61: Chapter 61 Receiving Energy Crystals

Compared to the cold and murderous Blood Killing Hall, Tieyuan City's Central Park was a completely different, vibrant scene.

Warm golden light filtered through the intelligently controlled bionic tree canopy, spilling onto the smooth plastic walkways. A gentle breeze carried the faint scent of flowers and grass, and occasionally, low-altitude sanitation bionic birds swept by, their wings flapping without making a sound.

Mo Yufei and Wang Chen sat side by side on a floating bench in the park. The bench automatically adjusted its angle to fit the curves of the human body, while beneath their feet lay a glowing sensor lawn.

The two were talking in low voices, their conversation revolving around the secrets of the Fragment World, global trends, and future plans.

Their idle chat in the park did not last long. The personal smart terminals worn on the wrists of Mo Yufei and Wang Chen simultaneously lit up with pale blue emergency indicator lights, and a short, clear prompt sound broke the atmosphere of their conversation.

Mo Yufei subconsciously raised his wrist, his fingertips lightly touching the ultra-thin holographic terminal screen. A pale blue light screen instantly popped up, with the official notification from the Energy Center clearly visible, the font carrying the orderly and serious tone characteristic of official communications.

"Respected customer, your ordered energy crystal mine has been fully delivered to the exclusive self-pickup warehouse in the suburbs. After multiple security verifications, it is now in a pending sign-off status. Please have the recipient and the authorized guarantor proceed immediately to complete identity verification and material sign-off. If overdue, the temporary return-to-warehouse process will be initiated."

"The goods have arrived. This shipment is half an hour ahead of the estimated time."

Wang Chen quickly scanned the notification, the leisure on his face instantly fading, replaced by solemnity and urgency.

He stood up abruptly and patted Mo Yufei on the shoulder, his tone urgent. "We must go immediately. The energy crystal mine is a strategic-level material, and there are strict controls on how long it can remain in the exclusive warehouse. We can't make any mistakes; we can't afford to delay."

Mo Yufei also understood the importance of this batch of energy crystal mine; it was the key material for him to upgrade his secret realm and solidify his own strength.

He nodded immediately, without any superfluous words, and followed Wang Chen as they walked quickly towards the public floating car parking bay on the west side of the park.

In the parking bay, rows of streamlined floating cars hovered neatly. Wang Chen entered his fingerprint and iris into his wristband, and the nearest matte silver-gray floating car immediately emitted a soft prompt sound, its body slowly lowering to a height suitable for boarding.

This floating car was a mid-to-high-end civilian model in Tieyuan City. The car body was made of nano-pressure-resistant alloy, combining speed and stealth. The bottom was equipped with a plasma levitation engine, making it noise-free and pollution-free; it was currently the most mainstream mode of transport.

The two sat down quickly, and the sealed cabin instantly activated its constant temperature and soundproofing modes. The center console inside the car was a single holographic control screen, with various data clearly listed.

Wang Chen's fingers tapped rapidly on the screen, directly bringing up the transit authorization interface to submit an application for the emergency material escort special lane.

As a core member of the energy partner, he possessed exclusive expedited privileges. No more than three seconds after submitting the application, the screen popped up a prompt: "Authorization granted, aerial lane cleared."

The next second, Wang Chen pushed the control lever. Pale blue plasma airflow spewed from the bottom of the floating car. The airflow was gentle yet powerful, and the car rose into the air without the slightest jolt, instantly climbing to the designated aerial lane and speeding forward.

The scenery outside the window blurred rapidly as skyscrapers, endless low-altitude traffic, and the smart traffic light curtains covering the city flashed by.

The floating car traveled smoothly along the exclusive lane, completely avoiding the congested traffic on the ground. In just twelve minutes, it landed steadily on the landing pad of the energy-exclusive self-pickup warehouse in the suburbs.

This warehouse was by no means an ordinary storage facility, but a key security unit in Tieyuan City. The outer walls were made of ten-meter-thick explosion-proof composite alloy, surrounded by three layers of laser warning nets, and the area within a hundred meters was filled with invisible surveillance cameras and spiritual power fluctuation sensors.

Armed security robots patrolled around the clock, and the air was filled with an extremely strict security atmosphere; even the air carried a hint of cold metallic scent.

After the two got out of the car, two humanoid security robots immediately approached. The robots' bodies shimmered with a cold silver metallic luster, their eyes were infrared scanning probes, and their voices were emotionless: "Please present your identification credentials for identity verification."

Mo Yufei and Wang Chen successively placed their personal terminals close to the robots' sensor areas, then completed the triple security check: iris recognition, identity chip comparison, and spiritual power characteristic scanning.

Every process was extremely rigorous, taking a full five minutes to pass the final checkpoint and enter the core control area inside the warehouse.

The inside of the core warehouse was spacious and open. The floor was made of superconducting anti-slip alloy material, and smart shelves were neatly arranged around the perimeter. The smart lights at the top automatically adjusted their brightness, focusing only on the central area.

Four personnel dressed in dark blue standard escort uniforms stood solemnly here. They stood tall and straight, with energy firearms worn at their waists, and each person's right hand tightly gripped a palm-sized black metal case.

The cases were made of special anti-cutting and anti-detection alloy, with complex encryption patterns engraved on the surface. There were no exposed keyholes, and at a glance, it was clearly an exclusive confidential container for storing valuable materials.

Upon seeing Mo Yufei and Wang Chen, the lead escort took a step forward, took out a handheld terminal to re-verify their identity information, and after repeatedly confirming it was correct, nodded to the other three.

The four simultaneously pressed the invisible sensor buttons on the sides of the metal cases, a faint sound of mechanical operation rang out, and the lids of the cases opened smoothly.

Inside the cases, there was no extra padding, just a minimalist silver bracelet lying quietly. The bracelet was smooth all over, with only fine energy circulation patterns engraved on the band, appearing unremarkable.

"This is the standard space bracelet mass-produced in our Tieyuan City, which belongs to scarce strategic equipment." Wang Chen immediately turned sideways and explained in detail to Mo Yufei in a low voice, his tone conveying the importance he placed on these materials.

"The space crystals used to make space equipment are already extremely rare, and coupled with the complex purification and forging processes, the material costs remain high. Ordinary citizens have no chance to come into contact with them; only large energy groups and official institutions can be equipped with them in bulk. The capacity of this batch of bracelets is not top-tier, but it should be just enough to hold 16 tons of energy crystal mine. The crystal mine is divided into 4 space bracelets to avoid the risks of centralized storage."

Mo Yufei listened quietly, his gaze falling on the four space bracelets, understanding in his heart.

Subsequently, Wang Chen completed the final procedural communication with the escort team leader. The four escorts raised their hands, brought their wrists close to the bracelets, urged their own faint supernatural abilities to resonate with the bracelets, and silently recited the exclusive activation incantation.

In an instant, four pale blue spatial light patterns bloomed from the surfaces of the bracelets. The light patterns were soft yet stable, and a massive amount of pale blue, high-purity energy crystal mine poured out continuously along the light patterns.

In just a moment, a small mountain of crystal mine half a person's height piled up on the open ground of the warehouse. The surfaces of the crystal mine emitted a warm, pale blue halo, and a rich and pure energy aura permeated the entire warehouse, causing even the surrounding air to ripple with faint energy.

Wang Chen immediately took out a professional high-precision energy detector from his backpack and scanned the crystal mine pile one by one. Data such as the crystal mine's purity, total weight, and energy density jumped rapidly on the detector's screen, with every item far exceeding the standard line.

A moment later, Wang Chen put away the detector and nodded solemnly at Mo Yufei: "Everything is correct. 16 tons of energy crystal mine, both the quantity and purity are consistent with the contract agreement. There are no issues."

Having received confirmation, Mo Yufei no longer hesitated. He closed his eyes slightly and focused his mind to activate his exclusive internal space.

The mountain of energy crystal mine on the ground seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, slowly rising along with the spatial ripples and being absorbed into his exclusive space in an orderly manner. The entire process was silent, without the slightest chaos.

The reason he did not directly put the energy crystal mine into the secret realm's upgrade energy slot was due to deliberate consideration.

This secret realm energy slot was not a physical object and could naturally move with his thoughts, absorbing energy directly from the air.

However, the experience from last time was still fresh in his memory. At that time, injecting a large amount of energy at once instantly filled the energy slot, triggering the secret realm's forced teleportation mechanism, and he was sent back to the secret realm without any preparation.

Now that he had just stepped into this highly technologically advanced new world, he was full of curiosity about everything, including floating cars, holographic terminals, and space equipment.

He wanted to fully experience the unique style of this era and definitely did not want to repeat the same mistake and be suddenly teleported back.

Therefore, he chose to first safely store all the energy crystal mine in his own space, and after a few days, when he had had enough fun, he would go back.

In less than half a minute, all the energy crystal mine on the ground was completely collected, and the warehouse floor returned to being empty and tidy.

Mo Yufei retracted his space and then, together with Wang Chen, cooperated with the escort personnel to complete the final sign-off confirmation procedures, signing their names on the holographic documents and entering their identity information.

The four escorts put away the empty space bracelets, and after carefully checking and confirming everything was correct, they lined up and left the core warehouse in an orderly manner. The entire process was rigorous, without the slightest delay.