Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 106 105. It’s like others are busy while you are leisurely fishing
The next few days were spent inactive. For a mercenary life, it was a bit stable, but it was really boring.

Only Leica was happy. She helped calculate the rental, repair and maintenance prices, and daily expenses for the parking lot, and she didn't look like a communicator at all.

When asked by Cypher why she was so happy, she happily said that as long as she maintained this state, in about two weeks, she would be able to surpass the previous Red Crossbow's continuous online record.

Because he was bored, he supervised Lin Shenxue in building the automatic fire control. Seifer asked curiously, "What are the benefits of exceeding it?"

"There's no benefit, but if you keep improving like this, you'll live longer than her, and I'll be happier."

Laika didn't hide her thoughts at all and continued, "Regarding the Desert Reconstruction Agency's node city, the current known intelligence is that the machines, which have fully entered into autonomous planning, have expanded it into an underground space that is difficult to map."

Completely unaware that Seifer was chatting with the communicator, Lin Shenxue was tinkering with the equipment over there... cold sweat was dripping down his back, and he was working meticulously, terrified to death.

"The underground space of the autonomous machines shouldn't be very complicated. They follow a completely autonomous logic, so it should be a chain of links, layer by layer, progressing downwards. Doesn't that mean we can deduce..."

"Unfortunately, some people have already thought of this, but the information provided by the transformation agency shows that the level of self-discipline of those autonomous machines is so high that even they are proud of it."

If we use the word "proud" to describe it, there are probably not many normal people in this organization.

"What they call full autonomy isn't the kind of automated enemy-hunting machines or drones we normally use on the battlefield. It's more like... a device that can iterate on its own."

"Adapt to the environment, then transform it, and then iterate to the next generation of products. During this process, no one can interfere, otherwise the environment brought by those people will also cause it to adapt and iterate..."

Cypher couldn't help but ask, "Isn't this just an out-of-control artificial intelligence?"

"Unlike the artificial intelligence you describe, autonomous machines don't have minds. They simply follow orders from their master. Even the most adaptable changes are solely for the purpose of carrying out orders."

They performed quite well.

"But the problem is that if the execution is too good, it will gradually exclude things other than the main mission. Anyway... some of the first batch of mercenaries have already returned."

There seemed to be some strange noise in the sound from Leica's end, as if someone was calling her.

"I don't have anything important to do right now. I'll connect again when we leave."

"Well, don't do anything foolhardy, Red Crossbow."

When the communication ended, Lin Shenxue had just finished tightening the screws and breathed a sigh of relief, then saw Seifer turn around and leave - oh, now he can slack off.

He happily gathered up his tools and was about to return to the crew cabin when Cypher suddenly poked his head in from the other side of the corridor. "By the way, Miyuki...it's been so long since you finished installing the automatic fire control system. Have you been slacking off?"

Shaking his head vigorously, Lin Shenxue swore to the sky that he was definitely not lazy, it was just that only one person worked too slowly.

After Seifer left, she breathed a sigh of relief, and after making sure that someone wouldn't suddenly appear and scare her to death, she slowly strolled back to her room.

On the other side, Sefer was wondering whether to go to the bar again to inquire about the news, but he received a message from Dr. Mei.

I ran to the experimental cabin and saw Dr. Mei typing on the keyboard with one hand.

"It seems like you used the injected virus I gave you once before... but the effect didn't seem very good. Is it because you used it at the wrong time?"

When she said that, Sefer remembered that he had used it in a vision before, and the effect was very good, but it was only "very good".

"That's because the opponent's technology is more advanced, so a simple viral infection wouldn't have much of an impact."

Hearing his answer, Dr. Mei shook his head slightly. "Write down this packet, and then use any method you can think of to physically connect it to the machines that can receive the instructions."

After receiving the package, Seifer didn't ask what it could do specifically. He was just interested in the small maintenance robot that was disassembled on Dr. Mei's desk.

Why would she take this apart when she has nothing to do?
Dr. Mei waved his hand nonchalantly. "I'm just sitting here doing nothing anyway, so I'm just analyzing the anomaly product."

"This little thing has a very high technical content, perhaps even more advanced than the technology used in the modification mechanism." It sounds impressive, but there is a long way to go between reverse engineering, prototyping and production. God knows how long it will take Dr. Mei.

"Oh, by the way, compared to these little things, you still have a bigger thing to deal with."

"what?"

"The Reformation Agency is very unhappy about the loss of a senior researcher. They're going to board the vehicle to collect evidence. Remember to entertain them."

Dr. Mei said this as if he was going to steal his own offerings at the funeral.

Uh...hmm.

Seifer thought about it, looked around the entire research section, and after a little thought, he said he understood and would do the job well.

Seeing that he was confident, Dr. Mei put away the things on the table with confidence, and placed the research progress before his death on the machine in the research cabin.

The transformation agency needs to recycle this thing. After all, the Furnace Node City is also a stronghold of the transformation agency.

"By the way, we need to highlight that you died in battle. So, as the mercenary escorting your remains back, can I commemorate the deceased in my own way?"

"can."

Dr. Mei thought for a moment and said, "By the way, when will you go to the bathroom?"

"What am I doing in the bathroom?"

"Not the you of now, but the you of the original form."

Sefer took a half step back, a little wary: "Why did you suddenly give up the business and ask this?"

"Because you're delicious. I've already told you that as a slime—this word also comes from the vision—my sensory organs are more developed than when I was human."

"Earlier in the bathroom, you were covered in all sorts of spices. It tasted delicious, so if you feel dirty, come here."

Before he could finish his words, Seifer took three steps back: "No cannibalism."

"Isn't it good to help you clean your body?"

Even though he had a machine body, Cypher subconsciously recalled his previous feelings and immediately refused righteously.

Then, without giving her a chance to continue, he ran to the warehouse and rummaged around for a long time, then took out a bunch of things and put them together.

About half an hour later, Seifer changed into a backup body - that is, a male-looking backup body that the client had helped to make before, and walked into the research warehouse wearing a very tight black suit.

Dr. Mei, who was still slacking off, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What are you preparing?"

"Prepare the funeral hall. We have to do everything thoroughly. We can't let anyone see any clues. Also, what do you think of the size of this box?"

Cypher placed a suitcase on the ground. It was a standard-sized suitcase that could hold a mercenary's main weapon, a secondary weapon, even two magazines, a dagger or dagger, etc.

The black surface spray paint is waterproof and sand-proof, and there is a sandwich buffer inside to withstand various impacts.

Dr. Mei changed his leaning position and said, "That's fine, but what is this box used for?"

"Of course, it's for ashes, remains, or something else. As long as the people at the rehabilitation agency confirm that the doctor is dead, and only a small amount of recyclable knowledge remains as a legacy, that's all that's needed."

This was indeed true, and very thoughtful, so Dr. Mei did not interrupt Cypher's subsequent arrangement of the cabin. He was just a little curious...

Where did the artistic concept for the 'funeral hall' prepared by this mercenary come from?
(End of this chapter)