Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 221 220. Take it all if you can, don’t be polite (fourth update)
The mission of the Phantom Mist Group was a great success. Although they ran into the I/O Enterprise team on the way, the mercenary group, who had just finished a battle and were full of energy, were not to be trifled with.

The other side obviously realized that they could not gain any advantage, and coupled with the fact that Abian's convoy - yes, the reason for a quick victory was to prevent the convoy from running over - was about to arrive, they could only retreat unwillingly.

On the other hand, the team attacking I/O Enterprise was not going well. They had a fight with the mercenaries hired by Abian and no longer had the strength to capture the VIP.

As for the Phantom Mist Group, their leader was in the Node City of the Transformation Agency. On their way back, they heard that a team of independent mercenaries had raided the Phantom Mist Group's headquarters...

Then they were smashed to pieces by heavy firepower.

Even if the Huanwu Group doesn't take action, that's still the Transformation Agency's territory. Aren't you courting death by operating a machine in the lobby of the Transformation Agency?

The group immediately returned in a mighty manner. Gao Shan praised Seifer for his contribution in this operation, and then quickly told Seifer that Abian's territory was not safe now. For safety reasons, he asked him to drive away from the parking area as soon as possible.

...That's right, their leader has been arrested and his name must have been reported long ago. It's really stupid for them to still stay in someone else's parking area.

Seifer waited for a while on the road, and then he saw the car he had 'rented' - it looked extremely bleak, and there was even a twisted and melted hole on the front.

It looked like a scrapped machine, but it was still running. Not only that, it was even dragging an immobile machine behind it as it moved across the desert.

Unlike the guys who retreated from the battlefield with some injuries, or who were unharmed because of a feint attack, he looked quite miserable.

But it's better than donating it directly.

Shengnai's voice came from the car's communication: "Sever, are you hurt...?"

"The question should be 'where were you damaged?' Honestly, I only got a few dents in the outer armor, but nothing else."

Cypher poked and dotted on the map, setting up a rally point in an area not far from the node city.

"I'll pull those two out of the resurrection array and have them move the mobile base to this place. It's neither too far nor too close, and it's hard to attack."

The Reconstruction Agency didn't explicitly forbid mercenaries from placing their bases next to the Node City, but they also didn't have any parking spaces. That's why everyone was constantly expanding and adjusting the parking areas...

Isn't it because the parking area has a good heat insulation effect? Otherwise, who would be so bored as to pay parking fees?

Watching the tank moving in that direction, calculating the time, Seifer switched to the spare body, then walked out of the spare body cabin he had not seen for a long time, turned around and clicked on the resurrection array.

The lid opened, and the first thing that came out was Tien, who was intact. She reacted as soon as she opened her eyes.

"I am dead?"

"I'm sorry, but you were burned to ashes by the armor-piercing jet."

"Hey, it's no big deal... But I haven't seen you in this masculine outfit for a while, and you look quite pleasing to the eye."

Seifer shrugged. "Stop joking. Let's get going. Otherwise, this parking lot will be our burial place."

As he spoke, he pulled Lin Shenxue out of the resurrection array.

She opened her eyes palely, and before she could gesture, Cypher put a hand on her shoulder: "Now, immediately, go to the engine room and get it running smoothly. Overload it if necessary."

Although she didn't know why they were in such a hurry, the newly resurrected Lin Shenxue had already learned to accept her fate. She silently carried the tool kit and tablet to the engine compartment.

When Seifer turned around, Tien was already sitting in the driver's seat, checking the system, and then starting the engine!

The huge vehicle moved slowly. The Abian personnel who managed the parking area had obviously not received the news yet. They just took a quick look and went back to their work.

Creating a time difference was something only someone like Cypher, who could constantly switch bodies, could do. Reentering the spare body chamber, Cypher switched back into his Centaur body. Just as he was beginning to move, he heard Gao Shan ask him how VIP was doing.

After confirming that the VIP's vital responses in the horse's belly were normal, with a slightly elevated heartbeat and very quiet, Seifer said there was no problem, it was well preserved and would definitely be delivered without losing a single hair, and the other party breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's great. You can come directly to Node City later. After all, we have some underlying rules regarding business competition, and it's not easy to violate them."

Seifer checked his weapons while running and said absentmindedly, "You're overthinking it. Even if she hired someone to trip me up and even specifically targeted my acquaintances to set traps and sneak attacks, and even scolded me when I caught her just now, I'm still a tolerant person."

"She's too valuable. If she dies in my hands or something happens to her, I'm sure someone in your company will come after me. It's better to be careful."

"Haha..." The laughter on the other end was awkward.

They even thought at one point that a polite mercenary like Sefer would first disable the VIP after capturing her, such as breaking her arms to prevent her from running away.

Or maybe do something that's not very popular in terms of taste. Anyway, as long as the person is alive, the physical therapy institution can cure him...

I never thought that Sefer would actually guarantee that it would be intact, and even claimed that "not even a hair would fall off."

Isn't this too polite?
He did not match the ruthless person who cancelled the two closing companies alone in the notice, so during the contact, including "Gao Shan", they emphasized that we should not provoke such a madman.

Seifer was unaware of the inexplicable decline in his reputation. He focused on his mission, avoiding the Abian Company units that were frantically searching the nearby sand area for any trace of him.

There are quite a lot of people here, so why wasn't he panicking just now... Could it be that this VIP's reputation within the company is quite anthropomorphic?

Trying his best to avoid these interferences and invasions, Sefer successfully arrived at the node city before dawn.

By now, Abian had probably received the news. Anyway, the way the clerks looked at Cypher's machine was... very subtle, not hatred or anger.

It's a deep, indescribable weariness, and a wish that 'this trouble will end soon'.

Seifer ignored them. After parking the machine on the temporary repair platform, he immediately switched to the machine towed by the tank. Sure enough, he saw the tank that had broken down on the road.

"It finally stopped working?"

In the car, Dr. Mei stretched out his soft, translucent limbs and shook them: "Yes, the engine is smoking. Leave the things here and we'll go?"

Having said that, Seifer had no intention of running away just like that - the main reason was that the car was ostensibly rented but actually given away, and if it was really lost on the beach it would be a huge loss.

He planned to repossess the vehicle and report it as irrecoverable, along with its occupants, and then have it overhauled by a repair shop.

Wouldn't this mean we can get an enterprise-level armored unit produced by the Phantom Mist Group?

Dr. Mei just shook his head at what Seifer was doing to hook the steel cable to the towing hook, and turned his remaining body towards Shengnai.

"Don't learn such petty mercenary behavior."

"But I think this is a way of saving money, right?"

Shengnai approved of this action. In her mind, Sefer was worried that such excellent equipment would be completely lost if no one wanted it during the day.

That would be such a pity. We shouldn’t waste such resources.

　Almost done!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)