Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

"..."

In that one-thousandth of a second, Langxie felt her heart, cold as a frozen fish, suddenly throb, but it was immediately suppressed by absolute reason.

It wasn't that no one had ever confessed or flirted with her, but never with such a sincere and pure smile.

It didn't seem like an act...

For her sake?

She found it hard to accept such a narcissistic answer.

With a slap, Langxie swatted away the toy that had briefly stirred her heart, sneering, "Merely this kind of toy can't prove anything."

"That's why I need you to give me a bit of free time."

Think she's a fool?

Langxie laughed coldly, the scars on her face appearing somewhat fierce, "What privileges do you want?"

"Not to rush me to work..."

"Hmm?"

Zhou Wenjie pointed to piles upon piles of parts, which were electronic scraps these people had somehow scavenged, but with some fixing up, they could still be put together to make what he wanted, "With those, I can assemble a computer that will run just fine."

"So..."

"So I need a little time."

"Right here?"

"Right here."

Langxie stared into Wenjie's eyes, feeling her CPU growing hotter and hotter, causing her not-particularly-sharp brain to feel a bit dizzy.

"But... why do you want to assemble a computer?"

"For you to see," Wenjie responded with a gentle smile, looking up.

[That annoying smile again.]

Langxie silently bit her silver teeth, "Why show me?"

"To demonstrate my strength."

"..."

She had never seen an undercover agent be so bluntly honest…...

Langxie followed Wenjie's line of thought, "And then to get into our core?"

"Right."

"And then to betray us?"

"And then to learn your advanced knowledge!" Wenjie looked at Langxie strangely, "Why would you have such a weird thought? Favorability with each power isn't easy to earn, you know?"

"..."

Favorability?

Her heart beat rapidly, uncontrollably—the excessively innocent and straightforward young man, like a straightforward big boy, bewildered the all-too-familiar-with-deceit Langxie.

But since his behavior was still controllable, she might as well see what he was going to do.

With her watching, he couldn't cause any trouble anyway.

"I'll allow it."

Wenjie's face immediately burst into a radiant smile, "Thank you, sister… actually, you look very pretty when you smile."

"Swoosh!"

A knife with glinting cold light deceived Wenjie's eyes and appeared at his throat without him noticing.

The icy blade pressed tightly against his skin; it seemed even swallowing saliva might lead to suicide.

Wenjie leaned back slightly, puzzled, "You're not really going to kill me, why scare me?"

"..."

The fingertips of Langxie holding the knife pressed down slightly, asserting that he wasn't the first to say she wouldn't dare kill.

Being a woman often required being more ruthless than men to stand one's ground.

But right now... she indeed wouldn't kill him.

"Keep your mouth shut."

"Oh~"

"..." Langxie crossed her arms, her chest boldly prominent, looking down at Wenjie with commanding presence, awaiting his performance, "You may begin."

Wenjie silently turned and began rummaging through the "trash heap."

Many components needed were exactly where he remembered, picking them up with smooth efficiency.

[Premeditated!]

Langxie smirked with her arms crossed, moved lightly to the wall, and while Wenjie wasn't paying attention, she quickly squatted and picked up the "music box" that had been swatted away earlier.

No one had ever given her a toy before; she could take it back as a trophy to show off…...

Meanwhile, Wenjie, eyes fixed on the task, considered everything he encountered in the game to be just a fleeting cloud; the knowledge from the game world that he could truly learn and remember was what he needed.

[You are attempting to assemble a machine…...]

[Free Creation Mode: You are using your Knowledge ability to attempt to create something entirely new and unknown to you; according to your Knowledge judgment, the current success rate is "very small." You can facilitate the completion of this creation by paying a certain price (General/Scientific Research Experience). (Cost: 20 points of experience/min)]

With the simple knowledge taught by the trainers, every piece that fell into his hands displayed its approximate function and name.

Wenjie's job was to find the correct component models needed and pick out those that were undamaged or could be repaired, and put them together…...

As for so-called free creation… he had already seen it when assembling the music box, but such a simple thing could be understood with a thought, so why waste experience?

Now…...

After several attempts at trial and error, Wenjie decided to use a bit of his not-so-abundant General Experience to cheat a little~

[You are spending General Experience to assist your creation attempt... (Cost: 20 points of experience/min)]

...

[That's it?]

Watching Wen Jie dismantle and reassemble, the impatient Wolf-Scorpion turned and left the room.

Seeing that clumsy attempt, it appeared he really came just for himself, and even wanted to perform in front of her...what an "idiot".

"Keep an eye on him, and if he needs anything, inform me immediately."

"Yes! Lord Wolf-Scorpion!"

...

[You are spending General Experience to assist your creation attempt... (Cost: 20 points of experience/min)]

[You have completed a computer assembly, Knowledge - Computer Hardware Maintenance Experience +30, Tech - Basic Electrical Manufacturing and Processing Experience +12.]

[Current Knowledge - Computer Hardware Maintenance Experience 358/500, at 500 points you can master "Level 3 Computer Hardware Maintenance".]

[Current Tech - Basic Electrical Manufacturing and Processing Experience 15/1000, at 1000 points and paying 1 Tech Point, you can master "Level 1 Basic Electrical Manufacturing and Processing".]

[You are attempting to perfect Knowledge - Computer Hardware Maintenance, current progress 91%, upon completion you will gain: Knowledge - Computer Hardware Maintenance (Complete); General/Scientific Research Experience +1000 points; Tech Points *2.]

"Huff~"

A job well done!

Called over to see a monitor supported only by wires and needing to be held by hand, flickering a few times before tremblingly lighting up, Wolf-Scorpion's peach-blossom-like eyes suddenly widened in astonishment, looking at Wen Jie, "How did you do it!"

All these were scraps collected from the ruins of old cities by scavengers, and being able to piece together a working computer from such trash was undeniably a staggering shock for her, a warrior yearning for technology.

This was already on par with the engineers in the organization!

"I figured it out by backtracking through those leftovers~" Wen Jie said as if it were only natural, "Can't you do it?"

Remembering Wen Jie's clumsy manner just now, it seemed too genuine to be an act.

"You never learned anything related before?!"

"Nope...just got it after a few tries, I never had the chance to touch these things before," Wen Jie answered casually.

"You..." Wolf-Scorpion hesitated slightly.

An outsider with an ulterior motive acting as a mole? Or an enigmatic genius youth?

But it doesn't matter, in a situation where high-end talents are locked away, every single tech talent like this is extremely rare.

Knowledge...knowledge lies there, but it needs someone who can actually learn it.

Perhaps his identity is still suspect, his motives unclear.

But even if he belongs to someone else, he can be corrupted into one of our own!

Wolf-Scorpion's features, beautiful as fire, slightly lifted in a smile, making one last confirmation, "Make a few more, I'll be watching you this time!"

"No problem!" Wen Jie agreed promptly.

He couldn't be stopped from assembling if one tried!

He hadn't fully achieved the perfection progress yet, what if he ran out of supplies, wouldn't it drive him crazy?

[You are trying to assemble a machine...]

[You are attempting to perfect Knowledge - Computer Hardware Maintenance, current progress 92%...]

...

During a brief chat, the prompt in his mind sounded again—

[Feedback from the commission, Knowledge - Computer Hardware Maintenance Experience +30.]

[Feedback from the commission, Tech - Basic Electrical Manufacturing and Processing Experience +13.]

[Current Basic Electrical Manufacturing and Processing Experience 13/1000, at 1000 points and paying 1 Tech Point, you can master "Level 1 Basic Electrical Manufacturing and Processing".]

Wen Jie was working so hard!

And he was even progressing towards technology? Too powerful.

Only...looking at that tech requiring 1000 points of experience, Bai E squinted his eyes and pondered in a daze.

He finally understood where exactly tech points could be used, but why is it that one type of tech becomes effective immediately after feedback, while another requires accumulating experience and paying tech points to use?

The difference between the two...one is applied technology, the other is theoretical technology.

Well~ that seems reasonable.

Suddenly, a voice came from nearby that grabbed Bai E's attention.

"Something's odd..." Minister Likok, who said he would analyze the base's situation by intercepting stray electromagnetic waves, pinched his chin while staring at the chaotic images on the computer screen, mumbling to himself with a frown.

Without a doubt, it drew attention inside the anxiously quiet vehicle.

"Is there a problem inside, Minister?"

"Hmm..." Likok tapped on the images on the computer, explaining the situation to everyone passionately, "Indeed, something is blocking the radio transmission between them and us."

Bai E leaned over to look at the minister's computer screen, found the images a bit abstract, and silently withdrew.

Minister Likok's words, however, immediately tensed up the remaining soldiers, "There's a trap inside!"

"Are the officers in danger?"

"They can't call for help in this situation, do we need to go in and support them?"

"No..." Minister Likok's eyebrows twisted together, almost into knots, "What's strange is right here, this doesn't seem deliberate...or at least, it doesn't seem to be interference signals emitted by jamming devices."

Jamming devices only need to disrupt unidirectional signals; there's no reason to "swallow" all electromagnetic signals.

As he spoke, the minister started talking to himself again, "Could it be that the foundational design concepts for jamming devices hundreds of years ago are different from now?"

The ambiguous words left the remaining soldiers bewildered.

Buddy...what exactly are you saying?

"Tap tap tap~" With rapid typing on the computer, Minister Likok's eyes shone, "Don't rush, let me analyze a bit more."