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"This sword is great!"
"This sword is so useful!"
"In close combat, within a one-meter radius, not a single fish demon can get near me!"
"The flying sword is even stronger! Its endurance is a little weak—only one strike per hour—but that's just an energy issue! The ship has a nuclear reactor! With some practice, this flying sword could even be used to clear shipping lanes!"
"Mr. Li, are you really willing to put to sea with us? Come, come, this way. Let's discuss salary, benefits, and allowances... Mr. Shen! Mr. Shen, come over here!"
Well then. As the owner and guardian of an Artifact Spirit that had been repaired less than half a year ago and had yet to complete its socialization, Shen Le had no choice but to sit at the conference table and negotiate on Li Xingtang's behalf.
Money, rank, all kinds of spiritual materials for maintaining the armor, a dedicated maintenance technician—every last one had to be included. There also had to be combat compensation for deployments, and an attendance allowance for using the flying sword to cut through undersea coral reefs...
Naturally, aside from combat capability, the base tested all sorts of other things. The results were that Li Xingtang was excellent, and the flying sword was excellent too, but the porcelain swords still had to be repaired...
"Look at this flying sword! This flying sword! When it comes out, look how huge its signal is on the sonar!"
The expert pointed at the blinking signal on the screen and explained to Shen Le with a pained expression:
"It's much bigger than its actual size! Way bigger! A three-foot flying sword gives off a signal nearly as large as a torpedo several meters long! Whatever this flying sword's, uh, energy signature is—could you modify