Ch. 272 - The potted plant has just grown
Yang Yi felt that these robots all looked almost identical, and judging who was who based solely on appearance and battle damage wasn’t going to work.
So he came up with a solution: he would mark them.
He pushed open the door and entered the witch’s laboratory, holding a brush made from wolf hair for marking.
Only Xiao Ji remained unmarked.
Behind him were Xiao Yi, Xiao Er, and Xiao San, the three robots, each now labeled with their respective numbers: One, Two, and Three.
The second robot, which had lost a wheel, was fitted with a wooden replacement. It wasn’t as good as the original, but at least it no longer scraped the floor.
Yang Yi found Xiao Ji in the lab and approached with the brush in hand.
The robot instantly powered on, exiting standby mode, and extended a mechanical arm, grabbing a cloth to pretend it was mopping while running away in the opposite direction from Yang Yi.
But Yang Yi already understood Xiao Ji’s nature, it could be treated like a mischievous child pretending to be a robot.
Its dodging was meaningless; he grabbed it in one motion and lifted it off the ground.
“Warning. I am currently performing cleaning tasks. Your behaviour may constitute obstruction…”
The indicator lights on Xiao Ji’s head flashed rapidly. It clearly didn’t want to be marked like the other three robots with the character “Ji”.
But its resistance was futile.
Yang Yi pulled out a spare eye mask and placed it on the robot. It fit perfectly, covering the bullet hole. The tie could be extended to secure it on the bucket-shaped robot’s head.
He set Xiao Ji back on the floor, pleased with his handiwork.
With the eye mask on, the bucket-shaped robot’s demeanor changed entirely, it now looked like a pirate.
Xiao Ji froze, seemingly unable to compute what had just happened.
“There’s some grease here, you can lubricate your wheels so you move more smoothly. But handle rust removal yourself, don’t want you getting damaged.”
Yang Yi placed a bottle of pale worm grease in front of Xiao Ji.
“Also, this grease is flammable, don’t use too much, and stay away from fire,” he added, then turned his attention to Suna at the lab desk.
“Dr. Suna, may I ask how long it might take to produce the Rat Killer?”
Suna looked up, a little annoyed.
Yang Yi quickly corrected himself and asked again using her proper title, “Suna,” and repeated the question.
“There’s no sample, but the data remains. It should take roughly two to three days to produce. But the raw material comes from rats. If you want to mass-produce it, you should capture some, preferably live rat slaves,” Suna replied, gesturing to the rats nearby.
After several hours, these rats had clearly grown, living within the tendrils of the pale worms.
Yang Yi nodded, deciding he would find time to capture some.
He then returned to the deck, taking control of the Nightmare Star and steering it toward the original port. The area was familiar, making it a suitable base for attacking the rat nest.
Once the ship was docked, he retrieved the previously collected rat slave skeleton. It no longer had much research value and could be used for the pull system.
Before trying that, he tested its effect:
【Evaluation: A rat slave skeleton, reflecting the ship owner’s hatred for rats.】