CH 6

6. Rat Horde

Sirius has a pleasant climate, with cool autumn winds.

Ying Chenlin arrived at the hotel for a rest when it was already evening. He had spent some time at the KID base, and before leaving, he exchanged contact information with Ji Qingfeng and Lin Yao. He didn't bring much luggage this time, as some compressible items had already been delivered to the hotel in advance, leaving only the non-compressible mechanical equipment.

"Why are you in such a hurry to go there? I thought you were heading to some famous team, but you ended up at KID. Moreover, you went all the way to the remote planet of Sirius," Xun Bao's voice came through the holographic communication. Ying Chenlin lowered his eyes, seemingly indifferent, and replied, "Sirius is not bad."

"So, how did the job interview go?"

"Still waiting for the results," Ying Chenlin took out his clothes. "Their boss wasn't at the base."

Xun Bao couldn't figure out why Ying Chenlin had traveled all the way to Sirius. He was still in the process of recovery, and even if he needed rest and recuperation, there was no need to go to such a remote planet. Having regular check-ups was troublesome, not to mention the inconvenience of dealing with things in a remote place. "You always act so independently. What if you don't get the job?"

Ying Chenlin hesitated for a moment upon hearing Xun Bao's words and then said, "If I don't get the job, I'll figure it out then."

"You ah, I don't know if I should praise you for being open-minded or criticize you for being too carefree," Xun Bao's throat tightened. Since Ying Chenlin accepted the surgery plan, he always felt that Ying Chenlin had changed a bit from before.

It seemed like he had lost some of his vitality, and he always dealt with things with extreme calmness. That right arm was extremely important for a mecha pilot. Even an ordinary person like him would hesitate for a long time before deciding to amputate an arm. However, Ying Chenlin agreed to the plan without any hesitation, as if it was the result of careful consideration.

During this period of time, Xun Bao sometimes couldn't figure out what he was thinking.

Xun Bao sighed, "Oh, that’s right, the list of materials you asked me to find, I asked some friends, and the list has already been sent to your light brain."

Upon hearing about the materials, Ying Chenlin's eyes paused slightly, and he accessed the light brain to see the file that Xun Bao had sent. He replied earnestly, "Thank you."

"What are you thanking me for? If you can't stay on Sirius, remember to come back and find Brother," Xun Bao said with a smile. "I won't say much more, I need to get busy with the shop."

After a short chat, the two hung up the call.

Ying Chenlin took out the maintenance toolbox from his luggage, and his peripheral vision caught a glimpse of a mecha key pressed at the bottom of the box.

It was the key to his single-pilot mecha, "Yuan." Since the end of the Star Alliance competition, it had been sent for maintenance and hadn't been activated since his surgery.

The mecha key, with a red string threaded through it, was only two adult finger lengths long. The black and red patterned key looked dull, like an ordinary cheap metal. Ying Chenlin held the key in his hand, and his meager mental power emanated from his fingertips, slowly enveloping the mecha as if entering a bottomless cave, but there was no response.

After two minutes, Ying Chenlin withdrew his mental power.

In his previous life, after his disability, Yuan's intelligence was left inside the S-class mecha, and he could only barely preserve the intelligence contained within the mecha key. He failed to preserve all of "Yuan"... In the end, the process of reconstructing Yuan was only halfway completed before he was reborn into the present.

Returning to the age of 18, without disabilities, and having his genetic condition under control. This was a situation he had never considered in his previous life, but starting over wasn't an easy thing. Firstly, after the treatment, his physical qualifications declined. With an A-level mental power and B-level physique, such physical condition couldn't support him to pilot his original mecha.