Danger Approaches

After buying the Mechanical Arm, Su Ming no longer felt like continuing his shopping trip.

He immediately hoisted the enormous Mechanical Arm onto his shoulder and returned to the mechanical workshop.

However, he did not go straight back to the dormitory. Instead, he carried the enormous Mechanical Arm to his workbench.

By then, it was getting late. Most of the mechanics had already clocked out and gone off to enjoy their lives after work.

Only a few scattered mechanics remained in the workshop, still bent over their work and putting in overtime.

Su Ming quietly made his way to his workbench. Only a young man beside him glanced over at Su Ming, then looked strangely at the Mechanical Arm in his hands. He immediately stopped working, his attention completely drawn to Su Ming.

Su Ming paid no attention to the young man beside him. He placed the Mechanical Arm on the workbench, then took out the Brain Domain Amplification Component the boss had given him and began carefully dismantling it.

Although these components were already considered fairly complete products,

just as Su Ming had expected, he felt no connection to these standardized mechanical components produced on an assembly line. Even though this component already used a relatively mature assembly design, it still was not enough for Su Ming.

With a few quick movements, Su Ming directly dismantled the Brain Domain Amplification Component in front of him into separate parts.

As a component that could only be used by a Brain Domain Developer, its parts were far more complicated than ordinary components.

However, this was no challenge for Su Ming. The foundation he had built since childhood allowed him to easily dismantle mechanical components ten times more complex than this one.

The young man beside him became more and more engrossed. In the eyes of the other dismantlers, Su Ming's fluid movements were like a beautiful work of art.

This was a massive undertaking. After dismantling the Brain Domain Amplification Component, Su Ming melted away all the circuits on each part, then engraved new micrometer- and nanometer-level circuits onto every component.

Back and forth, nearly three hours passed. By the time Su Ming had finished engraving all the parts, he stood up and felt slightly fatigued.

He shook his head. It seemed he would not be able to complete the assembly today. His concentration would drop when he was tired, and even Su Ming might make a mistake during reassembly.

Su Ming put the Mechanical Arm and the components into the storage cabinet beneath the workbench. He stood up and was just about to leave.

Suddenly, he saw that the young man beside him still had not left. Instead, he was looking at Su Ming with an admiring gaze.

Su Ming was taken aback. "You're still not off work? It's so late!"

At Su Ming's words, a trace of helplessness flashed through the young man's eyes.

He did not seem very good at communicating with people. After a long while, he finally spoke softly. "Your dismantling and engraving techniques are incredible. I couldn't help watching until now..."

Hearing this, Su Ming smiled. He then said to the young man, "All right, it's getting late. I'm going back to rest. You should get some rest early too!"

After saying that, Su Ming prepared to leave the mechanical workshop.

The young man stood there, staring blankly at Su Ming. He wanted to say something but hesitated, wanting to speak yet held back by his social anxiety.

Finally, when he saw that Su Ming was about to push open the door, he gathered his courage and called out, "Su Ming, can you teach me mechanical technology?"

It seemed that those words had exhausted all the young man's strength. By the end of the question, his voice had grown weaker and weaker until it was nearly inaudible.

Su Ming turned around, somewhat surprised. Then he asked curiously, "You want to learn mechanical technology?"

Seeing that Su Ming had not immediately refused him, a glimmer of hope ignited in the young man's heart. He hurriedly nodded. "I want to learn. Can you teach me? I won't ask you to teach me for free. I can help you with your dismantling work in my spare time! I can also be your assistant and help you handle the mechanical components!"

Su Ming thought for a moment, then nodded. "Sure. Just watch from the side when I'm engraving and assembling. If there's anything you don't understand, just ask me."

Hearing this, the young man was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed again and again in thanks.

Seeing him like this, Su Ming was both amused and exasperated. "It was just a small favor. No need to thank me... Oh, right. What's your name?"

"My name is Warren!"

The young man quickly answered.

"Warren..." Su Ming repeated the name silently, then smiled and said to Warren, "I'll remember it. Get some rest for now. You can ask me any questions tomorrow!"

After saying that, Su Ming pushed open the door and walked out.

Warren was left alone in the workshop, his face filled with immense delight.

He glanced at Su Ming's departing figure but did not leave with him. Instead, he stood at his own workbench and took a discarded mechanical component from the scrap bin below.

He then imitated Su Ming, wiping away the original circuits on the mechanical component while constantly replaying Su Ming's actions from earlier in his mind.

Then, he carefully began engraving circuits onto the component.

Since it was his first time engraving, every attempt ended in failure without exception.

However, a resolute look flashed through Warren's eyes. He continued bending over the mechanical component, constantly imitating Su Ming's engraving technique...

In the mechanical workshop, flashes of circuit light repeatedly lit up before quickly going out, continuing until deep into the night!

Warren could never have imagined that because of this question today, combined with the extra effort he put in every day, the universe would gain an invincible powerhouse named [God of Machines, Warren] many years later...

Of course, that was a story for later and would not be discussed for now.

As for taking Warren on as a disciple, it did not cause Su Ming any trouble or inconvenience.

Warren understood how to keep his distance. He only asked Su Ming about the questions that had confused him during Su Ming's breaks, and never disturbed Su Ming while he was working.

On the contrary, with Warren as an assistant, Su Ming could hand some of the basic dismantling work over to him.

That dismantling work no longer offered Su Ming much improvement. Continuing to do it would only waste time, so it was perfect for Warren to take over part of his workload.

This left Su Ming quite satisfied with his assistant Warren, and he put even more effort into teaching him in his spare time.

Days passed one after another. During the day, while working, Su Ming continuously repaired and reassembled mechanical components damaged on the battlefield, earning many Starlight Points from the system in the process.

After work, Su Ming modified his own Mechanical Arm, converting it to the circuit pattern he was familiar with and installing the Brain Domain Amplification Component onto it.

His days were quite fulfilling and orderly.

However, unbeknownst to Su Ming, at that very moment, on Planet Claire, one of the five major stars of the Monkeli Great Empire, a young man who bore some resemblance to Su Ming had a trace of delight at the corners of his mouth.

"Excellent! Father has finally left. Now I can secretly clean out some of the family's... useless trash!"