"Han Xiao, you deserve to die!" Zhang Wei's eyes were bloodshot, with numerous red streaks.
At this moment, a woman's voice continuously echoed in Zhang Wei's mind.
"Zhang Wei, let my brother use this High-Grade Origin Crystal. With this Origin Crystal, his mech can advance to High-Grade. He's my only brother, you know."
"Zhang Wei, my brother really likes that girl, and he loves the laser gun you just got. For my sake, give him the laser gun. He's my only relative."
"Zhang Wei, you must give this Epic-Grade Skill Origin Crystal to my brother. With this Origin Crystal, my brother can enter the Top 100 in Chuan City."
As the voice incessantly echoed in Zhang Wei's mind, his eyes grew even redder.
He also had that High-Grade Origin Crystal and could advance his mech to High-Grade. He liked the laser gun he risked his life to obtain even more. He needed that Skill Origin Crystal more than anyone else because he was originally one of the Top 100 strongest in Chuan City.
For her, Zhang Wei compromised.
He gave away the High-Grade Origin Crystal, the laser gun, and countless other things. Zhang Wei compromised on everything, except for the Skill Origin Crystal he refused to give. This one and only act of resistance led him to the end of his life.
For a Skill Origin Crystal, the woman he had protected for eight years killed him.
But that woman surely couldn't have imagined that Zhang Wei, filled with raging anger, would be reborn. He was reborn to the age of 18, right before the arrival of mechs...
"Hey, if you want to go crazy, go crazy outside." At the desk, a greasy man in a crisp suit and gold-rimmed glasses slammed his hand on the table.
"A loan!"
Zhang Wei slowly regained some consciousness. With even greater force, he slapped a property certificate onto the table.
The greasy man was startled by the sudden aura Zhang Wei displayed.
Having worked in this line of business for so many years, he had never seen a borrower so domineering.
Anyone who came to them was usually desperate, weren't they?
Looking at this guy's earlier shouts and his current appearance, was he dumped?
But, what the hell did that have to do with him!
In fact, the greasy man didn't know that he was simply intimidated by the killing intent Zhang Wei released.
Thankfully, the greasy man had been in this profession for many years and was well-experienced, so he quickly recovered.
"Nine out of thirteen back, due in one month. You understand the terms, right?"
The greasy man straightened his mood, pushed up his glasses, and entered the usual process.
"Yes, how much can I borrow?"
Zhang Wei pushed the property certificate on the table towards the greasy man, then sat down naturally, his gaze restored, and the killing intent emanating from him had also receded.
"This is under your name?"
The greasy man held the property certificate and carefully examined it. It was a 100-square-meter apartment in the city, truly valuable.
But the problem was, the young man sitting in front of him, looking about 18-19 years old, although he had rosy lips and white teeth, was tall, and a handsome young lad, but this apartment?
Given by parents?
A rich second-generation?
This idiot wasn't tricked by some woman, was he?
"This is my ID card. Speed up the process, I'm in a hurry." Zhang Wei handed his ID card to the greasy man.
The greasy man glanced at Zhang Wei. Who here wasn't in a hurry?
After verification, the greasy man confirmed that the apartment indeed belonged to Zhang Wei.
As for whether Zhang Wei was tricked or not, it had nothing to do with him; earning money was all that mattered.
"You're Zhang Wei, right?"
"Yes, arrogant Zhang, the only one."
The greasy man, who was looking down to verify the information, couldn't help but look up at Zhang Wei again, feeling that this kid's brain might be seriously ill.
Perhaps he had gone crazy from reading novels.
"This apartment can get you a maximum loan of 800,000. How much do you want to use?"
"Borrow it all." Zhang Wei was very generous.
"Let me remind you, nine out of thirteen back. You can only take 720,000, and in one month, you'll have to pay back 1,040,000. If you can't pay it back, this apartment will belong to our company."
"I know, don't stall, speed up the process."
"Alright."
Upon hearing this, the greasy man confirmed that everything that needed to be said had been made clear. Once the contract was signed, what else did it have to do with him?
This kind of black loan, while definitely black, also had its advantages, namely speed.
In less than an hour, 720,000 had already been transferred to Zhang Wei's card.
Upon seeing the notification message, Zhang Wei exhaled a breath. The complex emotions that had been suppressed deep within him since his rebirth finally eased a little.
"There are seven more days until the mechs invade. Time is a bit tight."
Leaving the Black Loan Company, Zhang Wei glanced at the time on his phone, then turned and hailed a taxi towards the nearest heavy truck dealership.
The invasion of mechs would bring about a civilization of machinery. Everyone could convert their vehicles into mechs.
Mechs varied in strength: bicycles, motorcycles, rickshaws, cars, sports cars—as long as it was a vehicle, it could be converted into a mech.
Zhang Wei was reborn from the tenth year after the mechs' arrival. In his previous life, his early days were quite miserable because at the beginning of the invasion, he didn't even have a mech.
Who said Zhang Wei didn't even have a bicycle?
He struggled for two years, only then inheriting a light melee mech. With his own efforts, he managed to do quite well in the Chuan City area, but that woman...
"Han Xiao!"
Sitting in the taxi, Zhang Wei clenched his teeth tightly. In his subconscious, he had just died yesterday.
Han Xiao stole his mech's core, rendering him unable to transform into a mech. Han Xu personally plunged a battle saber into his abdomen, then slyly took his Skill Origin Crystal. At the same time, as his life was nearing its end, Han Xu revealed many secrets between him and Han Xiao.
"Those two dogs, no rush, no rush. The debts that need to be settled will be settled sooner or later."
Zhang Wei took several deep breaths, gradually calming his emotions.
"If I'm given another chance, the early-stage mech must definitely be the best, one of the best."
"Hmm, it's not that a mining dump truck isn't good, but a container has a better efficiency ratio."
Of course, the most crucial reason was poverty.
Zhang Wei wasn't actually wealthy. The mortgaged apartment wasn't his parents' inheritance; it was his grandfather's, and it was the only property he had.
As Zhang Wei pondered, the taxi slowly stopped.
They had arrived at the container dealership.
After paying, Zhang Wei quickly rushed into the showroom.
"I want to buy a vehicle, the newest model, a container, the biggest one."
The saleswoman hadn't even had time to start her sales pitch before she was startled by Zhang Wei's words.
"Sir, we have..."
"I want the biggest, the best, do you have it?"
"Yes, sir, please follow me."
The saleswoman didn't say any nonsense. All the prepared sales pitch was swallowed back into her stomach.
Outside the garage.
The saleswoman pulled open the large garage door.
The moment the door opened, the first thing Zhang Wei saw was an all-black container truck.
Confirmed, this was love.
"Sir, this is our newest model container. If you have any questions, you can ask me."
A little dust had settled on the container's body, but this didn't affect Zhang Wei's fondness for this container, because this was his capital for surviving well in the apocalypse.
"This container, after transforming into a mech, should be quite imposing, right?"
"Sir, what did you say?" The saleswoman couldn't understand Zhang Wei's mumbling.
"Nothing, this is the one."
"Oh? Sir, are you taking out a loan or making a down payment?" The saleswoman was genuinely a bit confused; she had never met such a straightforward customer.
"Can the loan be processed today?" Zhang Wei asked.
"The bare vehicle is 490,000, with a discount of 40,000. You can take out a 50% down payment loan, and the process only takes two hours."
"Okay, loan."
"Alright, sir, please follow me." The saleswoman made a welcoming gesture.
Zhang Wei followed closely behind the saleswoman. It wasn't until the loan process began that Zhang Wei's heart finally settled.
Two hours later, all the procedures were done, and the vehicle was now under Zhang Wei's name.
"Can you help me drive the car out of here? No problem, right?"
"Don't worry, sir, no problem at all."
Zhang Wei knew how to drive, but he didn't know how to drive a container truck. If he were to drive this container out, many people would probably die.
It wasn't the apocalypse yet; hitting someone and killing them now would land him in trouble.
"Just have your person drive the car over, and leave the keys inside the car."
With that said, Zhang Wei turned and left.
The saleswoman looked at the car keys in her hand, her eyes wide.
"He's just going to trust me with it? Not even going to follow?"
It wasn't that Zhang Wei was careless; he wasn't afraid of someone driving the car away. After the mechs arrived, registered vehicles would transform into mechs. Whoever owned it would own it; stealing it would be useless. Zhang Wei had other important things to do and no time to waste on such trivial matters.
As night was about to fall, Zhang Wei appeared outside a large welding shop.
There was no business in the welding shop, and the workers were all chatting.
"Where's your boss?"
"The office, over there." A young worker casually pointed the way to Zhang Wei.
"You can go inside and wait a moment. The boss went to the restroom."
"Okay."
While waiting, Zhang Wei wasn't idle; he was calculating in his mind.
The container's rear compartment was 9 meters, the truck head was 3 meters, for a total length of 12 meters. After transforming into a mech, its height should be around ten meters.
"If it's ten meters, the battle saber should be at least five meters, and I'll also need a shield."
Vehicles transformed into mechs are only in their rudimentary form. Before they evolve, they have no weapons and can only rely on their fists.
As a reborn person, Zhang Wei naturally couldn't rely on his fists.
"First time here, little brother? What kind of work do you want done?"
Just as Zhang Wei was pondering in his mind, the owner of the welding shop pushed open the door and walked in.