Chapter 1513 - 486: The Twisted Inhuman World

Chapter 1513: Chapter 486: The Twisted Inhuman World

Wen Xishu found this world very interesting.

He had never lived as a mechanical being. As a child, boys all wished to have a body of steel, and now he had one... and probably quite handsome at that.

However, this interesting thought did not last long before he fell into a huge depression.

Very strange.

I have become a mechanical body, yet I am still depressed.

Currently, Wen Xishu only has one mission—to destroy the Mechanical Empire.

This destruction can be physical. If there were Albert’s fists or Sagittarius’s divine-killing arrow... it might be possible.

But he clearly doesn’t possess such power, so what he needs to contemplate is another kind of destruction.

It’s just that even now, he doesn’t quite know how to achieve this other kind of destruction.

Destroying the Mechanical Empire is the main quest. If this game is viewed as a game, it’s undoubtedly unqualified: lacking any side quests or any task guidance.

Wen Xishu can only explore on his own.

His current task is to find a way to turn back into a human.

Mentioning humanoid mechanical bodies, perhaps this is one idea; then he needs to start making money, and Wen Xishu begins to think about how to earn money.

This earning, of course, cannot be through work.

Due to data analysis, the value of his work is extremely low—only 3000 Mechanical Coins in five years. Break it down, and it’s just 50 Mechanical Coins a month.

He can’t even earn two Mechanical Coins a day.

So honestly working provides no future financially.

The strange thing is that Wen Xishu, having received the title of Mechanical God Chosen, the various things he uses are surprisingly quite luxurious.

The salary is also very high.

This makes Wen Xishu feel strange, daily pay less than two coins... why would it be considered high pay?

What does a low salary look like?

The most absurd thing is that Wen Xishu now has a strong desire to work.

Rationality tells him not to work—the cost-effectiveness is too low, he needs to take a shortcut.

But in reality—

He is shrouded in enormous depression.

"I need to work, otherwise I would feel bad, very sad, and could easily have suicidal thoughts..."

Yes, Wen Xishu came to such a conclusion.

He doesn’t know what happened, but when he thinks about happiness, it unconsciously becomes tied with work.

Thus, Wen Xishu’s first side quest now—going to work.

He vaguely senses that this world is somewhat mad.

"Forget it, don’t think about speedrunning, first solve the giant emotional depression problem."

When Wen Xishu confirmed the command to "leave the luxurious mechanical cabin"—

The cabin door didn’t make any mechanical operation sound, but silently slid open on both sides like mercury.

This "luxury" embodied in absolute silence and smoothness, but that’s all.

Presented before him was a "home," a silver-white cubical space 3 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 2.5 meters tall. Cool light shone evenly from the ceiling, without any shadow.

Aside from a flat "bed" integrated with the ground, with charging ports, the only furniture was a built-in storage cabinet, with a transparent door inside neatly arranged:

A bottle of standard lubricant, label: For daily maintenance. A polishing cloth, label: Keep clean appearance.

And a data card of "Eden Workshop Employee Guidelines." The wall projected several floating messages:

Resident: TS-74.

Credit Rating: B (Platinum Membership Added)

This month’s energy consumption: 42 standard units (below average, excellent!)

Next mandatory maintenance: 3 days later.

Suggestion: You have not worked for 12 consecutive hours, depression index rising to 65%, please head to the workshop immediately.

Wen Xishu frowned, silently estimating:

"Currently, I’m just feeling very unwell, various negative thoughts starting to emerge... which means my limit might be thirteen or fourteen hours without work."

"This is my free time."

Wen Xishu decided not to delay any longer, immediately starting automatic navigation.

When entering travel mode, he noticed that on his left ankle, there was an unobtrusive patch—a trace left by "free repair," the material slightly different in color.

"Even the body isn’t original... tsk."

He tried to move his fingers, the movement was eerily smooth, as if these hands had repeated the same action millions of times.

In his field of vision, a semi-transparent blue light band extended from beneath his feet, passing through the cabin door and turning towards the right corridor. The light band marked his destination.

[Eden Workshop-A7 Entrance | Optimal Path | Estimated Time: 11 minutes 34 seconds]

[Observe Traffic Regulations: Maintain Speed at 2.5 meters/second | No Unnecessary Stopping | No Deviating Path.]

[Platinum Member Privilege: Path Avoids Congested Areas.]

Platinum membership... it must be said, it’s really quite necessary, though Wen Xishu currently doesn’t know the cost of the membership.

He could only say, thanks to the Mad Dice’s Big Number Tendency for making him the Mechanical God Chosen, otherwise... this beginning might have been extremely frustrating.

Wen Xishu began moving precisely at 2.5 meters/second.

He wanted to stop and look around, but found that unless issuing a strong command, the body would continue executing the "head to workshop" task at the highest priority.

Fortunately, his observation skills were strong, as an arguably decent, middle-class body type, even without stopping, his information-gathering ability was quite good.

The eleven-minute journey was brief, yet along the way, Wen Xishu’s encounters were plentiful.

Nobody land indeed had many... non-human imaginable scenes.

Leaving his mechanical cabin, Wen Xishu walked down a wide main street.