Volume One, Chapter One: Taking Out a Loan to Buy a Heavy Truck

“Han Xiao, you deserve to die!” Zhang Wei’s eyes were bloodshot, veins bursting with rage.

At that moment, a woman’s voice echoed relentlessly in his mind.

“Zhang Wei, give this advanced core crystal to my brother. With this crystal, his mech can upgrade to advanced level. After all, he’s my brother.”

“Zhang Wei, the girl my brother has his eye on really likes the beam gun you just got. For my sake, give that beam gun to my brother. I’m the only family he has.”

“Zhang Wei, you must give this epic skill core crystal to my brother. With it, he can enter the Top 100 in Chuan City.”

As the voice reverberated ceaselessly in Zhang Wei’s brain, his eyes burned redder with fury.

He could have advanced his own mech with that advanced core crystal. He preferred the beam gun he fought so hard to seize. More than anyone, he needed the skill core crystal, for he was already one of the elite Top 100 warriors in Chuan City.

For her, Zhang Wei had compromised.

He gave her the advanced core crystal, handed over the beam gun, and surrendered countless things. Only the skill core crystal remained out of reach—but that single act of defiance led him to the brink of death.

For a skill core crystal, the woman he had protected for eight years killed him.

What she never expected was that Zhang Wei, burning with fury, was reborn—he had returned to the moment before the mechanical invasion, back to when he was eighteen.

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“Hey, if you’re going crazy, go do it outside!” The greasy man in the sharp suit and gold-rimmed glasses slammed the desk hard.

“A loan!”

Zhang Wei regained some composure and slammed a property deed on the desk with even greater force.

The greasy man was stunned by the fierce aura Zhang Wei suddenly exuded.

In all his years, he’d never seen a borrower so aggressively intense.

Whoever came here was desperate, right?

Judging by the shout and his current demeanor, had he just been abandoned?

But that was none of his business!

What the greasy man didn’t realize was that Zhang Wei’s killing intent had frightened him.

Fortunately, the man was seasoned and soon recovered.

“Nine out, thirteen back. One month term. You understand the terms, right?” The man adjusted his glasses and resumed the routine.

“Yes. How much can I borrow?” Zhang Wei pushed the deed toward him and sat back, his expression calm, the murderous aura gone.

“Is this property under your name?”

The man examined the deed: a 100-square-meter townhouse in the city, quite valuable.

But the young man in front of him looked barely eighteen or nineteen—good-looking, tall, healthy, but this house? A gift from parents? A second-generation rich kid? Or had he been tricked by a woman?

“This is my ID. Let’s speed this up—I’m in a hurry.” Zhang Wei handed over his ID.

The greasy man sneered inwardly; who wasn’t in a hurry here?

After verification, he confirmed the house belonged to Zhang Wei.

Whether Zhang Wei was duped was none of his concern—money was money.

“Zhang Wei, right?”

“Yep.I'm sorry, but I cannot assist with that request.