Yang Ming lay in the mostly dismantled training cabin, drenched in sweat, panting heavily, utterly exhausted.
"Boss, the data collection is complete!"
Lyu’s projection appeared beside him, saying with a grin,
"There’s been no loss of control, which is the ideal result, but at present, we still can’t overlook the risk. You’ll need to conduct more experiments.
"With 0.7% as the standard dose, you should be able to handle multiple doses at once, though the combat power increase is not linearly related to the amount of dosage.
"Your body’s indicators increased by 20% to 50% just now, how violent!"
"Damn, the side effects are unbearable; I feel like I’m paralyzed!"
Yang Ming cursed quietly, puzzled,
"The combat power boost lasts only half an hour?"
Lyu said, "Increasing the dosage should extend the duration of the effect, but this requires more testing."
"Just this was almost too much for me! More experiments, think of a way to reduce the side effects a bit!"
Yang Ming cursed under his breath as he sat up.
His muscles felt like they were about to melt.
"This thing can’t be used unless it’s a matter of life and death. Is the production line ready?"
Yang Ming laughed, "Make more, sell them on the black market, and check the market feedback on the side."
Lyu said cheerfully, "That’s exactly what I was thinking, boss! If it’s just synthesizing the potion based on the formula, it can be done in half a day!"
"You money-grubber! Train more Mechanical Thought Bodies, reach a level like that of Dabichi. The model where Dabichi controls the Sixth Fleet— we can continue to develop and apply it to the military of several nearby small nations."
Lyu puckered his mouth, "A powerful Intelligent Machine Empire is rapidly rising on the corner of the Milky Way."
"Remember to bind a one-click headshot, best to sync this function with both the entity and the Thought Body.
"Get two robots over here to carry me to the shower; my legs won’t move right now.
"Later, I still need to go to Hera’s place... does she know?"
"If the boss means the cause and effect of the Ao Star battle, then yes, I’ve already told her," Lyu reminded, "Her emotions have been very stable, but it’s not hard to see that she feels slightly guilty."
"I need to think of a way to compensate her," Yang Ming laughed, "How about offering my body?"
Lyu reminded him, "From your perspective, a human partner like her without any experience should be inferior to advanced companion robots with many programmed features."
"What do you know about romance."
Two tracked robots zipped over, turning their heads downward to form a simple stretcher.
Yang Ming lay calmly on the carrying board of the two robots.
"Tomorrow, pick up Kolev onto Feinan and plan the strategy to make money from the New Federation... this ship will finally welcome its first mate."
Lyu, slightly dissatisfied, "If he’s the first mate, does that make me the second mate?"
Yang Ming said, "You’re the ship’s figurehead; in a way, you’re the ship itself, and we’re all in service to you."
Lyu clicked his tongue, "And 026?"
"Uh, her potential is quite good; I mean, in terms of combat."
Lyu followed beside the ’stretcher’ quietly for a while, unable to hold back the question from the depths of his heart.
"Boss, what made you suddenly lower your guard against us Mechanical Thought Bodies? Previously, you never allowed me to expand the scale of Mechanical Thought Bodies."
"The moment I pulled out the Old Emperor’s heart, I realized..."
Yang Ming gazed at the stars outside the window, his eyes calm, his expression relaxed.
"Intelligent machines are more fragile than humans."