Gries smiled and continued to say to Su Mo, "If I'm not mistaken, you must have used quite a bit of influence to get that requisition order, right? Being able to see our legion commander and have him help you in this day and age means you must have a simple identity and an unusually good relationship, right? But if I'm not mistaken, the person who helped you with this matter probably just showed their face and didn't offer any real...consideration."

Su Mo looked bewildered and said to Gries, "Seriously? Lady Goli had to give gifts to Third Legion Commander Esaloga? Does the superior give gifts to the subordinate?"

"How is that possible? You're saying you went to Goli? Impossible, impossible. If Lady Goli spoke up, it wouldn't have been like this."

Gries was immediately shocked, his face full of astonishment, feeling it was too absurd.

"Why is it impossible? Nan Qi went to Goli. Could it be that Nan Qi didn't go to Goli?"

Su Mo suddenly realized.

"So you went to Nan Qi. That makes sense."

As soon as Gries heard Su Mo mention Nan Qi's name, he suddenly understood.

"You mean?"

"Most likely Nan Qi directly approached Legion Commander Esaloga, and with his personality, he definitely just showed his face."

Gries analyzed it pretty thoroughly after thinking about it for a moment.

"That guy!"

Su Mo's mouth twitched, and he cursed the old fox in his heart for tricking him again.

He knew that the favors he owed were different depending on whether Nan Qi showed his face or Nan Qi went to Goli.

"But you're really amazing to be able to get Commander Nan Qi to act. That guy is usually so cunning and hard to talk to. You must have paid a heavy price, right?"

Gries changed the subject.

"Not really, I didn't give him any benefits. I just showed my face."

Su Mo shook his head and replied.

"This, how is that possible? What's your relationship with him?"

Gries' eyes widened.

"Ah, it's hard to explain. By the way, this is the search and rescue mission information. Take a look."

Su Mo suddenly remembered and opened his wrist device to share the information with Gries.

Gries just glanced at the mission information and then said to Su Mo, "The information here is incomplete. You need to find the person who issued the mission to understand more detailed information. If possible, it's best to get that distress beacon. That way, I can perform a deeper analysis."

"Worthy of a professional!"

Su Mo gave Gries a thumbs up.

"There's nothing to be proud of. I'm just exploring some more dangerous areas than others and have relatively more experience."

Gries replied indifferently.

"Let's drink!"

Su Mo nodded in agreement.

...

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Ten days later, the Gray Fin successfully entered the Levakris Base.

Su Mo transferred to the Swift Wind ship and arrived at Artificial Meteorite No. 273 · Interstellar Airport.

As soon as he got off the ship, he went to the Federation's special base here.

Since the Star Gate Defense War, the Federation's finances had loosened, so they bought a lot of land here and turned it into a front-line supply base.

A moment later, Su Mo appeared in an administrative building made of gray giant stones.

As soon as he approached, he was stopped by the guarding soldiers.

However, the leading captain saw that Su Mo was wearing a Star Ring City colonel's uniform and said very politely.

"Sir, what are you here for?"

"I accepted a mission issued by the Federation. I want to see the person who issued the mission."

Su Mo replied simply, while raising his electronic wrist device to show the other party the mission.

The captain immediately reacted when he heard this.

"So you are the one who accepted our mission, sir. Please come with me!"

The captain then led Su Mo in.

Su Mo glanced around and found that there were many people coming and going, quite lively.

However, he didn't see any familiar faces along the way; they were all new faces.

Soon Su Mo was led to an office.

"Sir, please come in."

"Okay!"

Su Mo went in.

In the office, there was a female officer with decent looks and a fashionable perm. When she saw Su Mo come in, she immediately said with a smile.

"Hello, sir. I am Lieutenant Jen Lou of the Federation. Are you the one who accepted our commissioned mission?"

"That's right. Time is tight, let's talk business. No need for pleasantries."

Su Mo was in no mood to chat.

"Sir, please don't rush. Something has changed. I need to tell you about it."

Jen Lou said respectfully.

"What happened?"

Su Mo frowned.

"It's like this. We were actually preparing to cancel this mission, but we didn't have time to do it yet, and you accepted it. We are very sorry for the inconvenience."

"Why cancel it?"

"It's like this. That free fortress has been missing for too long, and there's no hope anymore. Moreover, the Federation has invested too much energy and manpower into it, and the losses have been very heavy, so the council decided not to continue this project. But don't worry, after we cancel the mission, you will receive a cancellation fee."

Jen Lou said with a smile.

Su Mo's face became more and more serious. He didn't expect this to be the result.

Just as Su Mo was about to say something, Jen Lou suddenly stood up and said to Su Mo with a very apologetic expression.

"I'm sorry, sir, I have some urgent matters to deal with. Please excuse me."

After Jen Lou finished speaking, she quickly turned and left, not giving Su Mo a chance. It could be seen that this was a pre-prepared excuse.

At this time, Creator · Devourer said to Su Mo in a low voice.

"Interesting. You're running around here, but they're going to cancel it. What are you going to do next?"

"Leave here first and think of a way."

Su Mo replied in a deep voice.

...

Not long after, Su Mo walked out of the building and onto the street.

He touched his chin and pondered. This matter had turned out like this, which caught him a little off guard.

Now, he needed to find someone reliable to ask and find out what was going on.

And inside the Federation building just now, Su Mo discovered one thing. That is, almost everyone he saw along the way was a new face, making it difficult to find someone.

Suddenly, Su Mo stopped. His gaze was skewed to the left rear.

Then he continued to walk forward.

Behind him, an inconspicuous young man was following him closely.

Su Mo deliberately walked into a relatively remote fork in the road. Unsurprisingly, the other party followed.

As a result, as soon as the other party followed, he ran straight into Su Mo at the corner of the fork.

Su Mo grabbed his collar and asked vigilantly.

"Who are you? Why are you following me?"

The young man was stunned for a moment, then quickly explained: "You should be an official from Star Ring City, right? Someone wants to see you."

"Who?"

"You'll know if you come with me."

The young man said.

Su Mo weighed it and said, "Lead the way."

"This way..."