Chapter 121 Unexpected Harvest at the Ruins Antique Shop (Sorry, unexpected situation, update will be late)
Jiangcheng, this is the closest commercial city to the University of Science and Technology, and it is also where Silver Gray Star and his party landed after arriving at Jingnan Star. The city is quite prosperous.
During the annual holiday, there are many people on the streets and alleys, and even the suspended tracks are covered with celebratory slogans. The weather has turned colder, and pedestrians are wearing thicker clothes.
Occasionally you can see non-human races, come and experience Blue Star's unique festival.
There are animals with good symbolic meanings such as big red fat-headed fish swimming on the street, which are all holographic images of the surrounding shops.
Every time it passes by pedestrians, it will cause a burst of cheers.
Getting off the car and looking at the scene before him, Li Mingfei felt a sense of disillusionment. He occasionally suspected that he had not traveled through time, but had arrived many years later.
However, he has gone through the history of Blue Star. There are some similarities, but most of them are different. Even the names of the people do not overlap.
"Is there anything interesting here?" Li Ming looked around and asked casually.
"Interesting place?" Zhang Huaiyuan muttered to himself, he thought Li Ming had a goal.
Brother Li, what's going on?
Zhang Huaiyuan didn't know why, and after thinking for a while, he said: "You usually like to make some mechanical things. There is a place where you might like it."
"Oh?"
"Civilization Relics Antique Shop."
"Civilization Relics?" Li Ming was surprised and then asked.
I heard Zhang Huaiyuan say that the objects in this kind of shop are basically things that interstellar explorers picked up from somewhere and have no origin.
Most of them are shabby, probably from the ruins of some civilization, and some are fake.
Zhang Huaiyuan further explained, "Some interstellar collectors especially like to collect these things. If they are lucky, they can deduce certain technology from them and sell them for a lot of money."
It seems to be a good fit for me. After all, I have a control bar. What if I miss something?
Li Ming regained his energy. He thought fishing this time would be quite boring, but now he is somewhat interested.
What made Zhang Huaiyuan even more surprised was that Li Ming actually didn't plan to go there by hovercar. The place was at least ten kilometers away from them and it took two hours to walk.
“Experience the flavor of the New Year.” Li Ming did not explain much.
The two of them walked along the way and encountered many celebrations along the way. Some people even recognized Li Ming, taking photos and signing autographs.
Li Ming refused to accept anyone who came, and the original two-hour journey was dragged to four hours by him.
When we arrived at the place, it was already close to noon.
The Ancient Star Collection is still a plaque carved from wood. This place is not in a busy commercial area, but rather a bit remote.
There were many people coming in and out, dressed classically, with metal beads in their hands.
Li Ming's temperament seemed out of place here, attracting many inquisitive eyes.
"My direction is eight o'clock, red hat, white shoes..." Li Ming stopped in front of the store. He didn't know who he was talking to. Zhang Huaiyuan had heard it several times along the way and felt something was wrong, but he didn't ask.
After Li Ming finished speaking, he walked into the store. It was quite large inside, with several rows of cabinets on which were placed items of various sizes, such as hollow metal mechanical spheres or broken metal arms. There are also cast metal statues.
There is a virtual screen in front of each object to introduce the origin of the object.
Zhang Huaiyuan guessed well. He is indeed very interested in this place. Panning for gold here requires a lot of relevant knowledge to ensure that you will not be cheated.
The waiter came up and seemed to want to introduce Li Ming, but Zhang Huaiyuan sent him away.
Li Ming casually picked up a broken metal component. He couldn't see what it was and couldn't control it.
I didn’t care, and continued shopping. After touching a few things, I found something that was controllable——
[G-3 type monitoring pendant--E level (damaged): A monitoring probe disguised as an exquisite ornament.
Control conditions: 300 points
Control effect: Hidden blessing--30%
Control ability-Record: Record all matters within 3 meters around the host. 】
Li Ming was interested in this gadget. The exquisite crystal pendant did not look like a Blue Star style.
[Record] The ability is quite interesting. It is basically not used on weekdays, but it can be useful at certain times.
There is a price on it, fifty thousand star coins, which is quite expensive.
But Li Ming now has a lot of money, so he bought it immediately.
Li Ming was very interested and took out one controllable thing after another. Some of them were of no use. Not only were they damaged, but their blessings were also very low.
But it is indeed very strange, especially a broken metal mask called [Soul Mask]. Its ability is [Psychic Concealment], which distorts one's own image in the vision of others.
Although it is only D-level, it should not be able to hide from advanced surveillance probes, but what if it is upgraded to C-level or even higher?
This is obviously not the product of Blue Star. I don’t know what civilization it comes from. The driving energy is called spiritual energy.
Li Ming has never heard of this type of energy. Fortunately, he can drive it directly with physical strength.
Since there is no driving energy, the store's introduction to it is vague, even saying that it is some kind of indigenous sacrificial tool.
Several rows of cabinets passed back and forth, and he touched everything large and small. He was rich and bought everything he was interested in.
Such unusual behavior also attracted the attention and whispers of many people in the store.
Many things were so badly damaged that their original use could not even be seen.
Li Ming bought four things piecemeal, adding up to about 300,000 star coins.
When I arrived at the counter to check out, what stood up was a woman with gray hair and haggard skin. Light blue symbols and lines were hidden deep in the wrinkled skin. Both eyes were white and seemed invisible.
"Disaster!" She suddenly shouted, startling Zhang Huaiyuan who was paying the bill.
Then he watched the boss hold his hand tremblingly, and then rubbed it upward.
"What are you doing!" Zhang Huaiyuan shouted, feeling a chill in his heart. He subconsciously stepped back, feeling that his hands seemed to be bound by iron chains, and he couldn't pull them out.
It wasn't until the old lady's right hand fumbled randomly on his face that she let go: "It's not you, it's not you."
She seemed disappointed, her two white eyes His eyes suddenly looked in the direction of Li Ming - "It's you!"
Li Ming frowned slightly, wondering what kind of ball this was.
"This old lady has started to deceive people again." Someone snickered on the side.
"Sorry, sorry." Someone hurried over, with curly hair hanging down to his shoulders. It was a man, with an apologetic look on his face: "My grandma disturbed you two."
" I see blood and fire in you!" the old lady shouted, and the symbols on her body actually glowed.
Li Ming frowned and did not express any desire to explore further. He just stood there until Zhang Huaiyuan finished paying.
Leaving the store, Zhang Huaiyuan looked at the smart terminal and frowned: "This old lady looks like - Secret History"
"Hidden History? What the hell?"
"It seems to be some kind of special phenomenon among the stars. This group of people deeply believe that the symbols and lines on their bodies can help them communicate with the universe, and thus see things that others cannot see. Something." Zhang Huaiyuan said and shook his head: "However, it has never been verified. He probably wants to deceive us."
Li Ming shrugged and didn't take it seriously. I secretly plan to visit a similar store like this in the future.
After carefully questioning Zhang Huaiyuan, he learned that there are very few such stores, and most of them are deceptive and abducted with signs showing cultural relics.
This place was brought here by a senior. It has a pretty good reputation and most people don't know about it.
While the two were chatting, a large group of celebrating marchers greeted them on the street ahead. There were several large animals wearing airbag suits, all of which were festive cartoons or characters.
There were many such celebration parades, and they met more than one group when they came.
The two stood sideways on the street in a familiar manner, waiting for them to pass.
However, when they approached a certain range, Li Ming's eyes moved slightly and his eyes fell on a certain figure in the team.
It wears a three-meter-high airbag suit and looks like a mimic doll with a big nose and two horns.
It seems to be an anime character. Li Ming is very popular. I have seen several of him along the way.
"Big nose doll costume." He pulled up the corner of his collar and said, Zhang Huaiyuan looked at him in surprise.
Then, a few of the pedestrians wandering around approached here and quickly approached the big nose.
"Wearing armor, the torch looks good." Li Ming thought to himself, he turned on [Intelligent Assistance] at all times, and upgraded it to C level, with a coverage range of 500 meters.
For this, he spent 30,000 metal energy, and now he only has about 70,000 left, which is really like running water.
The moment the mimic costume entered the coverage area, he felt something was wrong. The deformed movements, protruding edges and calm steps all showed that the wearer was a big guy.
Through this kind of details, he discovered many spies along the way, all of whom were caught by secret security.
The loud music was deafening, Zhang Huaiyuan seemed to be saying something, but Li Ming could only see his mouth opening and closing.
At this moment, his pupils suddenly shrank, and his eyes became extremely frightened. The scene he saw was clearly reflected in his eyes——
The big-nosed puppet suit was suddenly torn from the center, revealing the black heavy armor inside. Everyone who gathered around him was thrown away by him.
When he took action, he was already very close to Li Ming. Three sharp giant alloy claws protruded from his arms, each one nearly meters long.
The power-assisted structure of his legs suddenly opened, like a heavy truck, rushing towards Li Ming who was very close.
When the doll costume was torn apart, the people around him were already in a mess, screaming and running away, mixed with the sound of music that sounded and went off.
The expressions on the accompanying field staff hiding around suddenly changed drastically, and they rushed over quickly, but it was obviously too late.
Will the dean not take action? Li Ming stood there without responding.
Zhang Huaiyuan yelled and motioned for Li Ming to stay away. Before he had time to think about it, he subconsciously wanted to pull Li Ming away with his hands and push him away.
Li Ming didn't even turn his head, and quickly switched control objects. When turning around, his waist drove his right leg, throwing out a beautiful crescent arc.
Boom!
Zhang Huaiyuan was stunned on the spot. He saw the heavy armor rushing like a truck, as if it had hit an indestructible alloy wall head on.
The armored chest was completely dented, and the heavy body was thrown away and hit the ground heavily, blood dripping from the joints.
“Hiss——” Li Ming shook his leg and felt a throbbing pain. After all, it was just a pure power blessing, and the counter-shock force was still terrifying.
Zhang Huaiyuan swallowed subconsciously, is this a D-class life form? Hard against heavy armor?
"Isn't the torch scene too much?" Li Ming was a little confused, and then his eyes suddenly widened, he stepped lightly, and his body suddenly retreated.
Then it fell in confusion, and a yellow bullet hovered not far away from him, as if blocked by an invisible force.
Someone is shooting at him!
Li Ming's face darkened slightly. If he could snipe others, of course others could snipe him.
However, this is clearly aimed at killing him, and there is a high probability that he is not the Torch's person.
Zhang Huaiyuan stared blankly at the suspended bullet. At some point, a figure appeared, pinched the bullet, and then looked in the direction of the shot.
Boom! The bullet exploded suddenly, but was restrained by invisible force, and the flames and metal fragments condensed together.
"Dean?" Zhang Huaiyuan was confused.
"Dean! Li Ming shouted: "If you want me to die, just say it straight away, no need to beat around the bush. "
Ah? Zhang Huaiyuan didn't know why.
Chen Jinglong frowned, and then said: "Didn't I take action? ”
“If you were any slower, I would be shot in the head. "Li Ming said in a deep voice: "Do you know that at the critical moment just now, I tried my best to get myself out of the place. ”
"How terrifying is life and death? Do you know? I promise you to be bait, but you also promise that I will not be in danger."
It turned out to be fishing, Zhang Huaiyuan suddenly realized.
He was also dissatisfied with the dean. Li Ming was very kind to him, and even more so to his shoulders and thighs. He didn't want anything to happen to Li Ming.
Since it is fishing, we must ensure the safety inside.
The dean is not honest.
"You reacted when the bullet was still a few hundred meters away from you." Chen Jinglong said lightly.
He was also surprised by this matter. Li Ming's reaction was too fast.
With his speed, he can react at this range, and most bullets will have a hard time hitting him.
It’s just that the speed of dodging just now was a bit slow. Did you do it deliberately because you knew I would do it?
Furthermore, he withdrew his gaze from the armored corpse lying on the ground. This power... was too powerful.
Can you react a few hundred meters in advance? Zhang Huaiyuan's breathing was stagnant. It was not like he had never been exposed to D-class life forms.
Others don’t seem so perverted, right?
Li Ming's face fell. He turned on [Smart Assist]. As soon as the bullet entered the range, he was aware of it and could avoid it five hundred meters in advance.
If I had not just switched to [Power Form], I would not be able to change into shoes in a short time, otherwise, I would disappear in a flash.
“Isn’t this what happened when I was between life and death?” Li Ming emphasized again: “And when the armored man attacked me, why didn’t you take action?”
"The attacker is a D-class life form. If I can't kill you with one blow, let me see if there are others."
"What?" Li Ming lamented, "That's all you..."
"Okay, okay, ten pieces of mother ore, right? I'll have someone deliver them." Chen Jinglong became impatient after being tossed around.
"Oh...that's it." Li Ming calmed down and didn't feel embarrassed, "Then don't forget it."
Zhang Huaiyuan was dumbfounded. His face changed too quickly. You looked bitter and resentful before, just to bargain.
(End of this chapter)