Sun Duoxiang replied with a blank look, "Boss, why are you suddenly saying this? I'm the captain, where else would I be if not here? Don't look at me like that, you're giving me the creeps."

"Who's piloting the Blue Whale?"

Su Mo asked immediately.

"Zhang Hao!"

"Why aren't you piloting the Blue Whale?"

"Isn't it because the Shadow is safer? No, no, it's because you're here, Boss."

"Are you even embarrassed?"

"Boss, are you disliking me?"

"Of course I dislike you. Who told you to fall asleep while piloting?"

Su Mo looked distrustful.

"Boss, that's too much. Don't hit a man in the face. I really just slipped up that day."

Sun Duoxiang kept arguing.

At this moment, Qian Chengxue walked over and asked with a smile, "What interesting things are you guys talking about?"

"It's nothing, just about that time..."

Su Mo was about to bring up the time Sun Duoxiang fell asleep at the helm.

Sun Duoxiang looked at Su Mo with resentful eyes, and said at the same time, "Boss, you being able to crash into the Blue Whale, isn't that also thanks to my contribution..."

"Okay, okay, I'll give you some credit. Let's not talk about that."

Su Mo replied with a smile.

"Su Mo, when we get to Earth, which spaceport are we docking at?"

Qian Chengxue didn't continue to ask, and instead inquired about Su Mo's plans.

"We're not stopping at any of them. We'll dock the ship directly at the Star Ring City's port. There's no safer place, and it'll also be convenient for the various countries to retrieve their supplies."

Su Mo decided after some thought.

"That's a great idea! Boss, you're really exceptionally wise and mighty!"

Sun Duoxiang seized the opportunity to suck up, already envisioning the wonderful life after returning. With his relationship with Su Mo, wouldn't it be a piece of cake to get some money to spend?

Thinking of this, he had been waking up from sleep with joy lately.

"Alright, stop flattering me. And don't get too happy too soon. We can't let our guard down until we reach Star Ring City."

Su Mo said very calmly.

It wasn't that Su Mo was overly cautious, but he was genuinely panicked. He couldn't afford to lose so much money and supplies, plus the pseudo-V generation mecha You Ji was also destroyed, so he had no way to fight.

If something happened, he'd be finished.

.........

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Twenty-five days later, the inner layer of space of Star Ring City.

The Shadow and the Blue Whale emerged from hyperspace.

In the control room, Su Mo and the others saw the awe-inspiring Star Ring City from afar.

This time, everything had finally gone smoothly, without any accidents. Perhaps blessed by the souls of the fallen soldiers, they didn't encounter any enemies along the way.

The anxious crowd burst into excited cheers.

"We're finally back safe!"

Su Mo suppressed his extreme excitement and said to Sun Duoxiang, "Target Star Ring City Port 72!"

"No problem!"

Sun Duoxiang hurriedly steered the ship towards Star Ring City.

Along the way, they encountered many ships heading to Star Ring City. These ships, seeing the two behemoths, the Shadow and the Blue Whale, kept their distance.

At the same time, they were also amazed, and discussed among themselves.

"The Blue Whale? What country is that from? I've never seen it before."

"We've never seen that battleship either."

"It looks so awesome, I want one too!"

"Get lost, keep dreaming."

"Haha, yeah, take a piss and look at yourself in the reflection."

......

After a long time, the Shadow and the Blue Whale docked at Port 72 in Star Ring City.

Immediately, it attracted countless onlookers.

Sun Duoxiang said to Su Mo with some worry, "Boss, there are so many people watching us. Do you think those guys from the Fales Empire will know we're back and come to ambush us?"

He was also a bit nervous now. It was fun robbing them, but now he was scared.

Su Mo raised his hand and said, "It's okay, this is Star Ring City. No one dares to run wild here. Even if they know we're back, they won't dare to do anything."

In fact, Su Mo was right.

Among the onlookers, there were many people from the Fales Empire, Ferre Giel, and Teru Diel.

After all, the Blue Whale was too recognizable.

But now, looking at the docked Blue Whale, they could only grit their teeth in hatred, but didn't dare to make any moves.

The rules of Star Ring City were not something anyone could violate.

"Boss is right, so are we getting off the ship?"

"No, everyone stay on the ship for now and wait. I'm going to take care of something. Remember, no one is allowed to get off the ship without my order."

Su Mo said in a deep voice.

"No problem, leave it to me."

Sun Duoxiang patted his chest to assure him.

......

Soon after, the Shadow opened a boarding exit, and Su Mo activated the Heavenly Sin battle armor to fully cover himself and walked down.

The onlookers couldn't help but gasp.

"Wow, awesome, a V-generation battle armor!"

"How much money does that cost?"

"Confirmed, this is a super awesome big shot."

......

The onlookers also cast envious glances.

Su Mo ignored the strange gazes of the crowd, and then stepped onto a floating mechanical square and left.

He picked up his phone and glanced at a private message on the Star Ring forum.

The message was sent to him by Mo Bao Ke.

The leaders of the Allied Nations had all gone to the Federal Government Building in Star Ring City for a meeting.

It was said that they were discussing how to default on their debts.

Now the whole population was paying attention to the debt repayment, and was panicking because of it.

......

A moment later, Su Mo appeared at the entrance of the Federal Government Building in the Third Ring.

At this time, it was heavily guarded, and the entrance was cleared, not allowing anyone to approach.

Su Mo took out his badge and hung it directly on his chest and walked straight over.

The security captain in charge, seeing Su Mo, immediately stood at attention, saluted Su Mo, and greeted him in a strong and powerful voice.

"Officer!"

Su Mo nodded slightly in response, and walked straight into the Federal Building.

Inside the highest conference room on the top floor of the Federal Building.

Federal Speaker Alres, Yanass State Lord Memikas, Higher Republic Speaker Lufat, Haik Free State Great Sage Aemilo, and Yamak Free State Pope Maodo were looking at each other.

None of them meant to speak.

The senior officials of various countries below all stared at each other, and no one spoke.

The entire conference room was eerily quiet.

No one wanted to speak first. The theme of this discussion was how to repay the debt. But the problem was, their pockets were empty, and none of them had the confidence to speak.

Of course, speaking was useless anyway, it was useless to say anything without money.

They signed a loan agreement with Star Ring City, with all the terms and conditions written clearly in black and white.

It was impossible to default on the debt.

Of course, unless you wanted to resist by force, but the previous attack by the V-type Fortress-class Kijuuzi had already taught everyone a lesson.

Wanting to resist Star Ring City by force was better than finding a rock to smash your head against for a quicker death.

"Why is no one speaking?"

Alres took the lead in breaking the silence and asked.

Lufat also said with a headache, "The main thing is, what can we say if we speak? We really can't scrape together the money. We're still trying to collect supplies to transport to the front line."

Aemilo then said, "I think everyone is in a similar situation. Why don't we discuss it with the Star Ring City Lord together and ask them to give us some more time?"

"That's the only way for now."

Alres pondered for a moment and replied.

"That's a good idea. If everyone can't pay, maybe Star Ring City will make an exception."

Memikas agreed.

At this time, Maodo said in a hoarse voice, "If it were before, this method might have worked. But I received some very bad news not long ago. The Gomotos Empire has already repaid its loan, and at the same time, it has borrowed even more money! Now that someone can afford to pay, do you think Star Ring City will let us off so easily?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces suddenly became extremely ugly.