192: Chapter 192 Spending Money

Zhennan Pass, Quartermaster's Office.

This was the largest logistics distribution center in the entire Southern District, housing various top-tier weapons, equipment, potions, and even contraband-level explosives.

As long as you had enough military merit points, this place could satisfy all your war fantasies.

"Chen Xi, why are we here?"

Li Murou looked at the dazzling array of heavy weapons around her, feeling a bit curious.

"Spending money."

Chen Xi walked to the counter and held out his wristband.

After a series of previous missions and the windfall from the Black Swamp Forest, although 500 military merit points had been spent on void spirit stones, the remaining balance in the Nirvana Battle Team's public account was still a considerable sum.

"Hello, I'd like to exchange for supplies."

Chen Xi said to the quartermaster, then rattled off a list that left people confused:

"I want ten tons of high-strength titanium alloy ingots."

"One hundred standard units of high-energy magic crystals."

"A set of micro-power transmission systems."

"And... all the space-folding materials, I want as much as you have!"

The quartermaster was stunned:

"Student, are you trying to build a house? These aren't finished equipment."

"Don't worry about it, just get them for me."

Chen Xi didn't explain.

Su Xiaoxiao and Ye Fei, standing behind him, were also a bit bewildered.

"Captain, why buy these? Aren't we going to war? Shouldn't we buy some scrolls or potions?"

Chen Xi smiled mysteriously:

"Ordinary equipment won't improve us much anymore. Facing the potential crises ahead, especially that mysterious Shadow Sect, we need a real trump card."

"A trump card that can flip the table."

Watching crates of heavy metal materials being loaded onto the transport truck, the scene Chen Xi had witnessed in the underground factory in the Black Swamp Forest surfaced in his mind.

Those modified mechanical beasts. That technology combining machinery with flesh and blood. Although evil, one had to admit, that power was indeed formidable.

As a Miracle Card Maker, Chen Xi had a bold idea—

If the enemy can build mechanical beasts, why can't I build a mecha?

Utilizing the ability of 【Miracle: Sublimation】 and combining it with these top-tier materials, he was going to forge an unprecedented 【Summon Card】 for himself!

A card that would allow him, a support class, to go head-to-head with a BOSS!

Just as Chen Xi was frantically shopping, "Beep, beep." His wristband vibrated, and an encrypted message arrived. It was from Shen Ye.

【Shen Ye: Chen Xi, be careful.】

【Xia Qing and I have been investigating in secret and discovered that the energy fluctuations in that ruin are very abnormal.】

【There... seems to be an extremely powerful space-time anchor point there.】

【Moreover, I sensed the aura of 'my kind'. In that ruin, there might be a 'big guy' capable of manipulating rifts hidden away.】

【In addition, watch out for your teammates. There is a traitor mixed into this Eight-City Allied Force.】

Looking at this message, Chen Xi's eyes instantly turned cold. As expected. Shen Ye's warning confirmed his suspicions. The Shadow Sect was that "traitor".

And that so-called ancient ruin was simply a trap carefully laid by the Men in Black, or a large-scale testing ground. The military's "Star Shattering Operation" might very well be sending sheep into the tiger's den.

"My kind... a big guy..." Chen Xi clenched his fists. A "big guy" that could make even Shen Ye, who possessed space-time powers, feel wary, was definitely not simple.

"It seems my preparations aren't enough." Chen Xi turned his head and shouted at the quartermaster: "Add another two hundred kilograms of high explosives for me!"

"And... give me that S-grade 【Energy Amplification Core】 as well!!"

That night, in the basement of Villa No. 8, the sounds of clanging and dazzling energy lights emerged. Chen Xi locked himself inside and didn't come out for the entire night. He was gambling. Pouring all his resources and all his energy into a single card.

"Miracle... Creation!" "Miracle... Sublimation!" Following failure after failure, and starting over time after time. Finally, at the moment dawn broke. A card, dark gold throughout, with mechanical patterns flowing on its surface and exuding a suffocating heavy metal aura, floated silently before Chen Xi.

On the card face was engraved a ten-meter-tall steel giant, holding a giant axe and a shield, and covered in heavy armor. And on the giant's chest, a red core was pulsing slowly, as if it possessed life.

【SS-Rank Summon Card · Miracle Mecha: Xing Tian】

【Description: With mythology as the soul and steel as the bones. The God of War Xing Tian, unyielding even in death. This is not just a mecha, but a mobile war fortress.】

"It's done." Chen Xi looked at this card, his eyes bloodshot, but a wild smile broke out at the corners of his mouth. With this. Even if it's a dragon's den or a tiger's lair, I dare to charge in!

Early in the morning, a piercing siren rang throughout Zhennan Pass. The "Star Shattering Operation" officially began. The eight battle teams were divided into two groups. The Nirvana Battle Team, where Chen Xi was, along with that eerie Shadow Sect battle team and two other teams, were assigned to the most dangerous "Vanguard Reconnaissance Group". They would board a giant military transport plane and be airdropped directly above the core area of the ruins.

"Rumble—" The giant transport plane taxied along the runway, then soared into the sky, rushing into the vast sea of clouds. Inside the cabin, the atmosphere was suppressed to the extreme. The four teams sat on opposite sides, clearly delineated. The four members of the Shadow Sect battle team remained sitting in the corner like wood, saying nothing. The occasional gaze from that faceless captain still made Ye Fei feel uncomfortable all over.

"Don't be afraid." Chen Xi gently patted the back of Ye Fei's hand and whispered: "I'm here." He felt very confident now.

The plane flew steadily for an hour and had entered the airspace of the "Fallen Wasteland". Outside the window was a gray layer of clouds, and below were the faintly visible desolate ruins. Just at this moment. "Beep! Beep! Beep!" The red alarm lights inside the cabin suddenly flashed wildly. The pilot's terrified roar came over the radio:

"Warning! Warning! Radar has detected a large number of unidentified flying objects approaching!" "The number... Holy crap! The number is over a thousand!!" "It's a beast tide! An aerial beast tide!!"

"What?!" The people in the cabin were instantly shocked and terrified, one after another unbuckling their seatbelts and standing up. "Caw—!!!" Accompanied by a screeching sound of metal friction, the fuselage of the transport plane shook violently. Through the portholes, everyone saw a scene of despair. They saw that in the clouds around the fuselage, it was densely packed with black shadows! Those were giant strange birds, with feathers that had a metallic luster and claws as sharp as knives! 【Iron-Feather Griffin】 (Fourth-Order Fierce Beast)!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Countless griffins, like suicide drones, were crazily slamming into the transport plane's wings and hull. The sturdy alloy armor was torn apart like thin paper under their sharp claws, with sparks flying everywhere.

"Damn it! How can there be so many Fourth-Order Fierce Beasts?!" The students from the other two teams were already terrified silly: "This is ten thousand meters high! Falling down means death!" "Counterattack! Hurry up and counterattack!"