Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 109: Detailed Explanation of New Equipment

Eldest Young Master Pei served Wang Wenze another bowl of rice, watching the two who were devouring the leftovers like a gale sweeping across the table. He sat beside the dining table, opening bottled water for them while asking, "Slow down, are you two coming straight from the bureau? Is there anything urgent?"

Wang Wenze unceremoniously took the bottled water from Pei Yan’s hand, drank more than half of it to settle the food in his stomach, and then burped contentedly. Then, his gaze landed on Zhao Yuanhu, who was sitting in another corner of the room, and he nodded towards her, asking, "Who’s this?"

"Oh, this is my new partner, Zhao Yuanhu. Zhao Yuanhu, this is my roommate Wang Wenze, and this here is Liang Qian." Pei Yan quickly stood up and pointed to the two beside him to introduce them to Zhao Yuanhu.

After the three had introduced themselves and exchanged pleasantries, Wang Wenze took out three unclaimed rings from his pocket, slapped them on the table, and breathed out, saying, "Put them on."

Pei Yan picked up the jade ring from the table, holding it in his palm with a puzzled expression, "But I already have a ring? And why are there so many!"

"Don’t mention it. For you, Liang Qian and I have specifically been issued an extra ring. This is a modified ring; it doesn’t have the property of automatically storing clothes as the suit, but the storage capacity is greatly increased. Just wear it." Wang Wenze said, placing the last bit of stir-fried garlic scape and meat on Liang Qian’s bowl, who raised her head with dissatisfaction but eventually lowered it and swept the food away under Wang Wenze’s insistent gaze.

Pei Yan ignored their public display of affection and filled all fingers of his right hand except the thumb with rings, responding, "Alright."

"Good! We’ve finished eating too. Come help move the table and make some space in the room." Wang Wenze nodded, raised his hand to clear the dishes, and said. With Wang Wenze’s arrival, Ye Jiumu and others hadn’t left. Seeing him speak up, they hurriedly helped, tidying up the room in no time.

Wang Wenze stood on the empty space inside the room, gently rubbing the ring on his finger with his thumb. After a flash of light, large boxes appeared out of thin air, filling the already small room to the brim.

After removing the inscriptions belonging to his ring from the equipment, Wang Wenze patted the box and instructed, "We’re just errand couriers; these things are ordered by the bureau to be delivered to you immediately; sign for them, Eldest Young Master Pei!"

Pei Yan approached and touched the instruments. He recognized them from when Engineer Li visited him with some of these instruments shortly after recovering in the period after Chinese New Year, but at that time, he was not yet capable of absorbing these pieces of equipment and had to wait patiently until his awakening breakthrough to attempt it.

"I can’t use these now, can I? What’s the rush? Even if my ability has improved, it’s not too late to absorb them when I return to the bureau." Although saying so, Pei Yan complied with Wang Wenze’s suggestion and honestly absorbed these pieces of equipment into his ring.

Wang Wenze shrugged, equally puzzled, and replied, "How would I know what the higher-ups think? We were instructed to ensure these things are delivered to you by hand. Oh, have electronic control methods been implemented here? Can it communicate electronically with the outside?"

Standing aside, Shangxing looked at the equipment inside the room, glanced at the pond outside, and said thoughtfully, "Yes, it doesn’t use the bureau’s usual methods. It’s controlled by Pei Yan’s ability, and communication with the outside world is fine."

"That’s good. After receiving these pieces of equipment, have a video call with Engineer Li; he has some things to teach you about these devices." Said Liang Qian, having finished washing dishes with Xia Yu, and drying her hands as she stepped out of the kitchen.

An hour later, Pei Yan finally received all items brought by Wang Wenze and Liang Qian from their rings and then conducted a video call with Engineer Li from the bureau using the laptop Wang Wenze brought.

The remaining few people, seeing the matter had reached a halt, didn’t linger to watch Pei Yan in the room and thus Wang Wenze and Ye Jiumu set up the Jiezhi Space outside the house, entered to arrange sleeping bags to prepare for the night’s rest, while the three girls stood by the pond chatting, getting to know each other more deeply. In conversation, Zhao Yuanhu occasionally turned her head towards the room, Xia Yu and Liang Qian exchanged a knowing smile silently, and nobody broke the conversation flow.

On the other end of the video call, Engineer Li pointed at the photo in his hand and asked, "Pei Yan, do you see these ten or so boxed items of uniform size?"

"I see them, Engineer Li. I remember them!" Pei Yan nodded respectfully. Despite his dissatisfaction with Gu Shenghui, in the investigation bureau, Pei Yan still held respect for Engineer Li, Hu Wenjun, Elder Lin, and others. Especially Engineer Li, who although claims that mutual benefit exists between them, has genuinely contributed to Pei Yan’s ability enhancement, and his spirit of dedication to research earned Pei Yan’s admiration.

Engineer Li placed the photo on the table, rubbed his hands excitedly, and said with a slightly flushed face and tone of voice laden with anticipation, "These were designed by me in collaboration with other units, specifically for you—a system of artificial intelligence with computational power and sophistication far beyond the computers you’ve absorbed before. Although these are not the most advanced globally or nationally, they are the best I can provide for you currently. Pei Yan, I am very eager to see what extraordinary evolution and reaction will occur after you absorb these products."

"Great! If my ability enhances enough to absorb these products, I will report the usage results to you as soon as possible." Pei Yan smiled knowing Engineer Li’s curiosity and exploratory spirit were aroused. Xia Yu had jokingly said Engineer Li looks at Pei Yan as though he’s a lab mouse waiting to undergo an experiment, which Pei Yan does not deny. If being a lab mouse can boost his strength, why not?

Engineer Li, while talking, took out a second photo and pointed at a very small box, asking, "Do you see this one?"

Pei Yan squinted his eyes at it for a while, nodding after he recognized the eye-like mark on the box because he had indeed received several boxes of that size.

Engineer Li then pulled out an identical box from his office drawer, opened it to reveal two thin slices resembling contact lenses, saying, "Inside are semi-finished retinal chips developed by the bureau, theorized to be combinable with the artificial intelligence systems you’ve absorbed. In reality, technology doesn’t yet allow for this. You can try experimental integration once your capacity increases. If useful, keep using them; if not, let us know the results."

"No problem!" Pei Yan faithfully memorized Engineer Li’s words and agreed.

Engineer Li nodded in satisfaction and proceeded to extract several more photographs from the file beside him, displaying them to Pei Yan one by one. "Alright, here are the items in these following boxes."