Apocalyptic Mechanist Section 23

He confirmed there were no issues and inserted the chip into the terminal.

A virtual screen quickly projected from the top of the terminal, and a flood of data appeared!

"Basic Mechanical Machining," "Tolerance Analysis and Cutting Parameters," "Basic Data Modeling," "Basic Geometry and Mathematics," "..."

"..."

Looking at over ten files, each hundreds of thousands of words long, Jiang Xiao fell silent.

"I wonder if the mechanical talent from the Mechanist profession is useful for math."

Jiang Xiao muttered to himself helplessly, and first looked at Basic Geometry and Mathematics.

As he slid through the holographic screen, in less than ten seconds, Jiang Xiao's expression gradually became strange, and his finger-sliding speed increased.

After a while, he shifted his gaze, looking slightly dazed.

"Holy crap, if I had this talent back then, I could have cosplayed Professor Lu!"

That's right, in just a few minutes, he understood dozens of basic formulas and theorems, and even had a considerable understanding in his mind of how to combine and apply them!

Keep in mind that this was textbook knowledge from a primitive civilization, and even the weakest primitive civilization had mastered planetary systems!

After sighing with emotion, Jiang Xiao immersed himself in learning again.

An hour later, he had finished reading all of Basic Geometry and Mathematics.

Before he could open the next one, a panel popped up!

[Mechanist Specialization Knowledge - Basic Geometry and Mathematics has been learned]

[Gained Profession Experience: 100]

[Gained Spirit Energy Experience: 1000]

[Basic Profession Skill Acquisition Unlocked: Basic Mechanical Processing (1/4)]

[Acquire by completing "Basic Mechanical Machining," "Tolerance Analysis and Cutting Parameters," and "Basic Data Modeling."]

Chapter 25: The Situation in Kasar Street Block

Profession specialization skills?!

Jiang Xiao was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed. He thought these functions were still loading and he wouldn't be able to use them for a long time, but he didn't expect there to be no trigger conditions!

If that's the case, then other functions couldn't be activated because the conditions weren't met?

The Profession System was the same. In his previous life's game, he could choose a full set of professions before starting, but after transmigrating, he could only unlock corresponding professions by encountering related items!

Following this logic, the Politician profession should require holding an official position, and the Martial Artist should have martial arts inheritance. Then what about the Spellcaster?

He quickly dismissed the extraneous thoughts and looked at the other data with anticipation.

Two hours passed quickly.

[Mechanist Specialization Knowledge - "Tolerance Analysis and Cutting Parameters" has been completed]

[Gained Profession Experience: 200]

[Gained Spirit Energy Experience: 2000]

[Basic Profession Skill Acquisition Unlocked: Basic Mechanical Processing (2/4)]

Just as he was about to continue reading, Jiang Xiao's peripheral vision caught the time in the lower right corner, and his expression froze.

"It's already dark?"

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Xiao closed the terminal and opened his personal panel.

[Player: Jiang Xiao]

[...]

[Source Energy Intensity: 52 (213/1000)]

[Spirit Energy Intensity: 23 (37/300)]

Not long ago, the Venomous Hunter Group contributed nearly three thousand experience points, raising his Spirit Energy Intensity to 23 points. As for Source Energy Intensity, he would put it aside for now, as increasing it by one point consumed too much. For now, his main focus was on increasing Spirit Energy Intensity.

He needed to strengthen his Origin Data as quickly as possible.

In this environment, Origin Data was his trump card.

He immediately used all three thousand Spirit Energy Experience points. A warm current surged into his mind, and a sense of illusory dizziness filled his consciousness, like eating mushrooms.

Jiang Xiao instinctively held onto the table to prevent himself from falling.

After a few breaths, the illusory and blurry feeling quickly subsided. He opened his eyes in a daze, and an unprecedented clarity filled his brain!

[Spirit Energy Intensity: 30 (937/1000)]

[Research Slot (1/1): Rookie Electromagnetic X-21, Research Progress: 84.23% (Estimated 1 more day required)]

Tier 1 Elite level Spirit Energy Intensity!

He raised his fingertip, and the illusory power flowing in his consciousness immediately condensed. A faint, mysterious stream of characters appeared, like a colorful mosaic.

He drew out his Source Energy Battle Blades and attempted to inject Origin Data into them.

In an instant, the Source Energy circuits on the blade glowed crimson, emitting a sharpness that made his skin tingle!

He withdrew the Origin Data with satisfaction.

Donning his grey robe again, Jiang Xiao left the workshop with his two battle blades and goggles terminal.

He'd put learning aside for now; safety came first. On his first day, he needed to understand the surrounding area and its dangers.

Gazing at the massive black market stretching for kilometers, Jiang Xiao ultimately chose to explore near the Kasar Street Block, to scout the situation and simultaneously test if the Origin Data would be effective against the Sin City Council's mechanized forces.

Dressed in a loose grey robe, Jiang Xiao blended seamlessly into the black market crowd, where similar figures in black, grey, and even pink and yellow robes were everywhere.

Soon, Jiang Xiao exited the black market's perimeter.

He stared at the dazzling holographic projections and towering buildings not far away, silently noting their locations—the tallest structures belonged to the Viper Gang and the Dragon Fang Gang.

Then, he quietly turned and walked into the dark cluster of low-rise buildings.

Origin Data enveloped his body—the Origin Data's built-in body digitization function shielded life signals, Source Energy, and Spirit Energy.

In less than ten minutes, Jiang Xiao reached the outskirts of the Kasar Street Block, hiding in the shadow of a building.

The terminal goggles zoomed in—

The Kasar Street Block not far away was brightly lit, with hundreds of powerful searchlights sweeping across the sky, making the night look like dawn.

Hundreds of reconnaissance drones flew at low altitude, constantly darting into buildings!

What surprised Jiang Xiao the most was the large number of heavily armed troops on the streets.

A hundred per squad, their members all clad in semi-covered precision mecha armor, their heads encased in terminal helmets!

In their hands were long, metallic rifles with a caliber of 15mm, azure circuits winding across their surfaces.

Private T-20 Electromagnetic Rifle?

Jiang Xiao recognized it. It belonged to the same family as the Private X-series sniper rifles, a generation behind the X-21.

Even so, its individual firepower could threaten a Tier 1 Ordinary martial artist, and sustained fire from several rifles could turn a Tier 1 Elite into a sieve!

Besides these, Jiang Xiao even spotted individual soldiers with electromagnetic cannons, small missile launchers, and heavy caliber machine cannon vehicles.

While he didn't know the full extent of the Sin City Council's resources, there were limits. This weaponry was undoubtedly the Sin City Council's most advanced!

Anything more advanced would likely trigger a response from the Star Rail Defense Ships overhead.

Jiang Xiao's eyes narrowed as he stared at the massive, ten-meter-long steel tank a kilometer away; its range could probably reach the Star Rail Defense Ships in the sky.

"It doesn't look like a standard electromagnetic tank from a primitive civilization; it's more like something a Mechanist cobbled together..." he muttered to himself.

It was too crude; the welding marks were visible even from this distance.

Jiang Xiao shifted his gaze to the hundreds of meters wide open space before him. To capture Xi Guang, the Sin City Council had razed all the buildings surrounding the Kasar Street Block.

Anyone daring to enter this area would be met with hypersonic electromagnetic cannon fire within a second!

At least half of the gang's forces were stationed in this open space. If Xi Guang tried to break through with speed, they would likely be delayed, giving the electromagnetic tanks three to four seconds to aim and fire.

Sneaking through the gaps between the troops unnoticed was also unlikely. Jiang Xiao was certain the outer perimeter of the open space was covered in a dense network of security devices!

Kicking a single stone could potentially trigger an alarm.

However, for him, it wasn't enough.

Origin Data surged, and Jiang Xiao, unhurried, stepped into the open space dressed in black.

The gang's troop encampments were separated by at least a kilometer, with the intervals sealed off by long-range searchlights and security equipment.

With leisurely steps, Jiang Xiao strolled as if he were window-shopping at a market.

A trigger-activated alarm buried underground entered his two-meter radius. The Origin Data immediately infiltrated it, and several simple data streams materialized in his vision.

With a casual flick, the alarm ignored him.

'As expected, the data technology throughout Sin City is trash. There are no overly complex data encryptions or firewalls.'

He crossed the hundreds of meters of open space safely, only needing to dodge the searchlights; Jiang Xiao simply walked straight through!

"Twenty-one alarm devices, seven infrared sensors, thirty-four vibration-sensitive landmines... Good heavens."

Jiang Xiao shook his head. If not for his Origin Data, even with his anti-detection gear, he wouldn't have been able to pass.

He didn't venture further into the Kasar Street Block. After understanding the Sin City Council's detection limits, he immediately chose to return.

Technical detection methods were useless against him, but physical ones might not be. There were too many patrolling drones and surveillance devices inside, and the Origin Data couldn't affect equipment more than two meters away for now.

More importantly, his raw strength wasn't enough. Otherwise, just disabling the electromagnetic tanks' targeting systems would suffice; he could brute-force his way through the rest!

The weapon firepower was immense, but the operators had to keep up with the speed of a strong individual. Without automatic targeting and trajectory calculation, ordinary beings operating firearms would find it difficult to hit a powerful opponent.

Returning near the black market, Jiang Xiao lingered in the surrounding few kilometers for a while, killing about twenty alien criminals and increasing his Source Energy Intensity and Spirit Energy Intensity by a point each.

It wasn't until close to dawn that he returned to the mechanical workshop.

"Good harvest. I've mapped out the areas where alien martial artists frequently appear. It's just that I can't kill too many when I'm too close, or the gangs will likely investigate," Jiang Xiao lamented.

Then, he pulled out his network terminal and focused on browsing through the data.