You think she's human? Half her head is mechanical.

Seriously, it wasn't just a metal mask; it was a face that was half flesh and half a metal skeleton.

Those eyes were all artificial, large probes, glowing red.

Just like in American science fiction movies.

The remaining half of her face was fleshy, and she looked quite delicate.

She was stronger than me; at least she was wearing a canvas and her legs were bare, with a piece of flesh missing from one leg, revealing the metal skeleton and wires underneath.

He held a hook in one hand and a bag in the other.

"Who let you come here?"

The voice was a woman's, but I still couldn't bring myself to associate it with a "person".

"Do you know this area is my territory?"

What? Do I have to curry favor just to pick up trash?

"Take off your pants, these are all mine."

"Get out!" He even took off his pants for her; once they were off, I'd be left with nothing.

"court death!"

She raised the iron hook to hit me, but after taking a step, the good leg came out, while the missing leg remained in the same place.

"Give me a break!"

I've been searching for ages and haven't found any clothes, so I don't want to waste any more time here.

This place is quite big; I need to find another spot.

With that thought in mind, I jumped off the ruins and turned to walk away.

"stop!"

"Are you ever going to stop... Holy shit!"

The woman's hand had been replaced with a gun.

"Hey? Don't get excited..."

I was talking to her, but a hidden force field enveloped her, and she immediately felt that she couldn't move her hand.

"You...you're CoreMaster?"

What is this called?

What is a "core engineer"?

"You don't know? It's someone who has awakened Core Intelligence and can use the Blood of Core Machines."

Oh! In other words, there are still some people who cannot awaken their core intelligence.

"Please forgive me, Lord Chif, a fourth-class citizen. I have offended you."

She probably wanted to kneel down on both knees, but the mechanical leg wasn't working properly, so she could only kneel on one knee, and one of her arms was trapped by me, making her posture a bit funny.

I went over and took her gun, which was an old laser gun that I no longer used, but it was out of power and the indicator light wasn't even on.

"Tell me where I am first?"

"Reporting to Your Excellency! This is Kangcheng."

"I want to ask what this whole area is."

Qi Fu blinked, as if she didn't understand.

Forget it, I'll do it myself!

Hypnotize her, then look at her memories.

I need a quick overview, otherwise I'm afraid she'd be dead if she only had half a brain.

After reading her memories, I have a general understanding of this place.

This is their 13,200th year, which is a year.

Kangcheng belongs to a small country called Dan in the northwest. It has just experienced a war, and resources are scarce, with ruins everywhere.

The people here are divided into four classes, with the lowest being the fourth class, which belongs to the poor.

Those who are skilled in tactics and techniques, or kung fu, belong to the third rank and are called "skilled men".

Those who can awaken the core intelligence and utilize the blood of the core machine are called core warriors, belonging to the second tier, which is already a very high status.

The country's leaders are selected here.

Above them are the first-class kings and royal relatives, the absolute leadership, who are also selected from among the elite.

I thought I had arrived in another world, but this is Earth.

The key is that the sun is right in the sky, so what about Earth? Even if this is an interlayer, it doesn't make sense, does it?

I'm a bit confused right now; I don't even know where I am.

I put her to sleep, and Qi Fu collapsed to the ground.

This Qi Fu is quite pitiful. She was originally a technician, but a bomb blew off half of her body.

Fortunately, she was a soldier, so the military doctor created half a mechanical body for her.

However, after the battle, her army was wiped out, and she was left crippled. Upon returning to Kangcheng, she was demoted to a fourth-class citizen.

With no source of income, he could only survive by scavenging for scraps, let alone afford to repair his body parts.

Since she helped me find out about this place, I glanced at her leg, just to see if I could fix it. But what did I see?

It's not the physical objects represented by the grid, but data.

Metal skeletons, wires, circuit boards, even artificial skin—it's all code.

A data-driven person, isn't that just a computer program?

NPC?

So, is the place I'm in... virtual?

Wait a minute? This person still has warmth to their body!

Wait, wait... This is messed up. What kind of virtual world can be made so realistic?

If I get killed here, will I really die?

No, I have to try it when I have time. If I don't die, I'll have a lot of fun here.

Of course I couldn't test it on myself, so I thought of Hugh and the others.

If that's the case, I really will try to find a way to cure Qi Fu.

This world is virtual, it's all code. So if I understand code, can I create something from nothing?

I peeled off the artificial skin on her legs.

I must say, the medical skills here are really amazing. My dad's research on things like controlling prosthetics with the brain is child's play compared to what they're doing.

She has mechanical nerves in her legs that can connect directly to the human body, eliminating the need for implanted biochips and sensors.

Code is code, and technology is real technology!

I've discovered the advantages here: the people are fake, but the technology is real.

"My lord! You...you..." Qi Fu woke up.

"I'm fixing your legs, and you're blushing... Holy crap!"

My face turned red too. There was nothing under that tattered canvas, and the structure was just like a real one.

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