Snow Leopard Off-road Motorcycle

Player Black Market, underground warehouse.

The moment Old Ma turned on the light, the fluorescent lights on the ceiling lit up in stages, and a row of brand-new Off-road Motorcycle came into view, dazzling the eye instantly.

'Holy crap...'

My heart was pounding. These Off-road Motorcycle looked like something out of a futuristic sci-fi movie; the price must be astronomical!

"Ding Han, come with me."

Old Ma led me directly to the end of the warehouse and stood in front of a futuristic motorcycle with a very appealing paint job. It looked quite like the truck version of Optimus Prime from the real-life Transformers movies, with its red and blue colors exuding a powerful aura.

"This is the best Off-road Motorcycle in the area."

Old Ma smiled with no small amount of pride, then said as if reciting a familiar list, "The new product from the world's best car manufacturing company, the Snow Leopard-II, equipped with a 1550cc twin-cylinder LC8 engine, with a maximum power of nearly 200 horsepower, a maximum torque of 145 Nm, and a wheel rev limit of 7500!"

He stroked the motorcycle with obvious delight and continued, "This thing uses WP XPLOR fully adjustable front forks and M PDS progressive shock absorbers, and comes standard with a 21-inch front wheel and an 18-inch rear off-road tire. The grip and stability are top-notch. To be honest, I work here every day and I wish I could have one myself!"

My lips twitched slightly. "That sounds impressive, but what about the price? If it's too expensive, I won't consider it."

"Not expensive at all."

Old Ma said, "It's only 1.8 million!"

"That's all!?"

I almost exploded on the spot. This thing is almost half the size of Maybach S680! Old Ma actually said it was just a joke. These unscrupulous businessmen never tell the truth.

However, when I'm operating alone, this new Snow Leopard will be a great help, saving me a lot of trouble, whereas the Maybach is not. It's unrealistic to drive a Maybach into the wilderness to kill aliens and the Dark Tide organization.

Can you make it cheaper?

"With my authority, I can get you a discount as low as 1.75 million. Seriously, it can't be any cheaper. The cost of buying them is already ridiculously high, and there's only one of these in the entire Huaining City Player Black Market."

Old Ma's eyes were sincere. "Ding Han, I'm not kidding you. This car is really expensive, but it performs well. You definitely won't regret buying it. In a few years, you'll find that the price hasn't dropped at all. Then you'll know I wasn't lying to you."

"Alright!"

I frowned. "But I don't have enough money. I have some equipment here; I'll deal with it here."

"Sure!"

So the two immediately began trading equipment; of course, this freshly acquired equipment was something Snow Eagle had recently acquired.

The three most valuable items are a Purple Submachine Gun, a Purple Mental Power Scepter, and a ring that grants a 2.4-second Invincible Burst Skill. The rest are some minor blue-quality items.

Snow Eagle's equipment wasn't anything special, only considered mid-to-lower tier. I don't know where he got the courage to come to Huaining City to kill me. Probably because the National Server players he encountered in the wilderness were all relatively weak, which made him so arrogant.

In the end, Old Ma did the math. The total price of all the items dropped by Snow Eagle was 1.25 million. Then I took out 500,000 from my storage space to make up the difference. After that, Old Ma gave me a 10% discount. So, after all that back and forth, when the transaction was finally completed, my savings were Star Coins less, which was still acceptable.

"Alright."

Old Ma tossed me the keys to the Off-road Motorcycle and laughed, "You can drive off now."

Did I say I was going to drive away?

I measured the length of the snow leopard's body; it was about two meters long. My Dimensional Storage Space could just fit it. So I gripped the load-bearing parts of the body with both hands and shouted in a low voice, "Strength to uproot mountains, spirit to cover the world!"

"Holy crap?!"

Old Ma took a few steps back, stunned. "Ding Han, what the hell are you doing?!"

The next second, I picked up the Off-road Motorcycle and gently placed it in the Dimensional Storage Space.

"Holy crap!!!"

Old Ma looked like he'd seen a ghost. "Your Dimensional Storage Space is way too big!"

"You're making a fuss over nothing!"

I glanced at him, then pulled out ten Star Coins and handed them to Old Ma, saying, "Give me two cases of gasoline for backup."

OK!

Soon after, the gasoline was also stored in the storage space. At this point, the storage space was a bit crowded. It seems that the acquisition of Expansion Crystal cannot be stopped!

As I left the underground warehouse, I sent a message to Gun Like a Dragon: "Alliance Leader Long, are you in the black market?"

"Yes, are you here? Come over for some tea?"

"Why are you drinking tea in the middle of the night? Let's meet up, I have something to tell you."

"Then you still have to come over for tea."

"..."

I was speechless for a moment, then stepped into the Tea Room. Sure enough, the Gun Like a Dragon, who looked like a greasy middle-aged man, was wearing a string of beads, a jade pendant around his neck, and an incense burner on the altar next to him. As he poured me tea, he laughed and said, "What's up? It's the middle of the night."

"It's nothing serious."

I plopped down, picked up the tea he poured and drank it all in one gulp. Then I took out the USB Drive from my storage space and said, "You already know that I just killed a Dark Tide Caucasian Player outside the black market, right?"

"Know."

"The body has been sent for autopsy," Gun Like a Dragon. "The Guide wants to know the person's identity and what Dark Tide's next plans are."

Here, take this USB Drive.

I pushed the USB Drive over and said, "Actually, there's no need to worry about researching it. This person is a Dark Tide player, belonging to the Dark Tide Psionic Officer organization. He was most likely on a mission to infiltrate Huaining City to kill me. This is the USB Drive I found on him. I've already cracked it. It contains a lot of coordinates and data from Dark Tide's laboratory in the wilderness."

"No way?"

Gun Like a Dragon frowned. "How could such an important USB Drive end up in the hands of such a novice player?"

"Have no idea."

I shook my head. "Perhaps he obtained it during one of Dark Tide's missions, or maybe this person wanted to steal Dark Tide's secrets to sell for money, who knows? But the end result is that this USB Drive has fallen into our hands. You should hand it over. I believe it will be of some help to the Crimson Dragon Country in dealing with Dark Tide. I think the Crimson Dragon Country should at least take down all the Dark Tide' bases near its territory, especially those around Creek City, otherwise Dark Tide will really think the Crimson Dragon Country is easy to bully."

"Yes, there are too many things involved in this."

Gun Like a Dragon grinned. "Although the Ministry of Defense's speech last time was very pleasing, the upper echelons of the Crimson Dragon Country may not be a monolithic entity. There are those who support the war against the Dark Tide, and those who oppose it. I even suspect that some in the upper echelons are doing business with the Dark Tide and have colluded with it. It's all uncertain. Moreover, the Star Maple Federation is on the side of the Dark Tide. It's also uncertain whether our upper echelons have been infiltrated."

"Damn, this is so complicated..."

I frowned. "As an ordinary player, sometimes I really don't want to care about any of this. I just want to be able to fight and kill all the time."

"Fine."

Gun Like a Dragon said, "I will submit this USB Drive directly to the intelligence agency in Huaining City. I don't know what kind of impact it will have. As players, we will just do our best."

"Alright."

I stood up and said, "Then you can continue drinking. I'm leaving; I have something to take care of."

After leaving the office Gun Like a Dragon, he took a deep breath and then took out his phone to send a message to Lin Qingying: "Qingying, I'll be away for a day or two. Take care of yourself."

"You too, be careful!"

Lin Qingying replied quickly, and her reply was pointed.

She's so smart, could she have already guessed my player identity?

That's actually quite possible...

Without further ado, I headed straight for the underground Teleportation Array, selecting the teleportation point Creek City. I decided to forgo rest tonight and take advantage of the darkness to rescue Aurelia in one fell swoop!

"Whoosh!"

With a flash, he appeared in the wilderness Creek City.

"Brother!"

Not far away, someone shouted, "Want to go kill some aliens on the Tidal Coast? Want to join? We're one short, just need a front-line tank, wanna come?"

I looked over and saw a group of level 40 players who had just completed their fourth job advancement. Judging from their equipment, they were all basically wearing full Blue Gear, and some even had a hint of green light. However, all four of them had a hint of hostility in their eyes, so they didn't seem like serious players.

"Oh, really?"

I smiled slightly, stepped out of the Teleportation Array, and appeared in the wilderness, with the words "Shadow Chaser" appearing above my head.

"Holy crap..."

One of them shuddered, and couldn't help but say sullenly, "So it's the legendary player Shadow Chaser... Oh well, never mind, the legendary player definitely won't level up with us noobs."

I smiled, turned around, and left.

These four people are mostly "pests" among players. After teaming up with a player who isn't too strong, they go to the wilderness and immediately start a PvP battle to kill the opponent and get all the loot, thus improving their own strength.

I'd heard from Cai Cai and others before that such people existed, and some players had fallen victim to them and died with their eyes wide open in disbelief.

I couldn't be sure if they were those kinds of people, and they wouldn't give me the chance to verify, so I ignored them and focused on saving Aurelia!

In the wilderness, I simply took out my Off-road Motorcycle.

"Whoosh!"

I skillfully mounted the bike, and with a roar of the engine, I rode off into the fertile fields. It was indeed a high-end vehicle, extremely fast and remarkably stable!

I opened the large map, marked the location of Laboratory 205, and then, leaving a trail of dust, rode my Off-road Motorcycle straight to my destination!

1 a. m.

I turned off the lights on my Off-road Motorcycle, and in the distance, I could see a building standing in the moonlight— Laboratory 205, belonging to Dark Tide. We'd arrived!

I quickly turned off the engine, put the Off-road Motorcycle into the storage space, and then, carrying the Winter AMR, I kept approaching in the night. I turned on the night vision system, and sure enough, on the outer perimeter facing my direction, there were two Dark Tide Sentinels crouching on two trees about 50 meters apart.