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Although Lin Yuan had no fondness for the Gatekeeper, he felt a surge of interest upon hearing about the so-called smuggling channels. However, the prerequisite was that he needed to have the ability to communicate with this Gatekeeper, which meant he required a Language System. This was something he had never paid much attention to before, but now it became necessary to install.
At that moment, the Gatekeeper seemed to have guessed Lin Yuan's thoughts and immediately began to flatter him. "Esteemed Executive, through the smuggling channel, I can procure for you a basic Mechanical Warrior Language Interaction System. This is smuggled from the standard E-Class Mechanical Warrior in Mechanical City. The price won't be too steep—just fifty thousand Mechanical Coins. This includes a language interaction chip, sound transmission system, sound recording system, infrasound collection and transmission system, and ultrasound collection and transmission system. With this system, as long as you are within five thousand kilometers, you can contact me."
"Fifty thousand Mechanical Coins? E-Class Mechanical Warrior equipment?" Lin Yuan felt regretful. From the Gatekeeper's description, this so-called Language Interaction System sounded quite impressive. Unfortunately, he simply didn't have that many Mechanical Coins on hand right now. Moreover, fifty thousand Mechanical Coins seemed rather exorbitant.
After some thought, Lin Yuan realized that he might not need such advanced equipment after all. What would he do with ultrasound and infrasound? Was he going to perform ultrasounds? As for other radio research, he was completely clueless! All he needed was something simple that could express his language.
It was better to rely on himself and make do!
With this in mind, Lin Yuan turned around and began rummaging through his mountain of collectibles. Eventually, he unearthed a hodgepodge of various materials, including a super old phonograph, a relatively antique Electronic D machine, several large Combination Sound Systems, and finally a dozen or so damaged Intelligence Chips.
The Gatekeeper watched Lin Yuan's strange behavior in astonishment, but Lin Yuan paid him no mind. According to what the Gatekeeper had just said, the key to the Language Interaction System lay in that chip—it could record all language interactions from the Galactic System and perform synchronous translations. He understood this principle well; it was like a 21st-century device where you could record sound and play it back at will. Therefore, what he needed now was a good blank Intelligence Chip along with a dedicated sound output system!
As for how sound was formed or its underlying principles, Lin Yuan didn't need to concern himself with those details. He first disassembled the Electronic D machine and replaced its rusted parts. After confirming everything was in order, he reassembled it and slowly fed it some energy.
Although this Electronic D required electrical energy, it could still function perfectly with Fourth Generation Universal Energy because this fourth-generation energy could be efficiently converted into most forms of Third Generation Energy over a wide range—including electrical energy like atomic energy, wind energy, solar energy, thermal energy, diesel fuel, and gasoline—without any issues. It wasn't an exaggeration; even if there were a diesel engine truck right now, this fourth-generation energy could make it run more efficiently and cleanly.
Thus, what Lin Yuan truly needed to focus on was controlling the amount of energy input—specifically the voltage and current—to avoid burning out the fragile Electronic D motor.
In reality, with his level 10 Intellect overseeing everything, this delicate task was quite easy. After several attempts, the Electronic D was successfully activated.
Next, Lin Yuan skillfully connected the Combination Sound System to the Electronic D machine. After powering it up and pressing the switch, beautiful music filled the spacious hall almost instantly. The entire process took less than fifteen minutes and left the Gatekeeper utterly astonished.
However, this wasn't enough for Lin Yuan to truly communicate yet. He then began to repair those slightly worn Intelligence Chips with great familiarity. This repair was even simpler; all he needed to do was place a chip on his Mechanical Body, and his Intellect would immediately reset its contents.
Meanwhile, the wonderful music was collected by Lin Yuan's Auditory Radar and continuously combined within his Intellect until it formed a sound pattern that he deemed ideal.
Once this pattern was completed, Lin Yuan connected the repaired blank Intelligence Chip to the sound system. At that moment, a rough yet powerful roar filled with violent tendencies erupted.
"Fuck you, Gatekeeper!"
This was a sentence that Lin Yuan had just recorded into the Intelligence Chip, and at this moment, it was being repeatedly echoed by the Combination Sound System, roaring incessantly!
At this moment, the Gatekeeper's face turned green—if he had a face, that is. In fact, he was genuinely shocked because, despite the Language Interaction System that Lin Yuan had assembled being quite crude, almost to the level of primitive man, he had to admit that Lin Yuan's repair and assembly skills were impressive.
Lin Yuan felt that the pent-up anger he had accumulated over time was finally released. He stood smugly to the side, listening to the combination subwoofer repeatedly roaring that one sentence; it was truly exhilarating!
After letting the sound system roar for more than ten minutes, Lin Yuan finally removed the blank Intelligence Chip and recorded another sentence into it. Using the speakers, he shouted, "Gatekeeper, I don't need that damn interaction System anymore. Now tell me, what’s this smuggling channel you mentioned?"
"Uh... well, esteemed Executive, I must sincerely admire your repair and assembly skills. With your level of expertise, you could certainly find a place in Mechanical City. As for the smuggling channel, it actually goes through the main trading System. You just need a username and password for a smuggling port to access it through that main trading System. Generally speaking, there shouldn't be any issues with safety because those behind the smuggling ports are high-ranking figures in Mechanical City. Unless they fall from grace, the anti-smuggling teams in Mechanical City can't do anything to us. Even those rebels can obtain certain supplies through these smuggling ports. After all, the upper echelons of Mechanical City are insatiably greedy. Also, esteemed Executive, my name is not Gatekeeper; you can call me Exiles-5 or v-5. 'V' is our family surname and '5' is my rank among my brothers. Although I am a Fifth-Class Citizen and in a state of exile, I still have my dignity."
The Gatekeeper rambled on for quite a while before subtly protesting.
Lin Yuan listened in astonishment; at this point, he wasn't even concerned about the smuggling port anymore. After thinking for a moment, he curiously asked, "I have two questions. First, since you have a family and brothers, do you also have parents? You mentioned bloodline inheritance earlier; I'm curious about how you all came to be?"
Lin Yuan's question clearly surprised the Gatekeeper but soon led him to understand. "I see now, esteemed Executive. You must be an illegitimate child who hasn't received formal education. Oh, please forgive me for using that term. The question you're asking is rather superficial and still exists within the realm of Carbon-Based Life. You must know that the universe is vast and full of wonders; besides Carbon-Based Life, there are also Silicon-based Life forms, energy beings, Mechanical Body life forms, electromagnetic wave life forms, information life forms, dark matter life forms—countless types beyond measure. I belong to the category of Mechanical Body life forms and am an upper-class citizen within the Galactic System. Those Carbon-Based Life forms and Silicon-based Life forms are merely colonized subjects under Mechanical City's rule."
"As superior Mechanical Lifeforms, our inheritance lies in our initial existence as Intellects. Relatively speaking, Mechanical Bodies are just vessels; we have no lifespan limitations. Even the lowest-level f1 Mechanical Warriors possess endless life—of course, unless they are killed by enemies. The progression from f1 to e-Class can be seen as our form of growth regarding existence. As for continuation... oh well, please don’t associate it with those filthy and disgusting mating behaviors of Carbon-Based Life and Silicon-based Life; that's the most primitive method of continuation! Even discussing it feels like an insult to my dignity."
"Now then, our Mechanical Life continuation works like this: when a Mechanical Warrior reaches level 1 in growth, they qualify to continue their lineage by separating a certain amount of primal energy from their Intellect and injecting it into one thousand unconscious Mechanical Bodies. Then one or two of those Mechanical Bodies will successfully awaken and gain self-awareness; these awakened Mechanical Bodies are considered their descendants. The others that cannot awaken are merely called slave Mechanical Bodies—they can only passively accept commands and mechanically complete tasks without any initiative or consciousness. This is what I refer to as bloodline inheritance."
"However, due to the difficulty of this method of continuing one's lineage, any pure-blooded Mechanical Warrior is born at e1 level—essentially high-class individuals with access to top resources in Mechanical City and absolute power; they are all Second-Class Citizens enjoying outrageous benefits!"
"But nothing is absolute; sometimes these pure-blooded awakened descendants may still be inadequate—for instance in Intellect growth or Civic Induction Transmission Rate development or insufficient integration between Intellect and Mechanical Body—resulting in them never advancing or even failing to reach D-Class throughout their lives. Thus they are abandoned and become Second-Class Citizens; once they become Second-Class Citizens their benefits significantly decrease along with combat power—but they still retain the right to continue their lineage."
"Of course, anyone can imagine this outcome: these Second-Class Citizens were already inadequate from birth; their descendants will be even weaker and thus become Third-Class Citizens—and then there are Fourth-Class Citizens as well! My father is a Third-Class Citizen now; at this point, bloodline priority has weakened considerably—the choice for awakening among Mechanical Bodies can only start from f1-level Mechanical Warriors—becoming increasingly weaker! Our kind—those Second-Class Citizens—have completely treated us as slaves or worse than beasts! Do you know? In Mechanical City many people spend their entire lives unable to break past f7 level—they can only rely on welfare or do manual labor or undertake Mercenary Missions struggling on the edge of death just to support their families! Only those with specialized skills can live somewhat better lives—like you, esteemed Executive!"
"Uh..."
After listening to the Gatekeeper's explanation, Lin Yuan found himself in unimaginable shock while simultaneously feeling it made perfect sense because when disregarding how Mechanical Life continues its lineage in other aspects—it bore striking similarities to human society!
For instance: that obsession with bloodlines—human society clings to bloodlines merely based on physical resemblance or DNA similarity—even if dissimilarities exist; humans can still thrive quite well.
However, the bloodline inheritance of Mechanical Life is even more important. If one can awaken enough of this inheritance, they can become superior to others; otherwise, they will directly become second-class citizens, and if they cannot awaken at all, they will simply become slaves. The Mechanical Warriors he encountered earlier at Fortress Base were all mindless slaves, which explained why they were so easy to deal with. If there were truly autonomous Mechanical Warriors, even if they were only F1 level, the outcome would be completely different.
Moreover, it seems that this Mechanical City is a patriarchal society with no women at all!
After thinking for a moment, Lin Yuan asked again, "Alright, my second question: why do you think my rough repair and assembly skills are impressive? Logically speaking, these basic repairs could be easily accomplished in the world of Carbon-Based Life, right?"
"You are mistaken on this point, esteemed Esteemed Executive. First, you must understand that we are life forms. Since awakening, apart from the Intellect inherited from our families and our Civic Induction Transmission Rate, everything we possess is blank. We need to learn like children. However, you should know that first-class or Second-Class Citizens have the privilege to create an excellent learning environment and prepare their descendants so that when they awaken, they become E-Class Mechanical Warriors. But ordinary Mechanical Life do not have such good conditions. Once we awaken, aside from the initial one hundred units of energy provided by our family, everything else must be earned through our own efforts. We need to take on the lowest-level Mercenary Missions, killing those pests scattered around to earn a living and cover the costs of modifying our Mechanical Bodies."
"You probably don't know how comfortable this S-5 Sub-base is. This is deep within the Galactic System. If it were a Sub-base on the edge of the Galactic System, you would encounter terrifying monsters and various enemies. A moment's carelessness could lead to your demise. In such situations, where would you find time to learn various skills? You can only fight—constantly fight—and use what you gain from battles to exchange for resources and Modification Points to enhance your Mechanical Body's Enhancement Level. If you don't do this, you're as good as dead. Therefore, among awakened Mechanical Warriors, those who understand repair and assembly skills have a very promising future."
"As for those slave-repaired Mechanical Warriors, they come at a high price. An F-Class Repair Mechanic Warrior costs at least three One Hundred Thousand Mechanical Coins. That’s a standard configuration for a Mercenary Group. However, I believe that your repair skills are much more flexible than those of an F-Class Repair Mechanic Warrior. Just imagine: if you joined a Mercenary Group, you could simultaneously hold two positions—repairing and fighting—thus doubling your earnings in Mechanical Coins!"
After hearing the explanation from the Gatekeeper, Lin Yuan finally understood that not every Mechanical Warrior possesses proficient repair skills. They are life forms that need to learn slowly like other beings. In contrast, those capable of skilled repair and assembly are not life forms; they only need to install specific repair programs into their Intellect.
These two modes are completely different.
In an instant, Lin Yuan suddenly felt that his future was incredibly bright!
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