BXBX NOVEL Chapter 303: 299: Jiuding System
He’s so proficient. Was this dog really not a bandit before?
“Ahem… Leader Bai, these instruments are complicated to operate. Not even bio-machines from the Mechanical Engineering Department can necessarily handle them. Are you sure you don’t need our help?”
Looking at the emptied research institute before him, the middle-aged man couldn’t help but voice his question.
“Hmm? I’m just here to take over the research institute. I’m not responsible for you, remember to ask Xia Xuan for your salaries.”
Seeing the tenacious middle-aged man, Bai Qi immediately became cautious.
“Leader Bai, you’ve misunderstood. We’re not after salaries, we purely want to help.”
The middle-aged man looked embarrassed. They were the elite Machine Armament researchers under Xia’s Group. They were assigned here to grasp Bai Qi’s latest research developments.
Of course, if they could comprehend Bai Qi’s thinking process and develop their own techniques for Xia’s Group, that would be the best.
“No need, I don’t need help.”
Bai Qi shook his head decisively. He didn’t fancy the atmosphere of the research institute. If he really needed people, he would just ask Professor Chu for some, instead of going through all of this trouble.
Moreover, speaking of “manpower”, they might not even fall short.
Soon, Schuck, who had checked through everything and confirmed nothing was overlooked, finally returned to Bai Qi’s side, handed over the Secret Realm Ring, and hurried back to the base.
“Xia Xuan, thanks, I have other things to handle, so I won’t be seeing you home.”
Bai Qi waved at Xia Xuan and said, “As for this building, I don’t need it. I’m giving it back to you as a return gift.”
After that, Bai Qi mounted the Wind God Winged Dragon without looking back and headed straight for his home.
I should be thankful…
Xia Xuan’s eye corner twitched as he observed the research institute that had been completely gutted. He took several deep breaths to suppress the urge to assault Bai Qi.
Stay calm. You can’t beat him now. Wait until he’s stuck with his upgrades, then you can catch up and fight back.
Yes, that’s it.
“Young Master Xuan, should we report this to Director Xia?”
The middle-aged man approached Xia Xuan and asked softly.
“No need. Dad predicted Bai Qi would do this. Let him be.”
Xia Xuan shook his head and said, “By the way, has the inventor of the Rune Mechanical Armor been found? Is it Bai Qi?”
The middle-aged man said, “Even though the technique is a bit similar to the Spirit-Control Orb, my investigation suggests it was a Machine Armament Master named Mo Zhu, originally part of the Federation Research Institute, but now transferred to the Rune Mechanical Armour research team.”
“Mo Zhu? It sounds like an alias of Bai Qi…”
A strong intuition told Xia Xuan that Mo Zhu and Bai Qi were definitely related, but the middle-aged man shook his head, saying, “I researched it specifically. Mo Zhu and Bai Qi are two different people. Mo Zhu hadn’t done anything significant. He was only inspired by Bai Qi’s Rune Mechanical Theory, and that’s why he gained attention.”
“Oh, I see…”
Xia Xuan noted as he heard. Ever since Bai Qi’s Rune Mechanical Theory was released, many previously obscured talents emerged in the Federation and the Rune Mechanics slowly started to form. It was fairly normal that Mo Zhu could research Rune Mechanical Armor.
“You continue to connect with Mo Zhu and see if you can dig him over to Xia’s Group. Yes… preferably to the research institute under my name. Rune Mechanical Armor, as a weapon of war, must be produced by Xia’s Group!”
Xia Xuan’s eyes flashed, and the middle-aged man beside him merely lowered his head, showing not the slightest disagreement.
Secret Realm Base.
As soon as Bai Qi returned home, he hurriedly entered the Secret Realm Base and found Schuck, who was setting up the instruments, asking, “How are you doing? With so many instruments, do you have enough Spirit Awakening?”
“Not enough of course.”
Schuck shook his head, saying, “But there’s no need to awaken them all. Just need to awaken a few of the control centers.”
As he spoke, Schuck connected the circuits in front of him and then moved to a large supercomputer.
Jiuding, the supercomputer developed solely by Xia’s Group, had top-grade attributes among Federation’s supercomputers. Theoretically, one Jiuding could support the entire computational requirements of a large research institute.
According to the information Schuck acquired, apart from this Jiuding, Xai Yi had actually supplied the whole set of nine subsystems.
“Those rich people are generous indeed…”
Bai Qi smacked his lips. To some degree, the value of this complete Jiuding supercomputer system had exceeded the total of all other instruments and the two production lines.
After linking the power, Schuck’s body burned with the flames of machine life, which spread to Jiuding along a few mechanical arms. As Schuck increased his output intensity, the flames of machine life rapidly enveloped Jiuding completely.
“Be careful. Even money can’t buy this.”
Thinking of the fate of Schuck’s previous failures, Bai Qi looked worried.
“Don’t disturb me.”
“Alright.”
Schuck glanced at Bai Qi before focusing on awakening Jiuding, while Bai Qi obediently squatted on one side, quietly waiting for Schuck’s awakening to end.
Awo?
(Human, haven’t you got your role wrong? Why do I feel like we’ve swapped places?)
Beta looked at Bai Qi in confusion, but was quickly attracted by the changes in Jiuding.
In his spiritual view, a naive soul slowly appeared in Jiuding, which had been just a cold machine, but soon it grew and spread to the entire Jiuding under the nourishment of Schuck’s flames.
“Phew, it’s finally successful.”
Schuck was a bit nervous initiating such a large machine for the first time, and he exhaled quietly as if he were a living creature.
“It was successful?”
Bai Qi’s eyes brightened, curiously examining the Jiuding in front of him.
“Father.”
A young man’s voice came from Jiuding, but his title made Bai Qi slightly bewildered.
“The soul I gave him is mine, so it’s not wrong for him to call me father.”
Schuck nodded and said, “Moreover, it seems I can control his life and death, and even arbitrarily seize his control?”
“It can be like that?”
Bai Qi was slightly stunned upon hearing this. If the activated objects could be completely controlled by the activator, wouldn’t that mean all the mechanics in the federation were…?
It seemed like he’d uncovered some kind of insider’s secret…
Bai Qi smacked his lips, deciding not to dwell on the matter.
“Beast Master, why don’t you name him?”
Schuck had been communicating with Jiuding for a while when he suddenly looked at Bai Qi.
“Naming him?”
Bai Qi scratched his head. As someone who struggled with naming, this was a difficult task for him indeed.
“Jiuding Brain… Then, you’ll be called Yu.”
“Yu? I like this name, thank you grandpa!”
“Pff…”
Hearing how Jiuding referred to him, Bai Qi was nonplussed. He wasn’t sure how that relationship had been calculated.
“Nevermind, grandpa will do. Perhaps, if I get kidnapped someday, I maybe rescued.”
Bai Qi smacked his lips again and then activated Jiuding’s nine sub systems, one by one, with Schuck.
And, Bai Qi also chose names for these nine subsystems.
Ji, Yan, Qing, Xu, Yang, Jing, Yu, Liang, Yong.
Since Yu was in the picture, naming them after the nine provinces in ancient times wasn’t too far-fetched.
“I’m reaching my limit. If I want to continue awakening, I’ll have to wait until my mechanic fire origin gets stronger.”
Having consecutively activated ten machines, including the large-scale brain named Yu, Schuck was noticeably weary.
“Hmm, there’s no rush, let’s take a break.”
Bai Qi patted Schuck’s head and then put him back into the Evolution Egg.
The mechanic fire origin was now essentially Schuck’s core. Any damage incurred during activation would be more harmful than beneficial.
With the activation of Yu and Jiuding, various facilities of the Secret Realm Base were connected one by one, under the unified management of the Jiuding System. Various research projects that Schuck had temporarily put aside were also restarted.
This was why Schuck gave up conscious battle machines and chose large-scale brains like the Jiuding System.
“However, this makes the secret realm seem increasingly inadequate.”
Bai Qi watched as the Six Sword Servants started expanding the base again and began to feel a headache coming on.
“It seems like we’ll have to find a larger secret realm.”
After glancing at the increasingly scarce empty space in the secret realm, Bai Qi added this task to his to-do list and left the secret realm.
Knock, knock, knock…
Bai Qi, who was already prepared, put away his smart brain, opened the door, and looked at the dusty Luo Xiang, saying, “Instructor Luo, would you like to rest for a while?”
“No need, we can head out directly.”
Luo Xiang shook his head, his eyes scanning the five Rune Marks on the back of Bai Qi’s hand, expressing a hint of surprise.
“You’ve reached the fifth stage?”
Bai Qi nodded and said, “I upgraded a few days ago, but I haven’t had time to tell the president yet.”
“Not bad, as a Fifth Stage Beast Master, you should be able to gain more from this secret realm expedition.”
Luo Xiang smiled, saying, “Maybe it’ll surprise everyone.”
Hearing Luo Xiang mention the secret realm, Bai Qi also became interested and asked, “Instructor Luo, can you tell me what the situation is with the secret realm this time?”
“There’s no rush, we can talk about it on the way.”
Luo Xiang waved his hand, gesturing for Bai Qi to climb onto the back of the North Eagle, and said, “You should have contracted your fifth beast by now, right? Quickly summon it for me to see.”
“Uh… Isn’t there a rush for that? Instructor Luo, shouldn’t you first tell me about the place we are going? I remember you said it was very dangerous…”
Looking at the curious Luo Xiang, Bai Qi somehow became worried about the impending journey.
This seems really unreliable…