Excitement welled up in Chen Mu as he looked at the great pile of materials and the countless pieces of equipment before him. These materials were hard to find on the market. Without his partnership with Fatty, he would never even have dared dream of them.
There were even more materials this time than he had seen at the Yang Auction House, enough to fill three small storerooms. The equipment Fatty had sent was worth a fortune as well, and much of it was completely unfamiliar to him. Altogether, it was worth no less than several hundred million-a lavish gift indeed. And Fatty had chosen a gift Chen Mu simply could not bring himself to refuse. All he could do was quietly remember the favor.
He directed everyone as they helped put things away. It took the entire afternoon to get all the equipment and materials properly arranged.
A Card Analyzer, a Micro-Precision Liquid-Phase Extraction Device, a Constant-Temperature Conditioning Instrument...
Looking around, Chen Mu could not help feeling thoroughly satisfied. Having an advanced laboratory had always been his dream. He had never imagined that dream would come true so unexpectedly. Though this equipment was not the very best in the Federation, it was still far beyond what an ordinary corporation could afford.
What could be more wonderful than this?
Night had deepened outside before Chen Mu remembered that he had been working all this time without eating. Just as he was about to find something to eat, an alarm suddenly rang out.
"Unidentified intruder detected! Level-one alert! All units, take your positions immediately!"
The announcement played over and over throughout the building, and everyone immediately went on alert. The Card Adepts on duty prepared for battle at once, while those resting hurried to their combat stations.
The spacious base immediately