The research institute is located in a technology area far from the main city on the main star. It should take 20 minutes to drive there, but Bai Li took twice as long to get there in order to shake off the tabloid reporters who were following him.
Maybe because the space inside the car was relatively narrow, the smell of Bai Li's pheromones was more obvious. The alpha's stable mood was transmitted through pheromones, which made the omega feel more or less comforted. This made Lu Zhao's tense face relax a little, and even Bai Li's personal terminal was reporting on the follow-up of the Legion riot incident, which did not make him feel particularly irritated.
"Some departments are responsible for the development of robots for life services. They are considered confidential and are generally not allowed to be entered by people other than researchers," Bai Li began to talk about the situation in the institute. "Let's go to the sixth research room. There is also a public rest area there. Let's put my fish trunk there."
He raised his hand and gave a thumbs-up.
Lu Zhao almost broke his thumb.
"Let it go!" Bai Li grinned, "Two lives in one car!"
After Bai Li blew on his thumb with heartache, Lu Zhao asked, "Did you go to the simulated warehouse when you went to the institute before?"
"Ah," Bai Li answered while driving, "Not every time I go, I can enter the simulated warehouse, but I can enter it if I can."
In fact, Lu Zhao didn't want to ask this. He wanted to ask how Bai Li's legs could enter the simulated warehouse.
The mecha developed by the Empire needs to be connected to multiple parts of the human body. Mental strength is one of the factors that determine the degree of operational sensitivity, and a strong and healthy body is also a necessary driving condition. Although Lu Zhao did not deliberately check Bai Li's medical records, he left the military shortly after being injured. That leg should have been so disabled that it could not be connected to the mecha normally.
Bai Li did not hear Lu Zhao's response, but knew what he was thinking, and smiled: "I am the best tester... You may not understand what I mean, Xianhua, you will understand when you get to the research institute."
After a long circle, the safety system on the car showed that there were no suspected suspension vehicles following around, and Bai Li drove to the research institute.
It was not yet the official working hours, and researchers walked into the institute in twos and threes. Bai Li's car was parked at the side door as usual. There were fewer people here than at the main gate, but there were a few people walking slowly in with data recorders in their hands. When they saw Bai Li getting out of the car, they greeted him: "Hey, Master Bai, are you here to irritate our leader again?"
Before Bai Li could answer, Lu Zhao opened the door from the co-pilot's seat and walked out.
When the researchers who were just smiling and playing just now saw Lu Zhao, they immediately shuddered as if they were electrocuted, and stood there speechless: "Lu Lu Lu——" "
What are you masturbating so early in the morning?" Bai Li clapped his hands to let the researchers come back to their senses, and said earnestly, "Young people should take care of their health."
Lu Zhao was not very good at dealing with such a large number of admirers, and was thinking about how to reply. When he heard Bai Li's words , he didn't even feel embarrassed, but only felt indifferent both physically and mentally. After being with Bai Li for a long time, he was like a prickly ash tree - numb.
The researchers were blushing at Bai Li's words, but they were a little shy in front of Major General Lu Zhao and couldn't curse. They twisted their fingers, smiled at Lu Zhao with a shy face, turned their heads and stabbed Bai Li's head with their eyes like a knife.
Bai Li had a knife on his head. Even after being stabbed, he still waved to the researchers. He almost made them angry to death with his smile: "Everyone, please work hard. I will bring my legal partner for a walk."
The four words "legal partner" were pronounced in a clear and loud voice. For the researchers, every word must be heartbreaking.
It's not scary for idols to get married, but it's scary for the marriage partner to show off in public. Not a human being, really not a human being.
"Xianhua, go this way," Bai Li turned towards the gate, "Situ is probably already in the research institute. This grandson doesn't recognize his relatives when he's busy. If he wants to beat me up, you have to help him."
The bag of hot dried fish in his hand reminded Lu Zhao of the fate that Bai Li was about to face.
Lu Zhao nodded to the researchers who were still trying to come up with red faces and encouraging each other, as a greeting, and followed Bai Li into the research institute.
The security of the institute was very good. Facial recognition was required to enter. While Bai Li was inputting the order to bring people in, he said to Lu Zhao: "The side door is actually more likely to be secretly photographed than the main door. The brains of those blocking the camera are very good. They know that those who are afraid of being photographed dare not go through the main door."
Lu Zhao didn't understand: "Then why go through the side door?"
"Because the side door is easy to be secretly photographed, Situ has arranged the most security robots here," Bai Li whispered to him, "A few years ago, someone wanted to secretly photograph me and was beaten up at the side door. The good guy, it was all thanks to the institute that he was ruthless. The whole gang asked for compensation of 300,000 Star Coins." Lu
Zhao wanted to laugh when he thought about being beaten up for taking a secret photo and his facial features were dislocated. He couldn't help laughing and said: "Did you compensate?"
"Ah, what else?" Bai Li shrugged. "We paid about 100,000 yuan. They said we beat him too hard and we were also responsible. We paid for medical expenses and mental damages. Well, you know, you can't really beat a jerk to death if he wants to die, otherwise everyone will put the blame on you and say, 'He's just a jerk, why do you have to care about it?' If I really care about it, I will beat up the people who are talking to me."
Lu Zhao couldn't laugh anymore.
If people are too self-conscious, they will seem pretentious, but if people are too self-conscious, that's not a good thing.
Bai Li said it to make people laugh, but he said it lightly, and Lu Zhao felt uncomfortable.
One must be a very smart person to take this kind of thing as a joke.
"You're not angry?" Lu Zhao's voice was much lower.
"What are you angry about?" Young Master Bai said lazily, "I turned around and asked someone to beat that grandson again. I heard that his facial features haven't returned to their original positions this year." After saying that, he remembered to look around to see if there were any outsiders, "Oh, I forgot, don't tell anyone about this, I beat him secretly."
It turned out that it was not a prickly ash tree, but a big tree fork that was directly used to hit the man's head.
No wonder he lost more than 100,000 star coins and still put it here.
Lu Zhao laughed several times and commented: "This wave is not a loss."
The two of them smiled at each other, and neither of them was a good person.
Walking towards the Sixth Research Institute while laughing, the researchers couldn't recover when they saw Lu Zhao along the way. Looking at Young Master Bai standing next to him, no one knew what he said to amuse the Eagle of Empire. The cold face that could only be seen on the virtual screen melted 70% to 80%, with a gentle smile.
So much so that Situ was shocked. He had just finished working all night, and heard that Bai Li and Lu Zhao had arrived, so he hurried over to greet them. Unexpectedly, he saw his idol smiling at a glance. At this moment, it was as if he was flashed by a huge holy light. The whole person froze in place, and he mumbled: "Young Master Lu Zhao——"
"Did you step on the accelerator?" Bai Li punched Situ's shoulder, "You are shaking, but you are better than your employees. They got stuck at the first word."
Lu Zhao wanted to laugh.
Situ pushed Bai Li aside without even looking at him. He rubbed his clothes with one hand twice before extending his hand: "Major General Lu Zhao, we met before during the communication. My name is Situ, and my whole family are your fans--"
"Yeah, I remember." Lu Zhao shook hands with Situ before the words "my whole family are fans". "Will it be inconvenient for me to come to the institute?"
Situ shook his head repeatedly: "No, no! I heard from Bai Li that you want to borrow the simulation warehouse here?"
Lu Zhao was about to speak when Bai Li answered first: "Didn't you always say that you need to find someone to have a simulated confrontation or something? I've found the person for you. Can you let go of your hand first?" They
just shook hands, and Situ was nervous and didn't let go of his hand. Hearing this, he quickly let go of his hand and smiled embarrassedly at Lu Zhao.
But it was only a few seconds before Bai Li started to make a fuss, showing no respect for the old man. Situ said to Lu Zhao with a smile, "Go to the sixth research room first. The simulation warehouse is ready. We will input the data of the major general later." After that, he waved to Bai Li again, and said in a very friendly manner, "Bai Li, come here."
Bai Li was puzzled and thought something was wrong, so he walked over and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Come closer."
Bai Li walked closer.
Situ punched Bai Li in the chest, almost choking him.
The two of them had their backs to Lu Zhao, and Lu Zhao didn't see clearly, but he saw that the young master Bai, who was full of vigor just now, suddenly bent over, like a third grandson.
Situ put his arm around Bai Li's shoulder like a brother, pulled Bai Li down, gritted his teeth and whispered: "We agreed that you would not give me face in front of the major general. You can't even stand shaking hands? You are so stinking. Do I mock you? Mock you? Mock you?"
He punched Bai Li in the chest again.
Lu Zhao was already used to the pheromones left by Bai Li, and didn't realize that wherever he went, people could smell Bai Li's chocolate smell like a naughty child. Especially for an alpha like Situ who has a high mental power and a sensitive sense of smell, he knew that Bai Li was marking his territory as soon as his nose moved.
"Gently, gently!" Bai Li almost vomited blood from the hammer, and quickly stuffed the bag of hot dried fish in his hand into Situ's arms, "I brought you a gift, don't bother with me!" He
avoided Situ's words, did not mention that he deliberately left pheromones, and did not deny that he couldn't stand shaking hands.
Situ glanced at him and felt that this grandson was quite hypocritical. He didn't dare to admit that he couldn't stand it, and was very weak. He didn't say anything, but hugged the bag in his arms, thinking that after all, he was a brother for many years, and he still cared about him for something. His face relaxed and his hands were released: "Get out."
"Okay." Bai Li followed suit and ran back to Lu Zhao's side.
Lu Zhao looked at him for a few times: "What's wrong?"
Bai Li covered his chest, aggrieved, and whispered in Lu Zhao's ear: "He hit me."
"..." Lu Zhao didn't know what kind of temper Bai Li's friends had, but logically speaking, those who could get along with Bai Li were probably not normal people.
Just as he was wondering how the fight started, he saw that the snack bag in Bai Li's hand was gone.
Situ walked in front and turned back to ask: "Bai Li, what did you bring me?" He took it out and saw a dazzling red bag with the words "hot and spicy dried fish" written on it. He wondered, "Is this delicious?"
"Delicious," Bai Li nodded like a garlic, and raised his thumb, "If it's not delicious, would I bring it to you, my good brother!"
Lu Zhao's mouth opened and closed, closed and opened again. He wanted to say something but stopped, and stopped talking but wanted to.
Situ was quite touched: "Grandpa's love for you is not in vain."
Bai Li nodded and bowed: "That's right, that's right."
Lu Zhao looked calm, thinking that it was too early for Bai Li to cry out now that he was beaten. There was a good beating waiting for him later.
"Okay, Major General, you wait here for a while. We haven't started working yet. When everyone is here, I will find someone to input your data." Situ took the two to the rest area and asked the robot in charge of food in the rest area to pour two glasses of water. Then he picked up the bag of hot dried fish and prepared to leave. "I made a little thing last night. It's almost finished. I'm going to finish it."
He didn't even say hello to Bai Li, but only talked to Lu Zhao. After that, he rushed to his own research room, looking a bit like a workaholic.
After Situ left, only Lu Zhao and Bai Li were left in the rest area. There were whispers all around. Lu Zhao looked back and saw that the number of employees in the institute had gradually increased. In addition to the researchers from the sixth laboratory, people from other projects also gathered at the door, looking around and looking at Lu Zhao with burning eyes.
Fortunately, the institute was full of technical geeks who were obsessed with scientific research. Although they wanted to get close to Lu Zhao, they were all shy. In addition, Bai Li standing next to him was a big boss who spent money. He didn't notice it before, but today, the pheromones floating from his body really made people a little afraid to approach him.
Unlike the people outside, the staff at the institute were relatively polite because of the strong relationship between Situ and Bai Li. Even though they were about to spit fire at Lu Zhao, they were still polite and stood at a distance and moved towards this side little by little.
Bai Li took a sip of water and seemed to remember something: "Hey, flowers, let me take you to see something else."
Lu Zhao retracted his gaze and didn't ask what it was. He just nodded and stood up with Bai Li.
The two left the rest area and came to a door under the guidance of Bai Li. The thickened metal door that required iris recognition was tightly sealed, and a small screen next to it read "Material Display Room". The
door opened after Bai Li's recognition, and Lu Zhao followed Bai Li into the door.
As soon as you enter the display room, rows of display racks come into view. The indoor lighting is not very bright, which makes the faint blue light cast on the display racks more obvious.
Under the semicircular transparent covers, metal materials of different sizes are arranged, and the faint blue light makes them look soft.
"This is Situ's collection room," Bai Li explained to Lu Zhao as he led him forward. "They are all collected from various planets. It took a lot of effort."
Lu Zhao's eyes scanned the metal materials under the transparent covers and asked, "Can they be used to make mechas?"
Bai Li shook his head and said, "Some can be used, some can't. It's not all metal, there's everything." He paused, pointed to a place in front, and said to Lu Zhao, "I'll show you this."
Looking in the direction of Bai Li's finger, there was a small display stand in front of him, with several columns standing upright, each covered with a semicircular transparent cover on the top. The one Bai Li pointed to was one of them, much larger than the ones on the display shelf.
The faint blue light was projected on the transparent cover, and Lu Zhao seemed to be attracted to walk over and gradually see the metal under the transparent cover.
The hard material was painted dark blue on one side. The small white characters were hard to distinguish, but Lu Zhao still recognized it and said, "KL223."
This piece of metal was removed from the retired KL223 mecha. The dark blue surface was covered with scratches. I don't know what hit it. It was a bit bumpy. To leave such marks on such a hard mecha material, it can be seen that this KL223 must have been damaged before it was retired and experienced a fierce battle.
This model was difficult to drive and would put a burden on the body, so the production volume was not high. When Lu Zhao entered the First Legion, there were only two left in the legion. They were all assigned to lieutenant generals with high mental strength. They were retired soon after. Because of its great killing power, KL223 was once jokingly called "Fly Swatter", which means that in front of it, all enemies are no different from flies and will be swatted to death.
This was Lu Zhao's first time to come into close contact with the KL223 model, or to say, to come into contact with part of it.
"I really like this color," Bai Li also came over and stood beside Lu Zhao, looking at the metal under the transparent cover with him, reflecting a quiet glow, "This was removed from the last mecha I drove."
Lu Zhao raised his head and looked at Bai Li.
The light cast a blue hue on Bai Li's eyes, like the mottled mecha wreckage.
Bai Li smiled, his tone was quite relaxed: "I was the first person in the First Legion who could fly a fly as smoothly as a hovercraft, so I have to show it off. Xianhua, you have never driven a KL223, right? All of this model has been sent for scrapping, so you can only see it here."
After a pause, Bai Li said, "Do you want to feel the feel?" His
eyes flashed with some subtle emotions when he looked at Lu Zhao. Lu Zhao couldn't tell what they were, so he just nodded: "Yeah."
Bai Li smiled and spread his hand flat on the transparent cover. A layer of blue light swept across his palm, and the next second the transparent protective cover automatically retracted.
The wreckage of the mecha was placed silently, and Bai Li's fingers covered it, stayed for a while, and didn't say anything.
Lu Zhao didn't say anything. After a while, Bai Li said, "I haven't touched it for many years."
The voice was soft and small.
Lu Zhao knew that Bai Li had never forgotten every second of driving the mecha.
Even though every second was not all pleasant memories. Even though those memories were so difficult to release that Bai Li needed to use Lu Zhao as an excuse to dare to open the transparent protective cover.
Under the protective cover, there was once Bai Li's glory.