The Transaction

Legendary skills can wait until level 10 when he decides his path.

His current stats are more than enough.

Zero Type Initial Mech

LV5

Durability (HP): 1350

Energy (MP): 1240

Attack: 167

Defense: 28

Strength: 85

Agility: 98

Intelligence: 74

Attack Speed: +2%

Skill Attack Power +10%

Skill Damage +10%

Critical Rate: 30%

Cooldown Reduction: 10%

Ignore Defense: 55%

Vision Range +50%

HP Recovery +100%

MP Recovery +200%

MP Recovery: 6/sec

All Skill Levels +LV2

Trait: Generalist

Equipment: Source of Magic, Phoenix Blood Heart, Fiery Eyes Golden Gaze, Titanium Alloy Mech Armor

Weapon: Ming Hong, X1-Type Mechanical Crossbow

Passive Skill: Armor Piercer

Skills: Double Strike, Chain Lightning

Equipment Skills: Phoenix Mode, Energy Burst, Insight, Discern, Weakness Attack

Free Attribute Points: 20

With these stats, anyone would believe he was a level 20 mech, but no one in this game would believe he was level 5.

The boost from two Legendary items and one Epic item was blinding.

Especially the 55% ignore defense, it was unbelievable.

"These stats are awesome! Let's go dungeon crawling!"

Wang Qianduo closed his status panel with satisfaction and said.

The Phoenix Blood Heart could also be upgraded, but he didn't have enough experience right now, so he'd have to wait!

He then walked towards the teleportation array, content, but before he could leave the residential area, someone stopped him.

"Wait a moment!"

"Shi Han? What's up? I don't do after-sales service!" Wang Qianduo said to the newcomer.

"It's a misunderstanding, brother, I'm not here for after-sales. I'm using that dagger very well!

Someone else is looking for you, I'm just introducing them!" Lin Hanshi quickly ran up to him.

"Who is it?" Wang Qianduo asked impatiently, frowning. He was in a hurry to do quests because he heard that the Dark Forest dungeon dropped thrusters.

Once he had a thruster, he wouldn't have to walk everywhere!

"Qianduo! You seem impatient!" Just as Wang Qianduo was complaining, a familiar female voice sounded behind him.

"Haha! Manager! What a coincidence? Seeing you in the game too!" Wang Qianduo immediately turned around.

He felt like he was on bad terms with this woman, always offending her for no reason. He'd only been here a few days! This was the fourth time.

Even the game wasn't peaceful...

"Sister, you know each other?" Lin Hanshi asked beside him, confused. Her companions also looked at Lin Qimeng curiously.

"Let me introduce you, Comrade Wang Qianduo, an elite from our Shanhai Technology Department!

These four here are colleagues from our Shanhai New City Game Department: Zhou Nan, Qing Mei, Li Mingzhou, and Wu Lianwei." Lin Qimeng flipped her hand and introduced both sides.

Upon hearing that Wang Qianduo and Lin Qimeng were from the company, everyone felt a mix of joy and relief.

"I've heard of the Technology Department's top expert before, I didn't expect to meet you under these circumstances!" Zhou Nan, a girl from Lin Qimeng's team, said.

She had played this game in advance and was transferred to the game department from another department in the company. She had indeed heard of Wang Qianduo's name before.

"Haha, you flatter me, what top expert, I dare not accept such praise, I dare not accept it!"

Wang Qianduo said with a smile, but his expression showed no sign of humility at all, it was a smile of complete acceptance.

At the same time, he was also confused, what exactly did Lin Qimeng want?

"Alright, let's not beat around the bush. We're looking for you to acquire the [Scorpion King's Heart] you obtained. We have a very important mission that requires it."

Lin Qimeng was never one to beat around the bush. She directly stated her purpose to Wang Qianduo.

"[Scorpion King's Heart]? I didn't get that drop," Wang Qianduo played dumb.

"Pfft~ Haha, Mr. Tech Whiz, before you speak, can you understand the situation? The Heart of the Lord is an item that drops every time a lord-level creature dies!"

As soon as Wang Qianduo finished speaking, someone from the opposite team burst into laughter. He looked over and saw it was the person named Li Mingzhou.

His laughter made Wang Qianduo unhappy. Why did these people seem so sure of themselves?

Was this cliché situation finally about to happen?

"Stop laughing!"

Lin Qimeng glared at the person directly. She knew she had made a mistake. She shouldn't have introduced Wang Qianduo to them in this situation.

These newly recruited game experts, having entered the game early and being recruited by a large group like Shanhai, had become a bit arrogant.

If they knew Wang Qianduo was from the company, they would subconsciously think that Wang Qianduo should willingly offer the [Sand Scorpion's Heart].

However, Lin Qimeng had seen Wang Qianduo's resume. He had been the "child of another family" since he was young.

Although he was usually humble and even a bit shameless, he couldn't be without his own pride. Li Mingzhou's words had clearly offended him.

She even felt it was inappropriate for her to speak now, otherwise, the misunderstanding would deepen.

Lin Qimeng glanced at her younger brother beside her. Lin Hanshi immediately understood and said:

"Brother, don't misunderstand, they didn't mean it like that.

I know you have the [Sand Scorpion's Heart], and my sister and the others really need it for a quest.

We can discuss the terms, right?"

Lin Hanshi was quite capable. His words immediately broke the deadlock.

If they had come to buy it yesterday, Wang Qianduo would have sold it directly without any fuss. After all, he was giving his leader some face.

But now, his Fiery Eyes needed a Lord's Heart to evolve. If he sold this item and couldn't get another one, wouldn't that be a huge loss?

"I understand the logic, but I need this Lord's Heart to craft equipment. I'm sorry, I probably can't sell it," Wang Qianduo said.

"Friend, that's not right. The Heart of the Lord cannot be used to craft any equipment; this is common knowledge.

Can you stop making things up? We're not refusing to pay, we're all from the same company, is it that serious?"

It was Li Mingzhou again who spoke. Lin Qimeng and the others hadn't had time to stop him, but they also knew that Li Mingzhou was telling the truth.

"Oh! Just because we're from the same company, I have to sell it to you? And just because no one has seen it, it doesn't exist?" Wang Qianduo looked at the man, smiled slightly, and said sarcastically.

He was a master of sarcasm, and this person's level was not enough.

"You..."

What Wang Qianduo said was indeed logical, and it left Li Mingzhou speechless.

"You mean you need a Heart of the Lord, not a Sand Scorpion's Heart, right?" Lin Qimeng suddenly asked.

"That's right!" Wang Qianduo nodded.

"How about this, I have a [Tiger Demon's Heart]. Can I trade it for your [Sand Scorpion's Heart]?" Lin Qimeng said.

"Deal!"

Wang Qianduo agreed without thinking. After all, any heart would do for him, and he was just giving his leader some face.

He hadn't thought about quitting yet. Although logic told him he could now live without working and dedicate himself to the game, ensuring a comfortable life, his current achievements were the result of over 20 years of hard work. He was truly unwilling to give it up just like that.

Even if he might not need to work so hard anymore, he was still unwilling to give up.

However, Wang Qianduo thought he was doing them a favor, completely unaware that his image had plummeted to the worst in the eyes of these professional players.

It wasn't for any other reason than the [Tiger Demon's Heart]. Although it and the [Sand Scorpion's Heart] were both beginner-level Lord's Hearts, the Sand Scorpion was a level ten lord, while the Tiger Demon was a level twenty lord.

In their eyes, the value of the two was not the same.

The Tiger Demon was defeated by over ninety of their guild's teams working together, including many level thirty experts.

As for the [Sand Scorpion's Heart], according to what they knew, it was severely weakened by the expert Yi Ming Jingren of [Starfall] alone, and then he picked up the scraps.

Although they had intended to trade the [Tiger Demon's Heart] for the [Sand Scorpion's Heart], they still looked down on Wang Qianduo's actions.

However, Old Wang didn't need their respect!

"Add me as a friend, and I'll add you to the mercenary group. Your department has been assigned to me!" Lin Qimeng said after the trade was completed.

Wang Qianduo could only nod in agreement, and after confirming the mercenary group, he immediately turned and left.

He had already been delayed by these people for a long time and didn't want to waste any more time with them.

"Captain, are we just giving him this Tiger Demon Heart? Shouldn't we charge him a bit more?" Li Mingzhou asked, unwillingly.

"Are you stupid? These are all beginner Lord Hearts. Where would there be any price difference? Stop dawdling. We got the item, let's go turn in the quest!" Lin Qimeng said, then turned and left.

What Lin Qimeng said was the truth. The main function of Lord Hearts in the game was for various quests.

Without corresponding quests developed, items of the same level had little difference in value.