However, the money must be paid, and she didn't even doubt that if she couldn't produce the money, this bastard would probably off her as if it were nothing.

Of course, Feng Yi had another identity, the Federation Hero and Special Envoy, but that was only relevant domestically. When dealing with foreigners, everyone was treated the same, especially during such sensitive times. On a war-torn planet, killing one more or one less made no difference.

Once he had received a definite response, Feng Yi didn't plan to trouble Bella. He casually tossed a card onto the table and said that transferring the money onto this card would suffice. He would send someone to collect it later. It wasn't until Feng Yi had completely vanished that Bella collapsed to the ground, her entire being slipping into a state of shock. She should be thankful for her extensive experience and strong mental resilience, which kept her from being overwhelmed. Anyone else might have slit their own throat on the spot.

Feng Yi leaped directly out the window and, after a few bounds, disappeared into the vast towers…

He certainly wasn't going to leave, but rather decided to quickly evade surveillance and tracking to get out of people's sight. At this moment, Feng Yi was also considering how to spend this sum of money wisely. He wasn't worried about the other party reneging on the debt. With Eggy present, Bella couldn't possibly flee. After all, 'you can run from the monk, but you can't run from the temple.' Even if Bella ran away, her shares would be legally transferred under his name, and that so-called law—in this lawless land—meant whoever had the strongest fist was the law.

Now was exactly the time to use the land, and he was planning to seize Mardis. To be honest, Feng Yi genuinely hoped Bella would run off and leave the land in his capable hands. As for Casadin, if they showed up, they would either have to pay compensation or fight. Feng Yi, in his heart of hearts, never considered such brazen people as good and believed that the best way to deal with violent criminals was to fight fire with fire.

The mundane and dull day quickly passed, and night was looming. On the outskirts of the town, one could already see the figures of travelers who had spent the day in the open, returning… Among these people were mercenaries, warriors, rogues, and the odd combination of insurgents and a few soldiers. After completing a day's task and dragging their weary bodies back, nothing was more satisfying than a pot of good old wine in this exotically flavored town.

Nightfall was indeed the most distinctive feature of Arctic Village. When auroras illuminated the earth, it was as if God himself had painted the sky with a mystical hue. Looking at the enchanting beauty of the sky, Feng Yi longed to lie on the roof and sleep under such wonder.

In fact, the auroras were the very reason for Arctic Village's fitting name, although, strictly speaking, Arctic Village wasn't actually a place, but more like a town filled with exotic charm.

One must realize that auroras are not only seen in the polar regions of Earth. On the contrary, they are quite common. Earth, the cradle of humanity, is a rarity when it comes to witnessing auroras. This place was different, influenced by the tidal forces of the Horsehead satellite, Mardis' polar magnetic fields were often dragged by Horse Satellite Seven into the Death Desert, creating such a unique spectacle.

Those who have never visited Arctic Village cannot imagine its beauty. Its beauty is purely natural. Feng Yi believed that Nangong Qi's decision to work here was not merely for the love of Sand Devil Castle or the grassland scenery; it included the blue skies, white clouds, auroras, and starry nights. At this moment, Feng Yi felt the urge to compose a poem, reflecting, 'Heroes of this world arise from our midst, as we enter the rivers and lakes where years urge us on. With ambitions and empires discussed in laughter, who truly understands the intoxication of life's brief encounters with wine and song?'

As Feng Yi was halfway through his wine and halfway to drunkenness, he was suddenly jolted awake by a slap from Eggy. "What the hell are you waiting for, the auction is about to start."

He immediately composed himself and hurried towards the auction house. According to the information gathered during the day, the St. Marlo Auction House had delayed its opening due to some issues and would have started after dinner, but what Feng Yi was concerned about was not this, but rather a piece of SE equipment capable of group attack effects.

From the beginning until now, biological mechas, apart from being equipped with a Storm Wings missile system and a Space Fissure warhead, fundamentally lacked group attack weapons. The time was drawing ever closer to the confrontation with Takla, and he had military plans forthcoming that could not be addressed without reliance on equipment, which was exactly why he had definitely come here.

As a matter of fact, the St. Marlo Auction House was unlike regular auction houses. Many items that could not be seen on the market might be found here, including smuggled goods, rare animals, and even women and slaves; as long as you had money, there was nothing you couldn't obtain, even Bella's body—although just a rumor, it nonetheless indirectly proved money's power and Bella's unwavering loyalty to Casadin.

Of course, besides this, the mainstream items here were still military equipment, second to none. After all, Mardis was a planet troubled by war, and nothing was more reliable than force. If there was anything more reliable, it was undoubtedly even stronger force. This also was one of the main reasons the three big factions had established themselves here for so many years; naturally, the prices were highly inflated, and among them were not lacking powerful pieces of equipment. The most famous incident was the Ultra-metal Incident that occurred in the 2600s.

That event shook the world; the national treasury of the so-called super-empire of Bergheide was robbed overnight of more than three hundred pounds of ultra-metal. It must be noted that ultra-base materials are among the hardest known substances in the world, composed of tens of thousands of layers of fibers; their value was as high as reaching for what money could not buy.

Since Bergheide kept the incident secret, the outside world did not know. Before long, the stolen ultra-metal surprisingly appeared at the Northern Village Auction? At the time, very few people were aware of this information, but soon enough, the news related to ultra-metal spread throughout Mardis. Its price also decreased over time, even leading to reports of collectors jumping from buildings.

To know, mining ultra-metal is an extremely difficult task accompanied by uncertainties and considerable risk. To mine ultra-metal, one must add a layer of special reflective heat-resistant material to the shuttle and reach the interior of a gaseous planet. While enduring immense atmospheric pressure, one exploits the chemical reactions of methane with oxygen, hydrogen, and silicon under liquid conditions to extract it, hence its exceedingly precious nature is obvious.

Yet, such an unassuming item, which ordinary people could scarcely afford even with a lifetime of work, appeared on Mardis at less than a fraction of the original price after being stolen. Although Bergheide intervened in the end, the anonymous seller was never caught, showing the auction items of St. Marlo were indeed worth their weight in gold; it was for this reason Feng Yi had decided to come here.

In truth, he was aware that the value of a weapon was not in its costliness; after all, the focus was on the pilot, not the weapon. However, he had to admit that with his current strength, the power that normal weapons could exert in his hands was no longer satisfactory. To borrow an ancient saying, it was like Sun Wukong going to the Dragon Palace; ordinary weapons were of no use.

Of course, Feng Yi did not think this way; in his eyes, every weapon had its value, since existence was in itself reasonable. But so far, except for the group attack Gatling Cannon, he indeed lacked a high-output group weapon.

It was just a pity that the Gatling Cannon's caliber was too small and its killing power too limited; its maximum penetrating depth was merely 40mm, and without hitting vital parts, it was almost incapable of causing damage to mechas. In the modern battlefield, where the tempo was extremely fast, the greater significance of the Gatling Cannon lay in containment. Its power had become insignificant, yet the enemies he often faced were super-soldiers whose combat ability far exceeded that of ordinary soldiers, which only intensified Feng Yi's determination and reasons to purchase equipment.

Now, there were hardly a few weapons that caught his eye. The market's weapons lacked distinctiveness, and despite their high damage, they ignored a crucial issue: no amount of high damage mattered if accuracy could not be maintained, and would thus not be very deterrent. But this was still the mainstream choice because most soldiers on the battlefield lacked the ability to predict. In other words, weapons with large caliber and high muzzle velocity would become the trend. Regrettably, Feng Yi had already surpassed that hurdle; what he pursued was higher.

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