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

The angry, cursing Emily changed into a complete undamaged set of clothes and turned her gaze toward the metallic building still sitting at its original place. That was the thing that had stopped both Sharp and herself from victory. Just as she was about to take action on it, the metallic building suddenly exploded, and pieces of its debris were scattered all over the ground.

At that moment, the words 'request for backup' could be heard from Sharp, who was not far behind Emily. She went silent upon hearing it.

Sometimes, members of the Army would rather be defeated in the mission than request for backup. This was not because it was considered an embarrassment to fail. Everyone had failed missions at some point or another, but requesting backup was a whole different matter. This implied that whoever was in charge was incapable.

Neptune’s Bad News