While waiting for the people from the Anti-Entropy to arrive, Bai Luan casually started writing a virus.
This wasn't a particularly difficult project, so Bai Luan made quick progress.
Boothill couldn't understand any of it, so he chose to go chat with 882 instead. He could understand the stories of Beta Star much better than Bai Luan's incomprehensible programming.
Moreover, 882 was like a young girl who hadn't seen much of the world, a bit naive, but not childish.
After adventuring for so long, he enjoyed chatting with people like her.
After all, people like her would change in a while, either becoming mature or becoming numb.
Rappa, on the other hand, watched Bai Luan write the virus; she could understand it.
"Master is truly a Master. Even the ninja arts he casually creates are so exquisite. I originally thought predicting the future was Master's most outstanding skill, but now it seems the title Master Yumo was a bit premature... I should think of a more fitting title for you..."
"Isn't this good enough?"
Bai Luan chatted while his hands continued to edit the virus program.
"This is the first time anyone has called me Master in all my life. I even feel like I'm being flattered."
"That is not flattery..."
Rappa shook her head upon hearing this and said,
"A Master is not a Master because he is called a Master."
"Alright, stop praising me. A true Master should always have the heart of an apprentice. What if I lose my apprentice's heart if you keep praising me?"
Rappa's eyes lit up at his words.
"What profound ninja words, balancing both knowledge and experience..."
"Just repeating what others have said."
Rappa looked at Bai Luan, her face full of surprise and curiosity, as if to say, "There's another expert!"
Seeing Rappa's expression, Bai Luan also became interested and began to introduce things to her:
"Actually, these words were all said by some of my friends. For example, that last quote came from a sword master named Yi. Incidentally, his title is the Wuju Bladesman."
"What a cool title!"
"We also have a Weapons Master over there who is unrivaled in the world. He's invincible with any weapon, and eventually, he pulled up a streetlamp and used it as his preferred weapon."
"Oh, oh, what a cool setup. If I ever get the chance, I'd really like to meet them."
Hmm... it's not impossible. If he ever felt like it, he might bring this game into this world.
If it were presented in the Honkai: Star Rail World, it would be to let players experience battles like Pathstriders, right?
Since Rappa was interested in such things... Bai Luan told her about some things he knew from his previous life, like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Kamen Rider.
As they chatted, he realized that Rappa just *got* many of the points.
So what else was there to say?
Bai Luan directly used nanomachines to simulate a Build Driver, then pulled out a Hazard Trigger, and transformed into Hazard RabbitTank right there for Rappa.
It was just a matter of changing the shell of the nano-armor, very simple.
Whether it was the transformation sound effects, special effects, or the texture of the armor after transformation, it was all about perfect restoration.
Just look at this Hazard RabbitTank! It'll leave you speechless! Incredibly cool!
All that technology should be used for showing off! It should be used to thoroughly fulfill his childhood chuunibyou fantasies!
Just like that, the two quickly formed a friendship based on shared interests.
After chatting for a while, the Anti-Entropy's people arrived at the outpost. When Bai Luan first saw them, he had only one feeling.
They were completely covered from head to toe, so tightly that he could only determine if they were male or female by observing their body curves. Other than that, nothing could be discerned.
This must be a form of protection for the members of this organization.
Although they were heavily covered and looked a bit cumbersome, this organization worked very quickly.
Organizing victims, contacting local authorities for arrangements, collecting intelligence... everything proceeded in an orderly fashion, looking very skilled.
Seeing this, 882 also stopped chatting with Boothill and actively participated in the rescue efforts.
Bai Luan, meanwhile, continued to wait in place for the organization's leader to show his face.
Bai Luan still admired this organization's leader, after all, before Boothill and Rappa came to this planet, they were the ones who had been fighting against Entropy Machina.
Even with a huge disparity in strength between them and the enemy, these people still didn't give up.
In the days before the Galaxy Ranger arrived, they also didn't give up, fighting Entropy Machina in their own way.
For a long time before the Galaxy Ranger arrived, they indeed served as the hope for the people of this world to defeat Entropy Machina.
People can lack many things, but one thing they absolutely cannot lack is hope.
Without them, let alone waiting for Bai Luan, this place would have been completely screwed before the Galaxy Ranger even arrived.
The leader of Anti-Entropy didn't make Bai Luan wait too long and soon came before him.
Unlike his subordinates, he had nothing on his body to conceal his appearance.
Judging by his appearance, he was a middle-aged man who had undergone technological Transformation. His body had more mechanical parts than flesh.
Bai Luan looked at him and asked,
"Exposing your appearance like this, aren't you afraid of death?"
"It's meaningless. Everyone in Anti-Entropy knows my identity, so concealment is pointless. Moreover, even if they know, they can't kill me. So, if it's exposed, it's exposed."
"Gutsy."
Seeing his indifferent attitude, Bai Luan showed a slight smile and extended his hand to him:
"Bai Luan."
"Graeme Sanchez."
"Well then, let's cut to the chase. I have a plan. I'm going to create a virus to infect the robots controlled by Entropy Machina and turn them against their masters.
Interestingly, both Boothill and Rappa, after hearing my plan, advised me to meet with you first.
Can you tell me why?"
Graeme was silent for a moment, then said,
"Because the technology used by Entropy Machina robots was developed by me."
Hearing this, Bai Luan was slightly stunned. In that instant, he speculated a lot about the origin of Graeme before him.
Such as a former Entropy Machina scientist who had a sudden change of heart, but in the end, Bai Luan chose to trust the moral standards of the Galaxy Ranger.
If this Graeme had committed any fundamental errors, he probably wouldn't have met him; Boothill would have shot him dead long ago.
"So, tell me, what exactly is going on here?"
"This is a long story..."
"Then take your time, I'm listening."
"I am a scientist. My first half of life was relatively smooth—a loving wife, a cute daughter."
"If not for an accident, you and I wouldn't be meeting here, right?"
Graeme's lips curved into a bitter smile:
"Yes... After that, I experienced a major accident. My beloved wife died in that accident, my daughter was paralyzed because of it, and I..."
He raised his hand and lightly touched his mechanized torso.
"I lost my complete body, and while physical disability does bring many inconveniences, that pain is less than one ten-thousandth of my daughter telling me 'I don't want to live anymore' late at night."
"So, the robot technology was originally to save your daughter?"
"Yes..."
Graeme's gaze drifted towards 882, who was helping others.
"I wanted to transfer my daughter's consciousness into an artificial mechanical body, hoping she could regain the courage to live in a new life form, just like..."
Graeme looked at 882, who was helping rescue victims, his eyes filled with admiration. This was the perfect mechanical body he had envisioned:
"Like your companion."
"What happened next?"
"I tried almost every method, overcame all difficulties—funding, lifespan, technological barriers..."
Initially, he was able to advance the project by cooperating with the government.
But when it came to consciousness transfer, he was forced to research independently due to ethical issues.
"After nearly three hundred years of research, the technology finally matured. I built a prototype, woke my daughter from the sleep pod, began the consciousness transfer, and then..."
Graeme's voice deepened.
"The people from Entropy Machina broke into my laboratory, shot me four times in the head, but I didn't die because of my self-modifications.
When I woke up, I only saw the burning laboratory and my daughter's remains burning along with the fire."
Graeme paused at this point before continuing:
"They stole my technology, destroyed my laboratory, killed my daughter, and took away that prototype... I don't know if the consciousness transfer was successful, if my daughter's consciousness still remains in that taken prototype... But that was my only hope."
Graeme took a deep breath, his mechanical chest emitting a faint hum.
"Besides that reason, those bastards from Entropy Machina stole my technology by studying that prototype.
That was the technology I used to save my daughter, and they used it to kill people, commit crimes, and create one tragedy after another like mine... So, I founded Anti-Entropy. Whether I can do it or not, I must find a way..."
A resolute light flashed in his eyes.
"To kill them all."