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When Qiao Yu had a question mark appear over his head, it wasn't that he had a problem, but that he felt the other person did.

He vaguely felt that this young woman's brain wasn't quite right. No, she was a cyborg. To be precise, the young woman's CPU was fried.

"Madam... is there a possibility that your two pet slaves were flattened?" The shop assistant was a little embarrassed.

"What?!"

The young woman was shocked, then excitedly grabbed the shop assistant's arms and shook him violently.

"My pet slaves only came to your shop to breed, but you actually killed them! Pay up! If you don't pay, I'm not finished with you!"

"Madam, calm down, we will definitely compensate you according to the price, please be reasonable." The shop assistant felt like his parts were about to be shaken loose.

"Reasonable? What reason do you want me to have! My beloved two pet slaves have been treated like this by you! How can I be reasonable? Huh?!"

Half of the young woman's face slowly cracked open, revealing the mechanical structure inside, as well as a dark muzzle, with a dangerous red light flashing inside.

At this time, the shop assistant frowned.

"Madam, are you going to attack a mechanical citizen like me for the sake of two pet slaves? I advise you to think twice. Humans are just humans after all and have no comparability with mechanical citizens."

The young woman listened and pondered for a while, and the cracks on her face slowly recovered.

Killing humans wasn't a big deal in this world. Killing masterless humans was fine, and killing those with masters only required some compensation.

But if you killed a mechanical citizen, you would be arrested by the mechanical law enforcers.

After the young woman calmed down, she discussed compensation with the shop assistant, ignoring Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu now vaguely understood why rescuing all the humans in the Mechanical Labyrinth was the most difficult task in the C-level dungeon.

Because it was equivalent to subverting the rules of the entire Mechanical Labyrinth, and... Qiao Yu looked at the middle-aged man with a look of regret.

This man was still regretting the two pet slaves that Qiao Yu had flattened into meat patties.

If Qiao Yu really wanted to complete the rescue mission, he would have to guard against the mechanicals, and also against his own compatriots.

Because some humans had completely integrated into this place, willingly abandoning their human identity and willingly becoming pet slaves.

For example, the middle-aged man in front of him, Qiao Yu knew without thinking that this guy would never want to be rescued.

The biggest difference between humans and animals is that humans have their own personality and thoughts, and these guys have completely lost them.

This was also why Qiao Yu directly killed those two female pet slaves.

It had to be said that after the Su City incident, Qiao Yu's character was indeed more ruthless than before.

Qiao Yu shook his head, walked out of the iron cage, and casually tore off a curtain to wrap around his waist.

Since there were no clues in the pet shop, there was no need to waste time here.

The shop assistant frowned when he saw this: "What are you doing? Pet slaves without masters are not allowed to wear clothes!"

"Wear your mom, get lost!"

Qiao Yu slapped him directly, and the shop assistant's head rotated freely for three and a half turns on the spot before falling to the ground, revealing a large number of mechanical circuits at the neck, with sparks erupting.

The young woman was directly frightened by Qiao Yu's behavior. It was common for pet slaves to kill pet slaves. There was a battle arena in the Mechanical Labyrinth, which arranged for two humans to kill each other to serve as entertainment for the mechanicals.

But it was different for humans to kill mechanicals! That was insubordination!

"You are a human, how dare you kill a mechanical! You are courting death! You will be beaten to death for this kind of evil!"

Qiao Yu smiled kindly: "Worry about yourself first. I'll ask you a question. If you can't answer it, I'll beat your oil out!"

"You...you ask..." The young woman was a little frightened, but didn't dare to act rashly.

Normal residents of the Mechanical Labyrinth would not argue with crazy humans, just as humans would not provoke mad dogs.

In the young woman's eyes, Qiao Yu was a living madman, and she was even wondering if she should get a rabies shot later.

In any case, the mechanical law enforcers would naturally take care of humans attacking mechanicals, so she didn't need to interfere.

"Where can I find a mechanical engineer in this city?" Qiao Yu asked the question he was most concerned about.

"Pfft!"

Unexpectedly, the young woman covered her mouth and laughed directly.

"Are you kidding me? You're a human, and you want to find a mechanical engineer? Can you even meet such a noble figure?"

Mechanical engineers were extremely rare and were extremely respected existences among the mechanicals. Even the city lord of the Mechanical Labyrinth had to be respectful when they saw a mechanical engineer.

After all, if their bodies had a malfunction or needed to be upgraded, only a mechanical engineer could do it.

A human wanting to find a mechanical engineer was as ridiculous as a dog on the roadside wanting to chat with the Seven Fairies in Heaven. It would probably only be caught and forced to lick their faces.

The next second, the young woman's smile froze on her face.

Because a two-meter-long broadsword was already resting on her neck.

"That... don't get excited." The young woman swallowed. "The only mechanical engineer I know in the Mechanical Labyrinth is Engineer Hua Jun!"

"Hua Jun?!"

A trace of confusion flashed in Qiao Yu's eyes. He vaguely felt that the name sounded familiar, and then his expression suddenly became strange.

Hua Jun... wasn't that his third grand-aunt's husband?

The old professor who was proficient in artificial intelligence that he met in the Mechanical Kingdom dungeon was also called Hua Jun. At that time, because he obtained the Heart of the Mechanical Empress, he directly left Hua Jun in the Empress's Tower.

Could it be such a coincidence? The same person? But he remembered that the old professor was extremely opposed to mechanicals, so how could he become a mechanical engineer?

"Where is he?" Qiao Yu pressed.

"He's in the central area of the Mechanical Labyrinth, but you can't get in, because masterless pet slaves are not allowed in the central area. There are often crackdowns on vagrants."

"Moreover, the mechanical engineer's residence is guarded by a large number of strong guards! It's difficult for ordinary mechanicals to even see him!"

The young woman tried to curb Qiao Yu's bold idea, because the mechanical engineer's identity was extremely noble, and if Qiao Yu really caused something, she would also be implicated.

"Oh~" Qiao Yu showed a kind smile.

"Yes~" The young woman smiled along, thinking that Qiao Yu had given up.

But immediately afterward, the young woman felt her feet leave the ground. When she turned her head, she realized that she had been lifted up by Qiao Yu.

"What are you going to do?!" The young woman was shocked. Could this pet slave have ideas about her?

As far as she knew, some perverted cyborgs would indeed do that kind of thing with pet slaves.

But she had already undergone mechanical改造 (gaizao - transformation/modification) a long time ago and had no such worldly desires. If she really wanted to, she could just convert the pleasure into data and input it directly into her body through the port to experience it.

Moreover, she had just seen this pet slave's assets, and they might break her data motherboard!

Thinking of this, the young woman struggled desperately. For mechanicals, once the data motherboard was broken, it was no different from human brain death.

The flesh and blood on the young woman's face instantly cracked, and a laser beam shot towards Qiao Yu.

However, a very frightening scene appeared for the young woman. Her laser beam shot at Qiao Yu's chest, but it could only raise a faint wisp of white smoke!

And Qiao Yu, except for the skin that was hit being a little red, didn't have any injuries at all!

The young woman was frightened. The laser beam on her face could even melt rocks! Was this human's body harder than rock? What kind of mutant human was this?

The young woman suddenly felt a little confused. She really wanted to ask Qiao Yu, "Brother, who exactly is the mechanical?"

Qiao Yu also frowned.

"Originally, I just wanted to hold you hostage to take me into the central area. Since you're unwilling, then we'll meet again if fate allows."

"Wait... I'm willing!" The young woman realized that she had misunderstood and quickly spoke loudly.

Qiao Yu's palm stopped abruptly in front of the young woman's forehead, and the strong wind even blew her hair into a middle part.

The young woman's body couldn't help but tremble, and black machine oil slowly flowed down her thighs.

She believed that if she had spoken a second later, she would definitely have ended up like the shop assistant.

The human teenager in front of her was simply more terrifying than the legendary demon!