“Han Zai, time to work.”
Cheng Qi stood up, patted his worn blue cloak, “I can perfectly imagine the scene when I meet Hyena; once he confirms the amorphous alloy in my hand, if I say one more word of nonsense, consider it my loss.”
“Either.”
“He’ll wave his hand, and his hidden helpers will instantly swarm out.”
“Or even more direct.”
“He’ll pull out a pistol and instantly blow my head off.”
Han Zai nodded seriously at his words, then stood up and solemnly said, “Then I won’t go, alright?”
“...”
“What I mean is, I need to collect enough combat equipment within 3 hours.”
A strong light flickered in Cheng Qi’s eyes, “This meeting with Hyena is the final battle; there’s no escaping it!”
“I’m just kidding, man!”
Han Zai straightened his two-meter-tall alloy body, exuding an extraordinary aura, “Alright, tell me, how are we doing this!”
“North side.”
“112 kilometers.”
Cheng Qi stood at the entrance of the shack, gazing into the distance, “I remember a year ago, a war equipment factory dumped a large amount of trash there.”
...
Cheng Qi re-repaired his black goggles, solving the problem of stinging eyes during flight.
Han Zai carefully touched the jet-powered flying shoes with his metal feet.
The outer armor of the flying shoes deformed again, perfectly encasing Han Zai’s feet. Han Zai was pleasantly surprised; these shoes had no species discrimination.
And the amorphous alloy and High-Entropy Alloy were placed in the storage compartment on Han Zai’s back, carried with him, in case Hyena raided his home.
Boom—!
Two gusts of air kicked up dust.
One person and one machine flew north.
Without the flying shoes, this short 110-kilometer journey, riddled with garbage mountains and incredibly rugged, would have taken at least 5 days.
...
35 minutes later.
Cheng Qi and Han Zai floated high in the sky, staring down.
“Here.”
“Why did it turn out like this?”
This area was designated as Zone B11 by the Scavengers, with no one for a hundred miles around.
Cheng Qi hadn’t remembered wrong.
A year ago, a starship belonging to a war equipment factory did dump about 3000 tons of waste here.
But now, the ground trash in the surrounding few kilometers had risen by dozens of meters overall.
At the very center, a giant garbage mound at least 600 meters high stood tall.
Within a year, a large amount of new trash had been dumped here.
“Why was only this place covered?”
“Are the things I need buried?”
Cheng Qi’s composure slightly broke. He stared down, seeing many red cross symbols on the new trash. “And they’re medical waste.”
“Time is tight.”
Cheng Qi slightly clenched his fist, “We can only start digging.”
Countless broken metal cans and foul-smelling green liquids constantly highlighted the desolation and despair of this place.
Cheng Qi stood at the foot of the garbage mountain, frowning.
Han Zai’s arm transformed into hydraulic pliers, cutting through the crisscrossing metal in front, then using both arms to throw a giant oil drum aside.
Another dark, boundless iron plate appeared on the ground below.
Hiss—!
Han Zai’s arm changed form again, releasing a flame cutting torch, ready to cut an opening in the iron plate to continue digging down.
“I’m exhausted!”
“Good news!”
“My heart is full of fighting spirit! I believe that if I’m given two years, I can definitely dig up those weapon remnants!”
“Bad news!”
“But by then, Cheng Qi’s grave grass will probably be two meters high.”
“It’s very comfortable!”
Cheng Qi had long been used to Han Zai’s incessant chatter.
“Go, Han Zai, you’re the best in the universe!”
He cheered, but his brows were furrowed. Cheng Qi realized a problem at this moment.
Although Earth, this giant garbage dump, was rich in resources, excavation was a huge problem. For many years, the trash here had been piled layer upon layer, and they might even encounter starship fragments weighing thousands of tons.
After all, the prerequisite for activating STC was to have two technological artifacts of the same model in hand.
Such equipment was not scarce, but it was difficult to gather them.
Therefore, the excavation work would be a huge challenge.
“What is this?”
“A box of diapers, and used ones!”
“What is this?”
“A box of slender balloons?”
“Why would there be balloons in medical waste, and expired ones at that?”
At this moment, Han Zai was very much like a Scavenger, picking up anything he found, examining it carefully in his hand, and then throwing it aside if it had no value. He was very naive, unaware of the truth of this world—he was a Scavenger.
“What is this?”
“A box of mechanical surgical gloves?”
Cheng Qi’s eyes lit up at the words, “Han Zai, keep this one!”
【V-12 Surgical Auxiliary Gloves】
【Internal mechanical joints can assist the doctor's fingers in highly precise movements.】
【Similar technological artifact detected】
【Synthesize?】
Inside the broken iron box in front of him were 42 crude, bulky gloves with exposed hydraulic tubes and alloy frames.
No wonder they were discarded; they would be too cumbersome for use in surgery.
These should be products from two hundred years ago.
What would STC synthesize?
Cheng Qi’s eyes flickered. He immediately began to operate, slowly raising his right hand, and the crystal wristguard emitted a blue glow.
【Disassemble into primitive units】
【Fusion Upgrade】
【V-50 Surgical Auxiliary Gloves】 * 11!
【Lighter in volume, fingertips can extend metal tendrils with a diameter of 0.3 millimeters to complete more precise surgical tasks】
Cheng Qi shook his head, “This isn’t what I want.”
【Disassemble into primitive units】
【Fusion Upgrade】
【S-2 Surgical Auxiliary Gloves】 * 5!
【Integrated with micron-level circuit engraving and micro-power module technology, fingertips can release a miniature vibrating force field, subtly moving internal organs, crushing thrombi, stones, and other foreign bodies in the human body】
Cheng Qi still shook his head, “This isn’t what I want either.”
【Disassemble into primitive units】
【Fusion Upgrade】
【S-55 Surgical Auxiliary Gloves】 * 2!
【Integrated with nanometer-level circuit engraving and ultra-micro power module technology, the vibration force field expands to a diameter of 2 meters, increasing controllable liquid flow technology】
Cheng Qi’s eyes widened, “This is getting interesting.”
【Similar technological artifact detected】
【Disassemble into primitive units】
【Fusion Upgrade】
【0-0-1 Surgical Auxiliary Gloves Failure Product】 * 1!
“Why did it turn out to be a failure product?!”
Cheng Qi’s eyes widened. The basic gloves were already used up.
But why was the answer to this last fusion opportunity like this?
STC wouldn’t make mistakes, so was the final evolution of these surgical auxiliary gloves a failure product?
When Cheng Qi saw the glove’s annotation, he was shocked.
【0-5-1 Surgical Auxiliary Gloves Failure Product】
【Technological research and development have fallen into a bottleneck. Researchers used extreme methods to attempt a revolutionary upgrade, but the final product went against the mission of its development.】
【Abandoned archive 0-5-1, redefine name based on device function】
【Miniature High-Power Gravity Field Adjustment Gloves】
【Once the Gravity Field is released, it becomes violent and uncontrollable, causing all items within a 40-70 square meter radius to float and risk disintegration】
“So… it was a failure in terms of medical assistance functionality.”
“But this function for me…”
Cheng Qi suddenly stood up, “Isn’t it a divine artifact?!”
