Ninth class citizen

Chapter 143 I disagree
“No need.” Nan Rong said without even raising his head: “The all-around player is responsible for coordinating in the middle. It doesn’t matter whether he runs or drives a mecha.”

Actually, there are some differences. At least it is much easier and more enjoyable to operate a mecha than to trek through the snow with two legs.

"Huh?" Mei Yun's eyes suddenly lit up: "Have you learned this before?"

"I guess so." Nan Rong said lightly: "A component engineer must have some understanding of the object he wants to build."

Each team boarded the hovercraft and set off according to their ranking in the first stage of the competition.

There is a fifteen-minute interval between each team.

There is a security check before boarding the bus, the purpose of which is to prevent each team from carrying "illegal" materials such as weapons and other extraordinary items on their own.

Although Nan Rong did not bring those things, he did carry with him the potion container given by Melissa.

Firstly, it was too valuable and I didn’t dare just throw it in the dormitory.

Secondly, I also want to take advantage of the competition to develop some new customers.

She was a little nervous, but the security gate did not give any unusual warnings.

This is probably because the material of the medicine container is special and difficult to detect.

Nan Rong felt relieved and was taken to the second-level field along with all the school team members.

As soon as they landed, some carried equipment, some got on their mechas.

Qian Duoduo and another mecha warrior looked at the extra mecha with some worry.

"Why did you bring this one here as well?"

"We can't drive away. Wouldn't it be an aid to the enemy if we leave it here?"

Then, they, along with everyone else, watched Nan Rong swiftly climb into the cockpit, start the mecha, and move freely.

Everyone looked at Haydn, who had remained calm and composed.

"Captain, you knew this a long time ago, right? No wonder you chose Nan Rong as the all-around player!"

Haydn calmed himself down and nodded: "Everything is under control. Let's speed up and look at the map as we go."

Two mechas led the way, two ancient warriors followed in the rear, and Nan Rong coordinated in the middle. The outer circle was composed of people with extraordinary abilities, and in the middle were the remaining non-combat professionals.

Haydn himself was among them.

The map of the wild was distributed to them when they landed.

Haydn, who had studied the task in detail, first exchanged opinions with Shen Yishou, then marked it on the map and initiated real-time sharing in the team channel.

"There are three routes in total, each with two quest items. We recommend choosing the Snowbank Canyon on the far right."

As a student of the Strategic Command Department, Shen Yishou served as a staff officer in the school team. He also explained:

"There are three routes in this competition. The Ice Wind Cave in the middle has a rough terrain and the most exotic beasts. It is definitely the first choice for Hexi Nengwu. The Cold Tide Sea route on the left is the longest, but it is now frozen, there are fewer exotic beasts, and the road surface is flat. It is the easiest route to travel and is also the one that other school teams think we are most likely to choose."

"Everyone knows that we have the most supplies and have become the target of public criticism. The five school teams, including Savannah, should come to rob us first, and then calmly complete their various tasks."

"So, considering all the factors, we might as well go through the Snowbank Canyon. The information says that there are fewer exotic beasts on this road than in the Icewind Cave, and most of them are level one. It is rare to see level two exotic beasts. We have three mechas and sufficient energy and supplies. If we are lucky, we may be able to reach the end point the fastest."

The team members nodded one after another: "Agree. This arrangement is appropriate." "Thank you for your hard work, Captain and the staff officer. We have no objection."

Haydn smiled slightly: "In that case, let's set off. The target is the snowy shore."

Nan Rong had been looking at the map seriously, but suddenly interrupted him.

"I don't agree with this plan." She said in a cold voice.

The seventh star field in the capital star circle, the third-magnitude star Fengshui in the Ziyin galaxy.

In a manor with hundreds of years of history, in the southwest corner, there is a long-abandoned row of servants' houses.

Due to years of disrepair, layers of gray-green rust have grown on the long-lasting corrosion-resistant alloy walls, making them look like they belong to two completely different eras of civilization compared to the newly rebuilt high-tech main building complex in the front row.

At this moment, a heart-wrenching cough was heard from one of the servants' rooms.

Quick and heavy footsteps were heard, and a white-haired old man bent over and pushed the door open. He placed the steaming porridge in his hand on the table and reached out to help the young man on the bed.

The man was about twenty years old, thin and pale. His cough had gradually stopped and he was supporting himself on the bed with his right elbow, gasping for breath violently.

There was bright red blood on his lips, evidently from the violent coughing he had just done.

"Young Master." The old man's face was full of grief. "Don't lose heart. You must cheer up. The Hans family's five hundred years of business cannot be taken away by others like this."

A trace of helplessness flashed across the young man's haggard face.

"There is no such thing as an everlasting family in this world. The Hans family has existed for five hundred years, which is not a short time. It is reasonable that it ended in the hands of a useless person like me."

“You are not a useless person!” the old man said anxiously, “If there hadn’t been an accident in the new pattern experiment, the master wouldn’t have died, and you wouldn’t have been seriously injured, causing serious genetic decline, causing those vassal families to turn against Tiangang and become the host - they will definitely be punished!”

The young man was half-sitting up with the help of the old man.

He turned his head away, avoiding the spoon of porridge that the other person was handing to his mouth.

"Uncle Martin, please go." He said, "Take advantage of the moment, while they still have concerns and dare not do anything too extreme."

"I won't leave." The old man's eyes were firm. "I have been looking for friends everywhere these days and have raised a lot of money. I will be able to buy you a first-order B-level gene optimizer soon."

"With your attainments in pattern studies, as long as you can recover as before, those people will have no reason to support those half-baked people, and the Hans family will be able to survive this disaster."

The young man listened quietly, his eyes blank, as if he had lost focus. After a while, he spoke:
"Every single one of the first-order B-level gene optimizers will be sold at an auction price of no less than 1200 million Cowans. All of the family's accounts have been frozen. No matter how hard we try, we may not be able to collect this much. There is no need to waste it."

"It's almost reaching 700 million Cowans!" the old man said, "Master, it's really just a little bit away, just a little bit away!"

The young man panted and shook his head slightly. “Even if there really is 1200 million Cowans, those people will deliberately raise the price and won’t let us buy it.”

"I know my body well, and I'm afraid I can't hold out for much longer. Please return the money I borrowed, and tell them that I'm an incompetent person who caused them to lose their jobs. I can't do anything more for them before I die, so don't spend the retirement money you saved with great difficulty on me.

The old man's eyes were moist. He lowered his head to wipe away the tears and was about to say something when a reminder suddenly came from his wrist terminal.

This was the search prompt he had set long ago.

The old man sank his consciousness into the intelligent brain space, and when he raised his head again, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

(End of this chapter)