Chapter 406: Prosthetic Manufacturing Master Lu Wenwu
Liu Linan swore that before he met Lu Wenwu, he never believed in the existence of such things as gods.
Even the charlatan who often wandered between the slums and the normal urban area and nagged in his ear all day long, or those superstitious members of the Glory Society who had been distributing flyers and going crazy for a long time.
But now, he suddenly began to believe it a little.
Miracles really do exist in this world.
It seems that the magic and spells that the charlatans keep talking about are not all tricks.
Liu Linan watched helplessly as the lines on the brown-red stick suddenly turned blood-red, and then the pale pink halo that looked like a mirage or a dream bubble disappeared.
The laptop, which was mostly intact, disintegrated into a pile of scattered parts out of thin air.
The damaged parts replaced themselves and fell onto the bed, and were replaced by other parts that Lu Wenwu had disassembled in advance.
Even the computing core that had been completely melted due to overload was repaired by the flash of pink light and looked as bright as new.
A large number of parts assembled themselves as if they had life, as if several experienced technicians worked together and quickly put them together with invisible hands.
About ten seconds later, all the magic disappeared without a trace.
The laptop computer of unknown model was placed there intact as if it had just come from the factory, even the battery was fully charged.
Along with it, the silver-gleaming Overlord Spear Liuhuo beside it also emitted a dazzling light.
There were also some slight sweat stains on Lu Wenwu's skin.
With his current body, it is quite difficult for him to bear the power of the law.
Even though he had used a trick to reduce the difficulty of repair as much as possible, he still felt as tired as if he had just killed a hundred people, and his physical reserves were greatly reduced.
"Is this... magic?"
Liu Linan carefully pressed the power button on the computer.
When the screen and keyboard all lit up and flashed the boot animation, his heart seemed to skip a beat.
"It's actually been fixed."
"As you can see, this is indeed magic, a simple repair spell."
Lu Wenwu put his clothes back on and inserted the Fire Dragon Wand back into the storage slot.
In fact, he was a little confused. His clothes were clearly made by projecting equipment, so why could they still be preserved in such a soulless place?
If the conjured clothes are still there, why can't I separate them from my body?
The only thing he brought was the wand that had been stuck in his clothes, and many of its functions were ineffective without activating the dream law, which was very strange.
"Magic is here. I'd rather believe it's some kind of advanced technology developed by the Han people, perhaps something like deep development of the spiritual and mental realms." Liu Linan curled his lips. "I'm a staunch materialist. If gods and magic really exist, then why don't they come and destroy this damned world filled with sin?"
"Maybe they are busy saving other worlds, and their incompetent subordinates are unable to complete the task, while the stronger ones have just been lined up." Lu Wenwu muttered softly.
After just a few hours of getting along, Liu Linan was able to automatically ignore Lu Wenwu's "crazy talk".
After fiddling with it for a few times and confirming that he was lucky this time and that the computer's motherboard was not damaged and he didn't even need to reinstall the system, he handed it to Lu Wenwu to tinker with and study on his own.
He carefully picked up the pile of modified prostheses and auxiliary plug-ins on the ground and placed them on the table.
In the world of scavengers and mercenaries, it's rare to find a prosthetic preserved this well after a battle.
Especially artificial nerves, which are fragile and extremely expensive contraptions, most of which are distributed throughout the body and finally connected to the brain.
Things like prosthetic eyes, limbs, artificial organs, and reinforced Achilles tendons are still easy to deal with.
Once things like nerves and blood vessels, artificial skin, subcutaneous reinforcement layers, and artificial bones are damaged in battle, they are basically broken and scrapped, and it is almost impossible to get a complete set again.
A bullet shot in the back will sever the main nerve bundle, and even if it is repaired, the value will be seriously damaged.
Anyone who dares to do this kind of illegal work must have some skills.
Four semi-professional mercenaries who work part-time as scavengers are equipped with a number of combat prosthetics that can be used for fighting.
There was even a guy who underwent bone coating and muscle strengthening surgery in order to have better physical fitness. Now he has a complete set of bone-strengthening metal coatings, similar to the adelman alloy coating on Wolverine's bones.
After melting it, it can be sold as a new one, but the quantity may be slightly less than before.
In other words.
If these "inheritances" were sold on the black market, they could fetch a large sum of money.
If you take into account the several hot weapons and explosives carried by these four mercenaries, the price will be even higher.
How high exactly?
This is probably a price that Liu Linan could not earn even if he went without food or drink and worked hard picking up garbage for ten years.
The gold belt for murder and arson.
There is nothing wrong with this sentence.
"Take a look at these and see if you'd like to have any installed. I'll perform surgery on you. Your hand is still usable, but that crappy prosthetic leg is just a crutch. Throw it away as soon as possible. I'll make you a new one to replace the abacus."
Lu Wenwu fiddled with the computer for a while and found that apart from some learning materials left by the previous owner that required a brain chip to view, there were only a bunch of games left.
Although he didn't know why rich people would watch fake ones when they could play the real ones, Lu Wenwu was very satisfied with this machine.
No sensitive information meant no trouble, and the computer was completely his.
There is just one thing that needs to be addressed urgently.
"These prosthetics, especially the whole-body nervous system, secondary heart, and brain-assistance chips, shouldn't be so cheap as to be completely worthless, right? Sell the ones you don't need tomorrow and pay some money to cover my internet bill."
Yes, internet fee.
Lu Wenwu felt heartbroken about this.
In the cyberpunk novels he had read before, people would just grab any device they wanted and use it after traveling through time, without having to deal with any other messy stuff afterwards.
Why do I have to pay for the internet bill myself here?
There is not even free WiFi!
Looking at the display on the computer, it’s a good thing that it has an integrated wireless network card or something like that, otherwise I might need an external brain-assisted chip to access the network.
"Okay, these prosthetics are still quite valuable. Even if we sell them at a low price, there will still be a lot left. I'll find someone to make you a virtual identity and a virtual account. Then you can be fully integrated into society."
"The company doesn't really care about the census. You're bound to be sucked dry if you live in this city. You have to come with me to sell your prosthetic body. Otherwise, given the situation today, I'm afraid I'll go there alive but not come back."
Liu Linan readily agreed and selected an exoskeleton-like device from a pile of prosthetic parts. It looked like it should be installed on the legs.
"I don't have any particular needs for prosthetics. As you can probably tell, I'm actually quite afraid of death and I don't particularly dare to fight. If possible, could you help me connect this to my old leg?"
"That's easy."
Lu Wenwu took it from the other person and gave him a look that said "don't worry".
"Does this old leg have any special sentimental value to you? Do you want to keep it?"
"I don't have any special feelings about it. It's just a scrap piece I found at the garbage dump. I modified it and made it work." Liu Linan gave another familiar, dejected smile. "I just think I can walk normally again. It would be even better if I could run."
Lu Wenwu thought about it and decided to keep the hollow metal skeleton and subcutaneous armor layer, and also took some parts from the pile of electronic waste that Liu Linan picked up.
"Take off your arm and give it to me. I'll strengthen it for you while retaining its original function."
Liu Linan hesitated for a few seconds, but still chose to believe Lu Wenwu and removed his left forearm and placed it on the table.
The Fire Dragon Staff glowed with a pale pink light again.
This time, it will take much longer.
Liu Linan's old legs, old arms and the exoskeleton that Lu Wenwu had brought over seemed to melt and slowly merged towards the center.
When the fusion was halfway through, Lu Wenwu picked up a hollow metal bone frame from the ground, rolled it into a ball, and threw it in.
Soon, a majestic right leg full of mechanical feel and a streamlined metal left arm similar to the Winter Soldier's arm appeared on the table.
Each muscle fiber made entirely of metal is clearly visible, extremely similar to a leg with human skin peeled off, and from top to bottom it exudes a murderous aura of someone who has just come down from the battlefield.
Based on the SA-25 Iron Soldier prototype, it was filled with the energy-transformed flesh and blood of the Fallen Light Clan, and finally covered with the Destroyer armor from the Commie robot, ultimately completing these two newly upgraded prosthetic limbs.
At this time, Lu Wenwu was sweating profusely and was a little out of breath.
In order to make these two powerful war prosthetic limbs, he really consumed a lot of energy.
Even though he had seen many miracles in just a few hours, Liu Linan was still extremely shocked by this superpower that could turn decay into magic.
He helped Lu Wenwu sit back on the bed, a barely perceptible glint in his eyes.
In the information panel invisible to others, two web pages were secretly opened.
Liu Linan hesitated for two seconds and finally made this difficult decision in his heart. He signed his name and entered his current address.
Lu Wenwu was completely unaware of this and simply greeted him enthusiastically, "Come, try my hand at my craft—the SA-25 Iron Soldier, specially designed for disabled soldiers. Considering your disability, I've designed a hot-swappable slot so you can load and unload it at any time."
"Without a full set of exoskeleton armor, its power might be slightly less than before, but its flexibility will definitely surpass your old limbs."
"Powered by nuclear energy and equipped with my modified full-power plasma cutter, the bulletproof fiber layer implanted by the butcher is no match for you. Punching through his body with one punch is no problem. Even the precision of delicate work can reach the nanometer level."
"You'll need to get used to the leg a bit. The performance of this leg far exceeds your natural leg. Since you haven't undergone any enhancements or implanted any prosthetics, you might have trouble walking in the beginning."
"Once you get used to it, running a hundred meters in under five seconds on one leg will be no problem, and a thousand meters in just over a minute. You can even throw small objects weighing less than 200 grams at a muzzle velocity that can probably reach the speed of sound."
"After we eat something tomorrow, I'll recover some strength and then do the implant surgery for you. I'll add a layer of subcutaneous armor, which will also improve your survivability in disguise."
“Blood hell!”
Liu Linan, who had just tried to put on his new legs and arms and was about to move around, was suddenly frightened and stood there, not daring to move.
I was afraid that I would get sent away if I wasn't careful.
This is the prosthetic limb that was just created right under my nose!?
How can I, Liu Linan, deserve such a good thing?
This is really outrageous.
Even if this is a prosthetic limb, and not the effect achieved by implanting a prosthesis in the body, this data is still incredible.
It has completely surpassed the inferior military products made by those people in the Veterans Union, and is comparable to the high-end civilian prosthetics launched by Zulong Yuan on the market in recent years.
This was something Lu Wenwu had casually made using two old gadgets that were on the verge of being scrapped, a pile of junk, and a few low-quality auxiliary parts!
Liu Linan's body and mind were very honest. He knelt down in front of Lu Wenwu with a thud, tears streaming down his face.
Just as Lu Wenwu was about to persuade him, he heard some strange noises coming from outside the door.
"Why is this sound wrong?"
Without thinking much, he reached out and opened the creaking old door.
There was no one outside the door, only a small square car.
Seeing the door open, a scanning light screen popped up from the camera on the car, immediately covering Liu Linan, who was in tears.
"Target confirmed, Mr. Liu Linan, the twenty boxes of high-grade nutritional paste and two high-quality fried chicken burgers you ordered have arrived. Please sign for them." A beautiful electronic synthesized voice sounded.
"takeout?"
Lu Wenwu was a little disappointed. It turned out that another boy delivering wealth came to his door.
He had seen similar food delivery robots in hotels on Blue Star in his previous life, but they were not as advanced as this one.
After taking out the beautifully packaged high-quality nutritional paste and two steaming hot fried chicken burgers with some surprise, the delivery cart gently closed its door and beautiful music came out.
"Thank you for your consumption. Taotie Catering Group is dedicated to serving you and looks forward to your next order."
After closing the door, Lu Wenwu casually placed the things on the table, then pulled Liu Linan up and put him back on the chair.
He then sat down, smelling the distinctive palm oil smell of cheap fried foods, and asked in confusion, "Old Liu, where do you get the money to buy all this? Didn't you just say that proper food is incredibly expensive, and you only eat tasteless, ordinary nutritional cream?"
"What I bought for you and Maomao is nothing compared to the prosthetic limbs you made for me. It's not even enough to cover the cost of a normal surgery."
Liu Linan wiped away his tears and gave a somewhat ugly smile.
"I'll slowly pay you back for the prosthetic limb. With the prosthetic limb you made for me, I'll be able to get more credits in the future. These and the medicine I got from you are my token of gratitude. I hope you don't mind."
"That's not important. These are all free to me. At best, it's just a matter of eating something. Besides, you got all the materials back. You also saved Maomao and me a huge trouble."
Lu Wenwu waved his hand and asked seriously.
"You haven't answered me yet. Where did you get the money to buy these? They shouldn't be cheap, right?"
"I used my enhanced heart as collateral to borrow some money." Liu Linan said with a smile.
(End of this chapter)
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