"I don't understand. Please continue our match." Li Xiang shrugged and pretended to be confused.
Rick gritted his teeth in anger. Seeing the cheongsam girl continue to shake the Mechanical Box with schadenfreude, a wave of anger surged from the bottom of his heart.
"You little brat! Do you know the history of our Mechanical Church? " Rick fiercely revealed his broken mechanical prosthesis, which had a spider-like imprint on it.
"I don't know." Li Xiang had no interest in knowing. There was no way he would let go of the 5000 points that were delivered to him.
The Mechanical Church might really be a large faction, but he couldn't just swallow his pride every time he met someone from a large faction. There were countless factions on the seven continents. If he were to be a coward every time he met someone from a large faction, then what was the point of living?
Besides, Li Xiang was now a member of Polar Night. It was hard to say if the Mechanical Church and Polar Night would be able to go head to head.
"Good, good. You have guts! I admit defeat! Just you wait! "Rick's eyes flashed fiercely. After memorizing Li Xiang's appearance, he pushed through the crowd and strode away.
He shrugged and walked in front of the screen. The cheongsam girl's slender fingers slid across the screen and transferred all 5000 points to Li Xiang's name.
"Little brother, you have to be careful of that Rick. He really is a member of the Mechanical Church. That faction … "The cheongsam girl hesitated and whispered to him.
Li Xiang nodded. Seeing that his points had jumped to 10869, he asked tentatively, "I heard that the Mechanical Church's people are even controlled by the military in City 0123. Why are they so arrogant in the Sky Arena?"
"Ah, you don't even know about the Mechanical Church?" The cheongsam girl lowered her voice and looked around before whispering, "In short, just be careful. Don't mess with their people. You are absolutely safe in the Sky Arena, but you have to be careful when you leave. "
She had a good impression of Li Xiang. He was a young mechanical genius, not like those old foxes who were afraid of the slightest thing. He even taught the arrogant rookie hunter Rick a lesson. She hoped that he would not fall because of this.
"Thank you for your reminder, sister. By the way, thank you for helping me secretly just now." Li Xiang smiled faintly. During the competition, she had deliberately set the third Magic Box to be the correct answer several times, probably to help Li Xiang wear down the durability of Rick's mechanical prosthesis.
"Ah ~ What are you talking about, I, I am very fair." The cheongsam girl waved her hand and shooed him away.
Li Xiang left the Mechanical Box arena and used the Polar night communicator to search for information on the Machinery Church.
As expected, there was very little information about this organization. There was only some information on the surface, and the database that he could browse as a super member only had some lukewarm information. He did not have enough authority to go deeper.
It seemed that the Machinery Church was not simple. They had such extreme ideals, went against the military, and recruited members of aristocratic families. Yet, they were still alive and well. It was clear that the people behind them were very powerful.
Ten thousand points were enough for Li Xiang to go directly to the fifteenth floor.
He also stopped to watch the other floors for a while and found that the content of the competition on each floor was very different. The higher the level, the higher the points.
Most of the mechanical enthusiasts who stayed here were violent and crazy. They constantly experienced the cycle of getting rich overnight and returning to their pre-liberation state.
This reminded him of the casinos in his previous life. In the end, the one who made the most money was the owner. The Sky Arena only took a hundred points as a service fee for every competition, but over time, it was a huge fortune.
They would constantly exploit these competitors, making them stay in the Sky Arena to create popularity and value.
It was basically a free advertisement.
As soon as he stepped into the fifteenth floor, Li Xiang noticed that many gazes were vaguely focused on him. Their eyes were filled with hostility. It seemed that the people from the Machinery Church had really set their sights on him.
He acted as if nothing had happened and strolled around. As expected, they quickly lost their patience. The first one to come up to Li Xiang was a burly man. He was tall and sturdy, and he looked more like an underground fighter than a mechanical enthusiast who could operate sophisticated machines.
"Kid, are you interested in a bet?" He pointed at the arena not far away and raised two fingers. "Two thousand points."
This kind of challenge could be seen everywhere on these floors. Earning points here was one of the reasons to advance to a higher level, and another was for the exchange after the twentieth floor. That was also one of Li Xiang's goals.
He had learned from the Machinery Department's Senior Pao that the twenty-first to thirtieth floors were large-scale exchanges where good and bad people mixed together. Here, one could sell or buy things. As long as one had enough points, they could buy many good things. Most importantly, points would be reserved in these floors.
In other words, if he came to the exchange with twenty thousand points, even if he used them up, when he left the thirtieth floor and arrived at the thirty-first floor, his points would still be the same as when he entered the twenty-first floor.
If he sold, his points would increase, but a portion of them would decrease if he spent them.
Simply put, the first twenty floors were a place for competitors to accumulate points. The more points they had, the more benefits they could obtain in the exchanges later on. The exchange's resources were replenished so that they could leave the later floors alive. Of course, this was a story for another time.
However, the first twenty floors had a limit of fifty thousand points.
If one exceeded this amount, they would be forcefully teleported to the twenty-first floor, unable to continue accumulating points.
The burly man looked like he would not let go if Li Xiang did not agree. Li Xiang glanced at him. Since he had come looking for him, he naturally would not refuse.
The competition between the two of them was gun assembly.
However, it was different from ordinary assembly techniques. They were faced with a small mountain of mechanical parts. They had to quickly find the parts they needed and assemble the corresponding gun according to the instructions given.
This was a test of eyesight, identification, and assembly skills. It was a comprehensive ability.
Gun assembly was considered a niche subject in mechanics. Firearms itself was relatively niche. Most people would only choose to learn the application of firearms and would not learn related production or theoretical knowledge.
The burly man was full of confidence. His hands were full of calluses. Even if he wanted to hide it, the sternness of a soldier could still be felt.
This was a challenge specifically targeted at him. Li Xiang smiled slightly. Had the Machinery Church sent a corresponding expert to deal with him?
He was not confident in dealing with those old foxes in other fields of mechanics, but when it came to firearms, he was not afraid of anyone.
More than ten firearms theory books had already expanded his knowledge. As for hands-on ability, he was proficient in mechanics and specialized in firearms. Why would he be afraid of such a challenge?
The giant screen flickered, and a row of names of firearms appeared.
Many people had never heard of some of the names of the firearms. Looking at the small mountain of mechanical parts, they flinched.
The burly man sneered and flipped his hands. Listening to the sound of his joints twisting, there was a metallic smell.
Li Xiang frowned. Upon closer inspection, he could actually see through his hands!
Good lord, both of his hands were equipped with mechanical prosthetics. There were even sensors inserted into them. As long as he touched the corresponding mechanical parts, there would be a reaction.
No wonder he was so confident in his speed.
Li Xiang did not look at him. His hands slowly covered the pile of parts. His hands were the real sensors, and he had a natural sense of the mechanical parts.
Absolute Mechanical Sense was not just for show.
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