Mandel Brick

"Extraction successful."

"Extraction point: Heding City Academy-Confidential"

"Duration: 00:55:29"

"Match loot: 6,114,339"

"Total eliminations: 28"

With a full 6 million in loot, Zhang Yang cheered happily: "Nice~ feast time!"

The warehouse interface popped up, displaying the specific gains from Zhang Yang's operation.

First, the big-ticket items: two Million-Value Room Cards, one blue room card, plus a 210k wristwatch, a 220k pocket watch, a 130k Peace Fruit, and two gold bars.

These were all high-value collectibles worth over 100k per slot, totaling over 3 million in value.

On top of that, there were 17 gold-tier collectibles worth over 40k per slot, including the Military Map Case, Golden Branch Laurel, Medal, Nutritious Porridge Can, and Gold Pen.

Add in a backpack full of purple collectibles.

I have to say, the 20-slot large tactical rig and 40-slot large backpack really hold a lot.

Of course, Zhang Yang could only call this figure average.

Because in his past life, matches where he filled his entire backpack like this usually yielded over ten million Haf Coin.

That was enough to craft a Heart of Africa from scratch.

But this time, even with two Million-Value Room Cards, he only scraped together 6 million.

The reason was that he couldn't loot weapon attachments.

A single AW is 100k, one MK47 Ember Barrel is 40k, and one M7 Typhoon Barrel is 20k.

In the high-pressure matches Zhang Yang loved, he would usually loot five AWs and six barrels after clearing the map.

Factor in the ammo, the small gold and red items, and a nearly brand-new Liu Tao Fake Account, and the profit would easily reach a Heart of Africa.

Of course, don't ask about the losses.

Losses are a thing of the past; top-tier players only care about the gains.

After transferring all the looted supplies into the warehouse, Zhang Yang's consciousness returned to the real world.

Back in reality, a pale blue light screen popped up in front of Zhang Yang:

9>>>10

422EXP↑

14348/18000

Only 3,700 EXP away from leveling up.

Closing the experience interface, Zhang Yang went to the Collection Room interface, removed the gold bars from the display, and put them back into the warehouse.

Then, Zhang Yang navigated to the [Season Mission] interface and opened the [Collector] page.

On the [Collector] page, the other four easy-to-find red items had already been submitted, leaving only the gold bar requirement showing (0/3).

The two gold bars gifted to him by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda soul master, plus the one from the collection room, were exactly enough for Zhang Yang to complete the [Collector] mission.

With the gold bars submitted, the [Collector] mission was finally finished.

"Congratulations, you have obtained [Mechanical Worker Bee Model*9]"

"Congratulations, you have completed the [Season Mission] and obtained [Current Season 3*3 Secure Container Voucher]*1"

"Do you wish to use and equip the 3*3 secure container immediately?"

[Current Season 3*3 Secure Container Voucher]: After use, grants a 3*3 secure container, limited to the current season, expires at the end of the season.

Seeing this, Zhang Yang cursed in anger: "Damn system, the season is ending soon, and you let me finish the 3*3 now? What were you doing earlier?"

Indeed, with only a few thousand EXP left until level 10, there was no point in using this voucher.

"I'll keep it as a special collectible."

Sighing again, Zhang Yang didn't dwell on the usage conditions of the [Current Season 3*3 Secure Container Voucher]. He closed the interface, organized his gear, and entered the game once more.

At 11:30 PM, Zhang Yang, having successfully extracted, took a sip of water to steady his nerves.

Fifteen consecutive hours—30 hours of in-game time—of high-intensity looting had left him mentally exhausted.

Fortunately, once inside the map, a single shot of "Combat Stimulant" was enough to keep his focus sharp for the time being.

Collecting his thoughts, Zhang Yang began entering the map again.

GTI Commander: "The Confidential Academy is fraught with danger; please be careful."

Landing at the first spawn point, Zhang Yang hurriedly changed into the "Heding City Academy Uniform" from his backpack, preparing to rush into the Administration Building.

Just then, the voice of the GTI Commander rang in his ears: "Mandel Brick and Decryption Device detected. Bring them back at all costs."

Zhang Yang, feeling somewhat dazed, hurriedly activated his personal terminal upon hearing this to search for the Mandel Brick.

Since a brick had spawned in this match, Zhang Yang's plan to head to the Administration Building would have to be postponed.

Switching back to Tier 2 armor, he jabbed himself with a Physical Enhancement Agent, a Perception Enhancement Agent, and an M2 Muscle Injection, followed by a Combat Stimulant. With a shake of his head, Zhang Yang felt his spirits lift significantly.

With his M14 in hand and soul power surging, the magazine was rapidly filled. Zhang Yang didn't break his stride, heading straight for the extraction point.

In this match, the Mandel Brick had respawned in the Commercial Street, while the Decryption Stations were located on the path in front of the academy's Administration Building and inside the lobby of a hotel on Hotel Street, respectively.

As for what rewards were actually granted after decrypting a Mandel Brick, Zhang Yang was still only half-informed.

Prior to this, Zhang Yang had encountered a total of four matches with brick spawns and had successfully completed the decryption in all of them.

After all, the strength of Lord M14 was still quite overpowered at this stage.

However, the decryption rewards from these Mandel Bricks had left Zhang Yang somewhat baffled.

These rewards were: "M14 Attribute Conversion Card Fragment (Ice) *1", "Spirit Bone Skill Compatibility Card Fragment *1", "Spirit Bone Realm Promotion Card Fragment *1", and "Ring Detonation Recovery Card Fragment *1".

Four fragments, all unrelated, made Zhang Yang's head spin.

However, after careful study, Zhang Yang had managed to figure out some of the underlying logic.

That is, the items produced by the Mandel Bricks were all things that could only be achieved through extremely precious heavenly treasures.

For instance, the "M14 Attribute Conversion Card" was very similar to the "Ice Immunity" and "Fire Immunity" of Tang San's Blue Silver Grass; it was just that one caused elemental attacks, while the other granted immunity to them.

To achieve "Ice Immunity" and "Fire Immunity" for his Blue Silver Grass, Tang San had not only consumed two great immortal herbs, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot, but had also undergone tempering in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Zhang Yang, on the other hand, only needed to decrypt a certain number of Mandel Bricks and collect the fragments.

It was just that, at the current stage, the probability of a brick spawning in Zhang Yang's matches was too low.

He wondered if the spawn rate would increase once he entered higher-level maps.

While lost in these random thoughts, the voice of the GTI Commander rang in Zhang Yang's ears again.

"The enemy has obtained the Mandel Brick. Hurry, find and stop them."

"The brick has been taken?"

Zhang Yang hurriedly opened the map and discovered that the Mandel Brick had indeed begun to move.

"If someone has taken the brick, there's no need to rush."

Recalling the miserable state of his previous brick-taking matches, where he had to fight four teams in a row, Zhang Yang made up his mind.

In this match, he would play the role of the fisherman.

Ten minutes later, another notification sounded in his ear.

"The enemy has obtained the Mandel Brick. Hurry, find and stop them."

Hearing this, Zhang Yang let go of the Bot Loot Box he had been chewing on, hurriedly opened the map, and marked the current location of the Mandel Brick.

Now he could be certain that there was a team's loot box at this location.

He could go over and scavenge the leftovers later.

After the Mandel Brick changed hands, Zhang Yang saw it remain stationary for two minutes before heading straight for Hotel Street.

A very correct choice.

The Decryption Station on Hotel Street had been respawned indoors; the team carrying the brick could act as the defensive side, hiding in the rooms to catch the attacking team off guard.

However, indoor CQB weakened the long-range advantage of Zhang Yang's weapon, so he could not allow the Mandel Brick to be inserted into the Hotel Street Decryption Station.

Although he could probably wait for two more attacking teams to be eliminated if he kept waiting, Zhang Yang could no longer afford to delay.

It was time to move.

Cutting diagonally from the entrance of Commercial Street to take a shortcut, it took Zhang Yang only three minutes to reach the path the brick-carrying team had to take to reach the Decryption Station.

On a rooftop next to Hotel Street, Zhang Yang crouched behind a sign to hide his figure, keeping a close eye on the location of the Mandel Brick on the map.

"At this speed, it looks like they've suffered significant injuries."

Zhang Yang analyzed.

Seeing that the Mandel Brick had already entered the main road of Hotel Street, Zhang Yang closed the map and quietly poked his head out.

At the end of his line of sight, a three-man squad with clearly unnatural movements appeared.

As they advanced, their eyes constantly scanned the surrounding buildings, full of vigilance.

However, their movements suddenly paused, and their gazes turned in unison toward the direction where Zhang Yang was located.

At this moment, the distance between the two sides was 100 meters.

This distance was exactly the range at which the Mandel Brick provided a "mild alert" notification.

"Careful, the Soul Tool (Mandel Brick) is giving a warning. There's someone nearby."

The frail support-type soul master whispered a warning.

"How far away?"

"Not sure, but the alert is very faint. It should be within sight, about a hundred meters or so."

"About a hundred meters? Understood."