The calm always came before the storm.
In the blink of an eye, two months had passed.
Stein Group Laboratory.
"Sir, is it ready?"
"Sir, is it finished?"
"Sir..."
Pandora's eager, expectant questions echoed repeatedly in Li Si's mind.
"Almost, almost, Pandora. You've asked me eight hundred times already. Could you stop rushing me?"
Hearing the impatience in her voice, Li Si smiled helplessly.
"Oh~"
Pandora responded with a pitiful "oh," then finally fell silent obediently.
Li Si was finally able to focus on his work.
Before him stood a hexagonal metal assembly platform. Six Doctor Octopus Arms danced above and around it, occasionally picking up a component and embedding it into the center of the platform.
Countless parts were gradually assembled, and the object on the platform slowly took shape. It was unmistakably a mechanical body cast entirely from Secondary Adamantium.
Click!
The mechanical body gradually neared completion. Only after embedding a miniature Arc Reactor into its chest cavity did Li Si let out a slight breath and rub his aching brow.
"Mental power... is still too much of a strain."
After lying on the cluttered floor to rest for a while, Li Si struggled back to his feet with a bitter smile.
Mechanical Assembly Center—this was the name of the hexagonal metal platform before him, as well as his sole achievement after two months of researching mental power.
With the Personality Copy skill, he had gone from awkward unfamiliarity to near effortless control. During this time, he had barely managed to get used to this power, at least enough to sense and call upon it whenever he wished.
While experimenting with controlling it, he had also been analyzing the traits of mental power and searching for ways to use it.
However, his mental power was still far too