Chapter 716: Chapter 361: The Development Team’s Story, A Big Misunderstanding_2
Otherwise, you’ll have your pay docked.
Only those who resist are dealt with, their limbs broken; anyway, they’ll be easily healed once they return to the city.
"Looks like they’re really going to use us for some evil sacrifices!"
"Mommy!"
"Mechanical City, you all..."
The residents of Mechanical City are secretly calculating in their minds, while the captured settlers are either in despair, crying, or shouting curses.
Faced with this, the people of Mechanical City completely ignore them, wearing stern expressions, showing an iron-blooded and ruthless demeanor.
Who could have imagined that, while they appear serious, they’re actually secretly counting their fingers?
Soon enough, the residents of Mechanical City have already brought the captured individuals onto the fragments of Mechanical City, settling them down.
These fragments are separated for mining purposes.
Thus, the environment and facilities on them are quite crude, seemingly even worse than some settlements.
Some of the captured settlers were initially skeptical about Mechanical City, doubting whether such a paradise truly existed.
Now, seeing this so-called "Mechanical City" filled with dust, ores, metals, machines, and Radiation Beast Materials, they are utterly disappointed.
Is this the paradise that those Flying Strange People spoke of as perfect?
Who are they kidding?
Then, the fragments of Mechanical City took off, carrying everyone and a large amount of extracted resources into the sky.
As expected, the captured settlers panicked again.
They all thought that the evil sacrifice was about to begin.
"Are they going to fly us up and throw us down from the sky?"
"By the way, this is our first time flying today. So, this is what it feels like to fly..."
...
Despite some bumps along the way, most of the "captures" proceeded smoothly.
After all, with such overwhelming power, unexpected incidents are rare.
Of course, there were still unexpected incidents.
Apart from the ordinary human settlements, there were actually two "cities" in this global expanse.
Both of these cities were guarded by Seven-Star warriors.
One city was called "Rock Cave City," with a population of over sixty thousand.
The other was called "Sky Sea City," with a population of one hundred thirty thousand.
As their names suggest, Rock Cave City is hidden deep in the mountains, even underground, with the heart of the mountain hollowed out for living beneath the surface, to evade Radiation Beasts and various dangerous threats.
Sky Sea City is situated on a remote island deep in the ocean, some fifteen thousand kilometers from the nearest continent.
The place is not only rarely visited, but even Radiation Beasts are rare. It’s a mystery how the ancestors of these people found this location.
These two cities are well concealed. Previously, neither Su Yu nor the Transcendent Association knew of their existence.
However, in front of the ubiquitous mining team from Mechanical City, they were still discovered.
Of course, the people of Mechanical City didn’t intentionally seek out these two cities.
They were simply searching for resource mines, wanting to explore and dig everywhere, and then they stumbled upon these two cities.
A bit of conflict naturally erupted at that time, with the Seven-Star warriors from the two cities taking action.
Having lived in seclusion for many years, they were shocked when a group suddenly descended from the sky to find them.
Some of them almost thought they were facing an alien invasion.
The two Seven-Star warriors, having lived for hundreds of years, had never seen people capable of flight.
It was too strange, too eerie.
The people of Mechanical City spoke words that the residents of these cities dared not believe, wanting to capture them for thorough interrogation.
Originally, when the Seven-Stars make a move, these mining teams from Mechanical City couldn’t resist.
But facing the threat from the Seven-Star warriors at that time, several residents of Mechanical City gritted their teeth and directly "applied for a loan" to put on temporary Seven-Star Battle Armors!
The Seven-Star Battle Armors are extremely expensive, costing ten thousand energy coins! And they can only be used for one month!
The people of Mechanical City honestly couldn’t afford them and didn’t want to buy them.
With that money, couldn’t it be saved? Ten thousand coins are enough for the down payment on a permanent Seven-Star Battle Armor.
But faced with the Seven-Star warriors, they had no choice but to buy it, and so they applied for a loan.
Of course, not just anyone could apply for a loan.
At the very least, one needs to be a Six-Star Transcendent and also pay a significant amount of energy coins as a "deposit."
While signing the loan "contract," those few Six-Star warriors felt their hearts bleeding.
They wished they could tear apart the Seven-Stars from Rock Cave City and Sky Sea City.
Although it was exhilarating to wear the Seven-Star Battle Armor, an endless torrent of power surging from the armor...
But this all costs money! And there’s interest; every minute burns through cash!
Ten thousand coins, how long would it take to save that up!
In their anger, those Transcendents wearing temporary Seven-Star Battle Armors radiated a terrifying aura, as if ready to devour people.
Then... the two Seven-Stars from Rock Cave City and Sky Sea City immediately backed down.
They had no choice; these Flying Strange People were too strange, too terrifying!
A few minutes ago, they were Six-Star in strength, but suddenly, with a flash of Spiritual Energy light, two or three Seven-Star warriors appeared!
How did these strong individuals suddenly come about! Where did so many come from!
The two Seven-Stars from Rock Cave City and Sky Sea City couldn’t have imagined there’s such a wondrous thing as a temporary Battle Armor System?
They’re not in data-related professions and had no understanding of this at all.
Besides, even Xie Yitian, who is also a Data Ghost, had never thought of using data abilities this way, let alone these outsiders.
And after the two Seven-Stars apologized, the people of Mechanical City, mindful of Su Yu’s orders, decided not to take any offensive actions.
Consequently, those who applied for the loan were even more frustrated.
They wasted so much money and took on debt, but it was entirely unnecessary.
Though wearing the Seven-Star Battle Armor was indeed overwhelmingly exhilarating, making others green with envy all around.
But... it’s only for a month. After a month, the armor expires, and they’ll be penniless!
Then they wouldn’t be able to afford even the most basic Four-Star Battle Armor.
Thinking of this, these few individuals felt their teeth grinding in hatred, their eyes almost spitting fire.
Soon, the fear among the Seven-Stars from Rock Cave City and Sky Sea City grew even stronger.
Fortunately, no fight broke out in the end.
The people of Mechanical City retreated quietly, resuming their mining.
In the subsequent days, the mining efforts of these two groups proved highly fruitful, gathering many valuable resources.
There was no choice, with several individuals wearing temporary Seven-Star Battle Armors, the efficiency was certainly high with Seven-Star warriors personally mining.
Especially since these guys were working hard to earn back the loaned money, practically working twenty-four hours a day, their eyes red.
Back when Su Yu had his Seven-Star ceremony, he battled the Brutal Evil God for a month.
These guys are also Six-Star warriors with plenty of stamina, fearing they too will toil for a month to repay their debts!
However, they don’t have the strength Su Yu had back then. After a few days of continuous labor, they are both physically and mentally exhausted, yet no one rests.
They have no choice; every passing day means one less day of the temporary Seven-Star Battle Armor’s duration. Doing nothing for a day costs over three hundred energy coins.
Who can endure that?
A few Seven Star warriors, working twenty-four hours a day with dark circles, dirt-streaked, digging mines or battling Radiation Beasts for materials, was quite a sight.
The envy in the eyes of their former companions turned to sympathy.
Some companions worried that these guys might suddenly drop dead.
But they couldn’t be persuaded; imagining themselves in the same situation, they realized they’d turn out the same...
And during these days, the two Seven-Stars from Rock Cave City and Sky Sea City kept secretly watching the people of Mechanical City.
The more they watched, the more terrified they became.
This group claiming to be residents of Mechanical City was far too bizarre.
Having Seven-Star warriors working tirelessly 24/7, while regular Transcendents rested and slept regularly... What’s the logic in that?
They had no clue that the "War Armor Loan" was crushing them...
To the two Seven-Stars in Rock Cave City and Sky Sea City, if something seems unusual, it must be peculiar!
They suspected that these few newly emerged Seven-Stars might be controlled puppets using some kind of method.
This misunderstanding, indeed, was significant...