Xia Chujian hadn't even noticed that Su Buyan had left.
After receiving the Quantum Optical Brain she had dreamed of, she also got the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha that was beyond her dreams!
Happily opening the black wood box in her hand, she immediately saw the small black-silver thing inside.
In the promotional video, the Shao Siming Mecha she saw was a hollow sphere.
But in this black wood box, it was a necklace gleaming with black-silver luster.
The necklace was shaped like an Other Shore Flower, very small and delicate, with a dark background flashing with bright silver light, unique to charming, and low-key to majestic.
Outside was a golden-yellow insulating mold set, tightly fitting the Other Shore Flower.
At the top of the mold set, there was a small voltage device, exactly the same as the device at the top of the small ball in the promotional video.
Xia Chujian couldn't help but imitate the appearance in the promotional video, gently pressing the device at the top of the mold set.
Click!
A small hole opened at the bottom of the Other Shore Flower mold set.
A stream of black-silver liquid quickly seeped out of the small hole, and then, like flowing water, or like an outer membrane of air, enveloped her whole body, including her head and shoes.
The battle armor solidified, generated, and its appearance was quite similar to what she saw in the promotional video.
The only difference was that on the smooth armor surface, upon closer inspection, there were also thin dark-golden grooves flowing, like ancient and mysterious lines, twisting and turning, forming one blooming Other Shore Flower after another.
Xia Chujian couldn't help but send a message to Su Buyan's Quantum Optical Brain account: [Boss, why are there Other Shore Flower patterns on the Shao Siming Mecha? The Shao Siming Mecha in the promotional video didn't have them...].
Su Buyan replied instantly: [I saw the Other Shore Flower birthmark on your face and thought it looked good, so I put it on your mecha. Don't worry, only your mecha has the Other Shore Flower pattern grooves, no other Shao Siming Mechas have them.].
Xia Chujian was touched and sent a "Boss, get rich" animated image.
Looking at the mecha on her body again, in about one-tenth of a second, the Shao Siming Mecha had completed the deployment program.
From her perspective, the part covering her head looked like a helmet, but not exactly a helmet.
Because the position in front of her eyes was a translucent display screen.
It was loaded with an intelligent system that could assist in identifying many things, such as temperature, wind speed, wind direction, humidity, and measurement data such as the content of micro-molecules in the air.
Because she had a Quantum Optical Brain, this intelligent system could even be connected to her Quantum Optical Brain, and it could do even more.
At this time, what was displayed on the screen in front of her was the instruction manual of the mecha system.
In simple terms, it was an operation manual.
After all, it was a high-precision product produced by large-scale industry.
Even a single-person Flying Vehicle required training to fly.
This thing, which was ten thousand times more complex than a single-person Flying Vehicle, required a certain amount of training time to get started.
Gu Shanjun pushed the door in, looked at Xia Chujian, who had become heroic in the blink of an eye, and said with emotion: "If it were other mechas, you would have to take an operation license exam."
"But the Shao Siming Mecha allows you to get an operation license without an exam."
Xia Chujian: "!!!"
"You need to take an exam to use this thing?! Luckily, I don't have money!" Xia Chujian said thankfully.
Gu Shanjun felt annoyed when he saw her like this, and couldn't help but wave his hand at her: "Get out, get out! Don't let me see you again!"
Xia Chujian was dissatisfied: "Director Gu, if I get another S-Grade Merit, who will see me if you don't?"
"Get another S-Grade Merit?! You?! Stop dreaming! Getting one is your ancestors accumulating virtue, luck that can be bragged about for the next generation!" Gu Shanjun sneered, and finally saw Xia Chujian packing her things.
She pressed a button on the mecha on her body. Under the stimulation of different voltages, the seemingly indestructible mecha instantly softened, turned back into a fluid state, and shrank back into the Other Shore Flower Golden Mold Set in her hand, becoming a necklace again.
Xia Chujian put away the necklace, suddenly remembered the encounter just now, couldn't help but sigh, and quietly said to Director Gu: "Director Gu, can the Association help me keep it a secret? I don't want others to know that I got this Shao Siming Mecha..."
She asked Su Buyan to keep it a secret, and now she remembered the Dark Night Hunter Association.
Gu Shanjun also said quietly: "Do you need to say that? The headquarters has already thought of it. Besides me, the mecha designer just now, and the two biggest bosses at the headquarters, no one else knows!"
"Thank you!" Xia Chujian breathed a sigh of relief, cupped her hands at Gu Shanjun, and then asked: "Where's my helmet?"
She hadn't forgotten her real S-Grade Merit reward, the Ability Defense Helmet that could defend against A-Rank Peak Mental Strength! Director Gu immediately pulled a long face: "These helmets are too hard to find. The Association is coordinating. Once we find one, we'll send it to you immediately."
Xia Chujian blinked, "I can't have it now?"
"No."
"Then give me a deposit first. Just in case you can't give me the helmet, I'll have some cash to comfort myself." Xia Chujian wasn't willing to suffer any losses.
Director Gu was about to have a stroke because of her.
He glared at her, "Are you serious?"
"Of course, I'm serious." Xia Chujian was a very practical person. There were no pink bubbles in her head, and she didn't trust strangers at first sight, no matter who they were.
"If you can't give me the helmet now, give me a deposit. An Ability Defense Helmet in exchange for an S-Grade Merit, the deposit should be at least..." Xia Chujian thought carefully and tentatively asked, "Fifty million Beichen Coins?"
She remembered Director Gu saying that an Ability Defense Helmet that could defend against B-Rank Peak Mental Strength was worth ten million. So, her Ability Defense Helmet that could defend against A-Rank Peak Mental Strength should be worth at least fifty million, right? Director Gu, however, was thinking that an Ability Defense Helmet that could defend against B-Rank Peak Mental Strength already sold for ten million on the black market.
An Ability Defense Helmet that could defend against A-Rank Peak Mental Strength had a starting price of at least one hundred million! And she only wanted a deposit of fifty million!
What a naive little thing, trying to negotiate with me! Director Gu chuckled and directly transferred fifty million Beichen Coins to Xia Chujian from the Association account, saying, "This money is a deposit. You can only look at it, not spend it."
Xia Chujian checked her bank account and, sure enough, the remittance had a time limit.
That meant she couldn't use the money for thirty days.
After thirty days, she could perform a "withdrawal" operation, if conditions allowed at that time.
It was conceivable that within thirty days, the Association should give her the Ability Defense Helmet that could defend against A-Rank Mental Strength.
If they didn't give it to her, then she could "withdraw" and truly own the money.
Of course, the Association couldn't give her both the helmet and the money. She shouldn't think too highly of herself.
Most likely, when the time came, she would return the money with one hand and take the goods with the other.
Xia Chujian was finally satisfied. She treasured the small Other Shore Flower necklace and hung it around her neck, then put on her coat and walked out of Director Gu's office.
In the corridor outside the office, the team members were already waiting.
Looking at them, she noticed something was different.
"Huh? What happened? Your auras are so powerful!"
Ping Qiong said triumphantly, "Little Chujian, I've leveled up! I'm no longer E-Rank, I'm now Rank C Initial-Stage!"
"You've leveled up two ranks at once?! Congratulations! We must celebrate!" Xia Chujian congratulated her happily.
"And me!" Song Mingqian flicked his long bangs and struck a pose, saying profoundly, "I'm already Rank B Initial-Stage!"
Li Fu chuckled, "I'm Rank C Late-Stage!"
Finally, there was Ye Shijie.
He already had the highest Mental Strength level in the team. Before taking the medicinal herbs, he had already advanced from D-Rank Mid-Stage to D-Rank Late-Stage with the help of the "Unicorn Cattle" meat.
After taking the Association's natural medicinal herbs, his Mental Strength advanced overnight from D-Rank Late-Stage to B-Rank Late-Stage! Ye Shijie smiled reservedly and said, "I'm already B-Rank Late-Stage Peak."
"Ahhh!" Li Fu, Song Mingqian, Ping Qiong, and Xia Chujian screamed together.
Having a B-Rank Late-Stage Peak teammate meant that their team had truly leveled up.
They were no longer the weakest team in the Mulan City branch, but had leaped to become a top-tier configuration!
Of course, this was a top-tier configuration for Mulan City on Guiyuan Star.
In other places, this team's combat power was still not worth mentioning.
But small places had their advantages.
It was better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of an ox...
The team members were very open-minded.
After everyone was happy, the other four members looked at Xia Chujian together, asking hopefully, "Little Chujian, what about you? Did a miracle happen?"
They all looked at Xia Chujian expectantly, with the same thought running through their heads.
Could it be that Xia Chujian would also experience a "natural" mutation in her genes because of these natural medicinal herbs?
Xia Chujian's eyes flickered.
She understood what they were thinking.
"Sorry, I've disappointed you." Xia Chujian lowered her eyes, entering a calm mode. "I didn't choose that herb, I wanted... an Ability Defense Helmet."
At this moment, Xia Chujian didn't even want to mention the mecha.
Because it was too special.
She had heard the story of 'a common man is not guilty, but he is condemned for possessing a treasure' from her aunt since she was a child.
And she still clearly remembered Fan Chengcai's desperate attempt to frame her for that Combat Aircraft yesterday! Ye Shijie and the other three exchanged glances, unable to believe that Xia Chujian only wanted an Ability Defense Helmet.
"...Seriously? An S-Grade Merit for just a helmet?" Ping Qiong was even more disappointed than Xia Chujian. "The headquarters wouldn't be discriminating against us, would they?"
They were all worried that because Xia Chujian wasn't a Gene Evolver, the headquarters was treating her differently!
Xia Chujian's lips twitched slightly, thinking that she couldn't let the headquarters take too much blame for her...
She smiled and said softly, "...You have to keep it a secret for me! This Ability Helmet can defend against the Mental Strength attacks of an A-Rank Peak Mental Strength expert..."
"Ahhh?! Really..." Ping Qiong almost screamed.
Song Mingqian, with quick eyes and hands, covered her mouth, preventing her from shouting out the words "A-Rank".
"Don't cause trouble for Xia Chujian! Keep a low profile! Understand?!"
Li Fu also glared at Ping Qiong before giving Xia Chujian a thumbs up. "Little Chujian! You have good eyes! It's definitely the best thing for you."
Without Mental Strength, she should of course guard against other people's Mental Strength.
Ye Shijie was also taken aback.
They all knew that the Ability Helmet that could defend against a B-Rank Late-Stage Peak Mental Strength expert was already very rare.
Now that Xia Chujian had an A-Rank one, there were definitely fewer than ten people in the entire Beichen Empire with such a defensive helmet! "Good choice!" Ye Shijie also praised her.
The five of them were finally happy and relieved of their mental burden.
When they went out to return the Flying Vehicle, they saw many colleagues outside staring at them with ill intentions.
But when Ye Shijie released his B-Rank Late-Stage Peak Mental Strength pressure, these people's faces changed instantly, and they no longer dared to covet their team.
Those people didn't know what good things they had obtained, but they could imagine that an S-Grade Merit must be something extraordinary! They originally wanted to rob them.
But now they realized that overnight, the Gene Evolvers in this team had obviously become much stronger.
None of them were their opponents.
Who would dare to have any crooked ideas?
The strongest defense is always strength.
Thus, under the gazes of everyone avoiding them, the team members left the branch hall with a bold stride of "whoever blocks us dies".
They returned to the Flying Vehicle where the mission was issued, first moved all the ammunition reserves and various remaining equipment to their own team's Flying Vehicle, and then returned this Flying Vehicle powered by Small-Scale Controlled Nuclear Fusion to the Association branch.
This was the only thing that needed to be returned from this mission.
In addition to her original Judicator No. 7 Sniper Rifle, Xia Chujian also took away the sniper rifle, Submachine Gun, Assault Rifle, and pistol she had received from her last mission, placing them in her gun case.
She also found a small suitcase and filled it with bullets for various weapons.
That was all her property, and also her most valuable property.
In the past, she had always kept them in the team's Flying Vehicle and only used them when performing missions.
Now, she planned to carry them with her.
She was also a person with a small amount of assets and needed stronger force to protect herself.
On the way back, Ye Shijie drove their team's original Flying Vehicle, still sending Xia Chujian home first.
On the way, the team members went over their stories again, except for the second time in the Exotic Beast Forest, the most important thing was the first time they encountered the Remnant Species.
Just as everyone finished discussing, the Flying Vehicle arrived over North District 177, where Xia Chujian lived.
They were still in stealth mode, descending to a distance of half a person's height from the ground.
Xia Chujian jumped out of the Flying Vehicle, and was about to wave goodbye when another box of things "fell" from the Flying Vehicle.
By the time Xia Chujian looked down, the Flying Vehicle had already flown away quickly.
What "fell" was a box of Advanced Nutrient Solution, the one Ye Shijie had said he would give her when they went to the Exotic Beast Forest.
Later, they had a conflict in the Exotic Beast Forest, and Xia Chujian, in a fit of anger, refused to accept the box of nutrient solution.
Now, they were sending it to her again.
Xia Chujian carried the gun case on her back, silently picked up the box of Advanced Nutrient Solution, and walked towards her home.
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