Chapter 67

In the bedroom.

Seeing the light on the screen gradually dim, Su Wenxue was already completely at a loss.

She had already given Qin Huang a very clear hint, but she never expected him to be so heartless. Didn't he understand that at such a time, just a nod would mean that a goddess-level school beauty would come to warm his bed at night?

Su Wenxue believed that among the tens of thousands of male students at Dinnan Military Academy, the vast majority would not refuse such a temptation that fell from the sky, right? After all, she was one of the top beauties on campus, the dream girl of countless boys! But this guy...

For the first time in her life, Su Wenxue felt a deep sense of defeat. She had never before humbled herself to beg a man, and could it be that her beauty, which had always given her confidence and served as her weapon, was now useless?

Of course, at this moment, Qin Huang didn't care about what she was thinking. To the young man, this woman was just an extra.

The next day, after Qin Huang got up, he remembered that it wasn't the weekend. He would have to wait a few more days to go to Nüying to buy things.

He could only apologize to Qilan and then prepare a meal for her himself. Fortunately, the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox also enjoyed human food, and the organic high-concentration nutrient solution could be consumed, so they wouldn't go hungry.

After much thought and with nothing else to do, he decided to go to Sha Zhenghai. After all, he had already received advance payments from several clients, and it was time to get to work.

"… A mecha creator? I didn't expect you to have this skill as well?" Qilan was truly surprised after hearing his explanation.

"What? Do you know about this profession?" Qin Huang asked with a smile.

Qilan huffed and said, "This lady has traveled in the human world for so long, of course I know everything about your history! I've heard that this profession is very rare and powerful, even rarer than the Star Pattern Totem Masters in our clan. It seems you will be quite remarkable in the future!"

"That would require being a top-tier mecha creator. Right now, I'm just optimizing and improving some lower-level mecha components to earn some pocket money!" Qin Huang said.

A high-level mecha creator is indeed a profession that tests one's talent. Even in the Star Abyss Alliance era, there were very few people who could do this. Although Qin Huang now had advantages that others could hardly imagine, whether he could reach this level was still uncertain. It wasn't something that could be achieved with just enough mecha design knowledge.

Outside the laboratory.

When Sha Zhenghai saw the nine-tailed fox in the young man's hand, the lazy look in his eyes momentarily turned sharp, but he pretended to be indifferent and asked:

"Kid, I didn't know you started keeping pets! This little guy is quite rare, isn't he?"

"Of course, I spent 340,000 star coins to buy it from the pet market!" Qin Huang said.

"Oh, that's not cheap. You'd better take good care of her," Sha Zhenghai said with a laugh.

After a few more casual words, Qin Huang, thinking about the work he needed to do to pay off his debts, changed into his work clothes and entered the laboratory. Qilan, out of curiosity, insisted on following him in, and he let her do as she pleased.

Watching the young man's back, Sha Zhenghai secretly grumbled:

"This brat, actually trying to fool me! 340,000 star coins? Humph! You're trying to fool a ghost!"

"You probably couldn't get her even with 34 top-grade resource planets! If the old freaks in the Silent Illusion Forest found out, you'd be beaten to death even if you had a hundred lives!"

"I still have to think of ways to keep this a secret for him. Truly... can't I have a moment's peace?"

Qin Huang, of course, didn't know about Sha Zhenghai's complicated feelings. He just prepared the necessary materials, activated the large workbench, turned on the magnetic field, placed a particle rapid-fire cannon for a mecha on it, and put on a mental power enhancement headband to start working.

With his source energy index breaking through to the second stage and the recent deep gene optimization surgery, his strength had greatly improved. His control over mental power had reached a new level, and his processing efficiency was significantly higher, with very few errors.

This bronze one-star mecha weapon module used to take at least a day to complete all the optimization procedures, and if it failed, he would have to start over. But now, it only took three to four hours to finish!

Qilan quietly lay on the side, casually activating a moonlight energy shield to protect herself. Her beautiful golden eyes watched the young man with interest as he worked with focused concentration.

...

Li Zhongfu had been feeling frustrated lately.

He was a wealthy businessman on Dinnan Star, with a fortune of over 100 million thanks to the foundation left by his parents and his own business acumen. He was also an amateur mecha enthusiast.

His ride was a bronze two-star "Lightning Tiger." With a solid financial base, he had spared no expense in reinforcing and modifying it to better suit his abilities.

In his free time, he loved to go to the wilderness with a group of like-minded friends to race, no, to race mechas. Otherwise, they would set up some challenging tasks, such as hunting on dangerous beast planets, controlling their mechas to show off their skills, and determining the winner based on the time and difficulty of completing the tasks.

Such spontaneous activities organized by amateur mecha enthusiasts were very popular, and some competitions even had significant influence. The final winners often received substantial material rewards and prestige.

Countless newcomers were attracted by this and joined the ranks with even greater enthusiasm. The military naturally welcomed such activities and would secretly provide various forms of support when appropriate.

Many outstanding mecha experts in the Federation were discovered through such means!

Originally, Li Zhongfu was the undisputed leader in his circle. There were very few peers who could match him. Accustomed to winning, he never expected to be defeated by his friend's son.

The boy used a bronze two-star "Cloud Splitter Leopard," with a source energy index of the second stage, just like him. Due to his youth, he even had less combat experience.

But this seemingly not-so-challenging competitor had repeatedly defeated him in recent gatherings! No matter how carefully he responded, the result was always the same.

Frustrated by repeated defeats, he used every means at his disposal and finally, with the help of two bottles of limited-edition aged wine, "pry" open his friend's mouth.

The boy's mecha had an edge over him because it was equipped with two optimized components: a power module and an ion laser sword.

After personally testing the mecha's performance, he was immediately convinced. The components had the performance of a complete third-stage mecha without causing additional strain on his own source energy, effectively giving him the power of a partial third-stage mecha pilot!

More importantly, the mysterious "Star Cloud Master" sold the mecha components at a reasonable price. With his financial resources, he could completely optimize all the important components of his mecha!

Due to his limited talent and source energy index, he couldn't use a bronze three-star mecha, but if he could have a bronze two-star mecha with the combat power of a bronze three-star mecha, he was more than willing to pay for it.

Therefore, after learning the truth, he eagerly logged into the online trading platform to search for the works of the "Star Cloud Master."

Unfortunately, many people in the circle already knew about the Star Cloud Master, so whenever he had new works on the market, they were quickly snapped up by the experts who were always on the lookout! Those who were slightly slower couldn't even get a taste!

After several days of waiting in vain, Li Zhongfu was very depressed. After communicating with the trading platform, they contacted the mysterious "Star Cloud Master," and finally, he was able to pre-order two items by paying a deposit.

It wasn't that he didn't want more, but the number of people pre-ordering was so high that the seller had to implement this measure to prevent hoarding.

After many days of waiting, Li Zhongfu finally received the first piece of equipment he needed today: a specially optimized mecha energy shield generator.

This device could reduce the activation time of the "Lightning Tiger" mecha's energy shield by 30%, increase its stability by 20%, and enhance its defense strength and toughness by 25.7%, without affecting the normal operation of other mecha modules.

What delighted him even more was that the always elusive "Star Cloud Master" was actually interacting with customers on the trading platform today, personally listening to their opinions and needs, and then optimizing and modifying the equipment they required.

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