Mechanical Pioneer Under One Person

"Fourth brother, you are too..."

Xu Si drank some mineral water, coughed a few times, and asked, "Will it affect you?"

Liu Ke shrugged and said, "It doesn't matter, just let me fly."

Xu Si nodded, then narrowed his eyes and asked, "Can you really build an airplane with your current ability?"

Liu Ke raised his eyebrows and said, "Well, there are some differences, but they are almost the same."

Xu Si breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good. Whatever airplane you want, a paper airplane will do."

"Three days later, we will gather at Baishuitou. They said... an observer will come and connect with us."

After communicating with Xu Si, Liu Ke went out and met up with Feng Baobao and the others. They took a bus back to school together.

After getting off the car, Liu Ke went straight to his laboratory to sort out the matters at hand.

"Blackwall, is the [Prosthetic] work finished?"

"Master, the final debugging of the two sets of [prosthetics] has been completed."

"Okay, get the production specifications for the automatic turret. We need to install one as soon as possible."

"Also, remind me to make some changes to the armor."

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Just when Liu Ke was tinkering with his armor and updating it as much as possible, Zhang Chulan had some "trouble".

"Master, Zhang Chulan has been kidnapped."

Listening to the black wall's prompt, Liu Ke couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Although it is common for a 'protagonist' to encounter various 'unexpected events', the number of times he is 'kidnapped' is too high.

You finish your performance and I take the stage? Why is Zhang Chulan like Nie Feng's mother Yan Ying? They both want him?

After taking a quick look at Zhang Chulan's situation, Liu Ke said to the black wall, "Tell Sister Bao to try to separate the hand armor now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Black Wall reported Zhang Chulan's 'yet another' attack to Feng Baobao via artificial voice.

At the same time, the hand connection of the Mark II armor placed in the middle of the laboratory suddenly broke, and the hand armor fell to the ground.

Liu Ke looked at the effect, nodded, and then reconnected the hand armor to the whole body.

"Foot armor, separation test."

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In a conference room on the third floor of the North China branch of Nadutong, the lights were still on.

Xu San took a cup of coffee, sipped it, then closed his eyes and asked, "Did you find out?"

Xu Si, who was sitting on the sofa next to him, had a worried look on his face. He didn't say anything, but just nodded.

Xu San didn't hear any sound, so he had to open his eyes again.

Seeing Xu Laosi's expression, he sighed and finally couldn't help asking, "Then tell me, I've never seen you so fond of keeping things secret before."

Xu Si flicked the ash onto the ground and said, "Keeping me in suspense? I was thinking about something else."

Xu San glared at him and asked bluntly, "What's going on with Zhang Chulan and his grandfather Zhang Xilin? Why do father and baby pay so much attention to them?"

"You have enough authority now. Don't tell me you didn't do anything during the day?"

Xu Si sighed again and said, "I found out a little bit. The method that Zhang Xilin passed on to Zhang Chulan is, if nothing unexpected happens, the unique secret method of the Tianshi Mansion of the Zhengyi School in Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi Province, the Golden Light Mantra."

Then, Xu Si pointed to his temple and continued, "Think about it with your simple brain. If you were an acquired extraordinary person and were passing on a method to your descendants, what kind of method would you pass on?"

Xu San thought for a moment and said, "The strongest, or... the fundamental method."

"So, according to you, Zhang Xilin is from Longhu Mountain? The list of all the disciples from Longhu Mountain is public. Wouldn't we know if we just check it out?"

Xu Si took a puff of his cigarette and said, "I checked, and that name isn't on the Longhu Mountain roster."

Xu San frowned and said, "Any Dharma method will inevitably be spread to outsiders. Perhaps Zhang Xilin's Golden Light Mantra was leaked out."

Xu Si nodded and said, "Your idea is not impossible, but... take a look at this."

After saying this, he threw a piece of paper at Xu San: "Quan Xing spread the news that Zhang Chulan is the heir of the 'Qi Body Origin Flow' all over the world yesterday."

"This morning, the Tianshi Mansion issued a statement within the community. They will hold the Luotian Grand Ceremony in a month to publicly select the next Tianshi successor."

"And Zhang Chulan is among the specially invited guests."

"This also means that Zhang Chulan's grandfather must have some connection to the Tianshi Mansion. In my opinion, Zhang Xilin is someone that the Tianshi Mansion is deliberately 'hiding'."

Xu San looked at the statement and almost spit out his coffee. After a while, he wiped his mouth and clothes and asked in confusion, "So what do you mean by 'regret'?"

Xu Si took a puff of his cigarette and said, "After I told my baby and dad about this, they both said they would help Zhang Chulan win the Heavenly Master selection."

"You know what the alien world is like. I have no doubt that if Bao Bao teaches that kid for a month, he will make rapid progress, but it won't be enough."

"At least we have to arrange some 'thugs' to clear the obstacles for Zhang Chulan."

"Baby can be a thug himself, and Liu Ke could be one too. But this afternoon, I let him go."

Xu San asked doubtfully, "Let him go? What does that mean? Did another district or headquarters come to borrow someone? They shouldn't specify who they're going to borrow, right?"

Xu Si frowned and replied, "That's not the case. It's Liu Ke's own business. He said he wants to go abroad."

"Then, I helped him a little and found a suitable channel for him to get out."

"But I don't know how long he'll be gone, and whether he can make it to the Luotian Grand Ceremony in a month."

Xu San shook his head and said, "The Luotian Grand Ceremony is to select a Heavenly Master, not to recruit assassins. We're going up there to compete, not risk our lives."

"Liu Ke's ability is indeed useful, he can conjure up a gun, but he can't just randomly shoot at the other contestants at the Luotian Grand Ceremony, right?"

Hearing this, Xu Si rolled his eyes at Xu San and asked curiously, "Didn't Liu Ke go when Zhang Chulan was kidnapped a few days ago?"

"Didn't you see how he did it?"

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Xu San frowned and replied, "I didn't see him. He came here by car by himself and arrived a little late."

"He arrived just as Quan Xing was fleeing, and just happened to block Liu Yanyan. I didn't see how he attacked."

Xu Si closed his eyes, sighed, and then said proudly, "Okay, then I'll tell you. When he and I teamed up to defeat Shen Chong, I saw his methods clearly."

"Iron Man, have you seen it? Can't Iron Man's palm fire a cannon?"

Having said that, Xu Si stood up and imitated Iron Man's palm cannon movements.

But just as Xu Si's mouth made a "bang" sound, adding a sound effect to his action, he seemed to suddenly realize something and his whole body began to stiffen.

Xu San watched as Xu Si's swishy movements suddenly stopped, and he crossed his arms and asked, "What's wrong? What's the connection between Liu Ke and 'Iron Man'?"

But after waiting for a long time, Xu San only saw Xu Si's face suddenly tense and he had no intention of speaking.

He asked nervously, "Xu Si, you haven't been cursed, have you?"

After waiting for a long time, Xu Si finally finished his pose, tremblingly lit a Zhonghua cigarette, took a deep breath, and then asked, "Do you think this Iron Man thing can be real?"

Xu San said unhappily, "I don't know who you learned this from, but now you're a master at keeping people in suspense."

"Iron Man? Don't be ridiculous. If it were real, I could make a movie for you."

"I've been telling you since you were little, don't watch so many movies, anime, or novels. I never thought you'd still be confused about reality after turning thirty."

When Xu Si heard this, he felt as if he had taken a bite of a strawberry sundae on a hot summer day and said, "Yeah, yeah, that can't be true."

"Ha... hehe... If someone could build something like Iron Man, they would have become a scientist long ago. Why would they still be struggling like this here? Isn't that crazy..."

Xu San probably understood what he had said by now. After thinking about it for a while, he said, "Oh, I remember now. Liu Ke did wear half-body armor during the Wujiagou incident. Now that I think about it, it's a bit like Iron Man's suit."

He sighed, patted Xu Si on the back, and said, "We are Inhumans, but we should at least use some science. Iron Man is just a vapid commercial film. How can it be real?"

"The world is so big, and there's nothing limitless. American comic book superheroes are so popular, isn't it because the superhumans there are more ostentatious, giving cartoonists more room to 'draw inspiration' from them?"

"You don't usually like to read foreign newspapers, but I have read about them. There are indeed some American Inhumans who can launch attacks like 'energy cannons,' but that's completely different from Iron Man."

"Liu Ke is also a mutant. Even if he can shoot energy, it's just his ability."

Xu Si nodded, wiped the sweat from his head, and his expression became much more natural.

He gave Xu San a thumbs-up and said, "That makes sense!"

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After Liu Ke finished the work at hand, he walked out of the laboratory. He was going to check the progress of the "new kidnapping case".

Zhang Chulan's situation has not been resolved yet. He is currently fighting fiercely with someone in the woods. When Liu Ke gets there, we should be able to watch the "tail scene".

Liu Ke came here at this time not because he had nothing to do.

The abilities of the superhumans in this world are varied, and he wants to see more and be "prepared" before going abroad to "visit".

After all, most of the information on the intranet is text-based, which makes it difficult to reflect the intensity of the battles between aliens, and the visual experience of actual combat is stronger.

When he arrived at the grove, he saw Zhang Chulan fighting desperately with a man in a Taoist robe.

Zhang Chulan bent down, prepared to start running, and then re-entered the battle at an extremely fast speed.

The Taoist priest opposite who looked very much like Kimimaro emitted the same golden light as Zhang Chulan.

Zhang Chulan, on the other hand, did not use the golden light, but was surrounded by arcs of electricity, which made his speed and reaction much faster.

There were flashes of lightning amidst the whistling fists and kicks, and a straightforward "thunder and lightning fist" hit the golden light of the young Taoist priest.

The Taoist's golden light was indeed much harder than Zhang Chulan's. It made a loud noise when it was smashed, but there was no sign of it breaking.

The two men attacked and defended for several rounds, and neither could do anything to the other for a while.

After a few moves, the people watching in the circle nearby started shouting.

The two men in blue Taoist robes were amazed at Zhang Chulan's lightning spell.

The three ladies on the other side were also mumbling something.

"How is it? Little Martial Uncle, your golden light can't hold on anymore, can you? Admit defeat!"

Zhang Chulan was worthy of the ID of "Da Lei" at this time. A terrifying lightning flashed in his hands, and then he began to speak harshly.

Liu Ke, who was watching nearby, narrowed his eyes and was also a little surprised.