"It doesn't look particularly unusual," CF05 remarked, glancing at the several large cargo boxes in the carriage. Despite hoping for something different, they turned out to be the same old stuff.
At home, they used these sturdy boxes to store supplies. They were equipped with thermal insulation and armor plating, making them useful for both storage and temporary shelter.
"But we won't know until we open them. What if they're filled with gold?"
Of course, Renault rejected this possibility. Who would leave gold behind during an evacuation? That would be foolish.
In addition to the few two-meter-long cargo boxes in the carriage, there was also an open laptop and a box containing a specialized military communication device.
Furthermore, there were scattered ordinary weapons and ammunition in the train, apparently dropped by guards protecting the carriage in a hurry.
There were no signs of blood or battle inside the carriage, indicating that the people left without facing any attacks and evacuated safely.
After checking the train's travel data, Renault confirmed that the train had indeed not been attacked. It seemed that the people on board had been evacuated along with the local residents when the sudden pollution outbreak occurred a year ago.
This sounded somewhat absurd.
Military-consigned goods were left in an ordinary train station, with no one sent to retrieve them upon departure. A whole year had passed, and yet these items were still here, untouched...
Could it be that those escorting the goods all received ELID treatment?
It seemed that was the only reasonable explanation...
But...
"Ah, Commander!" Just as Renault was thinking, he heard CF05's sudden scream from behind him.
Before he could turn around, Scarecrow's cry of astonishment echoed in unison.
Renault abruptly turned his head, thinking something had gone wrong, only to see Scarecrow's astonished gaze and CF05 standing motionless in front of the cargo box, its entire front gleaming with gold...
Gold?
"Commander! There's actually gold in this box! A whole box of it! There must be at least a ton!" After CF05 opened the long cargo box, you could see piles of gold nuggets inside.
Although smaller than the gold Renault obtained from Statesec last time, the quantity was sufficient! The entire box was filled with gold nuggets, leaving CF05 and Scarecrow speechless.
"Hey, Renault, you're not thinking of taking this too, are you? This is military property!" After the shock wore off, Scarecrow felt a deep sense of fear. Even Sangvis wouldn't want to provoke the military over such a trivial matter.
With Renault's limited power, he was simply hitting a stone with an egg! They were on completely different levels!
"Why not? Since these guys left this stuff here for a whole year without taking it back, I have reason to believe they've forgotten about it," Renault said, pointing to the nearby locked boxes, signaling for CF05 to open them all.
As CF05 used its powered exoskeleton to forcefully open the locks on the boxes, Renault saw what was inside the other boxes.
They contained large cores, similar to mental cores but much larger. These basin-sized objects were clearly not meant for small-scale "devices" like tactical dolls.
"It looks like the military is commissioning IOP to help modify their big guys. Does Sangvis have this kind of business?"
"Of course not! Sangvis's largest autonomous unit is just Scorpion... Ah, why am I even telling you this?" Scarecrow almost let slip, frowned, and then left the carriage.
Regardless, Renault wouldn't listen to her anyway. If something went wrong, it would be the Interference guy's responsibility. And above the Intruder, there's the Judge, above the Judge, there's the Architect, and above that, there's Agent and the Chief Designer, Lycoris...
The blame wouldn't fall on her in the end, and besides, leaving things in such a place was originally a mistake on the part of those military folks, and there were no tracking devices on these cargo boxes.
The only thing resembling a tracking device, the laptop, was already powered off. So even if they took these things away, no one would know.
However, she wasn't sure if the military had left any other tricks in these items besides the computer...
Just as she was thinking, heavy footsteps sounded from behind Scarecrow. CF05 had begun moving the boxes containing the large cores out of the carriage and towards Sangvis's train compartments.
He was decisive, this Renault guy is really fearless. She couldn't help but wonder where he got his confidence from...
Hmm? Huh?
Just as she was pondering, Scarecrow watched in astonishment as Renault reached into the cargo boxes and accurately extracted a bunch of items that looked like tracking devices, crushed them, and tossed them aside.
Even the laptop wasn't spared. It was violently dismantled, with a module that looked like a phone stomped on and crushed underfoot.
The military communication device wasn't spared either, violently dismantled, with the shell torn off and tossed aside, and the several tracking devices inside picked out and thrown away...
No wonder... But this guy? How did he find those things? There weren't even any powered devices, and she didn't notice anything unusual...
Eight cargo boxes, plus one containing at least half a ton of gold, were all moved onto Sangvis's train by the Dolls in a matter of minutes, not even leaving behind the weapons and ammunition on the ground.
It could be said that Renault and his team didn't leave behind a single thing they could take, moving everything onto the train. Who knows what expression the military personnel will have when they find this carriage...
"Wow! Commander, if we had known there was so much valuable stuff here, we should have visited that city more often! I request permission to buy another phone!" MDR looked at the gleaming gold nuggets in the box, unable to resist taking one out and playing with it in her hand.
"Yeah yeah, buy, buy whatever you want as long as you can get it."
"Then I want to buy a new recording device..."
"New clothes!"
"A new cultivation device!"
With MDR taking the lead, the group of Doll models immediately began discussing what they would buy next.
The excited expressions of the Doll models, along with Renault's indifferent demeanor, made Scarecrow inexplicably jealous.
Why didn't Sangvis have such good treatment?
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Sorry for the late upload, busy weekend.