Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 51 51. Does it feel good to hug the rich man’s thigh? Of course!

The person who needs to be escorted...that is, Dr. Mei, is going to the Edge Node City to study the fixed anomalies here and to investigate the newly emerging anomalies.

The return of multiple vehicles to the Edge Node City sparked the curiosity of many mercenaries and permanent personnel busy there. This was because these vehicles were clearly lacking in functionality and were more geared towards "combat."

Does the city management's choice to purchase mobile bases with more powerful combat capabilities mean that a completely new conflict is coming for this city?
So, in this conflict, as a pioneer...

Can you make money?
All of their thoughts have nothing to do with their own safety or life, they are purely based on considerations of interests - there are no ordinary immigrants coming to the edge node city, everyone is here to make money!

New City Grand Stage, come if you are invited.

The city began a new round of operations, but it was operating in the direction of strengthening city defenses and preparing to respond to attacks.

These had nothing to do with Sefer. He parked the car at another berth, spent some time aligning and adjusting the posture, and then reminded Dr. Mei and his team in the research cabin that they had arrived at the edge node city.

The people in the car immediately got out, carrying a bunch of research equipment - you know what, the city's docking was pretty good. As soon as Seifer came back, some normal vehicles came to pick him up.

After completing the handover with the other party in the main control cabin, Dr. Mei took a car to the vision in the city.

While watching the spectacle, Seifer saw that many materials were transported out of several cars next door and sorted into categories before being sent to the depths of the city. He casually asked Tien if he was going to build the new vision?

"Oh? You're quite clever. Once the permanent gate to the new anomaly is built, you won't have to worry about dying when you go in."

Tien's voice was quite cheerful, and then she reminded him, "Oh right. It just so happens that the doctor you're escorting also wants to study anomalies, so you can still get some extra compensation, right?"

Good idea. Although he just came back, Seifer couldn't wait to connect to the mercenary support system.

"Welcome back, mercenary. Your payment has been paid, deducting any outstanding balance and transferring it to your account."

'Updated the mercenary battle record, confirmed that the mercenary: Red Crossbow Arrow completed the shooting behavior.'

Hit...when?

Seifer suddenly remembered that the machine he had destroyed before seemed to be driven by an independent mercenary.

"The mercenary's rating has increased. Please keep up the hard work, mercenary."

After the system's voice finished speaking, the scale on Cypher's special license advanced one tick. Simultaneously, new weapons, equipment, and other items, along with their prices, were updated in the trading system.

You also have to unlock levels to unlock new equipment... Do you think I'm playing a game?
But to be honest, it was only after unlocking Cypher that I truly understood the truth of "you get what you pay for"... This new weapon and equipment has seen a surge in value.

The higher the price, the more customizable kits there are. An assault rifle alone has seven or eight slots for assembly and customization, and there are even lightning-fast shipping and immediate delivery services after purchase.

Switching to the license page, a dazzling array of things came flooding in - customized, but not just customized, they were like tailor-made armor, with full customization content.

Just looking at it makes people greedy, but Sefer still resisted the temptation.

Ultimately, you have to buy it with money.

If you don't have money, you can get a 100% discount immediately, so you don't have to worry about losing money. Thinking of this, Seifer calmly closed the interface and clicked on Dr. Mei's communication.

After a while, the other side slowly connected, and the first thing they said was, "What's up, mercenary?"

"Have you reached the vision? Regarding the vision, I actually..."

"You contacted me just in time. I have a commission for you."

Dr. Mei promptly threw in a commission, and the content was, as expected, about exploring the vision... Similarly, the minimum reward was 10,000 yuan, and if the items obtained in the vision were brought out of the vision, all of them would belong to him.

He immediately went to Lin Shenxue and said, "Do you want to come? I just happened to have confiscated some weapons that ordinary people can use. If I equip you with some weapons, you will have some fighting power." "No, I need to adjust your engine."

So, she finally found the trick to optimize engine output?
He did not demand any combat effectiveness from his temporary members, as long as they were alive, so Sefer took the guys he had eaten with, that is, the weapons that had been maintained but not upgraded, and headed for the vision in the center of the city.

It was not until this time that Sefer realized that perhaps the first item he needed to upgrade was a small transport vehicle that could travel quickly through the city or the desert.

Two wheels, three wheels, or four wheels are all fine, you have to have one first.

Putting these issues aside, as soon as Cypher arrived with the ammunition, he saw that the Doctor and his team had already deployed the connecting device under the huge 'portal'... It was just insignificant in comparison and seemed very inconspicuous.

The city management guards immediately became alert when they saw the stranger approaching - Dr. Mei waved his hand to let them off guard.

"Here you are, huh? Without protective clothing?"

Dr. Mei must have noticed something about Cypher using spare body number one, but she didn't care at all. She just called Cypher over and gave him some small decorations.

"Put these two on your arms, this one around your neck, and this one anywhere convenient for you. This way, all your action data can be transmitted back to build internal data."

Sounds like a video camera without the camera function.

"Every time I enter this anomaly, the things I encounter are not consistent. I don't expect you to bring anything back... Activate it."

Following Dr. Mei's order, the experimenters over there took out something like a laser pen and used 'light' to draw a door-sized square under the huge portal.

As the energy storage equipment was infused, the energy flowing in the pipeline was injected into the "portal", and the free light in the entire gate seemed to become a little faster.

But there was only one thing, because most of the energy was confined in the box. In just a few seconds, those devices that were running at full power and even looked a little dangerous forced open a door that was only open to one person.

“…Is it that easy?”

"Of course it's not easy. Digging a hole like this costs more than you think. Well, we can still maintain communication after we go in. Don't let everyone down, mercenary."

Cypher glanced at the mercenaries outside who were waiting for the gate to open normally, and turned back to remind them: "My code name is Red Crossbow."

The people on guard didn't understand what he wanted to say - Dr. Mei looked down at the data and scratched his messy hair casually.

"Alright, Red Crossbow. Go in. If you're fast enough, you can still participate in another vision event with a large number of mercenaries."

Dr. Mei spoke in a rather cold manner, but his skills were quite high. So after checking his equipment again, Seifer strode into the vision.

Just one step he was in the vast artificial square, but when he opened his eyes, he found himself standing in front of a building with a stern shape and bright lights in the windows.

Behind me was a hazy structure, probably a 'border', and the world around me also seemed hazy, as if this was the only building I could enter.

"Dr. Mei, are you listening?"

"I'm online. The situation around you has been scanned and modeled. Keep going."

As the two were talking, a new communication came in: "I'm online, Red Arrow. Are you in the vision again?"

They all seemed to be communicating with each other individually, so as long as they didn't talk together, it shouldn't be a problem.

So, Seifer calmly exchanged information with them, briefly described his location, and walked directly towards the door that looked very "technological".

(End of this chapter)