A football-shaped domestic robot, its eyes flickering with red light, kept calling out.

"Please save me."

Li Cunxu pulled it out from the soil.

"How could there be a domestic robot here?"

Domestic robots usually only stay at home, and alongside this cycling path, there are only mechanical metal trees, no houses.

He also saw mechanical parts of domestic robots scattered around, and the half-melted tire of a truck.

Li Cunxu roughly guessed the truth.

This domestic robot was from a delivery truck transporting a batch of domestic robots.

"Thank you for saving me."

Rescued, the domestic robot expressed its gratitude to Li Cunxu following its programming.

With those words, it was like stirring up a hornet's nest, as a dense chorus of domestic robots' cries for help rose up from beneath the ground.

Having nothing else to do, Li Cunxu summoned Xiaoruan to dig and rescue the domestic robots buried underground.

The rescued domestic robots also joined the digging army.

The rate at which domestic robots were saved increased rapidly.

Using the signals they emitted, the domestic robots confirmed there were no more of them buried underground, and collectively thanked Li Cunxu.

"Thank you for your rescue; without you, we would be in danger."

"May I ask for your name and address, so our company can repay your kindness?"

"No need," Li Cunxu replied.

"Then we shall return to the company. Farewell."

Li Cunxu watched the domestic robots leave, but one among them caught his attention.

Out of all the robots offering thanks, one domestic robot actually bowed in gratitude.

Bowing in thanks, while not impossible for other domestic robots, was a gesture deliberately removed by the companies that manufactured them.

The benefit of doing this is that it makes it easier to differentiate high-end robots from lower-end ones.

High-end robots, being courteous and polite, convey a sense of superiority.

This helps in selling high-end robots better.

Li Cunxu pondered why that domestic robot was different from the others. Was it struck by lightning, damaging its programming, or did its mechanical soul mutate?

If it were the latter, then this domestic robot was extraordinary.

A mutation of the mechanical soul could lead to mutations in the mechanical body.

Why is it extraordinary?

Firstly, it could recreate a new species of mechanical pet beasts.

Secondly, it holds significant research value, and sending it to a research institute could fetch a reward of at least a hundred million.

Li Cunxu couldn't help but feel a twinge of regret for not having checked its panel earlier.

He quickly chased after it.

What he saw next was an unexpected scene.

The bowing domestic robot lingered behind the group of domestic robots and then quietly slipped away.

[Pet Beast]: Spherical Domestic Robot (Mechanical Soul Mutation)

[Attribute]: Metal, Electric

[Level]: Iron Level 3

[Talent]: Hidden Mechanism (Gold)

[State]: Fearful

[Skills]: Cleaning, Tidying, Vacuuming

[Potential]: Medium Lord

[Introduction]: A domestic robot that narrowly survived being struck by a spatial dark lightning during a clash with a King, undergoing a peculiar mutation.

"What kind of talent is Hidden Mechanism?"

Li Cunxu was puzzled.

As a seasoned player with forty years of gaming experience, Li Cunxu knew every legendary talent by heart, as recorded in the Alliance's Talent Record. He even knew legendary talents not included in the Talent Record.

In the late stages of the game, Li Cunxu was even involved in the compilation of the Talent Record.

Yet, not knowing about this Hidden Mechanism talent could only mean one thing.

This is an entirely new and unknown legendary talent.

At this moment, only one thought filled Li Cunxu's mind.

"I must contract with it, I must contract with it."

What if it doesn't fit the tank role for a mechanical pet?

One must be adaptable; whether it fits is not important. What's important is that it has a legendary talent, and it's an unknown new talent.

Li Cunxu tracked the domestic robot, seeing it move away from Mechanical City, enter a junkyard, and slip into a deserted corner, where the Mechanical Cleaning Company's emblem naturally fell off its chest.

Li Cunxu found this incredible.

The emblem was designed not to be forcibly removed; otherwise, it would explode. It could only be removed by the Mechanical Cleaning Company itself.

There are only three possibilities for the company to remove the emblem:

First: The Mechanical Cleaning Company's mechanical pet has been contracted.

A Beast Master cannot tolerate having such an emblem, which is a bomb and gathers information, on their pet beast.

Second: Someone important gives the order.

The Mechanical Emperor ordered a batch of the Mechanical Cleaning Company's pets and found the emblems too obtrusive, so he ordered them removed.

Dare the Mechanical Cleaning Company disobey?

Third: The pet is being disposed of. The emblem is retrieved and reused before a domestic robot is destroyed.

"How did it manage to remove the company's emblem without damaging it? Could its Hidden Mechanism be a hacker-type talent?"

Boom~

The fallen company emblem suddenly exploded.

Li Cunxu's heart skipped a beat, hoping his legendary talent mechanical pet wouldn't be blown to smithereens.

A gust of wind swept away the smoke from the explosion.

The domestic robot was unharmed, showing no signs of the explosion, as if it hadn't experienced it at all.

Li Cunxu watched closely as the pull tab from a soda can, caught by the wind, struck the domestic robot and passed right through it.

Witnessing this scene, Li Cunxu thought of the anime character Uchiha Obito's ability 'Kamui.'

Kamui can make the body intangible, immune to all attacks because it exists in another Kamui space, making it naturally unattainable as you can't hit someone in another dimension.

"Excuse me, are you satisfied with my performance?"

The domestic robot, at some point, had quietly approached Li Cunxu.

Li Cunxu felt a chill in his heart; its talent also included the ability to reduce its presence.

Though he was lost in thought, he kept an eye on the domestic robot, yet it had silently appeared before him.

Only a talent that reduces one's presence could explain this.

Not knowing why the domestic robot knew he was tracking it or why it would ask such a question, Li Cunxu answered truthfully.

"Yes, I'm satisfied!"

"Then let's make a contract!"

Li Cunxu was a bit bewildered, feeling as if someone had spoken his line.

"You want to contract with me?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Three reasons. First: they nearly killed me, but fortunately, I survived. I want to avenge the culprit behind this disaster and need like-minded companions."

Li Cunxu asked, "How do you know I'm like-minded with you, also wanting to avenge the culprit behind this disaster?"

The domestic robot replied, "Your face hides anger."

"Second: You saved me, and I want to repay my debt of gratitude. I have no money or possessions, so I can only offer myself."

The more Li Cunxu looked at the domestic robot, the more satisfied he felt. No one dislikes those who repay kindness, especially a legendary talent that repays kindness.

"Third: I have seen your excellent nurturing. You've raised a weak Slime to become so outstanding."

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