Soon after, Su Mo hurriedly arrived at the entrance of the general store.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the general store was not closed. Then, he calmed himself down and walked in.

Inside the dimly lit general store, the old man stood expressionlessly behind the counter as always.

"Old man."

Su Mo stepped forward and called out quickly.

The old man slowly raised his head, his cloudy eyes looked at Su Mo, and asked unhurriedly, "What is it?"

"Old man, isn't my mech going to be finished in three months? Can you work overtime to get it done sooner?"

Su Mo asked directly.

"Why?"

The old man scrutinized Su Mo with his cold eyes.

"Isn't the Royal Knights selection going to be held in a month? What am I going to do without a mech?"

Su Mo explained helplessly.

"No, these last three months are very important. Various adjustments and performance activations need to be carried out, so there's no way to speed things up. If you had told me earlier, I might have been able to think of a way. But now, with only a month left, forget about it."

The old man refused directly without even thinking about it.

"You're kidding me? Is there really no way at all?"

Hearing this, Su Mo's heart sank, and he asked with some reluctance.

"Don't even think about it, unless you want a defective mech."

The old man replied without a trace of emotion.

"This..."

Su Mo's headache grew worse. It seemed that this path was blocked. So, he said to the old man, "How about this, can you lend me that recovered V-generation biological mech, Light of the Abyss?"

Hearing this, the old man raised his head and looked at Su Mo, saying in a hoarse voice.

"Speaking of this, I still have a debt to settle with you. Did you fully activate the power of the Creator Devourer?"

"Uh, how did you know?"

Su Mo looked at the old man in surprise.

"Because of your violent use, the V-generation biological mech, Light of the Abyss, was subjected to overloaded power. The internal biological tissues of the entire mech were damaged and have begun to shrink, requiring major maintenance and repair."

The old man said to Su Mo in a cold voice.

"Uh, this..."

Su Mo was a little embarrassed for a moment and didn't know what to say.

"However, seeing that you damaged the mech while trying to find the Para Fruit for me, I won't hold it against you."

The old man's tone softened, as if he was quite satisfied with the Para Fruit that Su Mo had found.

"Yeah, yeah, that old man, do you have any other powerful V-generation or VI-generation biological mechs that you can lend me?"

Su Mo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but now he could only ask the old man for help, otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to participate in the Royal Knights selection competition.

The old man's cloudy eyes stared straight at Su Mo, a strange light flashed in his eyes, and then he replied in a hoarse voice.

"No, do you think high-end mechs are common goods? That you can just find them anywhere? Starting from V-generation mechs, each one is very precious, especially true V-generation mechs."

"Uh, really none?"

Su Mo's heart skipped a beat. He was done for; his last hope had vanished.

"None."

The old man replied calmly.

"Ah~ okay, then I'll think of another way."

Su Mo sighed helplessly and could only leave the general store.

Watching Su Mo's leaving figure, the old man's tense face revealed a subtle change in expression, and then he quickly closed the store.

......

On the street, Su Mo walked along with a worried look on his face.

To be honest, if his mech could be completed in time, he would definitely have a great chance of winning this selection competition. But now, not only was the mech not finished, but the problem was that he didn't even have a mech to participate with.

At this time, the deep voice of the Creator Devourer rang in Su Mo's mind.

"What are you going to do next? You only have a month. Where are you going to find a high-level V-generation mech?"

"Let me think, who has a spare V-generation mech now?"

Su Mo said with a headache.

"I remember that Xia Weiya has a collection."

The Creator Devourer reminded him.

"Not appropriate. The Laurel Kingdom will definitely have participants too. If Xia Weiya lends me a mech, how will she explain it to her own people? And it's not appropriate to borrow a mech from an active member of the Royal Knights unless they give it to me."

Su Mo rejected Xiao Shi's suggestion after thinking for two seconds.

"Then who else do you know that has a V-generation mech, and it has to be a spare one?"

The Creator Devourer asked in a low voice.

Su Mo filtered through everyone he knew, and suddenly realized that it seemed that very few people had V-generation mechs, let alone lend one to him.

"This is difficult."

"If you miss this selection opportunity, the consequences will be very bad. You should have already experienced how much power a candidate Royal Knight has, providing you with so much convenience. The situation will be even more different if you become a full member."

The Creator Devourer reminded him in a low voice.

"I know, let me think, wait..."

Su Mo suddenly thought of something.

"What's wrong?"

"Let's go find Arlais."

Su Mo immediately rushed towards the Federal Building.

"What's the use of finding him?"

The Creator Devourer asked in confusion.

"Isn't Arlais doing some kind of Divine Light Project, and he's going to give us a mech in return?"

"Are you sure that's reliable?"

"We're desperate, let's go ask. Do you have any other way?"

Su Mo was also forced to do this.

After hearing this, the Creator Devourer fell silent.

......

After a long time, Su Mo came to Arlais's office again, and he knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Arlais's faint voice came from the office.

Su Mo then pushed the door open and walked in.

Arlais was quite surprised to see Su Mo visiting, and he asked in confusion, "Su Mo, why are you here? What's the matter?"

"That, President Arlais, you mentioned the Divine Light Project to me before. I want to ask about the performance of that mech."

Su Mo asked somewhat embarrassedly.

"You mean that one? The performance is very excellent."

Arlais replied very confidently.

Hearing this, Su Mo's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Why are you suddenly asking about this? Has something happened?"

Arlais obviously felt that Su Mo's state was not right.

"It's like this, the Royal Knights Twelve Knights selection is about to start, and my mech is damaged, so I don't have a mech to participate with."

Su Mo explained awkwardly.

Hearing this, Arlais stood up and said to Su Mo.

"So that's how it is, come with me."

"Uh, okay."

Su Mo nodded quickly in response.

......

The next day, a small interstellar ship appeared within Earth's atmosphere, above an endless desert.

The ship hovered in mid-air without descending.

Su Mo and Arlais stood on the observation deck, overlooking the rolling yellow sand in the distance.

"Where is this?"