Lu Xingshi had been assigned to a mechanoid manufacturing factory as a regular employee.
The Chaos Executor needed the flesh and blood of Void Demons and the souls of mechanoids as foundational sustenance. Thus, the most numerous facilities within the Empire Shadow were mechanoid manufacturing factories and Void Demon cloning bases.
The work was easy. He only needed to inspect whether a mechanoid's Electronic Soul was complete. Defective products with incomplete souls had to be picked out and sent back to the furnace.
"Tut, tut. Technology really changes lives." Lu Xingshi could not help marveling. A hundred thousand years ago, the first Electronic Soul had turned into the Soul Dragon. Back then, there had only been one.
But now, there were so many in the manufacturing factory that they seemed practically free.
"Time's up. Off work." Lu Xingshi checked the time and prepared to leave.
The entire factory had shut down. It was not just him getting off work—the whole mechanoid manufacturing factory where he worked had clocked out.
With no one producing anything, it naturally stopped.
As for whatever had not been completed, that could wait until tomorrow. He was not paid by the piece, so there was no need to work himself to the bone.
Just as he was about to leave the workshop, Lu Xingshi suddenly halted.
He sensed that something in the workshop had seemed to move just now.
He whirled around and saw a mechanoid stiffly climbing to its feet. Its electronic eyes met Lu Xingshi's own, and the atmosphere became awkward for a moment.
"You don't seem like an ordinary mechanoid." Lu Xingshi swiftly approached and grabbed it.
"Let... let go of me..." The mechanoid struggled, but lacked the strength to break free.
The mechanoids coming off the assembly line indeed possessed normal souls,