Chapter 35 Disassembling Platinum!

“Chirpy, stop!”

“Stop!” Li Zheng shouted, his expression slowly calming down.

Xiao Siyuan was right, the pain came and went quickly.

At this moment, not only did his ribs not hurt anymore, but there was even a numbing

feeling.

“Chirp, chirp.”

Chirpy stopped and glared at Xiao Siyuan. Then it landed on Li Zheng’s bald head.

It had learned. The last time it rubbed his face, it ended up being covered in blood.

“Looking at your expression, I think it will start resetting the next rib soon.”

After he said that, within 5 minutes, he felt the gun stopped and the number of uses decreased by 1.

It was done with the treatment.

It was indeed a platinum-grade gun. It was more than twice as good as the other device he used last time.

“Wait!”

Li Zheng’s eyes twitched as he watched Xiao Siyuan move the gun to another rib. “Let me take a rest first. I almost died just now.”

“Alright, take your time. There’s no rush.”

As he spoke, Xiao Siyuan pressed the start button quietly, and the gun started working again.

Beep.

Crack.

“Youf*cking…” Li Zheng’s face was filled with fear, and he screamed, “you’re immoral! Ahhhhhhhh!”

“Immoral?”

Xiao Siyuan revealed a genuine smile. “I’m just a doctor trying to treat my patient, what’s immoral about it?”

Li Zheng screamed in agony.

“Chirp, chirp!” Chirpy glared at him angrily.

Xiao Siyuan turned a deaf ear and continued, “but you remind me of a young comrade from the past. He was about the same age as you back then, around 22 or 23.”

“At that time, he had just been transferred to the border and was not familiar with the route. One day, his senior left for a mission and he was the only one left at the outpost.”

“That kid was stubborn. He went out to patrol alone, but he deviated from the route and ended up slipping and rolling down a hill.”

“Good Lord, several bones in his body were broken, and the broken bones in his right arm could be seen poking out of his flesh.”

“Even so, he endured the pain and performed emergency treatment on himself before he walked back to the outpost.”

“According to his senior, he soaked his clothes in sweat, yet he did not make a sound.”

“It’s a pity…”

“Ah ah ah ah … What’s a pity?”

Li Zheng was in the middle of screaming when the pain suddenly disappeared, replaced by a numbing sensation.

“It’s a pity that he can’t be a soldier anymore after he was cured.”

Xiao Siyuan’s eyes were filled with reminiscence as he slowly said, “I happened to be at a nearby outpost at the time. I received the notice and rushed over to take him to the hospital. I cured him myself. After all, I was the chief surgeon for the operation.”

“After his recovery, because his right arm was severely injured, it was basically useless. In the end, he had to leave the defensive line and retire back to his hometown.”

“On the day I left, I went to send him off. He hugged me and cried so miserably.”

“He didn’t shed a single tear when a few of his bones were broken and the bone shards pierced through his flesh. Why did he cry after he recovered?”

“I didn’t understand at that time, but later… I also retired from the army, so I understood.”

“Why do I have tears in my eyes?” Li Zheng mumbled.

“I love the country so much…”

Beep.

The bone-resetting gun stopped and the number of uses left decreased to 0. It crumbled into pieces.

Li Zheng’s injuries were all healed.

The nanomachines working inside his body were also done and they accumulated in his abdomen. But this time, Li Zheng was in no hurry to return them.

This was because he realized that he only used 8 hours in total for both the times he rented the nanomachines.

“What a huge loss.” Xiao Siyuan patted his clothes and stood up, “since you’ve been cured, it’s time for me to leave. I probably won’t be able to use up the number of explorations today.” “You’re leaving just like that?”

Li Zheng looked at Xiao Siyuan’s back.

He chose an orange-red dangerous room.

Li Zheng looked at the other door and saw that it was blue.

He hesitated and said, “but I haven’t paid you for the treatment!”

Xiao Siyuan turned around and smiled, “just donate it to the country when you leave this place. The country will pay me.”

Then, he turned to leave.

Li Zheng gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind. “Wait!”

Xiao Siyuan stopped in his tracks again, waiting for him to continue.

Li Zheng pretended to be calm as he pointed at the blue safe door. “If you believe me, then go there.”

Xiao Siyuan looked at him silently. In the end, he smiled, turned to the blue safe door, and swiped his card.

Beep.

The door opened.

He was about to enter when Li Zheng asked loudly, “what happened to the injured and retired soldier you mentioned? Did he enter the matrix? If there’s a chance, I’d like to get to know him.”

Xiao Siyuan paused for a moment, but he didn’t turn around. He said loudly, “his body is already underground.”

After he finished speaking, he entered the light film.

Watching him leave, Li Zheng stood in the same place for a long time before he came back to his senses.

“He’s…underground,”

Li Zheng understood what Xiao Siyuan meant. The border guard who had retired had died in a battle to defend the country.

“He’s truly a respectable person.”

Li Zheng sighed, turned around, and put Chirpy back into his pocket. Then, he walked towards the humanoid, which had stopped working

First, he tried to remove the revolver from its hands, but to no avail. Li Zheng took out his Desert Eagle and fired dozens of shots at its fingers, breaking all of them.

Thump!

The revolver fell to the ground.

IIII

Li Zheng shook his numb arm. Although he was gradually getting the hang of shooting, the recoil was no joke.

“Chirp, chirp!”

Chirpy showed its little head in protest.

“Okay, okay, okay. I’ll try to use the special shooting mode in the future.”

Li Zheng consoled the little creature.

“Chirp?”

Chirpy was confused. It rubbed its ears with its two little paws. It couldn’t hear what Li Zheng just said.

Li Zheng chuckled and ignored it. It would recover in a few minutes anyway.

“Let’s see if it works.”

Bending over, Li Zheng grabbed the handle of the gun with both hands and lifted it up with great difficulty. The system then showed a notification.

(Unauthorized. It is recommended to disassemble it.]

“I suppose I can’t use any of its armor.”

He immediately lost interest. After keeping the things away, he opened the system interface.

“Disassemble!”

[Modified humanoid (shut down)]

[Obtained: hand cannon blueprint x1, nuclear energy heart transformation permit x1, miniature nuclear energy reactor blueprint x1, AI Core x1, titanium alloy 400g, basic module X50, iron ingot x30, B25 manganese steel 500g, tungsten steel 800g]

“Nice! As expected of a platinum-grade monster, the yield is outrageous…”

Li Zheng glanced at the space in the capsule. It was almost full!

(Hand cannon blueprint. Gold-grade. One-time use.]

[Description: used to craft a hand cannon.]

[Required materials: type IV power core x1, titanium alloy 100g, basic module x20, B25 manganese steel 300g, tungsten steel 500g, iron ingot x20, advanced modules x5]

[Nuclear energy heart transformation permit. Gold-grade.]

(Description: can be used at a body-modification desk to perform a one-time modification on human bodies.]

(Required materials: type IV power core, basic modules x10, titanium alloy 100g.]

(Note: it must be used together with a miniature nuclear reactor.]

(Miniature nuclear reactor blueprint. Gold-grade. One-time use.]

[Description: can be used to create a miniature nuclear reactor.]

(Required materials: type IV power core x1, basic module x10, iron ingot x10, tungsten steel 100g, titanium alloy 100g, B25 manganese steel 100g.]

Li Zheng glanced at the blueprints and thought for a while before opening the trading room. He listed the nuclear energy heart transformation permit and the miniature nuclear reactor blueprint and gave them to Xiao Siyuan for free.

[Seller’s message: “You don’t want money for the treatment, but I used your healing equipment twice. This is to pay you back.”

After a while, the system showed that he had accepted the deal.

(Buyer’s message: “The door you chose is indeed very safe. These two items are very valuable. I owe you a favor.”]

Li Zheng smiled. He didn’t care about favors.

Although they were two gold-grade items, they were only a blueprint and a modification permit. Compared to the other items, their value was less.

If it weren’t for Xiao Siyuan’s distraction, Li Zheng was probably dead by now.

How could he not repay the kindness?

Moreover, Li Zheng had no intention of modifying his own body.

“I would have given the other materials away if they were not useful.”

Li Zheng removed the detector from his ear. He had all the upgrade materials, so he could do it tonight.

“It will be platinum-grade in the next upgrade, I wonder what the effects will be?”

Filled with anticipation, Li Zheng did not choose to level it up immediately. Instead, he put the detector on again. “It takes four hours to upgrade from silver to gold, and it’ll definitely take a lot of time to upgrade from gold to platinum. Let’s wait until the remaining rooms are explored.”

Li Zheng looked at the last metal door that was marked red.

It was time to go.