CHAPTER 151: THE SYSTEM’S SHOP (I)

"Instructor Callanor?"

It was the class instructor.

A middle-aged man, about 1.9 meters in height, with dusty brown eyes that were currently furrowed at him.

"Are you okay?"

It was his first question, catching Everlearn a little off guard, though he nodded without hesitation.

"I’m doing great, Instructor," he replied, and the man silently hummed before he nodded.

Everlearn turned afterward, blending into the crowd of students, yet he could still feel the instructor’s gaze lingering on his back as he walked away.

After he disappeared from his line of sight, Instructor Callanor brought out his device, which showed various charts and symbols beside the names of students.

"Everlearn Snowfall. He completed the wiring structure meant to be completed in one week, in just five hours."

That wasn’t what worried Instructor Callanor.

What truly worried him was the fact that the knowledge of the last piece of connecting that wiring structure had not yet been taught in class.

And besides, following the connection method exactly as written in the notes would only result in a massive voltage shock at the end.

They ought to have used a non-conducting material, something the academy had yet to procure, to do that, yet Everlearn had done it, with his hands.

That meant he already knew what he had not even been taught yet, and most importantly, resisted the shock of the energy voltage at the end, which was about 10,000 volts!

For a Corer only at the X-grade, that amount of voltage should have knocked him out cold, yet the boy looked completely fine.

"Perhaps, his tech module has something to do with light insulation?" the instructor murmured, confused.

But even then, that still didn’t explain his knowledge.

In the end, he could only slip his device back into his pocket and disappear into the building, but not before deciding to keep an eye on him.

With classes done for the day, Everlearn went to the cafeteria, sating his hunger before returning to his dorm room.

He sat at his desk, bringing out his designs on the monitors.

He already had the list of materials needed.

All he needed was a way to procure those materials.

And he knew just the place: The Academy shop.

He quickly browsed, but when the list loaded and he went through it, Everlearn’s eyes immediately dimmed.

The academy didn’t sell raw tech materials needed for Mech creation.

All they sold in the Tech space were already completed gadgets, not tools required to make them.

If he needed those, he would probably have to use individual gadgets containing those parts, then tear the parts he needed out of them.

But even then, all he could get from those were wiring.

The raw metallic ores needed for Mech body panels and weapons were impossible to find.

"Tsk," he clicked his tongue helplessly.

If the academy didn’t sell Tech materials, then there was no way he could build what he wanted.

He would need to leave the academy, and the only way to do that was an academy mission, which he was not allowed to undergo unless he spent three months in the academy.

’Now, I have to wait three months!?’ he mused in disbelief, clapping his head.

He was about to sink into helplessness when it flashed before him.

║ Why not check out the Shop Tab? ║

The panel flashed, and he froze.

"The Shop Tab! I almost forgot!"

"Initiate MDS Protocol." He ordered, and immediately, the tabs appeared.

║ SYSTEM INTERFACE ║║ SKILL AND ABILITIES ║║ SHOP {AVAILABLE} ║║ MISSIONS ║

Everlearn magnified his attention on the shop tab, and the interface changed once more.

=========║ SHOP ║=========

║ Mechs ║║ Mecha Materials ║║ Mecha Components ║ Tech Cards ║ Mecha Tech Cards ║

There were a total of five subcategories under the Shop Category, and Everlearn focused on the first tab.

What he saw made him forget how to breathe.

=========║ MECHS║=========

║ Common Grades ║

Lancer Mecha Warrior

Description: A sleek humanoid mech built for fast, precise thrusts and duels, wielding a superheated spear with deadly elegance.

Grade: Common

Specs:

Max Speed: Mach 3.0

Acceleration: 0 → Top speed in 5 seconds

Strength Output: Can lift 45 tons

Strike Force: Equivalent to a 12-ton hammer blow

Armor: Composite Photon Alloy (45× human durability)

Weapon: Starbreaker Lance, superheated alloy tip, as hot as 2,000 degrees Celsius for high-speed thrusting.

Price: 500,000 Purchase Points

Cyclone Warrior Frame

Description: A drill-equipped mech with a lower half that spins and dashes unpredictably, controlling the battlefield with shockwaves and chaotic strikes.

Grade: Common

Specs:

Max Speed: Mach 3.5 (rotational thrust-enhanced sprint)

Limb Rotation: 4,200 RPM spinning drills and arms

Strike Force: Generates shockwaves strong enough to topple reinforced walls

Durability: Can withstand impacts up to 50 tons.

Movement: Dash bursts create tornado-like air currents

Weapon: Cyclone Drills: high-speed rotating drills for shredding structures and enemies.

Price: 600,000 Purchase Points

Quasar Sniper Mecha Warrior

Description: A long-range mech armed with high-velocity plasma cannons, designed to strike enemies from afar with devastating precision.

Grade: Common

Specs:

Max Speed: Mach 2.0

Firing Output: High-velocity plasma blasts (~70 tons of kinetic force)

Range: 50 km direct fire

Cooldown: 3 seconds per shot

Durability: Can survive impacts up to 30 tons

Weapon: Quasar Plasma Sniper, dual-barrel, high-energy long-range artillery

Price: 650,000 Purchase Points

The more Everlearn went through the common grade Mechs, the more speechless he was.

There were about a dozen common-grade Mechs still available, but these three took his breath away.

A Mach speed of 3.0 in less than 5 seconds?

That was breaking the sound barrier three times in a five-second time frame!

A spear with a 2,000-degree Celsius heat!?

Not even a peak V-grade Corer would survive being slashed by that.

Everlearn had 300 stat points in Endurance, and one could say he was about 15× more durable than a regular human, bringing his temperature resistance to about 800 degrees for a few seconds.

If he were slashed by a spear tip with a burn energy of 2,000 degrees Celsius, there was no way he would survive that without serious injury.

And these were the specs of one of the Common Grade Mechs owned by the system.

Then what could one say about the higher grade?

He grew curious and scrolled to the bottom, hoping to find a higher grade, only to stop when he came across a note that genuinely surprised him.