79: Chapter 79 Attention from a Central Government Boss

After finishing his conversation with Jianghai Lord Li Zhen, a wave of exhaustion washed over Lin Fan.

Lin Fan slumped unceremoniously onto the deformed green ammunition box.

His lungs burned with pain; it was the aftereffect of overdrawing his stamina for the [Legion Aura].

Everywhere he looked, there were severed limbs and mountains of exotic beast corpses.

At this moment, in his eyes, this was no longer a brutal battlefield.

It was clearly an open-air gold mine.

It was all money; it was all resources.

"Fatty."

Lin Fan spat out his cigarette butt and crushed it fiercely with the sole of his shoe. "Stop playing dead, get up and get to work."

Not far away, Fatty Zhang Hao was lying on the ground in a sprawl. The [Tyrannosaurus Armor] on his body had already deactivated, revealing rolls of fat that rose and fell with his breathing.

Hearing Lin Fan's call, Fatty jolted and sprang up reflexively.

"Brother Fan, what's up? Is there another beast tide?"

Fatty looked around vigilantly, gripping his dulled alloy dagger tightly.

"Collect the corpses."

Lin Fan pushed himself up by his knees and brushed the dust off his backside. "While they're still fresh, hurry up and process these raw materials. If we wait too long, the spiritual essence will dissipate, and the quality will drop by a grade."

The soldiers cleaning up the battlefield paused, casting complicated glances his way.

Awe, admiration, and a hint of strangeness.

Having just finished such a brutal battle, everyone was grieving the loss of their comrades or feeling lucky to have survived.

Yet this guy was different; all he could think about was how to monetize these corpses.

Truly, he valued money over his life.

"Everyone, listen up!"

Lin Fan suddenly raised his voice, using a sliver of spiritual power so his voice traveled across the entire defensive line. "Move all the intact exotic beast corpses to the left. The mangled and broken ones, pile them on the right."

"Move fast! This is your pension and bonus!"

Mentioning money, the originally exhausted soldiers instantly perked up.

"Quick, move them!"

"Don't throw away that Wind Wolf's leg, that's a C-Rank material!"

The entire battlefield instantly turned into a massive open-air slaughterhouse and processing plant.

Lin Fan walked over to the pile of scraps.

It was piled high with blasted flesh and blood, making it impossible to identify the original species.

In the past, these would only be burned as trash.

But now...

Lin Fan stretched out his hands and hovered them over the pile of flesh.

The system interface flashed wildly on his retina.

[Detected large quantities of low-tier biological active substances]

[Initiating blind box recycling mechanism]

[Converting...]

Hum!

A soft white light flashed past.

The pile of flesh that had been stacked like a mountain instantly vanished, replaced by hundreds of neat, small white and green paper boxes lined up on the ground.

E-Rank [Daily Supplies blind box].

D-Rank [Basic Supplies blind box].

"Fatty, hand these out."

Lin Fan casually picked up a white blind box and tossed it to a young wounded soldier with a broken leg nearby. "Although you won't get any divine weapons, the high-energy compressed biscuits, painkillers, and even cigarettes inside are hard currency."

The wounded soldier was stunned. Clutching the blind box, his eyes turned red.

In this era of scarcity, the items inside these seemingly trashy blind boxes were incredibly generous rewards for low-level soldiers.

"Tha... Thank you, Mr. Lin!"

The wounded soldier saluted with a tremble.

"Don't thank me, thank yourselves."

Lin Fan waved his hand and turned to walk toward the center of the battlefield.

That was where the main event of the day was.

A mountain-sized corpse lay silently across the ruins.

The Lord-level exotic beast, Amethyst Winged Dragon King.

Even though it was already dead, it still retained the pressure of a Grandmaster Level.

Ordinary soldiers dared not come within fifty meters of it.

Lin Fan walked steadily.

He stopped in front of the massive dragon head, looking at those lusterless purple vertical pupils.

He reached out and touched the cold scales.

[Detected high-energy biological reaction]

[Target: Amethyst Winged Dragon King (Lord-level / Dead)]

[Integrity: 85%]

[Perform deep analysis and conversion?]

"Yes."

Lin Fan murmured in his heart.

In an instant, his hands turned pure gold.

"Snap."

The Amethyst scales, with hardness comparable to A-Rank alloy materials, were peeled off like brittle paper in Lin Fan's hands.

One, two, three...

Each scale contained violent thunder power, refracting a mesmerizing purple light under the sun.

"Good stuff."

Lin Fan moved quickly, storing the peeled scales into his system space. "If I turn this into a defensive blind box, I can at least get a B-Rank or higher lightning-type battle armor."

Next was the dragon blood.

Lin Fan took out a specialized vacuum collector and pierced the wound on the dragon's neck.

"Hiss."

Scalding hot dragon blood gushed out, making a boiling sound as it landed in the container.

The purple blood was as viscous as mercury, emitting astonishing energy fluctuations.

[Obtained: Amethyst Dragon Blood (A-Rank Material)]

[Usage: Body tempering, alchemy, creating bloodline-type blind boxes.]

Finally.

Lin Fan's gaze landed on the massive blood hole in the dragon's chest.

That was the fatal wound caused by Li Zhen's shot.

And amidst the fragments of the heart, a fist-sized, crystal-clear purple crystal was emitting a faint glow.

Dragon Crystal.

The condensation of the entire essence of this Lord-level exotic beast.

Lin Fan took a deep breath and carefully reached his hand into the bloody chest cavity.

The moment his fingertips touched the crystal, a tingling current instantly coursed through his entire body.

That was a pure fragment of the laws of thunder.

"Up!"

Lin Fan gave a low shout and yanked the Dragon Crystal out.

Boom!

A purple beam of light shot into the sky, dyeing the clouds above purple.

The surrounding soldiers let out a cry of surprise.

[Congratulations Host, obtained core material: Thunder Dragon Crystal (S-Rank Incomplete)]

[Detected Host possesses a full set of Lord-level materials (Dragon Scales, Dragon Blood, Dragon Bone, Dragon Crystal)...]

[Raw material quality overflow!]

[System judgment: Can produce [A-Rank · Thunder Sovereign blind box] (High probability of obtaining Grandmaster Level cultivation techniques, A-rank Talent (Lightning), or A-Rank growth-type divine weapon)]

Lin Fan's heart skipped a beat.

A-Rank blind box.

This was the highest-level blind box he could produce so far.

All those so-called C-Rank and D-Rank ones before were nothing compared to this blind box.

If this thing were put up for auction...

The entire Jianghai, no, the powerhouses of the entire Southeast Province would probably fight tooth and nail for it.

Especially the A-rank Talent (Lightning); although he had opened many C-Rank Talents and B-Rank Talents before, he had never directly opened an A-rank Talent.

Although Talent Advancement Cards could also raise Talent levels, there were many restrictions; even S-Rank ones could only advance by one level, and the probability of obtaining them was not high.

He quickly stored the Dragon Crystal into his system space, afraid that it would be snatched away if he were a second too slow.

"You kid, you're quite nimble."

A thick voice came from behind.

Lin Fan knew who it was without turning around.

Li Zhen had changed into clean casual clothes. Although his face was still a bit pale, his mental state was good. He stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the pile of dragon meat that had lost its value, a hint of appreciation flashing in his eyes.

"Making the best use of everything."

Lin Fan turned around, his face instantly wearing that signature Shrewd Merchant smile. "Jianghai Lord, although this dragon meat has lost its essence, it's still very nourishing for making soup. Shall I have someone send two tons to the Jianghai Lord's mansion later?"

"Two tons?"

Li Zhen was so amused he laughed. "Do you think I'm a glutton?"

He walked to Lin Fan's side, withdrew his smile, and his expression became somewhat solemn.

"There were too many people earlier, some things weren't convenient to say."

Li Zhen lowered his voice, his gaze looking toward the north, the direction of the Capital.

"Someone has come from the Capital."

Lin Fan's heart skipped a beat, and the smile on his face faded slightly. "Are they here for me?"

"Yes."

Li Zhen nodded. "Your performance today was too eye-catching. SS-Rank Talent, plus that blind box ability that can conjure supplies out of thin air... Although I helped you suppress many details, some things cannot be hidden."

"Who is coming?"

Lin Fan asked the most critical question.

If it were those greedy aristocratic families, he wouldn't mind killing a few more to establish his authority.

Anyway, now that he had the state's backing, he had plenty of confidence.

Li Zhen looked at Lin Fan deeply and uttered a name.

"Special Advisor to the Dragon Country's Highest Military Academy, General Ye Canglan."

Lin Fan frowned slightly.

He hadn't heard this name before.

But in the original owner's memories, anyone associated with the "Highest Military Academy" was a figure with heaven-reaching connections.

"He watched your combat footage."

Li Zhen's voice became somewhat mysterious. "He is very interested in that potion of yours that can instantly heal injuries and even regrow severed limbs. And that aura of yours that allows ordinary soldiers to unleash several times their combat power."

"He entrusted me to pass a message to you."

Lin Fan: "What message?"

Li Zhen cleared his throat and said in a strange tone:

"'Tell that little guy, if his blind box can open the things I want, I can let him walk sideways.'"

Walk sideways?

Lin Fan raised an eyebrow.

This sounds a bit like bandit talk, why?

"What's this old man's background?" Lin Fan couldn't help but ask.

"What's his background?"

Li Zhen gave a bitter smile. "He is one of the founders of Dragon Country's martial arts technology and an honored guest of several current Martial Gods. A single word from him can decide the resource allocation of an entire province."

"Lin Fan, this is your chance."

Li Zhen patted Lin Fan's shoulder. "Small fries like the Wang family aren't even fit to carry his shoes in front of him. If you can hug this big thigh..."

"Even if you poke a hole in the sky, someone will patch it for you."

Lin Fan was silent for a moment.

Afterward, he took a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and took a deep drag.

"It's a good opportunity."

"But my blind boxes are determined by my strength; at my current realm, I cannot produce higher-tier blind boxes."

Li Zhen was stunned for a moment.

Then he laughed out loud, pointing at Lin Fan's nose: "You, you really are an old schemer who likes to hide yourself."

"You, you like to make big moves, but you also want to play it safe. Alright, no need to say more. You don't understand the weight of the state right now, but you will understand later."

Li Zhen left, laughing.

Lin Fan stood in place, slightly pondering Li Zhen's words. "I was indeed too young. These old timers don't believe the excuses I gave at all. Previously, a Martial Artist could make a blind box effective against Grandmasters."

"But now I'm saying my realm isn't high enough. Careless!"