Chapter 151: Pre-Battle Preparations

“Who is this?”

Lei Yaotian asked when he saw the handsome man Bob pushed forward.

Bob quickly introduced, “This is Prince Eugen, a military commander from a High-Level Civilization in an A-grade Sci-Fi Dimension. He is the best candidate for arranging the battlefield, so I recommended him to set it up for you.”

Prince Eugen nodded politely to Lei Yaotian.

Lei Yaotian walked over and said, “Then I leave everything to you.”

Prince Eugen smiled and replied, “This is our responsibility.”

He then started touching the System’s three-dimensional image, randomly placing some Planets.

Lei Yaotian watched as Prince Eugen seemed to arrange the Planets he had bought without any order. But on closer inspection, it was not the case.

Lei Yaotian had spent 4 billion Credit Points to buy resources from hundreds of Planets.

One by one, these Planets were placed into the void of the battlefield Star Sector under Prince Eugen’s fingers.

Rows of text appeared above each Planet, displaying details such as Planet mass, volume, gravity, and other values.

Prince Eugen focused intently on his task.

Lei Yaotian watched for a while but couldn’t understand anything.

However, Lei Yaotian knew he shouldn’t disturb Prince Eugen at this time, so he walked over to Bob and whispered, “I have a concern. Do you think the opponent might also buy a battlefield? If they do, will the System not use our battlefield?”

Lei Yaotian had a valid concern. Since he could buy a battlefield, the System would likely allow the opponent to do the same, to maintain some fairness and to earn more Credit Points.

Given Lei Yaotian’s understanding of the System’s greedy nature, he knew it would never miss a chance to earn Credit Points.

Bob also showed a hint of worry, but he remained confident. According to the intelligence, Tad and his allies were very selfish individuals, and it would be difficult for them to contribute such a large amount of Credit Points to buy a battlefield.

After all, this amount of Credit Points was huge—so much that it would shock low-level Merchants.

Not every Merchant had Lei Yaotian’s unique advantages.

After thinking for a moment, Bob said to Lei Yaotian, “I’ve seen the intelligence on Tad’s merchant alliance, and it’s very detailed. It even includes systematic analysis of the enemy’s personalities. So, I estimate there’s an 80% chance they won’t buy a battlefield. After all, it’s a huge amount of Credit Points—who would pay more? Who would pay less? These are things they need to consider, and it’s not easy to coordinate.”

Bob sighed deeply as he spoke to Lei Yaotian.

“The intelligence already shows that this so-called merchant alliance is actually an organization Tad created for his own private benefit. It offers hardly any benefits to the other Merchants.”

“How so?”

Lei Yaotian asked curiously.

Bob took a deep breath and explained, “That guy Tad set a fixed price to buy Magic Fruits from other Merchants. He makes huge profits this way, but the other Merchants barely earn any Credit Points. He sets the price extremely low—so low that the others can only afford to pay their Taxes and survive. So I doubt their alliance is likely to buy a battlefield or use the Battlefield Function.”

“That can’t be. That would mean this Tad is really ruthless,” Lei Yaotian said with disbelief. “How can he not worry about backlash from his own alliance members? He can’t earn all the Credit Points himself—why not share a little and let everyone profit?”

Bob gave Lei Yaotian a deep look and said, “Not all Merchants think like you. They wish they could earn all the Credit Points themselves. Why would they care about the lives of other Merchants? If one Merchant dies, the System will just bring in ten more.”

“In the Dimensional Trading System, Merchants will always exist—they won’t die out. The System will always keep a large number of Merchants active so that trade doesn’t decrease.”

“As for why Tad’s alliance members tolerate his exploitation, I suppose he has his own methods.”

After saying this, Bob shrugged and made a funny face.

“That’s not something we need to look into.”

Just then, Prince Eugen announced that he had finished planning the battlefield.

“Everyone, come and take a look. I’ve completed the layout.”

Everyone gathered around. Lei Yaotian and Andrew stared for a long time but couldn’t understand anything. However, Bob and another member kept nodding.

It was understandable that Andrew didn’t get it—after all, he was a Merchant from a Fantasy Dimension, which had a big gap compared to the Sci-Fi World. Everyone accepted that.

But Lei Yaotian was from the Sci-Fi World—how could he not understand?

Bob and the others found this curious and looked puzzled at Lei Yaotian’s confused expression.

Feeling everyone’s eyes on him, Lei Yaotian said, “Why is everyone staring at me? Is there something on my face?” He even lifted his hand to touch his cheek.

“Mr. Odin, can’t you see what’s special about this battlefield?” Bob asked.

“Why should I understand it? Why must I understand?” Lei Yaotian shouted inwardly. But outwardly, he looked blankly at Bob and said, “I really don’t understand any of this. After all, I’m still young. In my World, kids my age are still in elementary school.” He pretended to look shy.

Ugh, I’m about to gag at myself.

Lei Yaotian felt awkward pretending to be so childish.

But Bob, Prince Eugen, and the other member exchanged glances and showed understanding expressions.

So their employer was just a child—no wonder he wasn’t familiar with Sci-Fi World battlefield simulations.

All Sci-Fi Dimensions had one thing in common: their wars involved big cannons and giant ships. The only differences were in technology; everything else was quite similar.

So, when Bob and the other member, who were also from A-grade Sci-Fi Dimensions, looked at Prince Eugen’s battlefield layout, they understood some of it.

“Eugen, please explain to our employer,” Bob said to Prince Eugen.

Prince Eugen nodded, walked to the three-dimensional image, and began pointing and explaining to Lei Yaotian.

Even though Prince Eugen was highly respected in his original World, in the Dimensional Trading System, he had to behave properly. Since he had accepted Lei Yaotian’s Credit Points, he needed to set aside his princely dignity and seriously do his job.

Prince Eugen pointed at one of the Planets and enlarged the image.

“Planets of this type make up over 60% of the Planets in our battlefield Milky Way—around six hundred in total. Because these Planets have very strong gravity, they can cause fleets to drift off course and disrupt electronic instruments inside Warships. So I placed them along the enemy’s necessary path.”

“This way, the enemy’s Fleet will become somewhat disorganized in a short time. We can take this chance to make them suffer.” Prince Eugen finished and nodded to Lei Yaotian.

Lei Yaotian motioned for him to continue.

Prince Eugen went on, “We used the remaining Credit Points to buy Comets. Since we paid Credit Points, we can control the impact timing of the Comets. Under the Comets’ assault, I believe the enemy’s Fleet will be significantly reduced.”

Lei Yaotian roughly counted—there were about two hundred Comets. They were huge in size. If one swept by, the magnetic field and energy shock it produced could definitely damage thousands of Warships.

“So the Battlefield Function can be used this way!” Lei Yaotian felt he had gained new insight.

“Are you so sure the System will place the enemy’s Fleet directly in front of us?” Lei Yaotian asked curiously.

Prince Eugen smiled and replied, “That’s a benefit the System gives to battlefield buyers, Mr. Odin. You should remember that.”

So the System wasn’t completely stingy after all—just like a store having a sale, buying the System’s products came with perks.

Lei Yaotian thought to himself.

“I remember Mr. Bob saying that my request is your first job, right?” Lei Yaotian suddenly remembered this question. “But why are you so familiar with Dimensional War and System Functions?”

Lei Yaotian voiced his confusion.

Prince Eugen glanced at Bob, who nodded. Then, with Bob’s permission, Prince Eugen gave a limited answer.

“Since we became Dimensional mercenaries, we had to learn some rules. After registering with the System, it told us some of the Dimensional mercenary rules. That’s why we know some things. But to learn more detailed rules, we’d have to pay large amounts of Credit Points.”

“Then can you tell me these rules in detail?” Lei Yaotian’s interest was piqued.

But Bob and the others shook their heads repeatedly, telling Lei Yaotian it was impossible.

“Mr. Odin, after we learned the Dimensional Rules, the System made us swear not to reveal them to anyone. Otherwise, we would face Eradication. Please understand.”

Since the System had restrictions, Lei Yaotian didn’t push further. Besides, his request was somewhat unreasonable—they had given up the ability to conduct Dimensional trade for 5000 years to become Dimensional mercenaries.

Still, Lei Yaotian could pick up some information about System Functions and Dimensional Rules just by being around Bob and the others. Their actions would inevitably reveal some hints.

As long as they didn’t tell him directly, the System couldn’t do anything about it.

So Lei Yaotian calmed down and began listening to Prince Eugen’s explanation, quietly observing and memorizing everything.