Monkey Version

"Alright, let's get going."

After finding Su Ren having tea in Sergei's office, Su Ren readily agreed.

"Hehe, since this is your first time going to Prosperous City, nephew Shijie, you should stay a few extra days and have some fun. The city is still different from a little place like ours."

Sergei, dressed in a white lab coat, still looked as gentle and refined as ever. He was equally unconcerned about this sort of skipping class.

"Thanks for the advice."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Su Shijie left the shelter with Su Ren.

As merchant caravans gradually arrived, quite a few pack beasts had appeared in the livestock sheds beside the shelter.

They were docile spirit beasts that looked somewhat similar to Kodo Beasts. They could be domesticated, had mild temperaments, and were hardworking and resilient.

Although they had already been bred and raised normally on Earth, they were actually an imported alien species.

They were also the most cost-effective means of transport in this jungle terrain.

"Dad, why did you go see Sergei today?"

After leaving the shelter and heading toward the Floating City, they still encountered small groups approaching from the opposite direction. Judging by their equipment, they were likely here to hunt as well.

"Isn't it because of your second brother?"

Hearing Su Ren say that, Su Shijie immediately looked alarmed.

"No way, he likes Anna?"

"Uh, no. It's Anna's older sister."

"The big-chested monster? Second Brother's into that?"

Su Shijie's expression grew even more horrified.

Eva Brin was Sergei's eldest daughter, perhaps two or three years older than Second Brother.

She was a research-type worker who had relied on potions to break through to Awakened Rank.

It seemed she had once attended the Advanced Class in the city, only to be eliminated. Now, she helped Sergei with his work.

As for her looks, thinking back carefully, she seemed alright. She was only a little worse than his own wives and about on par with Anna, but that pair had left a very deep, wicked impression on him.

Su Shijie suspected that if she had not used potions to reach Awakened Rank, they would definitely be sagging by now.

Good grief, Second Brother was actually into that? He had heard that woman had quite a violent temper.

"Sigh, Second Brother is still only human after all."

Su Shijie shook his head and commented in the tone of someone who had seen through worldly affairs.

"Human my ass."

After knocking Su Shijie on the head, Su Ren felt rather speechless toward his son.

"Since your brother is interested, and I have some standing in front of Sergei, naturally I went to discuss it with him.

"From what he's revealed so far, he doesn't object either. He wants them to try seeing each other first."

Then Su Ren glanced at Su Shijie and asked, "By the way, how do you feel about Anna?"

The moment memories of blind dates from his previous life surfaced, Su Shijie's scalp went numb. He then assumed the expression of an old monk in meditation.

"I no longer have such worldly desires."

Su Ren: ...

Since there were no fixed routes in the jungle, after they had traveled some distance from the shelter, the number of people coming toward them had already dropped sharply. The layered jungle paths completely diverted the flow of people.

Besides, there were not many people willing to travel such long distances in the first place, even with a lively event about to take place.

Once there was no one nearby, Su Shijie put on windproof goggles connected to cameras. Three spherical cameras instantly shot upward to nearly thirty meters, close to the limit of Su Shijie's control.

The height of a ten-story building.

They spread out in three different directions and angles. Combined with Su Shijie's own line of sight, his rapid calculations and analysis allowed him to easily divide the visible surrounding area into precise coordinates.

His observation range increased dramatically, and there were far fewer blind spots.

After the cameras shot upward, the clasp of Su Shijie's backpack opened under his telekinesis. A large number of components surged out like bees leaving a hive, shooting off in three directions as well.

They continuously assembled and combined while flying, eventually taking the form of three Star Crossbow X-6s.

Like escorting drones, they accompanied Su Shijie and Su Ren as the two moved swiftly through the forest, skimming past branches and trunks and stirring up bursts of whistling air.

The reason he was only practicing with three Star Crossbows flying alongside him was mainly because they were moving at high speed.

If he increased the number further, their evasive agility and speed would no longer keep up. The three before him were exactly the number he could control comfortably at present.

That was also thanks to the Star Crossbows being made of lightweight metal.

After stabilizing the Star Crossbows, the five ordinary Electromagnetic Handguns in the holsters on Su Shijie's Combat Suit also flew free.

However, three of them soon wobbled back and slipped into their holsters again.

Well, even with today's lightweight alloys to be thankful for, adding two more pistols was already the limit if he wanted to stay mobile.

"That's already pretty good. Honestly, you can basically be considered a budget-version Machinist now.

"A normal Tier 1 Transformation Machinist would probably only have a few telekinesis-enhancement genes, perception genes, processing-power genes, neural reflexes, mental enhancement, mental recovery, things like that engraved."

Although Su Ren did not know the exact advancement formula for Machinists, he could still roughly infer the general direction.

Su Shijie had been born with high processing power, and his control was steady. More importantly, his mental recovery speed was downright absurd. He could maintain long-term control while directly balancing expenditure and recovery. Now, with the boost from his Level 6 telekinesis Bloodline Trait, he had formed the beginnings of a budget-version Machinist.

"Haha, I think so too. Even if a Tier 1 Transformation Machinist awakened a telekinesis bloodline, wouldn't it just mean they could control more weight, with more precision and over a wider range? At the end of the day, they still have to pull the trigger, right?"

Su Shijie wore a thoroughly pleased expression.

He had now realized that his advantages in mental recovery speed and processing power made him uniquely suited to this kind of control. Keeping weapons flying alongside him for long periods was no problem at all.

A Tier 1 Transformation Machinist with a Level 1 telekinesis Bloodline Trait would probably only have a base capacity of just over a hundred kilograms. Even with specialized enhancement genes engraved, two hundred kilograms was likely the most they could manage, right?

Uh, of course, that was still many times more than him—but without Spatial Equipment, how many weapons could they really carry?~

"Right. A Tier 1 Machinist can only make a Gauss Anti-materiel Rifle stick right to their face."

Su Ren's faint voice was like a bucket of cold water, making Su Shijie swallow.

Sure enough, his dad had good reason to call Machinists the strongest profession.

With the power of money behind it, this profession's upper limit was truly terrifying!

Still, as his bloodline improved, his traits improved, and his evolutionary level improved, that advantage could become his advantage too!

He was just short a tiny bit of money...

He had already gone hunting with his dad many times at night. Now that he had reached the Awakened Rank and had weapons under his control, Su Shijie began gradually practicing and hunting in the jungle.

Once they had gone more than ten kilometers beyond the shelter's perimeter, signs of Spirit Beast activity noticeably became more frequent, although they had yet to encounter an Awakened Rank Spirit Beast.

Su Shijie also began practicing with live ammunition.

Under his fine control, his hit rate improved at a visibly rapid pace.

The speed of his improvement astonished Su Ren again, despite how accustomed he had already become to his son's extraordinary talent.

Was this the talent brought by the essence of his soul?