Chapter 95: Fire Star

The skeleton mechanical dog broke away from the gear robot, transformed in mid-air, and finally automatically changed into a form that matched Yu Cang's body structure, clinging to his back.

Click, click...

A mechanical structure extended from behind him and fixed a pair of goggles with green lenses in front of Yu Cang's eyes.

Suddenly, Yu Cang's vision changed, and a world composed of black and white pigment blocks of varying shades appeared before his eyes.

The things seen in this kind of vision were colorless, with heavy white outlines on the edges of objects, allowing him to easily recognize what they were.

Yu Cang blinked, and with a thought, [Identification and Sharing] was cancelled, and he regained his normal vision.

After studying it for a while, he found that he could choose to turn on [Identification and Sharing] on one lens and use normal vision on the other. In this way, he could see the real world and those invisible units could be marked with white outlines.

In this state, not only is combat more convenient, but the soul energy consumed is also reduced by half.

Speaking of which, after the Skeleton Mechanical Dog turned into this exoskeleton-like form, except for the activation of its main abilities, all other parts were in standby mode, and Yu Cang did not need to pay extra soul energy. But correspondingly, this thing would not provide additional power, which slowed down his movement speed slightly.

Walking to the mirror, Yu Cang looked at his outfit and nodded with satisfaction.

He is really handsome.

But I am really tired.

This lump of iron is quite heavy, and Yu Cang's physique is not particularly good. It's okay to carry it for a while, but if he wears it all the time, his combat effectiveness will definitely drop significantly.

Thinking of this, Yu Cang looked at the gear robot again.

"You come and merge with me too!"

Click!

A crack appeared on the smooth skin of the gear robot, and then the crack grew larger and larger. Through it, one could see the gear structure behind the crack spinning and changing wildly until a cavity that could accommodate Yu Cang was formed.

At this time, the gear robot happened to move in front of Yu Cang, and the cavity spread to Yu Cang's body little by little. He only felt a sense of tightness spreading on his body as the gear robot continued to dress him, until finally, this sense of tightness spread throughout his body, making him feel like he was wearing a tight-fitting suit with good elasticity.

Yu Cang looked in the mirror. He was now surrounded by a metallic substance, its surface smooth as a mirror, with only a few gears embedded in the joints. The skeletal mechanical dog on his chest had not been devoured by the gear robot, and its rib-like mechanical structure was still exposed, giving Yu Cang a wilder look.

Going further up, Yu Cang's head also turned into a melon-seed elliptical metal egg. The skeleton mechanical dog's goggles and some mechanical structures surrounded it, forming a helmet-like object.

“…It feels a little weird.”

Yu Cang raised his hand.

This layer of "tights" was tightly attached to his body, but between the two, there was a layer of Yu Cang's original clothes, so it made Yu Cang feel a little strange.

But from the outside, there is no sign of bloating at all, and the tights automatically outline a layer of very smooth muscle lines on the body surface, which made Yu Cang blush when he saw it.

Well...it turns out I'm so handsome when I have muscles.

Exercise when you have time.

Yu Cang tried to move around. This set of equipment was much heavier than the skeleton mechanical dog, but the difference was that it could also provide himself with some extra assistance by injecting soul energy.

So the final result is that Yu Cang's movement speed, flexibility and strength have all been improved to a higher level!

Of course, once the soul energy is exhausted, Yu Cang will be exhausted instantly and can only move forward step by step on the ground.

whoosh!

Yu Cang jumped lightly, turned around in mid-air, and finally stepped lightly on the ceiling with his feet, and immediately turned into a shadow and fell to the ground.

Although the landing speed was very fast, the gear robot assisted itself in making a nearly perfect force-unloading action, and the structure of the entire body was reasonably utilized, so that Yu Cang, who was in it, not only did not feel the touch of the collision, but even the landing sound was very small.

Including the difficult movements when jumping just now, they were all completed with the assistance of the gear robot.

Yu Cang alone could not perform such smooth movements.

"However, the soul energy consumption is also very high." After Yu Cang stood up, he did not move.

Just a simple jump and landing consumed nearly 70% of his soul energy. If he were to enter a battle, this amount of soul energy would not be enough.

"But once the energy problem is solved, this combination will become very powerful!"

Yu Cang smiled, pushed the door open and walked out of the inner room.

Just then, Gu Jieshuang came towards them.

Her face was a little pale, and it was obvious that she had consumed too much soul energy.

Gu Jieshuang was stunned when he saw a silver-white faceless man appear in front of him. Then he tilted his head and asked in a puzzled tone: "Boss? What are you wearing..."

Yu Cang was shocked: "...You can even recognize me?"

He deliberately didn't make any sound, just to see if he could scare Gu Jieshuang.

I didn't expect that I would be defeated after just one encounter!

You know, my height and figure have changed now, and there is no detail on my face.

Gu Jieshuang was stunned for a moment, then silent for a moment. Then he took a very stiff step back and said with an exaggerated expression, "You, you, you, who are you? What did you do to our boss?"

"...Forget it, just be normal."

"Hehe." Gu Jieshuang stood up again and stuck out her tongue. "You underestimate me too much. After all, I can still recognize you, boss!"

"Why? How did you recognize me?" Yu Cang was a little curious.

"Keep it a secret!"

"Okay...right." Yu Cang could only give up, but soon, he walked forward and patted Gu Jieshuang on the shoulder, "Let me show you something."

After the contact, the eyepiece on Yu Cang's face automatically separated from the middle, rotated to one side, and stuck to the side of his ear, revealing his smooth face.

Sizzle...

A slight electric sound flashed by, and the next second, the armor on Yu Cang's face disappeared, revealing Gu Jieshuang's face!

"Ah?" Gu Jieshuang was stunned.

"How is it? Is it realistic?" Yu Cang turned his head and made various expressions on his face.

Looking at "myself" who had lost his composure like this, Gu Jieshuang's expression was complicated: "Is this the power of this dress... I don't see anything wrong with it... But only one of your faces is mine, it's too weird!"

"There's no other way. The rare-grade gear robot can only do this." Yu Cang thought about it and retracted this ability.

After all, the consumption of soul energy is quite large.

What was just launched was naturally [Simulation and Invasion].

After he put on the gear robot, this ability changed slightly.

"Is this the boss's new soul card?"

"Well, sort of."

"...Come on, boss." Gu Jieshuang clenched her fists. "I heard from Lin Yunqing that you're going to participate in the Armaments Overhaul. Come on! I believe you'll definitely do well!"

"Yeah, don't worry."

"Then I'll go first... I'm so tired today..."

…

After seeing Gu Jieshuang off, Yu Cang walked to another room and met Lin Yunqing.

At that moment, she was standing with her back to the door, writing and drawing in front of a computer that was constantly flashing data. On the wall to her side, there were sticky notes of various colors, each filled with questions.

The main lights in the laboratory were not turned on. Only a few computer screens were flickering in the room, casting several interlaced shadows on the ground or walls.

Yu Cang coughed lightly and knocked on the door.

Lin Yunqing then turned around.

Seeing Yu Cang suddenly appear at the door, Lin Yunqing's expression remained unchanged, his eyes moved down and then up, then he calmly took out his personal terminal and made a phone call.

Buzz...

Yu Cang's personal terminal vibrated, and then it was automatically connected to the helmet by the skeleton mechanical dog.

Lin Yunqing said calmly, "Senior, there's a pervert in your lab. Do you need me to call the police?"

Yu Cang: "..."

The good news: This time, the disguise was very successful.

Bad news: My aesthetic taste has been challenged a little.

"Wait!" Yu Cang said quickly, "Why would he be a pervert? He's obviously very handsome!"

"Hmm?" Lin Yunqing glanced at the silver unknown creature, then at his personal terminal. He seemed to understand something, then sighed and put away the terminal. "So it's you, Senior... I was wondering why no sexual characteristics were observed."

"...So you think I'm an exhibitionist... But this is clearly a battle suit! It's obviously not skin!"

"Sorry, the lighting is bad." There was no trace of apology on Lin Yunqing's face.

“…”

"Hey, Senior." Lin Yunqing raised his eyebrows. "Is this the Soul Card effect? ​​...I haven't seen it before. Is this the new Soul Card you made for the military upgrade?"

"For now, I guess so."

Lin Yunqing frowned, and his eyes flashed with confusion, thought, enlightenment, disgust and a hint of pity in distinct layers.

Finally, she said seriously, "I'm sorry, Senior. I should have stopped you when you bought those toys."

Yu Cang: "...So what did you come up with?"

"It's okay, don't worry about it."

"Explain it to me clearly!"

…

"I see!" Lin Yunqing nodded in understanding. "[Access-type Value-added Protocol], [External Chimeric Components]... they're not toys, surprisingly powerful..."

"I always feel like you are mocking me." Yu Cang had already released the skeleton dog and the gear robot, and was now sitting on a chair beside him, somewhat speechless.

"That's not the case," Lin Yunqing said seriously. "It's hard to believe that such a powerful ability could be inspired by toys like building blocks and puzzles... Senior, I must say, your brain is absolutely humanity's most precious treasure!"

"...It sounds creepy." Yu Cang silently looked away.

"The potential of these two abilities is enormous. If they can be perfected, they would be extremely useful for the military," Lin Yunqing analyzed. "But as far as I know, the soul energy consumption of mechanical summoned beasts is very high. How can this problem be solved?"

"You even know about the mechanical race?" Yu Cang was a little surprised.

After making these two soul cards, he went to the association's official website to check. Apart from those water-related papers, there were only a dozen or so weighty papers related to the mechanical race. He had nowhere to look for reference materials.

It's a rather uncommon direction.

"I have learned it before." Lin Yunqing nodded.

"Alright..." Yu Cang tutted his words. This was a true academic genius. "Don't worry about this problem. I'll take care of it. During this time, you can first study the pattern structure of these two soul cards. Once I solve the energy problem, I will immediately start working on improving the mechanical card deck."

"Okay, I understand." Lin Yunqing agreed.

The attribute of the Mechanical Clan is gold, but the two current cards are both below the rare level and do not require resonance, so Lin Yunqing can still help.

After discussing for a while, Lin Yunqing packed up his things and left the laboratory. Yu Cang stood up and stretched.

"Let's solve these problems first." Yu Cang walked to the side, looked at the wall full of sticky notes, and picked up a pen.

…

the next day.

Yu Cang’s application for shooting club membership has been approved, and he plans to go and check it out today.

In the morning, after waking up from the laboratory, Yu Cang stretched and opened the entry recorder, only to see an extra line of words on it:

The entry extraction is complete, and the epic entry is obtained: [Creation], the rare entry is: [Electronic], and the common entry is: [Thinking]

Not bad.

When he was sleeping yesterday, he suddenly remembered that he had never extracted entries for this laboratory, so he had a sudden idea and tried it.

I didn't expect to extract an epic entry.

Nodding with satisfaction, Yu Cang took Ye Lai out of the room.

Jiang Lou and Wang Changzhai didn’t come today because… they had classes.

After all, they are not like themselves.

As for Lin Yunqing... she finished all the courses she could arrange during her freshman year. It is said that at that time, Lin Yunqing's schedule was from eight in the morning to ten in the evening, with no gaps at all. Even Saturdays and Sundays were packed with various experimental classes.

In fact, if nothing unexpected happened, Lin Yunqing's sophomore schedule would have been the same. However, not long after entering Yu Cang's laboratory, she used some connections, and now her schedule is free.

After all, she has already mastered the knowledge taught in those classes, and she can still tell what is important.

After saying hello to Lin Yunqing who had arrived early, Yu Cang walked out of the campus and rode a tricycle with Ye Lai.

The pet card I got last night was finally obtained, and I can go out with it.

This shooting club is called "Fire Star" and is considered the highest-standard design club in the ancient capital.

Yu Cang had originally thought of just picking it up at a smaller club, but after reading reviews on the official website saying that Fire Star had the most comprehensive equipment and the best service, Yu Cang figured, since it would only be this one time, it would be safer to find a place with a wider range of options.

The owner of the Fire Star is quite wealthy. He has leased several hills in the suburbs, which include shooting ranges, hunting grounds, special hotels, and so on.

Although the place is big, it is also remote. Yu Cang set off on a tricycle in the morning and arrived at the place around noon.

"We're finally here." Yu Cang locked the tricycle.

Fortunately, he thought that it would be cheap for him to ride a tricycle to such a high-end club, and someone might even come out to mock him.

Only when I got here did I realize that with a parking lot this big, people would just glance at me and then leave. People came in all kinds of cars, and Yu Cang even saw a few running.

...But...these three wheels are a bit unattractive.

Looking at his tricycle whose paint was almost peeling off, Yu Cang scratched his head.

I'll change my means of transportation in a few days...it's time to retire this three-wheeled vehicle.

At this time, he looked at the entry recorder:

The entry is extracted and the common entry is obtained: [Energy Storage]

On the way here, he bought a set of batteries and had already picked them up by the time he got here.

Yu Cang stroked his chin, wondering what use this entry could have.

"bell--!"

Suddenly, a car bell rang from beside him, followed by the shrill sound of tires grinding on the ground, which gradually approached and finally stopped. A very arrogant voice came from behind him: "Hey, I didn't expect you to come and play shooting too."

Yu Cang looked back and raised his brows.

It turned out to be Qiu Ding.

but……

Yu Cang looked up and down at the appearance of the young master from the imperial capital in front of him.

“You just ride a shared bike?”

I saw Qiu Ding in front of me, who looked quite embarrassed at the moment. He sat on an ordinary yellow bike. I didn’t know how long he had been riding. The glued hairstyle on his head had been blown into a mess by the mountain wind.

The wind at the end of October was a bit cold. Qiu Ding had a little snot in his nose after riding all the way here, and it was twitching at the moment.

Hearing this, Qiu Ding was a little annoyed: "What? Do you look down on shared bikes? Aren't you just riding a tricycle?!"

Yu Cang chuckled: "At least I have a windshield."

"You!" Qiu Ding glared and wanted to swear, but thinking of what happened two days ago, he forced himself to suppress it.

He coughed lightly a few times and said, "Forget it, I won't talk to you about this... Since we met here, how about a competition?"

"No, I'm just a newbie." Yu Cang shook his head.

"Oh?" Qiu Ding's eyes lit up. "That's great. I can introduce you to my personal trainer. He's been in the club for over 20 years and is a great marksman. How about it?"

Yu Cang was somewhat tempted upon hearing this, but looking at Qiu Ding who was eager to show his affection, he raised his brows, a little puzzled: "We don't have a good relationship, right? Why are you doing this?"

"Well..." Qiu Ding hesitated for a moment, "Wait for me."

He first got off the shared bike and locked it before pulling Yu Cang to the side. He looked around and said:

"There were a lot of people over there just now. Now... I apologize to you. I was a little reckless before. Please don't take it to heart..."

Yu Cang nodded.

Why can you be so arrogant?

"Okay, isn't it said that this matter is over?"

"Well... we two have been there." Qiu Ding hesitated for a moment, as if it was difficult to say what he was going to say next, "But this, but this... this Old Master Ren and my father, haven't they gone there yet?"

"What's the meaning?"

"I'll be frank." Qiu Ding gritted his teeth, "My dad doesn't give me pocket money anymore."

Yu Cang: "..."

"I only have a few tens of thousands of yuan left in my pocket now, and I can't even afford a usable car... My dad said he was worried that I would spend money recklessly and offend others, but that's not the case!" Qiu Ding rubbed his hands, "Well, why don't you mention it to Mr. Ren and ask him to put in a good word for me..."

"Come on, don't look for me." Yu Cang waved his hand and walked towards the gate of the Fire Star. "You're overthinking it. I don't have that ability."

Look at what you are saying, “just” tens of thousands?

If you don’t have money, you can rent out your unused house and car, don’t come to me.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't worry, I just mentioned it, we can still have fun together." Qiu Ding chased after him, "Okay, okay, well, we can talk about pleading for me later. Even if the deal doesn't go through, there's still friendship. Don't worry, I'll cover your expenses here today!"

"You have no money, don't you?"

"Well, let's put one thing first. Even if the money is small, I must not treat my friends unfairly!" Qiu Ding looked very loyal.

In fact, he had another purpose.

After returning from the snow-capped mountains, he suddenly discovered that there had been some changes in the reserve personnel of the combat society.

That Jiang Lou and a guy using a Zerg deck joined in.

This is really rare.

How could third-rate decks like Yingcao and Zerg be able to pass the assessment of the Battle Club?

Although he was also defeated by the Yingcao Suit... it was only because he was careless for a moment and failed to discover the weakness of the Yingcao Suit in time!

Out of curiosity, he challenged Jiang Lou to a duel, but the result surprised him greatly; he was defeated by Jiang Lou!

This time, he already knew that the weakness of the Yingcao set was the seeds, and he was dealing with it in a targeted manner, but for some reason, those Yingcao summoned beasts seemed to have become very tanky, and in the end he was still dragged until the Undead Warrior appeared, and he was ruthlessly harvested.

That would have been fine, but he later fought against the guy who used a Zerg deck, but he was defeated!

Why does he do that!

That summoning method that carries vortex energy is too abnormal. Such a small price can summon a huge monster...

But the facts were before him, and he had to accept them. After observing secretly for a long time, he came to the conclusion that the sudden increase in strength of the two was definitely related to Yu Cang!

So, he decided to put aside the past grudges and build a good relationship with Yu Cang. He no longer wanted to use the Yingcao trap, but he also wanted to try the strange vortex summoning.

…

"Hello, Mr. Yu, you can call me Guluo." A middle-aged man smiled and shook hands with Yu Cang.

He had bright eyes, tanned skin, bulging muscles under his thin shirt, and a good figure.

"Hello."

"Lao Gu is the top star here. I spent a lot of money to invite him here!" Qiu Ding patted his chest, "Let's go, let Lao Gu lead us two brothers to have a good time today!"

Gu Luo smiled and didn't care about Qiu Ding's somewhat offensive words.

"Thank you for your hard work." Yu Cang smiled helplessly.

"It's okay, I'm making money, haha..."

He still accepted Qiu Ding's invitation.

There's no way, this guy is too clingy... Besides, having someone to lead you is much more efficient than running around alone.

"Come with me, you two, let's do some warm-up exercises first."

Yu Cang followed, and suddenly, his eyes caught a figure beside him... It was a little girl.

He frowned. He felt a familiar yet uncomfortable aura from the little girl, but when he looked again, the little girl had disappeared in the crowd and could not be found.

...Forget it, let’s get down to business first.

Thanks to 202008071596785760 for the reward!

(End of this chapter)