Doctor Ingenious

Kraft Lee is a boy, about fourteen years old.

Seven years ago, he was abducted by the Magia Gang from an unknown location. The Magia Gang subjected him and a large group of other captives to numerous human experiments. After one particular experiment, Kraft began to have constant dreams filled with strangers and even other creatures engaged in invention and creation.

Initially, these dreams were fragmented, chaotic, and incessant, leaving Kraft in a daze for a long time. The sheer volume of content flooding his young mind also caused him to develop a high fever.

Then, while he was in a semi-conscious state, something happened within the Magia Gang, allowing the captives to find an opportunity and escape from the Magia Gang's experimental base. At that moment of rare clarity, he tightly held onto another person with yellow skin, and was fortunately brought out with them.

That person he clung to was Kraft's current adoptive father, Martin Lee.

Whether it was due to the experiments or the overwhelming amount of dream content, by the time Kraft finally emerged from his dazed state, his memories from before he was taken by the Magia Gang had vanished. He couldn't even remember his own name, as he had only been assigned a simple numerical designation as an experimental subject within the Magia Gang.

So, Kraft took Martin's surname and, inspired by his dreams, gave himself the name "Craft." The first name that came to his mind was "Lovecraft," but for some reason, he felt there was something off about it, so he eventually dropped the "Love" prefix.

When Kraft and Martin Lee first escaped from the Magia Gang, they didn't even have identification. While a fake driver's license could fool most checks in America, their Asian identity always led to extra difficulties. They eventually ended up in New York's Chinatown, and with the help of other Chinese residents, they gradually managed to establish themselves.

After they settled down, their lives seemed to improve as if someone were helping them. Martin Lee was even awarded the Medal of Freedom by the President, which gave him and Kraft genuine identities.

Despite this, Kraft still held no affection for white or black people and didn't particularly care about his American citizenship. Kraft's greatest wish was to one day save enough money to return to the other side of the ocean.

So, when Martin Lee spent a large sum of money to buy the clothing store where he used to work and transform it into the FEAST Homeless Shelter, Kraft had a huge argument with him.

However, as Kraft grew older, his prejudiced nature gradually improved. Especially after meeting a few kind-hearted white and black people, Kraft still found it difficult to feel affection for people of other skin colors, but he no longer judged them all so harshly.

As their lives improved, Kraft began to try and recreate the inventions from his dreams. Although the dreams were initially fragmented and the content impossible to decipher, as Kraft emerged from his dazed state, his dreams gradually became more coherent and complete. However, he had no control over when he dreamed or what he dreamed about.

Furthermore, due to his limited knowledge and skills, Kraft couldn't understand many of the inventions, and he couldn't even replicate them by simply copying.

Adding to his difficulties, Martin was very strict with his allowance, so Kraft didn't have enough funds to experiment with the inventions from his dreams.

Then, one day, Kraft dreamed of an old Chinese man in ancient clothing who claimed to be a disciple of the Mohist school. The dream depicted the old man making various strange and wonderful gadgets out of wood while teaching a group of children a technique called "mechanism art."

Upon waking, Kraft took out his meager savings, bought some basic carving tools, and picked up some discarded wood. He then attempted to create the simplest mechanism lock and took it to school to bet with others on who could solve it, earning his first bit of money.

Although it wasn't enough to cover the cost of his tools, Kraft was still very happy.

Later, he specifically looked up records about the Mohist school. However, there were no relevant books in America. He had to wander around Chinatown and ask an elderly doctor at a Chinese medicine shop before he finally understood what the Mohist school was all about.

Unfortunately, he only had two dreams about the Mohist school before they shifted to dreams that completely baffled him...

A phoenix made of paper that could actually breathe fire! Are you serious?!

Even with Kraft's limited knowledge, he could tell that some of these dreams were not taking place in his own world... Who has a body made of paper? And the entire world's objects are made of paper...

This is completely unscientific!

Later, Kraft had several scattered dreams about the Mohist school's mechanism art. However, the protagonists in these dreams were no longer that old man, and the worlds might not even have been the same.

Kraft could understand creating mechanism puppets that could perform repetitive mechanical movements out of wood. But making a mechanical tiger out of wood, carving a few glowing runes on it, and having it move freely and even speak was a bit too much.

However, even though he often encountered dreams he couldn't understand, he managed to earn a considerable amount of money by replicating other small gadgets. Later, Fatty Liao proactively sought a partnership, with Kraft responsible for production and Fatty Liao for sales.

Fatty Liao lived up to his status as the young master of a black market shop, and Kraft's income increased significantly.

Later, Kraft dreamed of a long-haired man who called himself Shou Gong Geng. Inspired by him, Kraft began filming the production process of some of his works and posting them online, adopting the ID "Clever Hands Doctor."

With the help of Fatty Liao, a business genius (as he claimed), Kraft's Clever Hands Channel has gained some fame. His products are now very popular in nearby schools, and he receives many online orders. Recently, he rented a warehouse in Chinatown and plans to convert it into his private workshop, just waiting for the ordered equipment to arrive.

Chatting and laughing along the way, the school bus arrived at Vantas Public Middle School, where Kraft was enrolled. Kraft and Fatty Liao walked off the bus arm-in-arm, heading towards the seventh-grade classrooms.

Public schools in America do not have heavy academic loads, and most teachers here do not push students to study. They focus more on developing students' autonomy, considering academic matters to be the parents' responsibility.

However, Kraft's dedication to better understanding his dreams means that Martin doesn't have to worry about his studies.

Although much of the knowledge gained from school is useless in his dreams...

Techniques like casually igniting flames to melt metal and then summoning lightning from thin air to forge it into flying swords are impossible for Kraft to replicate, even if he mastered all the knowledge in the Library of Congress.

It seems my destiny in this life is to follow the path of technology...

Kraft didn't know why such a thought popped into his head, but he felt it was very fitting.

For inventions involving magical immortal arts, magic, and other supernatural methods, he could only view them as animated CG for now, enjoying the spectacle. To create anything truly remarkable, he still had to rely on dreams related to pure technology.

Take Professor Agasa, whose real name is "Doctor." Both the Anesthetic Watch and the Power-Enhancing Shoes are excellent inventions.

Thinking of this, Kraft touched the watch on his wrist. He hadn't been able to create the Power-Enhancing Shoes yet, but the craftsmanship of the Anesthetic Watch wasn't difficult. The core technology was the anesthetic agent that could quickly numb, was non-toxic, and harmless. It only required mixing in specific proportions, making the production process not difficult.

The only thing that puzzled Kraft was that many of the figures in his dreams related to pure technology were Japanese, while Americans, who were at the forefront of technology in reality, were few.

Is Japanese technology so advanced in other worlds?

Honestly, Kraft was very curious about this.

After dreaming for so many years, Kraft had managed to summarize some patterns.

Dreams where the protagonist is Chinese usually involve items that cannot be replicated without special abilities, such as alchemy or artifact forging. Or they involve forging divine weapons and sharp tools that are useless to him. While those swords and sabers that could slice through hair and cut iron were indeed amazing, in this era, even the strongest cold weapons couldn't compete with firearms, and the material requirements were so strict that Kraft couldn't afford them.

Then there are the technologically advanced Japanese, but they mostly manufacture various robots. With Kraft's wallet, he couldn't afford this heavy industrial manufacturing either. He dreamed too little of scientists like Professor Agasa who invented down-to-earth products.

Americans, who are at the forefront of technology in reality, do appear in his dreams, but they are mostly involved in human experimentation, following a biochemical route. Kraft would absolutely never touch such scammy things. Not to mention that he himself was a victim of human experimentation, and just recalling the overwhelming zombie hordes in his dreams sent shivers down his spine.

The rest are some more miscellaneous dreams. Races like elves, dwarves, and goblins that only exist in fantasy literature. Their creations generally involve magical elements, which are also frustrating things that Kraft can only covet but not learn. There are also technologies from aliens, which are mostly beyond Kraft's understanding, and many are completely useless. For example, a certain alien with their backside on the back of their head made equipment that was not suitable for humans.

However, thanks to these strange dreams, Kraft is now proficient in multiple languages, even being able to converse in seemingly impossible languages like Elvish and Alien. It's quite interesting to use them to fool classmates or pretend to be a linguist online.

Trying to post a new book notification on an old book, but it shows as completed and cannot operate VIP chapters... But I posted a public chapter!

Finally, the release was successful via the mobile app, but it appeared at the very end of the public chapters. I wonder how many people will see it...

I kind of regret not creating a group earlier