Treasure Hunting for Bargains

With his Divine Sense providing support, Fatley performed a wide drift into the parking zone, then stepped out with Ilde to the astonished expressions of passersby.

They walked unhurriedly into the rectangular building next to them, which stood a hundred meters high and five hundred meters wide.

It was the K8 Universe City Li Group specialty store.

Stepping into the lobby, they were met with hundreds of product display areas, most of which sold consumer technology products for citizens.

The receptionist, seeing Feng Xiao's combat suit and Star Ring, immediately beamed with a smile.

"Greetings, sir," the staff member said, stepping forward respectfully. "Please follow me to the third floor for military supplies."

Feng Xiao nodded and stepped onto a Floating Disk, which rose rapidly toward the third floor.

Scanning his gaze across the numerous private rooms, Feng Xiao led Ilde into the exhibition area.

Primary Li-style Particle Projector

Intermediate Li-style Particle Projector

Primary Anti-Particle Suppressor

Li-style Standard Armor Star Weapon

Li-style Standard Shield Star Weapon

Li-style K2 War Machine

Aside from the intermediate Li-style particles and the primary suppressor, the other goods did not satisfy Feng Xiao; the Star Weapons were all of yellow quality at best, with lackluster stats.

As for the K2 war machines, the fifty units aboard the Star Origin could easily take on five of these each without issue.

After all, those were high-end goods purchased via the Star Net.

It was not surprising, however; the Li Group specialized in selling various grades of Li-style particles, with other equipment sold merely as an afterthought.

Ninety percent of their research and development was focused on Li-style particles, while their specialized Star Weapons, war machines, individual armor, and individual weapons were mostly for show. Of course, because those Star Weapons were inexpensive due to their quality and stats, they sold quite well among civilian captains.

"Primary Li-style particles can only jam blue-grade or lower warp and communication equipment. If you need to target Star-Land Class and above, you'll need intermediate or advanced particles," the staff member suddenly said with a smile.

"Of course, the Primary Li-style Particle Suppressor can break through primary particle blockades, though it cannot guarantee a breakthrough—there is only a 30% chance."

Hearing the staff member's explanation, Feng Xiao shrugged noncommittally. Would anyone believe that the group that developed Li-style particles didn't have a 100% decryption technology?

"I see. Do you have intermediate particles in stock?"

"We do!"

After purchasing 500 kilograms of intermediate Li-style particles, Feng Xiao left with a hint of disappointment. It seemed the Li Group had built its foundation solely on Li-style particles.

Furthermore, as far as he knew, even the most top-tier Li-style particles currently available could not affect any high-level starships or civilizations above level seven.

The items currently used by the Alliance and high-level starships were a special product called a Dark Field Generator.

He didn't know the specific data, but he would deal with that if he encountered one.

Ilde suddenly asked, "Captain, where are we heading next?"

"Do you have any suggestions?"

Ilde nodded. "I've noticed recently that your intuition is very accurate, Captain. Would you like to visit the Star Weapon Blind Box Center?"

"Star Weapon... blind boxes?"

A sharp glint flashed in Feng Xiao's eyes.

"Star Weapon blind boxes are randomized packages from the Alliance Star Weapon Group. You can obtain one blind box for two thousand Star Points. The boxes must be selected on-site. Given the scale of the Violet Kingdom branch, the highest-grade items should be a few purple-quality Star Weapons," Ilde said calmly, failing to notice Feng Xiao's smile.

"Good! Let's go!"

He immediately dragged Ilde back to the vehicle and sped toward the blind box center via navigation.

Ilde was completely bewildered, unable to understand why the captain had suddenly become so excited.

Even if there were purple Star Weapons... the one-in-ten-thousand chance was far too low. White-quality Star Weapons made up nearly 99.99% of the contents.

It was impossible to use abilities or Star Weapon detection either; the blind box center was built by the Alliance Star Weapon Group and could bypass the energy barriers on the building.

Anyone capable of detecting the contents wouldn't care about purple-quality Star Weapons anyway.

But the surprise Feng Xiao felt at this moment was beyond Ilde's imagination. Although his legendary ability couldn't detect the contents due to his low level, the Heart of Dawn could.

He finally understood: if the Heart of Dawn was a Star Weapon, it was undoubtedly a supreme treasure that far exceeded a max-level legendary Star Weapon!

Wang Hao, clutching a pile of snacks, was wandering around happily when his gaze suddenly stopped on a circular building nearby.

[Ancient Arcade Game Tournament]

"Hmm... interesting..."

"This place is quite large."

Feng Xiao watched as tens of thousands of Floating Disks, each towing hundreds of large crates, drifted slowly through the air. His eyes seemed to sparkle with golden light.

Holding the five marking cards he had exchanged for 10,000 Star Points, Feng Xiao first scanned his surroundings. Seeing that there were not many people around, he narrowed his eyes.

"Heart of Dawn, scan!"

[Scanning...]

[Rail Cannon: Main Cannon

Quality: White

...]

[Turtle Shield...]

[...]

His gaze swept rapidly across hundreds of crates, all of which contained only White-quality Star Weapons or even ordinary machinery. Feng Xiao's expression remained calm.

Internally, however, he was complaining about the heartless profiteering.

"The ratio is just too exaggerated."

He shook his head and scanned the Star Weapons on the various Floating Disks at high speed, while Ilde followed behind him, moving about with an expressionless face.

The Captain must have his reasons for being so certain.

Feeling impatient as he sensed there might not be any Purple-quality Star Weapons, Feng Xiao cast a rough glance at a crate to his rear-left.

[Tengshe: Special (Cap lv30)

Quality: Red

Level: lv0 (Upgrade to enhance effects)

Effect: This Star Weapon is of the stealth category. It masks the ship's energy fluctuations, allowing it to avoid enemy detection of the Star Weapon's parent Starship to a certain extent.

The enemy's Matrix must be 10 levels higher than this Star Weapon or of a quality above Red to break the concealment; it may also be detected by chance if the enemy possesses special detection equipment.

Passive: Intuition Nullification

Cannot be locked onto by enemy prediction-type abilities below Red quality.

Amplification: Presence Reduction

Rule-based amplification that lowers the presence of the parent Starship; there is a chance for visual sensors to ignore the parent Starship.

Occupies four Star Weapon slots

Equipment Restriction: Star-Land Class

(Can be equipped on Epic or higher hull grades, or on high-level Starships)]

"!!!"

A Red-quality Star Weapon, and a top-tier one at that!

Stealth-type Star Weapons were far more precious than Shield-type Star Weapons of the same quality, and even more valuable than Armor-type Star Weapons of a higher quality.

Moreover, such a Star Weapon was practically invincible for exploration activities.

The universe was unimaginably vast, with battlefields starting at a million kilometers; it was difficult to see anything relying solely on visual equipment or the naked eye.

Most relied on the Matrix or related abilities to lock onto enemies before launching an attack.

The problem was that most methods for Matrix Star Weapons and radar to lock onto enemies relied on energy detection, yet this stealth-type Star Weapon could mask a Starship's energy.

A Matrix Star Weapon that wasn't 10 levels higher or a Matrix of the same quality actually couldn't detect it.

It even possessed that mysterious rule-based amplification and a powerful passive, boosting the Starship's concealment capabilities significantly in almost every aspect.

It was the all-encompassing, no-blind-spot kind.

With this Star Weapon, the maneuverability when hunting in alien universes against enemy civilizations in the future would instantly skyrocket a thousandfold.

Furthermore, survivability would also be far more robust.

As he thought this, his hands didn't slow down in the slightest; he completed the marking and sent it to the warehouse where the Star Origin was docked before continuing to wander around.

Since there was a Red-quality Star Weapon, perhaps there were other decent ones as well.

However, it seemed that the Red-quality Star Weapon was the best item in the blind box center.

Over the next half hour of searching, he didn't find any other Star Weapons worth Feng Xiao's attention.

In the end, Feng Xiao only chose one Blue-quality Star Weapon and three Yellow-quality Star Weapons before leaving.

Meanwhile, Wang Hao stood in front of the Star Origin's docking warehouse, staring blankly at the five-meter-tall game competition prize before him.