Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 266 265. Some records on the journey

In the dark but never lonely sky, there are three satellites of different sizes and irregular angles hanging. They reflect the lethal light in the daytime and spread the cold glow to the vast sea of sand.

In the vast sea of sand, there is no sign of life in any direction.

Over the years, the alternation of day and night has made it difficult to find anything other than sand in this flowing sand. Even the jagged rocks seem to be completely absorbed by it.

People can only dig deep or find natural underground caves and use their stable structures to develop and build underground cities to avoid the harsh high temperatures.

It’s not that no one has tried to invent or research a device that would allow people to travel during daylight hours—so far, such inventions have failed.

Either the price is so high that no company can afford it, or it is destroyed by the hot winds and raging sands in broad daylight after it is manufactured.

Therefore, traveling at night has become everyone's first choice... You just can't go out during the day, but you can still go out in the city.

So at night, the dark desert illuminated by the light of the satellite is actually quite lively.

The shortest trade route on the breeze-blown sand is also busy today.

The passing vehicles will follow the ruts left by the previous vehicles in the sand. The marks with a faint blue light will disappear with time, but will continue to bloom as new vehicles run over them.

From a distance, it looks like a series of slightly curved lines that generally form an actual road.

Even so, it's just a flight path... The so-called busyness depends on the density. Not to mention other routes, this road from a living node city to another ordinary node city is actually just that.

On average, five or six mercenary vehicles, plus some small personal vehicles, can pass through in an hour.

In the vast desert, a slight breeze blows on the still warm sand, causing the sand dunes formed by it to move slowly.

However, before they could find a new place to settle down, the roar of the tracks rotating and crushing the sand coming from far away shook them down.

Amidst the rumbling sound, a gigantic vehicle, which is theoretically difficult to see from the ground, with an axle length of about 100 meters and a power unit consisting of four tracks, is slowly moving on this trade road.

The exterior looks somewhat curved, and the armor plates, which have been fine-tuned to reduce sunlight exposure during the day, are painted with beautiful special stripes of sky blue and white.

Near the head of the car body, a golden five-pointed star is sprayed on it. It can’t be said to be inconsistent, but it can only be said to have a unique taste.

What’s different from the previous few days is that the paint job on this car was even more difficult to describe, and it was so damaged that it was unacceptable because it had experienced several battles.

The vehicle's call sign has also been updated and is now called "Navigator".

Now it will become a little difficult for someone who wants to directly find the previous car name and track the whereabouts of this car.

The tracks rolled forward, and inside this small mobile base, everyone was busy carrying out their daily work.

Inside the main control cabin, in the brightly lit holographic scene, Seifer supported his chin with one hand, and the report in front of him... the red numbers were shocking.

"Yesterday's income and expenditure... As expected, another day of losses."

The short silver hair (wig) was slightly messy, and a trace of sadness appeared very skillfully on the bionic face.

Tien, who was driving, took a gulp of water and said, "Isn't that natural? The previous boss clearly said he would give us a good assignment, but you refused to take it!"

She stretched out her long legs, which looked even longer because of the tights, making people want to touch or admire them, and stretched hard.

"It's just bombing a nursing home, and the reward is 50,000 yuan."

"Sounds like you used to bomb a lot." "No, at most I robbed passing merchants."

The atmosphere became a little awkward, and Seifer closed the bill. "To summarize, we spent a large sum of money in the Crucible Node City—part of which was support from the Phantom Mist Group."

"I also spent my own money to replenish the main gun ammunition, and then there are the salary expenses..."

Tien had already finished her sparkling water while she spoke. "You're not going to cut my penny out of a thousand a month, are you?"

"Haha, you're joking. To tell you the truth, I still owe 700,000 or 800,000 yuan. If you don't pay it off next month, not only you, but even my account will be cancelled."

So Tien opened his own communication link: "Well, let's go grab something."

next.

The battle of Worm had passed for some time, and Cypher was not concerned with the current state of the Node City of the Transformation Agency. He was busy repairing vehicles, repairing equipment, and adjusting the personnel configuration inside the vehicles.

When they came to their senses, several days had passed. They had already set out from the Furnace Node City and passed through one or two node cities that were not very special but had a lot of people.

Supply, buying and selling of materials, etc., these small things are definitely not comparable to those of those who run business, but at least they can provide enough food and clothing.

However, Sefer really underestimated the expenses of this world, or because he had always been working in the design position, he never thought about how great the logistical pressure was.

If you take on a few missions every day and your machine is in good condition, then today's income will probably break even with your expenses, or you may have a little money left over.

If you don't take any missions every day, or only take one or two simple missions, losing money is a small matter. The main thing is that when you don't have much money, the consumption of the aircraft or ammunition, and even the loss of the vehicle body will greatly increase your expenses.

This results in mercenaries working hard to take on missions, bearing the losses themselves without spending any money... Even if the income from a mission is much higher than finding a job in the city, they still can't save much money.

When most companies assign tasks, they don't mention anything like reimbursement - the reward is just this much, take it or leave it.

If he could get a big job—like the one he took out the worms before—he might have enough time to spare. But the problem was, Cypher did have a few days of free time.

And because the expenses for this car are really a bit difficult to cover, we are entering a state of eating up all the funds.

After thinking for a while, Seifer suddenly looked to the other side and saw Feldrich, who was busy adjusting the work of his subordinates at Abian Company remotely, with his chin supported.

"Afu, do you have any good commissions?"

"Don't call me that. We're not that close yet." Completely unappreciative, Feldrich looked like someone who owed him money. Then, he suddenly gave a malicious smile and said, "Of course, there will be a mission."

A task is pushed to the Sefer UI.

The new company 'Red Armband' is recruiting people with lofty ideals. If you are interested in participating in the attack on the node city, you can contact XXXX, etc. The content immediately appeared.

"You... haven't given up yet?"

"If you don't want to answer it, forget it. Don't disturb me while I'm working." Feldrich snorted and turned his head to continue adjusting his work.

By the way, ever since she got in the car and asked Seifer to take her to the academy's node city, except for the first day when she was not familiar with the environment inside the car and was a little confused, the rest of the time, this car seemed to be hers.

Besides not being bossy, Seifer couldn't get her to do anything either, as she was too self-willed - wait, it seemed like she hadn't seen Dr. Mei in so many days.

After all, the patterns of life and cabin requirements are completely different.

(End of this chapter)