Chapter 248 Preparation
Lan Ximeng walked around the rental office, her eyes constantly scanning the shelves and display areas, looking for anything that could be used.
She moved among the crowd, stopping from time to time to carefully examine the details of some equipment.
As she walked, she noticed that the area ahead was particularly crowded, with people bustling about and the noise louder than other places.
She walked forward and squeezed into the crowd, only to find that there was a mecha rental point in front of her.
This is obviously one of the most popular places. Students in need consciously line up in a long queue and wait patiently to borrow the mecha. The line stretched far into the distance, occupying almost half of the passage of the rental house.
At the end of the team, there was a blue data sign, which clearly indicated the number of remaining mechas and the conditions for borrowing them:
Basic Spirit Link Mecha Remaining: 1285
Borrowing conditions: Must have a mecha driver's license, must be a mecha student, must pass the test to be eligible for rental
Test content: Pass 25 levels in the virtual experience
First come first served
Lan Ximeng read these conditions carefully and calculated them silently in her mind. She sent the location information of the place to the group chat and asked Ding Xiahe if she wanted to come and try it. At the same time, she reserved a spot and prepared to wait in line.
Lan Ximeng: There are mechas for rent here. There are 1,285 basic spirit-linked mechas left. The requirements are that you have a mecha driver's license, are a mecha student, and have to pass 25 levels of virtual experience. Do you want to come over and try it? Let me save a seat for you first.
Ding Xiahe quickly replied to the message with a voice message, her tone was a little anxious: "Yes, I'll be there right now, wait for me!"
Lan Ximeng quickly stepped forward and started to queue.
She looked at the line in front of her and counted silently in her mind: there were 1,284 people in front of her. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be only one mecha left when it is her turn.
But the prerequisite is that Ding Xiahe can pass the assessment successfully.
During this period of time, Lan Ximeng had been paying attention to the team's dynamics.
The assessment time is usually around five minutes, with 50 people in a group.
It takes about two hours to get to Dingxiahe.
She saw someone coming out of the assessment area with a disappointed look on his face, obviously he had failed the assessment.
While waiting, Lan Ximeng kept an eye on those who could pass the test. She found that she had seen these people in this year's mecha competition, and their results were quite high.
When they came out of the assessment area, they had satisfied smiles on their faces and went directly to the mecha rental area to go through the rental procedures.
All of a sudden, several mechas were missing.
"I'm here, thank you for helping me queue up." Ding Xiahe trotted over and saw Lan Ximeng in the crowd at a glance.
When Lan Ximeng saw someone coming, she immediately gave up her seat and said to the person behind her: "I'm just standing there."
The people behind shook their heads to show that they didn't mind.
"Do your best. I'll go pick out something else. Do you need anything?" Lan Ximeng stood aside. The test only took a few minutes, but it took a lot of time to queue up.
"No, I have basically prepared everything." Ding Xiahe shook her head.
Lan Ximeng nodded and said with a smile: "Then I'll leave first."
After leaving the long line, Lan Ximeng met an acquaintance while walking.
"Squad leader, what a coincidence." The person who came was the squad leader of the Special Operations Department. Lan Ximeng stepped forward to greet him.
The monitor turned around and said happily, "What a coincidence! You're the only one I've seen in such a long time. We just separated not long ago, and now you're gone."
"Yes, this place is opposite where we separated. I don't know where the others have gone." Lan Ximeng hadn't seen other classmates for such a long time since she came in.
"Captain, what are you looking for? Do you need help?"
"No, I'm also helping the team find things." The squad leader put a box of nutrient solution into the basket, turned around and asked, "Xi Meng, what is your team's mission? Our mission is to rescue ordinary people captured by pirates. The number of people required is 10."
"Our mission is to build a safe shelter." Lan Ximeng felt that the two teams' missions might be related, so she asked, "Where is your mission location?"
"XXX." The squad leader said without thinking, "We require that the person be safely escorted to XXXX within 10 days."
"What a coincidence, we are building a shelter in XXXX!" Lan Ximeng thought to herself that it was exactly as she thought.
The two chatted for a while and then parted.
Lan Ximeng walked around and didn't buy anything, so she said in the group that she wanted to go out for a walk.
After waiting for the captain's reply, Lan Ximeng walked out of the rental office and came to the points redemption building next door.
There were much fewer people in the building than the ones next door. There were only a few of them, and it was extremely empty.
Lan Ximeng came to a shelf of daggers.
This dagger is a very simple metal dagger with no other functions, but it only costs 5 points.
Their mission is only worth 500 points, so it seems expensive no matter how you try to buy it here.
It's only 0.5 points next door.
Of course, that assumes the weapon is returned undamaged.
If there is any damage, points will be deducted according to the degree of damage.
Lan Ximeng shook her head and walked out of the exchange building.
It was still early, so Lan Ximeng decided to take a tour of the base.
There is a street on the left side of the building, which is full of various shops.
Some sell potions, some sell weapons, and some even sell mutant animals.
Lan Ximeng came to a shop selling animals.
In front of the shop, there was a mutant pug that was much taller than Lan Ximeng. When the big dog saw Lan Ximeng, it happily jumped around beside her.
Lan Ximeng even felt the ground shaking.
"Tiaotiao, stop!" A child's voice stopped the big dog from running around.
A little girl who was a little over one meter tall walked out of the store and started scolding the big dog.
The big dog named Tiaotiao was lying on the ground. He was much taller than the child in front of him, but he didn't dare to act rashly because he felt wronged.
After scolding the big dog, the little girl turned around and asked, "Sister, our Tiaotiao is very well behaved. Did he scare you?"
"No." Lan Ximeng shook her head and looked at Tiao Tiao again.
"Sister, you can touch its head."
Lan Ximeng touched the dog's fur and found it surprisingly smooth.
"Is this dog a mutant animal from this planet?"
"Yes, I heard that the ancestor of this dog was originally an ordinary pug. After being hijacked by pirates, it began to mutate generation after generation, and now it has become a native creature of this planet."
The little girl touched the big dog's face and smiled at Lan Ximeng again, "Sister, do you want to go in and take a look? There are quite a few puppies in there. They are very cute."
"OK."
An hour later, Lan Ximeng said goodbye to the little girl.
After clearing off all the dog hair on her body, Lan Ximeng met her teammates in front of the exchange building.
"Have you picked everything?" Lan Ximeng saw that several people were carrying large and small bags, and thought that they could leave their things with her temporarily.
At this time, Chu Dongyi, who had been silent, spoke up, "You can leave the things you don't need temporarily with me." He lowered his head embarrassedly.
"Okay, my hands hurt from holding so many things." Ma Yingying handed everything in her hand to Chu Dongyi.
Others also put things they didn't need in Chu Dongyi's space.
"Although I also have a space, it is too small." Ding Xiahe also has a ring space, but it only has 0.5 cubic meters of space, which has long been filled up by her.
"When I have enough money, I will definitely buy one with more than 100 cubic meters!"
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