63: Civilian mechanical exoskeleton

Above the Golden Kobold Canyon.

Not long after clearing out a small tide of weird soldiers, Lu Yang noticed that the canyon, which had appeared so suddenly, was silently closing up.

It was as if it had never existed.

The road to the ruins of Qinghe City was clear once more.

After continuing to drive the Xinhuo Train northwest along the original route, Lu Yang began to tally his gains.

First, of course, were the rewards from the regional mission for getting the first kill on Zhuang Zao: [Civilization Points x10, Random Purple Quality Blueprint x1, Random Special Tier 3 Ore x3].

Lu Yang didn't know what Civilization Points were, only that after choosing to claim the reward, a black iron box suddenly appeared on the Train Captain's console. Inside were three ores he didn't recognize and a purple blueprint at the very bottom. Silver light particles floated out from inside the box, drilling into the faint golden flame emblem on Lu Yang's forehead.

[Congratulations, Train Captain, you have obtained Civilian Mechanical Exoskeleton Production Line Blueprint (Purple) x1, Tier 3 iron matrix stone x1, Tier 3 Ore Essence Stone x1, Tier 3 Cloud Jasper x1.]

[Congratulations, Train Captain, you have obtained Civilization Points x10. The Civilization Panel has been activated. Current default affiliation: Human Civilization.]

A new panel appeared in the Xinhuo Train's operation module.

Its icon was an boundless starry sky.

Clicking into it revealed many sub-panels.

However, currently, there was only a basic information panel, displaying the Xinhuo Train's fundamental information.

[Xinhuo Train]

[Tier 3 Train]

[Affiliated Civilization: Human Civilization]

[Civilization Points Owned: 10]

[??? To be unlocked]

[??? To be unlocked]

[??? To be unlocked]

...Among them, there was a faintly visible black icon with small silver regular script characters that read 'Trade Mall'.

Lu Yang looked at it for a while, found he couldn't discern anything, so he closed the interface and turned his attention to the [Civilian Mechanical Exoskeleton Production Line Blueprint (Purple)] in his hand.

As for the ores, he casually put them away.

Like Civilization Points, Lu Yang currently had too little information to know their use!

[Civilian Mechanical Exoskeleton Blueprint]

[Grade: Purple Quality]

[Construction Cost: 300 units of Tier 2 Iron Mine, 100 units of Tier 2 copper.]

[Construction Effect: Allows the production of civilian mechanical exoskeletons that can assist in labor, at a resource cost.]

Below the blueprint were the attribute parameters for the Tier 1 Civilian Mechanical Exoskeleton.

[Tier 1 Civilian Mechanical Exoskeleton]

[Production Cost: 200 units of Tier 1 Iron Mine, 50 units of Tier 1 copper]

[Weight: 18kg]

[Basic Energy Consumption: 1 Tier 1 High-Energy Battery / 200h]

[Maximum Load: 300kg]

[User Strength Increase: 50-100 kg]

[Can load various civilian tools such as pickaxes, axes, welding torches, pliers, etc. Physical labor stamina saving rate: 30% - 50%.]

Lu Yang let out a long breath; this was a good item.

Although it wasn't standard combat equipment, equipping it could greatly improve the passengers' work efficiency.

A maximum load of 300kg, a strength increase of 50-100kg, and a stamina saving of 30%-50%.

If this were in ancient cold weapon times, anyone wearing it would be an undisputed invincible general.

As for now, mining was more important!

꒰ ๑ • ⌓ ︎ • ๑ ꒱ ᵎ ᵎ ᵎ

After claiming the reward for the first kill on Zhuang Zao, Lu Yang also claimed the temporary mission reward for annihilating the small tide of weird soldiers.

The mission progress was 100%.

Under the attraction of the Weird General's Soul Crystal, the weird soldiers, who already had little sentience, didn't know what fleeing was.

If it weren't for the slightly excessive resource consumption, it would have been the perfect mission in Lu Yang's eyes.

After all, it rewarded a [Jiaolong Assault Rifle Production Line (Blue)] weapon blueprint and a [Rationality Detector (Purple)] blueprint, which clearly belonged to a special category.

As for the 10 [Tier 2 Solid Pure Soul Crystals], they were also rare good items.

They could enhance the user's soul strength without side effects, which externally manifested as an increase in the user's mental power.

Just one could raise the user's soul strength to the level of a Tier 1 professional.

With Lu Yang's current stable Tier 1 mental strength, using all ten would be enough to advance him to a Tier 2 professional level, with a synchronous increase in soul strength.

Soul strength usually didn't show itself, but it was incredibly important at critical moments.

For example, when facing the Knocking Ghost's mental attack, why did others irresistibly want to open the door for the Knocking Ghost, while Lu Yang was completely unaffected?

It was because Lu Yang's soul strength was much higher.

In the Civilization Fissure, if other Train Captains had entered the canyon, even if they got in, it might have been useless.

Because they couldn't communicate with the Golden Kobold Tribe.

With the soul strength of an ordinary person, Aud wouldn't even be able to establish a mental link with him.