Half an hour later, Su Mo, led by the young man, came to an inconspicuous house.

He stepped forward and knocked on the door rhythmically.

Creak!

The door opened.

A blonde beauty in a suit and short skirt appeared.

"I brought the person."

The young man said quickly.

The blonde beauty said, "Okay, this sir, please come in with me."

Then she led Su Mo inside.

Su Mo followed vigilantly, and soon he came to the hall and saw a familiar figure.

"Augulas!"

"Su Mo!"

Augulas was also taken aback.

Both of them had surprised expressions on their faces.

"Haha, long time no see, I didn't expect it to be you. I was wondering who would be so thankless as to accept the Federation's mission."

Augulas reacted, opened his arms excitedly, and hugged Su Mo.

"I joined the Star Ring City military. Then I saw the Federation's mission and quickly accepted it."

Su Mo smiled and explained to Augulas.

"I knew I didn't misjudge you! You're loyal enough!"

Augulas nodded.

"But what exactly is going on? And why did you send someone to wait for me?"

Su Mo asked straight to the point.

Hearing Su Mo's words, Augulas sighed and said to Su Mo: "What else could it be? The Federation has spent a lot of manpower and material resources searching for the missing Free Fortress. Because of this, the council felt that there was no point in continuing the search, so they planned to give up. But how could I give up? You know how many of our old buddies are on the Free Fortress, and Li Ruiqi is still on it. So I had people wait for the officials sent by Star Ring City, and I didn't expect to catch one every time."

"I see."

Su Mo nodded in response.

"Hey, this matter is making me furious. They actually want to give up, and Speaker Arlais actually agreed."

Augulas said in a deep voice.

"Don't be angry, you can actually understand it. The Federation has been searching for so long, which shows that everyone was very supportive at the beginning. But after all, the search has been going on for so many years, the casualties have been so heavy, and so much money has been spent. Many of the originally supportive councilors must have changed their positions and are not happy anymore. Although Speaker Arlais has great power, the council's decision-making power requires more than 50% of the councilors, and he has to listen to their voices. All of this is actually understandable, no one is right or wrong."

Su Mo was very open-minded.

"I find that you are much more mature than before, haha!"

Augulas responded with a smile.

"You flatter me. But Lord Augulas, I'm here to search and rescue. I've already prepared the ship. Regardless of whether the Federation cancels the mission or not, the search and rescue mission must continue."

"That's what I think too."

"But I need your help now."

Su Mo said directly.

"What kind of help do you need? Just tell me."

"First, I need that drifting device with the distress signal. Second, I need a large batch of supplies."

Su Mo said simply and clearly.

"I'll have someone steal that device for you. As for the supplies, if you had come a little earlier, before the council's decision was made, I could have taken some from the Federation's warehouse. But now it's impossible. But it doesn't matter, I'll pay for the purchase myself."

Augulas thought for a while and said to Su Mo.

"Okay, I'll go shopping with you."

Su Mo nodded.

"Okay, then let's act now without delay. O'Keefe, you go and find a way to get that device."

Augulas said, turning his head to look at the blonde beauty beside him.

"Yes, Lord Augulas."

O'Keefe responded and left.

Su Mo subconsciously glanced at the blonde beauty. He hadn't seen her before.

Augulas thought that Su Mo was not very relieved about O'Keefe, so he explained: "That's my niece. She's been following me these years, and she's very capable."

"Oh, I see. By the way, where are we going to buy? When I came, I estimated it roughly. I need to carry a lot of compressed food, medicines, some energy blocks and nuclear fuel rods... These things are estimated to be worth about 50 billion star coins in total."

The supplies Su Mo mentioned were not for himself. The Annihilator-class Starship Grayfin was fully equipped and did not need any supplies. These things were mainly for the Free Fortress.

Of course, if they couldn't find the Free Fortress and they were trapped, then these things would be for their own use.

"50 billion is no problem. I happen to have a donation from the relatives of the people on the Free Fortress, which is just enough. We need to go to the innermost artificial planet of the Revacres base to buy. There is a very large trading market there."

Augulas said to Su Mo.

"Okay, let's go then."

Su Mo nodded.

"Wait a moment."

Augulas took a gray windbreaker from the side and put it on. He also didn't forget to put on a hat and a mask. At first glance, he was a little unrecognizable.

Su Mo was slightly stunned, then smiled and joked, "Lord Augulas, who are you hiding from with this outfit?"

"Who else can I be hiding from but Keenan Booth and his people? I won't hide it from you. Actually, the Federation's transfer order for me has already come, but I disobeyed it and didn't go back."

Augulas replied with a wry smile.

"Haha!"

Su Mo laughed when he heard this.

Just as Augulas and Su Mo were about to go out, Augulas's subordinate subconsciously wanted to follow.

But Augulas raised his hand to stop him. He said to his subordinate.

"You don't need to follow."

"But Lord?"

The subordinates present were also a little worried.

"Don't worry, with Su Mo by my side, he's more reliable than all of you combined."

Augulas said very confidently.

"Yes."

The subordinates in the room looked at each other, and then responded.

Su Mo, who was on the side, smiled wryly after hearing this. Augulas really thought highly of him.

So the two of them left.

...

More than an hour later, Su Mo and Augulas arrived at the artificial planet of Kapotes Market.

The moment the two of them walked out of the floating elevator, the clamorous sound filled the air.

They were in a giant market with no end in sight. There were shops on both sides of the street, and stalls were set up on the edges of the street.

The central street was full of black heads. All of these people had come to browse the market.

"How lively."

Su Mo couldn't help but praise.

Augulas introduced to Su Mo: "The Revacres Base is the largest supply and transit base in the entire Ceres. This Kapotes Market is the largest trading market in the Revacres Base. Whether it's the people from the First Cradle or the Second and Third, or even Star Ring City, they will come here to trade. You can buy most of the things you want here."

"It seems that you've been here a lot, Lord Augulas."

"You're wrong. This is only my second time here. The first time I came, I just took a casual stroll."

Augulas shook his head.

"Alright."

Su Mo smiled.