Chapter 880: Primal Ore
After Director Du had delivered 500,000 credits by hauling bricks, the Cybertron Legion's strained finances improved dramatically. Over the next few days, legion members could be seen moving around everywhere in the black market, appearing frequently in various black markets and even at auctions.
It turned out that black markets operating along the border between two civilizations really were full of ruthless people and wild practices. You could buy anything there.
Even "Primal Ore"!
Name: Primal Ore Level: Tier Four Attribute: 100/100 (planetary energy points) Note: A super ore that can only be mined from within the cores of resource planets
It was indeed a super ore. The energy contained in a single piece of Primal Ore was equivalent to a year's worth of power generation from ten industrial planets.
High Engineer had won three pieces at auction, spending 300,000 credits.
Each piece of ore could provide the Star Destroyer with five attacks at the level of a planet-destroying cannon.
In other words, the Star Destroyer could now fire fifteen shots in total.
This greatly eased the security concerns surrounding High Engineer's faction.
At least in the Robert Star System, where no Ascended Civilization had yet emerged, High Engineer no longer had to worry about someone hitting him with a dimensionality reduction attack.
Only the planet-destroying cannon could reduce others' dimensions. No one else could do the same to him.
The remaining 200,000-credit shopping spree also alarmed the black market's owner, the mysterious Collector.
"Where did you get so much money, sir?" On the holographic projection, the Collector suspiciously sized him up.
Purple Giant Star was not exactly known for caring about his subordinates. Aside from the Star Destroyer, he would not provide much assistance.
High Engineer smiled mysteriously without answering.
He could hardly