Academy City's Puppet Master

In the photo, Ling Xingye was sitting in his seat in the classroom, and Hitomi Shiranui in the front row happened to be absent.

In the photo, Ling Xingye's side face was expressionless, and his eyes were expressionless, looking at the nothingness in front of him like a sculpture.

Hitomi Shiranui was very surprised. The boy with an indifferent expression in the photo was really the Ling Xingye she knew?

"Did you see? As long as you are not around, this kid has such an expression—or no expression. This is also the main reason why he has no other friends in the class." Teacher Xingzi said, "In my opinion, Ling Xingye's The existence mode is very abnormal. It is not what a normal human being should have, but more like... a puppet!"

Shiranuo Tong's heart trembled.

"Only when facing you does he act like a normal person."

Teacher Xingzi nodded, and said very seriously: "Because I want to lead your class, I have studied psychology courses by myself. It is not difficult to see that Xingye has a tendency to ignore or ignore his own life to some extent! So , when he acts recklessly regardless of his life, only you can persuade him."

Hitomi Shiranui pursed her lips tightly, and said solemnly: "I will take good care of him!"

===Chapter 92 Underground Convenience Market===

On the other hand, after sending away the two girls Shiranui Tong and Yuan Shanyao, Ling Xingye's room returned to calm again.

After tidying up briefly, Ling Xingye opened the low table for eating and playing cards, releasing the folding mechanism stored inside it, turning it into a workbench that occupies almost all the remaining space in the room.

Then he manipulated the sprite to lie on it, and dragged out a combination toolbox from under the bed.

"There are still three hours before lunch." He looked at the wall clock on the wall. "There is enough time, because yesterday's battle was not intense, so there is no need to replace additional parts."

Ling Xingye picked up a loose-leaf book and drew on it with a pen.

This is a routine maintenance record. In this academy city, researchers and engineers have long been accustomed to paperless operations. All the forms and recorded data can be operated on a tablet computer. up.

But Ling Xingye was born in a circus in a relatively backward area after all. The circus in the Lingjiaban era was quite old-fashioned. Not to mention tablet computers, there was no paper office, and there was no LCD TV!

When they wanted to watch their own recorded programs, they used curtains and projectors.

Therefore, Ling Xingye, who has lived there for nearly ten years, cannot be expected to easily abandon the habits he has formed.

What's more, the status and data of sprites are also confidential - after all, they are important combat weapons related to one's own life, and Ling Xingye does not want the relevant data and information to be stolen by the enemy.

Therefore, Ling Xingye is not at ease with all devices that can be connected to the Internet.

He prefers to use the most primitive paper and pen record method.

As for this method is not convenient for sorting and summarizing data?

For Ling Xingye who has already built a memory palace, this is not a problem.In some ways, his brain is a computer.

"The outer armor...is visually intact and does not need to be replaced." Ling Xingye ticked off the paper while talking to himself, "But judging from the recent battles, the current strength of the armor is getting worse and worse... It's a shame I spent so much money on armor upgrades..."

At present, the layer of "armor" covering the sprite's body is already the most cutting-edge material that Ling Xingye can obtain.Except for the "charged defensive armor" which is still in the experimental stage, this is almost the toughest physical defense layer in the world at present!

If they wanted to strengthen their defenses, they could only thicken their armor, but in doing so, the sprite's flexibility would inevitably be affected.

And... in the face of ultra-standard attacks such as the super-railgun, Weishan, and Dragon King's Sigh, it is meaningless to thicken the armor no matter how much it is.

"So... how do their enemies fight?" Ling Xingye couldn't help thinking, "The girls are really better than each other now!"

While feeling emotional, but the movements of his hands were not slow at all, Ling Xingye skillfully removed the armor of the sprites, checked and wiped them one by one, then lubricated all the spherical links of the sprites, and finally reinstalled the armor and inspected it. The integrity of the connecting wire.

A complete set of operations has formed a complete process. Ling Xingye has done it countless times, and there is no need for extra thinking at all. All inspections are generally completed in a smooth manner.

"Next..." Ling Xingye looked at the entries recorded in the loose-leaf book, "The special silk thread needs to be replenished. The last few battles have been too intense, the operation is too rough, and even the flying blade has become a consumable..."

The boy recalled his savings again, and couldn't help feeling sad.

After all, it is a laboratory-level customized product. Even if he pays the "internal friendly price", it is still a price that makes people feel sad.

Therefore, although he often goes to street performances to make money, Ling Xingye still struggles with the brink of a financial deficit every month, and a considerable reason is to maintain the sprites.

To be honest, Ling Xingye is a level 3 powerful user, and can be regarded as an "advanced capable user" in terms of level. If he cooperates with some institutions to do research, it is still easy to earn extra pocket money.

But Ling Xingye did not choose this way to make money.It's not that he rejects being studied - in fact, Ling Xingye has indeed signed a cooperation agreement with a research institute, and Tufanghu is another research subject of that institute.

It's just that Ling Xingye's personal information has been specially protected by the school because he entered the Changdian School of Computer Science and Technology, and it is forbidden to cooperate with institutions outside the school for research without permission.

Moreover, Ling Xingye had to run out to fight from time to time. To be honest, there was no time to cooperate with experimental research.

So, now that research institute has become a supplier for Ling Xingye to customize high-tech equipment and change clothes for sprites.

"In addition to the research institute," Ling Xingye looked at the mobile phone on the desk, "you can also get some in the black market..."

Ling Xingye, who is short of money, is very moved, because he can "free order" when buying things in the black market.

There are several types of "black markets" in Academy City, and the one Ling Xingye is familiar with is the lowest-level one—the so-called "underground convenience market".

That is to say, it was run by the gang of unscrupulous teenagers from the armed incompetent group.Most of the initial "commodities" were stolen goods or contraband smuggled in from outside...

There are also occasional "weapons" for sale.

Because the level is the lowest, this black market is also the most accessible channel for external spies, and it is specially used by them to obtain those "not so advanced" technologies of Academy City.

Whoever makes this city more than 20 years ahead of the outside world, even if it is "outdated" technology, it is truly "high technology" or even "black technology" in the outside world.

Where there is demand, there will be a market, so gradually, many products with technical content appeared in this underground convenience market.

The "flying blade" needed by Ling Xingye, as well as the "coagulated silk thread" in the form of canned spray, are also considered "not so important" technologies due to the limitations of their uses.So it can be found on the black market.

More importantly, he can buy the equipment he wants at a lower price...even lower than the cost price!

Because Ling Xingye is still the nominal "leader" of the group of armed incompetents, the big boss behind this "black market"...