Supercomputing Platform

Reminder

Brainwave Information Communication; Minor Electric Shock Reminder

Discipline

Electric Shock; Pain Toxin; Stun

Death

Lethal Electric Shock; Lethal Toxin; Euthanasia; Death by Steel Blade

Inside the back door of the Gold Shop, Li Yang sat in a chair and examined the wristwatch in his hand. It had only three menus: Reminder, Discipline, and Death.

Each category contained several functions. As Li Yang looked through them one by one, another flash of astonishment crossed his brows. He had not expected such a small steel ring to contain so many functions.

"A Slavery Collar specially designed for slaves, huh..."

Li Yang pondered inwardly, gaining a new understanding of this world.

Since something like this existed, it proved that... slaves might already be widespread in this world.

And judging from the terror on the face of the man wearing the Slavery Collar, being a slave was probably not something people could easily accept.

How cruel...

Li Yang's heart stirred. Then, after thinking for a moment, he turned his gaze to the first function on the watch—the Reminder menu—and focused on Brainwave Information Communication.

The information technology of this world had apparently already reached the point where communicating with people through brainwaves was effortless...

Looking at the wristwatch, Li Yang also considered whether he should make contact with this suddenly appearing 'slave.'

"As for these two tubes of medicine, everything I know comes from the accounts of the two people I traded with. I have no idea what the truth is."

"Besides, whether it's these two tubes of medicine or the 'High-Tech Table' I obtained earlier, I need someone to identify and explain them to me."

Even if both tubes of Genetic Potion were genuine, there was still one problem he had to consider: the potions had inevitably been made based on the genes of this world's humans. As someone from another world, could he use them?

Although everything was the same on the surface—in language and culture alike—genes were something where the slightest difference could lead to vastly different results.

What if they were miraculous evolution potions for the people of this world but deadly poison to him? That would be disastrous.

Therefore, whether there was a way to test if he could use them was equally important.

And to find such a method, it would be better to have a native of this world handle it—even a vagrant—than to have him, a man from another world who understood little about this place, do it.

And... a slave controlled by a collar seemed capable of guaranteeing a certain degree of safety.

With that in mind, Li Yang tentatively pressed the first Brainwave Information Communication function. The next moment, the wristwatch rapidly tightened around his arm, while an inexplicable sensation of a mental link appeared in his heart.

Realizing that every thought he concentrated on at that moment would be converted into information and transmitted to the mind of the man wearing the Slavery Collar, Li Yang stopped the various thoughts that had surfaced in his mind and tentatively asked, "Can you hear me?"

I can hear you, I can hear you! My lord, I'm truly innocent. I swear, it was only because my weapon was damaged and my only means of transportation had run out of fuel that I couldn't go to the base to buy food. That was why I was waiting here for adventurers to trade food with when I accidentally came across your transaction.

"I don't want to know about your affairs. Do you have any companions, and what kind of help can you provide me? That's what I want to know."

Li Yang frowned and used his thoughts to interrupt the other man's voice, directly transmitting his own thoughts.

My lord, I... There's still a woman at my residence. She understands basic electronic communications engineering. If some little gadget of yours runs into a minor problem, she can help you repair it.

The brainwave message from the other side was still filled with helplessness and terror. After hearing Li Yang's words, the man hurriedly restrained his own thoughts and transmitted through the brainwaves.

"Oh? She knows about that? Then what is this?"

By this point, Li Yang had gradually figured out how to use this method of communication. He thought of the image of the 'High-Tech Table' he had carried home earlier and transmitted it to the other party as if sending a picture from a phone. Then he asked quietly.

This... This seems to be the newest generation of professional computing device developed before the apocalypse. I heard its computing power is very strong, but I never paid attention to the details. My woman might know something, though. Before the apocalypse, she loved researching this kind of thing.

My lord, you know... After the apocalypse, people like me, struggling just to find food, don't have the energy to study things like this anymore, so... But I can ask her right away.

An uncertain voice came from the communicator. Li Yang's eyes brightened, and he nodded silently. "Is there a way to contact her?"

I brought a Brainwave Communication device with me.

"Since that's the case, ask her."

After Li Yang finished speaking, he quietly waited for the man's reply. With a slight movement of his eyes, he activated the drone once more, piloting it toward the floor where the man was located to monitor him.

Before long, the drone arrived. The screen immediately showed the thin man sitting on the rooftop. The man pressed something the size of a fingernail against his temple, and a light screen unexpectedly appeared in midair before his brain. A woman's figure appeared on it as though in a video call.

Before Li Yang could take a closer look, the light screen vanished. The man, sitting with his back against a raised section of wall on the rooftop, rubbed his neck and sent Li Yang a brainwave message.

My lord, my wife just checked. This is indeed the most advanced computing equipment from fifteen years ago, but it has already been obsolete for a long time. Commonly used computing equipment has gone through ten iterations by now. At present, aside from the ruins of cities, this kind of device can't be found on the market at all. Its computing power only reaches thirty quintillion operations per second.

Only thirty quintillion operations per second?

...This thing is a computer?

Oh no, compared to Earth... it's a supercomputer!

A glimmer appeared in Li Yang's eyes, and his heartbeat quickened. He had known that those tables were not ordinary, but he had never expected... them to be supercomputers this small!

Even the most advanced supercomputers on Earth were not that powerful, were they?

"Do you know how to use it?"

With his heart racing, Li Yang restrained his emotions and continued transmitting information to the other side in a calm state.

My woman knows how to operate it. I don't.

On the screen, a sheepish smile appeared on the man's face. Li Yang nodded thoughtfully. "Since that's the case, have her prepare a detailed usage manual for me. Also, have her bring me a... Radiation Contamination Detector."

Yes, my lord. However, my Mobile Exoskeleton Armor was damaged by the lord just now and is malfunctioning somewhat. Please allow me to have her come here and bring the items to you.

A voice automatically converted from brainwaves sounded in Li Yang's ear. Li Yang grunted in acknowledgment and watched through the drone's viewpoint as the man continued using the iron-slice-like communicator to contact the woman from before.

This world seems to have suffered severe nuclear contamination in the past. Even the nuclear contamination in this city has only been reduced to an extremely low level, which proves that some nuclear contamination still remains...

Could there be any... on my body?

This worry flashed through Li Yang's mind. He then thought of the pile of 'High-Tech Tables' he had moved to the residence—or rather... the Single-Desk Sized Supercomputers.

If every one of this huge pile carried contamination, and they were all gathered together...

The Exoskeleton Armor mentioned by the other man, on the other hand, only drew a little of Li Yang's attention.

In a world like this, having Exoskeleton Armor didn't seem particularly strange...