flying car; your captain might have been killed by that bounty using some method."

Only then did Da Yi truly confirm that the person before him was not the former captain, but... the trust he had for the captain still transferred to Li Changzhou.

This was just an inadvertent display of the power of the Value Game, where after players take over a role, they automatically inherit the good and bad feelings surrounding the character — which they could later change based on personal charm.

Da Yi became conflicted.

Even though he knew this person was not his captain, and with the obsessed Sisi pleading, he still couldn't free himself from the emotion to help Li Changzhou.

"One last time," Da Yi decisively spoke as if severing his own tentacle, "I'll help you one last time."

Li Changzhou was surprised by this response — given Da Yi's frenzy about Sisi, this choice was unexpected.

He thought for a moment and roughly guessed the principle behind it.

"Thank you," he said with a smile, "but it's not necessary. If I accept your help due to your loyalty to the captain, it will make me owe you a favor, and I don't have time to owe favors now."

Before Divine·Valentine could speak, he took the initiative to address the remaining three:

"And the same goes for you all. We've only known each other for two days. It's not worth it for you to help me one last time. Of course, if there is a common interest, you're welcome to join."

"Common interest? Like what?" the hacker girl, who had been quiet, asked.

"For instance... do you enjoy war? Want to invade planets? Or have high professional moral standards and must complete the mission?"

"...Utterly unattractive, thank you."

"Hey, you just said 'knowing full well it's an evil task and still completing it is a Bounty Hunter's romance!'" Li Qianxia couldn't help but cut in.

The three-meter-tall waitress looked at Li Qianxia, who... defensively raised her palm like a sunshade, blocking the other's towering gaze — a cosmic version of 'burying one's head in the sand.'

"That's a negotiation tactic," Itheri glanced at Li Qianxia.

"So, you saying 'utterly unattractive' is also a tactic?" Turquoise Pool asked with a smile.

Itheri thought for a moment: "I guess so. Does anyone have a bigger chip? Persuade me and I'll listen."

"Lily—"

"Shut up!" Itheri glared at Arnes, "If you want to talk to me, first let me check your brain, are you willing?"

Arnes flashed a hint of embarrassment and then said, "Is this the time to talk about that? Hurry up and take the money, let's all leave in the flying vehicle!"

"We're done. You can go by yourself." Itheri no longer paid him any attention, looking instead at Li Changzhou and Si.

Arnes glared at Li Changzhou and left the bridge, running toward the airlock to the flying vehicle.

Itheri glanced sideways at him without any sentimentality.

She propped up her right hand with her left, her slender index finger toying with her short silvery hair: "I think I'm quite useful; think it over before making an offer."

Li Changzhou chuckled twice, hands joined: "Extraordinary indeed. The first time I saw you, seeing that murderous face inside the spacesuit's visor, I knew you were no ordinary character!"

"Right, it doesn't matter who you are, you owe me a flying car — do you players just vanish after the mission is over? Pay me now, and get me two boxes of what you just gave to Luo Lei."

Two boxes? Might as well give her his life.

Li Changzhou acted as if he didn't hear.

"You want us to make an offer; you need to tell us what you like," Si asked.

"I am a superficial woman; I like luxury goods," Itheri said while playing with her hair, not ashamed in the least.

"I offer you 150 million Divine Will Coins; you can go buy whatever you want," Divine·Valentine ... was probably wealthy.

"Does something that can be bought with money count as luxury goods?" Zhao Xiaojie (Turquoise Pool,) had the right to speak on this matter.

Her interjection cooled the originally somewhat tempted Itheri, like water about to boil being doused with a ladle of cold.

"You're all players, aren't you?" Itheri stopped twirling her hair, her thoughts becoming clear, "Give me something only players would have."

Both Divine·Valentine and Li Changzhou fell silent.

Pleasant laughter filled the bridge, and everyone turned to look at the center of the universe (Yang Qinglan).

"What's so funny?" the three-meter-tall waitress demanded.

Yang Qinglan covered her mouth with her hand, her beautiful eyes gazing at Li Changzhou: "I just find it amusing that in the Value Game missions you really can encounter anything. Players can actually be ... extorted by a regular person."

Li Changzhou also laughed.

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