Entering the room, a strong smell of engine oil immediately greeted them.
There was nothing strange, just a scattering of parts piled up in the corner.
Xing Meng recognized most of these parts; they were all disassembled from ordinary cars.
However, she couldn't understand the meaning behind the boss collecting these parts. Although ordinary cars still existed in this world, compared to Mecha Girl, they were like antiques from the last century, and a Mecha Girl Modifier shop shouldn't have them.
Shouldn't he just directly use Modification Cores?
Xing Meng looked at the boss rummaging through the pile of parts, already feeling a sense of dread, as if she had boarded a pirate ship.
Meanwhile, Su Chen was contemplating as he rummaged—the key to improving a racing car's speed lies in optimizing power output, reducing weight, improving aerodynamics, and grip.
Given his limited resources, he could only adopt the simplest and most economical solution.
Soon, he found several ABS plastic sheets from the pile of parts.
"Alright, transform into your car body," he said, holding the ABS plastic sheets in front of the operating table and tilting his head slightly. "Before we officially begin the modification, I need to measure the front of your car."
"Ah? What... no, I can't, I can't take off my clothes, meow..."
Xing Meng clasped her hands over her chest, her snow-white cat ears drooping, almost hidden in her silver-white long hair.
Her tail also wrapped restlessly around her left leg, its tip trembling slightly. Her light blue eyes darted around, not daring to meet Su Chen's gaze.
"What is it?" Su Chen looked bewildered. "I'm not asking you to take off your clothes, I'm asking you to transform into your car body."
"Oh, I'm sorry, meow... I was just overthinking..." Xing Meng blushed deeply.
She had been so immersed in her paranoid delusions that she blurted it out without even hearing what the boss was saying.
She obediently stood in the center of the room and transformed into her car body form.
Lights and shadows shifted before Su Chen's eyes, and then a sleek, dazzling white sports car appeared.
"Cool!" he couldn't help but exclaim.
Xing Meng's car body form had the feel of a Bugatti Divo from his previous life.
He walked around Xing Meng once, already having a basic modification plan in mind.
"How is it, meow? Can it be modified?" The girl's timid voice sounded from inside the car.
Su Chen glanced at the car window and saw Xing Meng's human form lying prone in front of the cockpit, her raised buttocks and limbs, glowing with the faint light of electronic components, integrated with the racing car's chassis. A fiber optic cable connected to the steering wheel inside the cockpit ran along her spine.
Normally, the driver would sit in the cockpit, controlling the Mecha Girl, with a beautiful view before their eyes.
He once again marveled at how well fed the racers in this world were.
"It can be modified."
He walked to the rear of the car and habitually placed his hand on the trunk lid.
The girl's shy voice suddenly exploded: "Ah~ Don't touch me randomly, meow! It tickles!"
Su Chen: "..."
He really hadn't expected a Mecha Girl' car body form to have such acute senses.
"Sorry," he withdrew his hand and quickly changed the subject. "I'm going to install a custom front lip and rear wing for you. Due to limited materials, I can only use ABS plastic sheets. Additionally, I'll use PVC sheets to cover the exposed parts of your chassis... Do you understand what I mean? You should, after all, you are..."
There was no response for a long time.
Su Chen had no choice but to walk to the car window.
He saw the girl looking confused, with wisps of white smoke rising from her head, muttering softly, "No, I don't understand, meow, it's so complicated, meow..."
Su Chen: "..."
Is this creature really a Mecha Girl? How can she not understand any of this professional knowledge?
Never mind.
Su Chen shook his head, quickly finished measuring Xing Meng, and then took the materials to the operating table for a series of cutting and gluing.
In less than an hour.
The two front lips and rear wings were completed.
Su Chen held them up, comparing them, a slight smile playing on his lips: "Still got it!"
They say the Modifier is the core of a team; a brilliant Modifier can solve ninety-nine percent of a team's problems.
Then for a top Modifier like him, calling him the team's living Buddha isn't an exaggeration, is it?
"The parts are ready, I'll install them for you."
Without waiting for Xing Meng's reply, he had already walked to the front of the car, bent down, and clipped the front lip onto the car's front, one on each side.
"Ah~♦!" The girl in the car hummed, her voice strange.
Su Chen didn't care about that.
He then went to the back of the car and, with a 'click', clipped on the rear wing as well.
"Mew~♦!"
Su Chen was speechless. Are Mecha Girl always so jumpy?
The function of the front lip is to reduce lift at the front of the car, while the rear wing increases downforce.
Once these two are installed, the racing car's grip naturally increases, and its speed goes up.
Next, he used a jack to lift the car body and completely covered the chassis with PVC sheets, aiming to reduce air turbulence.
The entire process, needless to say, was accompanied by Xing Meng's squeals and shouts.
What should have been a simple installation process left Su Chen covered in sweat.
【Main Quest 1.0 completed — Talent unlocked: God's Hand】
A light screen suddenly popped up in his vision, instantly dispelling Su Chen's frivolous thoughts.
"Oh, it's judged as complete? So what kind of talent is this <God's Hand>? Can it turn stones into gold for me?"
The thought had just formed in his mind.
He then saw Xing Meng's front lip, rear wing, and the PVC sheets on her chassis covered by a faint glow.
Finally, they converged on the ground into a white cube emitting an electronic light.
"Modification Core?!"
Su Chen exclaimed.
The modifications he made for Xing Meng had turned into a Modification Core right before his eyes?
Even without any prompts, he instantly understood the function of <God's Hand>.
—Any modification he made for a Mecha Girl would eventually converge into a Modification Core.
And the cube before him was an 【Aerodynamic Component】 Modification Core.
He picked up the Modification Core, and the mechanical patterns on the Modification Core immediately glowed with a milky white light, while electronic text appeared on the Modification Core.
【Unnamed <Aerodynamic Component> Modification Core】
【Positive effect: Speed + 5】
【Negative effect: Stability - 1, Cornering - 2, Collision Resistance - 1】
【Special effect: Cup size + 1 cup, Hip circumference + 10】
【Grade: White】
【This Modification Core was made by you. Please name the Modification Core】
The prompt on the Modification Core did not come from a golden finger, but from the rules of this world—picking up a Modification Core would automatically connect to the Star Source Will, and then the basic information of the Modification Core would be displayed in one's vision.
This information could only be seen by the Modification Core's creator. The characteristic that triggered this information was the electronic patterns of the Modification Core wiggling and glowing, entering 'developer mode,' which was also proof of the Modification Core creator's identity.
At the same time, due to the special status of a Modifier, they had first control over the Modification Cores they created, but this control was generally not exercised unless their rights were infringed upon—such as being robbed.
It wasn't Su Chen's first time seeing a Modification Core,
but the Modification Core he created seemed a bit different from other Modification Cores.
Other Modification Cores had both positive and negative effects, or only positive effects; there was no such thing as a special effect.
And this special effect was quite outrageous.
He glanced at Xing Meng, who had been silent ever since the modification was completed.
He somewhat understood why Xing Meng had been squealing and shouting so much during the modification just now.
"Let's give it a proper name."
Su Chen stroked his chin in thought. After a long moment, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Yes! Let's call it great thunder 1 Modification Core!"
This Modification Core's name is simply majestic, domineering, and very fitting!
He was just thinking about how to install the great thunder 1 Modification Core onto Xing Meng.
Just then, another light screen popped up in his vision:
【<Main Quest 2.0> Contract a Mecha Girl. Quest Reward: Activate Talent 2.】
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