It's the cyber age now, and you're still playing traditional villains?

"It seems that Mr. Luo has encountered some trouble?"

Xu Shi looked down from above and asked with a smile as he looked at Luo Zhikang, who was kneeling in front of him in a disheveled state.

"Xu Shi..."

Luo Zhikang was stunned for a moment, then stared at him and snorted coldly.

As if to express protest, weren't all these troubles caused by you?

This attitude left Xu Shi speechless.

Really, how can these people not realize that they are the perpetrators and they are the weak, pitiful and helpless victims?

It was clearly you who targeted me first, yet you still look so complacent even after being caught.

But he didn't take it too seriously, and instead became serious, "The process of cracking the drone must not have been smooth? Do you have a lot of questions you want to ask?"

"Like...here?"

He pointed casually at a mess on the ground.

"..."

Luo Zhikang did not answer. Although he was troubled, he had no intention of bowing to the person in front of him.

But without waiting for his reaction, Xu Shi began to explain to him the specific structure and details of that place.

He deliberately spoke slowly so that the other party could listen carefully.

"…That's about it. Did you understand, Mr. Luo?"

"..."

Luo Zhikang remained silent, but his expression changed from unyielding to shocked.

Xu Shi's explanation completely cleared up his doubts, and his drowsy consciousness suddenly became clear at this moment.

And those designs and micro-management that broke the mindset made him want to admire them - if he was not a genius engineer, he would never have thought of such a method.

In comparison, Luo Zhikang felt increasingly ashamed of himself.

"That's it for now? I'll come back to see Mr. Luo later."

Xu Shi seemed to be here to say this. After he finished speaking to Luo Zhikang, he stood up and was about to leave. "I wish you good health."

"……and many more!"

Seeing that he was about to leave, Luo Zhikang finally couldn't hold back and called out to him.

"Oh? Anything else?"

He turned around at some point and pretended to be confused.

"...What about here? How do you solve the air pressure problem at this three-way connection?"

Luo Zhikang stretched out his hand tremblingly and pointed to another part of the drone.

"This..."

Xu Shi looked at it for a while, then shook his head, "I won't tell you."

"Mr. Luo, don't forget, this is our bet."

His tone was a little regretful, "I told you one thing out of kindness, but you can't ask me everything, right?"

"Of course, if you can admit your failure... then it's a different matter."

As he spoke, the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled up.

To be honest, compared to Gu Yi or Xia Wuyou, Luo Zhikang does not have any obvious weaknesses.

Being alone and without any relatives, his loyalty to "Tianhe" or Shenhe also made him not afraid of the threat of death.

But that doesn't mean he doesn't have weaknesses - arrogance and paranoia.

His arrogance was due to his former identity as the chief engineer of the consortium. In fact, he was only loyal to Shen He. He never looked at other people in the organization in the eye and always treated them as peasants.

His paranoia is reflected in his research on mechanical engineering... Actually, this word is not quite appropriate, to be precise, it is "crazy".

So this bet was designed for this reason - the outcome of not being able to crack the drone would make Luo Zhikang's pride worthless, Chief Engineer? You are a hammer.

But Jiang Chengcheng's ingenious design inevitably aroused his interest, and he was eager to know the answer.

Of course, he also made some arrangements in terms of external factors, such as taking away the clock to disrupt the sense of time, using a dark and closed small room, and providing poor diet... These small tricks commonly used in interrogations can all be very helpful in destroying a person's will.

The increasingly sloppy handwriting on the calculation paper is a good proof of this, and even there are many messy marks on the walls.

It can be seen that the old man is almost on the verge of collapse.

Well, now is the time for him to make a choice.

"I……"

As expected, Luo Zhikang showed signs of hesitation after hearing these words.

Logically speaking, his inner dignity did not allow him to give in to Xu Shi, and he had never bowed his head to anyone.

Not to mention that Xu Shi did this on purpose, with the purpose of making him admit defeat.

But the design of this drone really made him unable to stop. If the troubles in his heart were not resolved for a moment, he would feel like there were ants crawling on him.

He also knew that even if he was given another ten or eight years, he might not be able to solve all of this on his own.

and so.

"I... give up."

After struggling for a moment, he covered his face and let out a long sigh, "You win this bet."

"I am really pleased that Mr. Luo can be so frank."

Xu Shi chuckled, not surprised at all.

"Now... can you tell me?"

Luo Zhikang seemed to have aged a few years in an instant, but he still urged anxiously.

"of course."

Xu Shi nodded, "But... Mr. Luo needs to bring something in exchange."

"Hmm? What do you want?"

Luo Zhikang gritted his teeth when he heard this, "If you want my life, at least let me... die knowingly."

"Don't be ridiculous. Isn't it easy for me to kill you?"

Xu Shi smiled and waved his hand, "And your life is worthless to me, to be honest."

"That……"

"If I remember correctly, before the destruction of Tianhe, they were planning to launch a plan called "Overlimit."

"As the chief designer, you should have the relevant research data, right?"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 35 Do you like my Inchstop Challenge?

As soon as these words were spoken, Luo Zhikang's expression changed.

"How did you know about the "Exceeding Limits Project"? "

To be honest, this may be the biggest secret in his heart, and also the biggest regret in his heart.

In the world of Night Crime City, there have always been several schools of thought regarding research on weapons.

One is the so-called mechanical ascension, which is to transform human body parts into prosthetics, or to digitize personal consciousness, so as to achieve various purposes.

For example, improving combat capabilities, enhancing work efficiency... Of course, the most important thing is to prolong life. Artificial organs' resistance to "rust mist" is always much better than original ones.

This is also a common and widespread type in the city - most people will give up some of their physical functions for various reasons and use machines as substitutes.

The other type is the ultimate in machinery itself. The most intuitive manifestation is the "Snake Ring" Type I, II, III, and IV combat teams, which arm themselves with high-tech mechas and weapons, but in essence, anyone can be replaced by someone else under the armor.

Or it could be genetic modification - people generally attribute the superpowers of the "Upgraders" to genetic mutations caused by the "Rust Mist". Big companies like "Snake Ring", "Shark Tooth" and "Prism" have also developed means to actively detect and activate superpowers.

The "extra-limit plan" mentioned by Xu Shi is a combination of these schools of thought.

- Through analysis of the abilities of the "Upgraders", weapons, mechas, or body modifications can be tailored to maximize their abilities.

If explained in gaming terms, it is called specialization or special weapon.

At that time, "Tianhe" was at its peak and was involved in all aspects. Chairman Shen Tianhong had such a plan and secretly launched such a plan.

Unfortunately, not long after that, "Tianhe" suffered a devastating disaster, and the plan was aborted.

However, Luo Zhikang, who escaped, never gave up.

Although he has been keeping his identity secret over the years, he has been perfecting and improving the plan. Later, when he learned that Shen He was still alive, he intensified his research in this area.

The reason is simple. As a loyal minister of "Tianhe", he has always hoped to use this plan to help Shenhe return to the top.

And by then, he, as the chief designer, will surely be remembered by history.

But this is the most troubling part. How did Xu Shi know?

You have to know that when "Tianhe" was destroyed, the Shen brothers and sisters were still young, and other people who knew about it had already died. He was the only one who knew about this plan.

Even Shen He didn't know - after all, in Luo Zhikang's opinion, the other party's foundation was still shallow and the time was not yet ripe.

Of course Xu Shi knew it.

After all, in the original book, the original author suffered a lot in this regard.

Originally relying on the background of a large consortium, even with the blessing of the protagonist's halo, "Snake Ring" would not be suppressed by "Starfire", and they would often fight back.

But after the "Exceed Limit Plan" was launched, things started to go wrong.

Even some of the first-generation mass-produced machines are enough to raise the abilities of ordinary "Upgraders" to a higher level, which can be considered a physical "re-upgrade", from D-level to C-level, and from C-level to B-level.

Not to mention the specialized types equipped by the protagonists - even the likes of Chen Fang Leisong can, in the later stages, resist two or three V-shaped heavy armors of "Snake Rings" by himself.

How to play then? Bu Xiang Wan La!