Reboot: Mechanic

Chapter 129 Garbage Collector

A Claymore mine is a type of directional anti-personnel mine used primarily in military and defensive applications.

It was designed to inflict maximum damage on enemy personnel in a specific direction, making it an effective weapon for ambushes and defensive positions.

And in this particular case, Shi Tian knew the Moles were frantically chasing after him underground, allowing him to maximize the use of Claymore mines to their best capacity.

These Moles who are looking for blood, ignored their surroundings and merely focused on Shi Tian solely. Thus, these Claymore mines were the best greeting for them.

“Heh, did you think trying to avoid them is going to help?” Shi Tian tauntingly said when he noticed these Moles are starting to detour from the Claymore mines he placed.

The Claymore mines are activated using a remote control on his hand and not a tripwire that requires the opponent to walk over.

This essentially means that he could always activate the Claymore mine whenever he wanted to.

And once activated, the explosive charge behind the steel ball bearings propels them forward in a fan-shaped pattern at high velocity. Thus, creating a lethal blast effect that could cover an area of about 60 degrees horizontally and up to 50 meters in range.

In the face of such a high-velocity attack, the Moles could only watch helplessly at their demise.

A few minutes later, Shi Tian soon noticed that the Moles had stopped chasing after him.

“Huh? Why aren’t they chasing me still?” He asked dumbfoundedly, though it was pretty clear that it was a taunt.

“Come on, didn’t you want me instead of Mary?” He added, spreading his arms wide, a clear provocation to tell them to get him.

“Enough of the taunt already.” Meanwhile, Mary suddenly appeared behind him like a ghost and said. “Those Moles realized they are helpless and have retreated now. Their losses were quite heavy this time and I doubt they would attempt to ambush us any time soon.”

“It seems like these Moles aren’t that stupid to keep pursuing a target they clearly can’t get.” Shi Tian shrugged his shoulders and said.

They already killed quite a lot of them, so he wasn’t disappointed to hear that the Moles had retreated in fear.

The Claymore mines he had were almost out, and wasting any more would have diminished their supply. It wasn’t like they had an endless supply of Claymore mines at their disposal. 𝒃𝒆𝙣𝒐𝒗𝙚𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝒎

Mary patted his shoulder and complimented him. “You did good this time, learning to use the traps that you have instead of confronting them directly.”

Although it was a sincere compliment, Shi Tian somehow realized he was getting goosebumps from it.

And sure enough, Mary’s next words caused Shi Tian’s previous excitement to die down rapidly.

“Now, collect all the corpses and the Claymore mines that you used. Those mines could be repaired if you can collect the core material.” Mary smiled briefly and pointed at the aftermath of the battlefield, which was filled with fissures and ruins.

The radius of the Claymore mines wasn’t small and had spread to areas that they didn’t even venture to.

What was worse was that some of the Moles had their internal organs splattered across the area thanks to the explosive impact they received.

“It’s only going to be me collecting them all?” Shi Tian pointed a finger at himself and asked, turning his attention to Mary.

Mary was silent for a few seconds, looking at Shi Tian as if he was an idiot.

And that was all she needed to do for Shi Tian to understand the answer to his own question.

Her action and demeanor were practically saying, you’re obviously being the garbage collector whereas I’ll be relaxing in Iron Sentinel.

Resigning to his fate, Shi Tian could only muster up his stamina and began picking up the corpses. In addition to picking up the corpses, he also needed to check whether they have Source Crystal or not.

After all, these Moles are mutated and some should contain a Source Crystal.

Otherwise, all the Claymore mines and energy they used would have been wasted.

Holding a small dagger, Shi Tian grabbed one of the Moles’ corpses and sliced the central part of its body.

“Sigh, another empty one again.” Shi Tian was disappointed to see another Moles without a Source Crystal in their body.

This was already the fifth one he had collected, and to see that the possibility of a Source Crystal appear to be so low was quite disheartening.

Still disappointed, Shi Tian directly threw the Moles’ Corpse at the bag that Mary had given to him. The bag wasn’t an ordinary one but contained a special feature which was preserving the corpse in the interior.

Although getting a Source Crystal would be nice, the corpses of these Moles are valuable anyway. Thus, it wasn’t that bad of a profit.

Time slowly passed by, and Shi Tian had managed to collect three-fourths of the Moles’ corpses already.

“Out of these many corpses, only 4 Source Crystals were retrieved and they were all low-tier quality too. No wonder why they are so precious.” Shi Tian lamented. The rarity of finding a mid-tier Source Crystal was truly astounding, much less the high-tier Source Crystal.

It was said that such quality Source Crystal could only be found in mutated monsters graded at least in the B plus category.

Shi Tian wanted to collect some more of the Moles’ corpses but realized the bag was already filled to the brim.

Heading back inside the Iron Sentinel, Shi Tian placed the bag on the container that specified monster corpses.

Suddenly, Shi Tian paused his action and wondered silently.

Wasn’t this exactly what a garbage collector does?

They collect trash and place them in their garbage truck.

And although the contents aren’t the same, the process was, and Shi Tian smiled bitterly.

‘Damn, I earned the job of a garbage collector without any degree. I’m so amazing.’ He cheered inwardly, seemingly trying to comfort him for doing such a task.