Steampunk Era: Mad Abield
Chapter 964: Section 631: Number 3 (1)_3

Chapter 964: Section 631: Number 3 (1)_3

This kid has someone he’s afraid of, and Malin is actually happy to see this—an AI core that can suppress him is a good thing. Sostak No.3 is quite promising too.

After all, it’s been eight millennia, any AI with a bit of autonomy should at some point ask itself, "Who am I really?"

By the way, regarding where Lulu’s human-machine interface is, Malin was unaware until Sostak No.3 pointed out—the little finger on Lulu’s right hand is modified, and that’s the connection interface.

Behind her right ear are two receiving interfaces, one is for plugging in accessories, and one can be used with a connection interface; the former is then externally connected. This small accessory enhances the Archer’s adjustments, allowing the Archer to hit a target within 500 meters without aiming—as long as her eyes still work.

The connection interface is used to monitor the wearer during the use of Power Armor, although Power Armor can’t be made anymore, and most of the old ones are broken, there are still some brand-new ones stashed away in boxes around the world.

The only problem is that nobody knows where these brand-new items are.

These two interfaces are covered with artificial skin, and after so many years without use, the artificial skin is likely fused with human skin already.

"Don’t open it unless necessary, unless you plan to insert something. And now, if you are looking for a usable interface accessory, you probably have to go to Siberia," Sostak No.3 stated not to expose these two interfaces to the air unless necessary, as there aren’t many spare parts available worldwide to replace Lulu’s interface.

"Not even in East Asia?" Malin was very curious.

"The remnants of East Asia now call themselves Thanan, just like how the Europeans call themselves Abieldians. But honestly, East Asia has recovered much better than us. Did you know they regained the Sichuan Basin three centuries ago? It houses the largest foundry in all of East Asia, which was entirely stripped away. Their craftsmen couldn’t restart the factory but began producing some basic parts through reverse engineering. I’m really envious of those colleagues over there; they told me during our last communication that they can even replace excessively worn metal parts every fifty years - all locally made by Thanan craftsmen," Sostak No.3 said and glanced at Malin: "I heard many civilian AIs are serving you. Any interest in reopening the Saint Petersburg Foundry? I cry every time I make parts myself."

"It’s too close to the core Dark Zone; it’s better to consider how to revive the Oslo foundry instead," Jason made a counterpoint.

"The monsters there are even more numerous, what kind of bad idea is this, you fool, trying to endanger Malin?" Sostak No.3 countered Jason’s response.

The two chatterboxes argued there, and Malin stood up, welcoming back Lulu and revealing the real identities of these two rascals.

"I recognize Sostak No.3, I don’t know why, but I knew who he was the moment I saw him," Lulu said, curious, while Sostak No.3 explained that as an adjuster of the adjusted, he usually has a connection with the adjusted.

As a Psychic, Lulu could understand all this even clearer.

Lulu wasn’t too surprised by this; she sat down beside Malin and spoke about what she heard today at the Church—Mendel’s death is still undecided, but with Malin and Manheim’s declaration, the royal family and the Church have cleared their suspicions of each other, reducing the chances of conflict greatly—Todd and Raglov from the North are the guarantors, the council has confirmed Malin and Manheim’s declarations, and both young men from Lord Carter and the Svenson family have ceased their prior preparations.

In the absence of finding the assassin, no foolish actions that pleasure enemies and grieve allies should be taken.

Finally, at the end of April, they confirmed Victor’s residence — it took them half a month of inquiries.

Malin asked Sostak No.3 and Jason to go and investigate together, hoping to find Victor’s records or something else that could conclusively pinpoint the murderer.

While the chances were slim, it’s still better to have some chance than none at all.

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