Traveler of the River of Time and Space-Chapter 515 - 2: Unknown Empire (Part 2)

Su Ziyu’s spirituality slightly stirred.

His expression was slightly surprised as he looked at the cabin in front of him and thought to himself, "Spiritual Enhancement LV5?"

When the shriveled old man walked down, two soldiers in silver-gray exoskeleton power armor quickly followed him.

"Their equipment is far more advanced than in the Wasteland World." Su Ziyu’s gaze fell on the electromagnetic rifles in the hands of those two soldiers.

The Tribe Chief no longer had the arrogant look he had initially. Instead, he nodded and bowed to the old man in front of him, full of flattery, saying, "Lord Steward."

"The stuff is over here."

"We spent more than half a month acquiring it, and many people died."

The shriveled old man known as the steward looked at a pile of metal parts next to him. Suddenly, a flash of red light appeared in his pupils, and a scanning beam skimmed over the parts. He then nodded expressionlessly, "Just some junk from ancient ruins."

"But this pseudo-personality AI core has some value."

"With these slaves and rebels." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"Altogether, you can exchange them for 1200 Empire Contribution Points."

As he said this, the shriveled old man lifted his wrist, where a light blue metal bracelet on the back of his hand suspended a small silver-white metal piece. It then lit up slightly, and a 3D holographic display appeared in front of him.

"You are only a low-ranking knight of the Empire now."

"Currently, these are the items and technologies you can exchange for."

"Have a look yourself."

The shriveled old man waved to the soldiers behind him, who stepped forward and loaded the items into the cabin. Another soldier pulled out a metal collar, and with a press, over a dozen electromagnetic metal rings shot out, capturing the slaves in front of them.

The chieftain looked at the holographic display, a greedy look in his eyes, and flattered cautiously: "Lord Steward."

"The items inside are too mixed up."

"I don’t know what I should exchange for. Does Lord Steward have any advice?"

Hearing this, the shriveled old man had a slight sneer on his lips. But he still responded coldly, "Depends on what you want."

Sneeringly, he glanced around at the dirty and chaotic tribe in front of him and said slowly, "If you want to advance the level of civilization, then exchange for technical data and construction materials."

"The Empire’s basic knowledge should be enough to rapidly bring your tribe into a civilized society."

"If you want to continue being a powerful dictator."

The old man slightly moved his fingers, and a large item list appeared on the holographic display. He slightly lifted his chin and gestured, "These are nanometer neural injection training devices, including techniques for firearms, fighting, Swordsmanship, etc. Any one of them can make you an expert in a certain ability."

The item list in front of him rapidly flashed by, each page showing different exchange options.

"Bionic Transformation Surgery."

"Exoskeleton Power Armor."

"Dark Energy Field Shield."

"Electromagnetic Rifle."

"AI Intelligent Assistance Core (Implantation)."

"Plasma Light Saber."

"FZ-100 Shuttle."

"T1 Series Gene Transformation Liquid."

The item list contained a wide range, from cheap to expensive, covering almost all items, with tens of thousands of different options, some of which even made Su Ziyu’s heart move.

The old man’s gaze landed on the back of the other party’s head. After a scan, he said slowly, "Your Spiritual Amplifier is still the lowest level."

"Given your gains this time, you might consider exchanging for the T1 series gene transformation."

"After completing the first step of brain domain enhancement, you should be able to install a more advanced Spiritual Amplifier."

The chieftain hesitated slightly upon hearing this. He looked at the expensive price of the T1 series gene transformation and, after hesitating for a moment, said, "Lord Steward."

"I think I’ll continue with the bionic transformation."

The shriveled old man nodded expressionlessly, "Okay."

"There’s a hibernation surgery pod inside."

As the two talked, Su Ziyu had already stealthily entered the cabin flying device using Invisibility.

The interior space was quite spacious, with more than ten silver-white metal boxes of various sizes on the floor. In the corner was a silver-gray hibernation pod. At that moment, the shriveled old man had brought the middle-aged chieftain inside, and after signaling for him to lie down, the old man casually opened one of the metal boxes with a fingerprint, retrieving a silver-gray bionic metal arm and a pair of light blue crystal eyeballs.

Beep beep.

The old man set something on the hibernation pod, and the next second a syringe emerged, injecting some liquid into the chieftain’s body.

An infrared scanning beam passed over.

The chieftain’s body configuration immediately appeared on the projector on the wall, and the old man tapped a few places on the arm and eyes.

Then, a precision surgical knife popped out, cutting off the chieftain’s arm with astonishing speed, and removing a pair of murky dark brown eyeballs. Several silver-white mechanical hands picked up the metal bionic arm, then installed and connected it to the nerves. The whole process was seamless and took less than ten minutes in total for the chieftain’s bionic transformation surgery to be completed inside the hibernation pod.

Finally, some light blue liquid was injected into the hibernation pod, and after a few minutes, the chieftain opened his eyes with a slightly dazed and bewildered look and stood up.

A faint red glow appeared in his pupils.

Su Ziyu could even see some data flashing through his pupils, indicating that these bionic eyes seemed to have some data analysis capabilities.

"The transformation is complete." The shriveled old man suddenly shuddered, then expressionlessly said, "You may leave."

The still somewhat dazed-looking chieftain was carried out by a soldier next to him.

The cabin of the flying device quickly closed, and then took off.

The two soldiers in exoskeleton power armor stood at the door like robots.

Meanwhile, the shriveled old man suddenly let out a groaning gasp of pain, panting heavily. Strange changes appeared on the exposed parts of his neck and head, his expression seemed slightly ferocious, bulging blood vessels pulsing violently, his face almost turning purplish-red, temples pulsating.

"Damn Mind Whisper!..."

"Monster!"

"Get out of my head!..."

The shriveled old man quickly opened a box, took out a silver-white syringe, and inserted it into his neck. After that pale red liquid entered his body, his expression calmed significantly, breathing heavily: "Return to the underground base immediately."

The soldiers beside him showed no reaction, still standing like robots at the door.

However, the lights in the cabin’s cockpit flickered, and a cold mechanical voice echoed: "Base coordinates determined."

"Returning."

Whew.

The shriveled old man sat on a sofa nearby, the symptoms he had just exhibited gradually disappeared. After his heartbeat stabilized, he actually reached out to open a small cabinet and took out a bottle of wine, leisurely pouring himself a glass.

The cabin flying device ascended for the return flight.

"Were his earlier symptoms mental pollution?" Su Ziyu’s figure hovered ten centimeters above the ground.

With his Spiritual Enhancement Level, he could completely shield the other’s perception.

It seemed they were now preparing to return to their base camp, and Su Ziyu hesitated slightly, unsure whether to follow them to take a look or directly use mental control on the shriveled old man to see if he could extract any useful information.

In the end.

He decided to wait a bit longer.

Although his understanding of this world was limited, the things that shriveled old man had just displayed were quite fascinating to him.

If possible, Su Ziyu still wanted to get hold of them.

He also wanted to explore the details of the Empire mentioned by the natives. Clearly, they already possessed such advanced technology, yet their system seemed to be a feudal empire.

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