Danger Approaches

After buying the Mechanical Arm, Su Ming no longer had any desire to continue shopping.

He immediately carried a giant Mechanical Arm back to the mechanical workshop.

However, he didn't go directly back to his dormitory. Instead, he carried the huge Mechanical Arm to his workbench.

It was getting late, and most of the mechanics had already gotten off work to enjoy their lives.

In the workshop, only a few scattered mechanics were still working overtime, heads buried in their work.

Su Ming quietly went to his workbench. Only a nearby teenager glanced at Su Ming, looking at the Mechanical Arm in Su Ming's hand with a strange expression before stopping his own work, his attention completely captivated by Su Ming.

Su Ming ignored the boy beside him, placed the Mechanical Arm on the workbench, then took out the Brain Domain Amplification Component his boss had given him and began to dismantle it with focus.

Although these components were already quite complete as products.

But as Su Ming had thought, he felt nothing for these standardized mechanical components produced on an assembly line. Even though this mechanical component was already in a relatively mature assembled form, it was still not enough for Su Ming.

With swift and decisive movements, Su Ming dismantled the Brain Domain Amplification Component in front of him into individual parts.

As a component that could only be used by a Brain Domain Developer, the parts of this mechanical component were far more complex than ordinary parts.

But this did not stump Su Ming. His accumulation since childhood allowed him to easily dismantle mechanical components ten times more complex than this.

The boy beside him watched with increasing fascination. Su Ming's fluid movements were like beautiful art in the eyes of other disassembly technicians.

This was a large amount of work. After Su Ming finished dismantling the Brain Domain Amplification Component, he melted away the circuits of each part and then re-engraved new micron-level and nanometer-level circuits onto each part.

It took nearly three hours back and forth. When Su Ming finished engraving all the parts, he stood up and felt a slight fatigue.

He shook his head. It seemed he couldn't finish the assembly today. Fatigue would lower his concentration, and even Su Ming might make mistakes during reassembly.

He put the Mechanical Arm and parts into the storage cabinet below and stood up, preparing to leave.

Suddenly, he saw that the boy beside him had not left yet and was looking at him with admiration.

Su Ming was taken aback: "Aren't you off work yet? It's so late!"

Upon hearing Su Ming's words, a flicker of uncertainty crossed the boy's eyes.

He seemed not very good at communicating with people. After a long while, he quietly said, "Your disassembly and engraving skills are too amazing. I couldn't help but watch until now..."

Hearing the boy's words, Su Ming smiled and said to the boy, "Okay, it's getting late. I'm going back to rest. You should rest early too!"

After speaking, Su Ming prepared to leave the mechanical workshop.

The boy stood in place, staring blankly at Su Ming, wanting to speak but hesitating, wanting to open his mouth but feeling socially anxious.

Finally, as Su Ming was about to push the door open, the boy mustered his courage and said to Su Ming, "Su Ming, can you teach me mechanical technology?"

It seemed this sentence had used up all the boy's strength, and his tone grew weaker and weaker towards the end, eventually becoming inaudible.

Su Ming turned his head, somewhat surprised, and then curiously asked, "You want to learn mechanical technology?"

Seeing that Su Ming hadn't refused immediately, a glimmer of hope ignited in the boy's heart. He quickly 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 disassembly work during my free time! I can also be your assistant and help you with mechanical components!"

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

Upon hearing Su Ming's words, the boy was overjoyed and kept bowing in thanks.

Su Ming found the boy's reaction amusing, "It's just a small favor, no need to thank me... Oh, right, what's your name?"

"My name is Warren!"

The boy quickly replied.

"Warren..." Su Ming murmured the name, then smiled and said to Warren, "I've noted it down. Let's rest for today. You can ask me any questions tomorrow!"

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

Warren was left alone in the workshop, a look of immense surprise on his face.

He glanced at the departing Su Ming and did not leave with him. Instead, he stood at his workbench and took out a scrapped mechanical part from the scrap bin below.

He then copied Su Ming's actions, wiping off the original circuits on the mechanical part, his mind constantly replaying Su Ming's actions today.

He then carefully engraved circuits onto this part.

As it was his first time engraving, without exception, all his attempts ended in failure.

But a look of determination flashed in Warren's eyes, and he continued to bury himself in the mechanical part, constantly imitating Su Ming's engraving technique...

In the mechanical workshop, circuits lit up one after another, only to be quickly extinguished, until late into the night!

Perhaps Warren didn't realize that... it was precisely because of this question today, combined with his daily extra effort, that many years later, an invincible powerhouse named [God of Machines. Warren] would emerge in the universe...

Of course, that's a story for another time.

As for taking Warren as an apprentice, it had no impact or trouble for Su Ming.

Warren was very good at knowing his boundaries. He only asked Su Ming questions about things he was confused about during Su Ming's breaks and never disturbed Su Ming while he was working.

Instead, with Warren as an assistant, Su Ming could delegate some basic disassembly work to him.

This disassembly work didn't offer much improvement for Su Ming anymore and would be a waste of time to continue doing. It was perfect that Warren could take over some of Su Ming's workload.

Su Ming was quite satisfied with Warren as an assistant and became even more dedicated when teaching him.

Days passed one by one. During the day, Su Ming continuously repaired and reassembled damaged mechanical components from the battlefield, earning many Starlight Points from the system.

After work, Su Ming would modify his Mechanical Arm, converting it to his familiar circuit configuration and installing the Brain Domain Amplification Component.

His days were fulfilling and regular.

However, what Su Ming didn't know was... at this moment, on Planet Claire, one of the five main planets of the Monkeli Great Empire, a young man who bore a slight resemblance to Su Ming had a pleased expression on his face.

"Excellent! Father is finally gone. I can secretly 'clean up' some of the family's... trash!"