Learn one small skill every day

The exoskeleton helmet is sealed, but with the life support device, there is absolutely no discomfort. The helmet also provides a 360-degree field of vision that is projected directly in front of you, so there is no need to worry about visibility.

Moreover, with the help of the armor, every step is very easy, as if the armor has become a complete part of the body, able to sense the user's thoughts and cooperate with the user to complete any action.

Bai Miao wanted to test the limits of the armor, so he directly used the joint twisting skill.

Even with his arm twisted into a pretzel, the armor's toughness remained unaffected, instead remaining intact as Bai Miao's arm twisted and recovered.

This technology is absolutely amazing.

Bai Miao sensed that the armor used some kind of nanotechnology, allowing it to change its shape at will.

"Buzz... Captain, can you hear me?"

Emma's voice came from inside the helmet, and a white-haired, red-eyed avatar appeared in the upper right corner of the view.

"I can hear you, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I'm just worried about your intelligence and memory, which are not much different from those of green algae. I need to remind you again that the decision-making power of the team is in your hands on this trip. Do not contact the Endless Energy unless absolutely necessary."

"I know."

Emma's image gradually disappeared, and Venus's face reappeared.

"Captain, be careful on the road."

Bai Miao was somewhat touched that a minister would remind him to be careful.

"I have two crew members with you, don't lose them."

"...?"

Fine, the minister has already gotten used to the fact that the captain is inferior to the crew in his eyes.

Are you guys ready?

Bai Miao looked at the nine crew members he had carefully selected, and he had a feeling that some of them were potential novices.

Or, if some of the knockers hadn't died, would the ones I randomly chose have just happened to be the remaining nine knockers?

Although this instance is technologically advanced, its operation mode is quite mysterious, which makes Bai Miao think so.

"Ready, Captain."

The other nine members sounded a bit nervous. Although they all knew the details of the mission beforehand, they were still not very comfortable when they met the captain.

Bai Miao looked around but didn't find anyone particularly strange.

"action."

The group filed in and boarded a small boat, heading towards land.

On the ship, the four men, separated by masks, began a private conversation on the Knockout network.

"This is really weird. Wasn't it said that the captain picked randomly? How come he chose all four of us who are still alive?"

"You're the only one in the R&D department. How did the captain choose you? That's outrageous!"

"Master of ink painting, can you analyze what we should pay attention to on this trip?"

Looking at his remaining three teammates and a captain whose background he knew nothing about, Wang Xiang also felt exhausted.

"Calm down, everyone. First of all, this is definitely not a coincidence, but the captain certainly didn't know how to identify the person knocking on the door, otherwise none of us would have survived that night. Now that we've been chosen, let's focus on completing the mission."

“We need to find spare parts, and this trip has the same purpose as ours, so there’s nothing to be offended about. Let’s observe the captain’s attitude first. If he’s willing to communicate with us crew members and work together, that’s great. But if he wants to think for himself, then we’ll listen to him for now. If he’s too extreme and it’s going to lead to our annihilation, then the four of us will focus our fire on the captain and take his place.”

Wang Xiang was also somewhat confused by this inexplicable instance.

Surely we crew members can get by doing nothing and just following the captain around?

The ship has no shortage of crew members.

Why bother with a ten-person dungeon? The captain could just play solo.

On the boat, Bai Miao looked at the nine people he had chosen, then suddenly looked at one of them and asked, "Please introduce yourselves. I don't know who's who. Let's start with you!"

The crew member pointed to by Bai Miao shuddered and stammered, "My name is Carlias, I work in the power department, and that's all I know."

"You're so quiet, you haven't eaten... I think you really haven't eaten... Anyway, speak louder! If the natives on land hear us, they'll think we're refugees!"

"Yes! My name is Carlias! I work in the Power Department!"

Bai Miao nodded in satisfaction and looked at the next person.

After all the crew members had given their names, Bai Miao spoke passionately: "You are all the backbone elites I have carefully selected! You represent the image of our entire Endless Energy. I think you all understand the significance of this mission! It is of great importance to us, and each of you has the opportunity to leave your name in the ship's history! The mission is full of uncertainties, so we must unite. I am not omnipotent, so please feel free to offer any suggestions or ideas that I may not have thought of!"

"Although you have no memory of what happened before you boarded the ship, your thought patterns and instincts are still there! These are intangible assets, and I believe you will be able to successfully complete this mission!"

Chapter 105 The Giant Steam Engine

"Is this captain just a small business owner in real life? How come he's so skilled at using a CPU?"

On the Knock on the Door network, several people breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Bai Miao's speech.

The worst thing is encountering a captain who harbors deep resentment and wishes he could use every crew member as a tool.

Fortunately, the captain seemed easy to talk to on the surface.

At least they said they were willing to listen to opinions; whether they actually listened or not is not important.

It's not easy to have this attitude.

"Master of ink painting, can you give me some advice? You're the smartest among us. Although I'm an engineering PhD, I really can't figure out these complicated things."

Wang Xiang replied, "There's no information yet. I don't even know the level of development on this land. We can only wait and see how things go after we get ashore."

A few minutes later, Bai Miao and the others saw the coastline of this new continent, as well as a creation that shocked them.

[Estimated Distance]

It was a giant steam engine that reached a height of 1352m and a width of 321m. Under the operation of this machine, Bai Miao could hear the engine starting sound, which was similar to a heartbeat, even from a distance of nearly 10,000 meters away.

"Click...click...click...thump thump thump..."

Wisps of white steam were continuously spewed out, forming a massive cloud layer over that land area.

One complex set of gears after another was precisely assembled and rotated in a specific rhythm, continuously supplying the steam engine with power to the town below.

Bai Miao felt a chill run down his spine.

Even with the [Mechanical Mastery] skill, Bai Miao found that he still couldn't understand the machine's structure.

It would probably take a mechanical proficiency level of 5 to fully comprehend it!

Wait, my mental state is dropping?!

Bai Miao immediately equipped Abyss Howl, which gave him a slight sense of security.

Equipped with an exoskeleton, the inside of his body is invisible to others, so Bai Miao boldly put on a silencing device as well.

Suddenly, Bai Miao saw a crew member kneel down in front of the giant steam engine, murmuring words of praise.

"Stand up! Don't kneel!"

Bai Miao kicked it, and suddenly understood the feelings of the natives of the destroyed island when they saw the Endless Energy.

When something completely beyond comprehension appears before your eyes, it's hard not to think it's a creation of God.

But Bai Miao's kick did not wake the crew member. He lay on the ground, desperately reaching one hand toward the steam engine.

"Ah... praise be to the god of steam and machinery... you have bestowed upon us endless knowledge..."

"Bah!"

Before the crew member could continue muttering, Wang Xiang pulled out a melee weapon and stabbed him, severing his head with a single blow.

"Captain... there's a serious problem with that steam engine, we can't keep watching it!"

Wang Xiang spoke up to remind him.

This kid reacted pretty quickly...

Bai Miao sized up the security department employee. When he introduced himself, he seemed to have said his name was Peng Te.

“Pent, you’re right. The steam engine does have some effect on our mental state. Anyway, keep your heads down for now. I can resist the mental influence of the steam engine to some extent. I’ll let you know once I’m sure there are no problems.”

The loss of a training department crew member before even reaching the island made Bai Miao feel that the trip was bound to end badly.

Bai Miao also discovered something: the giant steam engine was not visible in the images transmitted back by the drone.

In other words, the image of this steam engine was indeed altered.

This was the first time Bai Miao had confirmed that the electronic document he was looking at had been modified.

Knowing about it is completely different from experiencing it firsthand.

Bai Miao initially thought it was just a minor flaw with too many characters and some garbled text, but he never expected it to be such a thorough modification.

In other words, any information you see on your computer could be a completely erroneous error.

The mission had to continue. Bai Miao used his mental energy as a backup, and after repeatedly confirming that staring at the giant steam engine would not cause any further mental damage, he encouraged the other crew members to raise their heads.

"The effects of this steam engine are not lasting. We'll be fine once we get through the initial wave of scrutiny and the resulting mental pollution. Of course, if you feel it's not safe, you can continue to keep your heads down... but that would probably make it even more difficult for us to carry out our work once we get to the island."

Wang Xiang asked online, "Who among you has the highest mental strength? Let's verify it. I have 13 points."

"I'm 15, I'll go."

The person from the R&D department volunteered, looking up at the giant steam engine.

This time, apart from awe and curiosity about this colossal creation, he felt no other strange emotions.

"Mental strength has indeed stopped declining."

Only then did the group raise their heads with relief.

However, because of this verification, they were a step slower than the other four crew members in raising their heads.

Bai Miao saw it all, but he couldn't be sure that these four people were the ones knocking on the door.

The other four immediately looked up after I told them they could, as if they were afraid something would happen if they didn't follow my orders.

This also aligns with the behavior of the person knocking on the door.

Continuing onward, Bai Miao saw the port.

Outside the harbor were rows of steamships that looked like something out of a fantasy novel, with huge gears on both sides of their hulls providing the power to propel them forward.