Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 289 288. So you guys are really just sitting here chatting?

The three of them sat in a row. For a moment, apart from the gurgling sounds from the water outlet and the water exchange port, the only sound was the occasional sound of water being stirred.

Light breathing was heard on both sides. After squinting his eyes and enjoying the warm water wrapping himself for a while, Seifer suddenly looked to the right.

On the right, there were some tiny beads of sweat on Shengnai's face, but she just smiled and looked at herself, her clear eyes reflecting her appearance.

Looking at the other side, Feldrich was sitting in the bathtub with his arms folded over his chest, his legs crossed, seemingly thinking about something.

After a while, Feldrich, whose skin had become noticeably redder, opened his eyes. "Well, since you've been invited here, you should tell me...about how you brought me back to life."

Cypher raised his hand, about to say the new excuse he had just thought of in three seconds, but was beaten to the punch.

Feldrich half-closed his eyes and said, "Don't try to fool me again. And before that, there's one thing you've forgotten...who is actually in charge of Abian now?"

He calls himself Trilobite. Not only does he give himself a random name, but he also acts very casually.

Seeing that she remembered, Feldrich continued, "It's okay as long as you remember this person... Anyway, you performed so well in Node City before, that guy tried to recruit you. Essentially, he wanted to turn a stray dog into his own domestic dog."

As he said this, Feldrich looked at Seifer's current appearance seriously for some reason, as if he was thinking of some scene, and his already rosy face became even more flushed.

She tried to calm herself down and continued, "I looked into that guy's resume. He had only worked for the old guy before. I don't know how much he learned from him, but he had to learn everything from the old guy.

"You rejected his offer in person before. Given how stingy this guy is, he'll definitely remember it. He might even find another opportunity to recruit you later."

"If you still refuse or evade the question at that time, he will definitely order the elimination of an independent mercenary like you who is both capable and intelligent, but uncontrollable, without hesitation."

To be honest, Cypher felt a little strange... There were so many excellent mercenaries in the world, what did he think of staring at him? Could it be that the guy was a mechanophile?

"Didn't I tell you? That guy learned a lot from the old guy. He would be very unhappy if the independent mercenaries he liked just worked for money like stray dogs."

"So, while your refusal may seem like nothing to him, he's secretly gritting his teeth. I have no doubt that you'll encounter strange and unexpected events every time you take on a mission."

Well... it's normal to have such a paranoid guy. For now, the only way is to quickly find a good backer to support him, so that he doesn't have to worry about being killed by the leader of the big company.

The person who currently has the best relationship with me is——

The first person that Sefer thought of was Ms. Jin Junmei, who was serious and looked like she could send people to the mines to do hard labor at any time.

Forget it. That guy was like a schizophrenic when he was sending messages. I couldn’t stand it.

Then the second one with the best relationship is... She glanced at Feldridge sideways, and she seemed to be about to curl up the corners of her mouth, as if hinting at herself to speak.

He is a technician who is about to be impeached from the core area of the company. He still has a bad debt to settle and currently has a very bad relationship with the company's top leader.

Sefer grabbed Shengnai's warm hand underwater, but she held it back... Forget it, as long as she is happy.

"You... have been beating around the bush for so long, just to tell me that you and I are actually like grasshoppers on the same rope right now, so do you plan to have a seat in my car?"

The corners of Feldrich's mouth, which were about to rise, froze.

She stared at Cypher with wide eyes, disbelief in her eyes. "You were once the head of a large company, but now you're working for an independent mercenary. You're bound to be dissatisfied. Perhaps after just a short while, you'll lead the disgruntled crew in impeaching me."

"Then they'll kick me out of Navigator, change its ownership, and then spend some time climbing back to the top of the three major companies."

Cypher stroked his smooth chin with one hand and said seriously, "This is the scenario where you start your counterattack from the bottom of the valley. In your scenario, I'm just an ordinary stepping stone...right?"

"None of that is right, you wild... mercenary. Even if I'm excluded from the decision-making level, the assets I hold are beyond your imagination!"

"With mobile bases like this, I can easily mobilize dozens or even hundreds of them at any time if I want—I've gotten sidetracked, don't interrupt!"

In fact, I was not interrupting, I was simply expressing my own guess about a possibility.

Unfortunately, Feldrich didn't believe it at all. She pulled down the corners of her mouth in a bad way, and was very unhappy that Sefer was flirting (holding hands) with the pink-haired nurse in front of her.

"What I want to say is that compared to your little secret, I have shared with you my situation and my plan to work with you to regain control of Abian..."

——It’s better not to share this. The internal disputes in large companies are too terrifying. I am just an ordinary independent mercenary and cannot participate in such a big project.

"I'm not asking you to charge in the front! I just need to borrow your strength when... necessary. I'll pay for it."

It’s not that we can’t lend a helping hand, everything can be discussed.

"Is money the only thing on your mind?"

Saifu and Shengnai looked at each other, and then answered sincerely: "I still owe the mercenary system a sum of money. This can't be helped."

"...Forget it, that's your own business. Now tell me how you managed to pull me back from the brink of death."

"I am very clear and certain that I was physically dead in the previous attack."

Seifer looked at Shengnai, who winked softly: "If Seifer believes that she is a good child...it's okay to tell her?"

"But she also used a shell company to launch the Node City War. Many mercenaries were deceived and their families were destroyed, and some were even forced to become pirates."

Even Shengnai's gentle smile seemed to be slightly strained.

Fortunately, Feldrich and the others were now... on the same page, so there wasn't a clear conflict. After a moment's reflection, Seifer emphasized that this was a technique he had acquired from a vision.

And it cannot be shared with others. This is a finished product. Once it is disassembled and studied, it will immediately and completely become useless garbage. Only then did he seriously answer:

"In fact, when you were attacked by the murderer, there was no doubt and no matter how you looked at it, you were already dead."

"But since you were on this car before, I also entered your crew file into the vehicle just in case. You will be considered a member of the Navigator's crew and will enjoy the resurrection array system provided by this vehicle."

Feldrich was a bit confused by this. She opened her mouth and said, "Resurrection? What kind of strange mechanism is this? Like the Vision Gate that stores the state of the mercenary when they entered after fixing the vision?"

——What did you say?

(End of this chapter)