Chapter 1638 - 842: You Really Made My Life Miserable

Being Ji Jue's secretary is a physically demanding job.

Not only does the workload double, but the ability to handle pressure must withstand the test.

Although Yu Shu felt from day one that his boss had a few mental issues, he didn't expect it to be historically unprecedented to this extent.

A prosthetic modification convention, for crying out loud!

Are you really not afraid they'll start something big?

"Then what do we do?" Ji Jue retorted, "Verbally urge everyone not to mess around?"

For a moment, Yu Shu was speechless.

If we have to pick the tallest of the dwarves, there's no other way but this.

Besides, at least the convention is within the Coast's jurisdiction; if any outrageous modifications occur, we can prevent them in advance.

Although somewhat abstract, from a practical standpoint, it is effective.

And isn't it convenient for them to... cough cough, borrow the vast wisdom of common folk!

After all, people might just talk online, but in reality, who wouldn't want a multifunctional prosthetic that shines, electrifies, sprays fire, and comes with underwater booster propulsion?

"It's settled then!"

Ji Jue made the decision.

Thus, the organization of the first Coast Prosthetic Convention was scheduled, successfully adding more burdens to Yu Shu's already exploding workload.

Dividing into light, medium, and heavy categories was naturally no problem, with a strict ban on weaponization, focusing instead on life-assistance features.

Besides the winner receiving a prize, all outstanding designs of the entries could earn additional bonuses and purchase opportunities from the Coast.

In fact, ever since the first day prosthetics went on sale, many design charts have already been sent to Coast Technology's public email inbox.

Among them, Ji Jue particularly appreciated the design from the Tianmen University society in Cliff City — connecting via cable to integrate prosthetic control signals into vehicle equipment, thus achieving control over them.

The entire society was already instructed by Ji Jue to be incorporated, promptly grasped and refined!

Your ideas are very good and your concepts are promising. Now, go focus on engineering adaptations!

This indirectly promoted Ji Jue in scavenging ideas from the great crafting masters of the wilderness.

What good's mountain banditry? If you really have skills, come to New Spring for recruitment. No need for degrees or resumes, just have the skills.

As for needing to first disclose prosthetic design blueprints, it's not a problem at all.

After all, the technical barriers lie within the spine's external connection module. Even that module isn't the real hurdle but the Fly King's Spirit within it... Competitors trying to imitate should first settle the Fly King!

Competitors couldn't care less.

What's it for?

There's hardly any profit or money in this field, even with monopoly status. How much can you earn every year? It's simpler and easier selling a new car model to pencil in ideas for money!

Moreover, it's the same with artificial nerve and new prosthetic projects. They're military-use and funded by the military department's budget, not profiting from paupers' money that ordinary consumers can't afford.

Even Ji Jue's external connection module is built upon the military's Power Armor spine interface.

Just like when Ji Jue hoped to profit from prosthetics designed for Xiao An but got a reality check from Ye Chun, expecting to make money from that wasn't realistic at all.

Two blocked ends through and through.

Good cheap doesn't apply, neither does expensive for that matter — even if it only called for less than a third of vortex limb regeneration, why not just grit your teeth and go all the way?

Really no need.

The wealthy find it beneath them, and the destitute can't afford it.

Even if Ji Jue now stepped out openly with ill-intentions, nobody would believe him... as the Coast genuinely continues doing good deeds, always has been.

Since nobody's buying for reverse engineering and cracking, even with a potential smudge or suspicion, Ji Jue would have been humiliated long ago. Yet, rival companies merely suppress interest, not even touching it.

No issue at all.

Even Association regulators turn a blind eye, disregarding how much alchemy skill and ingredient content are involved. If anyone even thought of intervening, disregarding Ji Jue's backing in the council, Chongguang Church's verbal hammer blows are enough to shut pests up!

Furthermore, rarely does a craftsman present himself to elevate the Ember's image, the Association happily welcomes it without interference.

Who would've thought Ji Jue's good deeds are coincidental, with no pretense at all?

As for the few grains of spiritual residue leftover from disassembling the external module, those undecipherable, meaningless, fragmented remnants, nobody cared.

So during this gradually warming spring, New Spring's development continued thriving.

It could be described as fire and fervor.

Even statistically and managerially, it's nearly impossible to explain this very mystical, bizarre phenomenon.

Compared to when Ji Jue was out in the field, New Spring now is remarkably different.

Even if Ji Jue does nothing except adding chaos with random decisions, as long as he sits in his office and periodically appears on the streets, it's as though New Spring is enchanted with increased production and efficiency speed boosts.

Almost everyone feels it, to some extent... This year, New Spring is extraordinarily prosperous and steadily improving.