Poverty makes me capable of anything.

She put the scope aside and began making the sniper rifle itself.

Almost an hour later.

The sniper rifle, weighing just over 5 kilograms, felt weightless in An Ran's hands. Her strength of 12 points made her, despite her petite stature, possess the power of a Hercules.

After installing the optical sight, Anran received a notification from the game.

"Ding! You have successfully crafted the [Korse Long-Range Sniper Rifle], gaining 800 experience points!"

"Green quality, haha." An Ran picked up the gun, aimed it, and excitedly leaned it against the corner of the wall.

The 800 experience points were a pleasant surprise.

Next up are the [High-Energy Bomb] and the [Flashbang].

These two items were rather simple and straightforward, and they were also disposable items. Anran ended up making ten of each before finishing.

The extra 2500 free experience points brought Anran complete satisfaction.

[Flashbang] Nothing special, its effect is to blind you, causing dazedness but not fatal.

The high-energy explosive bomb is different; it is a small, hand-thrown ammunition that releases highly flammable substances after detonation, which adhere to the human body and building surfaces, causing secondary damage.

If used when the enemy is unfamiliar with this type of explosive, a single bomb can cause widespread damage. Even if the enemy is prepared, the splattered material is not easy to dodge.

Put the two types of bombs into a box and then carefully place them into your backpack.

As for the sniper rifle, it's 1111mm long, so it can't be stuffed into a backpack. Even if you force it in, most of it will stick out.

After thinking for a while, Anran found some pieces of cloth and made a cloth bag. She rolled up the sniper rifle, filled it with some stuff, and made it look like she was holding a musical instrument.

After doing all this, An Ran finally came out of the workshop.

Gray didn't care that she was making weapons, but the others in the research and development center were a different story.

Gray's situation wasn't too good; he couldn't have absolute authority in the research and development center.

By avoiding trouble for Gray, An Ran also avoids trouble for herself.

……

"Let's go back and rest first, then come back this afternoon."

An Ran called out to Ella, who was in a daze, from several steps away.

“Okay.” Ella nodded, then handed over the money she had earned that day to Anran.

Anran still gave Ella 100 pesos, but this time it was in paper money. Ella glanced at it, wasn't interested, and put the money in her pocket.

As Anran was about to leave, pushing the shopping cart, Ella suddenly looked up and said, "It got really noisy outside just now."

An Ran paused for a moment: "What happened?"

"They're all saying someone soloed a dungeon. What does 'soloed a dungeon' mean?" Ella asked curiously.

Soloing through the dungeon?

An Ran's gaze quickly fell on the group of players at the entrance of Jiu Ge.

Based on her observations over the past two days, the dungeon inside is quite difficult. Jiuge probably adheres to the principle of "better to have none than something bad," so after two or three days, not many players have been able to clear it, and these players all cleared it in teams.

Unexpectedly, a pro player has suddenly appeared who soloed the entire level.

With such a large player base of hundreds of millions, there are bound to be many skilled players. Generally speaking, these skilled players could all become Anran's rivals.

"Soloing a dungeon means completing a dungeon by yourself. You can think of a dungeon as a test, like playing a police officer defeating invading terrorists."

“Oh.” Ella nodded seriously.

She could understand words like "police" and "terrorist" that were recorded in the dictionary.

Then, while Anran was pondering the problem, Ella suddenly turned around and asked, "Can Anran solo this dungeon?"

"Ah! You mean me?" An Ran, snapping out of her daze, pointed to herself.

"Mmm." Ella nodded vigorously.

She recalled what had happened a few days ago and thought An Ran was incredibly capable!

"This one……"

An Ran scratched her head. Even among players, her strength was considered quite impressive, but whether she could solo a dungeon was really hard to say.

However, Ella's words suddenly reminded Anran.

She wants to join the Empire's side, and isn't this instance a perfect opportunity?

The assessment given by Jiuge did not state that NPCs were not allowed to participate.

Normally, NPCs wouldn't participate in this kind of assessment, but An Ran is acting strangely!

How could she have forgotten about this?

Once you complete this dungeon, you can join the Security Department and have a chance to join Jiuge.

"Ella, you're amazing!"

An Ran excitedly hugged Ella, almost wanting to kiss her directly, making Ella too afraid to move. She could only put her hands on her sides, as if she was being punished.

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Although she stood there looking a bit silly, Ella didn't resist Anran suddenly hugging her.

She couldn't feel the temperature, and even her tactile feedback wasn't clear, but being hugged by An Ran like this suddenly gave her a feeling different from when Colin and Eudora hugged her.

It was a feeling that was hard to describe. Ella had a lot of words in her mind, but she didn't know which words to use to describe this feeling.

Happy?

nervous?

anxiety?

warmth?

For Ella, the words that resonated most deeply with her were those such as "curiosity," "doubt," and "surprise."

Surprised by things I didn't know.

And the desire to know more.

She knows she is not a normal human being, but she is still thinking about how to try to be like a normal person.

"Let's go back!"

After a long while, Anran finally let go of Ella. She realized that she had been a little too smug, but Ella didn't seem to react at all.

So Anran reached out and waved her hand in front of Ella's eyes.

"What's wrong?" Ella asked.

"Let's go back," An Ran said.

"Ah."

Ella followed behind Anran.

Walking on his own shadow, with his back to the sun, he walked step by step back to Eudora's house.

……

In the afternoon, An Ran returned to the R&D center alone.

She wasn't in a hurry to try out that particular instance in Nine Songs.

Instead, I'll continue making things and gaining experience.

Anran's goal is now clear. After learning that the people from Morning Star had returned, and after the initial chaos, Anran has found her direction again.

Leaving No. 1886 and heading to the Blue Forest is a long-term goal.

Eliminating Morningstar's hostile individuals before she saves enough money is a crucial plot objective on the path to achieving her goal.

After accumulating another 3600 experience points and bringing her total free experience to 9900, Anran finally stopped working.

It was getting late, and by this time, due to lack of stamina, there were not many players left surrounding the entrance of Jiuge.

It's said that clearing this dungeon rewards 3000 experience points, and it takes 15000 experience points for a trainee mechanic to reach Lv8. Once you clear it, with a little extra effort, you can reach Lv8 today.

An Ran put her things into her backpack, but she didn't take the backpack out.

Anran decided to finish the dungeon and come back to get it, not knowing if Jiuge had any censorship.

The workshop's door is unlocked by fingerprint after authentication, and currently only Anran can open it.

……

at dusk,

The large group of players who had crowded Qiuyang Road had mostly dispersed.

They only come here to run the dungeon when they have the energy and confidence; they can't stay here all the time, otherwise they won't clear the dungeon and will waste crucial time for leveling up.

So far, only a dozen or so players have cleared the dungeon. Most players were too low-level and hadn't adapted to the game yet. As soon as they entered the dungeon, they were brutally defeated by the villainous "Morning Star Resistance Army" and died on the spot.

An Ran walked to the entrance of Jiu Ge without attracting any attention.

Most players here are quite familiar with her and Ella.

A young girl who appears to work at a research and development center.

There's also a cute little girl who runs a pastry stall.

A strange but loving combination.

An Ran strode directly into Jiuge.

There was no one checking at the entrance, but there was a security scan.

Upon entering, Anran saw a very ordinary architectural layout; the lobby resembled the reception area of ​​some companies. However, a room next door immediately caught Anran's attention.

"Assessment".

Two simple and unadorned words.

It is here.