Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 147 146. Put on this helmet and take your little red bucket
This is the task to be done, and the reward is that after completing the task, the other party will deliver the engine to him in some way.

The biggest problem now is what name to use to get to the middle level. Now, those who can go to the middle level are all guys who can drive a mecha, and ordinary mercenaries have long been screened out.

After thinking for a long time, Cypher suddenly looked at the green-haired girl who was repairing and maintaining his weapon.

"How's the adjustment going?"

"Hmm—I'm not very motivated. Business is so boring, and you're a bit of a taciturn person, you don't want to tell jokes..."

The green-haired girl kept moving her hands and complaining. She yawned and wiped her face which was already covered with oil. She was not worried at all that her pretty face would be eroded by the oil.

Seifer leaned against the workbench. "I'm curious, independent mercenaries like you who don't participate in company recruitment should theoretically have their own combat units, right?"

The girl didn't look up, but casually pointed at the mobile base behind her. The machine placed in the hangar looked not to be trifled with. There was even a huge cannon on the mobile base itself that ran across the entire body.

After that thing is deployed, the vehicle body must be firmly embedded in the desert before firing, otherwise the entire vehicle may be overturned at the moment of firing.

Needless to say, how terrifying its power is.

Cypher continued to coax him, "As a weapons craftsman, I'm sure you have more than just these things. With a vehicle this large, routine maintenance can't rely solely on the gantry crane or manual labor inside, right?"

"Yes."

"So, do you have any spare..."

The green-haired girl suddenly looked at him. "You mean the engineering machine, right? We do have that, but you know, engineering machines are something that most people can drive."

She said regretfully, "In other words, this thing is practically incapable of combat. Its defensive weapons are just a few mounted machine guns. Lending it to you isn't a big deal, but... it can't be used in combat. It's pointless."

So smart, he knows what he wants now - the fact is, Sefer needs a reason to go to the middle level.

If you only participate in the mission as a mercenary, you can only go to the lowest block of the upper level. Even if you apply for a mid-level mission, you will probably just do odd jobs and will not have the opportunity to explore any area of the middle level.

But as long as there is an organism that can be driven out, even the most broken one can apply for exploration permission from the transformation agency.

Anyway, they are only responsible for issuing tasks. It doesn’t matter whether you can bring back the items or whether a certain area can be closed off for them to recycle.

If a group of mercenaries die or fail and escape, just come back and send another group of consumables.

So after Seifer's observation, he found that the quality of the surrounding mercenaries' machines varied greatly, and some even had rotten skins, but they were still able to drive out and prepare to participate in the mid-level investigation.

Very tolerant (appreciation).

So it’s okay to drive a construction machine out!

"Ah... you want to operate the construction machinery too... that's fine, how about renting it for two thousand a day? And you'll have to pay for the maintenance yourself."

The girl scratched her head and said she could rent the machine for a relatively low price. Then she quickly added, "And the most important thing is! Don't break it!"

"Is this one expensive?"

"How expensive can construction machinery be? It's cheap, but the total cost must be at least 400,000 yuan. At least that was the price when we got it."

After signing the agreement through the mercenary support system, Seifer looked at the other party's mercenary emblem that looked like a handful of sand and thought about it. He always felt that he should also have an emblem to be reliable.

Throwing all the weapons to Cypher, the girl waved her hand and said, "Come, I'll take you to drive the machine out. It's night time now, so why don't you get used to this thing?"

Very good, and it also comes with teaching tasks.

Speaking of teaching, Seifer remembered that the cabin used to stand in the mercenary support system actually also has the functions of teaching and special license assessment.

It's like participating in a VR game and getting a ranking after successfully challenging it - many mercenaries use this to confirm the strength of their opponents.

Improving rankings was a very direct way to demonstrate a mercenary's abilities, but Seifer wasn't interested in that right now. With so much time to spare, who would spend their days in that bank cubicle where they handed in quests? Any lunatic?

With permission, Cypher saw the 'engineering machine'.

He thought it would be a very broken piece of junk, but when he actually saw it, he was a little surprised.

It was a heavy machine painted orange, with its legs and arms specially modified to handle heavy cargo.

With an orange-yellow base and white stripes, it looked like a standard industrial machine. The heavy cover on the front was open, and some cigarette butts could be seen under the chair inside.

Even the seat cushions are worn out, and it's obvious that they have been in use for a long time.

"Haha... After all, we use it a lot, so its condition must be excellent! Even though it's secondhand..."

Under Cypher's calm gaze, the girl pinched her fingers sheepishly. "Okay, four hands, but this thing can definitely complete all kinds of engineering tasks!"

It's well maintained. Sefer still has some confidence in his plan.

Anyway, he just needs to get to the middle level to take pictures and he doesn't have to participate in any battles.

Having an engineering machine is like having your own excavator, loading and unloading truck, etc. in the era you came to. Now you just need to find an employer and you can go to the construction site immediately.

The transformation agency would definitely be happy to recruit such an excavator... no, an engineering machine to go down and help with the work, because some areas in the middle area have begun to be occupied.

The more engineering units there are, the faster production and control can be restored, and they only need to pay a small fee and don't have to worry about anything else.

After transferring the rent to the other party, Seifer climbed onto the armrests at the legs and waist of the aircraft and entered the cockpit.

The hydraulic system quickly sealed the hatch. This aircraft didn't even have a full-circle display. It could only see the range of viewing angles that the human eye could capture. It even looked like it was just a head camera.

Fortunately, at least there is a reversing image, which prevents people from becoming mentally retarded.

With heavy steps, Seifer slowly walked out of the hangar, and then slowly returned to his car under the curious gaze of a group of mercenaries.

Just in case, Seifer called out Lin Shenxue, who was secretly eating fried chicken nuggets in the restaurant, and asked her to check the machine quickly.

As an excellent 'senior mechanic', she immediately rushed out and conducted a comprehensive inspection of the machine with even more enthusiasm than she would for a car.

Then a question was raised.

"Why is it that your machine has been repaired so many times? The most recent repair was three days ago, when they added a dozen nozzles?"

Oh, really? Why would this thing need so many nozzles? The engines are secondhand. Do you really expect this thing to take off?

Sefer didn't know either, so he asked Lin Shenxue to quickly confirm whether there were any hidden dangers in this thing. After finding out that there was no problem at all and it was maintained very carefully, he told her.

"Since the useless passengers were eating and drinking lavishly on the train, I, as the train captain, had to go out and earn some money."

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"While I was carrying bricks, I would silently criticize the crew member who didn't know how to make money and only spent money on food. Guess who that person was?"

Lin Shenxue wrote on the board: "I think it's the one in the lab."

"Okay, I'll pass it on."

"You bastard!!!"

(End of this chapter)