Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 858 - 699: Advanced Warrior Program

Chapter 858: Chapter 699: Advanced Warrior Program

Seeking Shadow still chose the second option, albeit for a somewhat strange reason.

"I want to look more human when I meet Nidelaide," said Seeking Shadow.

"Are you interested in Nidelaide?" Xu Yang found it intriguing.

Since rescuing Seeking Shadow, she had been undergoing wonderful changes, and her mental version developed faster than A40.

"I don’t know." Seeking Shadow sat on the ground, "I’m going to shut myself down now, you help me swap bodies."

"Alright," Xu Yang nodded.

Seeking Shadow completely powered down.

Xu Yang first cooled her down, then opened the back of her head, entered the engineering key, took out Seeking Shadow’s consciousness chip, and placed it in the smart chip slot of the E-type Synthetic Human.

Next, he accessed the control console of the E-type Synthetic Human, decided to start the booting mode, chose to activate the existing chip, and let Seeking Shadow’s digital consciousness take over the dominance of this body.

With the activation process completed, this E-type Synthetic Human also obtained a new life.

"Is this my new body?" Seeking Shadow observed her new appearance.

She looked at her original body sitting on the ground, which now looked like the shed skin of a snake.

"Are you adapting well?" asked Xu Yang.

"Synthetic Humans are quite similar, but this body can maximize my capabilities," Seeking Shadow picked up Shadow Kill and casually practiced movements.

She excitedly discovered that the strength, operating power, and joint strength of this E-class Synthetic Human body were much better than before!

Is this the difference between a professional version and a home version?

Before, Seeking Shadow had lots of experience, but a weak torso that could only handle regular villains.

Now, entering a brand new high-end body, she could fully utilize the destructive power of Shadow Kill, powerful enough to confront supernatural beings, defeat and contain them, and be competent for the position of the Bureau of Secrets Director.

And this E-type Synthetic Human looked exactly like a human.

Originally, Seeking Shadow could see joints, camera lenses behind the eyes, and synthetic skin and hair, but this Synthetic Human now utilized a large amount of experimental materials, making it barely distinguishable from real humans!

Unless scanned purposefully, visually, it was impossible to tell it was a Synthetic Human, truly world-class in authenticity.

Is this the future direction that Taro Tanaka plans for his E-type Synthetic Humans? Xu Yang pondered. It seems there won’t be much demand. The previous types of Synthetic Humans had already met consumer needs, and the E-type was too human-like, both a merit and a flaw.

Too much of a good thing, people would fear such a creation.

"What about my Anti-Monster Mecha?" Seeking Shadow looked up and asked.

The staff took them to an external large warehouse to show them a trial version of the "Anti-Monster Mecha".

"Following the advice of the strategic development department of Nestor Corporation, we acquired a type of engineering mecha from the market and modified it to be capable of combating large supernatural beings," the staff said cautiously.

It was his first time seeing such a war weapon from anime fantasies transplanted into reality.

The combat strength of small Synthetic Humans was limited; Seeking Shadow decided to become a mecha pilot to fight against evil forces.

She looked up at her future vehicle, it was a full 20 meters tall! Equivalent to a seven-story building, one had to look up with effort, its appearance was majestic.

"So tall..." Seeking Shadow gazed.

"This Anti-Monster Mecha is powered by a nuclear turbine engine, equipped with gyroscope stabilizers at the feet, armed with high-density plasma cannons, heavy grenade launchers, and 40mm caliber machine guns, capable of launching tactical nuclear missiles, handling various levels of dangerous situations. The rocket boosters on the back, originally prepared for space endeavors, now can increase its cruising speed to 500 kilometers per hour," the staff explained.

"What is that?" Seeking Shadow saw a huge box placed behind the mecha on the open ground.

"A 200-kilogram super material alloy giant sword, 13 meters long," the staff glanced, "If you swing it with this mecha, it could slice through an entire building."

Hearing this, a gleam of eagerness flashed in Seeking Shadow’s eyes. With the enhancement of the E-type Synthetic Human, she was more human-like than ever before. Coupled with the mecha warrior, she was significantly strengthened.

She clenched her fist and punched upwards.

"This is the heavy chopping I wanted!" Seeking Shadow quickly dashed over, jumped onto her mecha, and climbed into the cockpit, learning how to operate the mecha.

"So, the next time you encounter creatures like Frost Giants, Bird Monsters, or Dragon Beasts, you can take out the mecha to confront them, also expanding the scope of the Bureau of Secrets’ operations," Xu Yang looked up at Seeking Shadow.

"Chop!" Seeking Shadow operated the experimental mecha, which began to slowly move across the field.

"It seems... isn’t it just like something from the Northern Archipelago? Really turning anime fantasies into reality," the service staff observed, whispering quietly, "This is a massive model. What if a monster snaps its leg with a slap, it won’t be able to get up, right?"

"After all, she’s also a director, splurging on the most expensive and flashy powerful equipment isn’t unreasonable," Xu Yang observed, "But having Seeking Shadow operating the mecha does indeed resolve a lot of pain points."

"Could you elaborate?" the staff was curious.

"In previous animes, mechas were controlled with joysticks, with controls like pulling levers and stepping on pedals, but in reality, a mecha is a super complex system that’s hard to manage with just buttons. Having a Synthetic Human like Seeking Shadow wired in to operate, directly becoming the ’computer’ of this mecha, can simultaneously handle hundreds of operation commands," Xu Yang explained.

"Why not replace the cockpit with a super-size fighting robot? Moreover, for the same price, you could build ten fighter jets or fifty main battle tanks," the staff puzzled.

"Indeed, so this thing is probably the first of its kind in the world."

"In my opinion, make it like a centaur—what do you think? With four strong legs and two big arms, much more stable than this humanoid form. Knock off a knee in the humanoid form and it breaks, but with a centaur shape, losing one leg still leaves three others," the staff’s imagination expanded at that moment.

And Xu Yang was a friendly person, he enjoyed boasting with Xu Yang. If it were a more shrewd and worldly customer, he would have remained silent.

"No choice, we are from the Northern Archipelago, turning animation into reality is part of our lives," Xu Yang said.

But he held a positive attitude towards humanoid mechas, having two flexible arms, probably capable of achieving things ordinary armor couldn’t.

Seeking Shadow was very satisfied with her large mecha and hopped down after opening the hatch.

"This is my ride, the ’Justice Executor’ mecha!" Seeking Shadow was very enthusiastic.

"Use it to eliminate the monsters invading the Northern Archipelago, now you’ve really become a hero," encouraged Xu Yang.

"Next up is meeting Nidelaide, I have to tell him that I’ve become stronger and better looking, and now I have a super awesome mecha! Justice Executor!" Seeking Shadow has never been so exhilarated.

It seems today is full of good events for Seeking Shadow, Xu Yang thought to himself. From chatting with people to mechanical upgrades and acquiring her own super mecha, it really was a beautiful day for Seeking Shadow.

"Hold on, I’ll take a stroll and come back in a couple of hours to pick you up." Xu Yang left the venue. Meanwhile, Seeking Shadow argued with the service personnel about the practicality of her mecha.

Xu Yang, following Kanako’s message, went to the nursery, where Xu Cheng was taking care of Chishiki.

"Little baby, time to sleep, or you’ll become a Little Fool~" Xu Cheng sang a nursery rhyme to Chishiki.

Chishiki lay in her small bed, which had a rotating light ball hanging above, casting countless beautiful light spots.

This is an advanced brain-enhancing therapy; infants under six months, when subjected to these meticulously designed lights, develop their brains 30% faster.

It seems Kanako is doing everything to make Chishiki a great child, Xu Yang thought to himself.

"Why didn’t you accompany everyone back to Shangjing?" Xu Yang touched Xu Cheng’s hair.

"Chishiki is too cute, I want to take care of her." Xu Cheng adored. the Little Chishiki in the cradle.

"nia~" Chishiki stretched out a small hand from her soft bedding.

"Why does she just say one word to fool us and not speak properly? Who can understand what she’s saying?" Xu Cheng was frustrated.

"This is a sign of wisdom," Xu Yang said as he picked Chishiki up from the cradle.

She was light and warm, and having spent many years holding Xu Cheng, Xu Yang was skilled in holding Chishiki too.

"dada..." Chishiki curiously looked at Xu Yang.

"Give her to me, I want to hold her too!" Xu Cheng jumped up excitedly.

Xu Yang held Xu Cheng with one arm and Chishiki with the other, Xu Cheng giggled looking at Chishiki across.

"She’s my sister, I’m eight years older than her. When I turn eighteen, she’ll only be ten!" Xu Cheng was delighted.

"Your math is very good," Xu Yang said.

Chishiki yawned, finally getting sleepy.

Xu Yang put her back in the cradle.

"I’ll take care of her day and night, making sure she doesn’t eat her toys," Xu Cheng said.

"Let’s go eat, and then do you want to go out with me?" Xu Yang asked.

"Yes!" Xu Cheng couldn’t miss any chance to be with dad. Chishiki? She can lay by herself for a while.

In the afternoon, just after three o’clock, they arrived at the prosthetics company founded by Nidelaide.

The company wasn’t very large, spanning three floors all dedicated to manufacturing.

Technicians, researchers, engineers, and automated robots were busily producing various types of implants.

Nidelaide, once a top apprentice of Cui Junyou, went solo and established his own implant business after the "Disciples" squad disbanded.

Before entering to see Nidelaide, Seeking Shadow hesitated then told Xu Yang, "Nidelaide is a good friend of mine, he’s very compassionate and has taught me a lot. He never shunned me for being invaded before, I think, I really have some feelings for him."

"That’s cool," Xu Yang said.

"But can Synthetic Humans also learn what love is?" Seeking Shadow puzzled.

"Ask A40."

"Hmm... A40 was just ravaged by Huang Feng," Seeking Shadow knew a lot.

"It doesn’t matter, with this E-type Synthetic Human body, you and Humans are indistinguishable now," Xu Yang encouraged Seeking Shadow.

"Go for it!" Xu Cheng also encouraged her, although she didn’t know what was happening.

"Yes..." Seeking Shadow nodded.

Anyway, it was time to confront Nidelaide. Xu Yang took the lead and pushed open the office door.

Nidelaide was still dressed as always, from head to toe in dark garments, long sleeves, a face mask, long boots—completely wrapped into a black enigmatic figure, obscuring his actual appearance.

"Oh! Uncle Xu, you guys are here!" Nidelaide was happy.

He waved, and a beautiful woman walked over from the side, amiably serving them tea and water and preparing fruits.

Xu Yang knew she was a Synthetic Human, a domestic service product produced by another tech company. A recluse like Nidelaide probably couldn’t find a living female companion.

Her appearance was modeled after a 2D character Nidelaide liked, with sapphire eyes, silky golden hair, and a ribbon-wound elegant hairdo, her demeanor graceful and gentle.

Clearly, she possessed a highly mature communication module, providing Nidelaide with significant emotional comfort, making Nidelaide seem quite content around her.

"Who is this?" Xu Yang asked.

"This is my custom-made domestic Synthetic Human, the product manual says her intelligence will upgrade to become a quality companion for customers; I call her Vierre," Nidelaide said casually.

Xu Yang turned to look at Seeking Shadow, noticing she had become quite aloof, she walked to the sofa and mechanically sat down.