F-class thief? Sorry, I can steal anything.

Chapter 269 has been approved. Welcome to the 'Scavengers'.

Chen Yifan seemed to have taken another step back.

But Xia Nan didn't accept it so easily. He held the lead box in his hands, his wrist frozen in mid-air.

But since the other party hadn't given any instructions, he dared not make any rash moves.

Chen Yifan stared at him for a while.

He didn't say anything.

"What is the connection between Outer Gods and the power of Heretics?"

Chen Yifan directly posed the question.

Xia Nan swallowed and adjusted her breathing.

"You even know about Outer Gods, yet you're completely ignorant of the power of Heretical Paths?"

Xia Nan was somewhat surprised, but seeing Chen Yifan's expressionless face, she quickly suppressed her curiosity.

"Strictly speaking, 'heretical power' is just a general term. All powers on Earth that do not belong to the [World Engine] rule system are officially defined as heretical power."

"continue."

Chen Yifan uttered two words.

"Outer Gods are beings of higher dimensions. They cannot descend directly to Earth; they can only infiltrate their power through rifts."

"This infiltrating power manifests in many forms, such as the power of the abyss, the power of corruption, the power of chaos..."

"In order to facilitate management and cover up the truth, the authorities labeled everything as 'heretical forces'."

Xia Nan speaks very quickly.

"What I believe in, let's call it a faith, is the 'Machine Pioneer.' The power system He bestowed upon me emphasizes reason, modification, and the destruction of absolute physical laws."

Where is Liu Cang?

"Liu Cang is rooted in blood and flesh."

"Those people are a bunch of lunatics who worship flesh and blood mutations and like to sew the limbs of different creatures together."

"The Heart of the Abyss that we just saw was a product of the abyssal power that emanated from the source of flesh and blood."

Chen Yifan processed this information.

This confirms his previous deduction.

The World Engine is a massive system, and the Outer Gods are hackers outside the system, searching for vulnerabilities to implant viruses.

"What are you, a pioneer of mechanical engineering, doing with products of flesh and blood?"

Chen Yifan hit the nail on the head.

Xia Nan smiled wryly:

"Energy is conserved and interconnected."

"My mech requires an extremely large amount of energy to operate, and conventional energy crystals simply cannot support that kind of consumption."

"The Heart of the Abyss has conflicting attributes, but I have a way to extract its pure energy as a power source."

I see……

World Engine, Heretical Power, Outer God...

It seems the world is more complex than he thought.

Chen Yifan did not ask any more questions.

After all, Mu Wanqing had already given him the information about the Outer Gods.

He turned to look at the lead box in Xia Nan's hand.

"It can't be cut."

Xia Nan saw through Chen Yifan's thoughts.

"This thing is a high-density energy aggregate. Forced destruction by external forces will cause a massive explosion, with a power equivalent to ten strategic-level psionic missiles."

Chen Yifan refused to believe it and twitched his fingers slightly.

[The investigation] is launched.

However, the feedback made Chen Yifan abandon the idea of ​​simply stealing it.

This thing has an extremely unstable structure; removing even a small amount of energy will cause the entire crystal's balance to collapse.

He needs to conceal his strength right now; there's no need for him to make a scene here.

"Keep the things." Chen Yifan withdrew his hand. "However, you owe me a favor. I need to repay that favor with money."

Xia Nan was stunned.

money?

Are you sure?

Xia Nan pressed for an answer.

He didn't expect that Chen Yifan would actually agree to his compensation proposal.

only……

I want nothing else, just money!

"I am very poor."

Chen Yifan was telling the truth.

"I need a lot of money to pay for my sister's schooling and medical treatment. That mecha you just saw must have cost at least eight figures. The fact that you can afford that kind of toy shows just how wealthy the Xia family is in Jiangcheng."

Xia Nan realized what was happening.

He is an extremely pragmatic person.

"Twenty million," Xia Nan quoted, "plus internal privileges within the 'Scavengers' organization. The organization leader is my cousin; I can make sure you can do whatever you want there, and you'll have priority in choosing any materials."

Chen Yifan extended his right hand.

"make a deal."

The two high-fived.

A life-or-death struggle filled with calculations came to an end with a simple and brutal monetary transaction.

Chen Yifan didn't care what Xia Nan's ulterior motives were; as long as she didn't provoke him, they were good classmates.

Xia Nan didn't want to fight Chen Yifan to the death; problems that could be solved with money weren't problems for him.

The plastics alliance was thus established.

The two returned along the same route.

Inside the outer mine tunnels, Wang Fugui and Lin Xiaoyu were working up a sweat.

Those infected goblins, having lost the support of their mother's power, have stopped evolving but remain ferocious.

Wearing lightning-attribute armor and wielding a warhammer, Wang Fugui herded the goblins into a corner like ducks.

Lin Xiaoyu then cast Frost Traps to restrict the goblins' movement.

"Fanzi! Where have you all run off to!"

Wang Fugui, with his sharp eyes, spotted the two people emerging from the darkness at a glance.

"These green-skinned monsters are disgusting. Every time I kill one, they get stronger. I have to run away from them like dirt!"

"The mother body has been resolved."

Chen Yifan stepped forward, casually waved his hand, and a blur flashed by.

The goblin at the very front fell to the ground and turned into a pile of black ashes.

Without the protection of the abyss's power, these monsters didn't even offer experience points and were simply annihilated.

Wang Fugui stared wide-eyed.

"Fanzi, your skill is getting better and better."

"Pack up and get ready to go back and report."

Chen Yifan did not offer any further explanation.

Xia Nan watched silently from the side.

He noticed that Chen Yifan hadn't used any psionic energy fluctuations when he killed the goblin.

This is……

Mental strength?

Such exquisite skill suggests that she has taken a different path from him.

It turned out to be the case.

Time is up.

The echo stone emitted a faint light, teleporting the four back to the dungeon lobby.

In the corner of the hall, at the dilapidated table, the senior student, who had been dozing off, remained in the same position as before.

"Oh, you're out so quickly?"

The senior student rubbed her eyes and glanced at the four of them.

"Show it to me, let me see what 'valuable' thing you've found."

Xia Nan stepped forward, took out a piece of ore covered in mud from her backpack, and placed it on the table.

"High-purity starlight rock".

Xia Nan said.

The senior student picked it up, glanced at it, and pursed her lips:

"I'd say it's barely passing. How about you three?"

Wang Fugui pulled a rusty iron knife from his pocket:

"I stole this from a goblin, consider it spoils of war?"

The senior student rolled her eyes:

"Scrap metal. Unacceptable."

Lin Xiaoyu took out a glowing grass that grew in the dark corner of the mine:

"Is this okay?"

"Low-grade medicinal herbs that can be found everywhere. Substandard."

The pressure is now on Chen Yifan.

Chen Yifan didn't take anything; he simply looked at Xia Nan.

Seeing this, Xia Nan gave a wry smile.

He then stepped forward, pulled the senior aside, and said something to her.

Then,

When the senior student returned, her previously lazy expression had disappeared.

She raised her head and gave Chen Yifan a deep look.

"You've all passed. Welcome to the 'Scavengers'."