115: Chapter 115 Legs Worth Paying for, a Deadly Debt

For five consecutive days, Company Commander Zhou Hailong had been calling the Northern Military Region.

He wanted to use his connections to find out about Qin Feng's situation.

But they refused him directly, citing a top-secret mission as the reason.

For five whole days, he had sought out everyone he should have, but no one knew any news about Qin Feng.

Company Commander Zhou Hailong regretted it; such a promising talent, he shouldn't have let his head get hot and accepted that mission for him at the time.

As the days passed, his feeling grew worse and worse.

Not to mention him, even Li Qingxue couldn't find any news about Qin Feng, even after utilizing her family's connections.

She only knew that he was no longer in the Southern 9th Group Army.

Often, this kind of situation is the most worrying.

As for Shen Youchu, she trained frantically every day; she had become accustomed to the abuse.

"The sixth day without Qin Feng."

...

The dawn five days ago.

Qin Feng woke up from the ruins, his vision shrouded in darkness.

The intense pain almost made him pass out again.

Without a doubt, he had no sensation in his legs! No! He should say he couldn't feel his legs.

And that unbearable source of pain was coming from his lower body.

He subconsciously reached out to touch it and discovered that his legs were completely gone.

Even if he survived, he would be half a man!

[Ding! Host awakening detected, system is restarting...]

[Restart successful!]

[Evaluating current status of host... Evaluation complete.]

[Warning! Host's vital signs are extremely weak, multiple parts of the body are damaged, lower limbs are severely damaged, and the host has entered a near-death state!]

[Warning! Host's current environment: underground enclosed space, oxygen levels are continuously dropping, estimated remaining breathable time: 72 hours.]

[Warning! Host currently has no food, no water source, survival probability is lower than 0.1%!]

A series of red warnings flashed frantically across Qin Feng's retina, making his eyelids twitch.

"Alright, alright, stop warning me; I know I'm about to die."

Qin Feng complained weakly in his heart; the intense pain made his mind a bit clearer.

It's just that his legs were ruined and his body was damaged in many places.

If it were in the era of advanced technology from his past life, this situation wouldn't be hard to solve.

But in this life, both technology and medicine were far from reaching that level.

"System, is there any... beginner hospice care gift pack or something?"

"If not, I'm applying to kick the bucket early!"

[Ding! Detected that the host successfully survived a "certain-death situation," final mission completed — "Rebirth from the Ashes"!]

[Calculating mission rewards...]

[Obtained 1000 points of fixed military merit!]

[Due to the host's performance in the mission far exceeding expectations and having a decisive impact on the entire battle, a hidden reward has been triggered!]

[Reward: 500 military merit, 1 bionic spider (future technology)]

Qin Feng's eyes lit up instantly.

This was simply the only straw of hope in a desperate situation!

He took a look at his military merit.

Completing the "Rebirth from the Ashes" mission rewarded him with 1000 fixed points.

Now his fixed military merit had reached 2800 points.

Previously in the armory, using rocket launchers and the suicidal attacks of the ghosts, he had taken out quite a few enemies, and in total, he had farmed almost two hundred points of military merit.

Plus the remaining 1100 points of free military merit.

Perhaps upgrading his military rank might give him a way to live.

If not... then he'd just kick the bucket!

Qin Feng acted very nonchalant; at this point, his devil-may-care attitude fully erupted!

He had finally figured it out; free military merit points were far more satisfying than fixed military merit.

Fixed military merit could only be used to upgrade his military rank, but free military merit was more like a currency circulating within the system.

As long as one is willing to pay to win, anything is possible.

Now, as long as he spent 200 free military merit points, he could raise his military rank; he would gamble on it.

"Upgrade! Immediately! Right now!" Qin Feng didn't hesitate at all.

[Ding! Command confirmed.]

[Consumed 200 military merit points.]

[Congratulations to the host for upgrading.]

[Host: Qin Feng]

[Military Rank: First-Class Sergeant (0 / 10000)]

[military merit: 900 points]

[Congratulations to the host, the military rank store has been updated.]

Qin Feng couldn't wait any longer.

He hurriedly opened the store to check the updated items inside.

Now he was praying to every deity he could think of, hoping they weren't so expensive that he couldn't afford them, causing him to just kick the bucket right there.

[Product List]

[Half a leftover steamed bun: 0.5 military merit points (limit 10)]

[Infinite refill cola cup: 10 military merit points (Function: the cola in the cup will never run out, but only original flavor)]

[Queens Whip: 50 military merit points (Function: ??? Note: Maybe it could come in handy?)]

"What the f*ck! What kind of mess is this?"

Qin Feng looked at the dazzling array of goods and nearly went crazy!

The intense pain made his eyelids grow heavier and heavier.

This was a sign of excessive blood loss; he had to be fast!

His gaze swept rapidly across the product list.

Finally, a product emitting a soft white light made him pause.

[Primary bionic prosthesis (future technology): Made of high-strength alloy and carbon fiber materials, can connect to nerves, restoring mobility. Price: 500 military merit points.]

[primary first aid kit: Contains nano-repair gel, potent painkiller, full-spectrum antibiotics. Price: 100 military merit points.]

Good, good, good! Although it's only primary, it's better than nothing!

That's it!

Qin Feng used his last bit of strength and roared in his consciousness: "Buy! Buy them all! Use them on me immediately!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he completely lapsed into a coma.

He didn't know how long had passed. Qin Feng woke up again.

This time, the intense pain in his body had disappeared, replaced by a warm, fuzzy feeling.

He looked down and saw his naked body covered in a layer of translucent gel, and his damaged internal organs and skin were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

And his lower body had been attached to a brand-new pair of "legs."

It was a pair of mechanical legs that shimmered with a metallic luster, full of power and a sense of technology.

Their shape was no different from real limbs, only there was no skin on the surface, and one could clearly see the gaps in the precise alloy skeleton inside.

He tried to move his toes, and those metal toes actually moved!

Although there was still some lag and stiffness, the commands issued by his brain were indeed transmitted.

It took him a full ten minutes to barely adapt to this feeling, and leaning on a twisted steel plate nearby, he stood up shakily.

Half a man, standing up again.

"Damn it..." Qin Feng couldn't help but curse under his breath, though his heart was filled with mixed emotions.

He had to hurry and buy a set of "skin" for these legs; if someone saw this, they'd be scared to death!

The next second, he recalled the moment he was blown away.

Actually, before the big explosion, his Danger Perception had already issued a warning, and the system had also prompted him to activate the "Schrödinger's Invisibility Cloak."

But the reaction speed of this body was just too weak.

It was that neural reaction, slower by less than a second, that prevented him from fully hiding within the protection range of the invisibility cloak.

As a result, his upper body was protected, but his two legs were blown to ashes by the shockwave and high temperature.

"This debt, sooner or later, will be settled." Qin Feng's eyes turned cold.

He moved his new legs; they felt okay, just a bit awkward.

This type of primary prosthesis, on the battlefields of his past life, belonged to the lowest grade of goods; soldiers called it "Pay-to-Win Legs."

Because although it could be used, the subsequent maintenance and repairs were a bottomless pit.

If he maintained it through the system, it would probably be another astronomical amount of military merit.

It seemed the top priority was still to find a way to get more military merit and trade up for a top-tier clone prosthesis; that would be the only way to solve it once and for all.

Otherwise, no matter how much military merit he earned, it wouldn't be enough for these legs to drain.

Just as he was thinking about this, he suddenly remembered that hidden reward.

"bionic spider?"

[bionic spider (Engineering Type): A creation of future technology, equipped with multiple functions such as high-strength cutting, micro-welding, environmental detection, and data theft. Already bound to the host, controlled by thought.]

With a thought from Qin Feng, a palm-sized, pitch-black metal spider appeared out of thin air in his palm.

This little thing was simply tailor-made for his current situation!

"Little guy, it's up to you." A smile curled at the corners of Qin Feng's mouth.

"Go, find me a way out."

The bionic spider moved all eight legs in unison, crawling silently down his arm and instantly disappearing into the dark ruins.

Through the real-time footage transmitted back by the spider, Qin Feng saw that he was in a completely collapsed underground space, with tens of meters of concrete and steel bars above his head.

Looking up, there was no way out.

Qin Feng couldn't help but knit his brows.

Checking the system time, he had 69 hours left.

He had managed to survive with such difficulty; was he going to be smothered to death in this underground space after all?