Chapter 312: The Duo from Gray Valley (2/2)
”Huh, why’d they start the inspection here?” The blonde man hummed to himself.
”Inspection for what?” Ye Chong could not help but asked.
The blonde man explained with a low voice, ”Zhou Jian is a commercial planet, and they’re wary of troublemakers visiting. There are some crazy fools who’d wreak havoc once they landed on Zhou Jian. The inspection here is more laxed, and intended for these troublemakers. In other places, especially where the aristocrats stay, they’d be more unwelcoming towards Gray Valley residents.”
Ye Chong nodded, understanding. If any fool were to carelessly cause destruction on the planet, the effects would be devastating.
Soon, a group of officers in blue uniforms boarded the ship. Ye Chong found many of them to be combat experts. In this irregular and narrow space, combat experts would have the upper hand against mech pilots.
The passengers on the starship were all familiar with this kind of inspection, and produced their identity cards cooperatively. Ye Chong was skeptical of the effectiveness of this inspection, since He Yue galaxy’s identity card management system was quite messy. Ye Chong’s identity card was bought with 30 thousand credits at Yi Ju planet, and it was an authentic card, complete with a background history for him. Old Chief Guo’s connections in the local community had enabled him to deal with this matter easily.
”Is this inspection effective?” Ye Chong asked, curious.
”Not really,” The blonde man shrugged in reply. ”It’s just to make you feel safe.”
When it came to his turn, Ye Chong passed the inspection without any hiccups. The officer did not even bother to look at him. It was the middle-aged man and the long-haired man who got into some trouble.
”You’re from Gray Valley?” The Inspector, head of the officers, looked at the identity card offered by the middle-aged man and frowned. The long-haired man was immediately offended by the head officer’s expression, his hostile glare at the Inspector earning him unfriendly looks from the other officers back in return.
”Yes, that’s right,” the middle-aged man answered calmly.
The Inspector stopped his officers’ hostile behavior and steadily said , ”We’re all commoners here, and hold no ill will towards Gray Valley. I hope your friend will stay in line, since there are many aristocrats around here. I hope you’ll not get into trouble with them. That would be very troublesome for us officers.”
The middle-aged man bowed slightly and said, ”Please don’t worry, we’ll not cause trouble.” He patted the long-haired man’s shoulder, and the hostility in his gaze slowly died down.
”Gray Valley … So they are from Gray Valley,” Ye Chong thought to himself. Gray Valley residents were secretive, and never spoke of that place when they were outside. Rumor has it that Gray Valley people were strong, but he did not know exactly how strong these two were.
”No wonder, they’re from Gray Valley,” the blonde man exclaimed in realization.
The inspection ended quickly. No troublemakers were identified. The starship was allowed to enter Zhou Jian’s airspace.
Ye Chong had randomly picked a starship to switch to earlier. It did not matter which city he ended up in, so there was no need to worry about it. He only knew from the blonde man that Zhou Jian was a commercial planet.
Commercial planets were convenient. Communication was easy, and many products were available in the market. Ye Chong was now in urgent need of a few items. Perhaps he could get them here. Besides, commercial planets were usually easier to move freely about. Commercial planets were the meeting points for various powers, so the aristocrats would be more careful in these places.
For someone like Ye Chong, who wanted to get familiar with life in He Yue galaxy as soon as possible, it was a good choice of location. ”Looks like I got lucky,” Ye Chong thought to himself.
A blue plane came into view. Against the dark, enigmatic space around it, the average-sized planet seemed to teem with life.
He glanced at the middle-aged man, and found him smiling back warmly at him. The long-haired man beside him seemed more excited now.
The starship made its slow way towards the planet of Zhou Jian. Ye Chong looked out of the observation window, lost in his own thoughts.