CHAPTER 1071: CHAPTER 80: REPLACEMENT

"Are you really planning to do this?" Asgard clicked his tongue in surprise, "This is just a half-body prosthesis."

"Half is enough. It carries a reactor." Jeanne said, "That’s enough. A complete prosthetic body should have two independent reactors, and the equipment is placed in a third location. But for us, this is fine."

"Wholeness, ah, wholeness." Asgard shook his head and sighed, but his hands did not stop working: "A complete prosthetic body is what counts as a prosthetic body, you know. If the structural framework of a prosthetic body is damaged, its strength drops directly. A reasonable design can distribute the force that the prosthetic body has to endure as much as possible. A half-body prosthesis, combined with a half-body defective physique, is not as good as just using the half-body prosthesis."

"Propellant and ammunition are stored separately." Jeanne shook her head, "If you don’t add legs to this prosthetic body, it can’t walk out. The propellant and ammunition stored in this prosthetic body are only enough for one encounter. In the worst case, they plan to fight their way out of Chaldea with only half a body."

"Then I think your decision is even riskier." Asgard sighed: "Getting into a fallout with Chaldea over a prosthetic body without ammunition..."

"As long as we can show some strength in the upcoming battle, make Chaldea think the cost of taking us down is too high, then they won’t really fall out with us." Jeanne said, "Besides, we haven’t killed anyone."

"True, thanks to that invincible figure in your mind." Asgard could even spare a hand to give a thumbs-up, "Impressive!"

At this moment, the two were assembling a limb that could assist with movement, based on the prosthetic body’s interface.

However, Xiang Shan thought that humanoid limbs weren’t necessary here. That’s too complicated; it’s better to keep it simple, using a four-legged or six-legged structure, with the limbs resembling a spider.

Anyway, this prosthetic body had plenty of unused weapon interfaces.

This could also save a considerable amount of cost.

There’s no need to expect these limbs to participate in combat. Jeanne and Asgard didn’t have enough materials to craft limbs above the First Heavenly Layer. They only needed to assist with movement during non-critical moments.

Soon, Jeanne and Asgard reassembled their modular components.

Xiang Shan originally hoped to find a complete prosthetic body. But he understood that First Heavenly Layer prosthetic bodies started at three meters, each like a small giant. Coupled with the larger maintenance equipment, storing them secretly was quite challenging.

"Modular" prosthetic bodies were quite likely.

Xiang Shan had used this kind of prosthetic body before. Its overall strength was much weaker than monolithic prosthetic bodies, but it was flexible, allowing parts to be replaced at will, and tactics to be switched based on the battle situation.

Even among the Kings, the Brave King far on Jupiter used this type of prosthetic body. It’s said that each part of the Brave King’s prosthetic body had a reactor providing power. His most powerful form even reached eight meters tall, filled with overwhelming strength.

As for modular prosthetic bodies, you need to know their structure and interfaces to configure emergency-use prosthetic bodies urgently.

Now, the Six Dragons Sect could attack at any moment. Chaldea could also sense something is wrong soon. At this critical moment, Xiang Shan still let Jeanne to work with Asgard to assemble the parts first.

Asgard waved his hand: "Leave the rest to me. A body swap takes at least a few minutes; you quickly get started. I promise to piece together the remaining parts on time."

Jeanne nodded. She slightly turned her body, seemingly using her auditory organs to perceive something.

"Outside, quite a few people are getting close. But I’ve neatly arranged the squad leaders’ weapons outside, and they can’t figure out what’s going on." Asgard waved his hand: "Don’t delay. At worst, I’ll face them off for a few minutes and intercept them."

Jeanne nodded and walked into the maintenance equipment.

Just now, Xiang Shan had completed the hack. This hack took the most time. However, using a method she couldn’t understand at all, Xiang Shan finished the basic reverse engineering and cracked the machine.

—Even as a religious person, still writing programs personally, truly loving the old profession. He really did it; I’m crying, haha.

This was the only stray thought Tumor Xiang Shan had in his mind when he completed the process.

It seemed that some systems and modules within the Six Dragons Sect were the handiwork of a certain Xiang Shan.

Jeanne walked to the maintenance instrument. Countless mechanical hands extended, wrapping around Jeanne’s back. Some fixed onto him, while others removed the exposed screws from his body.

Moments later, a mechanical arm clamped Jeanne’s head, along with a spinal path, and slowly descended into the instrument.

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One street away, Guardian Li Like of Chaldea was contemplating. Around him, several cannons were already aimed at the small cabin.

Li Like was weighing the pros and cons.

This guy in front of him was a recommendation from Guardian Sandelier of the City of Ur. Sandelier said this "Hunter" indeed provided him with important intelligence on the Six Dragons Sect and even assisted the City of Ur. He had to give Sandelier face, no matter what.

But the situation in front of him was truly baffling. The EMP just now was still unclear, but after that burst of EMP, Tila Lee, who followed the Hunter, also disappeared. According to regulations, after methods like EMP, officers like Tila Lee should quickly seek to contact their superiors.

No doubt, there’s a problem with the Hunter. It looks like the Hunter has acted against people from Chaldea.

He just didn’t know the reason yet.

The Hunter’s kung fu was excellent. The intelligence provided by Little Sandrel described it, and purely in terms of external strength, the Hunter was at the First Heavenly Layer level. This level of external strength, when paired with premeditated preparations, could pose a risk to even well-prepared First Heavenly Layer experts.

For cyber warriors, "prepared" and "unprepared" are two different things.

He hadn’t rashly approached.

After pondering for a moment, Li Like didn’t act immediately. Instead, he found the manager in charge of the matter, got the Hunter’s contact information, and sent a message: "What’s going on with you now?"

"The situation is very complex, not clear with a few words. But please believe, we have no intention of being enemies with Chaldea."

Li Like was somewhat angry: "Various signs indicate you’ve attacked members of Chaldea’s defense team. How am I supposed to believe you?"

"We didn’t mean to. The people of Chaldea are still alive."