Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 144 143. Looking at the bright side, at least it has helped to move the trouble forward a little

The elevator slowly went up, and when it finally returned to the lobby, Shengnai was waiting at the door as expected.

She frowned worriedly. When she saw Seifer pulling the three people out one by one like a rag bag, she didn't even have time to say a word of welcome and quickly gave them first aid.

When the three people's condition was not so bad, she tried to wake up the two young men - the moment they saw Shengnai, the two young men fell in love with her on the spot.

Regardless of the injuries on their bodies, they tried hard to get up and pretended to be fine. While showing off, they asked Shengnai indirectly where he was from, what his name was, etc.

Seeing how troubled she was, Seifer reached over and extended his hand. "This is my passenger, the medical specialist. If you harass her too much, she might kill you with a single shot of arsenic."

"I won't do such a terrible thing..."

Shengnai retorted in a low voice, then hurried to wake up Tien, who still had the pain-inducing mist in his mouth. In the midst of this busy process, he managed to persuade these patients to get on the shuttle bus to the medical station.

During this time, Seifer had used the gel and spray in her bag to patch up the holes on her body. She moved a little too quickly, so much so that Shengnai puffed out her cheeks slightly in displeasure.

But she was a good kid and didn't complain. She just quickly followed him to the shuttle bus, letting Seifer rest for a while before going on the mission.

Ha, I won’t do any tasks today, there are more important things to do!
He vowed that he would definitely take a rest, and after watching Shengnai leave, he immediately ran towards the outside of the node city - it was daytime now, and if he wanted to go back to the parking area, he could only walk!

While wearing protective clothing and maintaining top speed, running wildly under the horrified gaze of other mercenaries, Cypher was able to continue to give instructions and assist Laika.

Teach her how to continue to deepen her relationship with her roommates - he said that this was to prepare for the complete collapse of the dormitory relationship, everyone turning against each other and finally agreeing to disband.

Before sowing discord, you must first make everyone feel that they have a good relationship with Leica and that they can rely on her to a certain extent.

It was like the process of raising a pet. Because the early feedback was so efficient, Leica was quite convinced.

In addition, the person who claimed to be a professor that Sefer found was also very capable. She saw that her learning progress, which was originally a little behind, was improving by leaps and bounds... She remembered this kindness firmly.

In short, he made progress on multiple fronts. While helping the communicator who had been supporting him since he came to this world, Seifer took the things he had dismantled from below and found a guy who was repairing a thing that looked like a car.

At the base of the independent mercenary 'Dust', a green-haired girl, probably considered a high-ranking official, was kicking a wrench hard.

This is what happens when you forget to bring tools.

"need any help?"

"You...oh, Red Crossbow? Just help me tighten this thing. I didn't bring my wind cannon with me."

There was no greeting. She asked Seifer to help tighten the screws. She smiled and held out her hand: "Did you get the things?"

"How did you know?"

"You smell like the gunpowder from those rags down there, and the strange smell of the energy left after their explosion reacting with the air."

The girl continued to hold out her hands in anticipation, like a cat waiting to be fed. "So, where's the stuff?"

When he took the thing out of his backpack and gave it to her, the girl's eyes immediately widened. She took it carefully, looked at it carefully, and even got close to look at the central processing unit, fearing that it was broken.

The work gloves, which had already been torn, had more thick lines on the sharp corners, but she didn't care much and reached out to grab Sefer.

"Come with me, I'll load up everything and then go adjust and inspect your machine!"

It was very quick, not at all like he usually slacked off on the counter.

Following her back to the counter, the girl didn't even bother to say hello and proceeded to dismantle the machine that hadn't smoked today but was covered in debris. After a few attempts, the machine actually started to work, even causing the lathe, which had been stagnant for a long time, to enter a self-checking process.

"...Wow, it's several times stronger than the crap we used before. This, hiss..."

Seifer asked curiously, "Isn't good performance a good thing?"

"Of course not. With such excellent performance, I have to pay you higher. Otherwise, how can I maintain the famous mercenary name of 'Dust'?"

——It sounds like a self-proclaimed title of someone who is very good at finding cats, walking dogs, fixing street lights, unclogging toilets and combing sewers.

"Anyway... let me think, let me think... uh, well..."

The green-haired girl rubbed her head in distress, then suddenly turned around and said, "How about I go and inspect your machine first? Maybe I can remember what to add while I'm at it!"

Such enthusiasm, that’s good.

Considering that this place was a bit far from where she parked, the girl immediately rode out a very unique (covered with welded patches) small three-wheeled motorcycle.

"Come on, let me see how such a famous independent mercenary like you can't even operate a mobile suit."

People in this world really like this kind of small ground vehicle. Seifer has even seen mercenaries going out on two balance boards, highlighting their freedom.

Anyway, it won’t take up any space if you leave it in the car, right?

In comparison, the chair with four legs running on the ground that Dr. Mei sat on while moving in the car was not very prominent.

The two quickly returned to Cypher's mobile base - pronounced like Howl's Moving Castle.

The girl looked up at it and sighed, "How much would it cost to maintain such a large vehicle... Are you really not planning on building a long-term customer relationship with us? We have many mobile bases in the desert, right?"

To be honest, he was a little tempted, but there were a bunch of maintenance devices on his car that looked like little cockroaches, and Sefer was afraid that they would see them and secretly take one or two away.

The door of the hangar was open, and many mercenaries nearby suddenly looked over here - look at this machine, they have never seen it before, it's so impressive!
The gray-white paint job designed for use in the snow is covered with mottled traces of snowflakes, and the overall appearance is quite tall. Although it is in standby mode, even its weapons are not fully equipped.

However, appearance is combat effectiveness. This machine looks full of futuristic technology. Some people even discuss whether it is the next-generation machine of I/O company.

In fact, Sefer didn't want to open the hangar, but the space inside was really small, and he had to do so to fully prepare it.

I thought that this time people would just be able to watch, but I didn’t expect that some people had unique skills!
The green-haired girl took out a few poles from the car and casually swung them to form pillars. She placed them at several points in the parking space and then pressed the switch.

Accompanied by a rapid "beep beep" sound, three-dimensional warning characters connected with each other on several pillars, and then a pitch-black curtain wall immediately spread across the pillars.

After blocking all sightlines outside the parking space, she stood under the machine with her hands on her hips and sighed.

"It's huge...bigger than most current mobile suits...First, tell me, what's wrong with this thing? Why can't it be driven out?"

Cypher shrugged. "It has no engine, so it just sits there."

"Ah this..."

The girl paused, her initial confidence slightly weakened. She obediently took out the testing tools and said, "Then, let me test the load first..."

Speaking of which, the engine issue has been put on hold for a long time. We were originally planning to resolve it in the Furnace Node City?

(End of this chapter)