ATDIWR Chapter 116

Chapter 116 Mental Link Pried Open

“Of course it’s me, Mecha One, you fool.” The mecha said testily, “And quickly take your hand off my leg.”

Zhou Qin looked up then and saw the mecha’s red eyes flashing, its mouth opening and closing. The words he had just heard came from the mouth of this robot.

“What’s going on? How can it talk?” Zhou Qin asked, pointing at the mecha.

Ji An said, “A mecha certainly needs artificial intelligence. How can a mecha without artificial intelligence be called a mecha?”

Kong Zhongcheng couldn’t help but speak up now, “So it’s like the mechas in sci-fi movies?”

“Of course,” Ji An replied.

The mecha then said, “What kind of idiotic questions are you asking? How can those stupid things in movies be compared to me? Those are fake, but I’m real, much more powerful than the ones in movies.”

Kong Zhongcheng asked, “Mechas in movies are equipped with high-energy weapons. What about you? Do you have them?”

As soon Kong Zhongcheng finished asking, he saw the mecha raise one of its giant arms. The arm began to rotate spirally, then a muzzle pointed directly at Kong Zhongcheng. “Do you want to try the power of my muzzle?”

Kong Zhongcheng looked at Ji An and asked, “Does it, does it really have high-energy weapons?”

Ji An said, “Yes, it is equipped with the latest weapons, a high-energy particle cannon.”

Kong Zhongcheng said, “My heavens, I feel like I’m dreaming!”

The mecha said disdainfully, “Idiot! Ji God, are you really going to let me choose a master from these idiots?”

Ji An smiled, “Not everyone is of this quality. They choose you, and you also choose them. If you don’t like someone, I won’t force you.”

The mecha nodded its massive head and said, “Alright, you can let them try mental linking with me. If none of them meet my requirements, I’ll settle for choosing you.”

Wan Xueying quickly grasped the main point and asked Ji An, “Ji God, this mecha wasn’t developed for the boss? We all have a chance?”

Ji An said, “As you’ve seen, the mecha has its own thoughts, so the choice is mutual between it and humans. Otherwise, forceful pairing will only lead to resentment. I will not interfere with the mecha’s choice.”

The mecha nodded solemnly, “Ji God is right.”

Wan Xueying said, “Boss, then I won’t be polite.”

Wan Xueying walked up to the mecha and looked up at it, saying, “Can I contract with you?”

The mecha said, “Release your mental power and let me see.”

If it had been a year ago, Wan Xueying might have been stumped by this question. After a year of mental power training, Wan Xueying already knew how to control the release and retraction of her mental power.

As soon as she released her mental power, she felt an invisible resistance. Wan Xueying had a bad feeling in her heart.

As expected, in the next moment, she heard the mecha say, “With this little mental power, matching me is a complete waste. It can’t unleash my true abilities at all. No, no, next.”

After that, Zhou Qin, Kong Zhongcheng, and others went up one by one to try mental linking, but none were favored by the mecha.

Finally, Gu Jinsheng walked up to the mecha. Gu Jinsheng released his mental power. He didn’t feel anything amiss at all and successfully mental linked with the mecha.

At first, Gu Jinsheng didn’t even react. It was only when he found that he could seemingly control the mecha, and the whole person felt integrated with the mecha, as if he was the mecha and the mecha was him.

Gu Jinsheng narrowed his eyes slightly. Although it was his first time interacting with a mecha, after mental linking with it, he seemed to instinctively know how to operate it. He looked for a moment, then stepped onto the mecha’s bent leg and leaped into the mecha.

The mecha was a bit depressed. It had originally planned to make things difficult for Gu Jinsheng.

This feeling was very strange, as if he was the mecha and the mecha was him.

Gu Jinsheng lifted his leg, and the mecha followed suit. Gu Jinsheng lifted his arm, and the mecha lifted its arm.

Gu Jinsheng glanced at the laboratory, walked to the window, and punched it, making a hole in the entire laboratory window. Then Gu Jinsheng flipped out headfirst, jumping straight down from the laboratory on the twenty-something floor.

When the mecha landed, the entire building trembled. All the personnel were startled and poked their heads out to see what was happening, only to see a giant standing downstairs.

“Ah! What is that?”

Screams echoed throughout the experimental building one after another. Ji An covered his forehead helplessly, “I never thought that a steady person like Gu Jinsheng would lose composure to this extent upon seeing the mecha for the first time.”

Zhou Qin’s eyes flickered with intense envy. He said, “Ji God, tell me the truth, are you abusing your position for personal gain? This mecha was designed for the boss all along.”

Ji An actually nodded. Zhou Qin pointed at Ji An and said, “Ji God, how could you do this?”

Ji An said, “You can’t say it was specifically designed for Gu Jinsheng, right? It can only be said that this mecha is SSS-class, and only those whose mental power reaches the equivalent strength can mental link with it. If your mental power reached this level, you could actually link successfully too. It’s just that you haven’t reached it.”

Zhou Qin said, “What should we do then? Can we do it if we practice diligently? The boss’s mental power is very strong. On the terminal, besides you, no one can successfully invade the boss’s mental domain. Last time, Han Yaokun was unconvinced and challenged the boss but didn’t succeed.”

Ji An said, “Actually, the mecha’s class can also be lowered, so you can mental link.”

Kong Zhongcheng said excitedly, “Can we? Can we? If we can, Ji God, can you do it?”

Wan Xueying said, “If that’s the case, wouldn’t the mecha itself be less powerful than an SSS mecha?”

Ji An said, “That’s certain.”

Wan Xueying felt a slight disappointment, but it wasn’t much. She understood that one can only accomplish things commensurate with their abilities. Mechas of too high a class were beyond their control.

Ji An said, “I will produce mechas of different classes as quickly as possible and strive to train a group of mecha warriors soon.”

Zhou Qin’s eyes lit up. “Can everyone in the command center be equipped with mechas?”

Ji An said, “Ordinary mechas might be possible, but intelligent mechas are not.”

“What’s the difference between the two?” Kong Zhongcheng asked.

“There’s a big difference,” Ji An said. “Ordinary mechas are just weapons for combat. They fight however the master controls them. Their sensitivity and coordinated combat ability are limited. Intelligent mechas are different; they have their own intelligence. They can cooperate with the master’s combat. Unlike ordinary mechas which are manually operated, intelligent mechas mental link with the master. This means the master controls the mecha directly with their brain. The higher the mecha’s class, the smaller the reaction time, and the more sensitive it is, almost without time lag. When the master is attacked and faints, the intelligent mecha can escape immediately, or even hide, ensuring the master is not found by the opponent. Ordinary mechas do not have this function.”

The more Zhou Qin listened, the brighter his eyes became. “Ji God, I want an intelligent mecha.”

Ji An said, “Intelligent mechas are advanced mechas; everyone likes them. But as I said, it’s not humans choosing mechas, mechas are also choosing humans. Each intelligent mecha has its own personality. Even I, as the developer, cannot force a mecha to accept a master it doesn’t like.”

Zhou Qin said, “So I still have to find a way to improve my mental power and get an intelligent mecha to choose me.”

“Yes.”

While the group was talking, Gu Jinsheng had already operated the mecha to tour the Jing Shi Base. The mecha was very fast, faster than the hover cars. It zipped over people’s heads. Many only felt a gust of wind blow by before the mecha had already sped past.

Gu Jinsheng controlled the mecha to jump back into the laboratory. Gu Jinsheng jumped out of the mecha. He didn’t know how he did it, but the mecha rapidly shrunk and turned into a terminal tightly clasped to Gu Jinsheng’s wrist.

The mecha said, “What is this stupid thing on your wrist? With me here, why would you want such a clumsy thing?”

After the mecha finished speaking, Gu Jinsheng felt his wrist loosen, and something fell to the ground.

Ji An walked over and picked up the terminal on the ground. He tapped it twice, and sure enough, the terminal was broken.

Ji An said helplessly, “Mecha, you didn’t like it, you could have just given it back to me. Why did you have to break it? You should know it takes a lot of manpower and financial resources to create a terminal like this.”

“Mecha is a newborn mecha; it doesn’t understand many things yet. You can’t blame me for this,” the mecha defended itself.

Ji An found it amusing. Gu Jinsheng asked, “Now that the terminal is broken, what do I do?”

“You just need the mecha. When I designed the mecha to include artificial intelligence, I actually integrated all the terminal’s functions into the intelligence. The intelligence is an upgraded version of the terminal. All the terminal’s functions, the intelligence has. Functions the terminal doesn’t have, the intelligence also has.”

Gu Jinsheng nodded, “I understand.”

Ji An said, “Good that you understand. Now, General Commander, please find someone to repair the laboratory.”

Gu Jinsheng’s body stiffened. Only then did he remember that he was too excited the first time he operated the mecha and seemed to have dismantled the laboratory.

Gu Jinsheng felt guilty and didn’t dare to look into Ji An’s eyes. He quickly called people over to repair the laboratory.

Many people saw the scene of Gu Jinsheng operating the mecha. Some even took photos and posted them online, constantly tagging the command center asking what it was.

However, the command center’s official website, usually fond of gossip, acted as if it was offline this time and simply didn’t respond.

Sharp netizens who guessed the truth asked the command center if this was a mecha, but the command center continued to play dead and did not answer.

Not long after, the holographic system launched a new mecha training mode. As soon as this mode was released, the official website promoted it.

Naturally, netizens assumed that the mecha photos taken earlier were composites, with the purpose of promoting the holographic mecha mode.

Due to the overwhelming online mecha promotion, many people became interested in mechas and flooded in on the first day the mecha mode was available.

Strangely, although it was called mecha mode, there were actually only two mechas. The first mecha was named Thor. The second mecha was called Mecha Two (name pending).

There was a detailed introduction next to the mechas, including their functions and properties, and even their date of manufacture, making it seem as if the mechas were real.

Netizens who didn’t know the truth poured in wanting to try the mecha mode, but upon trying, they discovered that the mecha mode was not something anyone could play. It had a threshold.

One needed to have mental power reach a certain level to be able to contract a mecha and activate the mecha mode.

Many people tried to contract the mechas but failed.

Zhou Qin and others were also in front of terminals at this time, trying to contract Mecha Two. Ji An had said that humans choose mechas, and mechas simultaneously choose humans, so the contract for Mecha Two was open to the entire network. As long as someone could mental link with the mecha, Mecha Two would belong to that lucky person behind the network.

Netizens didn’t know what they were facing or what they were missing out on, but Zhou Qin and the others did, and they were all extremely excited.

Kong Zhongcheng said, “Ah, damn it, I failed again.”

Ji An said, “Mental linking multiple times is useless. A single failure is a failure. The mecha won’t contract with you just because you tried many times.”

Kong Zhongcheng said, “I know, I just can’t give up. I really, really want a mecha.”

Zhou Qin said, “Me too, but this is my third failure. Among us, who hasn’t tried to contract yet?”

“Wan Xueying hasn’t tried yet. She was delayed by work, but she should be here soon.”

As soon as the words fell, Wan Xueying pushed the door open and came in. She said cheerfully, “I’m here. Did any of you successfully mental link with the mecha?”

“None of us did. You can try.”

“Okay.” Wan Xueying didn’t have much hope, but unexpectedly, she mental linked successfully in one go.

Zhou Qin said enviously, “Why is this happening?”

Ji An smiled, “Perhaps it likes Wan Xueying.”

Unlike the joy and laughter within the Jing Shi Base, the HSD Base was filled with a deathly silence.

Charles, unable to secure allies internationally, was furious to death and killed one mental Power User after another. Finally, just as he was about to kill everyone in the entire research institute, they managed to pry open Tang Tang’s brain.

“General Commander Charles, we have successfully pried open Tang Tang’s brain.” Charles’s single eye flickered with a strange light. He flipped through the documents in his hand, becoming more and more excited as he read. By the end, he burst into laughter, “Good, good, good. With this, the Jing Shi Base can forget about being stable; it’s simply a dream. I don’t believe other countries won’t be tempted.

The history of a multi-nation coalition army is about to repeat itself. This time, Xia Country will surely cease to exist.”

Charles immediately dialed Gu Jinsheng’s video call.

Gu Jinsheng was currently in the command center watching everyone contract mechas. Seeing the caller, his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

Ji An asked, “Who is it?”

“Charles,” Gu Jinsheng replied.

Ji An said, “What kind of trick is he pulling now?”

“I don’t know.”

“Answer it and see,” Ji An said. “It’s good that we have mechas now. It’s time to deal with Charles.”

“Okay,” Gu Jinsheng nodded.

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