Chapter 299: Chapter 189: "Lightweight Instant Kill." _2
"That’s all, do you have any other questions."
"What level is your intelligent chip?"
The woman standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window slowly turned to look at Chen Mang, with a hint of amusement in her eyes: "Level 4."
"Never heard of it, huh? It’s the highest level intelligent chip, allowing me not only to possess human-level intelligence but even a certain capacity for independent thought."
Just then —
Biaozi, who had somehow already walked to the woman’s side, cautiously poked her arm with a finger.
"..."
The air instantly fell silent.
After a while, Biaozi awkwardly retreated to the side and whispered, "A Level 4 intelligent chip sure is different, doesn’t even quote a price."
The woman shot Biaozi a frosty look and said coldly,
"Do you think I’m like those women, saying, ’Sir, are you coming over?’"
"I am a Level 4 intelligent chip."
"I am one of the highest administrators. My underlying logic code doesn’t include such a program. Disappointed?"
"You can leave now."
"Come back to this private room in an hour. The Black Boxing will officially start by then."
...
They exited the private room.
Chen Mang and his group headed towards the casino on the first floor, planning to stroll around and kill some time.
"A Level 4 intelligent chip is quite something, huh."
Biaozi awkwardly began to defend himself, making himself seem like a pervert. He swore he wasn’t a pervert, it was just that the entire city had conditioned him to poke any woman he encountered to see if there’d be any interaction.
Except for this woman, he hadn’t met one that didn’t respond.
"It’s just alright."
Chen Mang casually remarked while wandering around the casino, "Still not as good as Ai, but the body is pretty refined, with a nice slender figure and heavy makeup, quite appealing."
"There aren’t many people left in this city. I wonder who they’re hosting Black Boxing for."
"To put it bluntly, these robots can only execute preset programs and are quite different from the thinking logic of normal humans."
"Zhang Yi."
"Are you confident about your side?"
"No problem, Master Mang." Zhang Yi raised his right arm with a goofy grin, showing off his muscles: "I’ve never lost a fight."
"Rest assured."
Biaozi also chimed in to support Zhang Yi: "I’ve given these two brothers specialized training in the Combat Training Virtual Space, and they’ve gained plenty of experience in fighting now."
"How much experience?"
"Taught them Master Mang’s whole set."
"That’s quite the experience then."
Just then —
"Brothers!"
A voice full of excitement came from behind them. Chen Mang turned his head but saw no one, only the constantly moving service staff and a dealer smiling at them.
"Look down, over here."
Upon hearing the voice, he instinctively looked down and saw a dwarf man standing in front of him, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes.
"Is it you? The Train Captain of the King of Electronic Music Train?"
"It’s me."
The dwarf man spoke with some excitement: "I didn’t expect it to be you. Right at the start, I had a feeling those motorcycle riders seemed familiar."
"I really didn’t expect you to remember me. I’m now a Level 4 train, just arrived at the Shahe Plain."
"Never thought you’d advance faster, already risen to a Level 6 train heading towards a more advanced area."
Chen Mang smiled, picked up the dwarf man, and put him on a chair beside him. Then he grabbed two glasses of champagne from a passing waiter’s tray, placing one glass on the table, and pushed it over.
"Seems like we’re quite fated, this is the fourth time we’ve met."
"Fourth time?"
The dwarf man scratched his head: "Wasn’t it the second time? I think we only met once at the Tieling Wasteland gathering, right?"
"It’s the fourth time now."
Chen Mang slowly lit a cigar and chuckled: "The first time we met, it was at night. Back then, you were a Level 2 train, boldly passing by my train while blasting DJ music in the night, quite brazen. I was thinking at the time, I want to be as carefree as you someday."
"The second time was when you were being chased by a Level 3 Cannibal Spider and honked continuously as you passed by me."
"Huh?"
The dwarf man was slightly stunned, then incredulously said: "That desperately mining Level 1 train for several days, was it the Fixed Star?"
"Was it really you?!"
"When I was being chased by the Cannibal Spider, I wanted to contact you to hide in the mine as the spider was too big to get in, potentially saving your life. But you didn’t have a train radio, and I couldn’t reach you."
"I felt a bit regretful then; I never thought that train was the Fixed Star Train."
"But..."
"But I remember you didn’t enter the mine then, you drove off. Your train was clearly slower than that Level 3 Cannibal Spider. How did you survive..."
"Wait!"
The dwarf man’s eyes suddenly showed a trace of shock: "The Tieling Wasteland still doesn’t know which train killed the Level 3 Cannibal Spider of ’Taiping City.’ Was that train your Fixed Star Train?"
"Yes."
Chen Mang smiled and nodded: "Lightweight Instant Kill."
"But you were only a Level 1 train then, how did you manage it!"
"Just advanced to Level 2, so considered a Level 2 train."
The dwarf man took a deep breath and then looked at Chen Mang with a complex expression: "I only realized today, now with this encounter, we’ve seen each other four times, you’ve advanced too quickly."
"Not bad."
...
Biaozi stood on the side confusedly scratching the back of his head. It was obvious that Master Mang was enjoying himself, chatting happily with this dwarf man, yet they complimented Master Mang frequently, but he never seemed this happy before.
"Phew..."
After calming himself, the dwarf man inevitably felt a bit disheartened. He had once been ahead of the Fixed Star Train, and in the heart of the Fixed Star, he was once regarded as a big shot. He didn’t expect to be surpassed so quickly.
"Now you’re a Level 6 train, while I’m only a Level 4 train, this gap is getting..."
"It’s Level 7."
Chen Mang quietly added, "I’ve already risen to a Level 7 train."
"Already Level 7, then soon you’ll be upgrading to Level 8 train. I suppose by the time you reach Level 8, no trains at the same level will be your match."
"I’ve already taken down three Level 8 trains that came to provoke me."
"Huh?"
"When that happened, I was still a Level 6 train."
"Huh?"
The dwarf man stood frozen in place for a long time before mumbling, "Man, you boast so straightforwardly... can’t you do it more subtly?"
Chen Mang couldn’t help laughing, patting the dwarf man on the shoulder with a smile.
"I’m always straightforward."
"The map is about to finish, how are things going?"
"Not too bad."
The dwarf man said this with a somewhat difficult expression, sighing: "It was quite fun at first, I went to a ’Private Customized Custom Shop’ and got a three-meter tall girl, also helped a little girl find her cat and got a ’Free Coupon’."
"It allows anyone in Neon City to serve you."
"But I tried it, it only works for robots, not other Train Captains and their thugs."
"I was going to use it before leaving, but... always stayed weak and couldn’t use it, the map’s almost ending, so here you go."
He took out a ’Free Coupon’ from his pocket and placed it on the table, sliding it over.
"Weak?"
"Yeah, you know, as you age, your body doesn’t function as well anymore. The last time I tried, I sneezed halfway and went soft, you get what I mean, right?"
"I don’t get it, I’m still young."
Chen Mang shook his head, signaling to Zhang Yi to come over and passed a big bag of Red Heart Nuts from the fridge: "Take these home and slowly eat them, they’ll greatly replenish you. Once you leave, you basically won’t see these again, only I have them here."
And promptly pocketed the ’Free Coupon’ from the table with a smile.
"I’ll accept this gift."
"I can really use it."