Construct Implantation

"I've done my job to find materials, I've shed blood for Mr. G, you can't treat me like this, I want to go in! I want to go in!"

"Ahhh, give me another chance, give me another chance, I'll definitely get the materials!"

"I'll steal metal to support Mr. G!"

Before the man could finish speaking, a foot stomped hard on his face, sending him flying.

Jinba stood arrogantly at the door, hands on her hips, her eyes looking down at him.

"Don't you all know the principle of 'once it's late, it's gone'? You're late and still trying to bother others; you're disgracing our Throne Department!"

"Yeah yeah."

"Jin Hanhan is right!"

Those cheering and waving flags on the sidelines are all people who have been reformed and just want to watch the drama unfold.

"Hey, don't forget, I took a bullet for you during the last corporate war, and this is how you treat me?" a level 55 corporate warrior said indignantly.

"I only have my godfather in my heart, no one else!" Jin Hanhan said with a sacred expression.

"Furthermore, my godfather said that after he finishes his own reformation, he will conduct a second reformation on me, and during this period, I will absolutely not allow anyone to harass him!"

Inside the mechanical modification room, the senior engineer glanced at the monitoring screen, shook his head, and continued with his work.

At this moment, in front of him, the new upper arm, forearm, fingers, and lower leg had already been cast, and what he was now casting was the spine.

A silver-white spine gradually took shape as the machine was sculpted.

Silvery-white liquid was dripping from the engineer's hands, splashing onto his spine, as the shape memory metal was continuously seeping into the 'Construct - Möbius Strip'.

The silver spine twisted like a giant snake, with 33 joints on its surface. However, when a robotic arm paused due to a malfunction, one of the joints split into hundreds of pieces, like a Rubik's Cube, forming a silver ring one meter in diameter. The ring was round on the outside and sharp on the inside, with hundreds of blades inside, which were rotating rapidly as the ring changed shape.

While the other four constructs weren't as bizarre as the Möbius strip, they still hummed and vibrated, appearing quite unstable.

The construct, the evil path of mechanical civilization, is neither an advanced AI nor a super weapon. The biggest reason why it is so infamous in mechanical civilization is that it can distort life forms.

And this is also the source of its power.

As we all know, mechanical civilizations are rarely born, and most are companion civilizations of carbon-based civilizations. The life forms of mechanical life are mostly closely related to their predecessors.

Theoretically speaking, mechanical life forms do not have a fixed form, but in most mechanical civilizations, the form of mechanical life forms is fixed and very similar to its predecessors.

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This also means that mechanical life can have reproductive systems, digestive systems, and even endocrine systems.

The differences between mechanical life forms are even greater than those between carbon-based species.

This provides fertile ground for the survival of the "construct" technology.

Among some niche mechanical cults in the universe, the "Construct" is also known as the "God of Mechanical Twisting" or the "Mechanical Source".

"When humans take drugs, their kidneys become stronger; the same principle applies to mechanical life forms."

As the last of the molten lava was poured onto the Möbius strip, a thick plume of smoke rose up. Within the smoke, it looked as if a giant, skinned snake was being scalded to death by boiling water. After the smoke dissipated, a silver and red metal spine was officially forged into shape.

[You have successfully forged the Tier 2 equipment 'Construct - Möbius Strip', gaining 100,000 experience.]

Name: Spinal Insertion - Möbius Ring

Category: Construct

Quality: Tier 2 - Excellent

Weight: 14.1kg

Operating mode:?

Property:??

Note: A sufficiently dangerous mechanical construct capable of distorting life forms; it can only be truly useful by sensing danger and approaching death, but be careful, going too deep will lead to madness.

The senior engineer curled his lip.

System, what kind of illusion makes you think I'm a normal person?

However, to be fair, installing constructs does indeed carry risks, and the risks are extremely high.

The senior engineer walked to a military-grade operating table. Compared to ordinary operating tables, it was upright, had more functional modules, and was more effective.

Moreover, it has as many as 30 surgical arms.

This type of operating table can be modified for everything from large mechanical life forms to advanced AI and customized combat machines.

The senior engineer pulled out a connecting tube about the thickness of a thumb and inserted it into the connection port on his neck.

Originally, this type of operating table could also be controlled using a chip.

However, the possibility of the built-in chip exploding during the installation of the structure is very high, and senior engineers cannot take this risk.

After the connecting tube was inserted, a projection shone out from the engineer's only remaining prosthetic eye.

It is a 100% simulated humanoid.

"Sever the pain signals."

The pain signal has been removed.

"Adjusting the parameters of the human body system, the ratio of the eight major systems to be modified is 3:6:5:1:1:5:5:4."

"Human system parameters have been adjusted."

"Surgical arm performance adjustment".

Performance tuning is complete.

"Preparing for implantation."

"Preparing for implantation."

As the electronic sound rang out and repeated, on the operating table, a dozen surgical arms went up and a dozen surgical arms went down. Five of the surgical arms picked up five structures, namely the upper arm, forearm, fingers, spine, and lower leg.

There is a taboo regarding implanted constructs: they cannot be implanted repeatedly.

With repeated implantation, the probability of going astray will skyrocket.

Therefore, only all five constructs can be implanted simultaneously.

Furthermore, its "implantation" is different from that of ordinary prosthetics; its "implantation" is literal in meaning.

Almost simultaneously with the operation of the surgical arm, all the constructs began to transform. The Scythe Dance (upper arm) turned into countless palm-sized scythes, shredding the mechanical skeleton to pieces, while the Crescent Moon (forearm) transformed into a strange blade of light, splitting the forearm skeleton in two. The Dance of the Fingers turned into a spider web, upon which fingers were stuck...

The senior engineer let out a painful roar, his electronic voice almost cracking.

"Damn it, which bastard reconnected to my pain system? It was you!"

The Möbius strip, which had just been behaving itself, quickly deformed and traveled upwards along the spine. The senior engineer had to mobilize other surgical arms to intercept and block it.

At the same time, red panels popped up on the system panel.

[Your sensory nerve facilitators (palm) are permanently damaged]

[Your Devil Jetpack*10 is permanently damaged]

[Your Steel Spear Flag (Spine) is permanently damaged]

Although I was mentally prepared, this loss still made me, a senior engineer, feel extremely annoyed.

As for the loss of blood, that's quite normal.

[Your health -1000 points]

[Your health -500 points]

[Your health -2000 points]

In just a short while, the senior engineer's mechanical health, which was over 8,000 points, dropped by more than half.

Then, more and more cracks appeared on the surface of the mechanical body. As the cracks spread to the skull, with a "click," the engineer's head tilted to the side, and his last bit of health was depleted.

The protagonist died.

However, within three breaths, all the cracks healed, and the engineer's prosthetic eye lit up once again.

Dual-alloy endoskeleton (Tier 3 - Excellent): A mechanical shell made of a Tier 3 civilization metal. Any damage can be recovered by the reshaping of the memory metal. For damage below 50%, the recovery speed is 5 seconds. For damage above 50%, the recovery speed is 10 seconds. Maximum recovery every 30 hours: 500%.

At this point, 500% became 400%.

The senior engineer lost his life.

Then, the modification continued, and this time, in addition to losing health, mechanical energy also started to drop rapidly.

[Your mechanical energy has been permanently reduced by 1000 points]

[Your mechanical energy has been permanently reduced by 500 points]

[Your mechanical energy has been permanently reduced by 600 points]

This is another characteristic of the "construct": any prosthetic plug-in increases mechanical energy, but implanting a "construct" will permanently deplete mechanical energy.

Because constructs are essentially a way of transforming life forms.

Then, the senior engineer's health was depleted once again, his head lolled to the side, and he died again.

400% became 300%.

The renovation is still ongoing.

Outside the door, Jinba glanced suspiciously inside. The mechanical modification room had 100% soundproofing, meaning that no matter how loud the noise inside was, it wouldn't be heard outside.

However, for some reason, she had a feeling that there were sounds of human screams and cries coming from inside the modification room.