Poverty makes me capable of anything.

After rushing forward for a kilometer, Heloise paused for a moment, staring at the empty sky filled only with rain.

"boom!"

"-98"

"Bang bang bang bang—" Heloise left only after emptying both guns of bullets.

Wow, this boss is way too strong!

[You can't just farm wild bosses whenever you want.]

[Back to soaking in the spring water again.]

Hey bro, wanna soak in the spring water?

……

"Phew—finally, I can't see anyone anymore."

She landed safely on the ground, looked around to make sure she was in the right direction, and then took off running.

She ran all the way back to Lunger Town, a distance of over 200 kilometers. At her current speed, it was much faster than driving. When she finally got back, Ella hadn't returned yet.

What's wrong with you?

Liang Minyao stared blankly at the disheveled An Ran.

"Don't even mention it, I ran into Heloise, and it was a huge struggle for me to get back."

An Ran shook her head. She ignored Liang Minyao and walked back the way she came.

After walking more than twenty kilometers, Anran finally found Ella.

"It's alright, it's alright."

Anran held Ella in her arms, and her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down.

Both of them were safe and sound, and the mission was completed when they escaped Heloise's pursuit.

“Anran, Anran, let’s go back first,” Ella said.

"Ah."

Chapter 64 The Final Factional War

[Story Mission] [Birth in the Rain] Completed.

Back at the hotel, Anran began to weigh the gains and losses of this mission.

The most obvious thing is the task reward.

1. Heloise's favorability +30.

Unfortunately, despite gaining 30 points of favorability, Anran discovered that her favorability with Heloise was still grayed out.

Even if you can't see the numbers, the color tells a lot. It's not negative, but it's not very positive either.

2. Gain 50000 free experience points.

Including the experience points I accumulated from grinding through the Z-series, my current total is 203500 points.

Upgrading from a junior mechanic to Lv21 requires 260,000 free experience points, and I'm still a little short.

However, in order to increase her strength as soon as possible, before deciding to work hard to build equipment and gain experience, under the guidance of the mysterious power from the East, Anran spent 6600 experience points to upgrade the trainee engineer and trainee scout to Lv4 in one go. It would not be worthwhile to continue upgrading them.

After allocating points, An Ran's six attributes are as follows:

【六围】：力量51、敏捷64、耐力65、智力100、精神33、魅力10

With the boost to strength and speed from the exoskeleton armor, the changes in strength and agility attributes didn't show a significant improvement in combat power, but An Ran was still quite satisfied with her intelligence breaking through 100 points.

Using a rather extreme method of calculation, a mechanic starts with 5 intelligence points. If all free attribute points are added to intelligence, the intelligence can reach 45 points when leveling up to Lv10, and 115 points when leveling up to Lv20.

The higher your intelligence, the more efficient you will be at improving the proficiency of lower-level professional skills, and you will also be able to analyze higher-level blueprints and mechanical equipment.

"Your Intelligence has reached 100 points, and you have unlocked a new skill, [Refined Mechanical Enhancement Lv1]."

Anran previously had a basic mechanical enhancement skill, but the effect of this skill was not obvious at a low level, since it was a general skill.

The newly unlocked [Refined Mechanical Enhancement Lv1] can selectively enhance a single attribute by 20%, and it only consumes 50 stamina points, which is already very powerful.

For example, while you can't directly increase the damage of a gun, you can indirectly increase its output by enhancing its rate of fire, penetration, etc., which may have a surprising effect at crucial moments.

After spending 3300 experience points to level up to Lv4, you can increase it by 35%.

3. Rainbow Set *1.

This set has excellent stats; it's definitely one of the best sets Anran has seen on the forums and in stores so far.

(The brand-new design has received unanimous praise for its appearance. It is skin-friendly, highly breathable, and extremely impact-resistant. The waist-cinching design is slimming and makes it a style that women love.)

Attributes: Agility +7, Stamina +5, Charisma +1 (Note: No obstruction)

Additional effects:

①Swiftness: Agility +15 when swimming

② Rain God's Blessing: Gain the [Stealth] effect on rainy days.

[Stealth]: Reduces the noise level when moving by 70%.

These are all the advantages of the Rainbow Set.

As for its appearance, well, that's a long story.

Because it looks exactly like a one-piece swimsuit, it's tight-fitting, slimming, and very realistic.

As for its extremely strong impact resistance, after pulling it a few times and finding that the "swimsuit" was still very "sturdy," Anran believed it.

It seems I can only wear it underneath, which means I'll lose the +1 Charm. But oh well, that's fine. An Ran thinks this stat is pretty much unnecessary. Even without the Rainbow Set, she could probably temporarily gain 1 or 2 Charm just by wearing a swimsuit.

Oh, by the way, why can a single piece of equipment be called a set? That's because it also includes a pair of thin gloves that add 1 point to Strength!

4. Passive Skill: Mental Barrier

(This is a heartfelt reward for adventurers who experienced those terrifying memories.)

When attacked by mental attacks, 1/10 of your Intelligence attribute points can be converted into additional Mental attribute points.

This is equivalent to gaining 10 points of spiritual attribute out of thin air, making An Ran "moved to tears".

It swept away my dissatisfaction with the appearance of the Rain Shadow Set.

There are gains and losses. In addition to the large amount of equipment lost during the battle, subsequent repairs also cost a lot of money.

Upon closer inspection, Anran realized that she had spent over 10,000 pesos again.

This is causing quite a headache. Recently, she's only spending money and not earning any. If it weren't for the hundreds of thousands she made selling robots, she would be on the verge of bankruptcy by now.

In addition, An Ran gained -470 points of favorability from Chen Xing, which was probably the peak. She felt that Chen Xing was very likely to die, so her favorability with Chen Xing would simply disappear.

……

"Ding ding..."

"when--"

In Rodney's office, Enron was repairing her damaged arm armor.

"Knock knock knock..." A knocking sound suddenly rang out on the door.

"Come in."

An Ran put down the hammer in her hand. She glanced at the person who walked in and found that it was Liang Minyao.

"Is there something you need?" An Ran asked, Liang Minyao's expression somewhat serious.

“Although this is an internal matter of Jiuge, I think it’s better to tell you.” Liang Minyao carefully considered her words.

An Ran rolled her eyes: "Just say what you have to say."

“After you, we sent people to check that building again, but we didn’t find Heloise.”

"And then, what new discoveries were made?"

Although she really wanted to criticize Liang Minyao for talking nonsense, An Ran changed to a slightly more tactful way of saying it.

Her personality can be just that awful at times.

“We found a metal device in that underground room. After reporting it back to headquarters, they said that the device was a signal transmitter that had been removed from a small general-purpose spacecraft.”

"Signal transmitter?"

Is it the glowing block that you see?

Taken off the spacecraft?

Does that mean Morning Star has spaceships that can travel to outer space?

An Ran blinked.

"We also found a computer, but unfortunately it was destroyed in the explosion," Liang Minyao sighed.

An Ran's eyelids twitched.

That computer was probably destroyed by the explosive grenade she fired.

Liang Minyao sighed again: "The security department tried so hard, but they still couldn't completely restore the data inside."

"It seems this operation hasn't made much progress again." An Ran smiled awkwardly.

However, Liang Minyao's expression suddenly changed, and a smile appeared on her face: "Although it hasn't fully recovered, we have actually captured some information. At least we have confirmed the date and target of Morning Star's operation!"

"!!!"

"real or fake?"

"Of course it's true. The people in charge are all in a meeting right now. Headquarters is formulating countermeasures against Morningstar's operation. If we're lucky, we might be able to wipe out Morningstar in one fell swoop." Liang Minyao smiled happily.

"..."

This guy keeps talking about other things and never gets to the point. Is he trying to annoy himself...?

"Aren't you worried that Morningstar will cancel the operation? They must know the information has been leaked."

"So what if it's canceled? We're not losing anything anyway."