Zhou Yi walked into the inpatient ward.

An engineer wearing a hospital gown was slurping a pack of instant noodles, reminiscing over his battle highlights on the enhanced controller.

Wang Shunli gave him a wild look: "Dad, the CEO is here to see you."

Wang Anquan responded with an oh.

"CEO... huh? CEO?"

Only then did he seem to realize it, hastily putting down the bowl in his hand.

Zhou Yi took off his hat and mask, greeted him with a smile: "Engineer Wang, congratulations on winning the championship. This is humanity's first championship in the Mecha Master Tournament; I came right over when I heard."

Upon hearing the Master Tournament, Wang Anquan relaxed a little and also smiled: "Thank you, thank you CEO. The company's Wasteland Armor is really effective; otherwise, conventional mecha wouldn't stand a chance against mechanical life."

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside.

Zhou Yi turned to see it was Water Octopus Yuke.

"CEO, sorry, I was delayed because a large experiment hasn't finished... so I'm late here."

"No worries, work is important."

Zhou Yi didn't mind.

He invited Yuke, mainly to get a colleague's perspective from the lab to understand Wang Anquan as a person.

Wang Anquan himself is a mecha enthusiast, and the kid Wang Shunli is peculiar, supporting his father's career and hobbies wholeheartedly, like a child hoping his father succeeds.

Professional opinions are more reliable in the field of mecha.

Zhou Yi first said to Wang Anquan: "I want to see the armor you've modified. Can you still operate it now?"

"Yes."

Wang Anquan replied without hesitation.

The group then left the hospital and arrived at Yalong Bay. Several large buildings had been constructed here, one of which was the finished product workshop for Wasteland Armor, used for maintenance testing.

Inside the workshop, several Bone Men were checking two Wasteland Armors.

Wang Anquan retrieved an armor marked with white [Modification 47] from the storage manager.

"CEO, this is the Wasteland Armor I modified."

He pointed to the pair of fists on the human-shaped armor: "This is the [Sealing Fist], a very common short-range weapon device, a conventional close-combat weapon in the Master Tournament."

Wang Anquan picked up a toolkit from a nearby shelf and skillfully removed the Sealing Fist from the armor's hands, replacing it with basic mechanical hands.

Then he opened the back cover of the machine and climbed inside.

Yuke signaled to another Bone Man operator to control a Wasteland Armor [82] and begin sparring with Wang Anquan.

Two human-shaped mechas, 3 meters tall, started practice directly.

The 82 operated by Bone Man had excellent flexibility, constantly throwing out precision punches while moving, with a motion frequency higher than Zhou Yi had seen in the previous two generations, yet failing to hit 47.

47 moved like a skilled fighter, effortlessly dodging attacks with minimal side-stepping.

It swayed left and right, leisurely moving amidst the opponent's high-frequency attacks.

Finally, 47 used a grapple to lock onto 82 in a near-throwing manner, directly KO'ing it.

Just as Wang Shunli described, light as a butterfly, precise as a bee.

It was like the mecha version of Ali in the Wasteland era.

Zhou Yi saw.

47 in absorbing the ripples from the outside world into its body continuously.

The Wasteland Armor operated by Wang Anquan was reading the consciousness waves of 82 throughout.

It turned out to be using this method to predict and read the opponent's command actions.

Most behavior is a result of thought.

Even if one can foresee the opponent's purpose a second in advance, it's enough to respond and strategize against it.

The sparring continued.

This time it was 5 armors encircling 47, yet it skillfully dodged them all.

It stepped with space-like agility, showing no signs of being a massive 3-meter armor, hitting each opponent one by one quickly.

If the [Sealing Fist] was installed, the battle would end even quicker.

Wang Anquan opened the back cover and came out of the machine, sweat covering his forehead, but he looked very spirited, seemingly enjoying the driving experience.

Zhou Yi asked him: "How far can you read commands with [Jade Eye]?"

"About a 12-meter radius."

"Can't read beyond this range?"

"It's not quite like that, it's just very blurry, with unreliable precision."

Zhou Yi was thoughtful.

Wang Anquan eagerly introduced: "Opening the [Jade Eye] continuously consumes consciousness nerve, turning it into a consumable. Consciousness nerve is a precious company material; applying for it each time isn't easy. If only there could be more..."

"What is the consumption rate approximately?"

"Each consciousness nerve, after connecting to the Stone Molt Reactor, can be used for about 70 minutes. However, if there are many changes on the opponent's side, this time will be reduced accordingly."

After Zhou Yi listened, he thought for a moment and immediately informed Wang Anquan about the consciousness nerve and command reading.

The armored engineer was a bit surprised: "So, it's really about reading the consciousness domain? I thought it was the refraction effect on the Light Imprint, allowing one to see the opponent's internal reactions in advance."

"A simple experiment will clarify it."

Zhou Yi smiled and said to Yuke, the Water Octopus beside him: "Your level is D, right?"

"Yes, Chairman."

"Try making some attack moves on No. 47."

Wang Anquan re-entered the mecha and was very agile at dodging under the Water Octopus's attack.

A somewhat shocked voice came from the mecha: "So this is how consciousness commands are read... The implications are huge... As long as the opponent is thinking, there's a chance to crack and insight!"

Zhou Yi wasn't surprised.

He was the earliest user of the consciousness nerve.

This was his proprietary element, a natural material with a conversion rate of 4.5% for consciousness.

He hadn't expected that the combination of consciousness nerves, flying silk, and the Stone Molt Reactor would create such a powerful chemical reaction.

He immediately had Turing lead a team to conduct an assault on this new technology.

A month later.

Turing came up with a conclusion.

"Chairman, the Jade Eye is indeed a very magical technology. We've consulted Mr. Canghai, who specializes in the consciousness domain, Mr. Afeng who is responsible for developing flying silk, and had Jade City test the Stone Shedding."

"The technical principle can basically be determined, with the core being that the Stone Molt Reactor creates a small vortex of consciousness fragments. Based on this vortex, the flying silk absorbs and enriches nearby fragments, like a fishing net catching debris. Then, the consciousness nerve links with the operator through this internal structure, resulting in the ability to promptly detect the opponent's thought actions."

"It's actually because the target, in deep thought, releases a large amount of similar consciousness fragments in a short period, and some of these fragments are read."

"This mechanism can be applied in a wide range of scenarios, potentially serving as a receiver or radar in the consciousness domain. By enlarging the Stone Molt Reactor, increasing the amount of flying silk, and filling in more consciousness nerves, it can read on a larger and more precise scale."

"If linked with the Evil Brain Motor, we could retrieve information from the Evil Brain remotely, yielding results with significant growth and potential."

"We request to expand the cultivation scale of consciousness nerves and significantly increase the plantation size of Monster Radish fields."

Turing said: "Because it's the core consumable material in this technological system, it will continuously wear out and shorten in use, and the current scale is far from sufficient."

Zhou Yi contemplated seriously for a long time.

Expanding the Monster Radish fields was something always being done.

After all, this is one's own elemental consumable.

The more elements, the better.

Now, a bold idea emerged in his mind.

To be prudent.

Zhou Yi still sought out Xiao Fu for discussion.

"You want external parties to cultivate Monster Radish?"

Xiao Fu was initially a little surprised, but immediately understood his thought process: "I get it. You want to obtain a continuous supply of consciousness nerve raw materials through large-scale external cultivation."

"That way, there will be a large flow of consciousness nerves in the market, so there won't be a shortage."

"Although they will certainly know some of the technical applications, the entire technical standards and complete mature applications are in the company's grasp. We already have the consciousness nerve processing technology, information conversion equipment, and now a highly mature Wasteland Armor..."

"Ultimately, they all have to continue following the company's technical system, either providing raw materials or becoming mid to downstream parts of the consciousness nerve system, producing and processing components, selling composite products."

"The previous Electric Cat System has already proven that this is an effective driving method."

"This thought process is good! It can be done!"

Reverse Flow expressed agreement but also reminded: "However, consciousness nerves are very complete on their own and can be used directly. The only issue may be the potential emergence of new technologies based on this advanced raw material, impacting the company's existing system."

Zhou Yi was candid: "If someone does better than us, that's a good thing. We can purchase and learn, which will be more helpful in advancing the entire system. Not every new technology and product needs to be driven and made by the Wasteland Development Company. The world is large enough to accommodate various new things."

"The current goal is to popularize the consciousness nerve system, letting all regions know that planting Monster Radish is profitable, that it can make money, encouraging people to plant it long-term. As long as that is achieved, it's a success."

Xiao Fu sighed: "That's true. Reverse Flow also has a saying, 'Take eight, leave two,' meaning that when scavenging civilization, you can't take everything; you must also leave space for other scavengers and passersby."

"Everyone gets some benefits, and contradictions won't be as sharp. This is a lesson Reverse Flow has learned over the years."

Zhou Yi nodded.

His thinking was actually quite simple.

It was about globalization, everyone needs to join the industry, intertwining interests to form a tight-knit community.

Over time, this cohesion will develop inertia, and as long as it's tight enough, external forces will have difficulty breaking everyone apart.

It's good for all regions and companies.

Furthermore.

It also lays a solid rear foundation for dealing with the Heavenly People in the future.

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