Poverty makes me capable of anything.

“Let’s get started then. Let’s find a more open space,” An Ran said.

Zhu Changqing raised his white eyebrows and said, "Let's go to the Dark Domain outside the planetary system."

The group boarded a spaceship and arrived in deep space.

Zhu Changqing floated in the dark world, arms crossed, calmly waiting for An Ran to release his mechanical legion.

"Alright!"

The first thing that appeared in front of Zhu Changqing was a bunch of space drones.

trivial.

Then came a bunch of autonomous cannons, laser towers, and railguns.

Not worth mentioning.

When the mechanical puppets and the rapid-fire particle beam weapon appeared, Zhu Changqing's expression changed slightly.

Zhu Changqing finally breathed a sigh of relief after the psionic weapon was developed.

Anran's mechanical legion has indeed become much larger than it was in the Empire. The change in the number of psionic weapons is not enough to cause a qualitative change. As long as there is no qualitative change, Zhu Changqing has nothing to fear.

“I’m definitely going to win this bet!” Zhu Changqing said over the call channel.

"Don't rush, there's still a big one that hasn't come out yet!"

A moment later, the enormous guardian appeared in the very center of the mechanical legion.

At over 500 meters tall, he could be considered tall even among Anran's mechanical legion.

But this is not a matter of height at all.

It was not so much aura, but an imposing presence.

Zhu Changqing's hard-won surge in momentum was dealt a heavy blow after the Guardian appeared.

Things are different now!

When that giant robot appeared, Zhu Changqing clearly sensed that An Ran's mechanical legion was different.

The silvery-white metal stung his eyes like intense sunlight.

A thousand words can be summed up in a single word—

Grass!

An Ran had a ruthless trick up her sleeve.

The battle has begun.

Without hesitation, the mechanical legion began to unleash its firepower, and Zhu Changqing, who had his eyes on the guardian, activated the shield formed by his spiritual energy and charged forward.

He'll win as long as he takes down that big guy!

Zhu Changqing clearly underestimated the power of a Guardian at its peak.

Even his most prized close-quarters combat skills couldn't gain him any advantage against the Guardians.

After finally shattering the guardian's shield with his spiritual energy fist, he was met with endless beatings.

Even if the spiritual energy melts the guardian's skin, the nanomaterials will quickly rush over to heal the guardian's wounds in the next second.

After a two-hour battle, seeing the exhausted Zhu Changqing still trying to rush towards the guardian, An Ran immediately called for a stop.

"That's about enough, Lord. If this continues, it won't be good for you, or for the relationship between the Republic and the Empire."

"Hey."

Zhu Changqing sighed. After calming down, he realized that An Ran's mechanical army had actually stopped attacking long ago, and the only thing fighting him was that huge robot that looked like a god or demon.

He lost completely.

I have to admit, they're really impressive.

Seeing that Zhu Changqing had calmed down, An Ran breathed a sigh of relief.

She was afraid that Zhu Changqing would lose his temper and insist on fighting the Guardians to the death, which would make things difficult.

However, a master of mind cultivation is still a master of mind cultivation, and his demeanor is trustworthy.

"I lost," Zhu Changqing said. "I'll talk to the curator of the mechanical museum later. By the way, what's this guy's name?"

"Guardian".

"Guardians, they use offense as defense."

Zhu Changqing nodded, seemingly lost in thought, but his expression was somewhat forlorn.

The head of the special section was dumbfounded.

Good heavens! One of the Republic's strongest powers couldn't even defeat Anran's mechanical legion. Luckily, no outsiders witnessed this scene, otherwise, what face would the Republic have left?

But I have to say that woman was incredibly strong.

If the ancient god were to be resurrected at this point, he would probably be pinned to the ground and beaten by An Ran, without any chance to fight back.

With such a strong leader in charge, it seems that the Republic's current crisis is no longer a problem.

"Don't be too sad, Master. I am a mechanic, and the mechanical legion already accounts for 90% of my strength."

Weird.

However, in order not to undermine Zhu Changqing's confidence, An Ran could only say that she had no grudge against Zhu Changqing. All she wanted was to collect as much mechanical knowledge as possible to prepare for her future advancement to Star Domain Ruler.

After the bet, Zhu Changqing left with Anran's mechanical army.

Because Anran had specifically left a psionic portal, as long as the distance was no more than 100 million light-years, Anran could quickly travel there through the psionic portal, although it would consume more energy.

"Rest assured, Your Majesty, our Republic will make up for this reserve of psionic blocks when the time comes," Zhu Changqing said.

Anran nodded.

Then she could truly rest assured.

"set off!"

Upon returning to Sanqiu Star, An Ran immediately boarded the Devil Ship.

She handed the star map to Tan Tang, and a minute later, after digesting the star map, Tan Tang had already planned the fastest route for An Ran.

"This is interesting."

Anran murmured.

By comparing the star map and the game map, she discovered that the red dot representing the location of the fifth key was not far from the Wild Plains.

"Is something wrong?" An Qianqian asked, puzzled.

Anran said, "This trip was much easier than I had imagined."

"?"

An Qianqian blinked, completely unable to understand. Oh well, since she couldn't understand, she might as well eat her roasted meat. There were plenty of other special roasted meats waiting for her at the Huanye tribe.

Three days later, the demon ship passed through a star gate and officially entered the Savage Plains Star Sector.

At the information desk near the Star Gate, An Ran inquired about the location of the Wuya tribe, where An Qianqian's mother was born.

"You mean the Wuya tribe? The situation there isn't looking too good."

An Ran asked, "What happened?"

“Recently, there has been an outbreak of ancient god activity, and the Wuya tribe is one of the places affected.”

After hearing this, An Qianqian, who had said she didn't care, immediately stared at An Ran with pitiful eyes.

"Alright, alright, we'll be right there."

The dark-skinned loli's cuteness has an extraordinary charm.

Amidst howling winds and thick clouds, the demon ship successfully landed on the surface of Wuya Star.

To the left of the Devil Ship was a huge, dark crater.

The pit does not appear to be naturally formed; there are clear signs of human intervention on the surrounding cliffs.

It was precisely because she saw the anomaly from the sky that An Ran was able to control the demon ship to land in this vicinity.

"There are people over there, let's go over and ask them what's going on."

An Ran took the lead and walked towards a residential area of ​​the Wildling Clan.

Chapter 16 Visitors from Another Land

What you see is a house that looks like a four-sided pyramid built of grass and wood.

However, most of the houses have now collapsed.

There was no bustling market, no passersby, and after a deep disappointment appeared on An Qianqian's face, An Ran and the others finally found a few members of the Huanye tribe at the very back of the settlement.

It was beside a clear spring. An elderly man from the Huanye tribe was carrying a wooden bucket and drawing water. When he saw An Qianqian, he stopped what he was doing.

"What do you want to do here?" the old man asked.

An Ran said, "There are some things I'd like to know."

The old man glared at him and said, "Sorry, we don't welcome outsiders here."

Anran took out a bunch of energy coins from her pocket.

"actually……"

The old man's expression immediately softened.

“But it’s different if you’re a sincere outsider like Miss.”

An Ran handed over the energy coins.

After confirming that it was all real money.

A smile began to bloom on the old man's face.

"My esteemed lady, please feel free to ask me any questions you may have, as long as I can answer them."