Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 204 203. The reward is like a blind box, you won’t know until you open it
The vision fades away with the same feeling as it entered. Everything before my eyes is hazy, like a screen with Gaussian blur applied. My body's perception temporarily disappears, leaving me with a tense feeling of not being able to grasp anything.

Then the next second everything returned to normal.

Seifer only felt that he was just facing the meteor shower, feeling the despair brought by the tiny dust radiation in the universe, and then he was standing under the node city of the transformation organization, um... waiting for the settlement.

The entire lower node urban area of the transformation agency was filled with an unnatural silence. In the brightly lit lower area, the swarming autonomous devices were now suddenly quiet, which made people feel uncomfortable.

Cypher immediately asked, "Laika, I'm out, and the body seems... seems to be my body. This is so disappointing."

"Are you trying to bring out that impossible technology from the vision? Phew... Anyway, we're lucky to be able to make it out alive. Look around, red crossbow arrows."

What's going on around here... Wait, it seems like there are indeed fewer people.

In Seifer's scan, all the corporate mercenaries of the Phantom Mist Group were present, because they had not entered the area where the vision was expanding.

Two of the mercenaries who came down with him were missing. They had not come out of the vision and were killed in it.

"Red Crossbow, you're back safely?!... Good, hurry back to repair the machine and ammunition. I guess the stuff from the lower area will be coming out soon."

The previous team leader reminded Seifer not to stay where he was and urged him to return - in just a short while, the lower elevator hub was already stacked with layers of saturated firepower points.

At this point, Sefer even doubted that even if he was given a vacation, the company would be able to hold on to this position intact.

After returning to the inner circle for a short rest, Sefer hurriedly inquired about the current situation.

Leica said that the vision had completely dissipated, and it might take some time for it to gather strength before appearing again... Then he quickly told him to report everything he saw and heard in the vision to the company and sell it for a good price.

Firsthand information on strange phenomena! This thing is bound to sell for a lot of money.

It sounds good, but there are other mercenaries besides himself. If everyone sells together, how low the price will be in the end? Sefer doesn't dare to imagine it.

"Alright, Red Crossbow, you are the first group of mercenaries to emerge from the vision. If you know anything, you can hand it over to the company. We will not treat you unfairly."

At the crucial moment, the team leader proved reliable. His mecha came over, seemingly examining the various scars on Cypher's original mecha, and continued, "Pay the intelligence fee. Does the prosperous world in this vision look good?"

After gathering his thoughts, Seifer told the truth about what he had seen and heard, including the station that was more complex, real, and even extremely extensive than ordinary visions, reaching into space.

And most importantly, the satellite suddenly turned into two hemispheres stuck together. This was pure first-hand information, and the team leader nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

Then Sefer saw an extra fifty thousand in his account.

After the mercenary system had swiped away most of his time, Seifer suddenly remembered something: "Oh, right, when I was fighting there, I paid a little attention to the arena and found the logo of the arena organizer to be very interesting. I think I've seen it before."

"What kind of mark?"

Seifer sent the recorded footage to the other party, who was stunned for a moment: "Isn't this the logo of Century Entertainment?"

"What Century Entertainment Company?"

"That's the company that sends you junk magazines every day and makes you spend money to support singing and dancing. Do you remember my lighter?"

Cypher connected the dots. It was the lighter from the picture of the attractive woman with the perfect figure and good looks he'd shown off to him earlier. "Exactly the same... Interesting." Thanking him for the information, Cypher rested briefly in his mobile suit before returning to the car.

In fact, the people in the car had been on standby at any time, especially Tien, who had already picked up her weapon and was ready to run halfway, but it was useless for her to come over, so Sefer held her down.

Dr. Mei was very interested in the satellite that "suddenly broke into two halves". After getting the corresponding picture, she asked Seifer - you have been out of the vision for so long, where is the vision reward?
Yes, why haven’t the vision rewards been issued yet?
Seifer searched the machine for a long time, wondering where his reward had gone, when some mercenaries exclaimed in surprise.

A faint halo appeared in front of everyone. Some people had a small box appear in front of them. In front of Sefer, a faint halo also appeared.

He was thinking with great anticipation that perhaps what would be condensed later would be the machine that he had just used in the vision.

It's such a pleasure to drive on those narrow but high-speed tracks. You even feel like as long as you drive this kind of machine, any enemy will be no problem.

Unfortunately, the light dissipated after condensing, and what appeared in front of Seifer was a box that was half the height of the body. No one knew what was inside, and it had a complicated combination lock.

Only Cypher himself could open it—the Phantom Mist Group was the first to ask if this box was for sale.

If they offered one million, Sefer might sell it, since he could pay back the money in one go. But Sefer had no intention of doing so. He said he didn't want to sell it, and the Phantom Mist Group lost interest and stopped asking.

Then he asked other mercenaries if they wanted to sell it, and asked them not to open it and to set a uniform price.

The reason why he didn't sell it... Seifer lowered his head and looked at the several design drawings that appeared in front of him.

These drawings are most likely part of the box.

After a moment, Cypher asked the team leader over the comms: "Are we stuck here? Or should we continue guarding the hub?"

"Please wait a moment for this. The attack on the middle area is coming to an end. The heavy-duty elevator will be activated soon. This mission will be over soon, Red Crossbow."

After a pause, the team leader said, "You're so brave, you even stole the show in the vision. Are you really not planning to work for the company? Let me tell you, guys with impressive resumes get better treatment here."

“Even the price of the surgery is negotiable.”

Having been invited several times, it would be hard for Sefer to refuse, but what can he say...

After a moment's deliberation, Seifer replied, "My reputation isn't big enough right now. How about we talk about it later when I'm more famous and looking for a good job?"

"Hahaha, of course... The battle on the elevator floor is over. Okay, independent mercenaries, you can return to the upper floors via the heavy-load elevator."

The other party accepted Sefer's words quite readily, and then called on the people around him to gradually evacuate.

Because the entire area is now under the control of the Phantom Mist Group, the stage mission has been completed, and it is necessary to stabilize the current environment and further compress the area that can be controlled by the autonomous machinery.

At this stage...it's a bit expensive to hire independent mercenaries, so let's wait until we can't win.

Sefer followed suit and quickly joined the others, carrying his box from the elevator floor to the upper floor.

Before leaving, he took a look at the huge crack in the underground city.

(End of this chapter)