Nuclear Warhead Cooked in Wine

It is an era of artificial superintelligences, interstellar travel, gene medicine, and virtual reality worlds. Far into Earth's future, 15-year-old Gu Ding is a student of Cerulean Military Academy by day, and tavern waiter by night. His ambition: Become the space pirate with the highest bounty offered by the Universal Federation Government. With the help of Neptune, a neonate super-intelligence, Gu Ding finds himself thrust into a galaxy of shadowy organizations, political underdealings, and otherworldly forces that lie beyond human comprehension…

The Highest Bounty

Having noticed that Nick had regained consciousness, Gu Ding immediately moved closer to him. "You're finally awake!"

Seeing Gu Ding's face, Nick felt slightly fearful. After all, the one who had caused him his injuries was Gu Ding. "What are you trying to do?"

"Do you remember the reward you promised you'd give me earlier?" Gu Ding said, grinning widely. Gu Ding's smile seemed somewhat savage in Nick's eyes.

"Reward? That blue rock?" Nick only just recalled his promise. "You followed me all the way to the hospital just for that rock?"

"Of course. What other reason could there be? It's my loot." Gu Ding thought that it was a somewhat odd question for the other man to ask.

Nick appeared slightly suspicious of the situation. Gu Ding coming for the rock meant that he probably knew what the rock was, and it was highly likely that it was something valuable. "I can give you the rock, but can you tell me what exactly it is?"

The Awakened Robert