LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 155 The Big Ship Purchasing Contract
Chen Qi pinched the manuscript.
This woman, whose entire muscle structure was like steel, was clearly a mecha!
The merchants also crowded around, eyeing the feminized mecha figure in the drawing. They frowned as if looking at a fool, turning their gazes toward Briley!
So this person actually liked mechas!
In this world, there actually existed such strange humans! This was even more bizarre than the people of the Golden Flower Bird Kingdom!
At least the people of the Golden Flower Bird Kingdom liked living creatures.
Even though Shell Country was a nation that mastered the Hammer Phase, a mecha enthusiast like Briley was still a minority within a minority.
Moreover, due to the A-class Hammer Phase crack's loss of control in the early history of Shell Country, creating intelligent mechanical bodies and researching soul-mechanics were taboo among taboos.
This was almost like those in the White Tower Federation who delighted in divine unions!
The merchants, with faces full of disdain, gradually left Briley behind.
"I just wanted to have a meal..."
Briley had grown accustomed to such looks as he downed a dull drink.
He had long known that his ideal type simply didn't exist in this world!
Since his childhood, he had worked for the Steam Hand company, constantly surrounded by machinery, and his father had strictly forbidden him from early romances.
When his father finally allowed him to date, he had unknowingly lost all interest in frail humans and had completely fallen for machinery, for the sharp and resilient steel of mechas.
"..."
Hold on, think about it carefully. Compared to liking tentacles like that seafood sister from the Witch Sea, he was quite normal... Chen Qi suppressed the urge to comment and coughed twice:
"Mister Briley, your condition, no, your request, can be saved," he said.
"???"
Briley's eyes widened. Although Chen Qi's words were harsh, he could see the words 'worldly and knowledgeable' in Chen Qi's eyes!
Chen Qi laughed.
If it were Earth, a person who looked like a mecha wouldn't exist!
But this was the New Sun World, a place of endless wonders.
In the New Sun World, thanks to the extraordinary power of occupation cards or certain special surgeries, there were actually many 'sub-humans.'
And, because of the players' forum, Chen Qi had an understanding of many races and customs around the world.
Stone people, dragonkin, or certain flesh implants all fit Briley's criteria!
It's just that, in Shell Country, these special occupations for the Transcendent were very rare.
Wait a minute, Chen Qi suddenly remembered he still had a useless skill card called "Dragon's Charm."
An opportunity to pitch... Chen Qi contemplated:
"Briley, have you ever heard of dragonkin?" he asked.
"Dragonkin?"
"Yes, dragonkin," Chen Qi confirmed.
Chen Qi picked up the manuscript and pen, sketched with abstract strokes, and drew a dragonkin.
A lizard head, body covered in scales, a shell as tough as steel, and a muscular tail.
Their appearance was about seventy percent similar to a fully armored mecha-human!
Briley curiously took the manuscript, his eyes widening:
"I've always been in the Witch Sea, and haven't heard of the races from the Golden Flower Bird Kingdom..."
Indeed, this world had a two-meter-tall race with skin like the casing of a mecha.
The robust physique and scale-like appearance of the dragonkin precisely struck his fancy!
It was as beautiful as the overlord of the nearby seas and the steam mecha!
Chen Qi, seated in his chair, stroked the deep-sea water elf:
"Mister Briley, dragonkin are a special race living in the mountain ranges of the Golden Flower Bird Kingdom, they are also considered special Transcendents. Don't you think, this race perfectly meets your expectations?" he said.
Briley was at a loss for words; he knew very little about these special races.
But without a doubt, the dragonkin with an average height of over two meters were literally his dream lovers!
The chef before him was so worldly and knowledgeable!
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You really can't judge a book by its cover... Briley asked curiously:
"Do you know any dragonkin?"
"No," said Chen Qi confidently.
Dragonkin were a rare species; they weren't so easy to encounter.
The odds of meeting a dragonkin were only slightly higher than encountering a tentacle monster.
Sigh... Briley drank another gloomy glass:
"I'll consider it, but I'm more concerned about the maritime affairs than marriage at the moment, and I don't have the time to visit the Golden Flower Bird Kingdom. You know about the Ghost Ship, right?" he said.
Not only do I know, but I also have a core engine from a Ghost Ship... Chen Qi immediately seized this opening:
"Indeed, Mister Briley, but there are so many foreigners in the Witch Sea these days. What if one day, you encounter a dragonkin?
"But unfortunately, as their appearances change, so do their aesthetics. These special races might not like ordinary-looking humans and may not be interested in you," he said.
What if he encountered one... Briley fell into a pleasant daydream.
He actually thought Chen Qi made a lot of sense.
After being single for so many years, it was time to be favored by the Goddess of Love, to meet his own romance!
When the time came, and his father saw him marrying a tall female who strongly resembled a mecha, he would be shocked!
He's taken the bait... Chen Qi smoothly handed over a skill card named "Dragon's Charm," then adeptly said:
"Dragon's Charm, five million Shell Coins, plus a favor to build me a ship, how about it?" he said.
"!!!"
Briley was momentarily stunned, deep in thought.
This isn't how the script was supposed to go, is it?
Chen Qi's card-flashing was so practiced, it was as if he was fleecing a sucker!
And the most crucial part, Briley couldn't refuse!
If it was as Chen Qi said, and the dragonkin had a shell comparable to a mecha, they would be his ideal match!
This card might very well determine his marital affairs.