MDT Chapter 181 (Patreon)

Chapter 181: Thunder Mech

Chen Mang took the two items from Biaozi. The tomb was now empty, and about thirty seconds after the items were removed, the bronze door began to slowly swing shut.

It didn't disappear.

He tentatively input a random string of numbers.

A line of text appeared on the screen again.

[Password incorrect, 2 attempts remaining.]

After pressing the "Confirm Open" button again, the bronze door slowly opened once more. This meant the space wouldn't vanish. He had experimented earlier; this space was extremely sturdy.

If he ever found himself stranded alone in the wilderness, surrounded by a zombie horde with nowhere to run, he could hide in here. He'd lie down, wait, and he would be perfectly safe. It could probably withstand a Level 8 missile without any issue.

Of course...

The bronze door couldn't be opened from the inside. Without food or an oxygen generator, it would be the equivalent of burying himself alive.

But if someone outside were there to help open the bronze door, he could get out again.

It was a nice little easter egg.

The items inside were gone and wouldn't respawn. Even if someone else opened this bronze door in the future, it would be useless.

He then turned his attention to the two items in his hand.

They were—

A blue-grade mech blueprint, "Thunder," and a Level 4 Crimson Heart Ore Refresh Scroll.

"Not bad."

Chen Mang looked at the two items in his hand and smiled. This was a great opportunity. He liked these kinds of opportunities; he hoped for more of them.

So far, the Stellar only had two mechs.

The yellow-grade mech "Leech," specializing in ranged fire support.

The green-grade mech "Executioner," specializing in melee combat.

Now, he had a higher-grade blue-grade mech, "Thunder." Its stats were excellent in all aspects, and it was even more brutal—a pure, brute-force melee mech.

[Thunder.] 

[Assault-Type Melee Mech.] 

[All ranged firepower configurations have been removed to maximize the mech's melee capabilities.] 

[External armor and its Thunder Warhammer are Level 7. The maximum speed can reach 280 km/h. It can fight at full strength for 100 hours with a Level 4 Energy Stone embedded. Detailed mech stats are as follows...] 

[The Thunder Warhammer can be thrown to deliver a devastating blow to distant enemies.] 

[Requires the operator's comprehensive physical fitness to be higher than 19.0. Full power can be exerted when fitness is above 19.5.] 

[No mental strength requirement.] 

[Crafting cost is 280,000 units of Crimson Heart Ore.]

Level 7 defensive armor, a Level 7 Thunder Warhammer!

These were incredible stats!

The numbers seemed a bit pale on their own.

To put it simply, if Zhang Yi had possessed this mech when they encountered those Level 8 trains in the "Geocentric Nuke" encounter map, he could have almost single-handedly taken on all four trains!

Of course, "almost" was the keyword.

After all, it was Level 7, not Level 8, but it was still extremely incredible.

After all, a "mech" wasn't a train's primary attack method. It was more like a tentacle, an extension of the train's attack range, one of its many attack methods.

If Zhang Yi piloted this mech to the "Sand River Plains," he could single-handedly take on all the trains there without any problem.

This was the significance of high-level regions.

They had higher-level resources, more encounters, and stronger accessories.

Even if anyone mined for a lifetime in the Sand River Plains, they would never find a blue-grade mech blueprint.

Chen Mang smiled, a happy smile. Although the crafting cost was expensive—one "Thunder" mech cost a full 280,000 units of Crimson Heart Ore, and the train currently didn't have that much—it came with a "Level 4 Crimson Heart Ore Refresh Scroll."

The blueprint was a perfect match.

He didn't notice that Biaozi, standing to the side, was on the verge of tears. A comprehensive physical fitness of over 19.0 was required to pilot it. This mech was practically pre-destined; it was just missing Zhang Yi's and Zhang Er's names carved directly onto it.

He had been working so hard lately, eating supplements and training desperately.

His comprehensive physical fitness had just barely reached 15.5. He was still a long way from 19.0. This mech had nothing to do with him for the time being.

He had already worked very hard.

When he had just come out of the "Babel Tower" encounter map in the Sand River Plains, his physical fitness was only 12.1. It hadn't been long, and it was already 15.5.

"Hah..."

Biaozi took a deep breath and suppressed the jealousy in his heart. He still had the rewards from clearing the "Dragon's Fortress" map three times on normal difficulty and twice on extreme difficulty.

Keep working hard!

Sooner or later, he would also be able to pilot this blue-grade "Thunder" mech!

After this short interlude.

The train began to mine again, but next to the Level 3 iron mine, there was now a Level 4 Crimson Heart Ore mine.

The "Resource Detection Radar" estimated that after completely excavating this Level 4 Crimson Heart Ore mine, they could obtain about 5 million units of Crimson Heart Ore, enough to build 17 "Thunder" mechs.

For Crimson Heart Ore, the content of this Level 4 mine was extremely high.

Generally speaking, the content of rare resource mines was not very high.

For example, the Level 3 Crimson Heart Ore mine he had encountered in the "Ironridge Wasteland" had only yielded 180,000 units after being completely excavated.

They could finally start mining again.

All the residents were highly motivated. The sight of over 3,000 people swinging their pickaxes to mine was extremely spectacular. He was probably the train captain with the most survivors in the entire "Zombie Basin."

The main thing was that he didn't have to worry about not being able to support them.

They were all mining.

Other trains' mining process was: mine, flee, mine, flee.

His process was: mine, mine, mine, a zombie horde comes, kill the zombie horde, continue mining.

He basically wouldn't encounter a situation where he couldn't find a mine for a long time and would be eaten into poverty.

Each resident wore orange-red clothes. From a distance or from a high place, although it was the apocalypse, with no signs of modernization, and the air was filled with desolation and deathly silence, these residents and the train parked next to them...

...gave people a feeling of vitality.

Like a sapling breaking through the earth after a forest fire.

A glimmer of hope in a disaster.

Soon—

The amount of "Crimson Heart Ore" on the train's panel reached 300,000. Chen Mang immediately consumed 280,000 units of Crimson Heart Ore to build the Stellar's first "Thunder" mech. It was still noon, and the residents hadn't finished work yet.

But he wanted to see the Thunder mech as soon as possible, so he had the people below deliver the Crimson Heart Ore as they mined it.

Then he looked out the window at Zhang Yi, who was familiarizing himself with the "Thunder" mech, and smiled with satisfaction, leaning back in his chair.

Level 7 armor, a Level 7 Thunder Warhammer.

It could be further upgraded in the "Mech Development Center" in the future, directly upgrading the armor to Level 8.

This was the foundation of his Stellar.

Any random person who jumped off could have the strength to take on a Level 8 train.

The "Thunder" mech.

An assault-type melee mech.

8 meters high.

It was the tallest mech on the Stellar. In its inactive state, it was the size of a briefcase.

The mech's armor was all black, with a deep blue lightning bolt running from its head to its abdomen, like a lightning-struck tree. Just standing there, it gave people an extremely terrifying sense of oppression.

At this time, Zhang Yi, sitting in the cockpit, was learning and familiarizing himself with the operation of this mech.

"Buzz, buzz."

The "Thunder" mech leaped into the air. Several nozzles on its back and palms spewed out blue flames. Then, two steel wings suddenly unfolded from the mech's back, each with four tail jets embedded underneath.

Including the eight tail jets under the steel wings, the entire mech had a total of fourteen tail jets.

The entire mech flew rapidly into the air toward the distance, disappearing over a mountain in the blink of an eye.

"It can fly, it can fly, this damn mech can fucking fly!!!"

Biaozi, standing next to the train, looked at this scene. He felt a pang in his heart, as if he couldn't breathe. He looked at the Thunder mech that had disappeared over the mountain, his eyes red, almost crying.

Damn it!

This mech could actually fly!

Flying has always been one of humanity's greatest dreams. Although the train could also fly, sitting in a train and piloting a mech to soar through the sky were completely different concepts!

He couldn't even imagine how happy he would be if he were piloting this mech!

He hadn't felt this pained, as if he couldn't breathe, even in the extreme difficulty of "Dragon's Fortress"!

And on the other side, Zhang Yi, who was piloting the "Thunder" mech and flying high in the sky, was full of excitement and shock as he tried various tactical maneuvers in the air.

He selectively ignored the flashing information on his Iris Chip.

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