âYouâre a mechanic? What a blessing!â
The female flight attendant shouted in delight.
There was really nothing to say about what happened afterward.
Because everything went too well.
Gu Qing Shan only needed to take a quick look at the tail of the plane to identify a small problem.
After changing out some small parts, the problem was fixed.
Everyone on the plane was tearing up from joy.
As this was a commercial plane without any powerful means of defense, if they couldnât hurry up and fix the problem, once night fell, most passengers on the plane would be sitting ducks in the middle of the desert.
So when Gu Qing Shan expressed his will to hitch a ride to their destination, no one refused.
The blond man and old Li also went with him.
âThis plane is currently heading to Dong Fan city and should arrive in about 2 hoursâ
After flirting a bit with a beautiful flight attendant, the blond man came back and told them.
Old Li opened a map to check and reported: âThatâs good news, Dong Fan city was already quite close to the capital, only half an hour on the highwayâ
The most advanced Mech research center was situated on the outskirts of the capital, so the three of them had already decided to first visit the capital.
Gu Qing Shan checked the map and spoke while in thought: âThis planeâs route seems to go past the capital, is it not going to land there?â
âUnfortunately, itâs heading straight for Dong Fan city without pauseâ the blond man told him.
The planeâs announcement speakers suddenly turned on.
A gentle flight attendantâs voice sounded from the speakers:
[Attention please, as you know, there was some problem with the plane earlier, so we will have to land in the capital for the airlineâs maintenance crew to perform an overall evaluation and ensure safety for all our passengers, thank you for your understanding]
The three of them exchanged glances.
The blond man commented: âAlright, seems like our luck is quite good todayâ
After the plane landed, the three of them were led into a private room inside the airport to wait for their accommodation.
They didnât know that their appearances had already been sent to the central processing system of the capitalâs defenses to be evaluated.
The results quickly came out.
[Appearance conformity 97%, identified as Li Wei, discharged military veteran, sniper, owner of the Medal of Patriotism]
[Appearance conformity 99%, identified as Joel Thomas, member of the North Union Mining Group board of directors, philanthropist, Northern state Autonomous Region VIP]
[Unknown individual, unregistered within the system, reporting to the National Defense Bureau]
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On the other side.
âLetâs go, letâs go, emergency meeting!â
âRaul, are you done with your part yet? Come quickly!â
âComing!â
The man called Raul hurriedly clicked the [Confirm] button on his screen.
These were all matters that are already processed and dealt with, all he needed to do now was to do the final confirmation.
âHey Raul~ Wait for me after work, I want to have a private chat with youâ
A woman in a tight business suit whispered into his ears before quickly making her way into the meeting room.
This was the prettiest woman in their office, as well as the dream lover of all the men in the bureau, whether they were already married or not.
Raulâs hot gaze stuck close to the figure of the woman as she went inside, smelled the lingering fragrance of the womanâs perfume, and couldnât help himself replying: âYes, Iâll definitely wait for you laterâ
His hands continued to press the [Confirm] button unconsciously to process and pass every document that went to him, among which was Gu Qing Shanâs unknown individual profile as well.
When Raulâs eyes went back to the computer screen, he saw that every document had already been processed and passed.
He shut his computer down, picked up his mug, and quickly made his way into the meeting room.
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The airport.
âHere you go, these are your temporary IDs, after finishing the registration here with me, you may leaveâ
The airportâs security manager gave three cards to Gu Qing Shanâs group.
As he left the room, the manager gave Gu Qing Shan a wink and smiled.
Gu Qing Shan didnât understand anything.
The other party believed that he was a secret agent working for the government, but Gu Qing Shan didnât know a single thing.
âThat fatty winked at you before he leftâ old Li whispered.
âI saw that heâs a bit strangeâ Gu Qing Shan put the card into his pocket.
âWhatâs so strange about that? No one can control their romantic emotions after allâ the blond man commented, sympathizing with him.
Old Li and Gu Qing Shan exchanged glances.
They secretly took some distance from the blond man.
âWhere are we heading?â old Li asked.
âWe need to find a Mech first, I want to check the specs of this countryâs technology so farâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
âThatâs not easy, each Mech is a dangerous machine thatâs closely guarded, civilians like us wouldnât be able to get closeâ old Li told him dejectedly.
Bam!
The door was opened again.
The security manager came forward and looked at Gu Qing Shan: âWere you the one who fixed the plane?â
âI amâ
âThere was a malfunction in our security Mech, but our engineer happened to be off-duty today. I thought that you might be a mechanical expert, so can you take a look for us?â
Old Li and the blond man both had looks of utter disbelief.
âNo problemâ Gu Qing Shan smiled.
He stood up first and followed the security manager.
Old Li and the blond man hurriedly went after them.
Old Li couldnât help but glance at the blond man.
His expression was clearly asking a question.
(Who exactly is this guy?)
The blond man shrugged and mimicked the action of screwing something in to express his answer.
(A Mech scientist, heâs already proven his excellence when it comes to this)
Old Li pointed at the sky and made a praying gesture.
(No, I think he might be God instead)
The blond man chuckled and shook his head.
(You think too much, itâs just a coincidence)
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On the security sentry post, 7-8 staff members were loading the large-scale security Mech onto a transport vehicle.
As soon as they hoisted the Mech up and was about to put it on the transport vehicle, the airport security manager arrived.
âWait a minute, donât move it yet, let an expert take a lookâ
As the staff members heard that, they sighed helplessly and prepared to put the Mech back down.
Gu Qing Shan thought of something and told them instead: âItâs fine, transport this damaged Mech to the component reserve center, if I can identify the problem, I would be able to change out the parts right awayâ
Thinking that to be a good idea, the security manager agreed.
They quickly arrived at the component reserve center.
The Mech was then hoisted down.
The staff members left.
âHow is it? Can you help us take a look?â the security manager asked.
Gu Qing Shan circled around the Mech and carefully observed this 3-meter-tall machine.
This Mech was equipped with a large machine gun in its hand, the majority of its components were housing ammunition, there was also a heavy artillery that could be detached at will on its back.
This was a primitive humanoid Mech suit, the cockpit was left in the open, allowing the controller to observe their surroundings, all of the Mechâs movements must be manually inputted through its controller.
This was definitely not a Mech that was used for normal security, usually, these models were employed for clearing out a battlefield through heavy firepower.
Despite being so primitive, this Mech was designed to sacrifice its mobility for an overall increase in firepower, which showed how powerful the mutated undead around the capital had become.
Gu Qing Shan squinted and continued to evaluate this primitive Mech.
From a design perspective, this Mech was still within the most primary design phase, the designer must have yet to encounter the infamous design concept struggle between [Humanoid Machine] and [Machine-like Human].
But thatâs a good thing since Iâll be able to remodel this Mech as I please.
âThere arenât any major issues, perhaps itâs a malfunction due to some minor components being damaged, Iâll need to perform a more thorough checkâ Gu Qing Shan told him.
âThatâs great, this thing is too expensive so if anything too serious happened, we would be troubled to report itâ the security manager said in relief.
Gu Qing Shan, the blond man and old Li pushed the maintenance stair up to the Mech together.
âI need to check the control panelsâ Gu Qing Shan said.
The security manager hesitated for a second.
The other party is a secret agent, his identity has already been confirmed by the intelligence bureau.
Furthermore, this is only a malfunctioning security Mech.
âAlright, no problemâ
He came up first, turned the control panels on, screened his fingerprints, entered a series of passwords, and changed the authority of the Mech to [Maintenance].
While the Mech was in [Maintenance] state, the controller wouldnât be able to engage its movement system, turn on the ignition or connect to the military network.
The controller would only be able to obtain a schematics of the Mech as well as the authority to replace and fix its components.
This should be safe.
The security manager climbed down and smiled: âPlease come to the employee cafeteria for lunch, Iâve already made the arrangements. Furthermore, when you leave, our airport will arrange your transportation for youâ
âPlease come up with me as well, Iâll need some helping handsâ Gu Qing Shan said.
The blond man and old Li nodded.
They climbed up the maintenance stairs and onto the cockpit of the Mech.
Various flashing lights, buttons, communicators as well as a pair of stick controllers appeared in front of them.
Old Li blew a whistle.
The blond man also held his breath.
For every man, large-scale war machines made completely of cold machinery and technology had a sense of romance to them.
Gu Qing Shan lightly stroked these devices.
The [War God Skills] icon in front of his eyes glowed brightly.
Lines of glowing text appeared:
[Organizing]
[The skills that this Mech have performed that can be comprehended include the following:]
[Discovered this worldâs language and writing system, cost 100 Soul Points to learn]
[Discovered Mech directional controls, as you are a Mech engineer that far surpasses this worldâs civilization, cost 1 Soul Points to learn]
[Discovered confidential communication password system, cost 30 Soul Points to learn]
[Discovered this worldâs programming language and operating system structure, as your expertise far surpasses this worldâs civilization, cost 1 Soul Points to learn]
[Discovered this worldâs Mech maintenance method, as your expertise far surpasses this worldâs civilization, cost 1 Soul Points to learn]
[âŠ]
Gu Qing Shan glanced over and silently said in his mind: âLearn everythingâ
A warm flow came from his hand into his mind.
Very quickly, he fully grasped the language system of this world, their Mech structure, their operating system, password system, and organization, so on and so forth.
âHow is it? Will it be hard to repair?â the security manager loudly asked from below.
Gu Qing Shan replied: âSome components need to be replaced, but after that, there should be no problemâ
He quickly operated the control panels.
The damaged components were quickly detached by a mechanical arm and showed in front of Gu Qing Shan.
âHere are the damaged parts, please take these down and show the managerâ
Gu Qing Shan selected a few and gave them to the blond man and old Li.
They carried the components down.
The security manager understood enough to confirm that it was indeed a problem of damaged components.
âI need you to give me the authorization to take and use new components to replace themâ Gu Qing Shan told him.
âIâve already given the authorizationâ the security manager smiled.
Gu Qing Shan then turned around, had the blond man and old Li to help operate the machines. Since the controls were quite simple, they easily got the job done.
While Gu Qing Shan continued to operate the mechanical arms to fix up the Mech wherever he could.
When everything was ready, the blond man and old Li once again climbed up to the cockpit, breathed heavily, and reported to him: âThe new components are readyâ
âAre we going to start fixing it now?â old Li asked.
Gu Qing Shan nodded, then whispered: âWhen he leaves, weâll beginâ
When he leaves?
The blond man and old Li were both confused.
Tututuruturu
All of a sudden, the security managerâs communicator rang.
[Manager! A group of mutated undead approaching the airport!]
The security managerâs expression changed.
âIâm coming!â
He hurriedly ran out.
The Mech maintenance and repair center returned to silence.
Old Li and the blond man were both shocked.
âGood, now Iâll be repairing this Mechâ
Saying so, Gu Qing Shan instinctively took out his Holo-Brain from his Inventory Bag.
He began to make his true preparations.
Next to him, the blond man and old Li silently exchanged glances.
They both said nothing.
Old Li shrugged and showed a questioning expression.
(What do you think now?)
The blond man pointed at the sky without hesitation.
(Yup, heâs definitely God)