Published: February 13, 2025
The Mechanical Genius had pretty good luck. With the help of Ye Zhongming, his ideas could be realized. In other words, he could connect with the mechanical battle beasts created by Ye Zhongming and turn them into his battle dolls.
When Ye Zhongming saw the Mechanical Genius establish a connection with a crimson condensation level mechanical battle beast and then break it, he asked, “Does it hurt?”
The Mechanical Genius didn’t feel much and honestly replied that it didn’t hurt much, just a slight physical strain that could be ignored. This little boy from Earth would often fall into deep regret over that statement in the future.
Because… while helping the Mechanical Genius test whether the equipment was functional, Ye Zhongming noticed changes inside the mechanical battle beast during the process.
Ye Zhongming discovered that due to the Mechanical Genius’s uniqueness, once he established a connection with a mechanical battle beast, it, in a certain sense, became part of him. This method granted the mechanical battle beast a form of vitality that even Ye Zhongming couldn’t provide.
If Ye Zhongming weren’t a top-tier craftsman and arguably the second-best manufacturing master in the entire All Races of the Universe next to the divine artisan, he might not have noticed that fleeting change at the time.
But after Ye Zhongming realized it, that tiny change was never out of his control again.
After a brief period of research, Ye Zhongming identified a problem: the crimson condensation level mechanical battle beast used as an experimental subject, though its parts, energy, and structure showed no changes, had indeed improved in strength.
It was a holistic enhancement.
This little discovery was like a treasure to Ye Zhongming.
With this finding, he immediately pulled the Mechanical Genius into conducting experiments.
At first, the little boy didn’t think much of it. He had already reserved several renyi level battle beasts, which were worth tens of millions; even if he sold himself, he couldn’t afford them. So what if they were using him for some experiments?
However, after half a day of experiments, the little boy felt an urge to escape.
He had witnessed Ye Zhongming’s working state.
It was insane!
The little boy could only describe it that way.
The experiment was not complicated. It merely involved Ye Zhongming creating mechanical battle beasts, having the Mechanical Genius establish a connection with them to bestow vitality, observing how much the overall enhancement was, and then actively cutting the connection.
But the frequency of the experiments was too high. The Mechanical Genius barely established a connection before it was cut off, and before he could catch his breath, he had to move on to the next experiment.
Each experiment resulted in varying degrees of connection, some stronger, some weaker. For an experiment that essentially felt like cutting his flesh, the Mechanical Genius felt as if he had entered hell; pain never left his body, only varying in intensity from minor to excruciating.
His little face became even paler.
What was even scarier was that whenever he needed a break after enduring several rounds of torment, Ye Zhongming would timely hand him a potion or pill, allowing him to quickly recover.
Each time the little boy swallowed the medicine and continued working, he felt a bizarre illusion of being guarded over his corpse.
Sometimes he would think, doesn’t this guy get tired? Why can he continuously create equipment, feel the changes in the equipment, yet shows no signs of fatigue at all?
This… was simply inhuman.
The little boy endured this inhuman life for a full three days, after which Ye Zhongming finally gave him a temporary reprieve. Yes, temporary.
He had one day of rest before he would have to follow Ye Zhongming to begin the formal equipment forging plan.
The Mechanical Genius was filled with despair.
Ye Zhongming didn’t actually want it this way, but the Mechanical Genius was too important to him now.