Inside the training ground, looking at the kind and amiable Elder Lin standing by his side, Pei Yan felt a sense of dread rising from the bottom of his heart. From his roommate Wang Wenze's words, he had already learned some information about certain people in the department. For example, this Elder Lin in front of him, as Brother Wang described, is the kind of person who, as long as you still have a breath left and are brought to him, could keep you alive for another two days before you die again.
With him on site, it meant that today's test could potentially result in him getting injured.
Engineer Li walked up to Pei Yan, lowered his head, and looked at the form nonchalantly as he said, "The time is tight and the task is urgent, today we will conduct multiple tests. Firstly, it's a test of your mechanical body. Based on the situation from that night during your confrontation with Xia Yu, we've already made a preliminary assessment of your abilities. The damage sustained while in your mechanical body state will also affect you when you revert to your physical form. Firstly, we want to test how deep this impact is, and secondly, we want to test the strength of your hardness!"
Pei Yan tilted his neck and drawled, "So... in the end, I'm still going to be sliced up...right?"
"Don't be afraid, we are seeking your opinion, for this we also specially invited Elder Lin to ensure your personal safety to the greatest extent." Engineer Li closed the form, put his hands behind him, patted Pei Yan on the shoulder, and forced out a reassuring smile. However, in Pei Yan's eyes, this once-dedicated engineer Li Yaohang instantly appeared as sinister and terrifying as a supervillain from a superhero movie.
"Then what kind of experiment are you going to conduct?" Pei Yan swallowed nervously and asked apprehensively.
"Firstly, there's the shooting damage test on your mechanical body and a test using sharp implements to cut parts of the body."
Upon hearing this, Pei Yan was stunned and looked helplessly at Hu Wenjun and Elder Lin beside him. Elder Lin stepped forward and confidently reassured him, "Rest assured, Xiaopei, I guarantee with my reputation in the department that you won't have any mishaps or be left with a disability, trust me!"
"Alright then!" Pei Yan reluctantly nodded after hearing that.
The shooting test was handled by Instructor Miao, and the target was his own palm. This somewhat reassured Pei Yan since he had witnessed Instructor Miao's shooting skills before and didn't need to worry about him missing his target.
With a nervous heart, Pei Yan slowly extended his left arm and closed his eyes, awaiting the gunfire.
"Bang!" The gunshot sounded, and Pei Yan's brain froze for a moment. He clearly felt his left arm sway slightly backward without any unpleasant sensation.
Opening his eyes and looking down carefully, there was nothing on his palm except a shallow white mark.
"Where's the bullet?" After examining Pei Yan, confirming he was fine, Instructor Miao lowered his head and searched for a while before asking in surprise.
Engineer Li loudly reminded, "Check the video recording!"
After slowing down the footage recorded by a high-speed camera, everyone was surprised to find that at the moment the bullet hit Pei Yan's body, a faint blue glow rose from his palm, instantly absorbing the bullet into his body, while his palm only shook slightly backward due to the impact.
"This is exactly like the self-protective ability he displayed when he was getting an injection at the hospital the other day," Elder Lin pointed at the paused screen and analyzed.
Engineer Li turned his head and asked, "Hmm, do we need to conduct further shooting tests with other firearms?"
"No need, I suppose the results would be similar, just differing in the magnitude of the impact. Proceed with the next test."
"Okay!"
Upon hearing the shooting test was over, Pei Yan breathed a sigh of relief, only to be startled by the huge apparatus being wheeled out by the staff, which he found out was a super high-pressure waterjet specially prepared for him!
Watching Xiaosun pushing the instrument step by step closer, Pei Yan resignedly extended his left hand. The cutting process was much easier than imagined. In front of the super high-pressure waterjet, Pei Yan's arm was like tofu, and soon a slice of the mechanical body was neatly cut off near the front of his left arm.
Taking the mechanical body on the tray to view, Elder Lin and Engineer Li both squeezed and shook their heads disappointedly, "This steel quality is subpar, no wonder it was so easily cut." After speaking, Elder Lin turned back to Pei Yan, "Xiaopei, let me see your arm after the mechanical body repairs itself and you revert to human form."
"Alright!"
A moment later, Pei Yan finally calmed down. The imagined bloody scene of flesh being sliced off didn't materialize. The cut area only showed slight bruising, and without Elder Lin's help, relying solely on Pei Yan's self-healing ability, the bruising gradually faded completely within a minute.
"Good, fortunately! Next, we plan to cut a part of your body organ to see the impact of damage on your human body. We're considering cutting your mechanical pinky finger, how about it?" Seeing this, Engineer Li felt much relieved and then asked.
Pei Yan glanced at his hand, then looked at Engineer Li and asked slightly embarrassedly, "What about the toe?"
Upon hearing this, Engineer Li chuckled and pointed down, and Pei Yan's feet, akin to other robots in movies, showed no exposed toes but were a single integrated form.
Seeing this, Pei Yan scratched his head, his mind turning over. Amidst a series of metal clanking sounds, his feet began to extend, then contract, finally transforming into human feet.
"Will this do?"
Engineer Li glanced at Elder Lin beside him. Seeing him nod in agreement, he said no more and commanded Xiaosun to cut Pei Yan's small toe.
After reverting to human form, everyone squatted down, pinching their noses to examine Pei Yan's stinky, sweat-smelling foot. Elder Lin's brow noticeably furrowed, not from the stench but from the much more severe damage than before; his small toe was already in a purplish state.
Elder Lin didn't hesitate, had someone support Pei Yan, and from his bosom took out a pack of silver needles, gently pricking Pei Yan's small toe, asking softly, "How does it feel, anything?"
"Nothing!"
He pulled out the silver needle and pricked the next smallest toe, "How about now?"
"Yes, it's itchy and a bit painful! Elder Lin, is my small toe crippled, do I need an amputation?" Pei Yan asked incredulously as he gripped his coat.
"Nonsense! Amputation! With me here, what are you afraid of, wait and let's see, if you can't self-heal, I'll help restore your left foot." For the first time, Elder Lin broke the elderly image and cursed, unexpectedly making Pei Yan chuckle, alleviating much of his panic.
Less than two minutes later, Pei Yan's toe gradually turned from green back to its flesh tone, and all present breathed a sigh of relief. Elder Lin again pricked Pei Yan with the needle, this time finally allowing him to feel pain.
"Re-mechanize, remember to clean your feet afterward, maintain personal hygiene!" Elder Lin put down the stinky foot on his knee, took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands, then threw the handkerchief aside.
Standing on the sidelines, re-mechanized Pei Yan saw the scene, embarrassedly chuckled. The training these days had been quite exhausting. Upon returning to the dormitory, he typically mechanized one hand, extended it into a specially configured power strip, and charged while sleeping, hardly sparing time for a proper bath, hence the smell.
Engineer Li, after instructing to box and take away the cut mechanical body, declared, "Alright, we can proceed with today's second and also the last test for the first phase. Let's move to the underground parking lot, everyone!"