302: Five mecha men

Before long, several people emerged from the station. The leader was tall and slender, over two meters in height, appearing extremely robust. He had a slightly long face and a full beard. Seeing Dragon Elder, he immediately smiled and said, "So Dragon Elder has arrived! I am Captain Sima Cuo, please come in! Please, please!!!"

"Captain, you are too kind!" Dragon Elder said, walking in with Captain Sima Cuo.

Since Captain Sima Cuo heard from Yu Xun about Dragon Elder becoming a Guest Elder of the Southern Division last time, he had already ordered someone to thoroughly investigate Dragon Elder's information over the past few days. To be honest, he was also bewildered by Dragon Elder's information, feeling as if Dragon Elder was a Genius who had suddenly appeared, radiating a dazzling starlight in a short period, making people's eyes unaccustomed to it...

He couldn't believe how a sixteen-year-old boy could grow to such an extent in less than half a year, and that too with an E-grade Aptitude. If this wasn't due to some heaven-shaking Opportunity, it would be absolutely inexplicable!

Of course, Captain Sima Cuo wasn't coveting Dragon Elder's so-called heaven-shaking Opportunity. He knew very well that everyone in the martial Dao world might have their own Opportunity, just of varying sizes. What he was curious about was what Dragon Elder's Opportunity truly was? What kind of Opportunity could allow a young boy to grow so quickly and have such a high upper limit?

But Opportunity is everyone's secret, so Captain Sima Cuo naturally wouldn't ask directly. Instead, he wanted to inquire through some indirect methods. Therefore, his personal reception of Dragon Elder was to see what was so extraordinary about Dragon Elder...

"Captain, where are the five sets of mechs that Director Yu mentioned? Have they been unlocked?" Dragon Elder asked.

Upon hearing this, Captain Sima Cuo's face flushed slightly, and he sighed, "I don't know how those mechs were made; they are completely different from our Great Ming's battle armor. We received them yesterday and studied them, but we still haven't been able to unlock them. But Head Yu said you could unlock them?"

Dragon Elder nodded and said, "That's right! Please take me to see them!"

"Dragon Elder has come a long way; why not rest first? It's not too late to go after I have welcomed you," Captain Sima Cuo said.

"No need! I'm in a hurry. I have other things to do after unlocking them!"

"Oh?! Do you need our help with your matters?"

"No, that's not necessary! Oh, right, I also confiscated a single-person flyer here. Director Yu said Prince Zhao really wanted it, so let's give it to him! I just placed it at the entrance!" Dragon Elder said.

"What?! You actually confiscated a single-person flyer?!" Captain Sima Cuo exclaimed, quickly running to the entrance to check. His eyes lit up, and he was genuinely surprised and delighted. This was a good item, but unfortunately, his people had been active everywhere recently but hadn't managed to get one. Instead, Dragon Elder had sent one over, which was a huge help to the Southern Division...

"Just luck. Some guy couldn't control it well and crashed into a mountain wall, and I picked up the slack..." Dragon Elder chuckled.

"Haha, that guy was unlucky enough..." Captain Sima Cuo also laughed heartily, but in his heart, he was thinking, 'I don't believe your nonsense; if these things could really crash into mountain walls on their own, I could have collected at least five or six here!'

He quickly ordered someone to secure the single-person flyer and then led Dragon Elder to a warehouse. There, Profound Weapons and Profound Artifacts were piled up, and in the most prominent position in the center, five sets of mechs were laid flat. Since the mechs had not yet been unlocked, the people inside had remained there, presumably severely injured or already deceased. To prevent accidents, the other three Captains of the Southern Division, Gu Fengyang, Bai Song, and Yu Feiyu, Chief Captain of the Southern Division, had been guarding them.

Seeing Captain Sima Cuo and Dragon Elder enter, the three men's eyes lit up, and they stood up to greet them. After some pleasantries, Dragon Elder walked to the mechs and examined them carefully. With a slight sweep of his Divine Sense, he discovered that all five individuals were from War Bear Country. What was astonishing was that they were not only still alive but also secretly communicating and strategizing through the mechs. Clearly, the parts of their bodies that were hit were not vital...

With the Heavenly Dao Space, Dragon Elder had mastered the War Bear Country language in a very short time, so it was not difficult to understand their plans.

These five people were truly miserable. Although their mechs could barely operate, their joints in the hands and feet were damaged, preventing normal movement. Therefore, they were incredibly anxious and were constantly consuming the mechs' internal energy for repairs. Although their body joints were also damaged, as long as the mechs could move, they could escape—this was their hope for holding on until now.

After these days of repairs, they indeed saw hope. These mechs were truly excellent, possessing self-repairing capabilities. As long as there was enough energy and the core control center was intact, it could slowly repair damaged parts. This gave the five people great confidence, and they had even discussed a counterattack plan...

"Captain Sima Cuo is here too. Should we implement our counterattack plan?" one of them said.

"Wait! The mech on my left leg hasn't been repaired yet; I can't move!"

"My right leg hasn't been repaired either..."

"Damn it, my right elbow isn't fixed yet. What's your hurry?!"

"Yeah, don't rush. In another two hours, it should be fully repaired. At that time, we'll launch a sudden counterattack and deliver a heavy blow to the Southern Division and Great Ming!"

"That's right, the higher-ups sent a message that people from Ba Jue Hall are waiting for us on Tiger Tooth Mountain north of Southern Yue City! As long as we can move, we can launch a counterattack from here, then go to Hu Ya Mountain. By then, even if we bring more people to destroy this Southern Yue City and grab some supplies, it will be easy..."

"I say, brothers, what is this child Captain Sima Cuo brought going to do?"

"It's a bit strange, why do they all call him Dragon Elder? How can a little brat become an Elder?!" Apparently, several of these five understood the Great Ming language.

"You ask me, who should I ask? However, this person looks a bit familiar... It seems recent intelligence also paid attention to this child. I remember now! He is Dragon Elder! Oh my god..."

"Dragon Elder? Who is he?" someone asked.

"He's a young singer from Great Ming! It's said he recently set a miraculous record: ten songs he sang dominated the top ten spots on the great ming golden melody chart. This is unprecedented in Great Ming. The higher-ups said that if we encounter him, we must abduct him to our side..."

"Is that so? Impossible..."

The five mech-pilots recognized Dragon Elder, and after some discussion, they all sped up their repair progress, eager to capture Dragon Elder immediately and claim credit...

Dragon Elder chuckled inwardly and immediately transmitted the information he heard to Captain Sima Cuo and the other three, scaring them all pale!

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