Hidden Corners

New Century Building.

As soon as Li Chengyi got out of the elevator, he was slightly dazed by the scene in front of him.

In front of him was not Hongjin Company, which was orderly and orderly on weekdays, but a deserted and empty hall with no more than five people working.

"Xiaoyi, are you here?" Song Ran stood up in a corner of the office hall, holding a cup of freshly brewed instant coffee in his hand.

"Brother Song? Where's the boss? And the company??" Li Chengyi got out of the elevator and approached.

"It's all in the innermost part. The boss just gave everyone a half-day holiday today. From afternoon to night, we only need to keep a few on duty." Song Ran replied.

"Okay. It seems that something happened today?" Li Chengyi immediately realized.

"You react quickly enough." Song Ran laughed. "It was an old subordinate of the boss who came to see him. I happened to know that you wanted to know about Feiyi, so the boss asked you to come over quickly so that I could ask for some professional information. You should have a better attitude in a while, because he is professional. "

"Understood." Hearing these words, Li Chengyi also understood.

Song Ran's words seemed simple and ordinary, but they actually gave him quite a hint.

Go through the company's office lobby and walk to the door of the innermost office.

Inside, Syndra was talking to a young man with black shawl hair. The two chatted happily with natural expressions.

Hearing Li Chengyi approaching, the long-haired young man quickly turned his head and looked towards the door.

"Your people?" the young man asked suspiciously. He looked at Syndra again.

"He wants to know about Xia Feiyi's situation. Anyway, you are here, so just talk about it." Syndra smiled at Li Chengyi and replied in a low voice.

"Okay, anyway, you are the boss, you have the final say." The long-haired young man smiled.

At this moment, Li Chengyi had already entered the door. Under the signal of Syndra's eyes, he walked up to the young man and held out his hands.

"Hello, Cheng Yi."

"Ding Ning." The young man smiled and shook hands with him lightly.

"I heard from the boss that Mr. Ding can answer my doubts about Feiyi, I don't know." Li Chengyi asked softly.

"Have you tested your brain power?" Ding Ning asked.

"Not yet." Li Chengyi shook his head.

"That's right. To control the flying instrument, you need strong mental calculations and nerve reaction speed." Ding Ning motioned to sit down on the sofa next to him and talk.

"Surely you must have heard of brainwave manipulation?" He asked with a smile.

"Well, yes, the same principle applies to some children's toys." Li Chengyi nodded.

"That's it." Ding Ning continued, "The so-called brainwave manipulation is actually to finely detect the basic activity information of your cerebral cortex through special sensory components, so as to generate corresponding manipulation behaviors based on some distinctive brainwave responses."

"That is to say, it's not a super power of mind ability?" Li Chengyi was stunned.

Even in the memory of his predecessor, brain wave manipulation is an extremely mysterious method, and the specific principles of it are not understood by ordinary people at all.

Hearing Ding Ning's explanation at this time, he immediately understood.

"Basically, where does the power of mind come from in this world? It all depends on technology." Ding Ning said with a smile, "Technology is the primary productive force. The so-called brain waves are actually brain waves. The omnicist that has been circulating on the Internet for a long time is this one." typical example."

"So, the essence of the flying instrument is actually equivalent to the brainwave control of a drone?" Li Chengyi said in an analogy.

"Understanding is correct!" Ding Ning nodded, "Change the drone we usually play into a weapon-type drone that is faster, more aggressive, and faster to respond. It is the so-called omnicist, that is, Flying instrument."

"Flying instrument, flying instrument, is actually a flying instrument."

"Flying instrument." After Li Chengyi understood this, many situations suddenly appeared in his mind.

"So, from this point of view, any omnicist or pilot of a flying device needs a very troublesome logistics support team to ensure the absolute stability of his flying device?"

"Generally, because there are few things to maintain and guarantee for flying instruments, in terms of logistics, a powerful omnicist can solve it himself." Ding Ning replied, "So why do you think an omnicist is called a teacher? Not a pilot who controls a drone. Hands, that's the reason."

"So that's how it is." Li Chengyi's eyes revealed a sudden look.

"I heard from the boss that you also want to become an omnicist?" Ding Ning asked.

"Well, I have some ideas, but I also know it's difficult. So I just want to try." Li Chengyi showed a somewhat embarrassed expression.

"Actually, it's not a big problem." Ding Ning affirmed easily, "You'll know when you go to the Mental Calculation Center. For this profession, you'd better develop slowly from the amateur route at the beginning, and try it out first. Our profession , The brain power is not bad, as long as the response is not too slow to be exaggerated, you can use it. Computing power or something, you don’t need any complicated computing power to play with the most basic old model flying instrument.”

"Then why are people like this?" Before Li Chengyi could finish his question, Ding Ning interrupted.

"Because of money." Ding Ning smiled, "The profession of an omnic is just one word: burning money! Even the most basic flying instrument, brain wave control terminal, and basic protective force field suit cost tens of millions. It’s just the beginning. You need to hire a professional pilot to deal with the constant adjustment, maintenance and modification later on.”

Having said that, Ding Ning took out a fiery red knife from his coat pocket.

The knife is only about the length of a palm, and looks extremely delicate and delicate.

"Here, this is my flying instrument—the fire sickle. You can take it and have a look."

He handed the knife to Li Chengyi.

Li Chengyi took the knife carefully and examined it carefully.

This fire sickle knife is like a mechanical knife composed of many delicate mechanical parts.

"Assembled with so many parts, will this thing fall apart easily?" He sincerely asked his doubts.

"Well, good question." Ding Ning smiled, "So this is the job of my pilot. Every time it is used three times, the small knife of the fire scythe must return to be adjusted and overhauled by the pilot."

"Are all omnicists like this?" Li Chengyi frowned.

"Almost, I'm normal. Go to the Brain Power Calculation Center, which will measure your upper limit. They will tell you how far you can go. If you continue to enter the Omnician after being informed of the situation. One line, then you have a lot of money, and no one will say anything about you." Ding Ning took out a scythe again, spread it lightly in the palm of his hand, and then without a sound, the scythe and knife floated up, with a faint red thread emitting from the end.

"The anti-gravity module is still very expensive. This is a high-tech product that can only be produced in the self-circulating city. Therefore, in order to prevent technology leakage, the maintenance of omnicists can only be carried out in the self-circulating city."

"Mr. Ding's two scythes, can you disclose the price?" Li Chengyi couldn't help but asked.

"One piece is 20 million yuan, and each maintenance is 1 million yuan. The service life is about 50 times. If the target hardness is very high, it means that it needs to be redone after one use." Ding Ning quickly replied, it's nothing Very secretive.

"." Li Chengyi thought that he had already overestimated the cost, but he didn't expect it to be so high.

"Do you think it's too exaggerated and too expensive?" Ding Ning stood up. "Do you want to see the basic speed of the flying instrument?"

He gently raised his hand and looked at Li Chengyi with a smile on his face.

"Is it possible?" Li Chengyi raised his heart in anticipation, and also stood up.

"Of course, it's just to test the speed, there is no loss." Ding Ning nodded.

"Then I will trouble you!" Li Chengyi nodded seriously.

How strong Fei Yi is, he hopes to see it with his own eyes.

"Then... let's use this cup as an imaginary enemy." Ding Ning raised the water cup in his hand and smiled.

call.

Suddenly, he gently tossed the milky white one-ear water glass into the air.

The water glass threw a light curve in the air, and after rising to the highest point, it began to fall.

laugh!

In an instant, a little red light flashed and passed through the middle of the water glass.

Before Li Chengyi could even react, it was over.

With a snap, Ding Ning accurately caught the water glass with one hand, and put it in front of Li Chengyi with a smile.

In the center of the cup, there was a long, narrow, scorched black crack suddenly.

The crack was about the size of a fingernail, and most importantly, it didn't crack the cup.

"The initial velocity of a bullet from a normal pistol can reach the speed of sound the moment it leaves the muzzle." Ding Ning explained, "Of course my scythe cannot reach the speed of sound."

"Then..." Li Chengyi recovered from the shock and wanted to ask.

"It's almost half the speed of sound." Ding Ning interrupted him with a gentle smile. "The speed of the scythe is about half the speed of sound, and this is not its limit, but mine."

"The limit speed that I can control freely is almost the point. No matter how fast it is, it will naturally be faster, but if I can't control it, the lethality will drop sharply, and I may even accidentally injure myself. The loss outweighs the gain."

Li Chengyi was silent.

He suddenly thought of his sister Li Chengjiu, she was taking the exam for the Omnician certificate, so it seems that she might also have Feiyi.

Since Feiyi is so expensive, what does she rely on to obtain it?

Relying on this little support at home?

It's okay if you didn't know it before, but now that you know it, Li Chengyi knows that even the basic consumption of Feiyi is enough for the family's capital.

Thinking of this, he simply asked Ding Ning his doubts.

"This kind of model also exists. There are many talented young people who perform well and can accept some capital or influence investment. This can reduce the cost to a very low level. After all, there are many capital groups and they have their own support. As an instrument pilot, the cost of maintaining an instrument is also much lower than that of ordinary people."

Ding Ning replied.

"There are also some universities that can also rent. The price of renting a flying instrument is much cheaper. But most of these rented ones are one or several generations behind the models on the market. At most, they can be used to practice and get familiar with."

"I see." Li Chengyi nodded knowingly.

"Although I don't know if you can become one of us, I still want to warn you in advance." Ding Ning said seriously with a restrained smile on his face.

"Please tell me."

"That is, before becoming an omnic, you don't have to care about it, but after becoming an omnic, you'd better supervise every maintenance in person. Don't be lazy and let go completely."