"So, are you all certain you want to take out the Crystal Cores for me to experiment with?"
Wang Tao asked with a smile.
The faces of the crowd immediately showed signs of embarrassment. They had seen Wang Tao take out a Level 2 Crystal Core, and they subconsciously thought that was what the Iron Beetle Weapon required—a Level 2 Crystal Core. And that wasn't wrong; a Level 2 Crystal Core would indeed work, but it would require ten thousand of them!
The meteorite that only needed two Crystal Cores to activate had been brought over by the city hall. Wang Tao and the city hall owned the rights to both the meteorite and the contents inside, nobody else was involved.
If it were their own Iron Beetle, they could scrape together the Cores, tooth and nail, as it would be worth the extra expense for Fourth-order fighting power. But this wasn't theirs; they were simply curious, and couldn't justify spending the money needlessly...