Chapter 152: Blue Sandstone (2/2)
In a small store on the roadside, through an organic sheet of glass, many mechs were put on display. Ye Chong could not help but stop in his tracks. The holographic advertisement at the door wrote, ‘Blue Sandstone Mech Store - Mechs Made To Order, with Modification, Assembling and Reparation Services’.
Ye Chong stared. What a huge boast. This was the first time Ye Chong had seen an advertisement offering custom made mechs, and even had modification, assembling and reparation services. If this little store could build custom made mechs, it would mean that the store had the facilities to build an entire mech by itself. That seemed preposterous. If it was one of those huge mech production companies displaying this ad, Ye Chong might have believed it, but this was an inconspicuous looking little store. Ye Chong found it hard to believe that it had the facilities to build an entire mech.
Even Ye Chong himself could not build an entire mech. With his most recent success, Han Jia, even though he had made most of the parts by himself, the engine, scanning system and other important parts were not what he could manage. Besides, without Mu’s help, building Han Jia would have been more difficult. However, who could possibly have a helper like Mu?
Unintentionally, Ye Chong found himself entering the little store named Blue Sandstone.
The shop looked inconspicuous on the outside, but it was very spacious inside, with many different mechs on display. Ye Chong examined those mechs in detail, and found to his surprise that they were not in the usual natural style common in the Orbits, but were very similar to the advanced level mechs found in the Five Galaxies. Ye Chong was very familiar with advanced level mechs of all models from the Five Galaxies, and could notice the difference in style.
Suddenly, a soft voice reached him. ”Young man, these things are very different from your equipment, don’t waste your time on them!” The tone was not very welcoming.
Ye Chong turned to see a middle aged man in a working uniform standing behind him, his body covered in patches of grease, and his expression a little unfriendly. ”What did I do to him?” Ye Chong thought to himself. The middle aged man’s words meant nothing to him. What did he mean by ”your equipment”?
Not understanding his words, Ye Chong had no intention of probing further, but instead studied the modified version of the Eden-IV model before him. Whoever modified it had intended to improve the mech’s automotives, and even put on some horizontal stabilizer fins and simplified the design on Eden’s originally thickset limbs.
Ye Chong could not help but shake his head.
”This is just a small store, nothing much to see!” Seeing Ye Chong shake his head, the middle aged man made a hostile expression, obviously trying to kick him out.
Ye Chong looked up in surprise. While he had few experiences in buying things, this was the first time he met such a storekeeper.
”How much is this Eden?” Ye Chong pointed to the Eden-IV model before him. This Eden-IV model had good balance, but its automotive power was regrettably lacking. However, other parts of its design were all aimed for balance. Besides, the mech model had an important advantage, and that was its stability. It had stable performance no matter what the environment. Besides Han Jia, Ye Chong only had Guardian, which cannot ever show itself. He felt the need to have another mech, in case if Han Jia was damaged, he would still have another mech to travel. Moreover, Ye Chong already had an idea on how to modify this Eden model.
”You buying?” The middle aged man looked unconvinced.
”Yes!” Ye Chong nodded.
”You really buying?” The middle aged man’s face was full of disbelief.
”Yes!” Ye Chong did not even make the effort of nodding this time.
”Alright, that model’s 15 Nine Gate points.” The middle aged man gave a look that asked him to pay up if he wanted to buy the mech.
”Nine Gate points?” What is this Nine Gate point? Was it the local currency? Ye Chong suddenly remembered something important - he did not have any local currency.
The middle aged man studied Ye Chong for a moment, and saw the silver wristband on Ye Chong’s left wrist. He asked, ”You a new candidate?”