Richest Rag-picker

[Host has picked up one old, broken Iron Man toy, triggering a special system reward. Reward: one set of Iron Man Mark 7 flight pod armor. The reward has been placed in the woven bag space. Host, please check your inventory.]

"Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy fucking shit! Did I hear that right? What the hell did it just reward me with? A full set of Iron Man Armor?? For real?!"

Fang Chenyi’s mind had basically short-circuited. He never would have thought he could actually be rewarded with something from Marvel.

But then he remembered that he seemed to have gotten a vial of Captain America’s gene-modification fluid before. That thing was from Marvel, too. Thinking about it that way, it didn’t seem quite so surprising anymore.

Still, even if it wasn’t surprising, Fang Chenyi was incredibly excited and thrilled. The reason was simple: no matter how amazing or powerful he was now, even to the point where he could shatter a stone with a single punch, he still couldn’t fly. With the Iron Man Armor, wouldn’t that mean he could go anywhere he pleased?

At that thought, Fang Chenyi found himself growing impatient.

And so, in a flash, the guy pulled the red, metallic suitcase out of his woven bag space.

Gazing at the suitcase in front of him, Fang Chenyi couldn’t help but feel a little confused. ’Didn’t it say it was armor? How did it turn into a suitcase? Is the armor inside this suitcase?’

It was no wonder Fang Chenyi had such doubts. The reason was simple: the guy had never even seen the Iron Man movie. Therefore, his knowledge of Iron Man was limited to having heard the name, and that was it.

He placed it on the ground in front of him, still puzzled, and reached out to open the case.

But, to Fang Chenyi’s exasperation, he had no idea how to open it. This was a bit awkward.

"Dammit. It doesn’t even come with an instruction manual or anything! How am I supposed to use this?"

The thought of an instruction manual prompted Fang Chenyi to reach back into his woven bag space. He wanted to check again if it came with a manual or something similar.

But this time, he didn’t find a manual. Instead, he found a futuristic-looking metal bracelet.

He held the bracelet up and examined it carefully, but he couldn’t figure out what it was. Out of curiosity, Fang Chenyi slipped it directly onto his wrist.

Then he looked at the bracelet on his wrist, and then back at the metal case in front of him. ’I wonder if these two things are related.’ He sighed helplessly:

"Sigh... I got this thing but I can’t even open it. How the heck am I supposed to put this on?"

However, the moment Fang Chenyi finished speaking, the metal case in front of him began to move on its own.

Not only that, it sprang up from the ground and flew right in front of him.

This gave Fang Chenyi a huge shock, and he scrambled to pull back.

But just then, the bracelet on his wrist began to flash with light.

In the span of a single breath, the metal case in front of him also flashed with light.

The next moment, the metal case in front of him activated its armor deployment sequence.

At the same time, the tri-colored armor—primarily red with gold and silver accents—began to spread out from the metal bracelet on Fang Chenyi’s wrist, covering his entire body.

A moment later, right there in the garbage transfer station, stood a fully armed Iron Man!

"Holy shit, this is badass!"

Feeling his body enveloped by the armor, streams of data appeared before his eyes.

He tried raising his arm and twisting his body. Fang Chenyi found it to be incredibly flexible; he couldn’t even feel the slightest bit of weight.

As Fang Chenyi donned the armor, a series of data about the suit appeared before his eyes, including the various weapon systems hidden within it.

This made Fang Chenyi click his tongue in amazement. Holy cow, air-to-air, air-to-ground, mini-missiles, and even a triple-barreled laser beam!

Of course, even though it was equipped with all these things, Fang Chenyi wasn’t particularly interested in them. He even began to dismantle all the weapon systems with a series of CLANKS and WHIRS, and tossed them back into his woven bag space.

As for why he did this, it was because such things weren’t needed in Huaxia.

As for whether he’d need them in the future, that was a question for when he eventually went abroad.

After dismantling the weapon systems, Fang Chenyi’s gaze returned to the series of data before him. He wasn’t concerned with the weapons; what he cared about most was whether it would let him fly.

As the thought of flight crossed his mind, a series of flight metrics and the armor’s current status immediately appeared before his eyes.

After reviewing the data, an excited expression spread across Fang Chenyi’s face.

The armor’s prompt indicated that all systems were currently normal and it was cleared for flight.

It was now autumn, and although it was five in the morning, the sky was still dim and hadn’t brightened yet.

And Fang Chenyi felt this was the perfect time to give it a try. If he flew out in this armor after the sun came up in a little while, he would instantly become the center of everyone’s attention. But now, under the cover of darkness, he could totally go for a test flight.

He had to admit, the system was quite considerate. Even though he had never seen Iron Man or encountered this kind of armor before, the knowledge of how to operate it suddenly appeared in his mind.

As Fang Chenyi issued a command in his mind, two jets of pale blue energy flames immediately shot out from the soles of his feet.

At that very same moment, Fang Chenyi felt his body lighten. His entire body then shot rapidly toward the roof of the garbage transfer station’s warehouse. Before he could even react, he heard a loud BANG.

The next moment, a large hole appeared in the roof of the garbage transfer station.

"Holy crap! System, you’re so unreliable!"

That was the only thought in Fang Chenyi’s mind at that moment.

But the next moment, the system’s voice sounded in his mind.

[Ding! Host’s query detected. The system will now provide an answer: The recent accident was not due to an error in the system’s tutorial, but was caused by the Host’s unskilled operation. The system will not take the blame!]

At that moment, Fang Chenyi’s body was shooting into the black night sky like an arrow released from a bow, and at the same time, the system’s voice, busy shirking responsibility, echoed in his mind.

In that instant, Fang Chenyi felt several dark lines cross his forehead. ’Damn it! You never show up when I actually need you, but you’re sure quick to pass the buck!’

However, Fang Chenyi had no idea that at the very moment he burst through the roof of the garbage transfer station, outside the station’s surrounding walls, two sneaky figures were so scared they fell right on their asses.