Eight hours later, the heavy gates of the Reforging Room slowly opened, accompanied by the rush of scorching steam, and a silver-white object was conveyed out on a conveyor belt.
It was a highly intricate and delicate metal object, palm-sized, X-shaped overall, with a circular dial and four limbs, resembling a combination of a wristwatch and an octopus.
[Item Name: Technology Singularity·Mountable Enhancer]
[Special Effect: Accelerated Return Law. Install it on the killing field tool to change the tool’s appearance and add a new special effect that fits the tool’s setting, or add a new description to the existing special effect. The specific consumption and cooling time of the new special effect will increase slightly compared to normal circumstances]
[Consumption: 170 Spiritual Power Value]
[Cooling Time: 10 minutes]
[Use Conditions: Intellect Attribute greater than or equal to 12]
[Note: Can only affect items of Perfect quality or below]
[Note: "Humanity took a million years to go from making stone tools to inventing fire. It took 2,900 years to go from cuneiform writing to papermaking. From movable type printing to the microscope, 544 years. From the steam engine to the telephone, 106 years. From wooden airplanes to artificial satellites, 54 years. Technology is advancing faster and faster, it’s hard to imagine what incredible achievements future people will accomplish with continuously improving computational power."]
[Note: "AI, generate a picture of White and Black people playing and frolicking in a cotton field for me!"]
[Note: This tool is bound equipment, and will only drop upon the user’s death]
Li Cheng brightened up and quickly picked up the Technology Singularity Device from the conveyor belt.
The device itself weighed about five kilograms, with the four branches naturally hanging like watch straps under normal circumstances.
Without much hesitation, Li Cheng added one free attribute point, obtained from the task reward, to his intelligence to meet the usage condition,
then took out the Bat Hook Claw Gun and slowly approached the Technology Singularity Device.
At the moment of their contact, the silver X-shaped singularity device immediately activated, clinging tightly to the Hook Gun like an octopus,
while the complex parts on its surface rapidly folded, extended, and expanded, covering the entire Hook Gun.
When the transformation finally subsided, the new Hook Gun was more than twice its previous size, with many ferocious metal spikes added to its surface.
And in its description, a new special effect was added.
[Special Effect 2: Pullback. Once it hits a movable target, it pulls the target strongly towards the user]
[Special Effect 2 Consumption: 50 Spiritual Power Value, 50 Energy Value]
[Special Effect 2 Cooling Time: 1 minute]
And the name of the Hook Gun changed to [Bat Hook Claw Gun·Revised]
Li Cheng adjusted the Information Integration Glasses. The original Hook Gun could only provide mobility, allowing quick maneuvers in complex terrains or swinging between tall buildings.
But the newly upgraded Hook Gun now had an additional control effect. It could pull the target back.
Paired with the newly acquired [Ape-man Degeneration Gun], it could ensure the Degeneration Gun’s bullets hit at close range.
"What other effects will other tools have?"
Li Cheng’s mind stirred as he shook the Bat Hook Claw Gun, and the Technology Singularity Device immediately reverted to its original state.
As the saying goes, "Divine tools bring surprises everywhere, while bad tools are full of fright," the Technology Singularity Device’s cooling time is tied to its generated new special effects,
In other words, as long as the old special effect is not used, the singularity device can be endlessly tried and bound to other tools to explore and observe the new special effects’ detailed descriptions.
In high-intensity battles, the most suitable bound tool can be selected based on the situation.
To sum up, after rounds of exploration, currently known effects include the new special effect of [Assembly Puppet]: the assembly effect can now affect living beings other than itself.
[Holographic Bone Corridor] — Shorten the cooldown time of temporary skills.
[Skill Mobile USB] — Reduce the consumption of copied skills by 70%.
[Information Integration Glasses] — Extend the information collection range to 360°, allowing information gathering without turning one’s head.
[Steel and Victory Flag Spear] — Expand the area of the special effect ’Flag Planting Moment’.
[Ape-man Degeneration Gun] — Increase the bullet capacity limit to 8.
[Suicide Notebook] — Convert death prediction pictures to animated GIFs.
[Automated Three-Dimensional Warehouse] — Shorten the time needed to store and retrieve items, enabling instant storage/retrieval of larger items, such as an entire battleship.
[Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills] — Make the pills more delicious.
[Electronic Pet Egg] — Increase the space inside the egg for activities, making the living environment more comfortable.
[Bat-winged Heavy Armored Motorcycle] — Increase horsepower, boost driving speed and load capacity.
The above are basically the modification results of all the equipment items Li Cheng had.
Remaining items like [Liangyi Blade] are of Epic Quality, beyond the remodeling range. [Mechanic Master’s Certificate] itself is a Power Seed, with no modification options.
Toy Factory Key, Eyes Communication Headset, and Emergency Escape Card are considered special items and cannot be modified.
"Hmm... all in all, the true value of the Technology Singularity Device is far higher than other Perfect quality offensive and defensive tools, almost reaching the Epic level."
Li Cheng thought while rubbing his chin, "It’s worth noting that the effects of different tools vary in strength.
For instance, [Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills] just enhance the flavor and make them more delicious; besides potential addiction, they have no other use.
But the [Ape-man Degeneration Gun] directly adds a three-bullet capacity limit, with significant effects.
Of course, the greatest enhancement has to be [Assembled Puppet·Modified]."
He returned to the real world, entered the Three-dimensional Warehouse, and ordered Gray Rain to fetch a frozen duck from the freezer.
"Are we having roast duck tonight?"
Gray Rain handed over the duck with an expectant look. Li Cheng gave no answer. Instead, he placed the de-feathered, gutted frozen duck on the operating table, inserting batteries, gasoline, a water pump, and fiber optics into the empty cavity.
Having done all this, he then took a white mouse from the living rack and activated the [Assembled Puppet·Modified] effect, directly removing the mouse’s head.
Under the power of the Assembly Puppet, the mouse’s head remained alive, its eyes turning in terror, its mouth constantly twitching but uttering no sound.
Li Cheng’s movements were slow and steady as he carefully placed the mouse head onto the frozen duck’s severed neck.
Using the batteries as the energy source, gasoline as the blood, water pump as the heart, and fiber optics as the nerves, he finally stitched up the cavity.
The hairless, gruesome creature with a mouse head and a duck neck began to struggle in place and slowly stood up after a lengthy effort. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ novel⦿fire.net
Even the usually unflappable Gray Rain displayed a shocked expression, while Li Cheng kept a strange look as he continued to activate [Assembled Puppet·Modified], adding components to the mouse-headed duck-neck Monster.
Aircraft model’s ducted fan, Nail Gun, laser radar...
After a round of modifications, the mouse-headed duck-neck creation, devoid of any aesthetic sense and exuding an aura of evil, began to move under the influence of supernatural power, instinctively struggling to jump off the operating table and fleeing in panic.
Li Cheng stood still and snapped his fingers, controlling the Long Spear Beetle in the nearby glass container to fly out of its habitat and chase the bizarre creation.
The mouse-headed creation ran like a real duck, desperately pursued by the Long Spear Beetle. In its panic, the ducted fans on its sides spun, providing immense thrust and propelling it straight into the air.
However, this instinctive survival urge didn’t translate to familiarity with its new body. In no time, the fans on both sides had different speeds, causing the creature to lose control and crash into a corner, falling into a cardboard box.
The Long Spear Beetle continued its pursuit. Cornered, the mouse-headed creature emitted terrified squeals and, aided by the laser radar, fired the Nail Gun wildly at the pursuing beetle, which evaded easily.
Having reached this point in the experiment, Li Cheng felt it was enough, controlling the Long Spear Beetle to clamp the creature’s neck and fly back, then used [Assembled Puppet·Modified] to remove the head and place it back onto its original mouse body.
The white mouse immediately retreated in terror to the corner of the glass container. If psychological trauma could be measured, it would be infinite.
Gray Rain, who had watched the entire experiment, was utterly flabbergasted and scratched his head repeatedly, unable to find the right words. After a long struggle, he finally said, "What on earth is that? It’s so creepy."
"Prometheus, Gen-Sys Biotech, Thousand Throats Beast, Evil Science Alliance, and the Wild Laughter Troupe all dream of having such a supreme modification artifact."