Front:
[Tian Rao: Jiang Ye Star's first indigenous entrepreneur, outstanding woman, educated youth, founder of Tian Rao Fashion Design Co., Ltd., model, charity ambassador, peace lover, senior music connoisseur, gourmet, renowned fashion designer, leader in Jiang Ye Star's fashion industry...]
The reverse side displayed her company's address in Binhai City.
Most of the titles were self-proclaimed. After all, one could print whatever they wanted on their business cards. This girl was truly immodest, plastering herself with accolades. Jiang Ye could imagine Tian Rao picking up the first batch of business cards, flicking one with her finger, and smiling with satisfaction at the plethora of titles.
After dinner, Jiang Ye drank two cups of strong coffee and retreated into the remote control cabin.
Birong Star had also entered nighttime. Perhaps due to the recent flooding, the air was cool. Fortunately, the rain had stopped, and the wind had become gentle.
Jiang Ye sat up from the bathtub, got dressed, and bought a mecha.
He had already used the gunner mecha and the greatsword of the swordsman. This time, he bought a charger mecha to try it out.
After a moment's wait, a mecha pushed open the door. Jiang Ye put it on and immediately checked the team leaderboard.
Scrolling all the way to the bottom, Jiang Shui Tang's ranking had advanced to 97th place.
The progress was not significant, but at least they could stay on the leaderboard for now. The team they had raided and destroyed earlier had completely lost their chance to enter the leaderboard for a considerable period.
Jiang Ye went outside and saw many construction machines and robots busy at the edge of the camp, buzzing as they built new, simple spawn houses.
At least two hundred swordsmen were cutting trees at the edge of the rainforest. Most of them were officers who had arrived at Birong Star in the second batch, and their remote control cabins were all at the military port. Isabel had been right; the rainforest, which had lost all its leaves before, was now a canopy of green again, with new buds sprouting at an astonishing speed.
Jiang Ye saw many charger mechas following the tree-cutting swordsmen, planting charging piles.
Jiang Ye followed suit to learn. He walked up to a charger mecha, patted its shoulder, and said, "Buddy, can you teach me how to use this mecha?"
"You call me buddy after seeing me? I'm a female soldier!" The charger mecha hit him.
"Sister," Jiang Ye quickly corrected himself.
"Don't call me sister! You have no manners, you're making me sound old. Call me 'mei'!" The charger mecha hit him again.
Jiang Ye was utterly bewildered. "Mei."
"That's right. Let me tell you, young man, you need to be careful with your words when talking to girls, otherwise, you'll never find a partner. No girl will like a clumsy talker like you. Let's get back to business. First, each charger mecha has three short charging piles and three long power-absorbing piles on its back. Take out your power-absorbing piles first," the charger mecha said.
Jiang Ye took out the piles from his back. They looked like steel rods, but they were hollow inside, with metal plates at the head and bottom that could spread out. They looked simple enough that a skilled craftsman at a hardware cutting shop could fabricate them in ten minutes.
"Hey, why do you have four charging piles and four power-absorbing piles..." The charger mecha looked at Jiang Ye's hands, slightly stunned. "What the hell? You're a Level 2 mecha? You're..."
The charger mecha shivered, straightened up abruptly, and saluted, "Greetings, Commander!"
Jiang Ye was speechless. It was dark, and he couldn't see clearly through the visor. The subordinate soldier didn't recognize him. Fortunately, it wasn't someone from another team; what if another team sneaked in to raid their base?
He returned the salute and grabbed a power-absorbing pile. "Then what?"
"Then please insert one end of the power-absorbing pile into the ground. Make sure to insert it vertically and press down hard to ensure it doesn't fall," the charger mecha said respectfully.
Jiang Ye forcefully pushed the power-absorbing pile ten centimeters into the soil. The ground had been soaked by the flood during the day, so the soil was very soft.
As soon as the power-absorbing pile touched the ground, it lit up, emitting a faint blue glow. This indicated that it had begun to absorb electricity from the ground. The power-absorbing piles planted by other charger mechas in the distance glowed white, clearly showing a difference in level.
"The speed of power absorption varies depending on the location of the piles and is related to the charge in the environment. The land was just flooded, so it's absorbing power very quickly. You... please hold the top of the power-absorbing pile with your palm, and it will automatically transmit power to your mecha," the charger mecha said cautiously.
Jiang Ye reached out and grasped the top. Indeed, a warm current flowed through him, and a prompt appeared on his visor:
[Auxiliary energy charging, 1%... 3%... 5%...]
After waiting for three minutes, it reached 100%, which was even faster than a super-fast phone charger. He wondered how long this charge would last.
Jiang Ye took out the charging pile, which was used to charge other mechas. "How does this work?"
"The charging pile is actually an ammunition box. Open the lid at one end, and you'll see the charging bullets inside. Load them directly into the magazine slot at the bottom of the stun gun," the charger mecha explained. "At this point, you should see a prompt indicating that the auxiliary power stored in your mecha is being transmitted to the gun."
Jiang Ye nodded. There was indeed a line of text: [Transmitting power to the charging gun...]
"Then, directly shoot your teammates. Shoot the bullets at their mechas, anywhere is fine. Each bullet can charge about 30% of the power," the charger mecha explained.
"Whoa! That's quite a lot!" Jiang Ye raised the stun gun and fired a full burst at a swordsman cutting trees in front of him!
He unleashed a whole magazine.
Sparks flew, more spectacular than welding. The swordsman twitched, fell to the ground, and died, his body charred. The swordsmen cutting trees around them stopped their work and looked at their teammate's corpse in bewilderment.
"Maybe I shouldn't charge too much?" Jiang Ye said, holding the gun somewhat awkwardly.
"Yes..." the charger mecha said weakly.
"Alright, you can go now," Jiang Ye nodded.
The charger mecha, as if granted a great pardon, quickly ran away.
Jiang Ye, holding the stun gun, began to wander around, charging each soldier.
The soldiers were terrified and ran everywhere, afraid of being electrocuted to death by the commander's burst.
"Hey! Don't run! Just one shot!"
"I'm very gentle! That was an accident!"
"Why doesn't anyone believe me!"
Jiang Ye shouted in vain, but no one believed him.
With no other option, he returned to the base control room and clicked on the control panel to view the basic information.
The results of several days of tree cutting and land clearing were quite significant. The camp area had expanded to 80 mu, most of which was empty.
He clicked on the infrastructure mall and decided to buy some items to furnish it.
The very first item he saw caught Jiang Ye's eye.
[Facility: Fixed Close-Defense Cannon]
[Facility Description: A powerful tool for camp anti-air and enemy defense, capable of effectively destroying incoming missiles, aircraft, and other weapons. Equipped with 11 barrels, 4 ammunition bays, and a caliber of 35mm. Features radar, optical, and infrared tracking systems, able to lock onto 40 targets simultaneously. Maximum firepower is 16,000 rounds per minute, approximately 266 rounds per second.]
[Price: 500,000 Merit Points (Limited-time discount)]
The item was good, but it was indeed very expensive. He definitely didn't have that many merit points, so he had to pay with money.