A Double Win, Meaning I Won Twice in a Row

Notice: To your left is the smelting area. You can deposit scrap metal there, and the system will appraise the metal after smelting.

To your right is the precision mechanical parts recycling area. The system will assess the value of the precision components you recover.

Su Wen glanced to either side.

On one side was a crimson smelting area marked with a warning for extreme heat.

On the other was a pale green component scanning area.

He began dismantling.

Honestly, if he ignored the fact that he was an unlucky bastard who had joined a heartless factory, as well as the massive debt of 1.676 million displayed in the upper-right corner of the screen—

This game was actually pretty interesting.

Su Wen activated the Multi-functional Disassembly Gun.

He rotated the view.

Found the right angle for dismantling.

Then, amid the thunderous Vrrr— of the engine, he successfully removed the structural screws from the drone.

He then took out a dark green control board with a silver-gray casing, its internal circuitry partially damaged.

Appraisal: g430 Control Board, partially intact, damaged in an Electromagnetic Storm.

Recovery may be attempted.

Using the Field Traction Gun, he dragged the control board into the green precision parts recycling area.

G430 Control Board successfully recovered.

Reward income: 6,700 yuan.

"If the recovered value of this drone doesn't exceed the deductions, then no matter how heartless and exploitative Schlote Heavy Industries is, once its employees lose all motivation, who's going to keep doing this? They might as well jump into the ocean."

Su Wen looked at the shoreline only a few steps away.

He analyzed the situation calmly.

"So, within the limited time I have, I should recover as many high-value components as possible."

He continued watching the conveyor belt in the precision recycling area, thinking to himself.

After comparing and recovering several parts with relatively high usability ratings in their appraisals—

He felt that he had gradually found the trick to it.

And so—

With Time Travel Game acting as the medium, game time and real-world time were compressed at the same ratio.

After three hours in reality—

Su Wen had barely finished recovering four abandoned machines.

Looking at his debt, which had fallen to a still-staggering negative 1.578 million yuan—

He cooked a bowl of instant noodles and brought it to his computer, preparing to continue experiencing this cyberpunk-style "worker simulator."

Continue.

Just as he was about to begin recovering the fifth piece of scrap—

A new prompt appeared in the game:

The Time Travel game reminds you to begin preparing measures against the super hurricane "Ewiniar."

Buildings requiring reinforcement have been marked on the map.

Notice: The scrap materials you dismantle may prove helpful.

Basic Modular Construction (Available)

He clicked the available button.

A short instructional video appeared on the computer screen.

The assembly process was somewhat similar to adjusting the 3D view and linking modular circuits in the industrial and physics modeling software MATLAB-Simulink he had used in competition simulations.

It also had force simulation functions for resisting storms and tsunamis, much like the open-source multiphysics finite element software Elmer.

At the very least, the spatial adjustment functions and structural view were both very clear.

Please configure the connection points.

Following the system prompt—

He looked at the two cubes on the screen and easily used the combination link function to lock them together.

Modular Combination complete.

You have successfully connected a basic unit.

Now, begin constructing magnificent architecture worthy of being recorded in the Civilization Chronicle.

???

Su Wen stared at those words.

There were simply too many things to complain about.

It was as absurd as a teacher explaining Maxwell's equations to you, then assigning you the task of personally building an electromagnetic field acceleration cannon.

"Forget it. If I can really accomplish the competition topic Jiang Menghan proposed last time, the difficulty probably won't be much different from building a small electromagnetic cannon."

He looked at the junk scattered all over the ground.

Then casually picked out two pieces of Leis Angton Explorer yacht hull that had not yet been sold or tossed into the smelting furnace and linked their connection points.

Combination complete.

Along with the system prompt—

The two hull fragments actually fused together without the slightest sense of a seam.

They looked like two blocks stacked together in Minecraft.

"What Black Technology."

Su Wen did not know how to describe it, but after experiencing a dimension-folding function like Storage Space—

He felt that, as a physics researcher, he ought to broaden his horizons a little more.

Friendly reminder:

Storage Space size restrictions have been temporarily lifted.

You may freely store and transfer items.

Through the in-game field-line links—

Su Wen could easily join together certain discarded circuit structures.

Furthermore, this "Modular Construction" skill provided adhesion corrections, advantage corrections, and integrity restoration for combined structures.

After completing the combination—

He experimentally tossed the combined structure of the two hull fragments into the pale green scanning area.

Scan: Si Angton Explorer yacht submersible compartment hull.

Schlote Heavy Industries' scanning was nowhere near as good as Time Travel's "Appraisal" skill.

So the scan results were also stupid:

Recovery integrity: 95% (Excellent). No smelting furnace required. Reusable.

Recovery complete.

Income received: 9,800 yuan.

After trying it several times in practice—

Su Wen suddenly had a crazy yet interesting idea.

He sat before his computer desk and smiled confidently.

"Schlote Heavy Industries, you're finished."

Application: Si Angton Explorer yacht.

Application: Isaiah Technology small environmental purification drone.

Application:

Combine junk.

Recover.

Your income has increased!

Application:

Combine junk.

And so—

He worked nonstop for another four hours, combining most of that useless machinery into structures whose purpose even he could not understand.

Then he casually tossed them into the precision recycling area.

..

Recycler No. SLT-3701, due to your extremely high recovery rate, your application authority has been raised accordingly.

You may apply for higher-level, high-precision mechanical scrap.

Recovery complete.

Looking at the constantly refreshing numbers in the upper-right corner—

As well as the Storage Box filled with high-performance usable materials—

Su Wen revealed a satisfied smile.

"Looks like Schlote Heavy Industries isn't all that heartless after all."

That was right.

He combined the otherwise useless garbage into seemingly intact products, fooling Schlote's scanning machines.

While keeping the good components for himself in the Storage Box.

Not only had his dismantling efficiency improved—

His motivation to work had increased as well.

He was making a fortune while raising his credibility rating as a recycler.

This time—

Schlote got the "excellent" recovered goods it wanted.

And the employee made a killing while obtaining a huge pile of mechanical components.

What was this called?

When dealing with a corporate beast of burden, Su Wen's flexible moral bottom line had correspondingly dropped to an acceptable standard.

He humbly muttered to himself:

"This is called a double win—meaning I won twice in a row."

Of course—

He could only keep this up for two more days at most.

Besides the scanning programs at the five mechanical recycling stations, Schlote Heavy Industries also conducted manual work audits twice a week.

If someone saw these "postmodern art" recovered products that transcended human aesthetics—

It probably would not just be his career that came to an end.

But Su Wen had no intention of stopping here.

He still had something big to do.

Using the mechanics foundation he had accumulated through years of competitions, combined with Time Travel's powerful force analysis—

He would use the mountain of "postmodern art" physics crystallizations piled up in his Storage Box—

To intercept a hurricane.

The super hurricane Ewiniar!