Free Web Novel"This was originally the second Executive Officer's room, but since I only have one Executive Officer, and I thought about bringing you back this time, it's been empty all along.
You'll stay here for the next few days." Zhao Chen carried his sister's luggage and pointed at the single-person Executive Officer's room before them.
"Not bad at all." Zhao Wan'er surveyed the room.
"How are you going to handle your Starship?" Zhao Chen asked.
Zhao Wan'er was a fourth-year student and had her own exclusive Starship.
"Senior Su Lan has a long-term rental berth at the Starport. She's going home during the break, so I'll just park my Starship in her berth.
My crew are all academy students, and I've already given them leave." Zhao Wan'er said as she sat on the bed.
"If I remember correctly, your Starship is a T2 Fire Crow-class heavy Interstellar Battlecruiser." Zhao Chen recalled.
Zhao Wan'er nodded.
When Zhao Wan'er chose her fourth-year Starship, she faced the same situation as Zhao Chen: no funds, so she could only pick from the academy's Starship warehouse.
But fortunately, because Zhao Wan'er was an honors student, the academy gave her special treatment and prepared this T2 Fire Crow-class heavy Interstellar Battlecruiser, even though it was a second-hand ship with thirty years of service.
But it was definitely considered a top-tier product among T2 Starships.
Coupled with Zhao Wan'er's reputation as an honors student, students from other departments naturally flocked to join her Starship, but considering salary and benefits, Zhao Wan'er only recruited civilian students.
"The T2 Fire Crow-class heavy Interstellar Battlecruiser is good, but it's an old ship. In the future, I'll get you a new one!" Zhao Chen muttered.
Zhao Wan'er rolled her eyes: "A new ship? Forget it. Don't think you can show off just because you squeezed 500,000 star coins out of Zhang Haoran.
500,000 star coins aren't even enough for a fraction of a T2 Starship." freeweɓnovel.cøm
Zhao Chen smiled without speaking. He didn't tell Zhao Wan'er that he had completed another deal by selling the Starship technology of the t1 wolf louse-class medium interstellar destroyer, netting him a full three million star coins!
Besides, he didn't plan to buy a Starship.
He had his own system with a ton of Starship technologies. Why not build one himself? Why buy one?
"Look at you, you have to trust me! Just tell me what ship type you want, and I'll arrange it before the end of the year!" Zhao Chen waved his hand, acting casually.
Zhao Wan'er chuckled: "If you're so capable, get me an Aircraft Carrier Starship."
The Aircraft Carrier Starship is the most expensive of all ship types, without exception!
Because it carries a large number of Interstellar Fighters and Interstellar Drones, and the combination of the two is extremely costly.
Zhao Chen curled his lips: You've hit the jackpot.
"No problem, it's just an Aircraft Carrier Starship. I'll arrange it for you! I guarantee you'll be satisfied!" Zhao Chen said with a grin.
"You're just bragging." Zhao Wan'er naturally didn't believe Zhao Chen.
After all, even a light T2 Aircraft Carrier Starship costs no less than ten million star coins!
"Alright, after you tidy up, we'll go eat." Zhao Chen walked to the door.
After waiting a while for Zhao Wan'er, the two headed to the Starship Mess Hall together.
When they reached the corridor outside the Starship Mess Hall, Zhao Wan'er sniffed: "I think I smell something fragrant."
Zhao Chen smiled but said nothing.
"By the way, I noticed your Half-Beastman female crew members seem a bit different from before... but... I can't quite put my finger on it..." Zhao Wan'er looked at Zhao Chen suspiciously: "You haven't done anything to those Half-Beastman female crew members, have you?"
Zhao Chen tapped Zhao Wan'er on the head: "You little girl, what are you daydreaming about!"
Zhao Wan'er stuck out her tongue and blinked at Zhao Chen.
She realized that her relationship with Zhao Chen had changed a lot recently. The old Zhao Chen wouldn't dare touch her head and would always be restrained around her, as if she were the older sister and he the younger brother.
The two walked into the mess hall while chatting, and at that moment, Zhao Wan'er stopped in her tracks, staring in shock at the scene before her.
Steaming noodles, fragrant bread, fluffy white steamed buns, and meat pieces exuding rich aromas.
There was even a white, crescent-shaped food—the legendary dumplings!
"This is your Starship Mess Hall?" Zhao Wan'er was dumbfounded.
"Of course. Come here and order." Zhao Chen pointed at Zhao Wan'er behind him and said to the cook at the counter: "Put hers on my tab."
"Captain... you don't need to swipe..." the cook said with a strange expression.
According to the rules Zhao Chen had set, he himself had a meal standard when dining in the Starship Mess Hall.
But because he was the captain, his meal standard was three times that of an ordinary female crew member!
And some officer-level female crew members naturally had a higher meal standard than ordinary ones.
This hierarchical division was also meant to motivate the female crew members; those who performed well could be promoted and enjoy better meal standards.
It was a kind of incentive policy.
"Follow the rules." Zhao Chen then began to order: "I'll have the pork and cabbage dumplings."
More than half of the menu here was created by Zhao Chen, so quite a few Chinese dishes were available.
Dumplings, in fact, were quite famous in this world, rumored to be an ancient dish from a blue planet.
But due to the high cost of natural ingredients, this dish gradually became a noble's delicacy and a legend in the eyes of ordinary people.
"Order quickly. There are people waiting in line behind you." Zhao Chen urged the stunned Zhao Wan'er.
Zhao Wan'er hastily glanced around and ordered a bowl of Yu Xiang Rou Si (Fish-Fragrant Shredded Pork) over rice.
Then a hovering robot scanned Zhao Chen's face.
That counted as 'payment'.
"Please wait at your seat; a robot will deliver the food." the cook said.
Zhao Chen and Zhao Wan'er found an empty seat and sat down.
"What's going on? Are these all natural ingredients?" Zhao Wan'er asked, staring at Zhao Chen as soon as she sat down.
Zhao Chen nodded: "Yes."
Zhao Wan'er pointed at the holographic electronic menu on the counter: "Can ordinary crew members order those foods?"
"Everyone has their own meal standard, as long as they don't exceed it or waste."
"What is the meal standard for ordinary crew members?"
"0.3 star coins per day, no more than 10 star coins per month."
"10 star coins?" Zhao Wan'er shrieked, startling the people eating around her. She quickly lowered her voice and said, "Are you crazy! 10 star coins!
Even the noble guard fleets of our Starlight Empire don't have such a high meal standard! I set my crew's meal standard at only 0.05 star coins per day!"
"Just because they don't have it high doesn't mean I can't set it high. This is my Starship, and I'll set it however I want." Zhao Chen said with a smile.
Zhao Wan'er covered her face: "You... don't think you can do whatever you want just because you have those 500,000 star coins. If you keep this up, something will happen sooner or later."
"We'll deal with it when something happens." Zhao Chen shrugged.
At that moment, their meals arrived.
Fragrant pork and cabbage dumplings and Yu Xiang Rou Si over rice.
Faced with the delicious food, Zhao Wan'er gave up arguing with Zhao Chen and ate, a look of happiness on her face.
After the meal.
Just as Zhao Wan'er was about to continue 'educating' Zhao Chen,
her handheld terminal rang—a notification for a short message.
Zhao Wan'er opened it and her expression changed drastically.
"Oh no, something happened in the Owl Dragon Star System!"
The Owl Dragon Star System was Zhao Chen's territory.
"What happened?" Zhao Chen asked.
Zhao Wan'er projected the short message as a hologram: "This is from my sister's trusted contact in the Xiaolong Star."
'Someone in the Owl Dragon Star System is colluding with external enemies, plotting to assassinate the Zhao family! Second Young Master and Third Miss must not return!'
