Bill
"You don't want chrome sulfur?" Haydn asked Gary suspiciously. Although he didn't want to give this bastard any chrome sulfur, after all, the bastard had walked in step by step, so whoever saw it should have a share.
"No, I'm on the same team as those guys. We share the storage pouch. After I take it, the reward will be divided among the whole team. I don't want to be taken advantage of by those three scumbags." Gary said with disgust, "Let's just let this mercenary mission fail. Besides—" Gary instantly put on a scoundrel smile, "Little guy, just take my share. Remember to give me some afterwards~"
"Get out! I won't give you a penny!" Haydn was furious and concentrated on collecting chromium sulphur, ignoring Gary.
Gary laughed and stared at Haydn's sticking out butt, thinking that this guy was really funny.
This canyon is very secluded, with lush trees and cliffs overhead. Sunlight pours down through the gaps between the cliffs and branches, illuminating the golden chrome sulfur fields on the ground.
The slightly warm wind blew across his cheeks. Gary relaxed his muscles and squinted his eyes. Just as he was about to take a nap, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
There seem to be many more shadows around the golden chromium sulfur field?
Gary stretched calmly and said, "Come here, shorty. I'm a little hungry. Give me something to eat!"
Haydn said "Pah!" "No! Go starve!"
Yu Sheng was helpless and came over to smooth things over. "I have some compressed biscuits here, but you have to eat them with water." As he said that, Yu Sheng handed the biscuits to Gary.
Gary took the biscuit and took a bite when he paused and his expression became serious.
"Prepare for battle." He pulled out his photon gun. "Use your mental power to investigate and you'll know."
Yu Sheng's heart skipped a beat. The mecha couldn't be used now, and if he was surrounded here, he would be a sitting duck.
He extended his mental power and saw that a group of soldier insects had surrounded the chromium sulfur field, and the leader was an acquaintance.
——Zeus Store H City Branch——
The instrument for measuring energy loss rate displayed the words "under evaluation" and was surrounded by a group of people. In addition to Manager Robin, there were ten energy machinery evaluation experts in charge of the branch.
Everyone was anxiously awaiting the test results, their eyes fixed on the small instrument. The left end of the instrument was connected to a piece of nuclear stone, and the right end was the energy converter that Caesar had brought.
On the other hand, Caesar didn't show any nervousness. He sat leisurely in his seat, sipping the fragrant cup of coffee that Robin had made for him.
"drop!"
With a clear warning sound, the result came out.
"A loss rate of 9.82 percent! Am I, am I blind?"
"It's a great honor to see such a masterpiece in my lifetime. It's a masterpiece, truly a masterpiece!"
"I wonder who made this converter? Would I be lucky enough to meet it?"
A group of middle-aged and elderly people were discussing enthusiastically, surrounding Caesar.
Caesar stood up and said politely, "This is the converter made by my master. As for meeting him... I'm really sorry. My master is deeply immersed in his research and doesn't want his name to be revealed."
Everyone present was a shrewd person, and upon hearing this, they immediately understood. This meant they didn't want to get involved in the disputes between families and planets!
Being able to create an energy converter with a loss rate of only 9.82%, this master must also be proficient in the manufacture of other machines. Once his identity is exposed, he will probably be tempted and threatened by various forces.
As an intermediary force, Zeus Mall will certainly not push customers away.
Robin instantly put on a kind smile and said to Caesar, "Don't worry, at Zeus Store, as long as the contract is signed, we will never disclose any customer information."
Caesar nodded. He knew this. After following Moss for so many years, he had to admit that Moss was smart in business. He always played the long game and would never lose the company's reputation for a small profit.
Caesar pulled out two more energy converters from his bag and said calmly, "There are three in total. The loss rate of each is around 9%. I'm consigning them together."
The next day.
With the ticket to the Zeus store's auction tonight, Caesar stepped into the auction hall.
All consignors participating in this auction will be seated in the private rooms on the second floor, thus ensuring the consignor's privacy to the greatest extent.
As for the private rooms on the third floor, they are for VIP customers only. Only those who are highly powerful or wealthy enough to rival a country can enter.
After waiting for a while, the auction officially began.
Most of the items that came up for auction first were precious materials for making mechas. Caesar couldn't resist and spent money to buy a few of them, completely emptying his small treasury. He couldn't help but lament his own poverty.
"If you need funds, I can lend you some first." As if seeing Caesar's distress, Robin took the initiative to speak, "Wait until your converter is sold, and then you can pay me back."
Caesar chuckled, "Aren't you worried that the converter won't sell for a high price?"
"How is that possible?" Robin smiled. "Your master's creation is definitely a breakthrough. I believe he must be a great craftsman."
Caesar smiled but said nothing.
Robin secretly regretted that he could not get any information from the master, and then he simply transferred 300,000 gold coins to Caesar's personal terminal.
"If you have any further questions or need help, please ask the staff to call me." After transferring the money, Robin saw that Caesar was very tight-lipped, so he did not stay in the private room any longer and said goodbye to Caesar.
Caesar nodded, his eyes fixed on the precious materials on the screen, and he increased his bid without hesitation.
This continued until the penultimate auction item, which was a departure from the usual routine of a high-end ordinary model mecha, and turned out to be a military model mecha!
You know, usually the military-model mecha is the last item to be auctioned. This time it is placed second to last. Doesn't that mean the final auction item is even rarer than the military-model mecha?!
The people present started a wave of discussion, and almost all of them were guessing what the final treasure would be.
Perhaps it was because the expectations for the final auction item were too high, but there were almost no bidders for this military-model mecha, and Caesar, who was secretly happy, bought it for 60,000 gold star coins.
"Next, it's the final lot's turn!" The host's words ignited a small climax in the audience. "I know everyone is speculating about the mysterious identity of the final lot. It is said to be a breakthrough that is unique in the entire galaxy!"
Having successfully whetted everyone's appetite, the host chuckled, "Now, let's bring out the final lot: three energy converters, one set of three, no separate competition!"
Suddenly, discussions broke out in the audience.
"Is this store crazy? The energy converter is the finale of the auction? This thing isn't even worthy of being auctioned!"
"Is there a mistake backstage?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, I think I made a mistake. The staff of this branch will probably be fired en masse."
"Hahaha, a car accident scene..."
Listening to the discussion from the audience, the host calmly said, "Now, please allow me to briefly introduce these three energy converters. Their energy loss rates are: 9.97%, 9.82%, and 8.0%!"
In an instant, the scene fell into a new climax!
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"Bill?" Yu Sheng looked at the person who jumped down from the giant bee insect in surprise. Although he had long suspected Bill's purpose of approaching him, he never thought that Bill would be a Zerg!
Bill's little eyes narrowed into slits, and he made a strange sound from his mouth, and a group of insects rushed up.
Yu Sheng had already taken out a photon gun from his storage bag and fired a shot at Bill's shoulder. In an instant, a giant beetle rushed to Bill, and the photon bullet penetrated the giant beetle's armor-like hard shell, leaving a fishy pus.
Bill retreated calmly, hiding behind the Zerg army, and kept playing a zigzag tune with his mouth, which became more and more rapid and murderous.
"They've been targeting us for a long time!" Haydn killed two bees that fell from the sky with a single blow and gritted his teeth, "Fatty! Come and fight me if you dare!"
Gary stood firmly in front of Yu Sheng and Haydn, and said in a deep voice, "What is your purpose in luring us here?"
But these words did not cause any ripples in Bill. He crossed his left hand and clasped it on top of his right hand, clenched his right hand into a fist, and stood behind a group of giant insects in a somewhat weird posture.
Yu Sheng radiated all his mental power without reservation. The majestic mental power surged and spread like the tide of the sea. After Yu Sheng's deliberate training, he could now accurately encircle and suppress the enemy, uprooting them.
The mecha cannot operate, and it is a waste of energy for them to fight a protracted battle with this group of insects with their mortal bodies!
But if I run away, where can I escape to?
While fighting, Yu Sheng channeled his mental energy throughout the valley, carefully searching every corner for a possible escape, but failed. They couldn't return to the cave they'd been in; this mountain was the Zerg's breeding ground! The only remaining escape was through the air, but without mechas, they couldn't just fly away, could they?!
"Qiuqiu? Oh my god! You're not even human!" Haydn stared at Yu Sheng's mental power, which instantly turned a whole row of beetles into dry bones. He couldn't help but shout excitedly, "You're my idol!"
"Haydn, Gary, stand behind me!" Yu Sheng narrowed his eyes, and his mental power tightly surrounded the three people like a giant poisonous cocoon. He raised his eyes and met Bill's deep gaze.
"You don't want to kill me? What's your motive?" Yu Sheng, as perceptive as he was, had already noticed that the Zerg were frantically attacking Hayden and Gary, but were primarily focused on trapping him. But what was the point of capturing him for the Zerg? He had no power or background, so he couldn't influence the battle between the Starmen and the Zerg, right?
Bill remained silent, like an emotionless puppet, mechanically chanting the tune.
The group of insects rushed forward desperately, but without exception, they all fell on Yu Sheng's mental cocoon and died instantly, leaving the ground covered with smelly insect fluid.
"My mental strength won't last much longer." Yu Sheng lowered his voice, his eyes like a torch, and every word was sharp as a knife. "Catch Bill."
In an instant, Gary and Haydn rushed towards the swarm of insects from the left and right. Under the protection of Yu Sheng's mental power, they were surrounded by layer after layer of black insects. As the mental power gradually became thinner, some small insects broke through the gaps and bit Haidun and Gary, leaving wounds on their bodies, blood splattering everywhere, and they looked extremely miserable.
Yu Sheng kicked a giant beetle over with one kick, and then shot three times to kill several bee insects that attacked from the side and rear. He stepped on the dense army of countless insects waving their sharp feet and drove forward.
"Ah!" Haydn's scream distracted Yu Sheng, who was stung by a bee. His vision went black, and his entire body fell down. The next moment, Gary's roar rang in his ears, "Don't worry about us! Hurry!"
Yu Sheng gritted his teeth and frantically extracted the mental power in his body to dissolve the toxins of the bees and insects. His brain was aching from the excessive extraction of mental power, but he also had a clearer and stronger consciousness than ever before.
In just a few breaths, Yu Sheng rushed in front of Bill. Bill's puppet-like stiff and cold expression showed panic. He did not expect that Yu Sheng could break through countless Zerg armies and come to him.
In close combat, Bill was no match for Yu Sheng. Yu Sheng knocked Bill to the ground with one heavy blow. The slogans stopped abruptly, and the movements of the swarm of insects slowed down instantly. Although they were still attacking, their speed and strength were several levels lower than before.
Hayden had just been pierced in the left shoulder by the long horn of a drillworm. Hayden, who had never experienced such pain before, couldn't help but wailed, but the next moment Gary stood in front of him and shared the attack in one direction for him.
It wasn't until Yu Sheng knocked Bill down that the two of them had a chance to breathe. Haydn endured the severe pain in his shoulder, and the tears that could not be held back in his eyes fell out in torrents, "It hurts so much!"
Gary picked up Haydn and kicked away the remaining insect corpses. "Why are you crying? You little bastard!"
Haydn thought to himself, "These are just physical tears, not real tears! Besides, my shoulder is pierced! You try it!"
As a result, after wiping away his tears and seeing the scene clearly, Haydn was shocked.
"Gary! How are you?!"
There were two sharp Zergs stuck in Gary's left shoulder, and there was also a huge wound in his abdomen. Because the blood was flowing too fast, you could see the red blood surging and then turning blue when it touched the air.
Gary still had a strange smile on his face. "Tsk tsk tsk, you care about me sometimes? It's not easy, little shorty~"
"What time is it, and you're still talking nonsense!" Haydn quickly took out bandages and medicine from his storage bag. "There's a micro-therapy device over there, Qiuqiu?"
Yu Sheng's posture was very strange. He had clearly subdued Bill, but Bill's right hand, which had been clenched into a fist, suddenly opened into a palm and pressed tightly against Yu Sheng's chest.
Gary and Haydn felt a sense of foreboding.
Sure enough, the next moment, Yu Sheng's body fell to the ground, and Bill also fell to the ground and lost consciousness.
Yu Sheng covered his chest, twitching and convulsing on the ground, groaning in pain.
Haydn's eyes turned red with anxiety, and tears were about to flow out again, "Qiuqiu! What's wrong with you?" He hurriedly tried to pry Yu Sheng's hands off his chest, but Yu Sheng pressed too tightly and he couldn't do anything about it.
"I'll do it!" After Haydn helped Gary stop the bleeding, Gary's spirits recovered a little. He and Haydn each grabbed one of Gary's hands and pulled it out with force.
There was a bulging black dot lying in the center of Yu Sheng’s chest.
Haydn's mind was in a mess. "What should I do? What is this? A bug?!"
Gary's expression was serious. "Oh no! We guessed wrong! This Bill isn't a Zerg at all, but an interstellar being parasitized by the symbionts of the highly intelligent Zerg! Now Redus has become the symbiont's new parasite. What should we do?"
More importantly, they were injured and disabled. Even though they had defeated this group of insects, how could they get out of this valley?
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