SURFACE 2

I was currently walking a long hallway, which according to the map provided from hacking the terminal, is the right way to head to the surface...an electromagnetic elevator.

Technology has come very far in this world, so much so that even an elevator is using railgun technology just to send someone somewhere, much faster than normal.

Without using magic and rune inscriptions though, all of it would've been useless, as traveling in something just under the speed of light...tends to make fleshy things...un-alive. It would just turn the whole elevator into an expensive cargo carrier for heavy things, which is useless since there is magic for reducing weight but using it will make transport faster.

Through the magic of holographic screens, using my android eyes, I can check every information that I hacked. One thing that was problematic was the terrible state the hard drive of my android body was in, I had to scrape and scrounge for working robot brains among the recyclables.

I was lucky to find one that was just a previous generation and wasn't too badly damaged, it took more than 12 hours to find and "install" the new brain drive.

Using this body's own micro-robot machines, I was able to sleep for a bit, while the micro bots are fixing the acquired robot memory and installing it into this body.

Although we are deep underground, the "internet" is working, after running some kind of algorithm by my possessed robot hands that bounces this recycling plants' network through various satellites and consumer owned computers, I was safely able to download recent drivers for all this android body's needs.

*WHIRRRRRR WHIRRRRRR

I haven't noticed it but my face was blank...as in like a stocking mask used by robbers, I haven't "instructed" the slime skin to create a face. I began to imagine all the good things that made famous actors during my time on Earth and combined them all into one.

*BLUK BLUK BLUK

*GLOSH GLOSH SLOSH

Not bad.

Not too handsome but not too ugly, a totally forgetful face. I can change the hair color later if black hair is not the norm in this world.

I always wanted long hair like purple haired dude in anime I saw once, I guess this hair does look like his quite a bit...maybe having purple hair would not be bad...although it will attract attention...I guess I can only go YOLO (you only live once).

*TANNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG

*CHKKKKKK CHAAAAAAAKKKKKK

*SLIDE

I reached the top and....its empty.

For others its not a good sign but for me, a non-living entity...it makes me breathe easy.

I don't have to deal meeting people early on this journey.

Full automated place but there are surveillance cameras all around, the underground may look sucky and dilapidated but the topside if at least decent and clean.

*RRRRRRRRRRRRR WHIINNNNNNGGGGGG

A robot cleaner...came out of the wall, must be a concealed closet or something...it does make the place look everything in order, without the need to expose a cleaning tool out in the open.

Its no wonder there aren't any specks of dust anywhere.

"Ahhh."

*SIGH

One of the cons of being an immortal android....I....can never eat food again.

I was staring blankly at a vending machine, same technology but with minor differences. I haven't heard of any of the brands printed on the packets, not only that there is a palm print reader, instead of a coin slot or bill acceptor.

"Fuck! I'm hungry..."

*HUUUUUUUUUUU

Relax Omega Mane Crown...you are not physically "hungry" but mentally.

"Still....though....this blows."

*BANG

I gave the vending machine a slight kick and left a dent in a corner. A robot fixer immediately came and began to repair the damage that I caused.

I turned around and went for the reception area to survey the table that greets incoming guests. There is a strange key with a gold magnetic strip, based on my information android HUD (heads up display) vision, it shows an unknown motorcycle key of some sort.

Looking around, I snatched it faster than before the robot fixer returns back to its hidden wall position to plug back and recharge.

I also ransacked the various drawers and cabinets in the work area and found a working---on what looks like rectangular crystal. My android eyes displays that its some kind of communication device...this could be a cellphone of this world.

Unfortunately, there is no jacks to plug into, it must a state of the art new kind of protection or something.

While contemplating how to unlock the crystal thing, I happened to look nearby and found a full body mirror...I made a boo boo...I forgot that I was naked and my ken doll visage is exposed for everyone to see.

I forgot to include a penis through the whole shebang of creating a new face, that I neglected and important part.

*SIGH

Since its just a facade, I made my schlong a bit bigger compared to my past life, this one is about the size of an average cucumber...with a large mushroom head.

I then began to scrounge for some clothes, luckily the owner of the bikers' key is very accommodating, and provided a set of something to wear. Leather is not my first choice but beggars can't be choosers, especially with my current situation.

After donning the complete get up, I also saw a pair of aviator sunglasses and decided to put those on as well.

Its not like it will hinder my android vision, but I like to complete the whole badass motif and just go with the flow.

With a final look, after turning front and back, I found the whole thing surprisingly new...I was wearing fucking wizard robes my whole life and I had to have the air of a dignified Archmage...for false or true pretenses.

Not to mention that big ass staff that I was required to bring anywhere, even though I can cast spells: minor, medium, high and EX rank, without a staff---I had to conform to the appeal of a respected high ranking mage...it was so fucking tiring just remembering it.

I looked at my gear one last time: backpack full of food from a broken down---now fixed completely vending machine, a metal baseball bat, motorcycle key, leather pants, jacket getup complete with boots and the crystal rectangle that I cannot turn on nor hack...for now.

Everything is ready, I also re-checked the surveillance footage cameras and my algorithm did its thing...I was invisible to all the cameras and there is no record of me being here.

Although when I was ransacking the place, it will appear to the viewer that it was as if a ghost was creating a mess.

I took one last look at the place where I started from...not bad compared to when I started my journey to become an Archmage back then...slums, dirty street filled with poop....ugh terrible.

I went past the automated doors and into the front of the recycling center and gazed out of the horizon. There were nothing to see in every direction, it looks like I'm in a desert-like area...I guess creating a recycling plant in the middle of nowhere with a vast underground space, is much suited to be built on an area with almost nothing.

My android HUD (heads up display) is currently beeping in a particular direction, I guess the open air is now able to connect my android body to the internet system or whatever its called here.

Since I don't know where the hell I am, I guess following the "quest goal pointer" is an obvious choice.

"Hello gorgeous."

The motorcycle is as futuristic as one can expect, a stereotypical look that you can find in any sci-fi (science fiction) movie, novels or comics. The driver seat is big enough to accommodate an extra passenger, there is a sidecar for another passenger or for baggage and that logo there shouts military.

Was the owner an actual military personnel, a soldier or a retired veteran?

I stored the backpack in the sidecar seat and strapped it in, along with the metal baseball bat. If this was a military funded recycling place, there should be munitions or weapon storage somewhere but based on the information I got from hacking a terminal...there were no such things here.

Maybe it is military funded establishment but it was covered up, so much so that they didn't put any weapons since its a fully automated place and can run without any human intervention...unless in an emergency, hence the bike.

But why was it left here? There was no tarp yet the bike and sidecar looks clean, my android vision doesn't detect any humanoid lifeforms anywhere...only insect, bugs and lizards but no humans.

A robot maintenance?

Could be.

No footprints near the entrance, so it would seem that no one has ever visited the place. I looked at the sky and using my android eyes, I pinpointed a military satellite that was hovering over this part of the woods.

My algorithm that disguises me is being spread the moment I launched it from the terminal underground, meaning even the military satellite above is not spared...as the algorithm is a worm that will snake in through all kinds of online surveillance, whether on the ground or in space.

Using the military satellite as "my eye", I was able to locate the so called "quest goal pointer"...sure enough there is a city about 100 miles from the recycling plant.

At least I confirmed that this beeping, flashing pointer is actually serving a purpose.

I started to make a maintenance check on this motorbike, according to the online network or internet, this is a MBZ-00769 Moto Cycler Hybrid. 1000 horsepower at 100k RPM mana run engine, 1000Nm at 10k RPM torque, 5 speed automatic transmission, dry sump orc oil lubrication system, latest vibra-mythril adamantite chassis, sidecar made with mana ore/mythril and adamantite fusion, giving a total weight of 1500 lbs.

I even like the color of black and red and the fact that the sidecar can detach and the bike can run solo and is able to transform into a hover bike at a moments' notice.

Yes!

An actual flying motorcycle like those found in science fiction movies, I cannot wait to try that thing but there is currently a goal set...I'll find a way to try those things out when I have the time.

Its a good thing I created a false identity before setting off, because based on the overhead view I saw from the satellite...cities are now run like a military zone, complete with dogs and security guards loaded with guns.

I'm truly getting excited...