Chapter 30: You are breaking the law, do you know that?
After hearing what Ai Yue said, the first thought that flashed through Vill-V's mind was "Impossible."
But when she felt the heavy weight of the thing the other party threw to her in her hand, she couldn't help but lower her head to look at it carefully.
It was a bracelet made entirely of metal. It looked ordinary in appearance, with only a square red metal surface on the front that looked like a decoration. Compared with its positioning as a "bracelet," this thing looked too thick and heavy, and it was a burden to wear on the wrist.
However, as a master of mechanics, Vill-V was not fooled by the plain appearance of this thing. She put it on her hand and then pressed the square metal block indicated by the bracelet.
Click.
With a slight sound, the entire bracelet suddenly became larger—no, it was not getting larger, but after the metal block was pressed, the mechanical device inside the bracelet was activated, and the internal deformation mechanism stretched the entire bracelet!
But what's the use of this?
"It's not over yet." Seeing Vill-V's puzzled expression, Ai Yue simply walked over and taught her how to use it step by step, "Grab this part, pull it up, and then cover the back of your hand—"
Ai Yue put a piece of "skin" made entirely of flexible metal on the back of Vill-V's hand. As the other party moved, the inside of the bracelet immediately rang out with a fine and dense sound of mechanical operation. All the structures unfolded rapidly in the process and soon turned into a fingerless glove shining with metallic luster.
Vill-V subconsciously turned over her palm. The red metal block that was used as the starting switch at the beginning was located in the palm of her palm. At this moment, it also split into four triangles and rotated, revealing a hole underneath.
"What is this for?" Vill-V looked at Ai Yue, "Don't tell me this has a shooting function?"
"If a Honkai energy core is embedded, the shock wave can be released through the internal excitation mechanism." Ai Yue said nonchalantly, "But because we were in a hurry, the lethality may be a little lacking. At most, it will be useful in close combat, but it is unlikely to be used to fight Honkai beasts."
"You..." Vill-V looked down at the gloves, then looked up at Ai Yue, "You made it in less than an hour?"
"It's OK. I was mainly busy catching a plane and couldn't be too slow." Ai Yue nodded, not denying Vill-V's statement. "And it took some effort to choose the project. Although the things here are average, the scope of your research is quite broad."
'Average?'
Vill-V was about to retort, but then she looked down at what she was holding—someone who could make something like this in such a short time was indeed qualified to describe her creation as "average."
She suddenly remembered what Mobius had said when she asked her about Ai Yue's situation two days ago.
"Want to know what kind of person Ai Yue is?" Mobius' tone was a little subtle, as if she was a little reluctant to face it. "Let me put it this way. Even if you think you have imagined him to be very powerful, you can't compare to the real him."
"You might even think that this guy is not someone who should appear in this world."
Vill-V finally understood the meaning of this sentence.
"Stand still." Vill-V closed her eyes and uttered with difficulty, "You are awesome."
(TL: Hahaha Sukuna is that you?)
She did not suspect Ai Yue of cheating, because she was sure that this thing had never appeared in this world before today.
As a top scholar in the field of mechanics, Vill-V naturally knew the outrageousness of this folding glove. Being able to fold the glove into the size of a bracelet, the structural design alone is something that ordinary people cannot do.
You know, miniaturizing mechanical equipment is a very difficult task. It not only involves issues such as manufacturing accuracy and material strength, but also involves the maker's understanding of space utilization. The more complex the mechanical structure, the more difficult it is to miniaturize it.
If it were Vill-V who made a similar thing, even if she was given a week, she might not be able to compress the size to the level made by Ai Yue. Moreover, she just discovered that the internal structure of the glove was so sophisticated that it was completely unnecessary. By abandoning that part of the redundant design, the size of the bracelet could be further reduced without affecting its structural strength too much.
Vill-V knew very well that Ai Yue did this for only one purpose, which was to show off his skills to her.
She could even read the maker's emotions from the prop: "What do you think? Do you want to mourn or not?"
In fact, Ai Yue himself is even more outrageous than this prop.
How did he make such a thing in such a short time? Did he prepare it in advance? However, the high precision required to make such a high-precision part was not even met by the equipment in his own top workshop on Earth. Could it be that he specially made the relevant equipment?
'It can't be rubbed by hand!?'
'Forget it, never mind, I'm tired.'
This is what Vill-V is thinking now—what Mobius said is absolutely right, imagination is simply not worth mentioning in front of this man.
She had even begun to suppress her desire to ask Ai Yue about the details of the production, fearing that once she asked her questions, she would get answers that would make her even more mentally broken.
Whether in the professional field or in the performance, you have lost miserably, Mechanic.
Ai Yue naturally didn't care about Vill-V's complex and rich emotions. After he heard that comment, he knew that the winner had been decided.
This is of course inevitable. Not to mention humans, even if the Herrscher comes, they will have to get slapped in the face by his system.
'Scholar in the world, you have done your best.'
"So, what project do I need?" he asked bluntly.
"I will hand over all the contents of the project to you. Give me some time." Vill-V said weakly, "Alas, I have suffered a great loss this time."
The artificial intelligence project is currently the hottest and most promising project, so it naturally received strong support from the Fire Moth, and Vill-V naturally also fulfilled many of her own little wishes.
But now it is about to leave her, how can she not be sad?
"Also, I'll give this back to you." Vill-V reluctantly restored the gloves to the form of a bracelet and handed it to Ai Yue, "It's a very interesting thing, I like it very much."
Looking at Vill-V's attitude, Ai Yue couldn't help but smile, and then said, "Do you want it?"
"Are you willing to give it to me?" Vill-V's eyes widened in surprise, but then she realized something, "No, you want to exchange it for something, right?"
"Nothing, I just took some of your materials. In exchange, I'll give you this." Ai Yue smiled, "Then I'll take my leave first. The plane above is still waiting for me."
After saying this, he hurriedly left the Spiral Workshop.
"Materials? What's so special about that..." Vill-V was halfway through her words when she suddenly realized something and rushed into the workshop.
A moment later, her cries echoed throughout the Spiral Workshop.
"Thief! Robber! Breaking and robbing! You are breaking and robbing!"
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