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After a long pause, Lin Yuan finally responded directly in Intellect, "I have no objections."
Since he was completely unfamiliar with the environment here, it was necessary to remain silent until he understood more. However, Zhuang Zhiyong maintained a cold expression and continued, "This is the Mechanical City Healing Center. Due to your Health Points dropping to the lowest level, you must first pay the treatment fee here, which totals nine thousand Mechanical Coins. In ten minutes, you will be dispatched to g-715 Sub-base for labor!"
With that, Zhuang Zhiyong's virtual projection exited on its own. Immediately after, Lin Yuan felt a tremendous force pulling his Mechanical Body out from some abyss-like place. The entire process lasted about three seconds, and then his Auditory Radar finally resumed detecting the surrounding environment.
However, what he saw at first glance left him utterly shocked. This was an enormous space bathed in a blue hue—specifically, it resembled being submerged in blue water, but it wasn't actually water; rather, it was a kind of light blue mist.
Moreover, this place appeared to be floating, seemingly within some gigantic spherical object.
In an instant, Lin Yuan activated the Intelligent Brain Encyclopedia, and the resulting data analysis surprised him even more. This blue mist was a rare energy source distinct from Centrifugal Stone Energy and Dark Magic Core energy; it could heal most Lifeforms' injuries. For instance, as a Mechanical Lifeform, Lin Yuan could recover five hundred Health Points per hour while enveloped in this energy. This energy could exist in solid, liquid, or mist form; the mist form had the lowest effect, while in liquid form, the recovery speed of Health Points would double. In solid form, it was even more astonishing—three thousand Health Points could be recovered per hour—but it was also extremely expensive; it was classified as an A7-level rare resource officially purchased by Mechanical City and could not be bought with just Mechanical Coins.
Additionally, this energy called Star Blue Stone could also heal Carbon-Based Lifeforms and Silicon-based Lifeforms, though the effects were significantly less effective since Carbon-Based and Silicon-based Lifeforms already possessed various healing methods.
At that moment in this so-called Healing Center, there were at least a thousand Mechanical Warriors of varying levels floating around. No one paid attention to anyone else; they were all quietly recovering their Health Points. Of course, there were no doctors in sight because for Mechanical Lifeforms, as long as their Health Points were fully restored and they underwent some maintenance and assembly afterward, everything would return to normal.
However, Lin Yuan's attention was primarily focused on the thousands of uniquely shaped Mechanical Warriors around him. Until now, he had only seen F1-level Mechanical Warrior Puppets and had briefly glimpsed the Mechanical Body of a Gatekeeper; thus, this was all very new to him.
From his quick observations, Lin Yuan noted that the highest level of Mechanical Warriors here barely reached E7 level while the lowest were F-Level; he couldn't see any Mechanical Warriors above D1 level. It seemed that those higher-level Mechanical Warriors should have access to better healing centers.
Among these F-Level to E7-level Mechanical Warriors, Lin Yuan discovered that although their Mechanical Bodies were bizarrely diverse, there were still general patterns to follow.
For instance, all the Mechanical Bodies here were modified for combat purposes and incorporated both ranged and melee attack capabilities. Almost every Mechanical Warrior possessed a second mechanical form feature—even those that appeared to be at the lowest F-Class Mech Warrior level.
Feeling somewhat ashamed of himself, Lin Yuan realized that compared to these beings, his Mechanical Body seemed ugly and insignificant. Those Mechanical Warriors were either towering giants over ten meters tall or exquisitely detailed in every part; overall, they far surpassed his own Mechanical Body.
What made him feel even more inferior was that any random F-Class Mech Warrior here had an Enhancement Level exceeding zero points; one particular individual even reached five points! This was truly astonishing! As an F6-level Mechanical Warrior himself, he couldn't compare at all—his own Enhancement Level barely reached one point.
Without a doubt, the various luxurious equipment of the Mechanical Warriors was impressive. The Heavy Sniper Rifle that Lin Yuan had previously thought highly of was nothing here; the Firestone High-Explosive Armor-Piercing Round was merely child's play. Even the Hunter's Longsword was common, and it was worth mentioning that these Hunter's Longswords seemed to have undergone later refinement and enhancement, resulting in exceptionally high quality.
If Lin Yuan chose to engage in combat with some of the f5-level or lower Mechanical Warriors here, his chances of losing would already reach 80%. There was no way around it; these Mechanical Warriors were born from Mechanical City and had been designed with powerful Mechanical Bodies from the moment they awakened. They had more energy to focus on various skills and subjects. Even those who had to work from birth were luckier than Lin Yuan, who only possessed a second-hand bicycle. The gap between them was light-years apart.
Standing here felt like being a beggar among a group of super-rich individuals.
Lin Yuan sighed helplessly in his heart. This world was indeed not fair. These Mechanical Warriors were all Secondary Citizens of Mechanical City, meaning they belonged to a class that had to work from birth. This left him feeling utterly outclassed, not to mention those Second-Class Citizens, the true Elites. It was likely that any f1-level Mechanical Warrior among those Second-Class Citizens could easily defeat him, an f6-level Mechanical Warrior, leaving him searching for his teeth on the ground!
"At least it's a step forward," Lin Yuan reassured himself. "I finally escaped from that damned S-5 Sub-base. Otherwise, if I had spent my entire life there, I would have found it even harder to catch up!"
At this moment, Lin Yuan noticed that his Mechanical Body was slowly beginning to levitate upward. This should be the exit since other Mechanical Warriors with fully restored Health Points were leaving in this direction.
However, no one paid attention to anyone else, as if they were all strangers or lifeless steel beasts. Not a single Mechanical Warrior came over to mock Lin Yuan; everything was quiet until they entered the next space.
This place turned out to be a massive modification area, with at least thousands of Mechanical Warriors repairing or modifying their Mechanical Parts. Similarly, various Repairers were present.
What surprised Lin Yuan was that there were no Mechanical Warriors among the Repairers; they were all Intelligent Machinery—lifeless entities. They moved like various claws floating around. Whenever someone needed repairs, dozens of large and diverse intelligent Mechanical Claws would swarm in, clattering away and swiftly replacing all damaged Mechanical Parts in no time at all. The speed left Lin Yuan in awe!
After thoroughly searching this Repair Space, Lin Yuan did not find a single Mechanical Warrior skilled in modification and repair. Instead of feeling excited about this discovery, he felt completely frustrated because these intelligent repair claws could handle all repairs and modifications efficiently.
Lin Yuan noticed that there were at least hundreds of thousands of these intelligent repair claws here. This meant that if he wanted to find a job using his Apprentice Mechanic status in Mechanical City, it would likely be quite difficult.
However, something felt off!
Soon enough, Lin Yuan realized the intricacies involved. While these intelligent Mechanical Claws were indeed highly efficient—at least ten times more so than him—they lacked any repair skill bonuses. They could only follow their programmed instructions precisely without any errors. This meant that if he wanted to enhance the quality of his Mechanical Body modifications further, he would need Repairers like himself.
In simple terms, it was like Lin Yuan's Energy Engine; no matter how hard these intelligent Mechanical Claws worked, they would never be able to assemble anything.
Thus, this place was likely just a low-level Repairman zone, a place meant for the impoverished. Only those at the Elite level or those with ample resources would venture into higher-grade Repair Spaces.
This was enough to reassure Lin Yuan that he was not yet unemployed.
For a moment, Lin Yuan relaxed and began to speed up, using his Intellect to record the repair processes and various states of the Mechanical Claws. Although these were lifeless machines, they served as excellent teachers for him.
Unfortunately, he only had ten minutes. Just as he became engrossed in his observations, a message appeared.
“Beep! Mechanical City Secondary Citizen d00981547, please report to Cargo Ship a-957 at the West District Cargo Platform immediately. Countdown: one minute.”
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With the appearance of this message, a route map quickly appeared in Lin Yuan's Intellect. He did not dare to delay and hurriedly followed the map, racing through the vast maintenance space. After passing through it, he entered another enormous area. Even at this moment, Lin Yuan still did not know whether this Mechanical City was built on a planet or constructed in some other way.
However, he had no time to explore this question because a massive Battleship had already come into view on his Auditory Radar. It was enormous; its length exceeded the locking range of his Second Audio-Visual Radar, meaning this Battleship was at least three kilometers long, with a height of about two kilometers. The width remained unknown; in short, it resembled a city made of steel.
Without a doubt, this was the so-called Cargo Ship a-957. Yet Lin Yuan couldn't understand why he was being sent to g-715 Sub-base instead of using the Transport Platform. In his impression, that kind of Trading Platform was incredibly quick and convenient; it could complete transfers in just one second. (To be continued.)
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