Reboot: Mechanic

With the task now being handed to him forcefully, Shi Tian wanted to refuse it. 

Alas, Mary didn't give him any opportunity and outright dashed toward the exit door, bidding her farewell.

And with a loud bang, the door shut tightly, leaving only Shi Tian and Vanessa in the apartment room.

Smiling bitterly, Shi Tian really wanted to curse Mary for leaving him alone. 

'I should have showered longer or not even bothered returning back so quickly.' Shi Tian exclaimed inwardly, feeling as if he had made consecutive mistakes that had led to this scene. 

"Hmm, that Mary sure is in a rush to leave just like this. Don't you think, Nathan?"

While Shi Tian was pondering what to do, he heard Vanessa speaking in quite an irritable tone. It was as if she knew this was going to happen and was now ready to "torture" him. 

After all, this was now a reversed situation in which the one needing help this time was him and not her.

And given his track record, especially how he treated her previously, he would be a fool to believe Vanessa would simply agree to his request without making any difficulty. 

Turning around, Shi Tian kept his composure and scratched his head. 

"So about Ancient Technology, I'm sure Mary must have informed you earlier, right?" He asked awkwardly. 

Vanessa nodded her head. 

"Mary did inform me about it, and I rejected it already." She responded, yawning in the process as she stood up. 

"If you're just going to say the same thing, then my answer is the same. I'm going to return to my room now." She added. 

"Okay then, shall I buy you some Minasarus meat while you wait in the room? I'm sure the food in the refrigerator isn't ideal now." Shi Tian suggested. 

"Do I look like the type to always eat such meat? Or do you want to fatten me up instead?" 

"..."

Although knowing that she was being difficult on purpose, there was nothing else he could do about it. 

Who told him to be at a disadvantage? 

However, that was only applicable to normal people, and he was most definitely abnormal.

"I see, since you don't want it, then forget about it." Shi Tian said straightforwardly and walked to the workshop room decisively. He didn't even bother stopping or walking slowly to wait for her response.

A few seconds later, Shi Tian entered the workshop room and shut the door, astonishing Vanessa.

"Huhhhhhhh?" It only took her a while before Vanessa realized what had just occurred. "This bitch actually went to the workshop room and ignored me completely." 

She was agitated, but more importantly, she was stunned by his action. 

Who would react like that when they are on the receiving end? 

Does he truly not care or was he planning something? 

No matter what, Vanessa was infuriated by the lack of sincerity coming from him. Making a "hmph" sound, Vanessa angrily returned to her room, and she made sure to shut the door real loud, even louder than Mary.

Her purpose was obvious. She wanted to let Shi Tian hear that she was furious. 

And naturally, Shi Tian heard the door shutting real loud, but feigned ignorance. 

'Go ahead and get mad. If I really acted like what normal people would do, then who knows how much crap I must do to convince you.' Shi Tian sneered inwardly.

He wasn't going to lower himself when he didn't have to do so.

If worst comes to worst, then he would simply give her up to the Crimson Mage, or even better, her enemies. At that time, let's see if she would still refuse to help them. 

Sometime later, Shi Tian had long forgotten Vanessa and was working on a new project that he had thought about. 

After going through many troubles and seeing how Mary was able to bulldoze her way into the wilderness thanks to her Iron Sentinel function, Shi Tian was curious whether or not he could recreate something similar. 

Of course, it wouldn't be the size of the Iron Sentinel, but more of a mini version that could be stored in a pocket.

The Iron Sentinel was simply too flashy and big, so if there was ever a narrowed passage such as the time when they discovered a bunch of Gilaso eggs, the Iron Sentinel wasn't able to detect or scan it due to the terrain. 

"Luckily I have inspected the Iron Sentinel for a bit to understand its properties. Otherwise, I would have to begin from scratch, starting from the foundation." Shi Tian muttered, taking out a piece of diagram that he had secretly drawn and stored in the Dimension Ring.

Given that it was going to be a new product and his first attempt at creation, he didn't want others to know about it. 

Looking at the diagram closely, Shi Tian read his notes carefully. The notes were technically descriptions of what he saw and the interior of the Iron Sentinel. 

And despite it not being detailed or technical, it was good enough pointers of what he needed to focus on. 

The Iron Sentinel function of scanning does not rely on satellites and was more of a transmission between frequency and signals. 

The frequency was the detection of the number of waves that it had detected in a limited range of distance, which was able to give a measure of who was there or what was going on. 

As for the signal, it does not matter what information was received: Analog or digital information is collected altogether directly into the system database.

Once the information is collected, it would then be compressed through an extensive usage of code, deleting all unnecessary data while keeping the relevant ones. 

"Ugh, this is the troubling part." Shi Tian muttered, feeling a headache about how to approach this part. 

He does not have the source code, meaning that he would need to create the code from scratch without any reference if he wanted to keep it a secret. And everyone knows coding is a pain in the butt.