Stein's New System Interface

"Control the entire Changyang City? With what?" Hei Niu asked.

"With this," Zhang Qin Feng pulled the curtain aside, revealing the Reserve Armory behind him.

Actually, their current location is not at the 15th Zone, but the 17th. This place, which used to belong to the Mawang Gang, has been under Azure Wind's control from the moment they joined the big family as one.

This place used to be a restricted area in the post-apocalypse, caused by the Mutant Nest in the central area. That also meant this place is the only area that wasn't rummaged by scavengers. And no record explains the reason 17th Zone has a 16meters tall wall circling them from south to east.

It thus attracts Zhang Qin Feng's attention. Platoons after platoon sent to clear this area, which is infested with no less than 40 Carriers, 30,000 Elite Mutants, Water Lurker, Devourer, and Infected Zombies.

The cleaning process went on smoothly until it was reported complete a few days ago, during Xichen's first attack.

Unexpectedly to Zhang Qin Feng, this area is actually a top-secret operation base established as the shelter if there's any war between countries. But nobody expects that their apocalypse did not come through the atomic weapon, but a virus.

A deadly virus with the codename: Seed Crystal Virus, aka SCV

An abundance of documents associated with the pre-apocalypse history is all available here, along with technological, agriculture, Medicine, and more. It was a safe vault with a multitude of documents worth an entire country.

Outside the curtain, the King-Rhino produced through Stein's assistance is arranged nicely inside this Reserve Armory. Everything that was parked inside here before the apocalypse was digested by the recycler to provide sufficient data and material for two additional production lines.

There are fifty King-Rhinos in total, parked in five lines with ten tanks in a row. An equivalent number of APVs stand ready beside the tanks, with more than 200 Minos and Wolves on the opposite.

"Doot! Doot! Doot!" the entire platform suddenly shook. What's following the warning bell is the platform with 500 vehicles lowered and changed into the next utility platform.

On this one, the selection of no less than 100,000 guns is all arranged in a 20m meters long and 10 meters tall gun shelf. On this 200 x 200 square meters of space, a total of ten rows of weapon's hanger is provided.

"What do you think?" Zhang Qin Feng smiled. He enjoyed looking at their expression, which he has seen before once.

"You... What kind of man are you?" Hei Niu shivered. This gang leader before him seems gentle, but not after looking at how he expresses himself.

"That's up to you to decide." Zhang Qin Feng answered.

In the next following month, Xichen's attack did not stop. Smaller attacks between one to two battalions harass Azure Wind's activities often but barely made a difference.

The two sides remained unfriendly. Although trade convoys led by Scraps Exchange Company are allowed to enter and trade, a higher tax is imposed on them. They're also limited on what they can buy and sell, as ordered by Xichen.

But behind Xichen, anything is open for trade. Many transactions are done behind their back, and smaller gangs started to grow faster.

Previously, the three top tier bases each controlled the monopoly in certain products. As an example, Xicheng Base's primary business is related to guns, ammo, battery, and fortification.

The Sandrock Base's foremost business is agriculture, and Tang Family Base in serums.

This means Zhang Qin Feng's participation brings their monopolized business apart. Almost everything useful is available for purchase from the Scraps Exchange Convoy. If there is a lack of product from that deal, their partner's convoy also able to come to fulfill the quota.

And two months after the declaration of war passed, the situation between the Western and Eastern District returned to normal. Zone 12, 16, and 18 had fallen into Azure Wind Base, making them the biggest gang in terms of land control.

Less than half a year is used by Zhang Qin Feng to control 12 out of 22 zones in Changyang City. And while the other gang leaders are laughing about his foolishness, Zhang Qin Feng, on the other side, is busy with the project to increase their agriculture output.

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[Owner, the system improvement is finally complete]

"Finally!" Zhang Qin Feng raised both hands above his head. The wait ends at last, as he's started to get bored from playing safe.

[Are you ready for the changes?]

"Bring it on! I'm ready for whatever changed." Zhang Qin Feng hammered the table, excited and eager to see the changes.

[Activate the interface]

[Toot!]

The Mother-Key no longer exist in Zhang Qin Feng's hand. With close to 1,000 technology products recycled and stored inside the database, a physical computer table to control his desired option is no longer required.

The moment Stein runs the program, a dimensional warp brings Zhang Qin Feng into an independent space. Inside here, hologram images with a multitude of selections can be selected at his whim.

It felt like he entered a shopping center interface with ten thousand items to choose from. The only difference is instead of household products, his shopping catalog is filled with military stuff.

Three main tags are available for him to chose from, Modern - Apocalypse - Evolver. The latter option is recently added into his selection after analyzing all possible information. The added function for Evolver's Tech is indeed a surprise to Zhang Qin Feng, who's recently become a cultivator of Inner Jing Level.

From the preserved document and technology, evolvers like him, Hei Niu, and Wu Manya existed even before the apocalypse. And their existence is not an issue in their civilization, like how martial artists and cultivators are revered in his modern world.

One of the paperwork also explains the Gene Enhancer Serum in detail, when it was massed produced, without the SCV culture inside. They're similar to how Medicinal Pill or Body Refining Tonic works from where he came.

And that's how Evolver, or can also be called as Paranormal, appeared in the life of mankind in X31-ITE. One out of 10,000 people is paranormal, and they're treated favorably no matter where they go.

"Open the tab for Evolver Tech." Zhang Qin Feng gave an order. A new hologram panel quickly jumped out with relevant information.

|-Evolver Tech Content-|

=> Avalon-A Exoskeleton Suit (Agility)

=> Meissner Blade Nanometal

=> Fatum-Type Evolver Cannon

|-|

"D*mn! They all sound crazy. What's that? Exoskeleton Suit?" Zhang Qin Feng focused his mind at the Avalon-A Exoskeleton Suit, and a hologram tab pops up.

A resin-made body frame appeared on the hologram along with the Avalon-A activation. Carbide Material is hidden within the seven major sections deployed, creating a thin layer of Carbide Armor to protect the user during a gunfight.

They're like the refined version of Hei Niu's Obsidian Armor. When deployed, the motor function inside the sections helps with the user's reaction, almost to the point the wearer can dodge bullets and leaping over 4-5 meters obstacles.

"What is this? Powered with Paranormal Aura and not battery?" that sentence puzzled Zhang Qin Feng. He immediately ordered one to try and understand the statement after personally testing it.

Paranormal Aura, or Qi in the modern world's cultivation concept, works as a power generator to equipment available here in the Evolver's tab. That means it cannot be used by those yet to achieve Inner Qi Level. Even amongst Zhang Qin Feng's officers, only Wu Manya and Hei Niu are qualified.

The Meissner Blade Nanometal is a functional pencil-case, with a special Nanometal that's reactive to Paranormal Aura. Only two shapes can be set on this Nanometal, which is capable of deploying into a full-fledged melee weapon.

And lastly, the Fatum-Type Evolver Cannon. It is a weapon like a rocket launcher, about 2,100mm long, with a weight comparable to the Ashanti Anti-Siege Rifle. One can carry it like a waist-launched cannon, with five beads that are made from the same special Nanometal. Upon charge, the power of a shot is comparable to a Spider Tank's Ballistic Cannon.

[Owner, are you satisfied with your shopping catalog?]

"I am, Stein!" Zhang Qin Feng smiled. The set of Armor, Weapon Case and a show-off bazooka-length weapon equipped on him made Zhang Qin Feng felt unbeatable.

What he's lack currently is the number of Paranormals served under him.

[What about checking out the Apocalypse Tab?]

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Recap at chapter 28 about 17th Zone carrier's nest

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