99: The waves rush, the waves flow...

Lu Yang was very satisfied with Zhao Silver Snake's sensible behavior.

He didn't act coy; he used a heavy-lift drone to carry a basket, instructing Zhao Silver Snake to place the orange quality blueprint into it.

Only after bringing it back to the Xinhuo Train and verifying its authenticity did he continue speaking.

"There's no rush to look for mines right now.

In your current state, it might not be convenient to move around in the Toxic Water Swamp."

"I'll clear the battlefield first.

Once everything here is handled, we can talk about the mines."

In the Mechanical Heart's to-do list, the tier 6 Claw-Ripping Eagle's corpse glowed brightly, showing a clear 'ready to be devoured' status.

Furthermore, beneath the tier 6 Claw-Ripping Eagle's corpse, a blueprint also shimmering with an orange glow and several other items stood out conspicuously in the dark night.

Lu Yang had to deal with them first.

"Brother Yin She, your current state makes it unsafe to stay outside.

Please rest on the Xinhuo Train first, and I will also bring your Mini Azure Python into the warehouse."

"Once I've handled things outside, there are a few matters I'd like to consult with you about."

Although Lu Yang's words were polite, he gave Zhao Silver Snake no right to refuse.

Under the half-guidance, half-escort of Yang Kui and others, Zhao Silver Snake arrived at a temporarily opened guest carriage, which contained a dining table and beds.

Adjacent to it was the warehouse where the Mini Azure Python was stored.

Upon entering the guest carriage and discovering that his link with the Mini Azure Python had not been severed, Zhao Silver Snake accepted his situation.

He unreservedly enjoyed the deluxe 'cattle and horse' meal brought to him by Yang Kui and his companions.

Meanwhile, Lu Yang was finally able to confidently activate the Mechanical Heart to devour the tier 6 Claw-Ripping Eagle's corpse.

This was a secret he did not want to expose to others.

The tier 6 Claw-Ripping Eagle truly lived up to its name as a BOSS-level mutated beast; it provided 13 units of tier 6 mutated creature flesh essence alone.

In addition, the Mechanical Heart also extracted 38 units of tier 6 highly toxic bee pearls from the Claw-Ripping Eagle's corpse.

Each pearl could poison a mutated creature three times the size of a tier 6 Golden Ringed Hornet.

If used against ordinary people, one pearl could poison all passengers on the Xinhuo Train to death.

These were just the routine outputs.

Besides the mutated creature flesh essence and highly toxic bee pearls, a special item named [Wind Element Essence] was also extracted from the Claw-Ripping Eagle's corpse.

[Wind Element Essence]

[Level: Tier 6]

[Quality: Precious]

[Effect: Can be used as a precious material for advancing certain vehicle components.

It can also be consumed, with a chance to awaken an extremely rare wind-type ability in the consumer.

Wind-type mutated beasts can increase their evolution progress after consumption.]

From its description, this item was clearly very valuable.

Lu Yang felt that its most precious aspect was that he could also consume it, with a chance to awaken the so-called wind-type ability.

The wind-type ability should be similar to the wind blade storm unleashed by the Claw-Ripping Eagle.

In terms of power, it was quite impressive.

However, as the Train Captain of the Xinhuo Train, Lu Yang's safety was guaranteed, and he wasn't very interested in this item for the time being.

So he placed it in his private storage for future use.

Besides these, there were also items dropped by the Claw-Ripping Eagle upon its death.

An orange quality blueprint, [Individual Flight Backpack Production Line Blueprint], a tier 4 mineral essence ore, and a Storm Shield Ring.

[Individual Flight Backpack Production Line Blueprint]

[Level: orange quality]

[Construction Cost: 200 units of tier 3 iron ore, 200 units of tier 3 copper ore]

[Construction Effect: Allows the production of individual flight backpacks using resources.]

According to the data, a tier 1 individual flight backpack has a maximum load of 150kg, a maximum flight speed of 100km/h, and a maximum flight time of 1 hour.

Performance increases by 10% with each level.

Lu Yang felt that if the Train Police wore them, along with civilian mechanical exoskeletons and weapons and ammunition, they would almost become a simplified version of Iron Man.

However, for the time being, Lu Yang couldn't see a scenario where they would be useful.

After studying it, he added it to the train's blueprint library for now and wasn't in a hurry to build the production line.

The tier 4 mineral essence ore was a good item.

The conditions for upgrading a tier 2 Miniature Mine (Permanent) to tier 3 were 100 units of tier 2 mineral essence ore, 100 units of tier 2 iron matrix ore, and 100 units of tier 2 copper matrix ore.

Lu Yang originally thought that mineral essence ore would be the hardest to obtain, but he didn't expect to accumulate enough so quickly.

Now, what he lacked was iron matrix ore and copper matrix ore.

However, iron matrix ore and copper matrix ore could potentially be traded for, so he didn't change his original plan of converting Iron Mine into mineral essence ore.

He just considered it a pleasant surprise.

The Storm Shield Ring was a personal item, similar to the Psionic Parent-Child Pendant.

[Storm Shield Ring (Tier 2)]

[Item Type: Psionic]

[Item Quality: Orange]

[Item Effect: Wearing the Storm Shield Ring automatically activates a storm shield to resist attacks when attacked.

It can resist physical attacks of tier 6, psionic attacks of tier 6, and wind element attacks of tier 7.

Additional effect: Wind affinity +1, comes with a gentle breeze effect.]

Lu Yang could tell the defensive effect of the Storm Shield Ring from its name.

From the described effects, it was much stronger than the Psionic Parent-Child Pendant.

Although the Psionic Parent-Child Pendant had advanced after absorbing a certain amount of psionic stones, the strongest defensive level of the separated child pendant was still only tier 4.

That was 2 tiers lower than the Storm Shield Ring.

So Lu Yang immediately put on the Storm Shield Ring.

Of course, he didn't take off the child pendant of the Psionic Parent-Child Pendant either.

Only children make choices; adults want them all.

Then he tried out the so-called 'gentle breeze' effect.

He found that with a slight shift of his thoughts, an invisible, cool breeze encircled his body, making his clothes flutter.

Paired with the song Xiao Xin played at the opportune moment.

"Waves surge, waves flow..."

"The vast river waters never cease..."

An ostentatious aura instantly appeared.

It was simply made for showing off!