Chapter 36

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The Dinas star system has a total of eleven planets.

Among them, Dinas, located in the fourth orbit, has the best ecological environment, and the Federation has established a planetary administrative department here and carried out large-scale immigration. The third and fifth planets have slightly poorer environments, so they are used as large military bases.

As for the remaining planets with even harsher natural environments, they can only serve as transportation transfer stations and mines.

The sixth planet, due to its distance from the star, has a surface temperature that remains at minus thirty degrees Celsius all year round, and can reach minus one hundred degrees Celsius at night. Therefore, the surface is not covered with ordinary rocks and soil, but with a thick, hard ice shell that is over a thousand kilometers deep and never melts.

Due to the numerous fine ice crystals in the planet's atmosphere and the light reflection from several nearby moons, the night on the sixth planet is not as dark as one might imagine.

The high sky is filled with layers of rainbow-like light, dazzling and exceptionally beautiful, which is the refraction effect produced by the numerous ice crystals.

On the cold and silent ice surface, near a steep ice peak, a fierce battle is drawing to a close.

The ferocious glacial tide armor fish emits eerie, heart-wrenching cries, ignoring its own injuries, and its sharp, spiral bone horn collides madly with the steel giant in front of it, leaving deep dents on the thick, high-strength alloy body.

The intense confrontation did not last long, not even a minute, but both sides were already exhausted. The ice surface within a hundred meters was pitted with large cracks, and large areas of the ice were stained dark purple, which was the blood of the glacial tide armor fish!

Despite its formidable strength, this native fierce beast is still made of flesh and blood. The intense battle and continuous blood loss inevitably led to its rapid weakening.

With the final fatal blow, the all-black Cloud Splitter Leopard Type I mech emitted a low rumble, and the wide, light blade, which was a deep blue with a faint red glow, slowly withdrew from the neck of the fierce beast that resembled a crocodile. A large amount of dark purple blood spurted out and quickly cooled and solidified in a few breaths.

Seeing that the terrifying beast finally stopped moving, Yang Zihao in the cockpit sighed with relief, feeling as if he had been reborn.

"Old Yang, this time the harvest is pretty good!" A hoarse voice came through the communication channel.

He looked at the top of the steep ice peak in the distance, where a deep blue "Shadow Wolf Type II" stood steadily. That was his partner, Chen Dong, who was responsible for vigilance and finishing off during this hunting operation.

Although they had been partners for many years, Chen Dong did not expect Yang Zihao to perform so well, solving a fully grown glacial tide armor fish in just a few minutes. This was a terrifying beast with strength close to a Bronze Rank Four mech.

"It's not really surprising, it's all thanks to this..." Yang Zihao waved the ion laser sword in the mech's hand and said with a sense of relief:

"Fortunately, before this mission, I found this treasure on the Dinas network trading platform. It has the actual attack power of a Bronze Rank Three, but only requires Second Stage Source Energy to operate smoothly! Without it, it would be difficult to quickly break through the bone armor of this big guy!"

Chen Dong said in disbelief: "No way! Dinas, this poor place, actually has such good stuff? Why didn't you get one for me too?"

"None left! Only this one!" Yang Zihao chuckled.

Thinking back to the bold decision he made a few days ago, he felt extremely fortunate. At the time, the information about this treasure had been on the network platform for several days, but no one had shown interest.

As a freelance star beast hunter, Yang Zihao was about to go to the sixth planet to hunt. However, with his Source Energy level and the old Bronze Rank Two mech, dealing with the extremely fierce glacial tide armor fish would not be easy. In the past few years, more than one of his relatives and friends had been killed by various fierce beasts on the sixth planet.

He knew his genetic talent was not too good, and being middle-aged, his potential was almost exhausted. It was unlikely he could further improve his strength. Therefore, he could only try to buy some powerful weapons and equipment that he could use to enhance his combat power and increase his chances of survival.

After much selection, this ion laser sword, optimized and improved by a mech creator, naturally became his top choice.

The only thing that made him a bit uneasy was that although this equipment had been tested by the military and had no performance issues, it was not created by one of the famous high-level creators in the Federation, but by an unknown "Nebula Master."

"Nebula Master" was a nickname, and as for the real identity, Yang Zihao guessed it might be a new aspiring mech creator, which made him doubt the reliability of the equipment.

As a freelance star beast hunter, his income was undoubtedly much higher than that of ordinary civilians, but 650,000 star coins was still a significant amount for him. Therefore, Yang Zihao hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to buy it.

Dinas was a remote place, and even the entire star domain where this star system was located did not rank high among the Federation's administrative regions. Therefore, there were not many good options available on the market.

The mech equipment market in the Federation's capital did have many high-quality items, but the prices were exorbitant, far beyond the reach of ordinary hunters like him.

However, now it seemed that the equipment he bought with more than half of his savings did not disappoint him! A fully grown glacial tide armor fish corpse could sell for nearly 100,000 star coins on the Dinas market. Even after sharing some of the profit with his partner, the earnings were still substantial.

As long as he hunted a few more, he could recoup the cost of the equipment!

"Yes, after we return, I need to quickly borrow some funds from friends and buy the other two pieces of equipment that Nebula Master is selling. That will make my mech even more powerful!" he thought to himself.

Of course, at this moment, Yang Zihao did not know that on the Dinas network platform, a high-pressure RF gun and an energy shield generator created by Nebula Master had already been bought by someone else! After all, there are always sharp-eyed "bargain hunters" on the internet.

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"Ding!"

"75,000 star coins have been credited to your account, please check!"

Qin Huang heard the pleasant notification from his personal optical brain and smiled, thinking that the remaining two pieces of equipment had indeed been sold.

After reaching an agreement with Sha Zhenghai, he began to optimize and process some popular mech equipment components, and then had the teacher use his connections to sell them on the network platform.

After deducting various complicated fees, Qin Huang still received a substantial income! The three pieces of equipment brought him a total of 110,000 star coins, and it only took him a week of spare time to optimize them.

Moreover, with his current Source Energy level, he could only optimize some basic components, but once he broke through to the Second Stage, his processing efficiency would significantly improve, and he could start optimizing more complex and precise mech modules! The amount of star coins he could earn would skyrocket!

Not to mention, once he had enough strength, he could design and manufacture new mech modules or even entire mechs, which would bring unimaginable rewards!

Qin Huang already had an idea to design a high-performance, custom mech suitable for his abilities. However, for him now, this goal was still quite distant, and he would need to wait until his Source Energy index reached the Sixth Stage before considering it.

After obtaining his official mobile warrior qualification, the teenager's remaining month of vacation passed quickly in daily training and equipment component optimization. Before he knew it, it was time for the new semester to start.

The evaluation for the 300 mobile warrior training candidates at the military academy was held on the second day of the new semester. Tens of thousands of students were eager to compete for the one in thirty-five chance to change their fate!

For students from ordinary families, this was indeed one of the few opportunities in life. Only by taking this step could they hope to advance further and secure a better living space and development environment for themselves!

Becoming an official mobile warrior not only significantly increases the supply of resources but also provides a crucial benefit: access to better cultivation techniques.

Ordinary military academy students can only practice the most basic entry-level techniques, which are of the lowest grade, and even with excellent talent, their future potential is quite limited.

Only the most outstanding students, after passing the mobile warrior qualification exam, can have the privilege to change to better techniques, thus improving their strength more quickly.

Of course, students from privileged families are born with excellent techniques prepared by their families, so they don't have to worry about it.

The Federation's military is not short of good techniques, but they are definitely not prepared for ordinary soldiers, and even general mobile warriors don't have the chance to practice them. Only those with exceptional talent who have made great contributions to the Federation and have a bit of luck can obtain the true advanced techniques!

With Qin Huang's current status, his understanding of the Federation's high-level structure is still quite limited. However, based on the hints from Sha Zhenghai, those so-called advanced techniques are at most of the middle to upper Hong grade, and the Zhou grade is almost impossible, let alone the Yu grade!

For ordinary mobile warriors, and even for the children of wealthy families in the Federation's capital, this is already an extremely rare and precious resource. However, for Qin Huang, who possesses the Alaya Vijnana technique and the War Emperor Star Decision, they are like ordinary chickens and dogs, not worth mentioning.