218: Pre-war matters

“Hmm~ To be honest, Ran Quan, the environment of your world is much worse than it appears…” Lin Zifeng looked around. Although this area was a “safe zone,” it was formed through various facilities and technology. Moreover, it was best to wear protective suits when walking outside.

However, Lin Zifeng and the others were all “crossing with their bare bodies,” feeling nothing at all.

After all, with their terrifying physical prowess alone, they were no longer “human.”

“Hmm~ There’s no one here. I’ve prepared some protective suits for you all. Please bear with me, esteemed sirs, and put them on to avoid drawing attention,” Ran Quan said to everyone, taking out a set of protective suits.

“Hmm, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. I also want to experience what it feels like to wear a protective suit from your world,” Yi Xin said with a smile, then picked up a protective suit and began to put it on.

“Hmm~ It’s too big!” The protective suits were one-size-fits-all and basically had a certain degree of “scaling” functionality. Generally, people from 1.6 meters to 1.9 meters could wear them.

However, Miya-pasu was less than 1.5 meters tall. If she wore the protective suit, her head would be at the chest area of the suit. Forget about seeing the road, it would be good if she could even breathe.

“…” Ran Quan hadn’t anticipated this situation and suddenly felt a headache.

“Hahahahaha~” Bai Mo, on the other hand, was heartlessly laughing, looking at the “headless” protective suit, laughing uncontrollably.

“…” Miya-pasu angrily took off the protective suit and threw it aside with a “thud.”

“Hahaha~” Miya-pasu’s adorable appearance made everyone burst into laughter.

“No laughing, meow!” Miya-pasu looked at everyone laughing at her, and her face instantly puffed up like a small steamed bun.

But the more Miya-pasu reacted this way, the happier everyone laughed.

She had come here happily today, but why couldn’t happiness follow her?

Happiness didn’t disappear; it merely transferred. From Miya-pasu’s face to everyone else’s.

“I’ll go find a suitable protective suit for you. These types of protective suits are custom-made, so they should have spares,” Ran Quan said with a smile, “Wait for me a moment, I’ll go ask.”

After speaking, Ran Quan walked outside. As a mid-level manager (area supervisor) of Frontier Technology, finding such a custom-made protective suit was no big deal for him.

Less than half an hour later.

Ran Quan returned, holding a protective suit that was noticeably smaller.

“Here, your exclusive protective suit!” Ran Quan handed the protective suit to Miya-pasu.

“Please don’t add unnecessary words, meow!” Miya-pasu took the protective suit grumpily.

Miya-pasu quickly put on the protective suit.

“It barely affects my movement, meow~” After Miya-pasu put on the protective suit, she stretched several times, including some strange movements, and found that it didn’t hinder her body’s activities much at all. It must be said that this protective suit was indeed excellent in terms of mobility.

“Indeed, putting everything else aside, this protective suit is really well-made.” Bai Mo nodded. Although his side was primarily based on spiritual power, they also had technology, and even spirit particle technology that combined technology and fantasy.

Of course, the technology in Ran Quan’s world was definitely far inferior compared to Bai Mo’s.

“It’s indeed good!” Lin Ze nodded, then thought of something: “Hey! Ran Quan, these protective suits and other things… are you interested in collaborating with me?”

“Collaboration? What collaboration? Wait… are you saying?!” Ran Quan was initially stunned when he heard Lin Ze’s words, then he thought of something and looked at Lin Ze with excitement.

The others were also a bit bewildered at first, but their minds quickly caught on, and they immediately understood what the two meant, nodding in agreement.

“?” Miya-pasu tilted her head. Why did she feel her “teammates” suddenly get excited?

In fact, everyone had considered this idea, as Yi Xin and Lin Zifeng had exchanged cultivation methods, and it was a frequent occurrence.

This indicated that the Cross-World Group actually supported and agreed to a certain degree of “interconnection” and “exchange” between their respective worlds.

Of course, due to the issues with Yi Xin and Lin Zifeng’s worlds, their exchanges were limited to cultivation methods and martial arts. As for “treasures” and the like, they only privately exchanged or gifted some, not forming large-scale situations or affecting their own worlds.

And the collaboration that Ran Quan and Lin Ze were preparing for now was likely the “first case” for the Cross-World Group.

“Let’s discuss this after this matter is concluded,” Lin Ze said to Ran Quan with a smile.

“No problem!” Ran Quan nodded.

Lin Ze’s plan was to cooperate with Ran Quan. Ran Quan would provide a large amount of weapons, equipment, and protective suits—these technological products—and he would “sell” them in his own world to change the situation there.

Of course, Lin Ze could also purchase many “technological” products through the system to achieve such changes, but the cost would be too great, the outcome uncertain, and it might not even succeed.

So, he had never taken such action. Furthermore, his source points were basically spent as soon as he had enough… Setting aside other things, his own strength definitely needed to continuously grow.

However, the growth of source points had entered a bottleneck period, and everyone was more or less in the same situation. Therefore, they had to find more ways to earn source points.

And these world missions, rescue missions, invasion missions, and so on, were rare opportunities that couldn’t be sought out. Who knew when they would appear? So, hope couldn’t be placed on these “windfalls.”

Everyone was actually intentionally looking for such “channels” to increase their source point income.

“Alright, let’s get to work first. Shall we go out and explore?” Lin Zifeng suggested.

“No problem! I’ll take you to experience our Underground World. For now, there’s no activity on the surface. Anyway, the defense line is already fifty kilometers away, so if anything happens, we’ll have enough time to return,” Ran Quan said to everyone.

“Hmm, you’re in charge of this. We’ll listen to you.” Yi Xin nodded. They certainly couldn’t just wait around here. Before the battle, taking a “business trip with public funds” and experiencing the “local customs” of Ran Quan’s world wouldn’t be bad.

“Hahaha! Let’s go, I’ll take you to see the Underground World, but we’ll need to take a car for a while. Twelfth District is too backward, there’s not much there. I’ll take you to the more prosperous Third District and Second District to have a look,” Ran Quan said to everyone.

“Okay.” Everyone had no objections.

So, Ran Quan arranged for a hover transport vehicle to specifically take them to the Third District.

Then, he prepared some “elite-level” clothes for everyone to wear.

“Do you want to change?” Ran Quan asked everyone, as they wouldn’t need to wear protective suits once they were underground.

“It’s fine, no problem, let’s just stay like this,” Lin Zifeng said, waving his hand. He merely took off his full-face (with respirator) helmet and stored it in his spatial inventory, still wearing his protective suit. After all, even though the protective suit was for underground use, it still looked very cool.

It was also fine for daily outings.

“Alright then.” Ran Quan nodded. So, everyone decided to go out and explore while still wearing their protective suits.