Lin Wei Yu immediately attached the button to her clothing and clicked to activate it.
The outside temperature had been a bit warm, but after the nano-suit fully expanded to cover her entire body, she instantly felt comfortable.
"Wow, this is amazing! Thank you, System!"
Hearing her host's sincere thanks, the System chuckled. It knew that its long selection process hadn't been in vain!
When choosing the defense gift package for its host, the System stuffed and stuffed the package, picking out many good items, but when it clicked confirm, a prompt popped up.
"Please do not place too many items in the defense gift package."
"Please, System, distribute rewards according to the host's mission completion progress. Do not distribute too much."
The System was indignant and corrected the prompt: "It's not that I'm giving too much, it's that the host completed it very well! She is very serious and hardworking, and she voluntarily posted videos on StarNet. This is her reward!"
The prompt remained silent, only subtly turning into a red cross, preventing the System from operating.
The System had a flash of inspiration and pretended to compromise: "Alright, alright, I get it. Can I take out a few items then?"
This time, the red cross disappeared.
The System deleted two items and added one from the defense gift package, making it seem like it was carefully considering its choices.
In reality, it deleted two ordinary ones and added one advanced one.
"This should be fine now! Confirm!"
Another big red cross appeared.
Below it was another warning:
"The items in the defense gift package have exceeded the maximum value selectable for mission rewards. Please re-select."
"Waaah! How can this be! This is too much!!!"
Thus, the System carefully selected several combinations for the defense gift package, and finally, within the allowed value range, it chose the best one to send to its host.
For a mission-taker with such great potential as its host, as long as it handles the logistics well, there's no need to worry about the Renaissance at all!
Didn't a simple video posted on StarNet just blow up?
The System urged: "Host, quickly look at the remaining two items. The last one I chose for a long time; although its value isn't high, it's very useful for the host."
Lin Wei Yu picked up a small circular device. This was the Energy Shield Generator.
Its casing was made of sturdy super-alloy, cool to the touch. On the side, there was a groove; pressing it would open the energy compartment, where miniature energy chips needed to be placed to serve as the power source for the shield's operation.
When activated, the Energy Shield Generator would form an energy shield with a radius of approximately 2 meters around the human body.
This shield could effectively withstand various forms of attack, including plasma bombs, laser beams, and fragments from small explosives.
However, the strength of the energy shield would gradually weaken with the intensity and frequency of attacks. When the energy chip's power was depleted or the shield was subjected to an attack beyond its capacity, the shield would disappear and would need to be recharged or have its energy chip replaced before it could be used again.
This was clearly a life-saving item, and coincidentally, when Lin Wei Yu dismantled the assault boat, she had pried some miniature energy chips from the control room.
She immediately inserted one and then handed the shield to Beibei.
"Beibei, you hold this. If you encounter a dangerous situation, open it immediately."
"Didi."
Beibei indicated that it would handle it.
The last defensive cultivation technique was a very ordinary book.
It was titled "Gui Yuan Technique."
Upon opening it, the flyleaf had a sentence printed on it.
"Gui Yuan, return to the origin, find your fundamental essence."
Flipping further, the rest of the book was about breathing and body refinement.
It was indeed useful for her, and she could start practicing it once things settled down.
Lin Wei Yu first stored this cultivation technique in her spatial button.
"Host, I sense a Starship approaching the outer space of this planet. Let's hide quickly."
"They came fast."
Lin Wei Yu was glad she had been traveling while talking earlier, not wasting any time.
Now, they had reached the mountainous region of this planet.
"Beibei, scan the terrain and search for a cave."
At the same time, Lin Wei Yu put on the nano-suit's helmet to conceal her biological signals.
Beibei immediately transformed into a digging machine, its sharp tip striking the ground.
Invisible data waves spread out from Beibei as the center.
"Didi!"
Beibei indicated it had found one, reverted to its original form, and led the way.
After entering the cave, Lin Wei Yu immediately placed the optical stealth device at the entrance and activated it.
She found a corner of the cave and sat down, picking up a control panel.
This had also been salvaged from the assault boat, and she was now using it as a tablet.
"Alright, now let's see if our friends from the Patrol Department will honor the deal."
Multiple images appeared on the control panel; these were the surveillance feeds Lin Wei Yu had left on the assault boat.
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"I see it! I see it! It's right there!"
As soon as Zhu Di received the scan results, she immediately reported to Carlos, spotting the assault boat's silhouette at once.
Oh my goodness, this big baby was truly beautiful!
It was just that the Star Pirates' logo on it was too ugly; she would definitely repaint it once they brought it back.
"We also scanned biological signs on the assault boat; it seems to be one person."
"Someone?" Carlos was a bit puzzled. He didn't think that helpful citizen would stay to meet them for a trade.
So who exactly was inside the assault boat?
"Besides the assault boat, are there any other signs of intelligent species activity elsewhere?"
Zhu Di shook her head, "No, everything else scanned is native species of this planet."
"Go check it out first. Miller, you lead the team. Zhu Di, you stay on the Starship for support."
"Yes!"
Miller changed into his combat suit and combat goggles, then, with the other three members of Six Squad, jumped down from the Starship, plummeting straight down. Upon reaching a certain altitude, they activated their combat suit's flight wings and glided towards the assault boat.
"No threats detected."
"No weapon activation detected."
"Clear, you can proceed."
"Miller, I see the person. He's in the assault boat's control room. According to the scanned biological signs, he's in an unconscious state."
"Go inside and check. I'll take the lead, and you cover the rear."
The assault boat's hatch was wide open. Miller, gun raised, cautiously walked in, observing his surroundings, and then saw the control panel that had been removed from the hatch.
Miller: ......
Going deeper, Miller saw more dismantled equipment and instruments.
He suddenly felt there would be no threat. Judging by how much the assault boat had been dismantled, whether it could even be started was a question.
So Miller strode directly into the control room.
The control room door was open, and inside the control room...
Miller fell silent.
Carlos and the others, who were watching the live feed through Miller's combat goggles, also fell silent.
Carlos even began to doubt himself.
Had he driven the price down too hard, enraging the other party into dismantling everything inside?
The control room was empty, with only the assault boat's activation device remaining. Everything else, even the control room seats, had been removed, leaving only a lone Star Pirate lying on the floor.
That Star Pirate also had a large bump on his head.
Miller walked to the only activation device in the control room, took out a USB-like object, and placed it next to the main unit beneath the activation device.
Two data cables extended from the USB, wiggling like tentacles, automatically connecting to the main unit's port once they found it.
This was an analyzer used by the Patrol Department to verify if equipment was safe, if there were viruses, and if it could be operated.
A few seconds later, the USB lit up with a green light.
"Activation device is safe. I'll try starting it."
Miller pressed the start button, and the assault boat started as usual.
Seeing the assault boat start, the group instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Good, good, as long as it can start."
Miller looked at the Starship's dashboard, feeling a bit itchy, and asked Carlos, "Captain, can I operate this assault boat and fly it?"
His teammates remaining on the Patrol Department's own Starship wailed: "Ah! I also want to try flying the assault boat! I knew I should have applied to lead the team down there."
Carlos nodded: "You can, just give it a try, don't fly too far."
Miller's mouth instantly curved into the widest smile. He piously clasped his hands together in a bow, then gently placed his hands on the manual operating device.
His heart pounded. He swallowed, then finally made up his mind and pushed the forward thrust lever.
The assault boat remained still, motionless.
Miller was dumbfounded, his heart sinking.
"Why isn't it moving?"
Could it be that he operated it improperly and broke the assault boat?!
