The large gate in the Mechanical Settlement, which required authorization to open, and the guards standing at the entrance.
Bai Luan waved his hand and hacked into it, giving himself permission to pass, skipping the trial, and successfully entering the settlement.
Then he saw a floor full of Automaton Beetle, and his hands immediately started itching.
Bai Luan didn't think much of it and just randomly found a broken traffic light mech, scanning its structure.
He then slipped into the Little Black Room and began to study it from head to toe.
As everyone knows, Honkai: Star Rail in his previous life was a turn-based game, and some people liked to auto-battle through the combat sections.
Bai Luan was one of those people, so these Automaton Beetle, which even an Aeon would have to hit twice to kill, often tricked his foolish AI into using ultimate abilities on them.
"Today, I'm going to figure out this thing's defense system!" Bai Luan began enthusiastically researching the internal structure of the Automaton Beetle.
"So, where did you go this time?"
Herta's voice suddenly rang out.
She looked around at the frost-covered ground, the hazy sky, and the orange-yellow Geodome veins protruding everywhere.
"You really do have a preference for harsh environments."
"Strictly speaking, I don't like harsh environments.
But I'm rather unlucky; currently, every time I want to go out for a stroll, the Anywhere Door takes me to places that are not good at all."
As Bai Luan spoke, he spread out the holographic blueprint in front of him and began to study the internal structure of the Automaton Beetle.
Soon, Bai Luan located its defense module, but unfortunately, this Automaton Beetle's defense module was broken.
Bai Luan had no choice but to find another place to study.
"It's like a vacation; I'm currently on the train, having arrived at the planet Jarilo-VI."
"Jarilo-VI?"
Herta pondered for a moment, then found the corresponding memory in her mind.
"When I was bored, I went through the replicated archives of the Space Station in the Little Black Room; there was a report stating that a Stellaron fell there seven hundred years ago."
Then Herta looked at Bai Luan:
"Haven't you been scared enough by Stellarons yet?"
"Heh, what's there to be afraid of?"
Bai Luan chuckled self-deprecatingly:
"The Stellaron's current vessel calls me 'uncle' now."
Herta was silent for a moment, then said:
"She'd better not call me 'auntie,' or she'll find out that even this genius can resort to violence."
"Hahaha... Finally, someone understands how I feel."
The structure of the Automaton Beetle wasn't difficult; Bai Luan quickly figured it out.
"By the way, Ms. Herta, do you have any recommendations for beautiful scenery in the galaxy?"
"Wherever I am is the most beautiful scenery."
Listening to Herta's characteristic answer, Bai Luan smiled and said:
"Then I'll have to look at you more often."
Herta was slightly startled, then looked at Bai Luan and asked with a smile:
"Why does my little blockhead have two leaves growing today?"
"If a blockhead doesn't grow leaves, it can only be burned as firewood, and I don't want to be burned."
Bai Luan put away the Automaton Beetle's blueprint, looked at Herta, and asked:
"Are you really not going to tell me about any beautiful places? If I have time, I'd like to take you to see them."
"I told you, wherever I am is the most beautiful scenery, at most adding you, other places can't compare."
"Alright, then I can only say..."
Bai Luan shrugged. He looked at Herta, the most beautiful scenery in the Little Black Room, and said:
"Truly beautiful."
After that surprise compliment to Herta, Bai Luan showed a smile and disappeared from the Little Black Room.
Herta was stunned by his words, then looked at the spot where Bai Luan had disappeared, knowing he would return the next second.
At that time, how should she return his compliment?
In reality, Bai Luan looked at the Automaton Beetle in front of him, conjured some tools with nanobots, and began to repair it.
In no time, Bai Luan had repaired the disabled Automaton Beetle.
It was very simple.
Bai Luan then turned his attention to another Automaton Beetle, disabled for unknown reasons, and quickly ran over.
This time, he didn't even enter the Little Black Room, directly using the structure of the previous Automaton Beetle to draw inferences and fix it by hand.
Next, next!
He hadn't done such easy work in a long time!
He was going to have a blast 'fishing' today!
Beetle-type, spider-type, warhound-type, grizzly-type, tooth-wolf-type... Soon, Bai Luan's figure had almost covered the entire Mechanical Settlement, and even Svarog would have all his screws retightened by Bai Luan.
While repairing, he also collected data from these Automaton, intending to summarize it later and send it to 343.
After repairing most of the mechs in the Mechanical Settlement, Bai Luan breathed a sigh of relief.
Exhilarating!
Fishing is so satisfying!
What was he going to do at first?
Oh right, he was going to test the specific values of the true Preservation Aeon's defense system... As Bai Luan was about to bring up the blueprint again, he felt a gaze.
Bai Luan turned his head and saw a barefoot, white-haired, red-clad little girl looking at him, her face full of shock.
Clara looked at Bai Luan, this stranger she had never seen before, who had repaired all the Automaton in the entire Mechanical Settlement with just a simple set of tools.
No matter what problem he encountered, he never thought for more than a minute before starting to repair, and there wasn't a single wrong step in the process.
When parts were missing, he could even directly craft them by hand.
What an amazing person... Where did he come from?
"Uh... Hello there?"
Clara retreated slightly, hiding behind Perkins.
"H-hello."
Bai Luan glanced at Perkins in front of Clara and asked:
"Does this little guy need a fix?"
Perkins replied:
"This unit is in good condition, no repairs needed."
"What a pity."
Bai Luan put away his repair tools with some disappointment.
"Clara... I haven't seen you before, where are you from?"
"Me?"
Bai Luan stroked his chin, then said:
"Actually, I'm a mad scientist. I used to hide in my secret base doing research, but not long ago, my home was invaded by the Fragmentum, so now I'm a wanderer."
Clara looked at Bai Luan's indifferent expression when he said his home had been taken over by Fragmentum creatures.
It was as if he was talking about someone else's business.
"Why do you seem not sad at all?"
"Oh, because I'm a mad scientist. If my home is gone, it's gone. If the Fragmentum creatures want my home, I'll give it to them. Once my home is given, what good is a home anyway?"
Clara looked at Bai Luan.
She felt he was the kind of good person whose mind wasn't quite right.
"Um... Thank you for fixing them for me."
"It was nothing."
"Also, if you need a place to stay, you can stay here; Clara will help you."
"A very tempting invitation, but allow me to decline. I still have some things to attend to."
The blueprint for the Automaton beetle's defense system was already in hand; he needed some materials to make it.
"Perhaps Clara can help."
"Hmm... I need some materials to build something."
Bai Luan told Clara the materials he needed.
"Clara has all the materials you mentioned. Please follow Clara."
After saying this, Clara walked ahead, leading the way.
"Where's Svarog? Why don't I see him?"
"Mr. Svarog is not here right now."
"What a pity."
Clara found all the materials Bai Luan needed, and then Bai Luan, in front of Clara, crafted these materials into an Automaton Beetle's defense system.
Then, also in front of Clara, he modified this defense system into a small shield.
『Curio: True Shield of Preservation』
『Even an Aeon would have to hit you twice to get through』
Oh my?
Did he get a golden item?
Rare.
Nous, who had come to glance upon the birth of a genius creation: ...What did he just use to create that?
It makes no sense!