Sequence Beyond: My Wife is a Mysterious Boss

Seeing Lin Bai agree, a smile flashed in Gu Canglan's eyes.

Lin Bai then added:

"But let's get this straight. Since you've handed Ah Qi over to me, you have to follow my rules."

"During this period, he must obey me completely. If I tell him to go east, he can't go west. If I tell him to beat a dog, he can't scold a chicken."

Gu Canglan nodded without hesitation: "Of course. Since I'm entrusting it to you, it means I'm giving you full authority."

Lin Bai turned his head, his gaze passing over Gu Canglan and landing on A Qi.

He pointed to an empty water glass on the table next to him, then to the water dispenser, and gestured with his chin towards Ah Qi.

"Go, get me a glass of water."

His tone was casual, as if he were ordering a servant around.

Shen Shu frowned, his eyes blazing with anger: "Lin Bai, don't go too far! Ah Qi is such a pitiful child..."

Lin Bai ignored Shen Shu completely.

His gaze remained fixed on Ah Qi.

Since you're bringing someone into the team, even if it's temporary, you must establish absolute leadership over them.

He's going to risk his life going to Yuncheng.

If this big oaf messes up or gets overly sentimental at a crucial moment, then it's you who will die.

This is the first rule of wasteland survival: there can only be one voice in a team.

In the corner.

Ah Qi trembled and timidly raised his head.

Those beautiful, glassy eyes first glanced at Gu Canglan, and seeing that he didn't react, then looked at the expressionless Lin Bai.

Ah Qi walked over without saying a word, his head down.

Pick up the glass as carefully as a cat.

"Glug, glug."

The water is full.

Ah Qi held the water cup in both hands, bent slightly, and handed it to Lin Bai with trembling hands.

Lin Bai took the water glass, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Not bad, not too stupid."

Gu Canglan watched this scene, his smile deepening.

He stood up and tugged at Shen Shu, who was still somewhat indignant.

"Alright, I'm at ease leaving the person in Lin Bai's hands."

"We're leaving now."

"Ah Qi, remember, during this time, Lin Bai's words are my words."

Gu Canglan gave one last instruction before leading Shen Shu toward the door.

Only when the door closed did Lin Bai finally let out a long sigh of relief, like a deflated balloon.

But he had no time to rest.

He turned to look at Ah Qi, who stood there bewildered.

"What are you standing there for?"

Lin Bai tossed the empty water glass into A Qi's arms:

"Pack your things, get ready to leave!"

"Let's go meet this mechanic that Old Gu mentioned!"

......

Deep inside a waste recycling station in the south of the city.

This place is less a recycling center and more a mass grave of steel corpses.

"Sizzle—"

Three scarlet laser dots instantly locked onto the foreheads of Lin Bai and the other two.

The once lifeless pile of scrap metal seemed to come alive, accompanied by a sickening grinding sound.

Six dark, gaping machine guns emerged, their eerie blue preheating lights gleaming.

"Take just half a step forward, and I'll riddle you with bullets."

A hoarse, electronically synthesized voice, accompanied by crackling electrical sounds:

"Get out! This place doesn't serve anyone!"

Ah Qi trembled with fright, and the two-meter-tall strong man instantly shrank into a quail, hiding behind Lin Bai.

Lin Bai, however, remained calm and composed, his hands in his pockets.

"Master Logan, we were introduced by Gu Canglan."

There was a two-second silence on the other end.

Immediately afterwards, that metallic scraping noise started again.

The machine gun slowly retracted, and the sound of machinery running came from beneath the pile of scrap metal, splitting into two.

A dark entrance was revealed.

"Come in. Don't touch anything, or I won't be responsible if you blow yourself up."

Lin Bai raised an eyebrow and stepped inside.

......

At the end of the passage was a huge underground workshop.

Countless robotic arms are suspended from the ceiling.

Amidst the flying sparks, a tiny old man, only 1.5 meters tall, stood on the lifting platform, frantically blasting power at the roaring engine.

Only his left arm was still flesh; his right arm and both legs were replaced by precision prosthetics that gleamed with a cold light.

Several transparent tubes were inserted into the spine on his back, with green coolant gushing out inside, which sent chills down one's spine just by looking at it.

This is the "master" that Gu Canglan mentioned—Logan.

"Hasn't that old bastard Gu Canglan been captured and dissected by the Spiral Tower yet?"

Logan glanced at Lin Bai and the others, somewhat impatient.

"What do you want from me?"

"Spit it out. If you're going to waste my time with this junk, I'll just stuff you into the incinerator as fuel."

Without saying a word, Lin Bai pulled Aya out from behind him.

"I want to give him a complete makeover."

Lin Bai patted Aya on the shoulder and said something surprising:

"Sever all four limbs and replace them with the most powerful mechanical prosthetics; implant high-strength alloy armor in the torso; if possible, also give him some heavy firepower, preferably heavy machine guns."

To be honest, Lin Bai's heart was bleeding when he proposed this plan.

Ah Ya's greatest asset is his "rapid regeneration".

Replacing the meat with iron is like crippling half of your martial arts skills.

However, in order to maximize combat strength in a short period of time, some trade-offs have to be made.

Ding-dong.

Logan stopped holding the wrench.

His red-glowing electronic prosthetic eye scanned Ah-Ya up and down.

"Young man, you're dreaming!"

Logan chuckled and jumped off the platform.

"Severing all four limbs and modifying the torso in one go? Forget about him being a person; even an elephant would suffer brain death from that level of rejection!"

"Alchemy prosthetics need to be connected to nerves! That kind of excruciating pain would literally rupture his brain!"

"He won't," Lin Bai said calmly. "He doesn't feel pain."

"Even without pain sensation, it won't work! The neural burden is on a psychological level; even without pain sensation, the body will break down due to a mechanical rejection reaction!"

"Besides, what do you think mechanical modification is?"

"That requires surgically removing the original body."

"I'll cut off all four limbs... then he'll be dead!"

Logan waved the robotic arm impatiently.

"If you don't understand the industry, don't give orders. If you're going to make changes, you have to do it step by step. If you don't want to change, then get out!"

"Master Logan."

Lin Bai suddenly laughed, a laugh that held a deeper meaning.

"Just keep changing it. Not only will he not feel pain or have any rejection reaction, he'll even... be immortal."

Logan looked at him as if he'd heard the funniest joke in the world: "Are you telling me a fairy tale? What human being could do that, other than something bizarre..."

Lin Bai shook his head. "Master, who told you... he's human?"

"He's nothing more than a living puppet I created using my supernatural abilities!"

"Ah Qi".

Lin Bai interrupted Logan and turned to look at the silver-haired boy huddled in the corner.

"Pick up the knife." He pointed to the gleaming skinning knife on the table.

Ah Qi was stunned for a moment, then picked up the knife shakily, his hands shaking as if he were trembling.

"Mr. Lin...?"

Ah Qi's voice was choked with sobs. Looking into Lin Bai's unwavering eyes, a deep-seated fear made him unable to resist.

"Cut off one of his hands."

Lin Bai pointed to Aya's left arm.

......