Luke Field waited for two days after Raleigh Becket and the others set out, but he still hadn't waited for the moment when the wormhole would close.When the dimensional energy swallowed his figure, he had returned to his secluded laboratory.
Looking at the clock on the wall, it's been less than five days since he left.
If it weren't for the vivid and real memories and skills still etched in his mind, Luke Field would have thought it was all just a dream.
The lab's AI system detected the return of its master and began to stir, with various robots moving around, adding a bit of life to the cold and quiet laboratory.
The door to the lounge opened.
Loyal Rudd, like a big living dog, had its paws crossed, its head resting on top, lying motionless in front of the break room door. Upon seeing Luke Field walk out, it immediately stood up, approached, lowered its head, and wagged its metal tail.
"Good, deactivate the highest security protocol and tell Ina that my seclusion is over." Luke Field rubbed Rudd's metal head. He couldn't help but remember the mechanical axe head, which he had left in the Pacific Rim world and handed over control to Liwen Zhiwen. He rubbed it a couple more times, hoping Liwen Shao would take good care of it.
He casually pulled over a chair and sat down, closing his eyes to immerse his mind into his thoughts. He wanted to see what he had gained this time.
"You have completed the unlocking task."
"You have met the conditions for unlocking."
"Your talent card: Constructor Luke attributes have been updated."
"You have received two hundred and forty card draws."
"You have received a large amount of gold."
"You have obtained fragments of the manufacturing blueprint [Luke's False Body · Light] {3/5}"
A series of long-awaited prompts rushed into Luke's mind. He set them aside first. What mattered now was the updated attributes of his talent card.
Talent Card: Constructor Luke
Talent Card: Constructor Luke]
Mechanical Affinity: A- ???
{An empty mechanical throne, you are its only monarch.} Evolvable.
Manufacturing Mastery: C- ???
{You possess an innate talent to turn decay into the miraculous.} Evolvable.
Transmutation Gift: ???
{You have the ability to convert one attribute into its opposite and can bestow this ability onto your creations.} Unlocked and evolvable.
Concept Extraction: ???
{You can extract certain conceptual rules and transform them into technology to be manifested in your mechanical creations.} Can be unlocked.
Passive: The One Who Touched Earth Without a Word
{You possess an unbelievably powerful and illogical ability to create with your hands.}
Description: Constructor Luke is dead, but the technology of Heblon lives on.
Luke Field was thrilled to see that the Concept Extraction talent was listed as "can be unlocked." He eagerly clicked on it, but nothing happened.
Could it be that the unlocking task has a cooldown period? Since he just unlocked one, he couldn't unlock the next right away?
He couldn't help but wish his system were a little more interactive, like those of the older generations, offering detailed explanations to his confusion rather than silently ignoring him like a dead thing.
After several more attempts, Luke Field gave up temporarily and focused on the newly unlocked talent.
Transmutation Gift: You have the ability to convert one attribute into its opposite and can bestow this ability onto your creations. You will have unparalleled talent in energy technology. You are the master of light and darkness.
The explanation was simple, but Luke Field was very satisfied.
He even began to think of several applications for this talent in his mind. On the technological side, it was clear what could be done, but what about the magical side? What if he could convert the power of dimensional demons, like Dormammu, Shuma-Gorath, or Cyttorak, into pure harmless magical energy? Could the Ancient One really refuse that?
If he could harvest from the dimensional demons, why not have all sorcerers harvest too?
Of course, there should be some limitations on the conversion power! As someone influenced by his assistant, Ina Sandra, who had taught him to think like a capitalist, there was no harm in being a little pragmatic.
At that point, he could "squeeze the toothpaste" and release a 1.0 version first, with a small batch of the 1.0 MAX version for elite customers. Mages who wanted higher-powered conversion equipment would have to pay more.
After all, it's a monopoly business with exclusive technology.
Of course, Luke knew this would bring plenty of trouble and difficulties, along with many unforeseen accidents. But it was still a feasible technical application. Moreover, without a certain degree of self-preservation, Luke didn't want to attract too much attention or hatred from those big players.
As for how to gain that self-preservation ability, naturally, he would use the technology he gained from this to expand and arm himself as much as possible. If he could hide a few trump cards, all the better. For example, Luke's attention turned to another reward in his mind.
Luke's False Body · Light Manufacturing Blueprint [3X5].
Although the blueprint was incomplete, it didn't hinder Luke Field from applying some of the technologies within it. Especially energy technology. For someone who had just unlocked a new talent, it was only a little troublesome, but it would just take time.
Without the complete Luke's False Body · Light blueprint, if Luke wanted to pursue the energy path, the best method would naturally be the nuclear fusion technology he had accumulated. With the Constructor Luke talent, without interference and with full planetary support, with his current technological accumulation and upgraded talents, he could even directly use light energy to make something big.
But with the incomplete Luke's False Body · Light blueprint, the trump card he was preparing for himself could be even more high-tech. For instance, an almost infinite light energy core? After all, both the technology of this world and the world of Constructor Luke mixed technology and magic. The impossible could become possible, which was very promising.
...
The door to the laboratory opened, and Ina Sandra, dressed in a gray tube skirt and bare long legs, walked quickly in. Seeing the smile on Luke Field's face, she smiled and said, "Looks like your seclusion this time was quite successful."
"Has anything happened recently that might interest me, or is there something I need to handle?" Luke Field didn't reply immediately but stood up to meet her.
Ina Sandra furrowed her pretty brows slightly. "The company doesn't have anything for you at the moment, but if you're talking about something else, Tony Stark, the soul of Stark Industries, has been kidnapped and has gone missing. Would that be something you're interested in?"