Chapter 10 Woken Up

Ten days later, a burst of noise woke Su Mo from his sleep.

He opened his eyes, reached for his phone on the bedside table, and glanced at the time. It was only five in the morning.

There was a constant rustling sound outside the room.

So Su Mo got up, put on his slippers, and walked towards the door.

He opened the bedroom door and looked into the living room, only to see Lin Yixuan, Li Fang, and Zou Wei washing up and dressing.

Each of them was dressed very neatly and appropriately.

"What's going on that you guys are up so early?"

Su Mo asked with a yawn, full of confusion.

"Ah! Sorry, Officer Su Mo, did we disturb you?"

It was only then that the three noticed that Su Mo hadn't gotten up yet.

"It's okay, I just woke up. What happened?"

Su Mo waved his hand, not minding.

Seeing that Su Mo wasn't angry at all, Li Fang relaxed and said excitedly, "Don't you know what day it is today? Didn't you get any notice last night?"

"What notice?"

Su Mo replied, rubbing his aching head. Sun Duoxiang insisted on dragging him out for drinks last night, and they ended up drinking until midnight.

His head was still a little muddled.

"Breaking news! The Federation's Second Expeditionary Fleet has successfully returned, bringing back a huge amount of supplies."

Zou Wei said excitedly.

"??? When did the Federation have a Second Expeditionary Fleet? How come I never heard of it?"

Su Mo asked, extremely puzzled.

"We haven't heard of it either. It seems it was secretly formed, composed entirely of military personnel."

Li Fang replied with a smile.

"Wait, how do you know the Federation's Second Expeditionary Fleet has returned safely?"

Su Mo felt more and more incredulous. They had flown so far, how did they make contact with the Federation?

"That's because a few days ago, a company called Kvoli in District M successfully developed an interstellar quantum communication device that can transmit encrypted communications across ultra-long distances. Now the Black Yao can communicate with the Federation to some extent."

Li Fang explained with a smile.

"That's really amazing, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with us, right?"

Su Mo was still a bit confused.

"We haven't finished yet. This Kvoli company also established a new bank with the Federation's public development, called Xingluo Bank, specializing in long-distance fund transfers across the galaxy. That means we can now transfer money through this bank to the Earth Federation Bank, to our own family or relatives."

Zou Wei said excitedly.

Hearing this, Su Mo took a breath and gave a thumbs up.

"Awesome!"

"Because of the opening of this business, the higher-ups decided to give everyone a welfare bonus, and today there will be a big settlement. Let everyone get their money and send it back quickly, lest people die and the money is gone, solving all our worries."

"What's a big settlement? A salary?"

"It's like a salary, but not entirely. Let me explain it to you this way. In fact, the treatment for participating in the expedition is very high, after all, we are gambling with our lives. And the salary we usually receive is just the basic salary. The real big part is the welfare subsidy, and the welfare subsidy is settled twice. Once when the expedition reaches halfway, and once at the end when we return home."

Li Fang explained to Su Mo very patiently.

At this time, Lin Yixuan also joined in and said, "In short, today is the day to get money, just get the money."

"Understood."

Su Mo nodded. He roughly knew what was going on, mostly to boost morale and reassure everyone.

......

Not long after, Su Mo arrived at Hangar G12.

The entire hangar was extremely lively, and all the reserve squads had arrived early.

Everyone was excitedly discussing the big settlement.

Su Mo walked towards his team. When Zhao Bo and others saw him, they shouted excitedly.

"Su Mo, why are you so late? Today is a great day for getting money."

"Yeah, yeah..."

Su Mo nodded in response as usual, he didn't have too much feeling about it.

Just then, Mo Bao ke walked over with a box in his arms and wearing a pair of glasses, looking very impressive.

"Look, Officer Mo Bao ke is back."

Zhao Bo shouted excitedly.

Immediately, everyone quickly lined up neatly, looking at Mo Bao ke with shining eyes.

Mo Bao ke looked at the expectant eyes of the crowd and said with a smile.

"What are you being reserved for? Come on up!"

Immediately, everyone rushed towards Mo Bao ke.

Mo Bao ke smiled, then opened the box, which was filled with a large stack of envelopes, each with a different person's name written on it.

"Xuan Ye!"

"Here, sir."

"This is yours."

"Thank you, sir."

"Zhao Bo."

"Here."

.....

As Mo Bao ke distributed the envelopes, everyone present became excited.

Zhao Bo, who received the envelope, couldn't wait to open it, and he shouted excitedly.

"Damn, awesome!"

"How much money?"

The companions next to him quickly leaned their heads over.

"I got 13.21 million Federal Credits and 231 Star Credits!"

"Not bad!"

"I also got 12 million Federal Credits and 210 Star Credits!"

.....

For a time, the officers present were excitedly sharing their earnings.

Su Mo was also very surprised to see this scene, the reward was not ordinary generous. But after thinking about it, he soon felt relieved.

There was nothing strange about it. Although it was all for the Federation, if there was no such high reward, how could it be worthy of the danger of being buried in the starry sky that everyone present was taking?

"What are you shouting about? What you got is nothing, look at mine."

Mo Bao ke said triumphantly after finishing the distribution.

Hearing Mo Bao ke's words, everyone present gathered around and asked curiously.

"How much did you get, sir?"

Mo Bao ke directly handed his settlement slip to everyone to see. He had a total settlement of 120 million Federal Credits and 1,500 Star Credits!

"Wow!"

Everyone present couldn't help but exclaim.

Mo Bao ke's vanity was greatly satisfied. This was the kind of worship he wanted. In fact, these were nothing to him.

He had made more good stuff privately. Not to mention anything else, Xiao Wen and the others had skimmed more than this from him at the beginning.

Of course, not everyone had the opportunity to make private money like him.

"Mix well, and one day, you will be like me."

.....

At this time, Ke Liefu saw Su Mo standing there alone, with a calm expression and not much excitement, so he walked to Su Mo's side and chatted.

"Actually, working hard and risking our lives is for this moment."

"Yeah."

"With this money, relatives on Earth can live a better life. You may think that this money is enough for ordinary people to use for a lifetime, but the reality is that it is not enough at all. Federal Credits are not very useful anymore, they can only be used for eating and drinking. What is really valuable is Star Credits. If family members want to enjoy interstellar education or take gene potions, they all need Star Credits."

Ke Liefu said with some emotion.

"That's true."

Su Mo nodded.