Seeing her feigning innocence, Duan Jingfu knew what kind of person Ruan Chen was, so he just smiled.
Ruan Chen picked up the fertilizer and sprinkled it around the edge of the pot, then asked, "Professor, what are the department's plans to do with me?"
"Deal with? Why use such a serious word? What did you do wrong that you need to be dealt with?" Duan Jingfu seemed not to understand what Ruan Chen was saying.
Ruan Chen was too lazy to beat around the bush and said, "Regarding the Ten Famous Swordsmen, I don't think I have the ability to become a pilot. Didn't your director say last week that he wanted to revise my training plan?"
"Hmm." Duan Jingfu seemed to just remember something. "Our Martial Arts Research Institute is engaged in weapons research and development. If you can't be the pilot of the Ten Famous Swords, then you can be the pilot of other warships or mechs. We also have a few giant warships. They certainly can't compare with the Ten Famous Swords, but they are second only to them."
At this point, Duan Jingfu became interested, put down his shovel, and said, "Come on, shall I take you to see it?"
"become."
Duan Jingfu led Ruan Chen into the elevator, swiped the card to go down to the third basement level. This was Ruan Chen's first time in the underground world of the Martial Arts Research Institute.
It was said to be three underground floors, but no one knew exactly how deep underground it was. The elevator took more than a minute to slowly stop descending. The rapid descent caused a change in air pressure that made Ruan Chen's ears ring.
The door opened, and a faint smell of engine oil wafted into Ruan Chen's nostrils. She was shocked by what she saw.
Ruan Chen looked up and saw the high dome stretching endlessly, shimmering with blue light that symbolized a star map.
Under the blue light are crisscrossing tracks, which are used for maintenance. You can see engineers and technicians walking on the tracks.
Below, rows of enormous creatures lay silently, all covered by dust shields, their true forms obscured.
But it was already shocking enough.
Ruan Chen slowly walked up the metal steps to the nearest giant object. He reached out and touched it through the dust cover, and only by standing on tiptoe could he barely feel that it was a huge mechanical arm.
Duan Jingfu walked to the control panel on the side and tapped it a few times. The color of the opaque dust cover slowly faded, turning into a layer of light gauze that was faintly visible. Ruan Chen was able to see clearly what was in front of her.
It was indeed a robotic arm, and Ruan Chen himself was probably only about the height of the robotic arm's fist when it touched the ground.
This is a mecha.
"This is China's latest S13 mech, which is currently the world's best in terms of overall strength," Duan Jingfu said with pride. "But due to funding issues, we only have three of this model of mech."
He raised his hand and pointed into the distance, and Ruan Chen followed his gaze.
"Those six over there are A10 mechs. The rightmost column is the Moonlit Battleship, and the column next to the Moonlit Battleship is the Sunlit Battleship. Do you see how much larger the Sunlit Battleship is than the Moonlit Battleship? This is the most obvious difference between a giant battleship and a large battleship. The Sunlit Battleship is about five times the size of the Moonlit Battleship."
"It's funny, though. We have three Sunburst series warships, but currently there's only one pilot who can fly them."
Duan Jingfu looked at Ruan Chen and asked, "Why don't you give it a try?"
"Sure."
Ruan Chen couldn't think of a reason to refuse.
"But not today, it's maintenance day. Let's wait until your summer camp is over."
Duan Jingfu suddenly glanced down at his phone, his expression changing slightly, but he immediately regained his composure in front of Ruan Chen and said to her, "I have some urgent business to attend to. You can wander around by yourself. I'll come find you later."
Ruan Chen nodded in response, not noticing the change in Duan Jingfu's expression or the direction he left in. Her mind was completely drawn to these enormous weapons of mass destruction, and she continued walking forward on her own.
She silently compared and calculated the parameters of the sun's rays and the moon's glow in her mind. Occasionally, when she couldn't figure something out, she would casually pull over a passing engineer to ask. The engineer, who had just seen her with Professor Duan, knew that she must be Professor Duan's student and answered her questions very kindly.
The person was wearing work clothes with the emblem of Beijing University of Technology. After answering the remote's questions about the parameters, as if afraid that she might not understand something, he pointed to a small door behind the last Sunrise aircraft.
"That's the server room. All the parameters of the warships and mechs are registered there. You can go and take a lookâbut I'm not sure if you have enough permissions. If you have a student ID or identification code, just enter it. If you have enough permissions, you'll be able to see it."
Ruan Chen thanked him gratefully, but didn't think much of it and walked towards the small door.
But when she got to the door, Ruan Chen realized that facial recognition was required. Just as she was about to turn around and leave, the system's mechanical female voice announced softly, "Facial verification passed."
It's open?
Ruan Chen assumed that Duan Jingfu had entered her facial recognition information inside, or that the recognition system here was the same as the recognition system at the Martial Arts Research Institute above, which was why she was able to enter.
Once inside, it was pitch black, but you could vaguely make out that it was a fairly large space, which was completely different from the narrow door outside.
Ruan Chen was too lazy to take out her phone and use the flashlight for illumination. Using the dim light coming from somewhere, she walked to the nearest computer and casually pressed the space bar.
The screen lit up, and as expected, the next step was still identity verification. Ruan Chen entered her number from Beijing University of Science and Technology.
Then a dialog box popped up on the screen, and Ruan Chen frowned subconsciously the moment he saw it.
This dialog box is exactly the same as the one Nobody often uses to communicate with her, but thankfully the top left corner still displays the initials of Beijing University of Technology, instead of Nobody's name.
Ruan Chen thought to herself that this was probably just the original template of the dialog box that came with the computer system.
[Information recognition in progress, please wait.]
[Information loading, please wait.]
[Loading complete. Welcome, Ruan Chen.]
I've been waiting for you for a long time.
Ruan Chen subconsciously narrowed her eyes. As the last sentence popped up in the chat box, the incandescent lights in the dimly lit room gradually turned on.
The blinding light made Ruan Chen a little dizzy for a moment, but this dizziness was insignificant to her at the moment. She could hear her heart pounding like a drum in the quiet space.
The initials of Jinghua University of Technology in the upper left corner have quietly changed at some point, becoming the name of nobody.
Although Ruan Chen knew from Chi Xiao's reminder that there must be their followers in Jinghua University of Technology, Ruan Chen could not imagine that these intangible things could also reside in the school's system!
Her first reaction was, "Did the school know about this?"
How much human wisdom have these people learned from the school's system, and are they using it to attack other humans?
The text in the dialog box is still popping up.
You've finally made it this far.
Look around you, Ruan Chen.
Look around you, see what your good mentors are actually doing.
Do you think you're his one and only student?
Do you think you are the so-called pride he speaks of?
You are merely a carefully selected experimental subject for him; you will become his perfect vessel.
He doesn't want you to wield the most powerful weapon; all he's ever wanted is to mold you into his most powerful weapon.
[A weapon that belongs only to him and obeys only his commands.]
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