Who hid My Corpse!-Chapter 158 - : Thirty-nine your parts are installed backwards_2

Chapter 158: Thirty-nine your parts are installed backwards_2

The style of the coat seemed familiar to Gerard, so he walked to the bed, picked up the clothes, and indeed saw the familiar insignia.

“Night Star—Eric.”

Gerard immediately fell into silence.

“The living environment here is even worse than yours,” Bai Wei said slowly, “It’s hard to imagine what a child growing up in such a place would be like.”

Gerard turned his head and saw several photos next to the bed, seemingly of Eric.

He subconsciously wanted to pick them up, but his hand stopped halfway.

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“Why? Do you also think it’s not very appropriate for an old man like you to rummage through a young girl’s belongings?”

Gerard put the coat back, shaking his head, “I just don’t want to leave too many traces here, I should finish my business and leave as soon as possible.”

Having said that, Gerard turned around and walked towards the pile of machinery.

But even so, Bai Wei’s words continued to echo in his mind—It’s hard to imagine how a child grows up in such an environment.

Eric’s…daughter?

Approaching that pile of parts, Gerard took several deep breaths before temporarily pushing those thoughts aside and focusing.

“Eric was a mechanician, and a passionate one,” Gerard said slowly while searching for parts, not sure whether he was explaining to Bai Wei or reminding himself not to forget, “He personally bought this warehouse as private property, it wasn’t counted as part of Night Star’s assets, so it was never reclaimed… He always liked to come here after his regular job, to spend a day or two alone tinkering with little gadgets… like this.”

Gerard pulled out a small mechanical man from a pile of junk. Upon winding it up, the little man began to “bang bang bang” clap its hands, but the clapping sound was quieter than the “creak” of the parts aging and rusting.

“Are these also from ten years ago?” Bai Wei asked, “Can they really be of any use? And you’re not a mechanician, right? Can you handle your own body?”

“I am indeed not a mechanician, but I’m not completely ignorant about machinery,” Gerard said as he tore off a broken steel plate from his chest, which pulled at his flesh and caused pain that made him involuntarily frown, yet he bear it without groaning, “Every member of Night Star must possess a significant amount of mechanical knowledge. Before we head to the Polluted Land, we also carry some replacement parts in case there’s a mechanical failure and the mechanician is incapacitated…”

With a “bang,” he finally pulled off the steel plate, bloody like a pulled tooth.

He took a deep breath, then started rummaging through the parts, quickly finding a new steel plate of the same specification as the one he had just removed.

“Because it’s stuff from ten years ago, I can replace it,” Gerard tapped the steel plate with his finger, producing a dull sound, “Back then, the pace of equipment renewal wasn’t as rapid; these were the most advanced at the time, the same as the equipment I have on, so I can find replacements for all my gear here.”

“So if you find it, you’ll replace it?”

“Of course,” Gerard picked up another part, stating without much hesitation, “I watched Eric replace many times.”

Having said that, he paused, then hesitated again.

“I suppose…”

Half an hour later, Gerard was looking at two components in front of him that were almost seventy percent similar, and he was stumped.

Bai Wei seemed to have anticipated this and said slowly, “It seems just looking won’t do any good.”

Gerard was silent for a while, not stubbornly arguing, just sighed lightly, “Okay, indeed, it’s much harder than I imagined.”

Gerard’s situation was quite serious.

Because it wasn’t just a fault in his parts that required replacing one or two components; his problem was that the entire metal body had completely failed, needing whole sets replaced, which was beyond his knowledge. Plus, those new divine bugs had devoured entire sections, leaving him without even a reference.

“What should we do now?” Bai Wei raised his eyebrows, “Go buy a textbook from the library and learn before trying to assemble? Do you guys have that kind of ‘Three Years Mechanics, Five Years Simulation’ book?”

Gerard’s other eyebrow furrowed tightly, “What are you talking about? I haven’t heard of those… Are those also some secret I don’t know about?”

So messing around with this guy is really no fun.

Bai Wei didn’t explain the meaning of “joke” to Gerard, and he also began to ponder what to do now.

To be honest, the situation was somewhat tricky, yet not too tricky. He could use the abilities of his eyes to recreate the original structure of the metallic bodies in Gerard’s mind, and then put them together accordingly. However, doing so would further wear out Gerard’s body, and Bai Wei was counting on Gerard to cause trouble for the new god. He didn’t want him to waste his energy here meaninglessly.

But apart from that, there seemed to be no other way, especially since Bai Wei himself was clueless about Lyra’s advanced technology.

While they were pondering, the warehouse door lock clicked.

Gerard’s body instantly stiffened.

He subconsciously wanted to leave, but half of his body was still on the ground, making it impossible for him to escape.

Following a burst of brisk footsteps, he found himself locking eyes with the young girl with short, coffee-colored hair.

Then there was silence,

prolonged silence.

And Gerard, perhaps dizzy from too much blood loss, slowly said, “Don’t be nervous, I’m just… passing by.”

He then added another line.

“My body had a problem, so I thought I’d come here to borrow… no, to buy some parts, but I meant no harm.”

“I know.” Ju slowly nodded her head, “I’ve seen you.”

“Seen me? Where?”

Ju pointed at the warehouse door, “On the Wanted Notice outside.”

“Alright…” Gerard said with some resignation, “I’ll leave soon.”

“And in the photo.” Ju continued.

“What?” Gerard didn’t hear clearly.

Ju raised her hand, pointing towards the bedside, “In the photo with my dad, I’ve seen you too.”

Gerard fell silent again as he looked at the young girl in front of him and gently said, “So, you really are Eric’s daughter?”

Ju hummed a response, then didn’t back away but slowly approached Gerard, looking at him with those black eyes before softly asking, “So, are you here to kill me too?”

Gerard’s breathing paused for a moment, “Why would you say that?”

“Because everyone says, you killed my dad and caused my mom’s death,” Ju shrugged her shoulders, a gesture that seemed entirely too mature for a ten-year-old, “so it should be my turn now, right?”