Unexpected Wealth

Chapter 22: Unexpected Wealth

David skillfully activated the K2 Military Electronic Countermeasure Device. Countless streams of data began scrolling across the screen; to anyone without the relevant knowledge, this equipment would be impossible to even understand, let alone operate.

David, however, operated it with ease. The electronic warfare knowledge existing within his brain allowed him to identify the most likely ways his position could be exposed.

He took out the T3 Sniper Auxiliary Device and placed it next to the K2 Military Electronic Countermeasure Device. In ten seconds, the K2 Military Electronic Countermeasure Device successfully captured the weak control signal hidden within the T3 Sniper Auxiliary Device.

He discovered the specific line of code that was exposing his location—a stealth program that broadcasted his coordinates every hour.

With a light flick of his finger, he disabled the hidden location-signaling program, effectively locking the stable after the horse had bolted.

"Strange. Given the working style of these mercenaries, they didn't even take the K2 Military Electronic Countermeasure Device left on the ground when they retreated, so why would they value the T3 Sniper Auxiliary Device so much?" Although David had disabled the signal program, a major question remained in his mind.

One had to realize that in terms of value, an Electronic Warfare Specialist's K2 Military Electronic Countermeasure Device was an extremely expensive piece of equipment. While he didn't know its exact price, it was worth at least several hundred thousand credits—a truly luxurious piece of gear.

The T3 Sniper Auxiliary Device was merely difficult to obtain; in terms of value, it was far inferior to the K2 Military Electronic Countermeasure Device. It simply wasn't worth deploying so many Armored Warrior mercenaries; the effort and the reward were completely disproportionate.

Could there be some secret to the T3 Sniper Auxiliary Device? he thought, his hands beginning to turn the T3 Sniper Auxiliary Device over and over.

Yet, this piece of equipment, while seemingly simple, was assembled from a massive number of precision parts. He couldn't dismantle it, and naturally, he couldn't find the secret hidden within.

He turned his head to look at the Shadow Servant, his eyes lighting up. The Shadow Servant's ability allowed it to pass through objects—didn't that mean it could see what was inside?

Although the T3 Sniper Auxiliary Device wasn't large, the Shadow Servant could still pass one of its eyes into the interior.

Through the eye of the Shadow Servant, David saw the inside of the T3 Sniper Auxiliary Device. On the side wall, a chip the size of a fingernail was glued in place.

Extracting the chip from the T3 Sniper Auxiliary Device was troublesome. This T3 Sniper Auxiliary Device had remained intact even after the Flying Shuttle crash and explosion; even if he wanted to destroy it, he couldn't break the outer shell to retrieve the chip inside.

Let's first see what this chip is actually for. Although he couldn't take the chip out, it wasn't as if David couldn't activate it to view the content stored within.

If it were the old David, he certainly wouldn't have had this capability, but he had just acquired electronic warfare proficiency at the 98% mastery level. Activating a chip at such close range was too simple.

The K2 Military Electronic Countermeasure Device emitted a weak energy pulse. With the Shadow Servant providing the positioning, this weak energy accurately connected with the chip's energy interface, and the chip began to activate.

Next, a line of data popped up on the K2 Military Electronic Countermeasure Device. David glanced at it; it looked like garbled code, but to his eyes, it was clear and concise. A look of realization flashed across his gaze.

His hands moved rapidly, and he transferred this line of data from the K2 Military Electronic Countermeasure Device to his own Identity Bracelet.

A projection appeared on his Identity Bracelet, displaying the logo of Yaka Bank.

Yaka Bank was one of the many banks in the Federation, but it was also the one with the highest level of confidentiality. Known as the safest bank, the credits stored in Yaka Bank might not yield high returns, but they would absolutely never be exposed. It was the best choice for most black and gray market income.

Seeing the Yaka Bank logo, David understood what this chip was.

He had never seen the legendary anonymous accounts, but he had long heard of this widely circulated, special type of account.

The projection flashed past the Yaka Bank logo, followed by a series of verifications. The data transmitted by the chip interacted continuously through Skynet with the Yaka Bank branch on Panshi Planet. This interaction process lasted a full ten seconds.

Even with David's 98% mastery level in electronic warfare, he couldn't analyze this data. This was the core secret of Yaka Bank, tested over countless years.

The verification ended, and David finally knew the real reason those mercenaries had come: an available balance of 4.2 million credits. This was the credit balance in the anonymous account.

4.2 million credits—on Panshi Planet, a planet where the value of a credit was extremely high, this could already be considered wealthy.

In fact, of these 4.2 million credits, only 2.6 million were the sales proceeds from high-quality spoils of war harvested by the Sirius Mercenary Group over the recent period; the rest was the private savings of the deceased Abbott.

Looking at the credit balance in the account, David felt a burning sensation in his heart. If he couldn't get into a good university and stayed in Peilan City to work for the rest of his life, he would never be able to save this many credits.

Whether in his past life or his current one, this was the first time he had seen such a vast amount of wealth.

He took a few heavy breaths to steady his emotions. He did not transfer the credits from the account to his own Identity Bracelet; such a massive, unexplained income would trigger unnecessary trouble.

Besides, the chip was in his hands now. As long as others couldn't get the chip, they couldn't open this anonymous account, making this anonymous account his own private vault.

Whenever he wanted to use credits, he could access this massive sum at any time.

He put the T3 Sniper Auxiliary Device into his pocket; this gadget was now worth more than 4.2 million credits.

Provoked by this excitement, coupled with the events of last night, his brain couldn't settle down.

Through the two people who died last night, he began to analyze the issues regarding the Shadow Servant's abilities.

First, as an Armored Warrior, Amos definitely wouldn't have had only one ability. But in reality, the Shadow Servant had only obtained the War Hammer Mastery (82% proficiency) knowledge light orb from his soul. David believed that for Amos to become an Armored Warrior, his body technique ability must have far exceeded the entry level.

Then, thinking about the female mercenary who was an Electronic Warfare Specialist, the Shadow Servant had similarly only obtained one electronic warfare knowledge light orb from her soul. Could it be that the Shadow Servant could only obtain one knowledge light orb from a single soul?

A vague concept began to rise in his heart: the Shadow Servant would only obtain one ability from a single soul, and this ability was highly likely to be the strongest ability the soul possessed while alive.

This point could be seen from the female mercenary; the electronic warfare knowledge light orb provided by her soul was indeed her strongest ability.

David did not absorb or fuse any more knowledge light orbs. Judging from the process of absorbing and fusing the electronic warfare (98% mastery) knowledge light orb, if the body couldn't support the fusion, there was a high possibility that the absorption and fusion would fail.

One had to realize that the electronic warfare (98% mastery) knowledge light orb was a purely theoretical knowledge light orb, and even that had almost been more than he could handle. The remaining knowledge light orbs were all combat-oriented, making the possibility of fusion failure even greater.

He began to practice the Eighteen Forms of Body Technique incessantly. He had a feeling that if he could practice the 99% entry-level Eighteen Forms of Body Technique from start to finish, he would break through the entry level of body technique.

This feeling was extremely strong. Although this practice wouldn't increase his attributes because it was an incomplete routine, he practiced it crazily, without feeling any fatigue.

The three months' worth of Fortified Meat he had purchased was also being consumed rapidly, but he no longer cared about this consumption. His massive wealth was enough to support the consumption required for his training.

The plan he had set for himself was to raise his body technique to the proficiency level, and then use the proficiency-level Eighteen Forms of Body Technique to absorb that bottle of Level 2 Fortified Agent more perfectly.

Although the Level 2 Fortified Agent had good effects, absorbing it depended on one's personal ability; the stronger the body technique, the better the absorption effect of the Level 2 Fortified Agent.

Only after absorbing the Level 2 Fortified Agent and increasing his physical attributes would he have the confidence that he wouldn't waste the remaining three knowledge light orbs.