From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 147 - 125: Hard Currency in Cyber World, Purchasing Robots

"There's something coming, a tracked armed robot with six gun barrels."

The alarm kept ringing, and it wasn't long before the armed robot arrived.

Su Muyu described the robot's appearance.

Lu Heng knew immediately what it was; it was a mechanical guard from the Cyber World.

This kind of mechanical guard had no legs but was equipped with tracks, allowing it to move over rugged terrain.

Its weapon consisted of six gun barrels connected to a main magazine, firing simultaneously when attacking, which one could imagine would be tremendously fierce.

Moreover, this mechanical guard likely had energy weapons.

"Don't rush to attack, go invisible and check out the situation," Lu Heng said as he asked Su Muyu to activate invisibility, and together with the other two, they became invisible and stood by the roadside to wait.

The mechanical guard, cranking its tracks, passed by them with clanking sounds, charging toward the transport vehicle emitting the alarm.

There was not the slightest pause as it swept past.

From the mechanical guard's reaction, it was evident that it likely used infrared detection.

Su Muyu's Invisibility Skill, which had integrated the effect of "Mist Escape," could block both infrared and olfactory detection.

Therefore, the mechanical guard's infrared system completely missed them, rushing straight past.

Lin Zeyu, watching the mechanical guard, clicked his tongue in admiration, "This thing is pretty cool; it'd be great to snag one for ourselves."

"A sniper rifle costs 2000 Divine Energy; how much do you think this thing costs?" Lu Heng's remark swiftly quenched his idea.

A single sniper rifle was worth 2000 Divine Energy points; this mechanical guard with six gun barrels would undoubtedly cost tens of thousands.

With so much Divine Energy, why not do something worthwhile?

"Forget it, the way this thing just charged past us looked too stupid." Lin Zeyu gave up on the idea.

"If it had spotted us, you'd know how stupid it is not. Six gun barrels, firing a thousand bullets a minute would be a piece of cake," Lu Heng laughed.

"Should we attack?" Lin Zeyu asked again.

"Do you see the last position of the armor on the torso of the mechanical guard? That's where the battery is," Lu Heng pointed at the middle part of the mechanical guard where the logo was and asked.

"Got it, just shoot that spot and it's dealt with," Lin Zeyu said, ready to take action.

"Wrong! What I mean is, don't shoot at that spot at all," Lu Heng corrected.

"Why not? Isn't that the battery? Can't we just blow it up with one shot? Or does shooting the battery cause an explosion? Then we should stay further away," Lin Zeyu was very confused.

"Forget it, I'll handle it personally."

Lu Heng said as he drew the Aurora Blade, approached, and with two swift slashes, cut the mechanical guard into three pieces.

The middle piece was exactly where the battery was.

Lu Heng picked up the battery and tucked it into his item slot, then turned and said, "Alright, let's move on."

The three continued along the road.

The road had many pits and holes; some clearly had been broken for a long time.

This was also a typical sign of a civilization in decline.

"Where are we headed now?" Lin Zeyu finally asked a meaningful question.

"To the city to see if we can find something that communicates."

The trio made their way into the Cyber City.

Although the Cyber Civilization was in decline, the city was still operational.

The Central System was definitely still running smoothly, although the status of the uncontrollable Mechanical Servants was unknown.

Entering the city, they finally saw some entities not equipped with weapons, but it was unclear what exactly they were.

Because these entities could be of various bizarre shapes and mostly consisted of half-mechanical bodies, with some organic parts.

It might not necessarily be organic; it could be bionic.

Due to the peculiar shapes of these entities, Lu Heng and his friends did not stand out much.

At most, they would be regarded as another type of uniquely structured entity.

Upon being transported into this world, they had already been loaded with the common language of this world.

Thus, the conversations they heard around them were comprehensible.

After wandering around the city for a while.

Lu Heng confirmed a few things.

First, this world did not use cash; most transactions used electronic currency.

Second, if not using electronic money, batteries could be used as hard currency.

Third, this world was indeed undergoing a semi-mechanization process, with many half-mechanized citizens in the city.

This world was somewhat similar to the one Lu Heng remembered.

With this, many survival experiences from the Cyber World could be applied.

The trio stopped in front of a Mechanical Repair Shop that was still open.

Inside the shop, a half-mechanical uncle with retractable mechanical eyes was busy twisting a mechanical arm with tools.

Lu Heng stepped forward and greeted in the common language of this world, "Hello."

The repair shop uncle looked up, glanced at the three of them, and asked in surprise, "Are you bionic people? Or are your mechanical bodies so perfect that I can barely see the metallic structure?"

Lu Heng directly took out the battery of the mechanical guard, slapped it in front of the repair uncle, and asked, "Do you have intelligent Servant Robots here? I want to buy one."

The repair uncle, seeing the battery the size of a brick, immediately lit up, "Nice stuff."

He took a careful look at it and was immediately shocked, eyes widening as he exclaimed, "This this this... This is a military battery!"

Lu Heng spread his hands and said, "There was a gunfight just now, pretty intense, so I just picked it up. If you're afraid to take it, I'll find someone else."

In this city, the Central AI and the rogue Mechanical Servants were adversaries, and conflicts would occur from time to time.

So, stumbling upon one or two batteries was indeed possible.

"Take, take, take, I'll take it, but it's risky for me," the repair shop uncle lifted his electronic arm and lowered the shop's automatic door.

As Lu Heng had anticipated, batteries were a universal currency in this world.

The higher the Level of the battery, the greater its value.

This Mechanical Guard's battery was Level C and was a military battery, half a level higher than civilian use.

Thus, the value of this battery was very high.

Lu Heng had once experienced a Cyber World, so he knew this information and had deliberately left the battery when he attacked the Mechanical Guard.

Other parts of the Mechanical Guard were valuable too, like weapons and ammunition.

However, these items were difficult to sell and could easily cause trouble.

Lin Zeyu did pick up a few bullets from a Mechanical Guard, but they were the wrong caliber for his sniper rifle.

...

After closing the shop door, the repair shop uncle led the three of them to a room at the back of the shop.

While walking, he chatted, "You three are really special. Are your limbs really bionic? They must be extremely valuable. Where are you from?"

After considering for a moment, Lu Heng made a probing response, "From Queen Star Circle."

Upon hearing this answer, the repair shop uncle stiffened and then turned around with a surprised face, "You are from Capital Star Circle?"

Queen Star Circle was the Cyber World Lu Heng had experienced in his previous life.

Now seeing the great reaction from the repair shop uncle, he finally confirmed something.

This Orion λ838 and the Cyber World he had experienced in his previous life belonged to the same civilization.

In fact.

When entering the city and seeing the environment, Lu Heng felt it was somewhat familiar but not exactly the same.

The reason it wasn't very similar was simple; the Cyber World from his previous life was the Capital Star Circle of this civilization, while this planet was a resource-depleted Cyber Wasteland.

Whether in terms of prosperity or technological level, this Orion λ838 was far inferior to Queen Star Circle.

This was also the reason for the repair shop uncle's shock.

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For the citizens left on this forsaken planet, it was essentially being left here to await death at the bottom.

They lingered on, enduring the invasion of the Abyss while also trying to find a way to escape this hopeless planet.

Now, someone said they came from Queen Star Circle.

Moreover, the one who spoke showed no signs of mechanical constructs and seemed entirely composed of high-grade bionic components.

It was entirely reasonable to say they were from Capital Star Circle.

The repair shop uncle began to ask nervously, "Do the three of you have any missions here? Is there anything I can help with? I know a lot about mechanical constructs. I can fix any of them."

Lu Heng interrupted his self-promotion and said, "Let's see the Intelligent Servant Robots first."

"Okay, please come in, my lords. It's a bit messy here, but don't mind the mess, everything here is good stuff…"

The repair shop uncle began introducing several Intelligent Servant Robots he had repaired and assembled:

"This one is a lawn robot. You might think it looks strange, but a century ago, it was considered a high-grade robot.

"At that time, the houses in high-end residential areas all had lawns...

"Oh, I forgot the status of you three lords; you must have seen many lawns in Capital Star Circle."

The repair shop uncle glanced at Lu Heng's expression and seeing no response, continued introducing the next robot:

"This is an aquatic pet automatic feeding robot. This was also a high-grade robot last century.

"It can sense the state of aquatic pets, dispense various types of food, and even monitor water temperature, oxygen levels, and more."

Seeing Lu Heng still unresponsive, the repair shop uncle quickly introduced another:

"This is a child companion robot. You might not think it very useful now, but last century…"

Lu Heng realized there were indeed many antiques here, each introduced as high-grade robots from last century.

But thinking a bit, it made sense.

These robots, functionally, had indeed been high-grade.

In a Cyber World where there still are lawns, those must be in high-end residences.

Those who keep fish as pets aren't ordinary either.

As for child companion robots, those are even rarer.

In the Cyber World, after citizens began mechanization, the birth rate would drop to extremely low levels, almost close to zero.

Even if one wanted to raise offspring, there was a specific set of technological programs for rearing.

Citizens wanting to become parents just needed to place an order with such companies and wait long enough to skip the infancy stage and receive a child of a specified age.

Therefore, in this environment, child companion robots were indeed a rare species.

And this type of child companion robot typically took over a portion of the educational tasks.

That is to say, the robot's database would store a wealth of world knowledge.

Lu Heng pointed at the child companion robot and said, "Let's go with this one."