Chapter 1 First Control
Blue Star Civilization…Silver-Gray Star…Third Generation of Immigrants…
I...I have traveled through time?
The severe pain that tore through every nerve made it difficult for Li Ming to feel any other emotions.
He didn't know how much time had passed, but his chest felt like a bellows. He forced himself to sit up and touched his neck, which was burning with pain.
After a while, he felt better and sat on the bed, holding onto the wall. A virtual poster on the left wall projected a girl with a good figure, her long, round legs wrapped in black stockings, changing into various poses.
There was a roll of toilet paper on the bedside, but Li Ming didn't look at the trash can at the foot of the bed.
"Hanging..." He raised his head and looked at the thin rope hanging from the ceiling, but it broke due to the weight.
"Such a mess... no wonder he committed suicide." Thanks to his recent memory, Li Ming already knew what happened and gave a helpless smile.
The reason why his predecessor committed suicide was because his father mortgaged his house and borrowed a large sum of money at high interest from the Tiger Gang.
But three days ago, he was hit and killed by an out-of-control hovercraft. The car was engulfed in flames and his body was never found. The perpetrator has not been found yet.
The predecessor believed that the Xionghu Gang discovered that the house had actually been sold by Li Changhai a long time ago, but still mortgaged it to them, using the house for two purposes. They were fooled, so they killed him.
After Li Changhai's death, the predecessor was so scared that he didn't dare to go out for two days, but what was even more desperate was that the predecessor suspected that Li Changhai had been cheated.
The reason for spending so much money was to buy admission to Capital University of Technology for the predecessor.
That was the highest institution of learning in the Blue Star Civilization. How could a repairman possibly buy admission? After Li Changhai's death, there was no further news about him.
The money was stolen, the house was sold, and the contract was signed, but it was impossible to pawn it to the Tiger Gang.
As for running away... Outside of Silver Ash City, apart from the mines left by over-mining, there is a second city on the other side of the planet.
He really only has a miserable life left. With his cowardly nature as a previous incarnation, he is afraid all day long and is so scared that he wants to commit suicide. It's normal.
"I have to think of a way... otherwise I'll have to go into business." Li Ming found a way to be happy, his eyes brightening slightly: "Oh right... Li Changhai's room..."
After going out, at the end of the corridor is Li Changhai's room. The silver-white metal door is cold and smooth, much more elegant than his small wooden door, but it is tightly closed.
On weekdays, Li Changhai never let his predecessor enter his room, and his predecessor was very obedient, but Li Ming didn't care.
"Wrong password..."
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"Ding... locked, please try again in five minutes..." The smart door lock made a ruthless sound. Li Ming's face was very dark. Li Changhai's birthday, his predecessor's birthday, identity identification code and so on... none of them were correct.
"Xiao Huang, can you open it?" Li Ming suddenly called out. There was no response from the empty room. He frowned slightly, "It's frozen again?"
When he reached the first floor, the pungent smell of mixed motor oil hit his face, making him frown.
The space is quite large, with several rooms connected. In the center is a machine tool consisting of four metal robotic arms, six meters long and four meters wide, and shiny silver.
"What's it called..." He couldn't remember. His predecessor had no interest in mechanical maintenance.
The ground was covered with black and brown oil stains, and there were many bottles and cans scattered around, mostly coolants and various engine oils, as well as several torque wrenches and electric screwdrivers.
He opened the black metal box in the corner and saw the dense bundle of wires, which made his scalp tingle. Repairing a home security system is a technical job.
His predecessor was a loner, taciturn, and even a bit cowardly. He refused to go to Silver Ash City's twelve years of compulsory education in the tenth year because he was bullied.
In a word, he is too useless. He cannot inherit the meager family property, cannot go to school well, and his future is bleak.
That's why his father thought of buying the student qualification. Capital University of Technology is located on Blue Star, the capital of Blue Star Civilization.
It is also one of the three key support projects after the Blue Star civilization joined the Interstellar Alliance.
He doesn't know how to repair the security system, but Li Ming knows another way.
"Restarting is enough to solve 90% of the problems." He fumbled to find the chip port, pressed it, and the built-in elastic structure popped out the thumb-sized chip.
This security system was hacked by his father. One-button reset doesn't work, and it can only be reset by removing the chip...
Li Ming stood there in a daze, rubbing his eyes to make sure what he saw was not an illusion.
"My previous incarnation also had no memory of the eye transformation. Could this be..." His eyes became fiery, and only he could see the light blue screen.
[Heiser 850 chip (cracked version) - Unrated: The processor chip was cracked by mechanical repairman Li Changhai, removing the backdoor left by Heiser and increasing the operating frequency.
Control condition: 1 point of metal energy
Control effect: Mechanical maintenance - Getting started
Control Ability - Overload Operation: Increase reaction speed by 10%.
Li Ming took a quick look and didn't quite understand, but he had to figure it out quickly.
Holding the chip, the cool and smooth touch calmed him down. There were black marks left on the golden contacts on the back.
He began to study the foundation of his life. It was not until dawn that Li Ming breathed a sigh of relief: "So that's how it is..."
At this moment, there were a large number of metal objects in front of him, but they were all covered with rust, and some had even turned into ashes.
The blue screen is not complicated. It absorbs metal materials and extracts metal energy. This is its core substance.
After the metal energy is extracted, the metal material will gradually decay and turn into ashes.
By impregnating special mechanical creations with metal energy, they can be "controlled" and gain effects and abilities.
The effect is like a passive skill, it will take effect as long as it is placed in the control column, and the ability is an active skill.
Below the columns are spaces arranged in sequence, which serve as storage space for controlled objects and seem to have no upper limit.
However, most mechanical creations are not recognized, such as torque wrenches.
He tried for a long time, and in the room, apart from this chip, only the lathe met the control requirements.
[Taiwei Four-arm Machine Repair Lathe--Class F: A basic maintenance lathe produced by Qingtai Company, capable of processing ordinary alloys.
Control conditions: 50 points of metal energy
Control effect: Mechanical maintenance--beginner
Control Ability - Assisted Maintenance: Four robotic arms carrying maintenance equipment are derived to provide assistance.
"Directly derive four robotic arms? How to derive it?" Li Ming muttered to himself and felt a little curious.
Imagine, even if he just carries the maintenance equipment, the strength alone is already impressive enough, but unfortunately... 50 points of metal energy makes him hesitate.
He absorbed all the metal objects in the room that would not be used in the short term, and the counter on the bright blue screen reached [1.1].
"It swallowed two one-meter cast iron shafts, and it's only 1.1. They're solid." Li Ming was secretly amazed, but at least it met the minimum capacity requirement.
He held the chip in his palm, and strands of energy flowed out from his fingertips, gradually covering the chip.
Then his palm felt empty, his pupils suddenly contracted, a large amount of information flooded into his mind, and his head began to ache again.
Various symbols rise and fall like waves, basic mechanical engineering transmission structure, torque formula... power supply line judgment...
He seemed to have become a maintenance master who had just started his career. Although he was still in the theoretical stage, he had gradually understood various maintenance methods and was no longer a novice who knew nothing.
(End of this chapter)
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