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This was a torture for Alex, who thought he was very talented.
Fortunately, he has made it through, and now he has plenty of free time to do what he wants, without having to work day and night like those young graduates.
Yu Jin carried Catherine on his back and followed Alex. They walked among the gray and white high-rise buildings, and vehicles of various shapes were suspended in the air.
The wide roads below were all left for pedestrians. Pedestrians walked in groups of three or two on the streets, or directly summoned an airship to travel far away.
It is hard to imagine that such a country exists in the same world as Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma and other countries that are still in the Middle Ages.
But that's not really the case. We have elemental power, alchemy, and the Seven Gods, which can make up for the gap to a certain extent.
"We're here." Alex stopped in front. Yu Jin looked up and saw a huge factory building.
This is not something a mechanical designer can have! Besides, why would a mechanical design and manufacturing factory be built in a downtown area?
There are so many things to complain about that Yu Jin doesn't know where to start. All I can say is that Alex in front of me is a person with ideas.
"Let's go, I'll show you what the best machinery manufacturing plant in the whole of Kanreya looks like!" Alex walked into the factory with Yu Jin proudly.
The expected noise did not appear, and the entire factory was in good order. Countless robots were shuttling between the machinery rooms in the factory, performing their duties.
Looking around, Yu Jin saw many machines that he had never seen before.
Among them were relic heavy machines, relic hunters, and even dragon-like mechanical beasts that were dozens of meters in size.
They are either completed and waiting to be shipped out of the factory, or are being manufactured, with the complex internal circuits making one's scalp tingle.
"What is that?" Yu Jin pointed at the huge mechanical dragon in the center of the factory, curious. He was wondering why he kept encountering dragons recently. First it was a long dragon, then a fat dragon, and then a mechanical dragon.
Alex waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "It's an improved version of Megadramon, but it's useless now."
"Why is it useless?" Yu Jin asked. Such a big guy must be very capable.
After listening to this, Alex looked at the huge machine and sighed, "The previous prototype designed by the Empire had many loopholes. I want to improve it and fill in these loopholes."
"But now... it seems that they have discussed something with the seven nations on earth, so they don't need these big guys anymore. I have been busy for nothing these days."
Although Alex said this, judging from his relieved expression, he was still very happy that his improved version was not used.
"Tell me, how do you want to change it?" Alex looked at Catherine beside Yu Jin and asked her.
He could see that the puppet had begun to awaken its consciousness. In this case, she could not be simply regarded as a machine.
"I..." Catherine was a little at a loss when she heard the topic suddenly shift to her.
Everything she had just experienced almost caused her already severely damaged processor to crash, and now she had no idea what to do next.
Seeing this, Yu Jin took over the conversation and said to Alex: "The appearance and consciousness remain unchanged, the rest is up to you. In addition, it would be even better if you can increase the strength."
After saying that, Yu Jin looked at Catherine, who nodded in agreement. As long as her appearance and consciousness remained unchanged, Catherine didn't care about anything else.
"Swish--" Yu Jin suddenly felt blinded, and only then did he realize that Alex's eyes were as bright as light bulbs.
Alex looked at Catherine and then at Ember. He felt that his delusion could finally come true.
Alex has a delusion deep in his heart. He wants to replace every part of his body with a stronger one. If he does this, will his life become closer and closer to God?
Go one step further, even surpassing the gods?
But these were just thoughts in his mind; his education and his conscience did not allow him to do so.
All of Kanriya’s current achievements are due to the development of the forbidden power deep underground.
That power was dangerous and mysterious, which caused Kanreya to be extremely cautious about any research, and this atmosphere also affected Alex.
He knew that his thoughts were as dangerous as studying that taboo force, so he kept it deep in his heart.
Now, there was a chance for his idea to be realized. And there were volunteers, and the volunteers were almost scrapped, which directly eliminated the guilt in Alex's heart.
He just wanted to transform Catherine madly. Other than that, he had to put everything else aside.
"Okay, okay! Let's increase the intensity, right? No problem, I must increase the intensity for this lady!" Alex wiped his saliva, took Catherine's hand and ran towards the depths of the factory.
Yu Jin looked at Alex who looked like a pervert and suddenly felt that he might have found the wrong person.
That's not right? Alex is clearly the most mechanically proficient guy among the Kanreyans in his body, right?
"Forget it, let's take a look. Nothing serious will happen anyway." Yu Jin shook his head and trotted after him.
Alex led, or rather dragged, Catherine all the way to a circular operating table.
"Come on, Miss Catherine, just stand on it." Alex urged Catherine to stand on the operating table as if coaxing a child, for fear that she would run away.
"I'm warning you, don't mess around. If you turn Catherine into a monster, I will beat you into a monster!" Yu Jin came from behind and waved his iron fist.
"Um..., let me confirm again, as long as the appearance and consciousness remain unchanged, right?" Alex paused, then asked as if worried.
Yu Jin touched his chin and looked at Catherine. Catherine felt Yu Jin's gaze, she smiled at Alex, nodded and said, "Mr. Alex, let's start."
"Wuhu~" Alex let out a strange cry, and then operated the console to operate Catherine.
Many robotic arms and high-sensitivity lasers suddenly appeared on the operating table, working together to transform Catherine.
"Hmm? That's strange. With this level of damage, it should have been scrapped long ago? But it's still fine now?" A mechanical arm took apart Catherine's head and took out a consciousness core that was full of cracks.
He was a little confused. With this level of damage, it was lucky that it didn't break down immediately. It was actually able to maintain operation for such a long time. He was a little confused.
"Believe in life." Ember added beside him. Alex nodded.
Indeed, Catherine can be considered a life. And life is more difficult to understand than taboos.
He carefully placed the core of consciousness into the repair chamber and could now move freely.
Suddenly, sparks flew from the operating table, and the sounds of mechanical cutting, splicing, and twisting rang out in the factory.
Yu Jin looked at the unrecognizable Catherine, and then at Alex, whose face was flushed. He asked curiously, "What intensity method do you mean by ruthlessly increasing the intensity?"
Alex raised his head and smiled confidently, "Have you heard of the Eye of God?"
Ember nodded.
"If you meet the owner of the Eye of God, you must pull the Eye of God off and hit him hard in the face!"
Chapter 97 Toward the Stars and the Abyss
2023-08-28
"Well……"
"You're awake, the operation was successful."
When Catherine opened her eyes, she saw Ember and Alex staring at her.
"Okay...is it ready?" Catherine walked down from the operating table and turned around a few times tentatively.
Yu Jin saw Catherine coming down, so he took out a mirror from somewhere, put it in front of Catherine, and reminded her:
"Take a look? I don't think your appearance has changed much. If you think there's something wrong, you can always change it."
Catherine looked at herself in the mirror. She was still wearing the green and white dress, and the scars on her body had disappeared. She looked like she was newly made in the Winter Solstice factory.
No, it's better than new.
Catherine held out her hand, which was still as white and small as before, but she felt that something was added to her.
Then, under the shocked looks of Yu Jin and the excited looks of Alex, the forearm of one of Catherine's arms began to deform and reorganize.
After a sound of mechanical friction, a cannon shining with a faint yellow light appeared on Catherine's arm and was assembled.
"This is so cool!" Yu Jin ran to Catherine, touched her gun muzzle that was shining with cold light, and said excitedly.
"Hahaha, yeah, I think so too!" Alex, who was busy collecting data, also laughed when he heard Yu Jin's words. It turns out that great minds think alike.
When Catherine saw Yu Jin excitedly running to Alex and pointing at herself on the console screen, the uneasiness in her heart suddenly dissipated.
With the embers here, I should be able to relax a little and not worry about so many things.
A smile reappeared on Catherine's face, and with another "click" sound, her arm returned to its original shape.
Catherine trotted over to Alex and Yu Jin and said with a smile, "My body has undergone such a big change, you must tell me in detail so that I can adapt to it."
"Ask him. I don't understand anyway." Yu Jin pointed at Alex. He was just a bystander and Alex was the main person in charge.
But Alex didn't answer Catherine's question. He looked at Catherine and asked, "Do you have trouble concentrating or feel stressed?"
"No, I feel fine." Catherine shook her head. She didn't feel anything unusual. To be honest, it seemed like she had a lot of special modules in her body.
Catherine sensed these modules briefly, such as "element absorption", "laser beam", "five types of ground-to-ground missiles"...
They were all words she had never heard of. Alex saw the puzzled look on Catherine's face and explained, "It seems that your consciousness is OK. It didn't fail because I installed so many modules. We are done!"
Alex's last words were directed to Yu Jin, because Yu Jin had made a lot of efforts in transforming Catherine.
"What happened?" Catherine had a bad feeling.
"Of course, it is to become someone who can beat up the executive!" Yu Jin said first, even though Catherine just closed her eyes and opened them.
But Yu Jin and Alex have been busy in this factory for almost a year, and the engine is the longest-lasting one.
At first, Alex was just thinking of making the core of the Ruins Guard smaller and putting it in there to see if he could see.
However, this plan was rejected by Jinn because Jinn had his eyes on the core of the Eternal Dragon Beast.
Alex couldn't hold back on the spot. The core of Megadramon was bigger than both him and Cinder combined, so he had to use his head to fill it.
Besides, if the core of Megadramon is to be reduced in size, it won't have such a strong power. If it is really forced out, the effect may be even worse.
However, these doubts were resolved after Yu Jin took out a large piece of pure black.
Alex had never seen such a stable and peaceful abyss. All taboos were removed, leaving only pure energy.
That's why this transformation took so long. It was mainly because the miniaturization design and manufacturing of the core of the Megadramon took a lot of effort.
Having said that, Alex didn't have many complaints. It would be better to say that he didn't mind if he was really bald as long as he used something that really interested him.
Ember looked at Alex. He was not bald, but almost. He could vaguely see the skin on the top of Alex's head.
This guy is really crazy. When he took out Youshen's vomit, his eyes lit up again, making Yu Jin almost think that he was a robot too.
At this moment, Alex was explaining to Catherine the precautions, module functions and maintenance methods of the machine.
Yu Jin couldn't help but smile as he looked at Katherine nodding woodenly and Alex beaming with joy.
Did he find a treasure? A mechanical version of the Doctor? Or one that hadn't turned evil. It looked like he could let him and the Doctor have more encounters in the future.
Yu Jin walked over to the confused Catherine, pinched his biceps, and said jokingly, "How about it? You have the power of a dragon now!"