Poverty makes me capable of anything.

They were very lucky; while Aurora was loitering around the guild entrance, Anran quickly found three suspicious individuals.

"Heroine and I will each take care of one person, and you two will be responsible for the remaining one."

“Leave it to us,” Captain Rebecca agreed.

After keeping watch for a while, the three suspicious individuals did not do anything too outrageous. They simply contacted the people behind them one after another, making it difficult to tell who was actually on Liang Yue's side.

They were still just watching from a distance until the people of the Mechanicus arrived.

"Are you here to hand over the mission?" An Ran walked over.

This was her second encounter with people from the Mechanicus.

The leader of the Mechanical Church was a tall man, nearly 1.9 meters tall, level 54. He wore a wide robe, his hat hung down his back, and his deep purple hair curled back. His resolute face, like Tan Lu's, was painted with strange patterns. In fact, these patterns gave people a more eerie feeling than a strange feeling.

It gives off the vibe of an evil sorcerer from a game.

[This isn't a mechanic, it's more like a warlock or mage.] — From a player.

There's a reason why the Mechanicus has so few people.

┓( ?-` )┏

“That’s right, I am Tan Ying, the military officer of the Mechanicus in the Nagria border region.” The tall man nodded slightly without changing his expression.

"Your surname is also Tan?" An Ran was slightly taken aback.

Could this be someone like Tan Lu's brother?

"Is there a problem?" Tan Ying's face remained cold. "Could it be that you, young lady, also have the surname Tan?"

Okay, judging from what he said, An Ran knew he wasn't difficult to approach; he was probably just a naturally expressionless person.

"It's nothing, let's hand over the mission first," An Ran changed the subject.

"Okay." Tan Ying waved to the people behind her.

Soon another person in a long robe handed Tan Ying a storage device.

"This is the advanced knowledge for us Vatican believers to advance to the rank of Advanced Mechanic." [Storage containing Advanced Mechanic knowledge (complete)]

An Ran glanced at the message and saw it.

She nodded.

"I trust your credibility."

The bag that had been held in her hand was opened, and the purple Menmanite ore immediately filled Tan Ying's entire field of vision.

So big, so purple!

“There should be more of these than I asked before,” An Ran said.

Tan Ying's voice trembled: "Can I confirm this?"

"can."

His reaction suggests that the Mainstone mine is indeed very useful.

Tan Ying carefully checked the contents of the bag, then looked up and waved again.

The same person who handed over the memory chip came up again, but this time he handed over a milky white cube, about the size of a fingernail.

“Such a large energy coin is worth about 200 million peso,” Tan Ying said.

It's energy coins!

An Ran's eyes lit up. If she had had energy coins before, the energy module of the combat suit could have been greatly reduced in size, making it as small as the bracelet.

"Happy transaction."

An Ran held the energy coin in her hand and then threw it into the subspace in the blink of an eye.

"If you can still find the mainstone mine, please contact us again."

“No problem.” An Ran smiled brightly.

After watching Tan Ying and her men disappear around the street corner, An Ran turned her attention to the three suspicious people.

"How is it?" she asked Aurora.

"One person has already shaken his head and left, leaving two people."

A greedy guy, and another person who is probably Liangyue.

An Ran pondered for a moment: "Be prepared. They won't dare to make a move at the guild's entrance, but once we're far away from the guild, one side will inevitably jump out first."

"Ah."

"By the way," An Ran called out to Aurora, "Are there many people with the surname Tan in the Mechanical Church?"

"Huh?" Aurora paused for a moment before answering, "That's right, Tan is the most common surname in the Mechanical Church because their first pope had the surname Tan, although the current pope no longer has the surname Tan."

"what?"

An Ran directly repeated Aurora's words: "Wasn't their first pope named Tindas?"

“I only found out by chance. Tindas’ original name was Tanhe. The reason he changed his name is said to be because he saw this name in the graveyard of the Soul of Ether.” Aurora scratched her head.

"..."

Fine.

They walked and talked, quickly moving away from the guild. Only one person remained behind, but Anran knew that trouble would soon come knocking.

……

"Officer, someone's following us."

Tan Ying, who was walking forward, stopped in her tracks: "Forget it... let's just take care of him now."

"Do you need it or not..."

“I’ll do it,” Tan Ying waved his hand. “Some people are blinded by immediate gains and seem to have forgotten what the Vatican’s military officers do.”

"May the spirit of ether bless you, my lord!"

Tan Ying's lips curled into an extremely subtle smile.

He's a military officer, and he works with killing machines!

A moment later, accompanied by a series of ghostly wails, the mechanical arms that had emerged from the sleeves slowly retracted, leaving only the long, bare fingers exposed. The ground at Tan Ying's feet was covered in blood, and none of the fallen corpses were intact.

"A monster..."

The sole survivor braced himself on the ground, staring in terror at the expressionless Tan Ying.

“I am merely a venter of the evil power of the ethereal soul,” Tan Ying sighed.

Just as I was about to say something, the bracelet suddenly vibrated.

Uh……

It's that old woman, Tan Xuan.

You'd better answer the call quickly.

……

"A monster..."

In another corner of the city, different people, the same scene.

Sixteen people were lying on the ground.

A person who has lost control of their bladder is sitting there.

There were three people standing there.

A pale yellow liquid flowed from the man's crotch, eventually mixing with fresh blood.

"Where are you from?" An Ran asked.

"I...I'm from the west side of the city, please, don't kill me! It was him, he ordered us to come here, I really didn't..."

Zhula.

A burnt smell rose, and the world fell silent once more. Want to kill me? Then get ready to become experience points.

"Won't this scare Liangyue's people?" Aurora asked worriedly.

"Definitely not. After all, they have spaceships and a lot of people. In fact, the more we kill, the more likely they are to come."

"..."

That seems to make sense. Liangyue has never suffered such a great loss at the hands of Wangchuan, so they certainly won't let it go.

An Ran's judgment proved correct. Despite seeing the robbery gang wiped out, the leader of the Liangyue Pirate Crew remained unfazed.

"Stay close to them, I'll be there in an hour."

"Look, they'll be here in an hour."

The sound coming from the detector confirmed Anran's guess.

"This time, we'll make them really taste the pleasure of having their asses pierced!" Aurora grinned cruelly. "If the spaceship hadn't been damaged, the captain would have already led us to blow their heads off!"

Uh……

Girls, can you please stop using profanity like "butt-poking" all the time? Can you be a little more civilized like me?

6:07 PM.

"Oh my god, the Liangyue Pirate Crew is here again."

"Damn it, didn't those bastards come here just a month ago?"

"Run! Run!"

"I heard that Colonel Vesa has already dispatched troops at noon today. Does the Liangyue Pirates still dare to court death?"

"Forget about whether they're courting death or not, just focus on not courting death yourself first. Get out of there quickly."

More than 20 spaceships suddenly appeared in the sky above Mina.

This is only possible in the North; such a thing would be unimaginable elsewhere.

"Holy crap, why does the Liangyue Pirate Crew's symbol look like a pair of briefs?" An Ran was speechless with astonishment.