Absolute Zone Zero: I survive in Liufen Street

Noon, 11:00. Liufen Street, modification shop.

"Good afternoon, Uncle Enzo." Bai Yu and Fu Fu, holding Bomb, stood at the door of Enzo's modification shop and greeted the owner, Uncle Enzo, in unison.

"Hey, it's Baiyu and Fufu! We haven't seen each other for a while.

A few days ago, I saw you guys going to Qiaopu’s to eat noodles, but you didn’t come to my place. Are you dissatisfied with the uncle’s shop being full of machines and not having anything delicious to treat you?

It's a rare occasion for you to come to my shop today. Did you find anything interesting or rare again? "

“Maintenance work requires concentration.

We come to our store all the time, and you still have to entertain us, which really bothers you.

We are also busy with some things recently. We don't have time to search for old machines in the cave, so we don't have any interesting machine parts to bring to you, so there is no reason to come to your door.

But today we have a special guest and we need your help." Bai Yu said as he placed the Bomb in his arms on Uncle Enzo's workbench.

"This is..." Uncle Enzo frowned in pain as he looked at the bruised Bomb.

"This is the child we picked up from the void." Bai Yu concealed the process of rescuing the child. After all, he really didn't want to talk about the outrageous rumors about the "Void Guide" with people he knew.

Anyway, Bai Yu's "Rope Net" is codenamed "Crow Peanut." "Hollow Guide"? Who is that?

Bai Yu said he had never heard of it and was not familiar with it.

"It was originally meant to help the cave robbers lead the way. But as you can see, it has become like this."

Because of a malfunction, the child has been abandoned by his peers.

We brought him out to see if he can be saved.

You must have a way, right? " Fu Fu clasped her hands together and looked at Uncle Enzo expectantly and pleadingly, saying so.

"I can't guarantee that." Uncle Enzo scratched his head and said in embarrassment: "Let me check the child carefully first to make sure whether it can be repaired.

But if you have too high expectations from the beginning, you might be disappointed.”

"I understand." Fu Fu nodded obediently, but the aho hair on her head drooped down.

Bai Yu touched Fu Fu, feeling both amused and helpless, and comforted her, "Don't be depressed now. Uncle Enzo hasn't started the inspection yet.

The uncle is so capable, maybe after checking it out, he can easily fix this child."

"Hey! The game hasn't even started yet and you're already flattering me. You're trying to talk me down, right?" Enzo put his hands on his hips and pretended to be annoyed.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Uncle Enzo returned to his usual smiling face and said, "I will do my best to treat this child.

Don't worry too much, Bomb's shell and body can be replaced and repaired. As long as the most important memory chip and intelligent logic core are intact, it will be fine."

"...That's why I can't feel at ease at all." Fu Fu made a bitter face and muttered softly.

"Well, let me see what the problem is?" Uncle Enzo picked up the tools and carefully began to disassemble the shell of the Bomb.

"Oh my! What's all this mess?

There are so many broken and old parts, and some modules that don't match at all. It's really difficult for this kid...

Let me take a look. Hmm, there's something wrong with the cooling system...

The visual aspect is also... oh, really.

Did its owner ever repair it? How could even the limbs be so badly damaged?

This kid… he must have had more than one owner.” Uncle Enzo sighed and muttered to himself, finding all the problems with Bomb.

"That's true. We heard from the current...oh, now the former. That Bomb has changed hands several times.

Also said it was an old model.

We don't know about this. Uncle, can you tell the model of this Bomb?"

"Oh? You can usually tell the model of a Bomb by the number on the shell. But this Bomb looks like it's been privately modified.

Indeed, I can't confirm it directly based on the appearance alone." Uncle Enzo smiled and explained to the two children, "But the appearance can be changed. But the core chip cannot be modified.

Okay, let me see how old this kid is.

……This is?!"

Uncle Enzo took out Bomb's core memory chip and looked at the patterns and codes on it in shock.

"What's wrong?" Bai Yu and Fu Fu looked at each other and asked.

"That's right... this chip is military technology.

This Bomb isn't some ordinary mass-produced machine. It's a special model from the military!? Enzo's eyes instantly grew serious. He put on his magnifying goggles and carefully examined the Bomb's intelligence core.

"Army?" Fu Fu blinked, and a golden light flashed across her eyes.

But after a moment, Fu Fu frowned and said to Bai Yu in her heart: "Oh, the military is still too far away.

The city government database and the military database are separate. There's no information on military equipment. So annoying~

"Uncle, is there any problem with the army's Bangbu appearing here?" Bai Yu shook Fu Fu's hand and turned to ask Uncle Enzo.

"Normally, military equipment will not be released to outsiders.

Especially for intelligent machines like Bomb that can store information, the management is very strict, and the number of each memory chip is searchable.

After all military bombs are "retired", the military will carry out special recycling and scrapping.

But…" Uncle Enzo held the old memory chip and showed the tiny number on it to Bai Yu and Fu Fu.

"This chip. Although it's severely damaged, it's clear it's been used for a long time and cleaned multiple times.

But it uses very excellent anti-ether materials.

Looking at the core technology alone, although it is much behind the current military's, it is still incomparable to ordinary civilian Bangbu.

Kids, you've got a real gem!"

"...You know so much that you can even recognize the military's Bomb numbering technology." Bai Yu threw the question back.

"Huh?!... What? Haha. I've only, by coincidence, seen it a few times in other people's hands. Hahaha..." Enzo laughed and changed the subject. "Let's talk about this kid."

“Even with strict regulations, they are all enforced by people.

Uncle, is there really no "special" Bomb like this kid on the market? Bai Yu had no intention of exploring Uncle Enzo's secret and changed the subject.

"Maybe, but it's certainly rare." Uncle Enzo indirectly confirmed Bai Yu's words. "But, this child's origins may be more complicated than we thought."

"Why do you say that, uncle?" Fu Fu asked in confusion.

"It's because the chip technology is really 'old.'" Uncle Enzo said with a sigh, stroking the Bomb on the workbench. "This kid might be a few years older than both of you."

"You mean... this Bombu is very likely from the old capital?!" Bai Yu speculated carefully and boldly.

“Indeed, this Bombu is most likely a product from before the fall of the old capital.

Maybe someone was partial and left it alone.

More likely, it survived the chaos of the fall of the old capital but failed to return to the army.

Look at its shoddy, barely functioning modular parts.

I guess someone took it away and saw that it was an excellent core from the army, so they erased Bomb's memory data and kept it for themselves.

It was a military creation, and to prevent it from being widely circulated on the market, many of the parts were special models. If the ordinary people broke the Bomb, they would have no way to find matching parts to replace it.

It can only be used with some kind of use. This is probably why it has changed hands so many times.

It’s really hard for this child to have managed to hold on until now.”

"...Is there really no way to fix it?" Bai Yu looked at the disassembled Bomb on the workbench and asked unwillingly.

"It's difficult, not to mention how hard it is to get parts from the military.

Just talking about the parts that match it, if it is really what we think, then this model may have been eliminated in the military by now.

"If you want to fix it, you'll have to gamble and see if there's a wealthy antique bumbu enthusiast who'll collect it." Uncle Enzuo sighed. "It's difficult. Leave this kid with me for now. I'll replace the universal parts first, and then think of a better solution."

"Thank you for your help, Uncle Enzo." Bai Yu agreed in a depressed mood.

"Xiaobai, maybe we can find a way!"

"Um!?"