Moving to the Golden Courtyard

"Clunk!"

The cabinet door opened.

This is seriously next-level tech! Xin An felt her worldview being utterly shaken!

The end of the robotic arm transformed again, no longer a wire, but something like a copper wire guide cable, which it inserted into the empty slot of the relay.

On the display panel at the rear of this mechanical figure, the circuit conduction of the entire train began to appear and be checked one by one.

"This is..."

Xin An crouched down, moving closer to Elysia.

"It's probing the entire train's circuits?!"

"That's right. Once the probe is complete, the speed of subsequent train inspections will be significantly improved. This is the third-generation Klein, MKⅢ Model, jointly completed by Vil-V and the professor!"

What terrifying technological prowess...

"Can it be mass-produced?"

"No."

"Oh." Xin An's expression immediately cooled. Any product that cannot be mass-produced cannot bring about any significant changes to the industry.

"What about the other three?"

"The other three are MKⅡ. They don't have the powerful performance of the MKⅢ Model, but they share a network with each other, so after this one reads the complete circuit principle of the entire train, they will also receive it synchronously."

"What about the air lines? Electrical signal transmission is one aspect, but if there is a problem with the air lines, it can also cause the brake shoes to fail to engage, resulting in brake failure."

"Don't worry, just leave it to Klein."

Xin An stood up. Although the little thing in front of her couldn't be mass-produced, it was still sci-fi enough...

She even wondered if she was really dreaming right now?

Maybe she would close her eyes and open them again, and it would still be the ceiling of her house, instead of being at the company at three or four in the morning, participating in some inexplicable maintenance plan!

Sitting down on a seat in the train's passenger compartment, Xin An sighed.

So... why did she agree to such an outrageous plan? Just to repay him for saving her life? Don't be ridiculous, maybe twenty years ago someone would have believed that.

As for now...

The world is cold, and human relationships are fickle. Profit is the most enduring theme of this era, and everyone in this era is just a refined egoist.

They curse Hu Shi online every day, as if they are not that kind of person.

So—why?

If this matter is investigated afterward, dismissal is not impossible. Even in the best case scenario, her career would basically be over.

But she still helped with this—it can't be because she really believed his claim that Xia Ya was going to create a terrorist attack, right?

Then I'm really noble... risking my career for such a thing.

Even if it's true, what does it matter to me if other people die? It won't happen to me anyway.

Won't happen... to me...

Xin An's eyebrows were tightly knitted together. She remembered that day again, that moment of utter despair, that white figure rushing towards the railroad tracks without hesitation...

Idiot!? No matter how you look at it, it was something that could cost you your life!

Just as Xin An was getting excited, a clear sound of a cylinder venting air outside the car pulled her back to reality—what's going on? This sound... is it braking?

Xin An looked at the pink-haired girl in confusion, and then saw Elysia scratching her head awkwardly and saying.

"Well... didn't you also say that there is still an air line that needs to be verified?"

"..."

Xin An understood. She covered her face with one hand and said, "So the idea of this verification is to release the braking air line once?

Then do you know how much noise this will cause? Didn't Xu Qi tell you?"

Then, those sitting in the car heard three more sounds of cylinders venting air.

"Okay, it seems you don't know."

Elysia tapped her head with one hand, winked, and stuck out her tongue.

"Ehehe..."

"What does 'ehehe' mean!"

Xin An stood up. Through the car window, she could already see the awakened daily inspection personnel approaching!

It's over...

"You better pray that Xia Ya's matter is true! Otherwise, I'm going to lose my job!"

Xin An took several deep breaths—she was waiting for the daily inspection personnel to board the car for inspection. At the same time, she was also organizing her words in her mind, how should she explain the origins of these people later?

If it really doesn't work, she can only use her identity as a site engineer to suppress the matter first...

But the fact that she appeared here tonight and let some people with unknown identities board the car will definitely spread. It's like dancing on the safety red line...

Heh... Xu Qi... This time, I shouldn't owe you anything anymore, right?

"Huh? Engineer Xu!?"

"Master Wu, what's wrong?"

"Oh, I was sleeping soundly in the team room when I suddenly heard the sound of the train releasing air, so I rushed over to check it out."

"Oh, Supervisor Xia has some temporary tasks assigned, so I have to take the supplier to re-inspect the train cylinders and collect some data."

"All of them?"

"Yes—don't worry, the dispatch knows. I'm here to keep an eye on the supplier, so you can go back to sleep."

"Ah, okay... But Engineer Xu, I remember you weren't..."

"Hmm? Ha! Wasn't I healed? Look, as soon as I recovered, I came to work. How dedicated I am."

"Get out of here! Haha, then I'll go back to sleep?"

"Yeah, don't worry, I'm here."

"Alright!"

Xin An and Elysia simultaneously let out a big breath and leaned back into their seats.

When Xu Qi entered the car, he saw them panting heavily, looking like they had just escaped a nightmare. And both women could be described as top-tier in terms of figure.

Their proud chests rose and fell due to their heavy breathing while slumped in the seats, giving Xu Qi a feast for his eyes.

Nice...

"I said, what would you have done if I had arrived any later?"

Xin An said fiercely with a tough mouth, "I would have thrown your name out there directly! And said that you made us do it!"

Xu Qi shrugged.

But Elysia knew what to do. She threw herself into Xu Qi's arms!

"Waaah! Xu Qi! You should have come sooner! I almost made a mistake!"

Xin An clicked her tongue at the sight, turned her head away, seemingly to avoid seeing it.

Xu Qi didn't expect her to be so emotional, but hearing Elysia's aggrieved crying, he didn't want to think about anything else, only wanting to comfort the girl in his arms.

Of course... he still had to be mindful.

"Cough! Cough cough!"

A cough came from behind Xu Qi, which startled Elysia, and she left Xu Qi's embrace, pursing her lips and standing aside, as if she had been caught cheating.

Xin An's gaze went past Xu Qi.

At this moment, she saw...

Her eyebrows and eyes hid elegance, her voice and smile revealed gentleness. The girl's gentle and beautiful face, even after just a brief meeting, made Xin An feel her own dullness.

Is she... Mei?

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"Elysia, you should restrain yourself a little..."

Mei walked behind, her face full of helplessness—it seemed she really had to move to the Golden Courtyard sooner. She was counting on Elysia to help keep an eye on Xu Qi, but this guy...

Not engaging in insider trading was already considered good!

Elysia scratched her head awkwardly, she really didn't notice Mei was behind her.

Otherwise... oh, she would still have pounced on him!

Xu Qi walked straight to Xin An. To be honest, at Jiuting Base, Xu Qi had thought of many people who might help him, but the name "Xin An" was not among them...

Contacting her was purely with a try-and-see mentality, who knew—she actually agreed.

"This time... thank you."

Really... a straight man to the point of being beyond saving. Expecting this guy to flirt with girls, I'm just like an idiot, hopelessly stupid.

Xin An shook her head and stood up, "Time should be tight for you, right? Four vehicles at a time... there are at least forty vehicles in this big warehouse, you have to hurry."

"Naturally."

At the same time, in a place that looked like an abandoned air-raid shelter, at three or four in the morning, Xia Ya was driving alone to this place.

After the handsome middle-aged man got out of the car, he felt some gazes hidden in the dark staring at him.

He didn't care and walked forward with a calm expression.

Entering the underground air-raid shelter, turning left and right, he walked for a while before finding a stone door that seemed to be embedded in the wall, very hidden.

"Iris verification successful."

Opening the stone door, he took the elevator to the lower cave level. When the surroundings were no longer shrouded by dark stone walls, Xia Ya seemed to have entered another world...

Not dim fluorescent lights illuminated this entire underground kingdom.

Countless technicians operated various pieces of equipment here; these people were Anti-Entropy.

Stepping out of the elevator, every employee who encountered Xia Ya on the way couldn't help but give him an excited salute. Yet, they were members of the Anti-Entropy organization, while Xia Ya was merely a collaborator.

Passing through the workshop area, Xia Ya arrived at an open-air test platform. On the projected holographic image of the finished product, Xia Ya finally saw what he had been dreaming of.

A suit of armor—an Exoskeleton Armor!

"Oh? Heh, Mr. Xia Ya, you've finally arrived."

The frivolous voice made Xia Ya shift his gaze. It was a woman—a woman wearing a black inner layer with a white coat draped over it, but with a dissolute demeanor.

She had a lollipop in her mouth, and who knows who she was trying to impress with that childishness.

Of course, Xia Ya didn't dare to underestimate her. After all... everything here could be said to have been created by this woman alone. Xia Ya had merely provided a location.

But in reality, no one could say for sure whether this place was Xia Ya's secret base, or whether it was still under Anti-Entropy's control.

After all, the initial intention was to use it as a secret Anti-Entropy weapons research and development base, but now...

The entire underground factory was actually only processing and manufacturing one thing, and that was the thing drawn on the design blueprint in front of the woman named Chang Guang—the Exoskeleton Armor.

Not an auxiliary armor like the GD-78-2.

But a truly combat-capable, military-grade Exoskeleton Armor.

"I hope to receive good news."

"Of course, after all, your plan is starting today, isn't it?"

"You're right, Chang Guang." Xia Ya's face didn't show any excitement; it seemed that nothing could move this man anymore.

"Then... I need to see results."

"Of course, that's what you deserve."