An Ordinary Man

[What was that?]

[Isn't that a mecha?]

[I want one!]

[Go back! I saw something! It looked like a mecha!]

It was a mecha that every man wanted to own.

Even if it looked like a rough model, it still made them envious.

Almost everyone watching drooled..

"Oh. That?"

Xiao Yuyao smiled. 

"This is my soon-to-be masterpiece. I made this mecha myself.

"This is an unfinished product, I might just scrap it. I built this one without prior knowledge so it didn't turn out to be what I hoped it would be." Xiao Yuyao's fingers caressed the mecha that he had walked past countless times.

Even though it was a half-finished product, Xiao Yuyao still put in a lot of effort to make it look complete, but in the end, he failed.

"Because it's a semi-finished product, I didn't have the heart to throw it just yet. Maybe one day I'll have the right tools to complete it."

Xiao Yuyao sounded a little regretful. 

"I was inspired by the Iron Man movie and tried to look for inspiration online to replicate it. I modified and built the blueprint according to a template I found.

"The materials used to make the exoskeleton of the mech cost a lot of money. Everything from the engine to the central hub and chip cost me countless nights."

"The finished mech can be worn and moved according to instructions. It has combat capabilities. Of course, this is just an exoskeleton so there's no point in saying more. Let's go and see other inventions."

Xiao Yuyao quickly moved the camera away.

[Even if it was a semi-finished product, it's still considered a mecha!]

[How much is it? I want to buy it, I'll pay however much it costs. I can pick it up at your door. Do you need anything else to complete it?]

[Holy f*ck! This is getting out of hand. Why is there even a mech? I thought it was a figurine! It looked so real!]

Everything else seemed small compared to this.

The audience only cared about what they wanted to care about. They only listened to what they wanted to hear and saw what they wanted to see. Many of them spammed the livestream and requested to only see the mecha.

Xiao Yuyao answered them one by one in a good-natured manner. He secretly asked Yu Lun to silence all the people who said profanities. 

At this moment, several research institutes, Ph.D. students, and professors were watching the livestream.

They were engineers who specialized in building mechas. When they discovered the exoskeleton of the mecha, they were instantly shocked.

"Sir, this exoskeleton looks like a finished product." A student hesitated. "It looks similar to ours, but isn't it a bit too much?"

He really wanted to say that this exoskeleton looked even better than the ones they had been working on for years. He just didn't know how long Xiao Yuyao had been studying it, and if given the chance he would like to ask Yuyao more.

"This kind of full-coverage type can't be underestimated. It'll be impossible for it to fly, let alone have combat power."

"Are you thinking too highly of him? This person is obviously stalling for time. After all, he's surrounded. This person is quite impressive. He was able to delay the guards for so long."

"It's a complete set." The teacher glanced at them.

"We've studied it before. According to what he said, the engine inside must be extremely advanced, not to mention the hub and chip. It'll be extremely difficult for us to build it, but there have been reports of that type of technology circulating in other places."

"But if you want to buy it, you have to-" The man paused. "Nevermind. We don't have the funds to buy something so advanced."

After all, advanced nanochips were not something they could easily own.

"He's such a conceited *sshole. An ordinary person wouldn't build a mecha that has attack power. Does he really consider himself a scientific researcher?"

Xiao Wang didn't want to side with them, so he packed his things and left in advance. He didn't want to listen to those people belittling such an extraordinary man. As he walked, he watched the livestream.

"Hey, isn't that Zhou Chuchu's stream?" A classmate spoke up. "He's getting extremely popular. Everyone and everything is talking about him. I don't get it though, how did they not get banned? It's causing quite a commotion. Aren't you a graduate student majoring in mecha research? Have you guys talked about it with each other?"

Xiao Wang was shocked by the sudden conversation. "I forgot. Uh. I have to leave."

With this thought in mind, Xiao Wang rushed back and knocked on an office door.

"You may enter."

"Professor Chen." Xiao Wang was a little reserved. "I found a livestream. The streamer created a mecha and a Gatling gun by himself."

"Hmm?" Professor Chen put down his pen.

Xiao Wang handed in his phone.

Professor Chen was an extremely famous lecturer. He spearheaded the mecha research field and was also the head of the research lab. He rarely came to the research lab. He did not expect a student to come by to talk about a streamer.

"Eh?"

Professor Chen frowned. He felt that something was out of the ordinary when he watched the video. He stared at Xiao Yuyao, who was walking back to the laboratory to reintroduce the Gatling gun. He said slowly, "He made the Gatling gun with a digital machine tool?"

"Yes, it was modified. Is that a good thing?" Wang asked softly. 

"Of course, that's a good thing." Professor Chen was very experienced. He could tell that Xiao Yuyao's Gatling gun wasn't a toy, but a real one.

However, Professor Chen looked carefully and realized that there was a problem. This Gatling gun was not what he thought it was.

"It looks almost the same as the real one. The problem lies in the internal structure. This gun looks realistic, but it's actually a toy. The internal components are all wrong."

To be able to make a fake gun so realistic made him question his capabilities as a renowned mecha researcher.

This person was quite capable.

He read some comments in the livestream.

After some thought, he used his own account to transfer some money to Xiao Wang's account.

[Xiao Wang gifted Zhou Chuchu 9999 airplanes!]

[Xiao Wang gifted Zhou Chuchu 9999 rockets!]

Xiao Wang's account was immediately maxed out and was shining brightly.

Professor Chen was very satisfied. He then sent a comment.

[Young man, your Gatling gun is very realistic, but there is a problem with the internal structure and it cannot be used as a real gun. I have a question, how did you reduce the size of the Gatling gun? This is very important to me. Can you please answer in detail? Thanks.]

What caught Professor Chen's attention was that although the Gatling gun looked realistic, it was actually a toy. Moreover, the fact that it was still functional even though the size was reduced made it more interesting. 

He was not successful in reducing the fun, but somehow Xiao Yuyao did it.

Professor Chen wasn't someone who couldn't put down his pride that easily. As long as he could get an answer, he would pay whatever price it took. After all, this was all in the name of science. As long as it could reduce its size, it would bring them endless benefits in battle!

Xiao Yuyao saw the shiny comment and smiled. "I'm just an ordinary person. Occasionally, I have a flash of inspiration and thought of a way to reduce the size. However, it's a little hard to explain it in detail right now."