Sumo led a dozen people into the city and went straight to the only alchemy workshop in the city that sold items to the outside world.

This is a church-like building with only a small door at the bottom for entry and no signboard.

It was around the end of the second year of Wasteland that the first human discovered that after entering here, there was a unique cave inside.

It sells some weapons and equipment that were eliminated or replaced by the Light Empire internally and externally.

Pushing the door open and entering, there was a pungent smell of engine oil, and there were many dark fingerprints on the walls.

In the hazy light, a dirty old man with a hunched back and a modified metal neck, messy hair and beard, wearing a gray fur coat, was sitting behind the table smoking low-quality tobacco.

His left hand was placed on the table and transformed into a large mechanical claw, which was opening and closing slightly.

"Hello, I need six pairs of digging magic hands, two earth beads, and if possible, a smoke bomb."

"Huh? There are actually humans who know about me?" The old man's yellow eyes lit up from the smoke, reading up and down like a scanner.

"Of course I know, respected Mr. Pepys Mitchell." Somo said solemnly.

"Sir?" The old man laughed, showing his yellowed teeth: "No one has been willing to call me sir for a long time. Young human, you are very polite."

"You need these things. If I guessed correctly, you want to dig up ruins, right?"

"Relics, what do you mean?" Sumo asked in his mind, but his face remained calm.

The information collected only said that the old man was not a bad person and that he must be treated with enough respect before he could buy anything.

As for the rest, he has to deal with it on the spot.

"The Digging Magic Hand can quickly dig up the ground, the Earth Bead can detect the metal reaction in the ground to determine its approximate shape, and the smoke bomb can absorb all harmful poisonous gases. You wouldn't tell me to take these three together to build a house, right?

"The old man replied.

“I don’t have the perfect finished product you want here, only some defective products that were damaged by others’ excavations and repaired by me.

If you want...ahem"

"What price do I need to pay to buy it?" Sumo asked directly.

Gold coins and precious metals are commonly used in the Empire of Light. Before coming here, he had almost emptied the entire small treasury in the territory. It must be enough to buy some disabled items.

"The price is not a problem. I have detected a peculiar high-energy metal reaction in you and the people you brought. If you can bring it to me." The old man's yellow eyes became brighter and the frequency of scanning became faster.

Hair speeds up.

Following his line of sight, Somo turned his head and looked back, his eyes stopping on Pei Shao's flashlight powered by an energy stone hanging on his waist.

"You need it?" Sumo frowned.

"I don't need much. As long as you give me some research, I will give you all the tools you need, and I can also tell you some information about the ruins."

"Deal." He signaled Pei Shao to pick up the flashlight. Somo took out the thumb-sized power stone from behind and agreed simply and neatly.

The secret of the KF Energy Stone has been spread in the ruins for who knows how many years, but no foreign race has ever been able to decipher it and apply it.

Not to mention that this bad old man wants to study it, even if the entire Bright Empire studies it one after another, they may not be able to find a way to do it.

"Refreshing!" Flying Claw took the thrown pieces of energy stone, Pepys grinned and jumped off the counter.

After a while, he took out six pairs of arm-long digging hands and three palm-sized metal balls.

"Young human being, although I don't know where you found the ruins, I have to remind you that the ruins buried under this land are not just left by you humans. In the past that was full of disasters, there were also countless people who came here.

The alien tribes left behind the remains of their own tribes.”

"They did not die, but slept in these ruins waiting for the door to be opened again and return to the sky."

"They don't need to follow the procedures, they are just inhibited from the possibility of self-recovery by the controllers of this world."

"They are the real outcasts."

"The more ruins you find and open, the world controller will let you get closer to these suppressing ruins, hehehehehe."

Old Pepys smiled strangely and seemed to know more.
Chapter completed!