Chapter 24 Not Short of a Little Money

Saying that, she hurriedly lowered her head and, with trembling hands, took out two boxes of the best and personally delivered them to him. By the way, she also slipped a contact number into his hands. This time, even if she was whored out by him for nothing, she still wanted to quell his anger. After all, that was a third-class baron. Adam didn't have a preference for showing off his wealth. Rather, the ring was something he didn't like to wear. It was the same as a dog with a collar around its neck. Maybe for others, it was a symbol of identity and status. But he didn't need this kind of vanity too much. In comparison, he preferred tangible benefits. Slanting his eyes at this wealth flaunter. 'A broken first-class baron, it's better to keep a low profile as a human being. After all, the entire galaxy like you doesn't have ten billion, I'm afraid there are eight billion. Don't think you're so powerful." 'I'm sorry, it was me who was too presumptuous just now." Harmandy bowed ninety degrees and cold sweat broke out behind his back. Don't look at the fact that everyone was a baron. But the difference between a first class baron and a third class baron was not small. If the first class baron could obtain a name with a big price. Then at the level of third class baron, it was basically difficult to continue using money to open the way. According to the imperial regulations, a first class baron could be bought by spending a thousand star coins. But this this was a privilege gained for one year. In the future, one has to spend five hundred star coins every year to maintain this status. If you are three months overdue, you will be revoked as a baron. By the time one reached the second class baron, one could likewise use star coins to maintain one's identity. However, the fee needed to reach two thousand per year. As the true nobles of the empire, third class barons no longer used money as a standard to maintain their status. They were using imperial contribution as a measure. One hundred imperial contribution points needed to be deducted each year to maintain their status. These contribution points, on the other hand, were obtained through various official imperial missions. Harmandy, a first class baron in front of a third class baron, the status gap between the two was no less than that between him and an ordinary person. Those who could truly be called nobles were at least third-class barons. And for him to actually show his superiority in front of a person like that, it really wasn't much different from finding fucking death. 'Scram. You're in my way." 'Yes, I'll roll right away." With that, he crouched down, held his head, and roundly left the place. Adam was speechless. He hadn't asked him to do that. Handing Doris the ice cream in her hand. 'Well, the texture is okay. Barely half the caliber of Hettys brand." 'Yeah well. Are you hinting at something by eating this in front of me?" 'Lol, how dare you think that. Forgot the consequences of the last time you messed with me?" 'Can you not mention this. It caused me to not dare to react a bit physically when I see you now." 'So serious! Then why don't we treat you at night?" 'This is fine." The two chatted all the way out of here. The few people behind them were relieved. And this waitress completely left this counter because of this matter. At least in the short term, the company definitely couldn't use her again. Inside the room, looking at her so-called treatment. Adam was completely unable to calm down. 'Sis, I was wrong. I won't dare to think of you anymore." 'Huh? Why? Wasn't my dance routine good?" Pitiful. The hell you call this a dance? You can hear the sound of the wind when you kick out this leg. If you get hit, how can you still be alive. But he dared to tell the truth. 'Sister, it's nice to look at, but you know. I'm just a hick. I can't appreciate this kind of elegant art of yours." 'That's true. Forget it then. Rest early, we'll almost arrive at our destination tomorrow." The speed of the interstellar cruise ship was not fast. The cruise ship itself was a commercial platform. This time, they needed to arrive at the Long March VI constellation. The entire constellation had a hundred star systems. Here, there was an Imperial Navy military base. The commander's examination was held here. The cruise ship arrived at the midway station, Adam activated the command ship and left the place with two frigates. The reason why he only brought two frigates with him was because he was afraid that he would expose all his strength and attract the attention of someone with a heart. And two ships would be excellent. There were quite a few like that. It wouldn't make him look particularly conspicuous. The Imperial Navy's Foreign Affairs Bureau, located in the Long March VI constellation, the 18th star system, the seventh planetary orbit. The most recent Commander's Application Examination was taking place here in two days' time. And it wasn't even a simulated battle, but an actual battle. As long as you win three matches against each other, you'll succeed in obtaining a commander's certificate. Become an officially recognized commander. But that's not to say that you can't become a commander without being certified. There was no necessary connection between the two. It was only that there were more channels to get officially certified. After completing the registration procedure, the next two days were a waiting process. Inside the hall of the simulated battle. Adam casually found a seat and sat down. Since obtaining the Commander Proficiency given by the system, he didn't know exactly where he had become powerful now. While there was still time, it was just right that he wanted to understand his current situation in detail. After all, knowing one's enemy is the only way to fight a hundred battles. The device was activated, and the environment around the cockpit was completely simulated to that of the bridge. After modifying the basic settings, as well as the weapon data, the two T3 frigates slowly entered the battlefield along with his simulated frigate. On the empty square grid of the battlefield, with him at the center, the surrounding environment quickly completed the simulation. This was an environment that was all ocean. No end could be seen at a glance. On the radar, the same three warships rushed over from a hundred kilometers away. The three frigates, all of them had a unified standardized t3 configuration. An energy weapon, as well as an electromagnetic railgun, and an energy shield. The moment he saw such a configuration, coupled with the surroundings, a corresponding strategy immediately appeared in his mind. With him at the center, his hundred-meter long command ship rushed at the front, with two destroyers following him on both sides, one on the left and one on the right. As the distance between the two sides approached, they soon came into view. Looking at the tactical map. Just at the moment when both sides were about to go to war, the command ship, which was flying at high speed, suddenly drifted in place with a sideways skid. With a clatter, a huge water screen appeared in front of it. Several attacks that landed on the water curtain were either dispersed with energy or affected by the water curtain, changing the original attack trajectory. The water curtain fell. The two frigates around them fired a round of volleys that directly hit one of the frigates. Not only was the target's shield broken, even its armor was dealt a devastating blow. With a strong explosion. The target battleship smashed into the sea with a black trailing flame and slowly sank into the sea. Seeing the opportunity, the remaining two frigates immediately launched a round of flanking fire at the target. With two thuds, a blue ball of light lit up. The command ship's powerful shield easily blocked the opponent's electromagnetic cannon attack. 'Shield energy strength decreased by 15%. Speed decreased by 5%, engine power decreased by 1%." Not bothering with this system's chatter. Decisively utilizing the inertia from the lateral drift just now, he rushed forward and rolled horizontally twice. At such a high speed, two consecutive waves were lifted by him. Penetrating two layers of water waves, the killing power was almost negligible. Especially with energy attacks, there was basically no longer any killing effect. As the water waves fell, the two frigates around him once again fired a round of flak, blowing up one of the frigates at the same time. This command ship of his was already less than three hundred meters away from the other side. The four machine cannons on his body, plus the four machine cannons of the two battleships swept the fire at the same time. It didn't even last for two seconds alone, and the last battleship sank to the bottom of the sea directly under the concentrated fire of the machine guns with black smoke. Using this simulator for the first time, it felt good, except for the sense of acceleration that wasn't too obvious, there was almost no difference in other aspects. And his score for this round had been recorded by the device. 97 points. The three points that were deducted were because he had taken some damage. As long as the shield wasn't broken, he could basically pass. The scores in the simulator, before the official exam, were the first round of screening. Of the thirty percent simulator scores, those whose highest scores could be ranked in the top 108 could directly enter the finals. The remaining ones would need to go through three rounds of screening before they could. In fact the number of 108 people had already taken up two thirds of all possible finalists. According to the Long March VI constellation, 100 star systems. The total population had reached 100 billion. On average, each star system had almost a billion people. According to this ratio, the number of commanders was almost only about a thousand. But those who had failed in the past would still go through training and come back for another test. Over time, most of those three hundred or so people who took the test each time would be experienced. And the ones who could actually pass the test were almost only around sixty people. For the sake of these sixty slots, everyone was desperately trying to enhance their brain domain as much as possible, striving to become stronger.