Minor Remodeling Technique

Tony Stark woke from unconsciousness to find a strange mechanical device attached to his chest. As a genius scientist well-versed in mechanical engineering, he recognized it as an electromagnet at a glance.

"Don't move. Several pieces of shrapnel entered your chest. Without this magnet, they would've reached your heart." A young man's voice came from beside him, and Tony Stark turned to look.

The Asian man looked no older than twenty. Tony had never seen him before and couldn't remember him at all.

The only thing he remembered was coming to this godforsaken desert, being attacked by terrorists, taking a rocket to the chest, and then passing out.

"Did you save me?" Tony Stark asked.

"No. The person who saved you is over there." Luo Xia pointed toward Yinsen. He had no interest in taking credit for it.

"Either way, I owe you my thanks. You must've taken out those terrorists." Tony Stark was a genius, and not just when it came to scientific research.

As a successful businessman, reading people was an important skill, too. One glance was enough for him to spot the terrorists' bodies and the hostages who were still shaken.

Only the young Asian man in front of him remained calm. Clearly, he was the one who had taken out the terrorists.

"These Ten Rings guys were just the appetizers. I'm afraid the real trouble is still ahead," Luo Xia told Tony.

"What do you mean?" Tony frowned, realizing that Luo Xia was hinting at something.

"Have you ever wondered how those terrorists knew where you'd be? Was your abduction really just a coincidence?" Luo Xia prompted.

"You think someone gave them my location?"

Tony fell silent. There weren't many people who knew where he was, and every one of them was important to him. If any of them had done it, it would be a devastating blow.

"Now's not the time to think about that. A few of those terrorists got away. I don't know if they'll come back, but if they do, they'll probably bring more men and heavier weapons. So I think we should get moving as soon as possible," Luo Xia told Tony.

"What do you suggest? There's no way the few of us can take on those terrorists."

"I have two suggestions. First, you need to contact the U.S. military as soon as possible. This place is a terrorist stronghold, so there should be communication equipment somewhere. And if there isn't, I'm sure you can build something yourself."

"That won't be a problem. I'll get in touch with Rhodey as soon as I can. He's an Air Force colonel and a good friend of mine."

"Second, if possible, I'd like you to repair this car as soon as you can." Luo Xia pointed at the off-road vehicle that Luo Fei had transformed into.

Tony looked confused. "Why? There are several identical cars over there. They're enough to get everyone out of here."

Tony assumed Luo Xia wanted to use the off-road vehicles to escape, so he couldn't understand why the man wouldn't just pick one of the intact cars instead of wasting time repairing a wreck.

Luo Xia didn't explain. He simply snapped his fingers.

The damaged off-road vehicle's lights flashed, its engine roared, and it drove over to Luo Xia.

"Luo Fei, meet Tony Stark, your surgeon."

As soon as Luo Xia finished speaking, the damaged off-road vehicle transformed back into a robot.

"Hello, Mr. Stark. I'm Luo Fei, a newly born Cybertronian—" Luo Fei began, ready to introduce himself at length to the stunned Tony Stark.

Luo Xia cut him off at once. "Shut up, Luo Fei."

"As you command, esteemed Commander." Luo Fei saluted.

"Wh-what is that thing?" Tony stared in shock at the scene before him and asked Luo Xia.

"An intelligent robot. But now isn't the time to explain. I need you to repair Luo Fei. He'll be our trump card for staying alive."

If he could help it, Luo Xia would rather not reveal Luo Fei to anyone. But quite a few people here had already seen him, and Luo Xia would need Tony's skills going forward, so there was no point in hiding him. He might as well show him openly.

It took Tony a while to get over his shock. Then he eagerly began examining Luo Fei.

Seeing Tony approach with what looked like drool practically running down his chin, Luo Fei hurriedly said, "Mr. Stark, what are you doing? Please keep your excitement under control."

"Don't worry, I'll be very careful. But first, let me take a look at the damaged parts. Don't be scared. I'll be very gentle." Tony grinned.

Luo Xia didn't particularly care whether Tony took Luo Fei apart. Even if he did, he was sure the genius scientist could put him back together. So Luo Xia went off to search the terrorists' bodies.

With no idea how many days they might be stuck waiting in the desert, every supply mattered, especially food and water. Luo Xia couldn't survive on gasoline and lubricating oil the way Luo Fei could.

But when he touched one of the terrorists' bodies, he sensed another message.

[Gunpowder weapon detected: pistol, caliber...]

A series of basic details about the Browning Pistol appeared in Luo Xia's mind.

Drawing on his previous experience, Luo Xia went straight to the last line: [Condition: 99%. Meets the requirements for the Minor Remodeling Technique. Can be converted into a Pulse Pistol for 500 units of AllSpark energy.]

Minor Remodeling Technique? Luo Xia couldn't quite figure out what this ability was.

His understanding of the AllSpark was still based on the movies: a device that could create Transformers. Although Luo Fei had told him this AllSpark was even more powerful than the movie version, Luo Xia didn't have a clear idea of what that meant.

Now that he'd seen this information, Luo Xia decided to take a closer look at his cheat.

When Guan Bo closed his eyes and focused his attention on his hands, a flood of information appeared, making his head throb.

[AllSpark energy (Stage One): 1000/1000, recovery rate: 1/second.]

[Skills: 1. Intelligence Sequence Activation; Minor Remodeling Technique;]

[Please increase your AllSpark energy capacity as soon as possible to unlock more functions.]

Unlock more functions. Luo Xia almost misread it as "unlock more positions." Intelligence Sequence Activation was what he understood it to be: using AllSpark energy to create Cybertronians like Luo Fei. Luo Xia opened the detailed description of his second skill, the Minor Remodeling Technique, and found that it contained quite a lot of information.