Eight hundred Tier 1 energy cores were neatly arranged in the rear compartment of Qi Yuan's carriage. Just as Qi Yuan was about to leave, Arc Light seemed to have thought of something and asked casually.
"Who are you going to look for for the remaining 1,200?"
Two thousand Tier 1 Energy Cores was a huge amount, an amount that most peak Tier 3 experts would never be able to obtain in their lifetime. However, with Qi Yuan's current strength and reputation, it was not impossible for him to amass such a fortune in a short time.
If he could see the potential in Qi Yuan, others could naturally see it as well. If he had the courage to invest in Qi Yuan in advance, others could naturally do the same.
However, some of the investors in the surrounding gathering points were not so easy to obtain. Since Arc Light had decided to invest in Qi Yuan, they would naturally remind him to prevent Qi Yuan from falling into other people's traps.
Qi Yuan didn't hide anything. After all, his whereabouts weren't a secret.
"I'm going to make a trip to the Dark Fairy Tale. The Magic Puppet should have some stock. If the Magic Puppet can't take out so many energy cores, I'll go to the Black Gold Trade Union and the Stupa Trade Union."
Arc Light said in a deep voice.
"Be careful when you make contact with the Magic Puppet. After the battle of the old city, there's something wrong with him and Black Sand. They seem to be plundering resources everywhere and have offended many people. Even the Black Knights who have always supported them are somewhat dissatisfied with them."
"The other thing we need to pay attention to is the Black Gold Merchant Guild. Although they have hidden themselves very well, they have exposed themselves in the battle to clear out the old cities. I suspect that they are related to the Xu family."
"Xu family?" Qi Yuan frowned.
Although the Xu family used to rule Quicksand Shelter, this was the territory of the Black Steel Shelter. Did the Xu family extend their reach so far?
No matter what, Arc Light's information was still very valuable. If the Black Gold Merchant Guild was really related to the Xu family, then it would be very interesting.
The Xu family was now like a rat crossing the street. If they could hide their tails, they might be able to survive. But once they were discovered, they would become meat on the chopping board, waiting to be slaughtered!
"Thanks for the reminder!" Qi Yuan said.
He still carried the debt of the Xu family. This time, he had killed Xu Xiaoshuang in the old city. If the Black Gold Merchant Guild was really related to the Xu family, then if he rashly went looking for them, it was very likely that he would fall into the other party's trap.
After bidding farewell to Arc Light and leaving Songcheng, Qi Yuan went directly to the Dark Fairy Tale. Although there was something wrong with the Magic Puppet, Qi Yuan was not too worried. What he wanted was an investment. Even if the Magic Puppet rejected him, he would not lose anything.
He went there to try his luck. If the Magic Puppet had the same foresight as Arc Light, then he would have the rest of the energy cores. When the Seraph recovered to Tier 4, he would have another powerful trump card.
Arriving at the Dark Fairy Tale, Qi Yuan successfully met the Magic Puppet. This mechanic who had abandoned all flesh and blood and transferred his consciousness to the metal can was obviously not in a good state.
Not only did he not enter the shelter to test his new body, he did not even put on the necessary disguise for this mechanical body. He was still in the appearance of a machine.
In addition, Qi Yuan also felt a huge amount of energy from him. It was far more powerful than what he had seen in the underground laboratory. It was so powerful that Qi Yuan felt threatened.
"Two thousand energy cores!"
The Magic Puppet looked at Qi Yuan in surprise. The red light in his eyes flickered, and the energy in his body seemed to be somewhat restless.
After a while, the Magic Puppet shook his head and said, "I'm sorry.
I've had some accidents recently. The energy cores stored have been depleted. "
Qi Yuan was already mentally prepared for the Magic Puppet's rejection. However, the Magic Puppet's condition was clearly not right. He had just tried to use Area Detection to observe the Magic Puppet, but he had been blocked by an invisible force field. This was the first time his Area Detection, which had always been successful, had failed.
"It's okay. I hope there will be opportunities to cooperate in the future," Qi Yuan said calmly.
After the two exchanged some pleasantries, Qi Yuan bid farewell and left. After watching Qi Yuan's car drive away from the Dark Fairy Tale, the Magic Puppet returned to the room alone.
A wisp of Black Sand suddenly appeared out of thin air and condensed into a figure of Black Sand. However, this figure was somewhat unstable and could barely maintain its human form. It was like a sand sculpture that constantly cycled between collapsing and condensing.
"He's gone?" Black Sand asked in a low voice.
The Magic Puppet nodded. He glanced at Black Sand's squirming figure and seemed somewhat worried.
This was only a doppelganger of Black Sand. However, Black Sand could barely maintain the doppelganger and could collapse at any time. This meant that he was on the verge of losing control.
"How long until your original body completes the upgrade?"
"Tomorrow!" Black Sand said slowly.
The Magic Puppet was shocked. Both of them were already at the peak of Tier 3 and had come into contact with many real and fake methods of advancing to Tier 4. However, the advancement method this time was clearly different from before.
That was why Black Sand was willing to give it a try!
"How confident are you?"
"After the last batch of energy cores are in place, I'm at least sixty percent confident!
No!
Seventy percent confident! "Black Sand said.
The red light in the Magic Puppet's eyes flickered. Seventy percent confidence was enough for one to take the risk. For the sake of this upgrade, not only did the two of them throw in all the Asterite they had harvested from the old city, they even used the method of draining the pond to harvest all the energy they could find.
The goal was only to satisfy the huge energy requirements for the upgrade.
"When are you going to change your body? A brand new mechanical body is already in place. Although it can't make you a Glory Mechanic, it can make you half a step into Tier 4. Whether it's Scorpion, Scorpion, or Qi Yuan, who just left, none of them will be your match!"
Nana remained silent. Regardless of whether it was Hei Sha's advancement or her own advancement, they both needed a large amount of star energy as well as a sufficient amount of star energy. The amount of star energy stones they had obtained from the old city was not enough for both of them to advance at the same time.
A brand new mechanical body was indeed enough to make him half a step into Tier 4. However, to the Magic Puppet, this mechanical body that was completely controlled by someone else would not only bring great strength, but it would also bring unknown danger.
If the other party did something to it, and he transferred his consciousness over without knowing, it was very likely that he would be controlled by the other party.
Without passing the Glory Trial, using a Tier 3 consciousness to barely control a Tier 4 mechanical equipment was a price he had to pay.
"Wait a little longer!"
The Magic Puppet shook his head lightly.
"When you succeed in your advancement, I'll change to a new body."
Black Sand nodded, indicating that he understood. He had no choice but to release the arrow. If he succeeded, it would give the Magic Puppet some confidence. If he failed, the Magic Puppet would not die in the hands of the other party.
After pondering for a moment, Black Sand suddenly spoke in a low voice.
"The informant in Songcheng just sent news. Before Qi Yuan came looking for you, he went to Songcheng and seems to have obtained a batch of energy cores from Arc Light!"
The Magic Puppet's eyes flashed red.
Black Sand's advancement required a large amount of energy. Although they had prepared a lot of energy cores, the two of them did not have much confidence in meeting the requirements of Black Sand's advancement. Based on the current situation, every additional portion of energy stored would increase the chances of Black Sand successfully advancing.
Arc Light definitely had a large amount of energy cores in his hands. However, he had rejected his request to trade with him a month ago. Now, he had traded those energy cores to Qi Yuan.
"If we act now, we should still be able to catch up," Black Sand whispered.
"We can't touch Qi Yuan!" The Magic Puppet shook his head.
"In order to plunder enough energy cores, we have already offended several assembly points. Even the Black Knight has warned us that if we do anything to Qi Yuan, Wolf's Teeth Hunt will definitely not let us off. Moreover, since Arc Light has made a deal with Qi Yuan at this point in time, they might have some kind of exchange of interests between them."
"If we make a move on Qi Yuan, let's not talk about whether we can take him down. Even if we can, we will offend two assembly points at once. Songcheng's side is one thing, Luo is not a busybody, but the one from Steel Chariot is different."
"A few days ago, someone saw her fighting for Qi Yuan. If Ling You comes looking for us, the Black Knight will probably take the opportunity to deal with us."
Black Sand suddenly fell silent when he thought of Ling You. Among all the leaders of the assembly points, only Ling You's strength made him feel afraid.
"We can leak information about Qi Yuan to that person!" Black Sand suddenly said.
The Magic Puppet was about to say something, but Black Sand continued in a low voice.
"Don't forget about the missing Asterite fragments!
Although Cheng denied that the Asterite was in Qi Yuan's hands, according to our investigation during this period, no one else could have done anything to the Asterite. Qi Yuan is the biggest suspect. "
The Magic Puppet was silent for a long time, but finally nodded. Although he did not want to be enemies with Ling You, the energy cores in Qi Yuan's body and the possible existence of Asterite were the biggest sins!
In the wilderness.
Qi Yuan drove the jeep slowly in the direction of the Iron Chariots. Seraph held one energy core after another with a frown and absorbed the energy inside.
Her absorption speed was very fast. Before Qi Yuan had even returned to the steel war chariot, she had already absorbed a total of 800 energy cores.
"Are you full?" Qi Yuan asked casually.
Seraph touched her round belly and pouted. "It doesn't taste good!"
You ate 16 million in one go, and you're still picky about food!
Qi Yuan almost could not help but lift her feet and make her spit out the energy she had just eaten!
I'm not angry!
I'm not f * cking angry!
I still need this tool!
After calming down, Qi Yuan continued to ask, "How much of your strength have you recovered?"
Seraph seemed to have sensed Qi Yuan's inner roar and said uneasily, "About half!"
Qi Yuan sensed the strength of Seraph's energy through his Mechanical Command and found that it was not weaker than the peak of Grade 3. However, compared to Ling You, there was still a clear gap.
He had spent 16 million in exchange for such a thing. Qi Yuan began to wonder if he had been scammed!
After putting the Blazing Angel back into the energy heart, Qi Yuan stopped the car in the wilderness. Then, he used the self-healing energy of steel to melt all the energy cores that had been exhausted, turning them into a metal cube. Only then did he continue walking back.
After returning to the Iron Chariots, Qi Yuan did not rashly look for the two merchant guilds. Just as he was about to call Master Luo and Sickle out for a drink, Qu Shi suddenly sent him a message, telling him to hurry back to the laboratory.
Qi Yuan thought that there was an accident, but when he returned to the laboratory, he found it empty. There was not a single apprentice in sight. There was only Su Li, who was fiddling with a machine in boredom.
After seeing Qi Yuan, Su Li stopped fiddling with the machine and walked over, patting Qi Yuan's shoulder.
"Brother Qi, you're the most reliable one. You didn't let him starve to death in the Iron Chariots!"
Qi Yuan smiled. He knew that Su Li had already met Master Luo.
"Qu Shi and I have been in some trouble recently, so we didn't arrange for him to come over."
"I know." Su Li nodded.
"Tanqiu should be here for this matter. Although Feng Qian's person is not strong, his influence is not weak. You have to be careful when fighting with him."
Su Li had now become a P4, so he was very clear about Feng Qian's strength. Feng Qian seemed to have a peaceful personality, but once he tore off his mask, he was a wolf. Few people who had been targeted by him could escape safely.
"Tanqiu and Qu Shanhai are waiting for you inside. Good luck!"
Qi Yuan pushed the door open and entered. He saw Tanqiu examining the Berserker built by the two of them through the holographic projection.
Tanqiu was engrossed, so Qi Yuan did not disturb her. Qu Shi leaned over and said in a low voice,
"Tanqiu still has some questions for you regarding your thesis and this brand-new Berserker. This will determine the extent of her support for you. You have to know your limits!"
Qi Yuan nodded. If he wanted to face Feng Qian head-on, Tanqiu's support was the key. Tanqiu's willingness to come at this time had indirectly expressed her attitude.
Qi Yuan and Tanqiu waited in silence for almost an hour before Tanqiu finally moved her gaze away from the Berserker.
"Judging from the data on paper, this is a very good mechanical equipment!" Tanqiu gave the most direct evaluation.
"Did you conduct a combat test?"
Strength on paper and strength in actual combat were two different things. Tanqiu had seen too many mechanical equipment that looked excellent on paper but were a complete mess in actual combat.
A complete mechanical equipment required the cooperation of countless components and energy arrays. Many components looked fine individually, but when operating as a whole, it was very easy for problems to occur. Therefore, in the production of mechanical equipment, there were often cases where the post-production debugging took longer than the pre-production design.
For this mechanical equipment to be successfully released, it had to cross the threshold of Feng Qian. If there were any bugs in its overall coordination, what awaited it would be a devastating blow.
Facing an opponent like Feng Qian, even Tanqiu did not dare to let her guard down. She had only decided to come personally before the final battle.
"It went through a combat test, and the results were excellent!" Qu Shi said.
Tanqiu looked at Qi Yuan and said, "Do another test.
"Let's have another test. I'll make Su Li your opponent!"