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"Old Ma."

Taking advantage of a break in Old Ma's transaction, I put my arm around his shoulder and asked, "Do you have any materials like Module Core or Module Component for sale here?"

"Module Core?"

Old Ma frowned and said, "I don't know much about these high-tech gadgets. Could you wait a moment?"

He made a phone call immediately, "Xiao Li, come in for a moment."

Soon, a young man with dyed blond hair and wearing a suit walked in, his demeanor respectful, and said with a smile, "Boss, what are your orders?"

"My brother here has a need for the Module Core; you two can discuss it."

"OK!"

Xiao Li pulled up a chair and sat down, glancing at the ID above my head with a smile. He couldn't help but stiffen, then respectfully said, "So it's you, Master Shadow Chaser... May I ask what you need?"

"I'd like to buy a Module Core and Module Component, serial number R-225. Do you sell them here?"

"Wait a moment, let me check."

He immediately took out his phone, checked the cargo information, and then said, "Yes!"

"Very good!"

I was overjoyed. "What's the price?"

"The Module Core is quite expensive. The R-225's Module Core is a precision-grade product, and the official price from the North Sea Heavy Industry Group is 350,000 Star Coins. The Module Component are cheaper, but they still cost 80,000 Star Coins. Moreover, both of these precision materials are goods strictly controlled by the Crimson Dragon Country, and ordinary people simply cannot buy them. Our player organization only managed to obtain them through secret channels."

"Understood."

I turned to look at Old Ma and said, "Old Ma, I'll take both the Module Core and the components. Let's round it down to 400,000. That's not unreasonable, is it?"

"Um."

Old Ma just took over a large batch of goods from me; it must be a big order. And since I didn't haggle at all, he must have made a good profit. So I nodded and said, "Xiao Li, let's go with the price Ding Han mentioned, 400,000 yuan a flat."

"Okay, I'll go get the goods!"

Xiao Li immediately got up and left, returning shortly afterward with two packaging boxes in his hands.

I opened it on the spot and confirmed that it was the corresponding Module Core and Module Component of R-225 before handing over 400,000 Star Coins. As always, I left the black market almost clean. After buying the core, I only had 30,000 pocket money left in my Dimensional Storage Space.

Then, he reached into the Dimensional Storage Space, embedded the Module Core into the component, and handed it to the mini robot, saying, "You can install it yourself, right?"

"Commander, rest assured, leave everything to S-1!"

The miniature robot quickly transformed, its chest opening to house the component containing the Module Core. After connecting to power, it shuddered and stood still with a "buzzing" sound. The characters 0101010101 kept flashing in its eyes as it merged and upgraded.

Just ten seconds later, the mini robot's pupils turned azure blue again, it stood at attention and saluted me, and said in a synthesized voice, "Reporting, Commander, the S-1 Automatic Loading Mini-Robot has been successfully upgraded and acquired the 'Automatic Magazine Switching' module!"

"Very good!"

I nodded in satisfaction. "Set the priority: automatic switching to a full magazine has a higher priority than automatic reloading!"

"Yes, Commander, new settings have been loaded!"

"Very good, very good!"

I am very satisfied. This will be very convenient. For example, when fighting a BOSS or in PvP, after emptying a magazine, I can switch to my primary weapon, the Ride the Wind Sword, and engage in close combat. Then, the moment I create distance, I can immediately take out the gun with the reloaded magazine and continue close combat. This saves 1-2 seconds of magazine switching time, which can sometimes be enough to decide the outcome of a battle!

Soon after, the fat man had completed his transaction, purchasing a large quantity of bullets for his Explosive Gun. He also spent a considerable sum to buy 10 RPG Rocket for unforeseen circumstances.

In fact, such spending is quite necessary. In the setting of <Star Abyss>, the higher the output, the greater the chance of getting good items from the Ability Crystal. It is a reasonable investment that can continuously snowball the advantage.

This is the same principle as being unable to catch a scoundrel if you can't bear to part with your wife.

It's eleven o'clock.

The fat man glanced at the time and said, "How about... we grab a late-night snack before we call it a day?"

"Sure!"

Cai Cai smiled and said, "I've had a very fruitful day, shall I treat you?"

"Okay, you do it!"

So, the group left the Player Black Market excitedly, rushed into a Hot Pot Restaurant in the ancient city, ate and drank their fill, and only left when they were burping with satisfaction.

It was now midnight.

"Ding-dong!"

Suddenly, a system ringtone sounded in my ear--

[Congratulations! You have achieved the Points ranking on the leaderboard in the Region Task "Conquest of Twilight Wasteland" (S-class Main Quest). You have received the following rewards: 6.8 million character experience points and an additional reward: "Knee of Wasteland Fury" (quality: purple)]

Purple Leggings!

A slight joy welled up in his heart, and he hurriedly opened the Dimensional Storage Space. Wherever his eyes fell, a pair of heavy leg guards with electronic components embedded on the inside lay quietly in the corner. His gaze lingered for a moment, and their attributes floated out.

[Knee of Wasteland Fury] (Quality: Purple)

Rank: Tier 3

Defense: 95

Strength: +30

Spirit: +29

Blessing: Powerful - I, increases attack power by 100 points.

Blessing: Resilience, increases own health by 1500 points.

Strength required: 400

It's alright. The attributes are average, not top-tier equipment, but because it has the "Powerful - I" attribute, which adds 100 attack power, it can be considered a mid-tier top-tier equipment!

If it were the "Mighty Force - II" stat, it would increase attack power by at least 200 points depending on the equipment's grade. Unfortunately, the chance of getting Mighty Force - II on purple equipment is extremely low, almost zero, so there's no point in even dreaming about it.

"Snap!"

With a soft click, the Purple Leggings replaced the previous Blue Leggings, and then the upgrade was confirmed, directly reaching level 34. Looking at the Essence Furnace, after two days and two nights of hard work and extracting a large amount of experience, the Essence Furnace had also reached level 33. Thus, the personal panel had greatly improved compared to before going on the subjugation mission.

"How about it?"

Ruolin stood in the cold wind and smiled, "What were the final rewards for the mission? Ding Han, you came in first place, did you get orange-tier equipment?"

"Orange-tier equipment?"

I said speechlessly, "Dream on... A pair of Purple Leggings, not bad, with a powerful -Ⅰ attribute that adds 100 attack, this kind of reward is only mediocre."

"Yeah, that's definitely not good enough."

Ruolin said, "I Points tenth on the leaderboard and was rewarded with a pair of Purple Armguards. The stats are pretty good. Although they don't have the Powerful—I attribute, they do have the Sturdy attribute, which perfectly suits my class characteristics."

Shield-type Super Weapon Master are destined to be tanks, and armor is the class's trump card attribute; the higher the better, that's what makes a qualified tank.

"I'm just average."

Cai Cai said helplessly, "I was rewarded with a Blue Boots. Damn it, this is like being a chieftain of Africa."

Kou Mei said, "I rewarded you with a Blue Gauntlets."

"Holy crap..."

The fat man said speechlessly, "I also Blue Gauntlets as a reward. This the Initiator is really stingy..."

"That's enough."

I glanced at everyone. "The experience points from the final mission are pretty good, enough to level up, right? That's enough, what more could you want?"

"Too."

Cai Cai grinned.

"It's so cold today..."

I frowned and said, "Fatty, let's take a taxi home."

"Okay!"

So everyone went to flag down a taxi, and soon a taxi stopped. Fatty and I got in and headed straight for the neighborhood.

It was already 12:30.

Standing downstairs, I looked up in the direction of 401. There were no lights, so Lin Qingying must have already gone to sleep. I went upstairs, tiptoed to open the door, washed up a little, and then went to bed.

Having been awake for two days and two nights in the Twilight Wasteland was probably too exhausting, so I slept particularly soundly, and when I woke up it was noon the next day.

As she stepped out the door, she found a breakfast on the dining table in the living room, along with a note written by Lin Qingying: "I'm going to work now. Remember to eat."

Her handwriting is very neat and beautiful; it truly reflects her personality.

Unfortunately, the Hulatang had long since gone cold.

So, I picked up the Hulatang, put it in the microwave for a quick spin, and then ate it anyway.

After finishing his meal, he leaned back on the sofa and sent Lin Qingying a message: "Just woke up."

A few minutes later, she replied to the message: "I'm eating in the company cafeteria. I'll just throw away the cold breakfast. Come downstairs and eat."

"Good."

I didn't say much, and directly opened the Dark Web on my phone, trying to find some information I needed.

"Drop!"

Suddenly, a message came from Milo: "Han'er, open Nine Heavens Music Network... or any other music network, it doesn't matter, open it and see who's at the top of the charts!"

"Ha?"

I quickly opened my browser and went to Nine Heavens Music Network. To my surprise, the number one hot song was Milo's "The Ordinary Road," and its popularity far surpassed that of the second-place song!

Then I opened several other popular music websites, and without exception, the number one hot song on all of them was this song, "The Ordinary Road," which had only been online for five days!

"Good heavens!"

I quickly opened a voice call and said, "Luo'er, if you become rich and powerful, don't forget me!"

"Rest assured!"

Milo said, "With just one word from you, you can take all the royalties from my songs and use them to buy weapons and level up!"

"Reliable, that's what a good brother should say."

"How have you been lately?" Milo asked.

"Just getting by!"

I smiled slightly, sprawled out on the sofa like Ge You, and said, "The player ranking is pretty good. I got first place in Points in the recently concluded Region Task in Huaining City. As for the combat power ranking... <Star Abyss> hasn't released a combat power ranking yet. If it does... I think I'll probably be number one in the Huaining City region ranking, barring any unforeseen circumstances."

"Awesome!"

Milo laughed heartily, "Excellent, excellent, excellent! You and I, brothers, one scholar, one warrior, one white, one black, roam the martial world unchallenged!"

"Wow, amazing! They can even use idioms now..."

"Damn it..."

Milo said, "By the way, I've officially signed with Nine Heavens Music Network and become one of their music artists. Also, I heard from Huaining City that the Feiyang Chain Internet Cafe is finished with renovations, computers, lines, and everything else are in place. The manager and network administrators have all been hired, and they plan to open tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? Time flies..."

I was slightly taken aback. "It's only been a few days, and all three hundred computers have been installed and moved in?"

"Is it fast?"

Milo said, "Think about it carefully. Back when we were in school, some internet cafes outside the school were struggling and about to go bankrupt. To rip off students with membership fees, they did it like this: they emptied the entire internet cafe overnight... Remember, overnight! That's what you call efficiency. Xiao Bei said our efficiency here isn't even that fast anymore."

I was stunned; what he said made perfect sense.