Poverty makes me capable of anything.

In fact, Yin Shengping has always been seen as a businessman.

Given the location of his shop, which is in an area that players rarely visit, it's clear that he's a hidden but powerful NPC for players.

Perhaps this is a hidden perk from the official team for Mechanic players, allowing them to exchange "money" for "time to collect blueprints".

whee.

But I found it first!

Even without a reward, the feeling of being one step ahead of the players is still very satisfying.

But the next second, after seeing the price of the blueprints, An Ran was no longer happy.

I rub.

This lousy blue blueprint costs tens of thousands of dollars, and the purple one is even more expensive, with the most expensive one costing over ten million.

"..."

Anran almost cried when she realized she wanted the orange blueprint; who could resist that?

"Are there any more advanced blueprints?" But let's take a look first.

We have to hold on, even if we can't!

"A more advanced one?" Yin Shengping was taken aback for a moment, but didn't say much. He gestured with his hand and said, "Take a look for yourself."

Orange drawing.

Let me see first.

Blueprints for a controllable robot resembling a Gundam, 12 billion pesos.

_(??`」 ∠)_

Blueprints for a nanny-type robot capable of operating on land, sea, and air, worth 9 million pesos.

Uh.

NBC armor blueprints, 1.2 million peals.

It looks good.

A weapon blueprint similar to a lightsaber, 7300 million peals.

Mind Control Set Blueprints, 1.2 million Biru.

……

There weren't any overly elaborate mechanical blueprints, after all, strictly speaking, Yin Shengping was only an intermediate-level mechanic.

Things like antimatter missiles, zero-point reactors, and hyperspace sensors definitely don't exist.

However, a set of nanomaterial development technologies could greatly expand Enron's mechanics empire.

Priced at 3.7 million pesos.

Enron currently has only 320 million, which is 50 million short.

In the end, Enron successfully traded 2.5 million Biru and the blueprints for the Psychic Matrix for the development technology.

The price of the psionic matrix should have been higher, but Yin Shengping already had a matrix with a different structure, so the price was lowered.

However, during the transaction, Yin Shengping discovered a "key point" in the list provided by Anran.

"Clergyman 001, where did you get this blueprint from?"

After asking the question, he felt it was a bit inappropriate and quickly added, "I was being presumptuous. It's okay if you don't want to tell me."

An Ran would never do something that wouldn't bring her any benefit, so she didn't intend to tell Yin Shengping.

“Actually, I’m quite curious.” Yin Shengping brought this up again during the transaction. “If you can tell me, I can give you a discount.”

"What discount?" An Ran immediately became interested.

"9.99% off".

I……

Damn! Do I need your few hundred thousand dollars? I need fifty million!

An Ran coldly selected to trade the money on the trading platform.

The money's gone, and the blueprints are in hand.

Anran has become penniless again.

It's a money pit!

I felt completely drained; this was no longer a place to linger.

An Ran had only taken two steps when Yin Shengping's voice rang out behind her.

"Not long ago, the Mechanical Church held the annual meeting of the Blue Forest in Deya Port on the pilot planet. All the priests who were away from home rushed to the pilot planet."

Mechanical Papacy.

An Ran stopped at the threshold. Tan Lu's image flashed through her mind. The girl with slightly pointed ears and religious-style patterns on her face, who always spoke of "Soul of Ether," claimed to be a priest of the Mechanical Church on the planet Relandor.

Priest, so she's also going to lead a planet.

The reason I have an impression of Tan Lu is partly due to the strange practices of the Mechanical Church, but mainly because An Ran obtained advanced knowledge of intermediate mechanics from her and deceived the feelings of a religious girl.

The pilot star is not particularly far from Minglan star.

Well, that's it. An Ran has no intention of appearing in front of Tan Lu again.

After all, having received benefits from her, it would be embarrassing to simply beat her up and run away if she later criticized him.

Keep going.

However, Yin Shengping seemed to have anticipated An Ran's actions.

Just as Anran crossed the threshold, he spoke again: "Unfortunately, the meeting did not go very smoothly. It is said that people from the Holy Church came to our door on the first day."

The Holy Church.

An Ran's expression changed slightly as she turned her back to Yin Shengping.

This name was very familiar to the pirate princess from her previous life, even more so than to most people.

To outsiders, the Holy Council appears to be a strange organization formed by a bunch of madmen who seem to have no idea what they're thinking, a powerful group hailing from all over deep space. They don't obey anyone's commands, acting entirely on their own, and no one dares to mess with them; normal people don't want to associate with them. The attacks from the Empire and the Alliance haven't caused any substantial damage to the Holy Council.

The pirate princess knew more, after all, she had been traveling around the world for many years and had come into contact with all sorts of people. From some insiders, the pirate princess learned that the Holy Church was not really "doing things their own way". They actually had a set of unknown rules of conduct. However, it would still be appropriate to call this group of people crazy.

The members of the Holy Church are very strong; any one of them could easily be considered to be at least a mid-level Imperial Royal Knight.

Converted to levels, that's roughly between level 90 and 100.

Normally, it's impossible for such a high-level NPC to appear in the Azure Forest. If Yin Shengping wasn't lying, then this could very well be a very important hidden plot point.

An organization like the Holy Church looks like a major villain in the later stages of the game's story, or maybe a hero?

This is not important.

The key is the hidden plot!

As expected, it was related to the Mechanical Church. Seeing that An Ran was attracted by what he said, Yin Shengping was a little smug.

His observation skills are indeed very strong!

Yin Shengping stopped keeping them in suspense and said in one breath, "It is said that the Holy Church is very interested in the etheric power of the Mechanical Church, which is why they took the initiative to approach them. Although there has been no conflict between the two sides, the higher-ups of the Mechanical Church have been arguing about this matter recently, and some believers with weak minds have left the Church out of fear of the Holy Church."

Is this even possible? An Ran blinked.

"You're also from the Mechanicus, aren't you?"

"..."

"No."

An Ran turned around and denied it directly.

"No?" Yin Shengping's expression quickly returned to normal. "That's alright. I wonder if you'd be interested in joining our Mechanic Guild."

Yin Shengping had this idea after seeing Anran's list of drawings.

It is also his duty to recommend a certain number of outstanding talents to join the guild each year.

"Not interested." An Ran shook her head.

Joining a guild brings many benefits, but also a whole host of problems.

"Are you really not going to consider it? With my recommendation, you'll get a very good position as soon as you get in," Yin Shengping persuaded, while moving to the left to reveal the wall that had been blocking the view.

A sign on the wall reads Yin Shengping's name, and his identity is listed as "Lifetime Honorary President of the Mechanic Guild, Ocean Forest Branch".

No wonder the technology is so advanced!

but--

"I refuse!"

If you can send me a few good blueprints for free, that would be great; otherwise, forget it.

"Hey."

Yin Shengping called out, but still couldn't stop An Ran from leaving.

Yes, my journey is to money, fog, and the stars and the sea; I cannot be trapped here.

……

An Ran had no intention of personally investigating the hidden plot.

The difference in strength was too great; she didn't want to provoke those lunatics from the Holy Church. But just because she wouldn't go herself didn't mean she couldn't uncover this hidden plot through other methods.

A hidden storyline has been discovered involving a lone wild creature; players, hurry and join the fray!

When something like this happens, the most excited group is definitely the gamers.

Especially when the novels and fan works about the pirate princess were bestsellers throughout the game, uncovering hidden storylines became a trend.

Therefore, An Ran did not rush back to the An Ran ship, but contacted Zhou Jieyu and the others first.

Half an hour later, a new post appeared on the player forum by Zhou Jieyu, one of the "Three Heroes of Clinging to Legs".

The post said she was drawing a comic featuring a pirate princess, so despite discovering new hidden storylines, she had no time to explore them. Therefore, she decided to share the information so everyone could benefit.