Chapter 194

Most of the time, strong superpowers mean strong mental strength. It is reasonable for a non-physical strengthening superpower like [Life Essence] to have strong mental strength. Therefore, Su Bei did not think of anyone else except this person.

The other party has a high level of mental power, and suddenly appeared in the processing plant, which means that he can no longer use his mental power here at will. Otherwise, if the other party seizes the opportunity, it is likely to bring him serious damage.

"So I'm falling behind." Su Bei scratched his head, thought for a while and turned on his mobile phone. As expected, he found that there was no signal on the phone. It seemed that he could not contact the foreign aid.

He hesitated whether to look for other people. If he did, he would have no idea and it would be troublesome. If he didn't, he would have no footage and might miss important plots.

After thinking about it, Su Bei decided to stay in the last workshop. If Jiang Tianming and his team could leave from another space, the most reliable result would be to leave from the same place they entered, that is, from the last workshop.

Therefore, he just had to stay here and wait. It would be best if he could catch up with them when they came out. If not, that would be no problem either. Anyway, he didn't know where else to look for his missing companions.

During the break in the workshop, Su Bei was not idle either, and studied the products in the workshop that had not yet gained life. Here he saw the sweeping robot that Ai Baozhu mentioned, a round plate-like thing with a small brush on the bottom that could sweep the floor.

I also saw Feng Lan's kitchen set, which included teapots, shovels, and cups. They were very delicately and beautifully designed. I have to say that they really looked a bit like the furniture servants in Beauty and the Beast.

"No butler assistant?" Su Bei muttered to himself after looking around. Compared with other machines, the butler assistant is definitely more popular and sells for a higher price. It stands to reason that most manufacturers will definitely make more profitable products, but why is there not a single one here?

Could it be that no one ordered the Butler Assistant in the previous batch? But that was impossible! As far as Su Bei knew, many families, including the Feng family, wanted to order Butler Assistant. There was no shortage of rich people in this world, and the Butler Assistant was a product that was in short supply at the moment, so it was impossible for "Life Science and Technology Machinery Co., Ltd." not to make it.

Maybe the pink robot that escaped was a product of this batch, but the other products had not yet been immersed in the life fluid to gain life, so it didn't make sense to give life to only one product first. Therefore, Su Bei thought that the pink robot might be a product of an earlier generation that had not yet been trained.

This batch of housekeeper assistants may not be made here at all. This idea is very reasonable. The most delicate products should of course be made by the big boss himself.

So the question is, why does the pink housekeeper assistant appear in the processing plant?

Just now, whether in the first workshop, the second workshop, or the third workshop, Su Bei did not see any parts that could be made into the style of the Butler Assistant. In other words, these Butler Assistants were most likely not produced in the processing plant.

The appearance and defection of the pink assistant is very suspicious. Did the boss send it here on purpose to stage such an escape?

No, that's not right, Su Bei recalled the chat record between Director Zhang and the boss that he had seen before. In the record, Director Zhang asked the boss whether he should stop the housekeeper's assistant from talking nonsense all the time. The boss replied that it was just a disordered language system, and told him not to worry about it, as there were special people to take care of it.

When I watched this part, I didn't pay much attention to it because Su Bei was eager to find the secret of the original liquid of life, and some information was missing.

But now when the missing information was filled in, he suddenly felt that this passage had a lot of meaning.

The butler assistant they were referring to should be the escaped pink robot. The pink robot's "nonsense" is most likely key information about the factory's secrets.

And finally the boss said "there is someone in charge", who is this "person in charge"?

A name flashed through Su Bei's mind - Li Jinhui.

This person who was inexplicably inserted by the boss and did not have to do any work should have played a role in some way. First of all, he could not be a relative of the boss, or a pawn inserted by the boss to monitor the work of the factory employees.

Because according to Director Zhang's chat records, he usually stayed in his room and did not monitor or spy on everyone's behavior. Otherwise, as the workshop manager, there is no reason why Director Zhang could not find out and only complain about those minor problems.

Li Jinhui's recent activity coincides with the arrival of the pink robot. Director Zhang's comments were made at about the same time as he asked his boss how to deal with the butler's assistant, which shows that they are on the same timeline.

Then, combining clues, timelines and some speculations to reorganize the events, Su Bei came up with the following story: the housekeeper assistant who "talks nonsense" will be sent to the processing plant and "trained" by Li Jinhui. In the end, the pink housekeeper assistant escaped and killed Li Jinhui who tortured her in the chaos.

But there is another question in this story. Li Jinhui knew that he had tortured the housekeeper's assistant, so how could he sleep in the dormitory knowing that the other party had escaped and his whereabouts were unknown? Wasn't he afraid of retaliation?

If we ignore this point, the previous guess about Su Bei seems to be correct.

Now the real question is: can the ability [Mental Torture] be used on mechanical life?

Among the many advantages of mechanical life that Director Zhang introduced earlier, one is that there is no sense of pain. There is no need to worry about it going on strike if it is bumped or scratched, just like humans.

Since it has no feeling of pain, the so-called "mental torture" should not work on it. Besides, does the life created by supernatural powers really have an independent spirit and soul?

Su Bei frowned as if he had missed something. He reviewed the whole incident again. After a moment, he remembered what he had missed - why did the boss arrest the people from the "Endless Ability Academy"?

What we just guessed were all internal issues of "Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd.". No matter what secrets the boss had or what secrets the housekeeper's assistant had, they had nothing to do with them!

But from the chat records between the boss and Director Zhang, it can be seen that the boss had been planning to target them for a long time and it was definitely not a spur-of-the-moment idea.

But you have to know that this is not the first time that the "Infinite Power Academy" has cooperated with the "Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd.". They have often come here to hold activities in previous years. Otherwise, the "Infinite Power Academy" would not be so confident about this place.

They didn't cause any trouble before, but they did when they came. Ignoring the influencing factor of the protagonist's theorem, if we only consider the actual possible reasons, could it be that the boss was also turned against by "Black Flash"?

This is the most likely answer that Su Bei can think of for the time being, but it doesn't make sense. According to the previous writing style of the author of "Superpower King", the "Black Flash" organization will not appear in every episode. Generally, there will be an ordinary event after one or two main events. This can also effectively prevent readers from visual fatigue or the main story progresses too fast.

During the study tour, the Black Flash organization had already made its presence felt. Even Su Bei, an aboriginal who has lived in the comic world for another month, was annoyed by the thought of Black Flash coming to cause trouble again, let alone readers who can see comic updates once a week.

But if Black Flash hadn't turned against the boss, Su Bei couldn't think of a second possibility for the boss to arrest them. The pink robot must know that the wooden iron man might be able to get something out of it.

But that has nothing to do with him. Anyway, there is no one to be found in northern Jiangsu now.

Su Bei thought that he had received enough information, so he decisively turned on the retirement mode. After resting for a while, a black hole suddenly appeared above the room, and then Jiang Tianming, the other four people and a pink robot fell out of it.

However, Meng Huai and Lei Ze'en were not in it.

Seeing them, Su Bei curled his lips as expected, removed his invisibility, held his chin with one hand, and asked in a bored tone: "Was the adventure just now fun?"

Hearing his voice, the five people who were still a little dizzy looked over subconsciously, and then showed surprised expressions. Qi Huang asked in surprise: "Su Bei, why are you here with the others?"

She was very quick to realize that it was not right that Su Bei was the only one here.

The wooden iron man next to him was anxious and quickly reported the information they had received: "There is a problem with 'Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd.'! Quickly warn others and tell them to be careful!"

"I'm afraid it's too late." Seeing that Su Bei didn't look surprised at all, and considering that Su Bei was the only one here, Jiang Tianming said quietly, "Have they been in trouble?"

Su Bei's smile widened and he snapped his fingers: "Smart."

As soon as these words came out, everyone wanted to punch him. Ling You pursed her lips. She was a little anxious, but because of her slight facial paralysis, she could only ask coldly: "Where is it?"

"I don't know~" Su Bei threw his hands helplessly and shrugged, "I went to the restroom and they disappeared. I was also helpless."

If someone else said this, they would believe it, but if Su Bei said it, whoever believed it would be a fool. Qi Huang had already begun to rub his hands with a fake smile, putting pressure on Su Bei. He looked as if he would take action if he delayed any more time.

Si Zhaohua rolled his eyes in a rare display of elegance: "So what's going on? Tell me quickly, human lives are at stake!"

Although he said that, seeing Su Bei's calm expression, he couldn't help but relax. Su Bei was so relaxed, maybe he predicted that there would be no big problems.

Although this guy often slacked off and didn't do his job properly, everyone believed in one thing, that is, Su Bei would never do anything to endanger everyone's lives.

Without wasting any more time, Su Bei briefly recounted what had happened before, including but not limited to Li Jinhui's death, Meng Huai's departure, the green food, and Director Zhang's explanation.

However, he did not tell anyone what he had found later. He was looking for clues only to avoid being blind, not to help others and reduce the difficulty of the dungeon.

"What? There must be something wrong with the food!" When Mu Tieren heard Su Bei mention the green food, his face changed drastically. He seriously suspected that the boss wanted to use the food to absorb everyone's spiritual power. Now the students who had eaten the food and disappeared must have fallen into the devil's clutches.

Not only him, the pink butler assistant who had been trying to reduce his presence since he fell also looked very anxious. He blinked his eyes rapidly and looked at the wooden iron man as if asking what to do.

Su Bei ignored what the wooden man said, and instead looked at the pink robot that was not as tall as his chest with interest: "So can anyone tell me what's going on with this one?"

"You go find someone, and I'll tell him what happened just now." Jiang Tianming made a decision immediately, satisfying Su Bei's request without wasting time.

After the others left, he told them what had happened. They were searching for clues in the last workshop on the first floor while waiting for Meng Huai to come back.

As a result, they didn't wait for the person. Instead, while groping around, they accidentally touched a mechanism in the fourth workshop and were sucked into another space.

When talking about this, Jiang Tianming pointed out the location of the agency to Su Bei. It was a photo of a black classic butler assistant hanging on the wall.

The start button was right where the housekeeper's assistant's start button was in the photo. If Si Zhaohua didn't have a housekeeper's assistant at home and he didn't click it by mistake, they might not have been able to find this hidden space.

Su Bei raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, not expecting this to be a mechanism. He really didn't pay attention to this just now, as his mind was completely focused on those lifeless semi-finished products.

Apparently Jiang Tianming did not press it again. "After walking around in the space, I felt that it should be an abandoned warehouse with many discarded housekeeper assistants. The pink housekeeper assistant is hiding in this warehouse."

"For a place like this, unless Director Zhang doesn't know about this space at all, it should be impossible for him to miss it." After knowing that the pink butler assistant was hiding here, Su Bei suddenly asked.

Even if he didn't know, the boss couldn't have been unaware. So if no one came to this space to look for the housekeeper's assistant, it could only mean that he did it on purpose.

However, what Su Bei expected did not come true. Jiang Tianming replied: "They came in before, and we were hiding from them together."

"'we'"

Hearing Su Bei's question, he nodded affirmatively: "This involves the conspiracy of 'Life Science and Technology Machinery Co., Ltd.'. They didn't develop any housekeeper assistant chip at all, but really put a person into the machine. This is what happened to Xiaofen."

Speaking of the chip of the Butler Assistant, Su Bei had such doubts a long time ago. You know, there is no chip on the market that can make a robot omnipotent.

If the boss really develops this thing, then let alone the world of superpowers, even in the world of ordinary people, his research will surely become popular all over the country.

But it is obvious that "Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd." is only famous in the world of people with special powers. Before, Su Bei only thought that he might have a common problem among people with special powers, which is to look down on ordinary people, so he did not consider developing the ordinary people market.

Now it seems that he is simply powerless.

Besides this, there is another doubt. If we ignore the fact that the products of "Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd." have life, then except for the Butler Assistant, the others do not have any technological value.

Just like Lan Subing's previous metaphor, the others are like props in a medieval fairy tale, while the butler's assistant is like research on the future world. If you think about it carefully, it will give people a strong sense of separation. However, because of the [Life Essence] ability as a cover, this loophole is not very obvious.

Now the truth is out. "Life Science Machinery Co., Ltd." does not have any high-tech products at all. It relies entirely on supernatural powers to produce products. It can be said that there is no technological content at all.

Jiang Tianming then explained in detail how to put a person into a robot.

First, you need to prepare a robot container, then find a person and let him be sucked by the [Life Essence]. The Life Essence, which is composed of a person's entire life force, carries a part of the person's soul. By soaking the robot in this soul-carrying essence, you can put the soul that originally belonged to the human into it.

After describing the story, Jiang Tianming made a final summary statement: "This is what Xiaofen is like. She was originally a human being, but was tricked and killed by the boss of Life Science Machinery Co., Ltd., and eventually became a housekeeper's assistant. I suspect that he tricked us here for this purpose."

No wonder those housekeeper assistants are not made in the processing factory. This kind of thing obviously cannot be made public. However, there is another thing that puzzles Su Bei: "How does the boss control these housekeeper assistants who have human souls?"

"Souls reshaped by the [Life Essence] will naturally have a favorable impression of the power owner. The boss can then make up a story about an accidental death and being saved by him, and the housekeepers and assistants will be completely devoted to him." Jiang Tianming explained, "For example, Xiaofen previously believed that she had a terminal illness and was saved by the boss's power. However, in an accident, she accidentally discovered the truth. She originally wanted to escape and leave 'Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd.', but was discovered on the way and was finally sent here."

"Then she was tortured by the dead person using his supernatural powers. After she found an opportunity to hide, she took advantage of the chaos to kill the dead person, right?" Su Bei took over the conversation and asked him with a smile.

He originally planned to increase his ability in the field of gears, but now it seems that the gears can be saved for the next opportunity, and it is not a bad idea to continue to work on destiny. Isn't this a good opportunity?

Hearing him explain the whole story so clearly, as if he had known it for a long time, Jiang Tianming asked in astonishment: "How did you know?"

Su Bei tapped his eyelids lightly and said the words he had just thought of: "The trajectory of destiny is in my eyes."

As for what new abilities this line can generate, he will think about it carefully when he returns, and then after the comics are updated, he will use the "Prophet" that has been idle for a long time to create a wave for himself.

Jiang Tianming had no doubts about what he said, but Su Bei had never shown this ability before, so he asked: "Is this your new ability?"

Su Bei replied ambiguously: "About the same."

Hearing this, Jiang Tianming suddenly thought of something, showing a complicated expression, and asked tentatively: "There are many poor housekeeper assistants like Xiaofen. Some have nothing to do with us, but some do. So I want to stay here and see if I can help them solve their predicament."

The key point of this passage is actually the first half. The second half is a fact that can be guessed without thinking. Jiang Tianming and his friends will definitely not run away. If they run away, can they still be called the protagonist group?

As for the first half of the sentence, the so-called butler assistant "related to us" can be understood as the butler assistant of Si Chaohua's family, but it can also be understood as another meaning -

"Wooden iron man, right?" Su Bei pointed out his temptation with a smile, and his sharp purple eyes seemed to be able to see through all the truth.

I didn't expect that he actually knew this. Although I had expected it, when I really heard him reveal the truth, Jiang Tianming couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked, "When did you know this?"

"Not long ago." It was still an ambiguous answer. In fact, Su Bei guessed this after Jiang Tianming revealed Xiaofen's identity. He had doubts about the identity of the wooden iron man. When he heard the inside story of Xiaofen's creation, he guessed the truth in an instant.

“…”

Jiang Tianming exhaled, as if he was sighing, but also as if he was letting out a long sigh of relief. He didn't know when Su Bei knew about this matter. Maybe it was really not long ago as he said, or maybe it was even earlier.

But no matter what, Jiang Tianming was relieved that he didn't have to hide such a big thing from his companions: "Since you already know, I won't hide it from you. You guessed it right, the squad leader was once a housekeeper's assistant, but he managed to escape and met the world's top robot research master, Mr. Kong, by chance. Mr. Kong made him a robot body that simulated a human and installed him in it. Later, the squad leader accidentally awakened his superpowers and came to our college to study."

"So do you think it's a coincidence that Mutieren was invited here?" Su Beirao asked with interest. He now vaguely felt that the boss's ultimate goal might not be ordinary psychics like them, but Mutieren, the escaped butler assistant.

Jiang Tianming obviously thought so too. He shook his head and said, "I'm not sure, but I don't think so. You should have felt it too. There has been a line of sight spying on us since we entered the processing plant. I suspect that the boss behind the scenes is looking for the butler assistant who escaped."

This is indeed suspicious evidence. They had no reason to spy on what they were doing and never showed up. It is obvious that they were doing something secretly.

Jiang Tianming had another reason for his judgment: "Besides, didn't you make it clear that they were arrested? I don't think Life Science Machinery Co., Ltd. arrested them on impulse, otherwise they wouldn't have planned to take Teacher Meng and Teacher Lei away. I think the only reason they targeted us so early was because of the class monitor."

Previously, Su Bei was still wondering whether "Life Technology Machinery Co., Ltd." was bought by the "Black Flash" organization, otherwise why would they attack them. Now it seems that it should be Jiang Tianming's guess, and all this is because of the wooden iron man.

"But there's one thing I don't understand." Jiang Tianming was not in a hurry since his teammates were looking for someone outside. He sat next to Su Bei and thought, "What is the use of that green food that Director Zhang gave you?"

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