Gaining a tiny bit of weight every day, my weight is a billion tons.

Six question marks.

Su Ming's heart skipped a beat.

He slowly squatted down.

Through specially made glass,

Looking at that inconspicuous, charred, broken bone.

What exactly is this thing?

Even the system can't calculate its value?

Behind him, Shen Hongyuan's casual urging voice came:

"Thirty seconds left."

Su Ming did not turn around.

His voice was a little dry.

"Boss... where did this bone come from?"

There was a moment of silence in the dark storage room.

Shen Qingci also walked over curiously.

I only glanced at it.

Her delicate eyebrows furrowed.

"Isn't this just a dead bone? There's not even any energy fluctuation, and it's full of holes. Why are you picking at it?"

A complex look flashed in Shen Hongyuan's eyes.

It's like recalling something.

But in the end, he shook his head.

"I forgot where I found it."

He said casually,

It's as hard as a rock in a latrine, utterly useless.

"You have a really unique eye, kid."

Su Ming knew exactly what was going on.

That old fox's words,

I only believe in punctuation marks.

"As hard as a rock" is probably true.

But it's "completely useless"...

That depends on who you're referring to.

A series of question marks.

This reaction is unprecedented.

The skeleton of a Golden-Winged Roc at the peak of the seventh rank.

Valuation at 40,000 points.

And this charred, broken bone, about the length of a forearm...

The system can't even provide numbers.

This wave...

It might really be taking off!

I'm taking the gamble!

He suddenly stood up.

He grabbed the half-person-high glass cabinet and hugged it tightly.

His face switched to a simple and honest expression with a touch of silliness.

"Boss, I feel like I'm destined for this bone! I want it!"

Shen Hongyuan frowned almost imperceptibly.

She gave him a deep look.

After this kid came in...

A whirlwind tour

They examined those fifth and sixth-tier treasures like rotten cabbages.

They don't even look down on seventh-tier source beast organs.

Why did they end up choosing this thing?

Is he out of his mind?

Are you sure?

"Absolutely, definitely, and without a doubt!"

Su Ming patted his chest, his face full of sincerity.

"I just love these kinds of rustic handicrafts."

It has a vintage feel.

Take it home and play with it!

Shen Hongyuan's lips twitched.

Playing with it?

He rubbed his temples.

I'm too lazy to waste any more words on this kid who's always spouting nonsense.

He waved them away, saying, "Fine, fine, take it and get out of here."

Su Ming directly put the black bone and the glass cover into his space.

Then he bowed with a grin:

"Thank you, boss! And thank you, senior!"

Shen Qingci turned her face away, refusing to look at him.

When the three stepped out of the hidden warehouse,

Shen Hongyuan looked at Su Ming's barely concealed smile.

My heart suddenly skipped a beat.

and many more……

I feel like...

What incredible thing did this kid steal?!

impossible.

I found this item in an S-class ruin back then.

It has been appraised by several eighth-tier weapon-refining masters.

This is a dead object that cannot be analyzed or used.

Its only advantage is its hardness.

But... what's the use of being tough?

Shen Hongyuan banished this absurd thought from his mind.

The hidden door behind them closed silently.

The bookshelf slowly returned to its place.

Just got back to the first floor,

Shen Hongyuan was preparing to kick them out.

His eyebrows suddenly twitched.

His gaze swept across the hall.

Looking towards the factory gate,

A playful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Oh? They've finally arrived?"

He said something out of the blue.

Then he waved to Su Ming and the other person:

"Let's go see a play."

Su Ming and Shen Qingci exchanged a glance.

They followed.

……

at the same time,

The entrance to the Xinghuo Waste Treatment Plant.

A plane that is entirely silver-white,

A small aircraft bearing the logo of the Federal Academy of Sciences.

It hovered steadily.

In the open-air workshop,

Lu Beichen was being forced by the supervisor to tighten screws.

His head jerked up.

The logo of the Federal Academy of Sciences!

It's his brother! Lu Beiyuan!

Lu Beichen's eyes instantly welled up with tears, and he threw down the wrench.

He scrambled and crawled towards the factory gate.

He thought his brother had come to raze the dilapidated factory to rescue him.

The other workers in the workshop also stopped what they were doing.

They looked at the aircraft, which represented the Federation's top technology, with awe.

Scarface Lee's expression changed drastically.

He quickly turned around and looked for Liu Feng, the inspector.

The aircraft cabin door slid open.

A man in his early thirties was standing at the door.

Wearing frameless glasses,

He has a refined and scholarly demeanor.

But at this moment,

His face was ashen.

His eyes were full of anxiety.

"Brother! Brother! Why are you so late?!"

Lu Beichen rushed to the cabin door, so excited he was incoherent.

"Quickly! Get the Silverwing mech squad to raze this dilapidated factory to the ground!"

He pointed to the distance, tears streaming down his face.

Shen Hongyuan was walking over slowly.

Gritting his teeth, he accused:

"Brother, it's that old bastard surnamed Shen!"

He illegally detained me and made me tighten screws..."

Before he could finish speaking...

Lu Beiyuan's figure rushed out of the cabin door like lightning.

It wasn't a warm embrace between brothers reunited.

But -

"Smack!!!"

A resounding slap that echoed throughout the entire venue.

It slapped Lu Beichen hard across the face.

The force was so great,

The slap sent the young master of the Lu family spinning halfway around on the spot.

He plopped down on the ground.

Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and he covered his cheek.

I was filled with disbelief.

"Brother...why...why did you hit me?"

Lu Beiyuan was trembling all over.

He couldn't bear to look at his stupid younger brother.

He kicked Lu Beichen in the back of the knee.

They forced him to kneel on the oil-stained cement floor.

"You beast, shut up!!"

Su Ming leaned against the door frame with his arms crossed.

The show is about to begin!

Then, under the watchful gaze of Lu Beichen's collapsing worldview.

His partner has always been arrogant and haughty.

The star chief engineer who doesn't even respect the mayor of Lianjiang City.

His most admired brother...

With a "thump," he knelt down on both knees.

Facing Shen Hongyuan, the "ragpicker,"

He kowtowed deeply, in an extremely humble manner.

The workers in the entire factory were dumbfounded.

Scarface Li and Liu Feng, who had just run out, were so frightened that their legs went weak.

I almost knelt down too.

"Mr. Shen... Mr. Shen."

Lu Beiyuan's voice trembled violently.

My younger brother is young and ignorant.

I have disturbed your peace and quiet.

Lu Beiyuan... on behalf of the Lu family,

I have come specifically to apologize to you!

Lu Beichen's mind went blank.

It must be a dream!

Shen Hongyuan walked up to him with his hands behind his back.

Looking down at them from that high place,

Expressionless.

He waved to Liu Feng and Scarface Li behind him:

"Let's leave work early today, everyone."

The crowd felt as if they had been granted a pardon and scattered like birds and beasts.

After everyone left...

Shen Hongyuan then slowly spoke.

His tone was somewhat sarcastic:

"Oh? I thought you came here to kill me!"

I'm relieved it's not him!

Lu Beiyuan's forehead was sweating even more profusely.

"However, the Lu family is really slow."

Since you're here, let's keep it simple: money for people.

Shen Hongyuan didn't beat around the bush with him.

"Eight million fighting robots"

My daughter's lost wages amounted to two million.

The compensation for emotional distress is two million.

"Your brother's food expenses for the past few days will be two million."

"And the recovery potion I prescribed for him, one million."

"I just ate two meals today, so let's round it up to one million."

"In total, sixteen million."

Lu Beichen, kneeling on the ground, was speechless with anger.

Don't you know what kind of food your lousy factory serves?

Have I ever eaten a single bite of meat?!

You're asking for three to five hundred thousand for a meal?!

Why don't you just rob it?!

……

Lu Beiyuan suppressed his emotions and said:

"Mr. Shen...my father..."

"Give me the money!"

"My great-grandfather..."

"Pay first!"

Lu Beiyuan was completely speechless.

He honestly took out a Federal Black Card.

He transferred 16 million from his own account and handed it to Shen Hongyuan.

Once the money was in hand,

Shen Hongyuan's expression instantly brightened.

Lu Beiyuan paid a "talking fee".

Finally, I was able to speak in complete sentences.

"Mr. Shen, as a token of my apology, my grandfather asked me to bring two small gifts, which I hope you will accept."

As he spoke, he reluctantly took out two huge metal briefcases from his spatial equipment.

The box is marked with the highest level of authority of the Federal Research Institute – Top Secret.

Lu Beiyuan presented it with both hands and handed it over.

Seeing those two suitcases,

Shen Hongyuan, who was impatient just a second ago,

My eyes instantly lit up like light bulbs.

He eagerly took the box and opened it on the spot.

In the first box,

There are three sets of extremely precise designs.

The energy engine device is still faintly glowing.

Su Ming screamed in his heart:

"System! Scan!"

[Ding! Seventh-generation source energy matrix core detected! Estimated convertible mass points: 35000!]

What the hell!

Thirty-five thousand?!

The second box was opened.

Inside was a fist-sized piece of meteorite iron gleaming with a cold, eerie blue starlight.

In the short time it took to open the box,

Frost was faintly condensing at the edges.

Even the air temperature dropped several degrees!

[Ding! High-level energy material detected... Starry Sky Meteorite Iron, estimated convertible mass points: 80000!]

Eight...eighty thousand?!

Su Ming swallowed hard.

Just this one broken rock,

It's twice as much as the skeleton of that big bird?

His understanding of the world,

This is just the tip of the iceberg!

I've really opened my eyes today!

He then looked at the piece of black bone in his system space.

The value of this thing,

It's already over 80,000!

Shen Hongyuan remained expressionless.

But inside, she was overjoyed.

These two things,

These are all strategic materials under strict federal control.

You can't buy it even if you have money.

They are qualified enough to enter the second level of his secret storage!

It seems that old man from the Lu family is truly afraid.

After inspecting the goods,

He moved at a speed completely out of character for him.

With a "whoosh," he quickly put the two boxes away.

The movements were so fluid, and the expression so natural.

It was breathtaking.

Shen Qingci glanced at her money-grubbing father.

She turned back to look at Su Ming, who was standing next to her with his eyes gleaming with greed.

She sighed and rubbed her forehead in exasperation.

These two... how come their micro-expressions when they see a treasure are exactly the same?

Having received the generous gift, Shen Hongyuan's attitude improved considerably.

He asked, feigning seriousness:

"Is your ancestor still in good health?"

Have you even reached the threshold of level eight?

Lu Beiyuan's heart was once again filled with turbulent waves!

Even the top-secret method my great-grandfather used to break through to the eighth level.

The other party just blurted it out!

He answered with increasing respect:

"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Shen. My grandfather is in good health and everything is going well."

"Yes, very good, very good."

Shen Hongyuan nodded.

He put on a kind, elder-like face again.

He glanced at Lu Beichen, who was still kneeling on the ground.

He then looked at Lu Beiyuan and said earnestly:

"Beiyuan."

"You don't really think so,

I'm just an old man with nothing better to do.

Are you keeping your brother here to work illegally?

"Your Lu family is utterly foolish!"

Everyone present was taken aback upon hearing this.

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingci

She silently moved closer to Su Ming and whispered:

"Did you infect my dad?"

Su Ming looked completely bewildered: "???"

"The younger generation today,"

Growing up in luxury

The foundation is too weak.

Too impatient!

I'll leave him here.

Actually, we're helping the Lu family polish their rough gems.

Do you even understand?!

Shen Hongyuan raised his voice, his tone righteous and awe-inspiring:

"What's this called? This is called 'Refining the Heart in the Mortal World'!"

"I told him to dismantle scrap metal and screw in screws."

He tempered his Daoist heart through extreme labor!

"Look, after these few days of being cleansed by engine oil and hammered by wrenches,

Has he become much more composed?

"Are you noticing anything that needs to be done?"

"From then on, he would instinctively want to unscrew any screw he saw."

This is muscle memory.

This is spiritual practice!

"..."

"???"

Lu Beiyuan's lips twitched violently.

But I still had to force a smile:

"Yes, yes, Mr. Shen, you have great foresight."

It was our Lu family who judged us with petty minds!

Lu Beichen, who was kneeling on the ground...

Covering her swollen cheek,

Looking at my hands covered in black engine oil that I couldn't wash off...

Tears welled up in my eyes.

God the hell, the mortal world tests one's heart!

God has eyes for everything!

You have someone whip me into tightening three thousand rusty screws a day.

Now you're telling me this is free intensive training?

You old bastard!

Have you no shame?!

!!!