The True Purpose

Chapter 44: True Purpose

"You guys probably have a lot of good stuff on you."

Qin Xia squatted down to search the bodies of Ai Long and the person in charge, looking for anything he could use or preserve for future use.

When his hand touched Ai Long's corpse, Qin Xia found his hand blocked by a thin layer of energy plating.

He gently stroked the energy plating, his eyes layered with psychic power, and observed the energy flow with his psychic vision. Finally, at the source of the energy flow, he found a device strapped to his waist.

The device looked like a belt, emitting a faint hum that only Qin Xia could hear.

As he reached out to remove the belt, Qin Xia had a sudden thought and stopped his movement. He stood up, picked up the heavy machine gun he had slung over his back, loaded a bullet into the chamber, and then opened fire on Ai Long's corpse.

With a bang, a large amount of shrapnel was reflected onto the psychic barrier Qin Xia had erected, while Ai Long's body remained unharmed.

Qin Xia observed the energy plating. He noticed that although it had perfectly resisted the damage, its energy density was not as high as before, indicating that it could be depleted.

However, a large-caliber heavy machine gun could only deplete a small amount of energy.

Qin Xia calculated that with such a device, if he hadn't used his psychic power, killing this noble instantly would have been a pipe dream.

But thinking about it the other way around.

No matter how good the equipment used by this Tarkos Family noble named Ai Long was, or how powerful his black technology was, when he was headshotted by psychic power, he was no different from the person in charge who couldn't activate the energy plating. He couldn't even withstand half a second.

"Good stuff, now it's mine." Qin Xia placed his hand on the belt, not knowing how to make it stop emitting energy, closed his eyes, and used his psychic power to probe the internal structure of the belt.

After Qin Xia roughly understood some of the functions of the belt's internal structure, he had an idea. He used his psychic power to penetrate the casing, which was made with an unknown technology, and made the belt stop emitting energy.

Finally, he picked up this piece of black technology and threw it into the backpack behind him.

Qin Xia searched Ai Long's body again and found that this guy might have been in a hurry, as he didn't carry much. Besides some jewelry, there was nothing else on him.

As a member of the noblest family on Nuceria, any piece of jewelry Ai Long wore was priceless. However, these ornaments were of no use to Qin Xia at the moment. The remaining capacity in his backpack still needed to be reserved for more important things.

"Your turn." Qin Xia walked to the body of the person in charge and squatted down to search.

The person in charge didn't have the energy plating belt, or perhaps he did but didn't take it out.

Qin Xia didn't have much time to conduct a thorough search of the entire manor, so he collected what he found.

Two vials of potions and a defensive handgun that used energy as ammunition.

After putting away the items, Qin Xia stared at the corpse of the person in charge and realized that this guy was practically a cyborg.

Looking into the body through the gap at his neck, both his organs and bones were made of metal.

"Damn it, how is the biotechnology in this hellhole of Nuceria so outrageous?" Qin Xia kicked the corpse away and walked towards the bookshelves.

The library in this manor had so many books that Qin Xia was amazed and lingered.

Judging by the appearance of the manor's owner, the person in charge, he didn't seem like someone who loved to read. Qin Xia guessed that he just kept the books there to show off to outsiders.

Even so, the books that the person in charge used just for showing off were hundreds of times more than all the books Qin Xia had seen in his life, both before he transmigrated into this universe in his physical body and after he transmigrated into this universe again.

It was impossible to stay here and absorb all the knowledge. He could only pick up a few useful books.

So Qin Xia started scanning the books.

Books on science and technology were his top priority.

Qin Xia's backpack wasn't large, and he couldn't carry many items.

Qin Xia didn't consider whether he could understand the technology books he was eyeing.

Indeed, his life as a scientist was in the 21st century of the human era. At that time, the level of technology was still very basic, and it was not as advanced as the technology in any human territory today.

But Qin Xia's first transmigration, which was to 40K, he hadn't done nothing on the White Scars Chapter and the planet where he first transmigrated. He had also studied.

Qin Xia believed that with his intelligence and talent for research, there was nothing he couldn't learn or understand.

After collecting more than a dozen books, Qin Xia began to consider whether he should discard his heavy machine gun to make room for carrying books.

However, at this moment, he noticed a desk in front of him with something resembling a tablet computer on it.

That thing was like the datapad commonly used among humans.

An uncontrolled psychic premonition appeared again.

In the premonition, Qin Xia saw himself studying the datapad for a long time and then discovering a function that allowed him to browse the digital versions of any book in the library.

"Damn..."

Qin Xia threw all the books he was carrying away, stepped forward, picked up the datapad, put it in his backpack, and then left the library to go somewhere else.

Killing the person in charge and Ai Long was not the main objective of this trip.

Searching for some books and obtaining some information about Nuceria's science and technology was one of the objectives, but it was still not the main objective.

Leaving the library, Qin Xia went to the manor's warehouse.

In this place filled with many miscellaneous items, Qin Xia cleared a metal table and placed an item he had brought with him on it.

It was a small object that looked like a cubic box, no bigger than a finger.

But this thing was the processor from the heads of the security mechs in the gladiatorial arena.

It was also something Angron had ripped from the head of a Security Mech after killing two gladiators in a fit of rage, which he then brought back to the cave and gave to Qin Xia.

Picking up the gift, Qin Xia examined it.

The Security Mech seemed to be mass-producible by the Nucerians, so this thing was definitely not a technological black box.

This meant it could be cracked, used, and modified.

At this moment, Qin Xia suddenly recalled a past event.

Back then, he was in the White Scars Chapter, doing odd jobs repairing various small equipment for the Chapter in order to understand the technological creations of humanity's space age.

Originally, a child wouldn't have been qualified to touch the sacred artifacts of the Emperor's Angels, but there was a Tech-Priest from the Adeptus Mechanicus in the Chapter at the time. This Tech-Priest was always trying to persuade Qin Xia to become an "exchange student" at the Adeptus Mechanicus after becoming a Space Marine, and return to serve the Omnissiah as a Tech-Sergeant.

This plan also involved the Librarian. He taught Qin Xia a small trick using psychic power to deceive the Tech-Priest, making the Priest believe Qin Xia had a natural affinity with the Omnissiah.

By working as a handyman for the Tech-Priest, Qin Xia also gained access to repair work.

"Your bike is broken, mate. It won't be fixed until after we hit that cruiser back to Quanzhou Fortress and can get parts from there."

Qin Xia also remembered saying this to a White Scar warrior who had crashed his bike on the battlefield.

Then, as the White Scar warrior fell into panic and anxiety, Qin Xia added, "But I remember the Tech-Priest still has some spare parts in stock. However, he's from the Adeptus Mechanicus, you know, the other head of the double-headed eagle. It's not easy to get his help."

"But I'm working for the Tech-Priest, so if you want me to help you steal... no, help you coordinate the parts from the Tech-Priest's warehouse, I can do it."

The White Scar warrior was immediately overjoyed and asked Qin Xia what he wanted in return.

"Aren't you a guard for Barutai the Prophet? Let me into his room to read a couple of books, and I'll help you... help you coordinate."

"..."

Recalling the joys of the past, Qin Xia chuckled and quickly got down to business.

He began modifying the automaton processor in his hand, connecting it with a datapad, and observing its internal structure with his psychic vision, understanding and analyzing the functions of its internal components.

He used the tools in the current warehouse to fabricate some simple parts, welding or implanting them into the processor's internal structure.

These tasks were indeed difficult, but not impossible.