14. Murimdongdo Old Old Age Buff (5)
14. Murimdongdo Old Old Age Buff (5) – Are you bringing this in?
In the sterile transplant surgery room inside the direct thought workshop, Fabiola, wearing a clean gown, opened her mouth to Seolyeong, who was lying inside the capsule while checking the capsule for the internal drive transplant surgery.
“You’re lucky.”
“Me?”
“Then who else would there be besides you? If it’s a top-tier internal drive with an output efficiency of 95%, it’s worth calling it. Of course, it was possible to make it thanks to me, but I can’t deny that luck played a small part in it.”
“oh.”
Calling it worth it? Serin’s ears perked up. It was almost a reflex reaction. Seeing her like that, Fabiola added in a voice that did not hide her pity.
“Just in case, this internal energy drive is customized to optimize your body and blood flow, so leave your stupid thoughts at that.”
“······I don’t think so.”
“Oh my. The spirit of the bottom is all the same.”
Fabiola openly laughed and mocked him. Even though Serin’s forehead blushed at his attitude that was not good enough to be called good, he didn’t show any signs of anger. After all, he didn’t have the kind of personality that would have an anger management problem to talk back right before the surgery.
Fabiola flipped through the charts, not knowing whether she was aware of her condition or not, but clearly knowing.
“Well, it’s true that I’m lucky. I think you said you’re from the Sacheondang family? QIOS’s performance is so outstanding that there was no need to upgrade it separately.”
If it had been a normal ronin-turned-unmanned unit, the internal energy drive’s output would have been unmanageable by the internal energy integrated operation system, QIOS, and would have overflowed. In that case, it would have been necessary to modify the limiter to limit the output.
No matter how good the output of the internal drive is, if the computational power of QIOS cannot handle it, it is meaningless. If you risk a short circuit and overclock QIOS, you may be able to get the full output, but even then, it will only last a few minutes or a few tens of seconds.
However, the exclusive QIOS that only the direct descendants of the Sacheondang family could use was easily calculating the massive flow of energy emitted by the highest-level internal energy drive. In other words, even though the hardware of the internal energy drive may not have been attractive, the software, QIOS, was originally something that was worthy of the name of a prestigious martial arts family.
QIOS, whose abilities are limited due to its output. If you add a top-tier internal drive to it, it will be able to fully unleash its full potential. Although Fabiola may not know about Serin’s abilities as a warrior, she at least has a firm grasp of his abilities as a warrior.
‘Maybe in a few years I’ll be able to become a fairly famous master.’
But that was none of Fabiola’s business. What was important to her was the achievement of creating a top-class internal drive with 95 percent efficiency, and Mokjin, a great comrade who could empathize with the ancients’ sensibilities.
“The transplant surgery takes about twelve hours, including regaining consciousness. Since QIOS has good expandability, there is no need for detailed adjustments. To help the blood flow adapt, you can just turn on the Unki Breakfast mode twice a day for a week. Any questions?”
“Is this safe?”
“You’ve been eating knife rice for so many years and you’ve never had a transplant… Oh, I said no. Excuse me.”
That kid seems to be doing that on purpose. Se-ryeong internally groaned at the sight of Fabiola not showing any sign of remorse.
“This is the highest-end model among capsules for transplant surgery. It’s more than enough for you. I’ll be watching the progress of the surgery in case of any unexpected situations like rejection, so you don’t need to worry about anything unnecessary.”
“······Oh, yes. Then that’s fine.”
“good.”
Then I’ll see you after the surgery. As soon as Fabiola heard Serin’s answer, she quickly closed the capsule by pressing the panel as if she was annoyed.
Inside the capsule, where the outside was not visible, Serin let out a small breath.
“after.”
‘What should I do from now on······.’
Since Jegal Se and Namgung Se have been defeated, it will not be easy for them to move freely in the future. They may not be at the level of sending out a pursuit party, but once they enter their territory, they will try to trample on them.
So, for now, the most urgent task is to avoid the surveillance net of the Sega and travel around the outer galaxy to build up strength. Only then will you have the choice of whether to seek revenge or not.
‘Ha, is this a life of escape?’
I always think about it, but the life of a fugitive is miserable, beggarly, and lonely.
But Serin laughed. This situation was something Serin had never dreamed of.
‘I never thought a day like this would come.’
Although he was famous, he was still a low-life living off of the bounty money of scavengers. He had no time to think about the future in an environment where he had to worry about the cost of fuel for the spaceship.
In the years since I entered the world of martial arts, I had no time to even think about revenge, but who would have thought that in just a few months, I would have this opportunity and be preparing for revenge?
‘It must be thanks to Mr. Mokjin.’
She had no choice but to admit it.
That all changed after meeting Mokjin.
Although he may seem like an ancient man who can be a bit stuffy at times, he is a very dependable man to be around.
Even though he was a bit squeamish with his words, wasn’t he the person who ended up being on my side until the end due to a small connection?
‘After the surgery, I need to get you a bottle of good alcohol.’
She felt the tingling sensation at the back of her neck and the sensation of the sleeping pills kicking in. Se-ryeong fell into a deep sleep before she could even think of the name of the drink she would buy for Mok-jin.
“It’s not very good.”
Sunja, who had been connected to Gangho Net with her hand on the external connection terminal, opened her eyes and made a serious expression. Cheongwon, who was working at the desk across from her, raised his head at her words.
“What’s going on?”
“The dragon’s nest has moved.”
“Dragon’s Nest?”
“This is the Milky Way cruiser that Jegal Se-ga’s White Dragon Force uses as its base. It was seen leaving the Shaanxi system a few days ago for an external galaxy, and it just showed up in the Qigong system a little while ago.”
Cheongwon’s face also became serious at the mention of Baekryongdae. Since he has not personally participated in the martial arts world, he does not know much about Baekryongdae, but he at least knows that it is one of the three heavenly kingdoms that the Zhuge family is proud of.
They showed up in the Qigongseong world? Why at this particular time? It was too coincidental to be dismissed as a coincidence. Cheongwon, who had gathered his thoughts for a moment, cautiously opened his mouth.
“······Isn’t it just for simple maintenance purposes?”
Given the circumstances, it’s not really strange for a dragon’s nest to appear in this qigong system. The qigong shop not only deals with weapons and internal energy drives, but also with spaceships ridden by unmanned personnel. It could be that they came simply because the galaxy cruiser needed maintenance, or perhaps they stopped by to re-equip the weapons and equipment of the White Dragon members.
And above all, the enemy’s power was too much for them to have come to target them. No matter how great Mok-jin was, there were only three of them. Excluding Sun-ja, who was a non-combatant, there were only two.
Among those two, isn’t Seryeong’s skill level almost nothing compared to Mokjin’s? Cheongwon judged that Baekryongdae would not be targeting them based on common sense.
Even so, isn’t it an overreaction for the Baekryongdae, one of the three heavenly forces symbolizing the Zhuge Liang family, to come out against just two people?
But Sunja shook her head firmly, as if mocking the idea of such a petition.
“I don’t think so. They are moving slowly, but they are going in the opposite direction of the workshop that was previously known to be dealing with the Baekryongdae. The dragon’s nest is heading straight for us. They are probably after Wang Eonni or Mokjin.”
“Hmm.”
Cheongwon swallowed his breath. It was clear that when he was negotiating with Seryeong and his party a few days ago, Cheongwon himself had mentioned that there might be an attack by Jegal Se-ga while he was creating the internal energy drive.
But that was just an extreme example to gain the upper hand in negotiations. Would Zhuge Liang, who was not crazy, risk a clash with the Qigongbang, the heart of the martial arts world’s technological prowess, and attack it just because of a ronin with no connections?
But that’s what was actually happening.
‘Was I accepting the deal for nothing?’
After the deal is completely finished, that is, after the transplantation of the internal energy drive is complete, there is no problem. After the deal is finished, whether Serin dies or not is none of your business.
However, at least until the internal drive transplant surgery was completed, there was a duty to protect Serin. This was because ensuring the safety of the customer was also related to the issue of trust in the workshop. Who would entrust their work to a workshop that could not even guarantee the safety of the customer?
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‘It’s frustrating. I can’t contact Fabiola until the transplant surgery is finished.’
It was a very painful situation for someone who had enemies in the martial arts world and had to fight against Jegal Se-ga. Cheong-won blamed himself for accepting the deal when he unexpectedly got caught up in a relationship of favor.
But right now, it was more valuable to think about the future situation rather than useless self-reproach. Cheongwon took a deep breath and gathered his thoughts before opening his mouth.
“For now, I will request protection from the Qigongbang General Corps. However, since the Jegal family is moving so openly, it would be best not to have high expectations.”
“I know. Just putting the minimum amount of pressure on the Jegal family will be enough. Please.”
“······All right.”
Couldn’t the world’s greatest Jegal Se-ga have thought of such a measure? Some kind of measure must have already been taken. Since both Cheong-won and Sun-ja were not fools, they could have guessed that much.
Cheongwon narrowed his brows and thought for a moment, then looked at Sunja and opened his mouth.
“······If they are after you, there are two actions they can take. They can block the only radiation route leading to the Direct Instinct Workshop and hold out until you come out, or they can invade the Direct Instinct Workshop directly.”
The former takes a long time but has fewer aftereffects, while the latter is certain and ends quickly but has a high possibility of aftereffects. Considering the relationship with the Qigongbang, it would naturally be the former, but considering the negative public opinion caused by unnecessary gossip, the possibility of choosing the latter could not be ignored.
“If you block the radiation route as expected and then bring in a radio ship to request a radio mission, I would be grateful.”
Since Mok Jin is one of the best martial artists in the vast universe, she has the best chance of winning if it’s a formal match. Since she has yet to witness Mok Jin’s power, she cannot calculate the result if she were to face Baekryongdae, but Sunja does not think Mok Jin is at a level where he can be easily defeated.
“The problem is, if you plan on going straight into the direct attack room······. Are there any defensive facilities installed here?”
If the dock is not opened here and the siege is held, Jegal Se-ga will have no choice but to directly invade the fort by taking small assault ships. And such assault ships can all be dealt with with defensive facilities before they invade the fort.
Cheongwon answered Sunja’s question.
“There are old mass cannons and energy cannons that were installed in the past to intercept debris, but······.. the problem is that there is no manpower to operate them.”
“Aren’t there any security personnel?”
“Since Lady Fabiola took over this place and renamed it the Directive Workshop, it has been operated mostly on automation with only a minimal number of personnel. Most of the defensive weapons are also linked to the automatic interception system. However, the interception system is so simple that it won’t be of much help unless you operate it yourself.”
It was a natural story. In the first place, there was no way that the Jiknyeom Gongbang, located in the center of the Gi Gongbang constellation, would have considered an external invasion. In order to intercept space debris that was difficult to block with a shield, they installed only the basic interception system that was commonly available.
“That’s enough.”
But that was enough for Sunja.
Because she wasn’t your average android.
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Like the Serin’s internal energy drive, internal energy drives of a certain level or higher are designed to optimize the owner’s body from the beginning. This is because internal energy efficiency is best achieved that way.
Usually, wandering martial artists often have problems with the imbalance between their internal energy drive and QIOS. Basically, they tend to improve the performance of QIOS. Large sects are relatively free from such problems because their QIOS designs are so well-made.
If the performance of the internal drive is better than QIOS, you can temporarily overclock QIOS to maximize the potential of the internal drive. However, this QIOS overclock is not only difficult to maintain for a long time, but also has very serious side effects. If you are unlucky, your brain may short-circuit and you may become an idiot. Nevertheless, its power is certain, so the Safa/Heukdo unmanned people who are full of Safa/Heukdo sensibilities that live only for today do not hesitate to overclock.
The QIOS for the Sichuan Dangga direct line is one of the highest rated QIOS of all time, and can handle most internal power drives without any fine tuning or modification, unless they are core-level internal power drives.
Neither Cheongwondo nor Fabiola could have imagined that the Jegal family would really attack.
Fabiola and Serin are focused on the transplant surgery and are unaware of the attack by the Jegal family.
The Qigongbang General Corps does not have its own military force, but it cannot upset the balance of the martial arts world, so it is maintained at the level of a security force. Usually, friction with the outside world is resolved diplomatically.
In the case of a standoff over a stronghold in the martial arts world, the attackers usually invade the stronghold in small, unarmed assault ships, and the defenders use various defensive facilities in the stronghold to shoot down the assault ships before they can reach the base. Of course, if the defenders are more numerous and have stronger martial arts skills, this does not happen.
Mass cannons and energy cannons fire at medium to large targets such as meteors or space debris, crushing them into small pieces. The crushed smaller pieces of debris are usually blocked by shields.
Fabiola’s workshop has no more than twenty full-time employees. This is because Fabiola likes quiet, and because there is no need to hire people and pay them a salary for work that can be done automatically.
