Cooperation

A high-level battle began in an unknown virtual world and ended in the real world.

The appearance of the senior engineer could not be kept secret from others after all. In an instant, all of Dugo Technologies's old acquaintances gathered around, including Sun Hong, General Quill, and Hurley Wilder, who all looked at the senior engineer in surprise.

"Old man, I thought you were dead, but you're not dead," Holly exclaimed in surprise, looking the engineer up and down.

Heri Wilder, the daughter of a motel manager in the Iron Sand Desert, later became an apprentice of a senior engineer by chance and became the second cybernetic doctor in the faction, and is now the second cybernetic doctor in the faction to reach the maximum level.

Furthermore, although he was supposed to be an apprentice of a senior engineer, the unscrupulous senior engineer clearly didn't teach him much. At most, he just dumped a bunch of blueprints and materials related to prosthetic doctors on his head. The fact that he reached the maximum level was basically entirely due to his own initiative.

The senior engineer laughed and said:

"Your master is dead. Who will teach you more advanced skills, little Holly? I heard you're currently researching 'large-scale machine repair,' right?"

Holly rubbed her mohawk with her prosthetic hand:

"Of course, with so many mechs at home, someone has to know how to repair them and develop a repair process."

"Have you figured it out yet?"

"I wrote a lot of materials, and Sister Du helped me revise a lot. Without Sister Du, I don't know how many detours I would have taken."

Helly glanced at the senior engineer, as if to say, "Look at him, how can you, as his mentor, have the nerve to do this?"

The senior engineer laughed heartily, feeling not only embarrassed but also planning to steal the technology from the other party once it was developed.

If a Tier 1 cybernetic doctor were to advance to the second tier, there would be several research directions, with "Mech Repairman" being a very good option.

This is a profession that can maintain, repair, and upgrade various mechs, similar to that of a cybernetic doctor. However, it is superior to a cybernetic doctor in that it can also upgrade large mechanical life forms, such as Cybertronians, which are spark-type mechanical beings.

"Keep up the good work, I have high hopes for you."

In fact, not all second-tier factions can produce second-tier professions. After all, among so many companies on the Star Rift, there are only a dozen or so reliable secondary professions.

Moreover, what second-order professions study is actually third-order knowledge.

Of course, reaching the maximum level doesn't necessarily mean completing all research.

That's why he felt gratified to see his cheap female apprentice break through her limits, as he could get freebies again.

"Boss, this is the information we've gathered on the enemy's numbers, weapons, and combat style over the past period. We have every reason to believe that the enemy is developing technology specifically to counter ours."

"That's normal. The development, cracking, redevelopment, and re-cracking of military technology is a perfectly reasonable thing. How can we progress without being hit?" The senior engineer narrowed his eyes and smiled. "Over the years, we've made such a big fuss and earned so much money by relying on these big machines like mechs. The enemy must have been annoyed with us for a long time."

Strictly speaking, mechs, a type of military unit that is extremely powerful even in second-tier civilizations, should not have been introduced on this planet.

Because it was originally a product of some heavy mechanical civilization, it is not particularly related to the three directions of civilization on this planet.

The reason he was singled out was entirely due to the cheating skills of the time traveler, Senior Engineer.

This "hexagonal warrior" would indeed be a killing machine on the planet Ji Lie.

Therefore, there are many members within the group who are arrogant and think they are the most important person in the world.

This kind of thinking is detrimental to technological innovation.

General Quill didn't think too much about it. Since joining the faction, this bald female general has devoted herself to the joint operations of mechs, hunters, and various support units. She is a rare military talent in the faction.

However, she didn't think she was that great, because in the few times she had communicated with the senior engineer, she was surprised to find that this person actually knew more about the tactical theory of mechs than she did, and had a deeper understanding of it than she did. The other person was definitely a hidden military master!

If the senior engineer knew what the other party was thinking, he would definitely be in a bind. After all, these days, even if you haven't seen a pig run, you've still eaten pork. In his previous life, he had watched at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, mecha wars as a bystander. As a keyboard theorist, he was more than qualified.

"I need to have an in-depth exchange and discussion with you," General Quill said solemnly.

That's not appropriate, after all, I'm a decent person too.

Before the senior engineer could decide what to say, a cold-faced girl suddenly appeared opposite him, looking at him intently. "Was that move you used earlier a family secret technique? I want to learn it too."

"Yeah, boss, what exactly was that transformation you did in the medicine area? Is that some kind of ability of us creature hunters? It's terrifying!" Daisy said, still shaken.

Only true biological modifiers can truly perceive the terror of the Advanced Engineer's "Fusion Abnormal" mode; compared to modification, it's not even a concept on the same level.

As a "biological hunter," once a biological component is implanted, the cell activity, bioenergy, and blood activity in that area will increase tenfold or even dozens of times. Many hunters become addicted to it and cannot extricate themselves.

However, the senior engineer's behavior in the surveillance video has completely exceeded the upper limit of this organism's modification, and has broken the transformation rules between 'hunter' and 'hunter-hunter'.

To put it simply, what the senior engineer did before was like a top-tier F-class beast suddenly having some component implanted, instantly surging to the SSS-class Beast God realm. Theoretically, this is completely impossible. No system in your human body can support this level of 'evolution'.

This can't even be described as 'evolution'; in Daisy's eyes, it's a miracle!

The way she looks at the senior engineer now has a sense of looking at 'God' about her.

"Boss, Sister Li called. She said she's going to give you a good scolding!"

"Boss, Dr. Yu also messaged me. She said she wants to slice your tissue. She thinks your cells will be of great help to her atavism research. She hopes you can leave her a testicle."

Looking at the senior engineer surrounded by a group of people, Ms. Ye's expression was a little subtle. After all, these people had been protecting her with their lives during this period of time. Compared to the intrigue and backstabbing within the Holy Brain Group, these people were obviously much more genuine.

She was even considering whether to poach them from the military group after the corporate war ended and make them her full-time bodyguards.

But now it seems she was overthinking it.

The reason this group did this was entirely at the man's behest, and not for any other reason.

Loyalty is a wonderful thing.

After finally managing to shoo away the group of curious kids, the senior engineer wiped his sweat and said smugly to Xiao Yu beside him, "I can't help it, I'm just that popular."

Xiao Yu, the little angel, said very sincerely, "Boss, I think it's more accurate to say they're lusting after your body rather than liking you."

She counted on her fingers, saying, "Some people want your brains, some want your testicles, some want your blood, some want your..."

"Ahem, life is already so hard, there's no need to expose some things."

The senior engineer held down the other person's randomly twisting fingers, and looked at "Ms. Ye" with a smile. She was holding a teddy bear, had red hair, and a cold and dark expression. In addition, there were hideous cracks on her skin. For a moment, countless people had a sense of déjà vu and matched her.

Silent loli, scheming loli, tsundere loli, perverted loli...

By the way, this person is also one of the top-ranked figures in the doujinshi world, often producing some training/discipline scenes that audiences enjoy.

"You seem to be thinking about something you shouldn't be thinking about," Ms. Ye said abruptly.

"No, absolutely not, I'm not that kind of person," the senior engineer immediately denied three times in a row, then changed his tone and said, "I wonder if Executive Officer Ye has thought it through and agreed to let Xiao Yu come with us. Xiao Yu should have told you that when she comes back, she will be much stronger than she is now."

Ms. Ye was silent for a moment, then shook her head. "At this point in time, I desperately need her; I can't trust anyone else."

A soft laugh reached the ears of the three people present, and the air seemed to drop several degrees as soon as the sound came out.

The senior engineer frowned. He thought the problem had been solved before, but he didn't expect this person to be even more stubborn than he had anticipated.

"As you should know, the situation here is also very urgent. Its impact is even greater than that of a corporate war. In fact, you could say that the purpose of this corporate war is precisely for this."

In previous exchanges, the senior engineer vaguely revealed some details about "Number 13" to the other party.

However, the other party didn't really believe it.

However, after the senior engineer demonstrated some of the capabilities of the "Purple String Space," the other party's attitude softened.

"However, I do have a vague feeling that as more and more electronic brains connect, there seems to be a huge void that urgently needs to be filled."

That's obvious. All the hardware is running, only the system isn't responding. Anyone could handle that.

"So, what you mean is?"

The senior engineer understood the implied meaning in the other party's words.

"I'll go with you; I think I can be of some help."

Xiao Yu's eyes lit up, and she was about to say something when the senior engineer covered her mouth with his hand. This was a place for adults to talk, and idiots were not allowed to speak.

"Oh... Fern... Mouli..."

The senior engineer didn't refute, but instead said thoughtfully:

"What will happen to the Holy Brain Group's plans now that you're gone?"

"Hmph, those old bastards have used us as weapons for so many years, now it's time for them to take the hit themselves."

There was no hint of affection that Ms. Ye had for her own company in her tone.

In fact, it is probably just as she said. If they can't find her, the most likely thing the enemy will do is to attack the headquarters of the Holy Brain Group directly, which is theoretically the most likely place where she is hiding.

The senior engineer stroked his chin and thought for a long time before finally nodding slowly.

"It would be a pleasure to cooperate with you."

"It's a pleasure doing business with you," Ms. Ye said sincerely. "Helping you is helping myself."

Deep down, Sister Rose smiled and said:

"That little girl is playing tricks on us. I think she's deliberately bringing up cooperation because she wants to take in Number Thirteen."

This is not surprising.