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"How did you end up provoking this group of wolves?" Yu Sheng pretended not to see Bill and asked the team leader seriously.
"That's a strange thing to say," the team leader frowned, lost in memory. "Mountain wolves don't usually move in groups at night, but just now, when Bill went over there to look for water, this pack of wolves chased us like crazy. We fought and fled all the way here."
Yu Sheng glanced at Bill, and Bill shrank back again, hiding his body in the shadows of others.
"I don't care how you escape!" Haydn was still angry, "Qiuqiu, let's go!"
The captain wanted to persuade him to stay, but Haydn shook his fist threateningly and he stood still.
After Haydn and Yu Sheng walked away, the captain's expression suddenly darkened. "Damn it, you don't know what's good for you!"
"Captain, there are only two of them, and neither of them wants to cooperate with us. Is it because they have already found chromium sulfur and are afraid that we will find out?" asked another person in the team.
"Bill!" the captain asked, "Who are those two people? Didn't you say you knew them?"
Bill clenched his right fist and faced the captain's ferocious face, trembling as he said, "I'm in the same class with that chestnut-haired guy. The blue-haired guy is also from the Mousse Military Academy, a grade higher than us."
The captain touched his chin and squinted his eyes, "It's the Mousse Military Academy again. Tsk, it seems that this school is still real." After that, he glanced at Bill with disgust, "We are from the same school, why are you such a rubbish?" Bill's body trembled and he didn't say anything.
"Let's go! I put a tracker on that blue-haired guy, they can't get rid of us!" Bill's fear made the captain even more disgusted, and he stopped looking at him.
Bill slowly fell to the end of the team, his left hand tightly clenching his trembling right fist, as if something horrible would jump out of the palm of his right hand.
——Inside the laboratory——
"Master, do you know where I can buy military-type mechas?" Caesar asked before leaving after finishing today's lessons.
Master Miller wrinkled his nose. "Why are you asking that? Aren't you going to assemble it yourself?"
"I want to refer to a few more military-model mechas before assembling them," Caesar explained, "but it seems that the shopping malls can only buy ordinary-model mechas."
"What are you buying? I have a lot of them here. You can take any of them you want!" Master Miller blew his beard and glared.
Caesar smiled soothingly, "I'm going to dismantle it into its parts one by one, so as not to harm your mecha, Master."
Master Miller hesitated for a moment and said, "Military mechas, apart from those specially supplied to the military, will only be auctioned at large auction houses. The prices are beyond your imagination. You'd better just use my mecha!"
Caesar knew his master was kind to him, but as a disciple, he couldn't demand unlimited things from him. This was his principle. He smiled and said, "Don't worry! As the disciple of the galaxy's number one manufacturing master, how could I not be able to afford a military-grade mecha?"
"Slippery!" Master Miller slapped Caesar on the head. "Go away, go away! Don't hang around here!"
After returning home, Caesar used his personal terminal to check the large auction houses while eating, but found that the only branch of Zeus in H City that was qualified to auction military-type mechas was actually the Zeus branch.
Caesar closed his eyes. Even now, seeing the words "Zeus Store", he still couldn't help but feel flustered.
——Miru Mountains——
"Don't move!"
Yu Sheng's sudden voice startled Haydn, and he froze in his place. "What, what happened?"
Yu Sheng approached Haydn, squatted down, and tore off a small black dot from the side of Haydn's boots, "What is this?"
Haydn took it, shone the light on it, and looked at it in front of his eyes, cursing, "Damn! It's a tracking device! I knew those people were not good people!"
"It's okay. They won't amount to anything. But that Bill..." Yu Sheng paused, realizing that he didn't seem to have any strong evidence to prove that Bill was a problem, so he stopped talking and changed the subject. "Let's get rid of those people first, then go straight to the cave and rest outside the cave."
Haydn nodded, agreeing with Yu Sheng's words, then rolled his eyes and threw the small black dot in his hand hard to the bottom of the mountain. The small black dot instantly blended into the darkness and fell down.
"I told you to follow me!" Haydn said with a "Pooh".
"Let's go, we're in a hurry." Yu Sheng was amused and confused by Haydn's childish behavior, and patted Haydn's shoulder soothingly.
Without the follower, Yu Sheng and Haydn quickly crossed mountains and hills, and at the moment the sun rose, they arrived at the foot of the second mountain.
"The entrance to the cave is right there." Haydn stretched out his hand to signal Yu Sheng.
Yu Sheng stared at the mountainside and looked carefully, but there were only trees everywhere, and no sign of the cave entrance. "I can't see anything."
Haydn laughed triumphantly, "Hey, that cave entrance is invisible to most people! Let's take a day off and then go up the mountain and into the cave in the afternoon!"
The two found a secluded place at the foot of the mountain and set up their tent. Yu Sheng rummaged through his storage bag and discovered that in addition to dry compressed biscuits, Caesar had actually made some bacon jerky for them!
The two of them were like sweet tooths seeing candy. Yu Sheng grabbed a large piece of dried meat and took a big bite. Although it was a little tough, it was undoubtedly a delicacy in this remote wilderness.
Haydn pounced over like a hungry wolf and started fighting with Yu Sheng. "Why didn't you take out such a good thing earlier?"
Afterwards, the two of them ate while squinting their eyes and sighing that anyone who could marry Caesar must have been a savior in the previous life to have this blessing.
After eating, the two of them lay down in the tent and had a final, full rest before entering the cave.
They slept soundly, waking up just as daylight was at its peak. They packed their bags, took a deep breath, and climbed up the mountainside.
The wind blew the grass and trees, and a rustling sound was heard, but there was no trace left.
"What's wrong?"
Yu Sheng suddenly stopped and listened carefully.
"What's wrong?" Haydn also became nervous. "Is there anything unusual?"
Yu Sheng frowned, closed his eyes and felt for a while, then shook his head, "It seems... it seems like someone is watching us. Maybe it's my illusion."
Haydn immediately looked around and scanned the surroundings, but did not find anything unusual.
"Let's go. Maybe I'm a little nervous." Yu Sheng tried to feel it again, but there was no sense of horror as before, so he attributed it to his own emotional problems.
Pushing aside the tall grass, a narrow hole just wide enough for one person was revealed.
Haydn was the first to get in. "I've crawled through the first half. Don't be fooled by how narrow it is here. It's very spacious in the back!"
Yu Sheng stuck close behind Haydn, crawling forward nimbly. "Were you in any danger at the time?"
Haydn thought for a moment, "I haven't encountered any danger, but I didn't dare go any deeper."
The two men crawled a distance that was neither long nor short. Soon, Haydn in front stopped and then jumped out.
Yu Sheng followed closely behind, also jumping out of the narrow cave entrance. This was a very spacious cave, the walls of which were smooth, as if polished by something, and felt a little damp to the touch, as if soaked in water.
"Strange, the stone wall wasn't wet when I came here last time." Haydn twirled his fingers, puzzled.
Yu Sheng frowned and twitched his nose, trying to detect any unusual factors in the air. "Do you smell... a fishy smell?"
"Fishy smell? Haha, come on, are there fish in the cave? Where does the fishy smell come from?" Haydn laughed, "I don't smell anything."
Yu Sheng ignored him and sniffed carefully at the source of the smell. However, the fishy smell was too faint and light, and he couldn't tell which direction it came from.
"There are three forks in the road, which one should we take?" Yu Sheng stopped and asked Haydn.
Haydn scratched his head. "Last time, I was afraid of getting lost, so I didn't even go in. How about... just guess a random one?"
Yu Sheng was speechless. "Then how did you determine that there is chromium sulfur here? Don't tell me you relied on your sixth sense!"
Haydn yelled, "Qiuqiu, don't slander me! I have also read some information on this subject, okay?" Then Haydn took out a knife, knocked a small hole in the wall with force, and called Yu Sheng forward.
"Look carefully, are there any yellow particles on the stone wall?"
Yu Sheng focused the light on the small hole, and just as Haydn said, the inner layer of the exposed stone wall was indeed embedded with small sand-like particles.
Haydn put his hands on his waist proudly. "Well, let me tell you, these yellow particles are actually 'chromium sulphur'. It's just that such small particles can't be completely peeled off from the stone wall one by one, and they always carry other impurities with them, making them completely unusable. However, the presence of these fragmented particles in the cave means that there is a high probability of producing large, impurity-free chromium sulphur. The purer, the more valuable! Currently, the most valuable chromium sulphur on the market is 98% pure. I heard that the person who bought it jumped from the bottom of society to become a wealthy man!"
As he spoke, Haydn became excited, as if he had already found a huge piece of pure chromium sulfur in front of him. "If we find a huge piece of chromium sulfur later, Xiao Xi Ze can build nine or ten military mechas! Qiuqiu, what do you say... Eh? Where are the people? Hey! Wait for me!"
While Haydn was daydreaming, Yu Sheng had already chosen the fork in the road. The lights of the two people shone deeper, but even the lights could not reach the end, so they had to be patient and walk inside.
Gradually, the fishy smell became stronger and stronger, and finally even Haydn, whose nose was not sensitive enough, could smell it. The air was filled with this strange smell, but it was not the smell of blood, nor was it any kind of fishy smell that Yu Sheng knew.
The two looked at each other without saying anything, but they both became secretly alert, slowed down their pace, and moved forward bit by bit.
“Tick-tock—”
The sound of dripping water and falling rocks echoed in the cave, and Yu Sheng and Haydn both stood still.
The lights carefully gathered in front, and the two found that the tunnel would end in about a hundred meters. The dark entrance led to nowhere, which inexplicably reminded Yu Sheng of the tomb-raiding novels he read in his hometown.
Shaking his head and throwing away the messy thoughts from his mind, Yu Sheng took the lead and walked towards the cave entrance.
“Tick-tock—”
“Tick-tock—”
As the cave entrance drew closer, the sound of dripping water became clearer. Yu Sheng walked to the entrance, quietly bent down, and placed his right hand on the edge of the entrance. With his left hand, he turned the flashlight to its maximum and shone it downwards.
"Oh my god..." Haydn, who was following Yu Sheng and looking down, was also shocked.
——Zeus Store H City Branch——
The Zeus Mall was worthy of being the largest mall in the entire galaxy. Even its branch in City H was incredibly grand. From the lobby to the front desk, the expansive views and extravagant decor undoubtedly made even the lower- and middle-class masses daunted.
Everyone waiting or asking in this hall is dressed in gold and silver and behaves elegantly. Even the nouveau riche have to restrain their greed for money and put on a hypocritical mask of aristocracy.
There is only one person who doesn't fit in.
"Hey, who let that fool in here?" A noble lady, holding a cup of royal black tea, pointed at a young man at the door. "It's obvious that this guy has no qualifications to participate in the auction. How can he come in and watch casually?"
The staff around the lady nodded and bowed, "Mrs. Rule is right. I will kick him out immediately."
The young man was wearing a clean white shirt and slim black trousers. Although his appearance was not outstanding, he had a unique temperament. This temperament made his ascetic clothes unable to conceal his spirit.
But no matter how good your temperament is, it cannot change the fact that you are wearing ordinary street clothes.
"Sir, if you don't have enough money, you can't come in to visit." The staff member said with a smile as he walked up to the young man.
The young man, Caesar, was stunned for a moment, then smiled politely, "I just came to the front desk to inquire about the auction."
This time it was the staff member's turn to be stunned. Under the gaze of a pair of deep eyes, he said nothing and just nodded stupidly.
Caesar nodded faintly and walked towards the front desk.
The lady who had been watching from a distance changed her expression and called the staff over, "What's going on? Why haven't you chased him away yet?"
The staff member smiled apologetically and said, "He said he was here to participate in the auction. We can't just turn someone away."
"Huh, how is that possible?" The noble lady's furrowed brows revealed her intense disdain. "A poor fellow like him can't even afford a ticket to the auction!"
The staff nodded and agreed.
No one expected that after the young man said a few words at the front desk, the receptionist stood up and ran backstage to ask the manager of the Zeus store to come out. The manager asked the young man something seriously and then took him backstage.
The lady and the staff were stunned. Who on earth was this young man? Was he a relative of the manager?
Of course, Xi Ze is not the manager's relative.
He just tentatively took out the energy converter he made, and the front desk staff immediately took it seriously and hurried to ask for the manager.
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