Chapter 3: Mercenary Certificate
“Thank you, but, but I want to get my mercenary certificate first.”
Seeing Sang Chu’s persistence, Hua Xi couldn’t say much and led her towards the certificate processing area, saying as they walked:
“I’ll help you get it first, but don’t rush to go out, understand? Your health is most important.”
“Mm, I understand, thank you.”
Perhaps because Sang Chu’s previous appearance was too tragic, and she was a woman, Hua Xi applied for everything she could for her.
“This is your mercenary certificate, keep it safe. Hovercars are usually purchased under a team name, but seeing as you dare to live alone in the wilderness, I applied for one just for you. However, you have to pay for it. I’ll put it on your tab for now, and you can settle it once you start earning. The price is half of what it is outside.”
“This is a storage box. You can put prey inside. The optical computer has detailed instructions on how to use it. You can try it out more when you rest. And this is a physiological inhibitor, a must-have for girls in the wilderness. With it, you won’t have to worry about menstruation.”
“As for laser guns, I can only help you apply for three. One is a cold light gun, which can be used to create ice walls to block monsters when escaping.
One is a blue light gun, used for creating traps and digging caves. Its capabilities are very stable.
And one is a flame gun, which can attack monsters and be used to start fires in the wilderness. Detailed tutorials for all of these can be found on the optical computer. Take a look when you get back.”
Watching Hua Xi chatter as she put item after item into the temporary optical computer.
Sang Chu’s voice was a little choked as she said, “Thank you.”
Hua Xi was stunned for a moment, then smiled, “You’re welcome. These are all essential items for mercenaries when they’re out. They all cost money. I’m just lending them to you for now; you’ll have to pay me back later. No running away from your debts!”
Hua Xi playfully pointed her finger at Sang Chu, then saw Sang Chu say with utmost seriousness, “I won’t. I’ll give you the money as soon as I earn it.”
“Alright, I believe you. That’s all for now. My permissions aren’t high enough to apply for more items for you to use yet. I’ve stored everything in the optical computer. Oh, I almost forgot this. This is a temporary wilderness storage device. You can put some food and water, and clothes in it, but the space is limited, so pack wisely.”
Holding the storage device, Sang Chu nodded. Under her gentle and fervent gaze, she slowly left the Mercenary Guild and headed towards her residence.
Sang Chu: “The people here are very kind and good.”
Tu You: “That’s why you need to hurry up and earn money to pay them back!”
“Mm.”
Sang Chu returned to her residence and found the environment to be so good that she wanted to just lie on the bed and do nothing, not caring about anything.
But she knew she couldn’t.
She walked to the storage cabinet and, upon opening it, saw it packed full of food, making her mouth water.
Tu You: “Stop drooling, it’s all over the place!”
Hearing Tu You’s disgusted voice, Sang Chu paid no mind. She took out a large watermelon, split it open with a swift chop, and began to eat it in large mouthfuls.
So sweet!
After the apocalypse, food became scarcer and scarcer. What was distributed was either expired or rotten.
Later, Zhao Feng took a liking to Mu Xue and wanted her. They had a dispute, and from then on, the food distributed wasn’t even expired or rotten.
It was all moldy and maggot-infested.
Now that she finally had normal food to eat, she couldn’t skimp on herself.
Before long, Sang Chu was sitting on the ground, holding her stomach and burping continuously.
‘Burp~’
Tu You, its tiny body crouched on the ground, looked at the mess and the full Sang Chu, and asked sympathetically:
“Was your apocalypse that miserable? Why do you look like you were reincarnated from a starving ghost!”
“Burp~”
“Mm, I’m full. Let’s head out of the city now.”
Seeing her like this, Tu You suddenly felt a little embarrassed about constantly urging her to make money: “How about you rest for a bit?”
It wasn’t in a hurry anymore, but Sang Chu was.
She didn’t know how much money she could earn. She had to repay the money Hua Xi spent on applying for items for her, and also buy good supplies to prepare for her return to the apocalypse.
Mu Xue and Lu Min Feng would definitely come looking for her.
But she didn’t know if they could survive during her month away, so she also needed to prepare a medical pod.
But that thing was too expensive, she couldn’t waste time.
The combat suit was too thick and heavy, taking up a bit of space, so she directly threw it onto the hovercar, along with some spare clothes.
Anyway, the hovercar was for her use alone, and the extra space could be used for storage.
Water was essential.
The food was stored in the storage device, and she also loaded a lot of food into the hovercar. She planned to spend a long time in the wilderness.
After packing everything, she walked out and followed the map on the optical computer to find the main gate.
Outside the city
As Sang Chu released the hovercar, she looked back at City A.
Its surrounding walls were snow-white, soaring into the clouds, like an iron barrel tightly enclosing the inner city, providing excellent protection for the people within.
“If I had extra money, I’d want a house building machine too.”
Tu You: “Then you should work hard. Houses in the Monster Transformation World are built using light energy. As long as you buy a house building machine, you can establish your own base when you return to the apocalypse.”
Although it was a distant prospect, Sang Chu accepted it.
Sitting in the hovercar, she activated the autopilot and drove towards the wilderness.
Sang Chu held the physiological inhibitor and, following the tutorial video on the optical computer, directly put it around her neck.
It looked like a small silver collar, quite exquisite and dainty.
“This tiny collar can suppress physiological functions?”
Tu You perched on her shoulder and glanced at the inhibitor collar, explaining:
“Of course. The technology in this Monster Transformation World is very advanced, but there’s nothing besides light energy. That’s why the monsters here are so rampant. Their skin has evolved to be immune to light attacks.
So even the most powerful light energy weapons are useless against them. This is also why the people in the Monster Transformation World are so united and friendly.
Everyone supports each other to survive. When you get to the wilderness, you can try to see what supernatural ability you’ve awakened. If you awaken a Gold Element Supernatural Ability, you’ll be set!”
“You mean I can sell it directly to them?”
“Of course! A Gold Element Supernatural Ability can produce gold ore, which they don’t have here. It can definitely be sold at an exorbitant price. This way, you can make money, and they can use the gold ore to forge high-level weapons to kill monsters. It’s a win-win situation.”
Sang Chu thought about it and realized it was true. Both Zuo Xue Feng and Hua Xi, the only two people she had met, were very kind.
At least in their eyes, Sang Chu saw only gentleness and goodwill.
If she could help and it was mutually beneficial, she thought it would be good.
“I’ll try.”
Saying this, she closed her eyes and, as she had researched, slowly explored the path of her supernatural ability within her body.
