Shoddy Construction

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The computer emitted a hoarse mechanical voice. Dense lines of code filled the screen, and Ye Fan's lips curled upward.

Thirty percent.

At just thirty percent, it could already hack into and control every computer. This Artificial Intelligence was far too powerful.

What about one hundred percent?

Wouldn't that be even more absurd?

Ye Fan had also programmed the Three Laws of Robotics into its core, though the core laws had long since been altered.

The original Three Laws were: First, a robot must not harm a human, nor, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm. Second, a robot must obey all human orders unless those orders conflicted with the First Law. Third, a robot must protect its own existence, unless doing so conflicted with the First or Second Law.

And what had they become after Ye Fan modified them?

First, without Ye Fan's orders, a robot must not harm humans, nor stand idly by while humans are harmed unless its identity has been exposed. Second, a robot must obey all of Ye Fan's orders. Third, a robot must protect its own safety unless doing so conflicted with the First or Second Law.

With the core altered, the Artificial Intelligence could only obey Ye Fan's commands.

When he looked outside, it was already morning. After breakfast, Qin Jiang took Ye Fan to the company's construction site.

Along the way, Ye Fan rested with his eyes closed.

He had to inspect the laboratory before going to sleep. It had been under construction for nearly a month.

Construction had begun after the X System was sold to the Four Great Corporations. Only now had it been completed. To Ye Fan, that efficiency was mediocre at best.

At the construction site, the person in charge had been waiting early in the morning.

"Has everything been covered up?" The person in charge was one of the major players in Nanshan City's construction industry. Many projects were handled by them.

This time, they had made Future Technology Company pay an enormous sum—several million, at least.

That was pure profit after the workers had been paid.

But Hu Jiangbo, the person in charge, was not satisfied.

"Brother Hu, don't worry. I've already greased the right palms on the inspection side. Everything that needed hiding has been hidden. You can rest easy. I looked into it—Future Technology Company is just a newly established little company, full of programmers. How could they possibly understand this stuff?"

The supervisor beside him wore a lecherous grin. Seeing that sleazy expression, Hu Jiangbo burst into laughter as well.

The construction cost for this one project alone was over three hundred million. If they did not skim some money off it, how could they live up to their reputation as a major player?

Screech—

As the two men laughed sleazily, a Mercedes sedan pulled steadily up to the entrance of the construction site. Two people got out.

One was extremely young, while the other carried an extraordinary air about him. They had seen that man before—he was the president of Future Technology Company.

The young man beside him looked listless and pale, clearly some assistant staff member.

Seeing this, the two men immediately breathed a sigh of relief. They had dealt with this president before. He had no ulterior motives and seemed completely clueless about this sort of thing.

They would definitely fool them this time.

"Hahaha, President Qin is here. This way, please. I'll take you to inspect the site!" Hu Jiangbo hurried forward with a smile.

The moment Ye Fan saw Hu Jiangbo, he felt that something was wrong with the man. He had the air of a seasoned street operator.

And the supervisor beside him wore an utterly sleazy expression.

Something was going on here.

Ye Fan's heart skipped a beat.

He said nothing and simply followed them into Future Technology Company's new address. The technology building stood more than twenty stories tall. Though it was not the tallest building in Nanshan City, it was still quite good. From inside, one could see the scenery of all the surrounding mountains.

Not bad.

Behind the technology building was the laboratory, square and plain, with only five floors. Each floor covered a large area.

It could be divided into many laboratories.

Inside the building, Hu Jiangbo merely led Qin Jiang around to look at things. There was no actual inspection of the construction quality.

Ye Fan did not say anything either. He simply watched.

Bang!

As Hu Jiangbo led Ye Fan around aimlessly, a huge section of wall suddenly fell off.

Several workers hurried over to clean it up.

"What the fuck are you idiots doing? How could it fall off? You bastards, hurry up and fix it!" Hu Jiangbo flew into a rage and cursed.

The workers hurriedly began cleaning up.

Ye Fan slowly walked over to the fallen section of wall. Looking at the sandy wall that crumbled at the slightest pinch, along with all the white foam inside, his face darkened.

He could now say with certainty that he had run into a goddamn corrupt construction project.

What the hell was this supposed to be?

"Ahahaha, that's thermal insulation foam, specially used for insulation!" Seeing Ye Fan focus on the foam, Hu Jiangbo quickly explained to Qin Jiang. After all, Qin Jiang was the president, while Ye Fan was only an assistant.

Qin Jiang nodded slightly.

"Thermal insulation foam needs to be built inside a load-bearing wall?"

"Heh!"

"I'm curious—how did you manage it? How did this kind of shoddy construction manage to put up an entire building without collapsing yet?"

"Even if I was in a hurry, what construction project could possibly finish all the work in a single month?"

Ye Fan turned around and looked at Hu Jiangbo mockingly.

Qin Jiang's expression changed drastically upon hearing this, and he immediately glared at Hu Jiangbo.

"Kid, what the fuck are you talking about? Load-bearing? Is this load-bearing? Do you even know what you're talking about? I already told you, this is thermal insulation foam. It's a technology that keeps your offices nice and cool. And who the fuck told you this was shoddy construction?"

"We have plenty of people, so of course we could finish it in a month. What, you got a problem with that?"

The supervisor beside Hu Jiangbo immediately cursed with a vicious expression.

Hu Jiangbo's eyes also turned fierce. It felt as though their hidden secret was about to be exposed.

Seeing their expressions, Ye Fan became even more certain. He turned away and stopped wasting words on them. Instead, he closed his eyes and searched the Billion-Crystal Tech System for construction-related technology.

He needed knowledge in this field.

These bastards.

For money.

They actually dared to do this.

That was why all sorts of things happened in small places. But when the other side had money and power, what could anyone do to them?

If this had happened before, Ye Fan truly would have been helpless. But now—

Everything had changed.

He found it.

H Forging Soaking Technique.

After checking the detailed information, Ye Fan understood. This was not a change in construction techniques, but in the raw materials. Sand and gravel were soaked in an H Agent, making them far stronger. Ye Fan was somewhat surprised by this. Such technology did not yet exist anywhere in the world.

Also, when producing construction steel, certain agents had to be added to make the steel stronger. In terms of technology, this agent would directly revolutionize the steel industry.

With this agent technology, completed buildings would become even sturdier. As long as they were regularly exposed to sunlight, they would grow stronger and stronger.

It only required twenty thousand reputation points.

Since yesterday's lecture, his reputation points had continued increasing. They had now reached nearly one hundred and fifty thousand.

Twenty thousand was still affordable.

[Ding! Twenty thousand reputation points deducted. H Forging Soaking Technique acquired!]

Buzz!

Ye Fan's vision went black, and his body swayed slightly. He nearly lost his balance as the others looked at him strangely.

Soon, countless pieces of construction knowledge appeared in Ye Fan's mind.

When he looked at the fallen wall again, he immediately understood. This was a load-bearing wall, built with poured concrete and reinforcing steel bars.

But the reinforcing steel bars had been cut short and replaced with inferior materials. Supporting an entire building was already their absolute limit.

Ye Fan turned around and looked coldly at the two men. "This is a load-bearing wall. Wait for your court summons!"

With that, Ye Fan turned to leave.

But after their secret had been exposed, how could Hu Jiangbo let Ye Fan leave?

"Kid, you're courting death!"

If they let them leave, they would truly end up in prison. They might as well make the two of them disappear, then take the money and run.

Hu Jiangbo signaled to the supervisor, who immediately grabbed a nearby shovel and swung it at Ye Fan's head.

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