Arc 14Coast’s Return

Ji Jue turned Coast Automobile Factory’s cheap vehicles into a booming business, defeated those who tried to destroy it, and expanded Coast’s industrial and political influence. As he prepared for the Wasteland Sea Rally Race, Pan Ying transformed and Ji Jue left with Tong Shan’s arriving Airship while the Workshop prepared to relocate.

  • Coast’s Small Three-Wheelers passed Echo Science and Technology’s tests, and Ji Jue pushed Coast toward new models as the Peanut Tricycle and Cucumber sedan expanded its reach.
  • Ji Jue countered rivals’ attacks on the Cucumber with a trade-in campaign that flooded Yacheng with old vehicles, while an explosion halted Coast’s expansion and destroyed Jade Tower Group’s base.
  • Tong Shan cleared the chemical plume, but attackers ambushed Chen Yu Bo and Lu Feng, and Ji Jue’s forces repelled them before Lu Feng pursued Yin Chao Yang.
  • Ji Jue negotiated Yan Jian’s release by gambling against Ling Zhou, won the Tianbo Ship and its assets, and then killed Ling Zhou in Russian roulette.
  • Lu Feng captured Yin Chao Yang, while Ji Jue led Homecoming Knights and other fighters against the people behind Coast’s attack and crippled the rival companies’ operations.
  • Coast merged with Rock Group as Sea Tide Industry, cleared its contamination, and unveiled the Cabbage, Radish, Chili system, and affordable powered prosthetics at a public launch.
  • Lü Yingyue prepared to fight for influence, Shang Tong Wen gathered allies against Coast, and Ji Jue announced that Coast would enter the Wasteland Sea Rally Race.
  • Ji Jue rejected Tong Shengnian’s request to withdraw, prepared for the race, and watched Pan Ying complete its tempering before leaving in Little Cow and Horse as the Workshop prepared to relocate.
Chapters 330–354 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 330Annual Car Selection

Coast Automobile Factory’s rough Small Three-Wheelers sold out across Quancheng, where Garbage Collectors traded scrap for vehicles. Shang Tong Wen’s team examined a second-hand one at Echo Science and Technology, and an engineer discovered something unexpectedly appealing beneath its crude construction.

  • Yin Chao Yang traced Coast Automobile Factory’s shipments to wilderness settlements, including the bustling ruins of Quancheng, and reported his findings to Shang Tong Wen.
  • Chen Yu Bo arranged for Jade Tower Trade to sell Coast’s Small Three-Wheelers to Garbage Collectors, who bought them eagerly and traded scrap for more.
  • Shang Tong Wen’s people failed to buy a new vehicle in Quancheng, so they paid over a hundred thousand for a used one and airlifted it to Echo Science and Technology.
  • A team of experts inspected the crude Small Three-Wheeler under spotlights and questioned whether it counted as a vehicle.
  • An engineer inspecting the chassis murmured that it was unusually free.

Ch. 331Freedom

Engineers tested Coast Automobile Factory’s Small Three-Wheeler and found it extraordinarily durable, adaptable, and cheap, leaving Echo Science and Technology unable to compete or block its production. As the tricycle’s success spread, Ji Jue prepared to recruit workers, approach suppliers, and launch a new model.

  • The engineers inspected the Small Three-Wheeler and confirmed its reinforced frame could bear more than thirty tons without deforming.
  • The vehicle passed extreme driving and collision tests, impressing the engineers with its strength, adaptability, and low price.
  • Shang Tong Wen asked how Echo Science and Technology could target Coast, but his staff said the vehicle was too cheap and self-produced for them to undercut or disrupt.
  • The Small Three-Wheeler finally broke apart during a destructive test, and its speaker’s song enraged Shang Tong Wen before an assistant crushed it with Formless gravity.
  • Ji Jue reviewed the sales data and told Yan Craftsman to approach the Labor Association and suppliers as Coast prepared to release a new model.

Ch. 332Beans, Peanuts, and Cucumbers (Thanks to Ji Jue, Happy Birthday Alliance Leader)

Ji Jue expanded Coast Automobile Factory’s Small Three-Wheeler business with the cheap Peanut model, while Yin Chao Yang mistook the venture for a harmless distraction. The chapter left Yin screaming after Coast announced its first independently developed family sedan, the Cucumber.

  • Coast’s engineers examined the lightweight Peanut Tricycle and discovered that Fluid Alchemy had formed its strong honeycomb chassis in a single step.
  • Coast sold the Peanut cheaply with agricultural subsidies, grew its Small Three-Wheeler business, acquired other factories, and announced a major production expansion.
  • Yin Chao Yang felt relieved that Ji Jue seemed focused on Small Three-Wheelers, but continued blocking equipment supplies and pursuing other ways to undermine Coast.
  • As political and industrial crises mounted, Coast announced the Cucumber family sedan on December 12, and Yin Chao Yang screamed after hearing the news.

Ch. 333Don't Let Accidents Become Regrets

Ji Jue’s expanding automobile production continued to advance his alchemical transformation, while Yan Jian worried over the strain on the factory workers and the return of Coast Automobile Factory. The factory launched its first self-developed sedan, the Cucumber, with a bizarre crash-test promotional video that went viral across the Federation.

  • Yan Jian questioned Ji Jue’s casual product names as exhausted factory workers complained about relentless overtime and rumors of strange happenings spread around Coast Automobile Factory.
  • Yan Jian admitted he felt nervous and excited about making cars again, then went to inspect the workshop while Ji Jue stayed behind in the cafeteria.
  • As the factory’s tricycles spread across the region, Ji Jue absorbed the growing influence of his works and advanced [Unextinguished Tinder], gaining greater control over Material Property Interference.
  • Ji Jue returned to the assembly line and helped Coast Automobile Factory complete its first fully self-developed family sedan, the Cucumber.
  • Coast Automobile Factory released a deliberately crude promotional video in which a truck smashed the Cucumber into the air, while Ji Jue emerged unharmed and promoted safe driving.
  • The video spread rapidly across social media, sending Coast Automobile Factory and Cucumber trending and marking the factory’s return to the automobile industry.

Ch. 334Charity Car Manufacturing, Giving Back to Customers

Coast Automobile Factory launched the Cucumber, a mature mini-car built on experience gathered from its small three-wheelers, but rival automakers blocked its sales and flooded the market with discounts. Ji Jue responded by preparing a trade-in promotion, leaving Yin Chao Yang horrified as Yacheng’s situation began to shift.

  • Cucumber’s viral promotional video and unusually polished design revealed that Coast had refined its vehicle through months of three-wheeler production, while Shang Tong Wen recognized the strategy and ordered his team to attack Coast’s marketing.
  • Rival manufacturers flooded media platforms with bad reviews, blocked Cucumber from dealerships, and cut prices, leaving Coast with only a little over two hundred sales in three days.
  • Yan Jian worried that Coast could not keep losing money, but Ji Jue dismissed the pressure and proceeded with a plan supported by Lü Garrison Chief.
  • Coast kept producing Cucumber and, on the fifth day, announced a trade-in discount promotion through its website and online stores.
  • Yin Chao Yang realized what the trade-in promotion meant and erupted in anger as Yacheng began to feel the effects the following day.

Ch. 335Winds Rise, Clouds Surge; Rain Falls, Thunder Roars

Ji Jue’s trade-in campaign flooded Yacheng with Chopped Chili Fish Heads and drove Coast Automobile Factory into a production boom, while the factory struggled with labor shortages and expanded its operations. As Coast Group reentered the wider Federation’s political and economic landscape, a chemical plant explosion halted the factory’s third-phase project, and an explosion destroyed Jade Tower Group’s base, leaving Lu Feng missing.

  • Ji Jue launched a ten-day trade-in campaign that let owners exchange old Coast vehicles, especially Knockoff Minivans, for new models and flooded Yacheng with Chopped Chili Fish Heads.
  • Yan Jian pleaded with Ji Jue to end the campaign as Coast Automobile Factory’s workers and production lines could not keep pace with demand, while Ji Jue planned to expand production and introduce new vehicle models.
  • Ji Jue refurbished the recovered Knockoff Minivans and sold them through settlement networks, where Chen Yu Bo became a major used-car dealer and Chen Xingzhou expanded Yacheng Wild Bazaar into the Wilderness.
  • The City Hall and the Tong Family supported Coast Automobile Factory’s expansion, and Coast Group’s name returned to a military procurement list as political and economic events unfolded across the Federation.
  • A chemical plant explosion on Yacheng’s outskirts killed six workers and indefinitely suspended Coast Automobile Factory’s third-phase project.
  • Half an hour later, an explosion reduced Jade Tower Group’s base in the Quancheng ruins to rubble, and Lu Feng went missing.

Ch. 336Sudden Storm, Lightning and Thunder (Part 1)

A chemical leak threatened Yacheng, but Tong Shan used his Rebirth Form to draw the pollution into a storm and send it away. Just as Ji Jue received an emergency call, a bomb attack devastated a settlement outside the Quancheng ruins, leaving Lu Feng fleeing with Chen Yu Bo and Black Skin.

  • Workers at the Coast Automobile Manufacturing Plant evacuated as a chemical plume spread, and Ji Jue learned that the leak could contaminate the region for years.
  • Tong Shan arrived in Yacheng and summoned a storm that gathered the pollution into a tornado and carried it out to sea.
  • Ji Jue received an emergency call as flames erupted in a settlement outside the Quancheng ruins.
  • A truck rammed Chen Yu Bo's pink Small Three-Wheeler, and the blast destroyed buildings and part of Jade Tower Trade's courtyard.
  • Lu Feng pulled Chen Yu Bo and Black Skin from the wreckage and tried to escape, but Dog Head warned him of incoming fire just before an RPG streaked toward them.

Ch. 337Sudden Storm, Lightning and Thunder (Part 2)

Lu Feng and Chen Yu Bo survived an ambush by the Horde when Ji Jue sent missiles and mechanical spiders to eliminate their attackers. As Ji Jue tracked Yin Chao Yang and arranged to pursue him, he learned that Xu Chao Xian had been rushed to the hospital with life-threatening food poisoning.

  • Lu Feng shielded Chen Yu Bo with a mercury fortress, escaped the initial attack, and received Old Lin’s warning to get down.
  • Ji Jue launched missiles from Workshop Six, wiping out the Horde’s Jackals and Tiger Leopard while mechanical spiders hunted the remaining invaders.
  • Little An killed the surviving attackers in the alley near Lu Ma’s repair shop and had Wild Bazaar clean up before Lu Ling came outside.
  • Ji Jue ordered surveillance teams to track the vehicle involved in the chemical-plant explosion and learned that Yin Chao Yang had fled Yacheng by cruise ship.
  • Ji Jue arranged for Lu Feng to be reported as seriously injured and asked him to pursue Yin Chao Yang; Lu Feng agreed to kill him.
  • Tong Shan informed Ji Jue that Xu Chao Xian had been hospitalized with life-threatening food poisoning.

Ch. 338Full Blockade (Thanks to Ji Jue for the Birthday Silver Alliance)

As Xu Chao Xian lay unconscious after a suspiciously coincidental poisoning, Ji Jue’s factory and business faced a coordinated blockade from powerful rivals. After learning that Yan Jian had been seized by Wild Bazaar’s Ling Zhou, Ji Jue refused to back down and prepared to act.

  • Tong Shan told Ji Jue that Xu Chao Xian had been poisoned by improperly prepared black-striped sea snake and remained unconscious after surgery.
  • Ji Jue suspected the chain of coincidences around Xu Chao Xian’s poisoning might have been arranged by an Aether practitioner, while Tong Shan warned him that Xu Chao Xian’s condition was unusual.
  • Ye Chun reported that chemical pollution had shut Coast Automobile Factory, disrupted cucumber sales, and prompted four military industrial groups to challenge the factory’s qualifications.
  • Ji Jue urged Ye Chun to keep the workers safe and arrange a temporary holiday, then learned that Yan Jian had been detained after going to collect parts from a Wild Bazaar shipment.
  • Ye Chun identified Ling Zhou as the man holding Yan Jian and demanding that Ji Jue come explain himself, but Ji Jue rejected involving the Security Bureau and called Chen Xingzhou.

Ch. 339Blood and Wine, Killing and Talking

Chen Xingzhou offered Ji Jue a choice between fighting Crossing-the-River Dragon and settling the dispute through Wild Bazaar mediation, but Ji Jue chose talks to protect Yan Jian. As Ling Zhou agreed to meet at Tianbo Cargo Ship, Ji Jue continued refining a sinister creation and decided it needed more material.

  • Chen Xingzhou explained the two ways to settle the dispute with Crossing-the-River Dragon and promised to support Ji Jue.
  • Ji Jue chose negotiation but insisted he could not wait because Yan Jian was being held by the other side.
  • Chen Xingzhou called for the Chieftain’s presence, then warned Ling Zhou that Wild Bazaar’s rules applied; Ling Zhou agreed to talk on his own territory.
  • Chen Xingzhou sent Ji Jue the meeting time and place: 10:30 at Yai City East Port aboard the Tianbo Cargo Ship.
  • Ji Jue returned to the melting furnace, judged his month-long creation perfect, and said it still needed more material.

Ch. 340Night and Ship (Extra chapter for Baiyin Meng Ji Jue's birthday)

Ji Jue attended a mediation gathering aboard Ling Zhou’s casino ship, where Ling Zhou revealed he had taken Yan Jian captive and demanded that Ji Jue erase Ash Port’s debts and accept his offer. Ji Jue challenged Ling Zhou’s confidence by asking, “Just you?”

  • Ye Chun lent Ji Jue Ghost Artisan and warned him to remember his debts to her.
  • Gold Hair guided Ji Jue onto the casino ship, where Chen Xingzhou and senior figures waited around the Chieftain’s seat.
  • Ling Zhou arrived and questioned Chen Xingzhou’s use of the Chieftain’s seat to witness their talks.
  • Ling Zhou accused Ji Jue of ignoring Ash Port’s business and claimed he wanted to be friends.
  • Ling Zhou had the beaten Yan Jian brought in and demanded that Ji Jue erase debts of roughly four or five hundred million, offering another two hundred million.
  • Ji Jue looked at Ling Zhou’s demand and asked, “Just you?”

Ch. 341The Scales (Thanks to Cang Hu Po for the Alliance Leader)

Ji Jue accepted Ling Zhou’s challenge to gamble for Yan Jian and wagered his own hands against Ling Zhou’s debt, person, and goods. As the game was prepared aboard the Tianbo Ship, a hidden accomplice named Klanjer used a mysterious balance scale, suggesting the outcome had been arranged in advance.

  • Ling Zhou threatened Ji Jue and proposed settling their dispute through a gamble, with Yan Jian as the stake if Ji Jue refused.
  • Ji Jue agreed to gamble and wagered his hands, while Ling Zhou accepted before the witnesses and released Yan Jian to Xie Lan for treatment.
  • Both men were searched and restrained against using spiritual abilities, then their gambling stakes and equipment were inspected.
  • The foreman reported that Ji Jue had taken the bait and asked for their honored guest to prepare.
  • A bearded man asked Master Klanjer to handle the rest, and Klanjer fed blood and spiritual substance to a balance scale whose beam had already tipped toward the black weight.

Ch. 342Open! (Thanks to Moyu Ranqing for the Alliance Leader)

Ji Jue defeated Ling Zhou in a high-stakes poker game, overturning the wager and claiming the Tianbo Ship before forcing Ling Zhou to keep playing under the White Deer’s witness. Ling Zhou died after losing a rigged game of Russian roulette, and Ji Jue declared the ship his.

  • Ji Jue lost several early poker hands to Ling Zhou, then won a 210-million-chip pot with a flush and later took another 470 million with four of a kind.
  • Klanjer sacrificed his blood and Spiritual Substance to manipulate the fate scale, but it shattered and he died when a chandelier struck him.
  • Ji Jue insisted that Ling Zhou continue playing under the Wild Bazaar’s witnessed terms, and Ling Zhou signed over the Tianbo Ship and its cargo after losing all its liquid capital.
  • Chen Xingzhou took over dealing and helped Ji Jue win the ship’s remaining assets, after which Ji Jue made Ling Zhou wager his life on rounds of Russian roulette.
  • The White Deer appeared as witness, and Ling Zhou died when a Mercury bullet struck his head; Ji Jue claimed the ship and celebrated with champagne as the gathered witnesses applauded.

Ch. 343Moonlight and Prosperity

After Ji Jue defeated Ling Zhou, he claimed the Tianbo Ship and its spoils, then arranged to refit and rename it Tyet. As he prepared to help Chen Xingzhou retaliate for Yubo, Ji Jue affirmed that despite his ruthless nature, he would keep the compassion and hypocrisy that made him who he was.

  • Chen Xingzhou cleared Ling Zhou’s people from the Tianbo Ship, and Ji Jue sent the stranded lackeys in Yacheng to work at Zero Workshop.
  • Ji Jue used Disintegration Art on the broken scales, while Ghost Artisan revealed it had secretly controlled the ship and helped kill the Aether elder.
  • Ji Jue asked Chen Xingzhou to dismantle the gambling tables and arrange for the ship to be registered through Yuantong Shipping.
  • Ji Jue recruited Chen Xingzhou to help avenge Yubo, who had been beaten in Quancheng.
  • Ji Jue named the ship Tyet after Isis, and she threatened Ghost Artisan when it mocked her new name.
  • Isis praised Ji Jue’s ruthless resolve, but Ji Jue said he preferred his hypocritical self and would not abandon the compassion that had shaped him.

Ch. 344The Old Scoundrel and the Sea

Lu Feng and his team intercepted Yin Chao Yang as he fled by speedboat, defeating the Chosen Ones who protected him and capturing him at sea. After Lu Feng’s old acquaintance in the Six Islands Patrol let the team go, they took Yin Chao Yang away, and Ji Jue received a coded message ten minutes later.

  • Lu Feng’s helicopter pursued Yin Chao Yang’s speedboat, and Lu Feng used a rocket and machine-gun fire to kill the Chosen Ones aboard.
  • A hidden Chosen One attacked the helicopter from the sea, but Lu Feng spotted and shot him with his final silver bullet.
  • Lu Feng and Laila recovered Yin Chao Yang from the wrecked speedboat, bound and gagged him, and prepared to take him away.
  • A Six Islands Patrol boat arrived, but its scarred major recognized Lu Feng and departed without inspecting Yin Chao Yang.
  • Lu Feng flew off with Yin Chao Yang, and Ji Jue received a message from Meimei Supermarket ten minutes later.

Ch. 345Wilderness Survival (Thanks to God Sacrifice Moon's Alliance Leader)

Ji Jue arranged Coast’s recovery while preparing to retaliate against the military-industrial groups behind its troubles. He gathered allies outside an abandoned settlement in the Wilderness, where a large force of bandits and Chosen Ones was waiting.

  • Ji Jue told Yan Jian to rest in the hospital while Coast continued production and arranged for pollution cleanup and plant expansion.
  • Ye Chun reported that Tong Shengnian had settled production-capacity issues, and Ji Jue said he planned to stir up trouble.
  • Ji Jue followed Tong Ting’s lucky-day message and traveled to a remote abandoned settlement to target the people behind Coast’s attack.
  • Yin Chao Yang’s defection had exposed Echo’s secret operations, and Ji Jue’s group identified more than two hundred armed bandits and over twenty Chosen Ones at the settlement.
  • Ji Jue revealed that he had hired more than twenty Homecoming Knights, led by Slan, and the musclemen lined up and called him boss.

Ch. 346Greetings

Ji Jue armed and organized Lu Feng, Slan, Old Tang, and the other mercenaries for an assault on a settlement. The attack began under cover of a storm, with drones scouting the town as Ji Jue unleashed a massive rocket-launching steel spider.

  • Lu Feng admired the mercenaries and recognized that Slan had noticed his tattoo, but they let their shared history go.
  • Ji Jue briefed the mercenaries on their mission and distributed firearms, armor, and ammunition before giving Lu Feng an enhanced anti-materiel rifle.
  • Ji Jue warned everyone to check their Identification Bracelets, and Old Tang urged Slan to take the warning seriously.
  • As a storm darkened the camp, Ji Jue sent hundreds of drones toward the settlement while the mercenaries drove after them under cover of darkness.
  • The drones triggered alarm and were attacked by people in the settlement, while Ji Jue used their scans to identify threats and sent a steel spider firing rockets into the town.

Ch. 347Garbage Recycling, Waste Utilization

Old Lin's forces destroyed the settlement and killed its Rebirth Rank defender, but the gang leaders and Chosen Ones escaped through a secret passage. Ji Jue intercepted them at the exit, where Elephant Sword Type 9, Pan Ying, was unleashed as the survivors fought back.

  • Old Tang's rocket barrage and the attackers' coordinated assault overwhelmed the settlement's defenses while Old Lin tore through its defenders.
  • Lu Feng, Tang Qian, Old Lin, and the Homecoming Knights surrounded and killed the Heavenly Origin Rebirth Rank fighter.
  • A young White Deer told Old Lin that the remaining leaders had escaped east through a secret passage, and a distant blast and surge of bloody light followed.
  • The fleeing leaders emerged from the passage and found Ji Jue waiting outside the mine tunnel.
  • Ji Jue's fiendified armored vehicle stopped the scar-faced Vortex Chosen One's attack, then destroyed him with a burst of bloody light.
  • Elephant Sword Type 9, Pan Ying, rose into the vehicle's giant claw and unleashed a blood-red surge that filled the sky.

Ch. 348What's Going On Here?

Ji Jue used Little Cow and Horse and the vicious sword Pan Ying to slaughter the Chosen Ones sent to Haizhou, then his allies launched a broad counterattack against the four companies. As Tong Shengnian and Lou Guan announced Sea Tide Industry, Lü Yingyue faced a new political challenge, while the companies opposing Coast Automobile suffered unexplained production failures.

  • Ji Jue unleashed Little Cow and Horse with Pan Ying, whose blood sacrifices let the steel beast cut down the Entropy Lineage and other Chosen Ones while Ji Jue dispatched attackers who approached him.
  • Old Lin arrived to find Ji Jue standing among the wreckage; Ji Jue ordered Pan Ying to behave, sealed it away, and led The Horde onward to their next target.
  • The four Military-Industrial Union companies found their Haizhou personnel missing, while the remaining traces included a grisly greeting left for Shang Tong Wen.
  • Haizhou authorities and business interests dealt the four companies a string of setbacks, and Tong Shengnian and Lou Guan announced the merger of Coast Group and Rock Group into Sea Tide Industry.
  • Lü Yingyue faced a proposed antitrust investigation of the merger, while manufacturers that had attacked Coast Automobile began suffering escalating defects and breakdowns.
  • Factory Director Ji watched the rival companies' troubles from Coast Automobile Factory and joked that they might be suffering retribution.

Ch. 349A Feast of Low Quality

Ji Jue used Coast Automobile Factory’s press conference to unveil its new Minivan, turning a low-budget launch into a spectacle that alarmed Haizhou’s vehicle dealers. He revealed the vehicle had carried 6,000 kilograms during a load test, then began introducing the model.

  • Ji Jue explained to Isis how he had disrupted his rivals’ production, while Coast Automobile Factory finished clearing contamination and installing its new equipment.
  • Ji Jue announced a January 7 press conference for Coast’s new Radish and Cabbage vehicles, prompting Haizhou’s car dealers to fear the factory’s low prices and market disruption.
  • Coast distributed its vehicle specifications openly and held its press conference in a newly completed factory workshop with little ceremony.
  • Ji Jue opened the event by driving a Minivan onto the stage, where its smoke, sparks, and blinding lights drew shocked reactions from the audience and livestream viewers.
  • Ji Jue’s employees unloaded steel ingots from the Minivan until the scale reached 6,000 kilograms, and Ji Jue said its rated load capacity was only one ton before starting his introduction.

Ch. 350Chapter 348

Ji Jue unveiled Coast Automobile Factory’s Radish, a massive, heavily armed-looking pickup with a bulletproof body and extraordinary performance. After announcing its launch next month, he revealed its base price was 1.1 million, leaving the audience stunned.

  • Ji Jue introduced the Cabbage light passenger vehicle, and its low price and upgraded capacity sent the Coast Automobile website and phone lines into a frenzy.
  • Ji Jue revealed the enormous Radish pickup, whose size and specifications shocked the audience and angered Shang Tong Wen, who recognized it as a rival to Echo Science and Technology’s War Horse.
  • Ji Jue fired more than a hundred rounds into the Radish to demonstrate its multilayer bulletproof body, then explained its protective material and engineering.
  • An employee drove the Radish through a series of autonomous stunts outside the Factory building, then got out and vomited.
  • Ji Jue announced the Radish would launch next month with a base price of 1.1 million, and the venue and livestream fell silent.

Ch. 351The Creation of the Coast

At Coast Automobile Factory’s launch, Ji Jue unveiled the low-priced Radish vehicle and Chili power-assist systems, then introduced an affordable prosthetic device for people with limited mobility. Yan Jian announced its charitable testing program and final price, while a Federation Security Bureau director watched the event and praised Ji Jue.

  • Ji Jue announced the Radish’s price and unveiled the Chili auxiliary power-assist system, which three employees used to lift and carry the heavy vehicle.
  • Ji Jue rejected a reporter’s suggestion that Coast was returning to military production, describing the Chili as a labor-assistance tool rather than a conventional exoskeleton.
  • Ji Jue presented small powered prosthetics, and Yan Jian demonstrated how they helped him stand and walk despite his injuries.
  • Ji Jue announced three thousand prosthetic testing slots through partner organizations and invited Yan Jian to reveal the retail price.
  • Yan Jian announced the device would cost 5,100 yuan, then cried as Ji Jue raised his hand amid the crowd’s applause.
  • A white-haired Federation Security Bureau director watched the launch footage with Lü Yingyue and praised Ji Jue as an outstanding young talent.

Ch. 352Expectations and Ambition

Lü Yingyue defended her decision to challenge the Federation’s entrenched powers, arguing that she acted to preserve Tao Gong’s legacy and keep Haizhou from collapsing. The Federation Security Department Minister agreed to let the conflict proceed, while Coast Automobile announced it would enter the Barren Sea Extreme Rally.

  • Lü Yingyue told the old man that Haizhou’s poverty and decline left her no choice but to gamble for influence rather than accept a compromise.
  • Lü Yingyue said she refused to betray Tao Gong’s sacrifice and wanted to stop privileged officials from ruling while capable people died unheard.
  • The old man confronted Lü Yingyue over her ambition and threatened to refuse her, but ultimately let the confrontation proceed after she challenged him to behead her.
  • The Federation Security Department Minister told Lü Yingyue that they would fight and asked whether she could win; she replied that whoever lost worst would not be her.
  • Factory Director Ji Jue announced that Coast Automobile would enter the Barren Sea Extreme Rally, a 5,960-kilometer race across the Federation.

Ch. 353Loss and Win

Echo’s Shang Tong Wen accepted that he had to fight Coast and began rallying allies, while Ji Jue celebrated Coast’s recovery and his own success. Tong Shengnian urged Ji Jue to reconsider taking part in the Wasteland Sea Rally Race.

  • Shang Tong Wen learned that the talks had ended with a fight and pressured Gao’s allies to join him against Coast.
  • Shang Tong Wen erupted at the callers urging him to fight, then contacted Sky City, the Northern Frontier, and New Era and vowed to defeat Coast.
  • Coast employees celebrated their raises and new employment contracts at a banquet, while Yan Jian got drunk and Ji Jue impressed the crowd with his drinking.
  • Ye Chun congratulated Ji Jue as messages and calls poured in, and Ji Jue recognized the banquet as a celebration of his victory and completed duty.
  • Tong Shengnian warned Ji Jue that taking the risk of the Wasteland Sea Rally Race was unnecessary and urged him to reconsider.

Ch. 354Before Departure

Ji Jue prepared to enter the Wasteland Sea Rally Race despite Tong Shengnian’s concerns, while Ye Xian praised his industrial prosthetic design and arranged for it to serve as his graduation project. After more than a week of preparation, Pan Ying transformed into a stronger broken blade, and Ji Jue departed for the race in Little Cow and Horse as the Workshop began relocating.

  • Tong Shengnian failed to persuade Ji Jue to withdraw from the Wasteland Sea Rally Race and promised to arrange other support.
  • Ye Xian praised Ji Jue’s purely industrial prosthetic system, named it his graduation project, and told him to ask the client for a budget.
  • Ji Jue returned to the workshop and spent more than a week preparing for the Wasteland Sea.
  • Pan Ying completed three rounds of tempering and transformed into a longer crystal-like broken blade with a dangerous insight into killing.
  • Ji Jue learned that Tong Shan’s Airship had arrived, collected his belongings, and drove away in Little Cow and Horse as the Workshop prepared to relocate.
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