We moved to Golden Courtyard

"Crack!"

The cabinet door opened.

This really is cutting-edge technology! Xin'an felt his worldview was being severely shaken!

The front end of the robotic arm changed again; it was no longer an iron wire, but something like a copper wire cable, which was inserted into the empty slot of the relay.

On the display panel at the rear of this mechanical figure, the electrical circuitry of the entire train began to be displayed and checked one by one.

"This is……"

Xin'an crouched down and moved closer to Alicia.

"It's probing the entire circuitry of this train!?"

"That's right. After the investigation is completed, the inspection speed of subsequent trains will be significantly improved. This is the third-generation Klein, MKIII, which was completed by Wilhelmy and the professor together!"

This is terrifyingly advanced technology...

Can it be mass-produced?

"No."

"Oh." Xin'an's expression immediately turned cold. Any product that cannot be mass-produced cannot bring about any significant changes to the industry.

"What about the other three?"

"The other three are MKII. They don't have the powerful performance of MKIII, but they share a network with each other. So after we read the circuit diagram of the entire train, they also receive it synchronously."

"What about the air circuit? The transmission of electrical signals is one aspect, but if there is a problem with the air circuit, it can also cause the brake shoes to fail to close, resulting in brake failure."

"Don't worry, just leave it to Klein."

Xin'an stood up. Although the little thing in front of him couldn't be mass-produced, it was still futuristic enough...

She even began to doubt whether she was dreaming or not.

Perhaps when I close my eyes and open them again, I'll still be at home on the ceiling, instead of being at the company at three or four in the morning, participating in some inexplicable maintenance plan!

Xin'an sighed as he sat down in the train passenger compartment.

So... why did she agree to such an outrageous plan? Was it just to repay the debt of saving her life? Don't be ridiculous, maybe people would have believed in this kind of thing twenty years ago.

As for now...

The world is cold and indifferent; human relationships are fickle. Self-interest is the most enduring theme of this era, and everyone living in this era is simply a sophisticated egoist.

He criticizes Hu Shi online every day, as if he's not one of those people.

So—why?

If this kind of thing is investigated afterward, dismissal is not impossible, and even at the very least, one's career is basically over.

But she still helped him out—it couldn't be because she actually believed his claim that Char was going to carry out a terrorist attack, could it?

How noble of me to risk my career for something like this...

Even if it's true, what does it matter to me whether other people live or die? It's not my turn anyway.

It's not my turn...

Xin'an's brows furrowed tightly. She remembered that day, that moment of utter despair, and that white figure rushing headlong onto the railway tracks...

Am I stupid?! No matter how you look at it, it's something that could cost me my life!

Just as Xin'an was getting excited, a distinct hissing sound of air being released from the engine cylinders outside the car pulled her back to reality—what was going on? That sound…was it the brakes?

Xin'an looked at the pink-haired girl with a puzzled expression, and then saw Alicia scratch her head awkwardly and say something.

"Um...didn't you also say that there's another airway that needs to be verified?"

"..."

Xin'an understood. She covered her cheek with one hand and said, "So the idea behind this verification is to release the brake air circuit once, right?"

Do you even realize how much of a commotion this will cause? Didn't Xu Qi tell you?

Then, sitting in the car, they heard three more sounds of air being released from the cylinders.

"Okay, it seems you guys didn't know."

Alicia tapped her head with one hand, winked in the blink of an eye, and stuck out her tongue.

"Hey..."

"What does 'hey' mean?"

Xin'an stood up and, through the car window, she could see the Japanese inspection personnel, who had been awakened, approaching her!

Ruined……

"You all better pray that the Char thing is true! Otherwise, I'll be in trouble!"

Xin'an took several deep breaths—she was waiting for the daily inspection personnel to board the vehicle for inspection. At the same time, she was mentally organizing her thoughts, trying to figure out how to explain the origins of these people.

If all else fails, I'll have to use my position as the on-site engineer to suppress the people first...

But the fact that I showed up here tonight and let some unidentified people get on my bus is almost certain to get out. It's like dancing on the edge of safety...

Heh... Xu Qi... This time, I shouldn't owe you anything, right?

"Huh? XCMG!?"

"Master Wu, what's wrong?"

"Oh, I was sleeping soundly in my work group when I suddenly heard the sound of the train releasing air, so I rushed over to check it out."

"Oh, Supervisor Xia has some urgent tasks assigned to me. I need to take the suppliers to re-inspect the cylinders of these trains and collect some data."

"all?"

"Yes—don't worry, the dispatch team knows. I'm keeping an eye on the supplier. You can go back to sleep now."

"Sigh, okay... but Mr. Xu, I remember you weren't..."

"Huh? Haha! My injury has healed, hasn't it? Look, I came to work as soon as my injury healed. How dedicated I am."

"Get lost! Haha, am I going back to sleep?"

"Yes, don't worry, I'm here."

"okay!"

……

Xin'an and Alicia both breathed a sigh of relief and sat back down in their seats.

When Xu Qi got into the car, he saw them panting heavily, looking like they had just recovered from a shock, and both women had top-notch figures.

Her impressive bust rose and fell with her heavy breathing while slumped in her seat, giving Xu Qi a real treat for the eyes.

Nice...

"I said, what would you do if I had arrived any later?"

Xin'an stubbornly retorted, "I'll throw your name out here! I'll say you're the one who made us do it!"

Xu Qi shrugged.

Ellie, on the other hand, was quite clever; she immediately threw herself into Xu Qi's arms!

"Waaaaah! Xu Qi! You should have come sooner! I almost made a mistake!"

Seeing this, Xin'an clicked his tongue, turned his head away, seemingly wanting to avoid seeing it altogether.

Xu Qi hadn't expected the other party to be so agitated, but hearing Ai Li's aggrieved sobs, he didn't care about anything else and just wanted to comfort the girl in his arms.

Of course... we still have to pay attention to it.

"Ahem! Ahem!"

A cough came from behind Xu Qi, which startled Ai Li, who broke free from Xu Qi's embrace and stood aside with her lips pursed, looking as if she had been caught cheating.

Xin'an's gaze passed over Xu Qi.

At that moment, she saw...

Her eyebrows and eyes held a delicate charm, her voice and smile revealed gentleness. The girl's gentle and beautiful face, even after only one brief meeting, made Xin'an feel insignificant.

Is she...Mei?

30. MSN-04 Shazabi

"Alicia, could you at least restrain yourself a little..."

Mei walked behind, her face full of helplessness—it seemed she really had to move to the Golden Garden as soon as possible. She was counting on Alicia to help keep an eye on Xu Qi, that guy…

It's already good enough that they didn't steal from their own premises!

Scratching her head awkwardly, Airi hadn't even noticed Mei following behind.

Otherwise... oh, she'll still pounce on him!

Xu Qi walked straight up to Xin'an. To be honest, at the Jiuting base, Xu Qi had considered that many people might help him, but the name "Xin'an" was not among them...

I contacted her purely out of a "let's give it a try" mentality, but to my surprise, she actually agreed.

"Thank you this time..."

Seriously... this is the most straight-man-like thing I could say. Expecting this guy to know how to flirt with girls makes me look like an idiot, hopelessly stupid.

Xin'an shook his head, stood up and said, "Time must be quite tight for you, right? Four vehicles at a time... There are at least forty vehicles in this warehouse, so we need to hurry."

"That's just how it is."

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Meanwhile, at three or four in the morning, at a place that looked like an abandoned air-raid shelter, Xia drove there alone.

As soon as the handsome middle-aged man got out of the car, he felt himself being watched by some hidden eyes.

He didn't seem to care and continued walking forward calmly.

After entering the underground air-raid shelter and turning left and right for quite a while, we finally found a stone door that seemed to be embedded in the wall, which was very well hidden.

"Iris verification successful."

After opening the stone door and taking the elevator down to a lower level, Char felt as if he had entered another world when the dark stone walls no longer surrounded him...

The fluorescent lights, though not dim, illuminated the entire underground kingdom.

Countless maintenance personnel operate all kinds of equipment here; these people are Entropy Reversal.

As they stepped out of the elevator, every employee they encountered who encountered Char Aznable couldn't help but give them a excited salute. Even though they were members of the Anti-Entropy organization, and Char Aznable was merely a collaborator.

After passing through the factory area, Char arrived at an open testing platform. On the projected image of the finished product, Char finally saw what he had been dreaming of.

One piece of armor—an exoskeleton armor!

"Hmm? Ah, Mr. Xia, you've finally arrived."

The flirtatious voice made Xia look away. It was a woman—a woman wearing a black undershirt and a white coat, but whose behavior was wanton.

With a lollipop in her mouth, it's unclear who she's trying to impress with this childlike innocence.

Of course, Xia didn't dare underestimate her, after all... everything here could be said to have been created by this woman. Xia had merely provided the location.

But now, no one can say for sure whether this place is Char's secret base or still under Anti-Entropy's control.

After all, the initial intention was to use it as a secret weapons research base for anti-entropy, but now...

The entire underground factory was actually just processing and manufacturing one thing, which was the thing drawn on the design drawing in front of this woman named Changguang—an exoskeleton armor.

It's not like the auxiliary armor of the GD-78-2.

It is a military exoskeleton armor that can be used in actual combat.

"I hope to receive some good news."

"Of course, after all, your plan is starting today, isn't it?"

“You’re right, Nagamitsu.” Xia Ya’s face didn’t show any excitement, as if nothing could move him anymore.

"Then... I need to see results."

"Of course, you deserve it."