Poverty makes me capable of anything.

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The boss is a real pervert for treating a lump of iron like a daughter!

Chapter 16 The Final Link

"Squeak-"

The workshop door was suddenly pushed open, and the woman in the white coat who had been inside for several hours came out.

She opened her mouth, about to greet Colin, but froze for a moment when she saw what was happening in the repair shop.

A middle-aged man making skirts.

A girl repairing an electric oven.

Something must be reversed!

"All done?" Colin was the first to react, and he put down the dress in his hand without changing his expression.

The middle-aged woman coughed lightly, then nodded and said, "That's about it. Once you put that thing in, I can proceed to the final step."

Colin stood up, took two steps forward, raised his hand as if to put it on the middle-aged woman's shoulder, but then hesitated, leaving his right hand hanging at his side: "Then I'll have to trouble you again."

The middle-aged woman replied in a nonchalant tone, "It's nothing. I have a patient appointment this afternoon, so I'll be going now."

"Mm." Colin nodded.

The middle-aged woman left.

An Ran's gaze kept shifting between Colin and the middle-aged woman's backs.

She suspected there was some melodramatic plot twist involved.

……

The mission chain seemed to have come to a temporary end, and Anran's experience was steadily improving through repairing mechanical and electrical equipment and quietly manufacturing bullets.

Each bullet forcibly provides 1 experience point, which has become one of the main sources of experience for Anran.

The downside of doing this is that although you can use the waste materials in the workshop, you still have to spend money to buy materials other than the cartridge cases.

Anran was initially very distressed.

Just as she was hesitating, the friendly player "Leading the Escape" stepped forward again.

Having successfully leveled up to level 2, Zhou Jieyu was no longer satisfied with her life-related secondary professions; she wanted to unlock a main profession with combat abilities.

What's the point of being a casual player? Or is it more interesting to be a combat-oriented player?

At this moment, Zhou Jieyu thought of An Ran again. Scouts and mechanics are both professions with combat capabilities.

All she lacks is goodwill.

Thus, Zhou Jieyu began her journey of seduction.

Take on quests to accumulate experience and money, then transfer the money to Anran to increase her favorability.

Incidentally, she also saw alloy daggers, pistols, and bullets for sale in Anran's trading system, and Zhou Jieyu gritted her teeth and bought several pieces of equipment.

And so, Zhou Jieyu watched as the gap between herself and An Ran slowly widened until it finally reached 10 points.

"Do you wish to select the [Scout] class?"

"Yes!"

"Unlocking the [Scout] profession requires 100 pelu. Do you wish to pay?"

"..."

Ten, twenty, thirty, four... there is no forty.

Zhou Jieyu's face was ashen.

"Wait a minute, I'll come back tomorrow." She said and ran off.

Anran was very pleased.

The stronger she becomes, the more money she earns; the more money she earns, the stronger she becomes—it's a positive feedback loop.

She learned from the forum that some adventurous players had already started heading towards big cities, including several heading towards Twin Moon City.

We'll have to figure out a way to turn them into our clients.

At this point, An Ran finally received the seventh and final link in the "Colin's Mechanical Engineering" series of tasks.

mission rewards:

1.2000 experience points.

2. Ella's favorability +40.

What the heck is this reward?

An Ran looked completely bewildered when she saw the task description.

The experience points are unchanged compared to the sixth stage, and the reward for the final stage of the hidden quest is significantly less valuable. The only additional reward is increased favorability.

Who is Ella?

What's the point of increasing her favorability?

How could the reward for a hidden quest with seven stages be so simple!

In a daze, An Ran stood in front of the "iron lump" from before.

"Iron Lump" sat in the chair, the plug that was inserted into the back of his neck had been unplugged, and unlike last time, the lower half of Iron Lump's body was covered with a layer of cloth.

Colin said to Anran with a serious expression, "When I take the things out later, please press this button for me."

He pointed to a spot near the "iron lump's" chest.

"After I put the things in, the glass tubes in my arms, legs, and back of my neck also had to be turned 90 degrees clockwise."

"Is that all?" An Ran asked, as if it were a very simple task.

Colin turned around and said, "More or less."

"No problem, leave it to me."

"Then I'll begin."

After Colin finished speaking, he walked to the corner where there was a small box.

He quickly cut the tape wrapped around the box with a knife, and as soon as he lifted the lid, a warm white light shone out, like the gentle luster of white jade.

Colin reached in and pulled his hand out, revealing a small, irregularly shaped crystal, about the size of a fist, milky white, like a gemstone, with a deep magic that drew An Ran's gaze.

Colin's hands were trembling slightly.

This crystal.

An Ran narrowed her eyes slightly. Even though she had all of Pirate Princess An Ran's memories in her mind, she had no recollection of this mysterious crystal.

But its unusual appearance made her realize that this was no ordinary object.

"Press it now!"

Colin gave a soft shout.

An Ran immediately focused her mind and quickly placed her right hand on the "iron lump's" left chest.

There seems to be a sign that it is going to sink in.

Then Anran saw the silvery-white metal on the left side of her palm automatically spring open to both sides. Colin seized the opportunity and quickly put the crystal in with both hands.

Following the instructions, Anran began to rotate the glass tubes clockwise, while Colin was operating something in the grooves he had just fallen into.

It took Anran about half a minute to successfully rotate all the glass tubes.

By the time she stood up, Colin's situation had also come to an end.

The opened groove has closed, and the soft white light is blocked inside the "iron lump".

"It's finally finished."

Colin wiped the beads of sweat that had appeared on his forehead without him noticing, and felt a sense of relief.

At that moment, An Ran saw an undisguised smile on his face, a smile like that of a child, a smile that came from the bottom of his heart.

"Cha-"

A sound suddenly rang out beside me.

An Ran subconsciously turned around, and then she saw a surprising scene.

The "iron lump's" eyes emitted a red light, and the ten glass tubes she had rotated suddenly burst forth with dazzling blue beams of light, the metal connecting the two ends of the glass tubes vibrating like an extremely strong electric current.

"It works! It works! It works!"

Colin kept repeating those four words, completely lost in his madness.

Chapter 17 With a bang, the door fell off.

Distributable free experience points: -4000.

Trainee Mechanic level increased to Lv5 (0/7000).

Endurance +1, Intelligence +1.

After distributing the three attribute points evenly across Agility, Endurance, and Intelligence, Anran's attention shifted elsewhere.

What exactly is that white-glowing crystal?

She lay peacefully in bed, her gaze unfocused, staring at the ceiling.

Its rough appearance makes it look unlike anything made by human craftsmanship.

The pure, unblemished white light foreshadowed its extraordinary nature.

The profound presence of the object, quietly placed there, seems to tell the world about its long history.