Chapter 3: Source of Birth × 3 (Not Achieved).
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Su Xiao was about to go purchase the Source of Birth, an item that was guaranteed to be obtained by dismantling or smelting Gold-quality equipment.
To obtain three Sources of Birth, he certainly couldn't smelt three Gold-quality pieces of equipment; that would cost even 800,000 Paradise Coins, which wasn't enough. Fortunately, smelting Gold equipment didn't only produce Sources of Birth; there would be other byproducts, so the price of the Source of Birth wasn't as high as imagined.
In fact, the [Source of Birth] was similar in nature to the [Legendary Medal], only their grades differed significantly.
When it came to buying the Source of Birth, Su Xiao already had a suitable person in mind. He directly ruled out the black market merchants; those guys often demanded exorbitant prices. Unless forced by necessity, Su Xiao didn't want to waste words with them for the time being.
Su Xiao stood up and walked out of the Trade Market, heading straight for Machinery Street.
Forty minutes later, in a secluded alley on Machinery Street.
The alley was piled with clutter, and in the corner lay half an abandoned mech, with various rusty parts scattered all over the ground.
Su Xiao stood in front of an iron door. The door was covered in rust, with visible welding marks and a large number of fist prints.
Bang, bang, bang...
Su Xiao pounded on the iron door with his fist, leaving fist prints on it, and the loud noise echoed far away.
After Su Xiao had been banging on the door for a full five minutes, a listless voice came from behind the door.
"Who~"
"Bai Ye."
"Sigh, can't you just let me get a good sleep?"
With a creak, the iron door opened. Behind it stood a girl with a head of fluffy blonde hair, dark circles under her eyes, and wearing a white shirt. She might have been dazed from sleep; the buttons on her white shirt weren't fastened at all, and even more exaggeratedly, she had forgotten to wear pants.
This exceptionally uninhibited girl was called Machinery Girl, a genius in mechanics, a very wealthy and also very fatigued Worker, who always had dark circles under her eyes.
"Five days, in five days I've only slept two hours. Do you want me to drop dead from exhaustion?"
Machinery Girl yawned. A breeze from outside blew in, and she shivered, looking down.
"I felt like I forgot something."
Bang! The iron door slammed shut.
Su Xiao's expression didn't change. Machinery Girl was always this scatterbrained; even more bizarre situations had occurred.
After more than ten seconds, Machinery Girl opened the iron door. Her face, stained with machine oil, leaned in close, just a few centimeters from Su Xiao's face.
"You didn't... take a picture just now, did you?"
After Machinery Girl leaned in close to Su Xiao, he smelled a mixture of various lubricating oils.
"Stop with the nonsense. This time, I'm buying three Sources of Birth from you."
Su Xiao had traded with Machinery Girl many times. Most of his mechanical items were purchased from her; the quality was unquestionable, and the price was about 6% lower than the market rate.
"Gold Source? What do you need that for? Forget it, asking you is a waste of breath. 60,000 each, no haggling."
Machinery Girl walked back into the room. Su Xiao hesitated for a moment before following her inside.
Boom, boom, boom...
A stamping hammer slammed down on a piece of glowing red metal. Under this kind of noise, Su Xiao had no idea how Machinery Girl managed to fall asleep.
"Gold Source... let me think where I threw it."
She began searching on her large workbench. Various wrenches and precision machinery fell to the floor, creating a continuous clatter. Some of the tools were even Light Gold-quality items.
"Found them. Three, right? Pay up and get out quickly. I need to go back to sleep."