My Items Can Upgrade-Chapter 445 - 209: Wings of Light

As they reappeared, they were already at Duobei Snow Mountain.

"Beep beep beep..."

As soon as Yang Yuan appeared, the alarm sounded at the Duobei Snow Mountain Technology Association outpost, and the automatic weapons almost went off.

Fortunately, at the last moment, the AI promptly shut off the alarm, otherwise, it would have been chaos here.

It was a false alarm, and the surrounding guards scattered, but Dai Changlin quickly ran over, saying, "The Alliance has been aggressively recruiting soldiers lately, causing quite a stir. We’ve been on full alert here."

"The Alliance is aggressively recruiting soldiers?"

Yang Yuan was taken aback. He didn’t know about this, but he could roughly guess the reasons.

It seems the Alliance is planning something big.

"But what’s the connection between the Alliance’s recruitment and the Technology Association? Why are you on alert? Did the Alliance and the Technology Association have a falling out?" he asked curiously.

"They told us to be on alert, but I don’t know the specifics."

Dai Changlin shook his head. "But after all, the Technology Association and the Alliance are just partners. We are considered neutral, not targeting any party, but this neutrality may appear unstable during wartime. It’s normal for the Alliance to have concerns about us, and it’s even more normal for the Technology Association to be self-aware."

Yang Yuan nodded.

If it were just that, then there would be nothing to worry about. He was more concerned about the possibility of a clash between the Alliance and the Technology Association.

If that happened, there would be no right side for him to choose, and any move would make him an enemy. If pushed to the brink, he could only fight both sides at once, using a Treasure-Collecting Gourd to bring down anyone.

"Big brother, you’re here."

At this moment, Jiang Yiyi ran over and affectionately took Yang Yuan’s hand.

Watching this scene, Dai Changlin felt a pang of jealousy. His niece wasn’t close to him at all, yet she treated this outsider as if he were her real uncle.

Yang Yuan gently patted the little girl’s head, discreetly upgrading her Power Armor to Marvel level and fully authorizing it to her.

Because they had been wearing the Power Armor all this time, the experience was already sufficient.

The little girl sensed the change in the Power Armor, her eyes brightened slightly, and she became even more affectionate towards Yang Yuan.

Since there were outsiders around, she didn’t say anything. This was a secret among the three of them, a secret no one else could know.

"Big brother, Sister Jiayan has been waiting for you for a long time. Let’s go over quickly," the little girl urged.

"Okay, I’m coming."

Yang Yuan nodded at Dai Changlin and then followed the little girl towards one of the Cosmic Battleship Wreckages in the distance.

The Technology Association’s outpost here was the Cosmic Battleship Wreckage, with no other buildings.

Watching the little girl skip ahead, Dai Changlin felt a sense of helplessness. After all, he was her real uncle, yet once Yang Yuan arrived, it seemed the little girl forgot about him, not even saying hello.

He even doubted whether the little girl truly didn’t see him.

That thought was quite disheartening.

Soon, Yang Yuan arrived at Zhao Jiayan’s workplace.

A massive text library.

It was filled with ’antiques’, but calling them antiques was an overstatement.

Many were just fragments, with possibly only a few strokes, not even half a character.

Or just tiny shards, without any patterns.

Sometimes there were only bits of fur...

In short, the items here were miserable to behold.

But these things were carefully placed in this library, under strict protection.

"Your daily job is to restore these things?"

Yang Yuan asked curiously.

"Of course, I only do it when I’m interested. No one can force me."

Zhao Jiayan put down a fragment and laughed, "The really good stuff has mostly been excavated. The things here now are bits of complete trash; even the most advanced technology can’t restore them. I’m only experimenting with the mentality that any gain is a big win, and no gain is fine too."

"The Technology Association doesn’t value you enough."

Yang Yuan said, "If I were them, I’d definitely have you restoring pieces that seem valuable at first glance."

"After all, I’m just an outsider, and the Technology Association doesn’t fully trust me."

Zhao Jiayan had no particular emotion. "Besides, as far as I know, on Creation Continent, only middle-level Technology Association members are here; the real high-ups are elsewhere."

"Elsewhere?"

Yang Yuan was puzzled by this term. "In the stars?"

"I don’t know."

Zhao Jiayan switched topics. "Are you about to be promoted?"

"Just a little more, should be in the next few days," Yang Yuan replied.

Zhao Jiayan nodded, then went behind a cabinet to carefully take out an item. "This is the Feathers of Light. I thought you might like it."

"Feathers of Light?"

Yang Yuan was surprised, accepting the palm-sized wings. "Made for me?"

Jiang Yiyi, standing by, said as if complaining, "Recently, Sister Jiayan spent all her contribution points gathering a lot of Technology Association technicians to research and produce these wings."

Yang Yuan looked at Zhao Jiayan in surprise, feeling a sudden warmth in his heart.

Zhao Jiayan smiled. "Compared to what you’ve done for us, this is nothing. Try it; merge your mind with the core of the Feathers of Light, and you can use it directly. Knowing your ability, I made sure it can only be upgraded by you without complicating it with unnecessary things like gene passwords, so it wouldn’t become too cumbersome."