Mechanic endlessly amassing troops in the apocalypse

Li Fei took the initiative to get to the driver's seat and patted Zhao Lei on the shoulder: "Brother Lei, you've been drinking, so I'll drive."

The department has very strict requirements for its regular employees, but there are fewer of these rules and regulations for them. However, the rule that one cannot drive after drinking is a regulation that all federal citizens should abide by.

Zhao Lei chuckled sheepishly and scratched his head: "Brother Fei, don't be offended, I just like this kind of thing."

Li Fei shrugged indifferently and glanced back. Behind him sat a young man with curly hair and purple eyes. He was clean and tidy, and his hair was not even dyed. The only mark that was related to the gang was the iron nail pendant he wore on his chest.

"Are these the Rust Gang members?" Li Fei asked.

"Yeah, a greenhorn who runs to someone else's turf and says he wants to be the boss." Zhao Lei sneered. "Luckily, they're too lazy to bother with it, or they would have knocked his teeth out long ago."

"You've got some nerve." Li Fei looked away and asked, "By the way, Brother Lei, what price are you planning to offer for those prosthetic bodies?"

Zhao Lei laughed and said, "If you really want them, the arms and calves are 1,000 star coins each."

A thousand? Cheaper than I expected. Li Fei didn't haggle, and nodded directly: "Okay. What about the installation method? How much?"

"Well..." Zhao Lei hesitated for a moment, "We don't usually sell technology separately, but since you asked, Fei-ge, I'll make an exception." He chuckled, "Eight thousand star coins, I guess."

Eight thousand, that's significantly lower than the market price. Li Fei pondered, "Brother Lei, let's stick with the market price. You're losing out too much."

"No!" Zhao Lei waved his hands repeatedly. "If it weren't for your help during the initial assessment, I wouldn't have been able to get into the police station. Why are you being so polite with me?"

Seeing his suggestion, Li Fei stopped refusing and smiled, "Well then, I have a crystal core on me, estimated to be worth no less than 12,000. How about we barter?"

"Sure, I have no problem with that," Zhao Lei grinned.

Having a crystal core on their body is not unusual for them. They are all psionicists, and when they roam the wilderness, there is a chance that they will encounter some star beasts. If they are lucky, they can hunt them. So Zhao Lei did not think much about it.

The deal was agreed upon, and the car arrived at the police station just in time.

But Li Fei wasn't in a hurry to go home.

He waited at the door for a while.

Not long after, the young man from the Rust Gang came out.

It was just a case of provoking trouble, and nothing serious happened. They were released after being questioned.

After he came out, he glanced around and then quickly walked away.

Li Fei didn't follow immediately; there were ravens in the sky, he couldn't escape.

He wandered through the alleys, and soon entered a small shop with a fortune-telling sign.

Li Fei smiled slightly, "This is it."

They withdrew the raven, went straight to the shop, and pushed the door open to enter.

"Closed for the time being..."

The sound stopped abruptly the moment Li Fei was seen.

The voice came from a long-haired man with cross-shaped scars on his face. He stared at Li Fei with hostile eyes. "Cops?"

He then turned his gaze to the young man who had just entered, his expression furious: "You're working with the cops to target us?"

The curly-haired youth waved his hands repeatedly: "No, Brother Dao, really no, I don't know how he got here."

Li Fei chuckled and interrupted their conversation.

"Brother Dao, right?" He sat down casually. "Don't misunderstand that young man. I came here on my own."

Brother Dao snorted coldly, "We haven't done anything illegal or disorderly. If you have nothing else to do, please leave."

Li Fei innocently shrugged: "Don't be angry, I haven't done anything yet."

He sat up straight. "Actually, I just want to make a deal with your Rust Gang."

"If you don't leave, don't blame me for being impolite." Brother Dao drew a long knife without giving any face, his eyes fierce.

The young man on the other side also picked up an iron bar from the side.

Li Fei shook his head. It seemed that he wouldn't speak properly unless he showed off his strength.

"Fortress, activate!"

The instant the command exploded in his mind, a dark torrent of metal surged from the core of his chest, and the nanounits emitted a dense and deep "hum." In the blink of an eye, a complete mecha with cold, hard lines and a matte black luster stood tall.

Upon seeing this, Dao Ge looked astonished: "Mech pilot?"

"How could there be a mecha pilot in the wilderness?"

In the public's perception, mecha piloting is an extremely difficult skill to learn; it's no exaggeration to say that only one in ten thousand can succeed.

Even in Satellite City 7, there probably aren't many mech pilots. How could there be mech pilots in a small town's NCPD?

He simply couldn't understand it.

Li Fei didn't waste words with them.

With a slight exertion of the legs, the body is launched out like a cannonball.

This feeling is quite wonderful, as if I have taken over the body of a powerful person.

Most importantly, it feels completely natural to use, just like your own body.

Charging straight at him, Li Fei didn't use his arm blade, but instead struck directly with his fist.

Don't underestimate the power of the fortress; even without weapons, its raw punching power is no less than 2000KG.

A loud bang rang out, like metal clashing.

The scarred man, with his extensive combat experience, was taken aback and immediately parried with his sword.

A deafening roar, like the striking of a bell, echoed throughout the small shop!

However, he is a first-level martial artist, and in terms of actual strength, he is even stronger than Li Fei, who is piloting a mecha.

He quickly adjusted his mindset.

He swung the knife directly and slashed.

Li Fei was delighted and used his left arm as a shield to block the powerful attack.

With the added protection from the arm shield, the shield value not only didn't decrease, but it even gained some extra energy.

The power of a perfect parry is terrifying.

Faced with such a formidable foe, the scarred man dared not be careless any longer. A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes as he directly channeled his spiritual energy, gathering it at the blade's edge, and roared, "Spiritual Energy Infusion—Mountain-Shattering Slash!"

A faint red glow of spiritual energy emanated from his body, all of which surged wildly into his longsword. The blade trembled under the strain, and a blinding crimson light shone from its edge! This was his trump card, a first-tier martial skill that could condense spiritual energy to an extreme degree, generating terrifying penetrating and destructive power.

The scarred man stomped his foot, shattering the bricks and stones on the ground. He and his blade became one, transforming into a violent, crimson blade of light that slashed towards Li Fei with the force to split mountains and cleave rocks! This time, its power was more than twice as strong.

This move is the signature skill of a first-tier martial artist. Its effect is to concentrate spiritual energy into a single point and unleash tremendous damage.

Generally speaking, few psychics of the same level dare to confront them head-on.

But Li Fei remained unmoved and did not dodge.

These wide-ranging, sweeping moves are the easiest to block.

Faced with this astonishing attack, he slightly lowered his waist, steadily raising the heavy arm shield on his left arm in front of him, the energy channels on the edge of the shield glowing with a faint blue light. He did not passively defend, but at the last moment before the blade's edge struck his body, he precisely executed a short and powerful shudder from the inside out.

clang--!!!!

Perfect parry!

The sound of the impact was so sharp it almost pierced eardrums! The crimson blade and the dark blue shield clashed violently, unleashing an astonishing surge of energy that sent the surrounding tables and chairs flying.

Even the curly-haired youth, hiding to the side, couldn't help but cover his ears.

On the visual interface in front of Li Fei, the shield value plummeted instantly, but almost at the same time as the damage occurred, an even stronger reverse energy erupted from the core of the arm shield, surging back along the contact point.

On the interface, the shield bar not only stopped falling, but also rebounded at an astonishing speed.

With this shift in power, the shield value ultimately only decreased by ten points.

These ten points of damage are practically nothing compared to a shield value of 1300.

Keep in mind that this is the strongest attack from a first-tier martial artist.

Li Fei is currently only an apprentice-level mechanic.

Even crossing a major level, it couldn't even break through the defense.

Meat, real damn meat.

Dao Ge's offensive continued, but it seemed that he was going for a wide-open and powerful style, making it easy to block his moves.

All of them were blocked by Li Fei.

The more the battle raged, the more alarmed Dao Ge became.

"Damn, how come this iron turtle is so meaty!"

He had never met a mech pilot before and could never have imagined that they would be so tough.

But he can't think of any other way right now.

"Clang!"

The steel longsword could no longer be held; it spun out and plunged deep into the ceiling, its tip still trembling.

The scarred man staggered backward, his right arm hanging limply at his sides, his face deathly pale, and his back soaked in cold sweat.

The shop fell into a deathly silence, with only the low hum of the mecha in operation and the scarred man's heavy breathing.

The visor slid open silently, revealing Li Fei's calm face.

He didn't even breathe rapidly; he just looked at the scarred man, casually flicked his left arm, as if he had just blocked not a fatal slash, but merely a breeze.

"Now," Li Fei began, "can we properly discuss cooperation?"