Super Technology: AT Field

At the Cyber Test Site, employees are considered corporate assets.

In other words, forget about getting overtime pay by filing a lawsuit; your life isn't even yours.

The larger the corporation, the harsher the punishments for its employees.

The Immortal Foundation's punishment for its employees is very unique: "Death's Immortality".

Sumer's despair stemmed from his encounter with "Death's Immortality," where employees who had caused significant losses to the group, some of whom were long-time employees whose past dates back to the civilized era, had been punished for over two hundred years.

They would maintain their vitality in some way and then endure all sorts of horrifying punishments, such as the easiest one: wearing a specially made "psychotic restraint suit" and repeatedly being skinned alive.

He had seen those desperate eyes, eyes that seemed to yearn for death but couldn't die.

After experiencing that "employee ethics training," Sumer vowed to himself that he would prioritize the KPIs assigned to him by the group above everything else.

But who could have imagined that a war with such a sure chance of victory would end in such a crushing defeat?

The group's envoy is probably already on his way.

Thinking of this, Sumer was filled with despair.

On the contrary, the Xie family's director of the Eternal Life Consortium in the Southern Hemisphere was relatively calm.

Admittedly, he will also suffer consequences, but he is a member of the Xie family of high-orbit industry, a person with powerful backing, so he won't end up wearing a "mental restraint suit".

However, it seems his title of director will be revoked.

Being free from official duties brings a sense of ease.

He's now more focused on something else.

Can a Cybertronian starship really be that powerful?

This is the only clue at the moment.

Director Xie kept browsing through the war documents.

However, this information is extremely scarce.

All battlefield footage, space station footage, and even the memory chips of combat personnel were deleted.

In other words, they lost this battle, and they don't even know how they lost!

"Such terrifying hacking skills, but that's not the point. What the other side is trying to hide is the key factor in determining the outcome of this war!"

Reluctantly, Director Xie clicked on the holographic projection. A capable woman in work clothes appeared on an island, with the huge shadow of a starship above her head.

He asked about artificial intelligence:

"Have you made contact with Cybertron?"

Artificial intelligence answer:

"We've made contact. Cybertron has confirmed that a Tier 3 warship has been lost. They've dispatched a 'Punishment Squad' to prepare to enter the planet's interior. However, during the Corporate War, all interfering factors are prohibited from entering the planet's testing grounds."

"Is it possible to get the specific parameters of this 'starship'?"

"Application in progress."

Director Xie stared at Du Zhaodi's holographic projection, his gaze gradually changing. Director Du wasn't the kind of woman who would make someone's heart flutter at first glance, but as a member of the "Mechanical Family," he could clearly feel this woman's damn charm.

"So, this is the reason for the defeat in this war—femme fatale?"

An aged voice rang out.

At some point, another holographic projection popped up, with the vast universe as its background.

Director Xie immediately stood up. "Envoy, you—grandfather!?"

In the holographic projection, a huge mechanical life form is moving. Its size is between a starship and a fortress, but its volume is ten times that of a starship.

Space Fortress!

This sky fortress is none other than Director Xie's grandfather's high-orbit mechanical body.

Director Xie's original form was derived from this space fortress.

The voice of "Space Fortress" rang out again.

"Let me see what kind of beauty could make you, a little thing, willing to sacrifice the group's interests to play the feudal lords with fire? I thought you had lost your appreciation for carbon-based life forms... Wow, what a beautiful girl!"

The term "Space Fortress" was originally used in a mocking tone, expressing disappointment at its own incompetence. However, upon seeing Du Zhaodi, it couldn't help but gasp in shock.

To carbon-based life forms, Du Zhaodi is just Du Zhaodi, a woman with serious features who is generally not very likable.

But in the eyes of the "Mechanic", the beautiful parts beneath the bionic skin, the breathtaking mechanical aesthetics in her eyes, and her slender figure, every movement, seemed to be operating a complex and grand mechanical system.

A beauty, an absolute beauty!!

A beauty of unparalleled grace! The country is a kingdom of industry!

Show off the outside and be smart on the inside! The center is the center of the central control system!

Originally, Director Xie was just thinking about how to get scolded, but now he felt things were getting even worse.

The beauty he had his eye on looked like she was about to be snatched away by his own grandfather.

Sure enough, the aged yet vibrant mechanical voice rang out once again atop the space fortress.

He inexplicably became lewd.

"My little grandson, the reason I was summoned here by the group headquarters this time was to punish you properly."

"But if Grandpa can win over your grandma, Grandpa will take responsibility for this."

"Grandpa, I was the one who took a liking to this first!" Director Xie said, his face turning red with anger.

Space Fortress snorted coldly:

"You can't even do your own job properly, and you're still thinking about picking up girls. I think you should go back to the ancestral hall and reflect on your actions."

"As for the birth of your next generation, let's not think about it for now. Let's wait until our industrial system evolves."

Although Director Xie was very angry, he dared not refute him.

The Xie family has a clan rule.

Generational hierarchy is a backup.

Within the shrine of the mechanical beings, the higher one's seniority, the stronger the self-constructed mechanical being becomes.

The stronger the mechanical body, the more backup mechanical bodies it can split off, and the greater its clan authority.

He was just one of the tens of thousands of "backup grandsons" of the other side, not even one of the top ones.

The senior engineer was naturally unaware that someone had their eyes on his wealthy wife.

But if it happens, it wouldn't be surprising.

The attraction of ship girls to mechanical life is like that of anime waifus to otaku, young women to young men, and lolis to perverts—it's a natural and pure attraction.

In his previous life, the reason why the senior engineer spent a lot of money to build ships was simply because he wanted to travel on them.

The senior engineer appeared in the wrecked mecha factory without alerting anyone.

The main force is not present. Clearly, Director Du intends to take advantage of the momentum of the great victory to recover lost ground in one fell swoop, and even drive Yong Sheng Group out of this corporate war.

In corporate warfare, it's not unheard of for someone with a small investment to achieve a large return.

However, as long as the Eternal Life Consortium's "participation quota" is destroyed, then no matter how powerful this super consortium is, it will be of no use.

This is also a measure to protect 'small businesses' under the mother city system.

If you can master the technology, you can disrupt even the largest corporations in no time.

With the help of the "President's" power, the senior engineer quickly obtained the list of casualties and saw a familiar name.

"Is the God of Single God dead?"

Fate is truly unpredictable.

The former war god of this mother city had just escaped from his inner demons, only to die in the corporate war.

The senior engineer remained silent for a while.

Then, he saw a familiar name.

Pang Xiang

Pang Xiang didn't die, but more than 70% of his body parts were gone.

According to the information, it was hit squarely by a very special kind of "stealth missile".

This missile is a secret weapon of some unknown company and has not been released to the market, so there is no question of countermeasures against it.

Although the combined benefits of being a mutant and a giant hunter gave Fatty Xiang a powerful life force.

But with more than 70% of the parts gone, the chances of getting back to the battlefield are almost zero.

Unless the technological approach is changed.

"But after this, Aunt Xiang probably won't want her precious son to fight on the front lines anymore."

The senior engineer is not a person with excessive sympathy, but with fewer and fewer acquaintances, he is ultimately unhappy.

NPCs are not players after all; when a player dies, they are truly gone.

"It seems that the 'biological preservation device' needs to be developed as soon as possible."

Although the 'Mother Nest Repairer' also has the function of 'uploading personality'.

However, the act of "uploading a personality and cloning a body" raises ethical questions.

Who knows if the 'dead person' you resurrected is actually the original owner?

In the universe, many civilizations consider this behavior taboo.

If it's just about 'managing influence,' then using it is fine.

But senior engineers are aiming for "civilizational advancement," which presents a significant problem.

Civilizations with 'ethical issues' have an extremely low probability of successfully ascending to immortality.

He can't be as unrestrained as the Cyber Test Site.

However, the "biological repositories" are different. They do not replicate a personality, but rather allow one personality to control two biological entities.

In this way, even if a living organism dies, it won't be completely dead.

The construction of this "civilized architecture" was not done using "cloning technology," but rather "biochemical technology."

The senior engineer opened the system panel and switched to the "Task Rewards" section.

The icon for "Modification Technology*6" is still lit up.

[During this mission, the Dugo Military Group destroyed a total of 6 super mercenary squads, gained 60 million faction experience points, and randomly obtained 6 types of enemy modification technologies.]

The senior engineer casually clicked on the app, and soon, a series of modification technologies appeared: an advanced energy cannon implant to enhance firepower, a special type of stealth missile, a "cell combustion" biotechnology, blueprints for a sky carrier, and blueprints for a Type IV energy reactor with +50% efficiency.

And it even showed a "super technology" item.

AT Field

A domain technology.

Even the Dugo Group only possesses one technology of this level: "Super Mech Technology".

Civilized architecture is impressive, but it comes at a high cost, and only one can be built at a time; mass production is impossible.

Ship girls are awesome, but they're top-tier Tier 3 units. Without a Tier 6 Virtual Master to wield them, plus the talent of Ms. Du with three templates, you might as well think of your mother if you want to build ship girls.

However, this kind of "super technology" is actually widespread.

This also means that once developed, every mech will be able to be equipped with an AT field.

What's even more amazing is that this technology originated from a group that even a senior engineer couldn't have imagined.

Arakasaka Group.

When did that old geezer Arasaka get involved in corporate warfare?

The senior engineer hadn't even made a move yet, and the other party had already reached out their hand.

"Interesting."

G was talking to himself.

"Other mercenary groups might let it go after a mercenary war, but we Dugo Technologies are very vengeful."