Xinglong National Strategic Defense Bureau, referred to as Bureau 13.
Han Xiao's mind raced.
Old Man Lu was the core character of the hidden plot and the target of Han Xiao's trip.
It was purely an accident that he met Old Man Gao. He was a big man in a high position. Han Xiao knew that his identity could be hidden from others, but not from Old Man Gao.
The original plan was to anonymously deliver the budding intelligence, show goodwill first, and then show up again when the time was right, but now the plan could not keep up with the changes and had to be adjusted.
The rash contact with the top management of Bureau 13 made his situation somewhat passive, but Han Xiao was rarely frustrated. If the situation changed, he would only think of new ways.
Since anonymity was no longer feasible, he might as well expose himself directly, show his own value, let the other party think he was worth winning over, and wait for Bureau 13 to come to him personally. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. There is a potential basis for cooperation between Han Xiao and Xinglong.
Fortunately, he had already entered the city. Bureau 13 would be cautious and worried about destroying the city, so he acted cautiously. If he exposed his identity at the checkpoint, he would be surrounded by the army and at the mercy of others.
Changing the plan may not be a bad thing. Old Gao has a high status. As long as he gets a little trust from Old Gao, his plan will be successful.
While thinking about how to start a conversation, Han Xiao asked, "What test?"
Old Lu looked around and couldn't find any difficult problems. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and pointed at Old Gao's broken arm: "You can pass the test only if you make him a prosthesis and he is satisfied."
"Why do you involve me?" Old Gao was stunned, but when he saw Old Lu winking at him, he understood that Old Lu wanted to deliberately make things difficult and drive Han Xiao away.
"Grandpa, you are too much. Why are you so harsh? What if you scare others away? You drink, play chess, and stroll every day. How long have you not taken care of the work in the store? Don't you allow me to find an assistant?"
Lv Qian was indignant.
Old Lu ignored his granddaughter and looked directly at Han Xiao, waiting for his answer.
Han Xiao looked strange and emphasized again: "Are you sure you want me to make a prosthesis that this old man is satisfied with?"
"If you dare not accept it, then leave quickly."
"I accept it."
Han Xiao agreed with a smile. The [Bionic Prosthesis] blueprint he obtained before was still gathering dust in the panel. The blueprints were all ready-made. Old Man Lu's request was like bumping into his hands, and he could also naturally get in touch with Old Man Gao. I don't know if it was my illusion, but I always felt that my bloodline was a bit Europeanized recently. These days, I always felt that there seemed to be some kind of existence watching him in the dark.
"You only have three hours, I don't have the leisure to wait for you to make it for a day or two."
Old Man Lu snorted coldly.
"Grandpa!" Lu Qian was very angry. If he wanted to make a prosthesis, he had to first measure the size of Old Man Gao's arm, then draw a structural diagram, and finally make a finished product. Just drawing the design may take several hours. Even if the lathe can simplify the manufacturing process, it will not take less than two hours, which means that Han Xiao has almost no time to come up with the design. In addition, the final product must be evaluated by Old Man Gao. This is simply a deliberate harassment. Designers are not treated so badly.
However, Old Man Lu is the head of the family, and Lu Qian's protest is useless.
Han Xiao did not react much. He took out the measuring tape and asked, "Old man, is it okay?"
Old Man Gao took off his coat generously, indicating that he could measure his broken arm at will.
While Han Xiao was measuring the size, Old Man Gao was also observing Han Xiao.
Being so obviously harassed by Old Man Lu, there was no trace of displeasure on his face. Instead, he was confident and seemed to be really capable.
"I just don't know why the Germinal Organization offered a reward of one million for him."
Old Man Gao recognized Han Xiao's identity the first time he saw him. The Germinal Organization's reward caused an uproar in the underground world. Almost all intelligence agencies remembered the appearance of "Zero". Old Man Gao was responsible for such incidents, so he naturally knew it. Seeing Han Xiao, who was rewarded, swaggering in the city, I knew that the garrison officers at the checkpoint were corrupt again. I really need to find an opportunity to clean up the internal team.
What is Han Xiao's purpose in coming to Xidu? Is he threatening? These are all questions that Old Gao cares about. At present, it seems that the other party's behavior is normal, so Old Gao continues to observe.
Old Lu is different from him. When he was young, Old Lu had wandered between life and death. He was experienced and keenly discovered that Han Xiao was stained with the evil spirit of human life, so he deliberately made things difficult for him and didn't want Han Xiao to stay in the repair shop for fear of causing trouble. However, Old Lu had not been involved in the underground world for a long time and didn't know that Han Xiao was the target of the budding reward.
"Old Lu's requirements are really harsh. He handed the right of choice to me. He wants me to help."
Old Gao and Old Lu exchanged glances.
Han Xiao finished measuring the dimensions quickly. Lv Qian was dissatisfied with her grandfather's actions and came up to help enthusiastically, saying, "Come on, tell me your idea, let's draw the blueprint together, this will save time."
Unexpectedly, Han Xiao declined her help and smiled, "No need to draw, I already have a complete idea."
Lv Qian widened her eyes and said in disbelief, "It's only been two minutes, and you have an idea?!"
"You blew Altair up to the sky, didn't you?" Old man Lu sneered. He could come up with a complete blueprint in his mind in two minutes. Even he, a mechanical expert, couldn't do it. Just rely on this kid? You're talking nonsense!
Han Xiao didn't explain much and quickly wrote a list of materials and equipment to be used on paper. Lv Qian was the store manager, and it was much faster for her to find things than for herself.
Lv Qian quickly prepared all the materials. She was very dissatisfied with Old Man Lu's behavior, so she had to try her best to help Han Xiao, but she didn't have much hope. With such harsh conditions, Lv Qian really didn't believe that Han Xiao could complete it.
Han Xiao picked out the materials and started working.
The raw metals of various shapes gradually became what Han Xiao had in mind under the workmanship of punches, cutting wheels and other equipment.
The main material he used was a commonly used type of aluminum alloy, which was light, strong and easy to polish and shape. Some rivets, screws and chains were ready-made, saving a lot of time.
[Primary Mechanical Affinity] gave Han Xiao an extraordinary perception of metal components. When he touched the metal, he could vaguely feel the impatient emotions of the material to be polished. This feeling was fleeting, like an illusion. Mechanical affinity skills are the core ability of the mechanical department, affecting all aspects of the mechanical department's use of equipment and manufacturing of machinery. Each level of primary mechanical affinity increases the quality and manufacturing speed of machinery by 1%.
The top-level bionic prosthesis can collect electromyographic signals. The wearer only needs to think, and the brain's neural electrical signals can command the arm, which is no different from a real arm. Winter Soldier's metal arm is an enhanced version of this type, but it needs to establish a neural connection with the body through surgery, and it needs to use the [Basic Electromagnetic Principles] and [Neural Connection] of the mechanical department's control branch.
This technology, if deepened, is the technology of colonization, and even the limbs other than the brain can be replaced with machines, turning into mechanical soldiers. This method is equivalent to embarking on the path of mechanical life. The mechanical body cannot generate strength, and can only constantly look for stronger machines to update its own modules and use external forces to strengthen itself. The only advantage is probably that the life span is extremely long, and there is no need to consider the character's hunger and thirst values. However, the thinking without senses is easily affected by the whispers of the mind flowing in the universe, and is subtly brainwashed by certain forces or powerful beings, and loses self. Unless you program your own thinking, set up logical loops, and become a mental immune body, but in this way you will lose free thinking and become an intelligence that follows program thinking. Advanced civilizations generally use this method to create cannon fodder, and basically no players choose this development path.
Slightly inferior bionic prostheses can use voice control mode, but there are also prerequisites, and the control branch [Basic Acoustics] is required.
Mechanical technology is linked together. The same creation has infinite possibilities when using different knowledge. Mechanical knowledge is a big tree, and the higher you go, the more branches you have.
Han Xiao settled for the next best thing and moved the principle of the light-powered arm to the bionic prosthesis, with mechanical power as the core, weakening the power, using batteries as energy, to prevent the light-powered arm from spraying black smoke everywhere and polluting the environment. The force transmission is completed by the traction rope between the prosthesis skeleton, which acts like tendons, following the movement of the wearer's broken limb to achieve consistent coordination.
Old man Lu took out a bottle of green glass beer from somewhere, drank while watching, wanting to see what Han Xiao could make. If he was too boastful, Old man Lu would not be stingy with his ridicule.