Chapter 390

Chapter 390: Request for Target Practice

“Major Lin!”

“Good day, Major Lin!”

As Lin Mo and Gold Coin walked down the corridor to the communication cafeteria, they encountered two soldiers—a sniper from the First Squad and another from the Second Squad. The sniper from the First Squad was Huang Sheng, the nephew of Squad Leader Huang De, and his code name was “Field Frog.”

Upon seeing Lin Mo and Gold Coin, their first reaction was to stand at attention and salute, then they quickly pressed themselves against the wall and sneaked away, looking as if they had seen a ghost.

“What on earth is going on?” Gold Coin felt extremely frustrated; this reaction was bewildering. Ignoring them was one thing, but to act like they were frightened was beyond comprehension. Was it really that terrifying?

Gold Coin forgot that the kings of soldiers in the "Night" base were all daring individuals, unafraid even when sneaking around in graveyards at night. It was unlikely they were genuinely scared; it was more likely they were just being cautious.

“Hahaha!” Lin Mo laughed, pointing at Gold Coin’s robot form. “You’re not a monster; why would they be afraid of you?”

“This is simply incomprehensible!” Gold Coin grumbled and punched the wall of the corridor in frustration.

As soon as it hit the wall, alarms blared through the corridor, and red lights flashed rapidly.

Then the intelligent system voice activated from the base’s computer center.

“Warning! Warning! Unidentified machine body detected in Zone R599, Passage 5654. Invalid ID recognition. Threat level: Red. Passage 5654 implementing emergency quarantine. Confirmed Major Lin is also present in the passage, distance to target: one meter. Status confirmation in progress. Armed check is now being conducted.”

“Armed check?!” Lin Mo and Gold Coin’s robot body exchanged glances, shocked. Before they could react, the shock-resistant alloy steel doors suddenly closed in from both ends, trapping them inside.

No matter how skilled they were, escaping this double-layered lockdown in such a short time would be nearly impossible. Each door not only utilized extremely strong alloy steel but also incorporated non-metal composite materials to resist strong acids and corrosive agents.

This wasn’t designed specifically for the gold giant dragon, but it posed substantial difficulties for Gold Coin’s escape.

In just two seconds, Lin Mo and Gold Coin’s robot body found themselves restricted within the passage.

Suddenly, two doors on the wall of the corridor slid open, revealing two massive figures stepping out.

It seemed the corridor held surprises beyond imagination. As the two massive beings emerged from the dark doors, Lin Mo gasped in astonishment.

Two towering robots, broad and muscular, stood about three meters tall. One carried a six-barrel Gatling mini-gun in its left hand and multiple large-caliber barrels in its right. Lin Mo recognized the weapons not just as laser emitters but also as Gauss cannons.

Laser targeting beams shot from the round, bulbous heads of the robots, and rocket pods emerged from their shoulders, aiming a dozen white rocket bombs straight at them.

Who knew if there were other weapons as well? Just this setup was enough to pose a significant threat to Lin Mo and Gold Coin’s robot body.

The "Night" base wasn’t just hiding intricate passages; it had secretly deployed heavy combat robots, completely surprising Lin Mo.

This was terrifying.

Compared to these fully armed mechanical warriors, Gold Coin’s robot body seemed childishly weak.

The country possessed such powerful trump cards that were kept a secret. If Gold Coin hadn’t accidentally triggered this system, Lin Mo might still believe that no matter how sturdy a fortification was, it could easily be breached from within.

However, everything before him indicated that China’s strategic defense system was far more complex than it appeared. Just these two mechanical soldiers could effortlessly wipe out a battalion.

This time, Gold Coin had really stirred up a hornet’s nest.

With such immense strength, Lin Mo couldn’t fathom why the country still deployed human soldiers for combat. This pair of combat robots was already enough to conquer the world.

It seemed that there were quite a few of these combat mechanical soldiers in the base.

“Major Lin, please move away from the robot beside you. Don’t make any sudden movements.”

The voice of the intelligent system "Nuwa" echoed through the corridor’s speakers.

“Alright, Nuwa, there’s no threat!” Lin Mo stepped back as instructed. Even though he could explain, he had to follow orders. These mechanical soldiers weren’t like human soldiers; they were rigidly programmed and might stick to combat regulations and unwittingly cause trouble for themselves.

“Unable to understand. Switching to manual assistance judgment mode.”

When confronted with unforeseen or unmanageable situations, "Nuwa" automatically transferred the control to the operators at the computer center for judgment assistance.

Though the computer seemed clever, it was all taught by humans; if you teach it one thing, it won’t say three.

“Alright, Major Lin, I am from the computer center. Please explain this.”

The voice coming from the speaker was no longer "Nuwa’s" but a human voice.

“Okay!” Lin Mo pointed at the robot body, which had been stunned by the two mechanical soldiers. “This is the auxiliary engineering robot I recently assembled. It’s unarmed, with power equivalent to two adult humans. There’s no threat whatsoever.”

“Uh, you assembled it?” The voice from the sound system, hidden at the corridor’s top, sounded incredulous. This wasn’t building with blocks; how could one just assemble it?

“It’s nothing unusual—just electronic joints, dynamic balance, force-sensitive capacitive sensing, and a bipedal stepping system, plus a processor group and a control system. It’s that simple, quite similar to the intelligent system.”

Lin Mo explained loudly. Perhaps when he and Gold Coin had come out, the surveillance cameras in the corridor had already been monitoring them, just taking a long time to analyze what the robot following Lin Mo truly was.

Gold Coin’s frustrated punch had activated the intelligent system’s alert rules, leading to an immediate lockdown of the passage and summoning nearby combat mechanical soldiers to take control of the scene.

“Who leaked the source code for the intelligent system? Little Liu, did you give the source code to Major Lin?”

Voices of confusion filled the sound system.

In the background, someone protested, “Nonsense! I don’t even have access to that source code. Only Group Leader Cai and Political Commissar Ma can open the safe together to get the decryption key. There’s no way I could give it to Major Lin.”

After a moment, the voice in the speaker became clear again, “Major Lin, do you confirm that the robot beside you is developed by you from hardware to software?”

“Absolutely! I can even build fighter jets, and I develop the operating systems myself. Creating a robot shouldn’t be too difficult, right?”

Lin Mo didn’t hesitate to take the heat for Gold Coin. He couldn’t keep reaping benefits without any responsibility. As an Air Knight raising a gold giant dragon, he naturally had to tidy up after his dragon.

Since Gold Coin had accompanied Lin Mo when he left, he had been mentally prepared and even had lines ready to handle this situation.

“Alright! Leave the robot here. We need to conduct a safety check. I hope you can cooperate. If everything is okay, we will issue it a recognition ID. However, you and it must cooperate with us. In the future, if there are new machine bodies like this, please notify the safety department in advance for filing. Thank you for your cooperation.”

The computer center was aware of Lin Mo’s aircraft construction abilities. They had assisted him many times with scientific calculations related to aviation. Creating a robot should indeed present no problem. The key aspects were the processor and the operating program.

“No problem!” Lin Mo shrugged.

Five minutes later, a thick and heavy alloy box was pushed through a small opening in the quarantine door.

Having anticipated this situation, Gold Coin’s robot body flickered its eyes and pretended to be utterly dimwitted. It awkwardly crawled into the alloy box, accepting confinement.

Disassembly checks were unavoidable. Just because they entered the base didn’t mean they could relax; internal safety checks and monitoring were inevitable.

Not only was this the hideout for "Night," but it also served as a critical part of the nation’s final defense system, maintaining a policy of loose external control and tight internal security. Operating within the rules posed no issues, but once someone crossed a high-pressure line, it wouldn’t be so easy to get through.

After the robot obediently crawled into the box, it automatically locked. The two mechanical soldiers retreated back into the dark passage, sealing the wall tightly once again.

Only then did the isolation doors at both ends of the corridor open again, revealing guards armed with a range of light and heavy weapons. The sight of multiple unconventional weapons was intimidating enough to ease the previously tense situation.

However, Lin Mo knew that the base had more than just this measure; it certainly held other trump cards.

At this point, it seemed that Gold Coin only divided a small part as the robot’s core for remote operation. This cautious approach was indeed wise.

Poor Gold Coin had just managed to assemble a robot, only to see it taken apart in a disassembly station. Even Lin Mo, who had been invited to observe, felt it was a painful sight. The safety department personnel teamed up with computer specialists and mechanical experts for a thorough examination, not letting even a screw escape their scanning.

After all, this was an unprecedented high-precision machine body appearing in such a sensitive area. In the end, Lin Mo didn’t enjoy his meal, and after a thorough inspection, confirming there was no threat, the unfortunate machine body was finally allowed to go free.

As a master of metal processing, the craftsmanship of the gold giant dragon was truly astounding. The intricate mechanical design left the experts at the base in awe; its precision even reached aerospace standards. But it wasn’t surprising; Lin Mo sometimes utilized the base’s high-precision machines for component processing, which made sense.

Lin Mo’s hobby was well known at the base, cleverly covering the events of the day.

Even the processor core, carelessly assembled by Gold Coin, was extracted. However, the experts had no malicious intent towards the processor, and nobody noticed that this egg-sized object, which was metal on the outside, held another secret within.