Chapter Seventeen: A Double Victory, Specifically Referring to My Consecutive Wins

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[Prompt: To your left is the smelting zone. You may deposit scrap metal here, and the system will appraise the metal after it is smelted.]
[To your right is the precision mechanical parts recycling zone. The system will evaluate the value of the precision parts you recycle.]

Su Wen glanced at both sides.
On one side was the glowing red smelting zone, radiating intense heat.
On the other was the pale green parts scanning zone.
He began his disassembly work.
In truth, if one were to ignore the fact that he was an unlucky soul who had joined a black-hearted factory, and the staggering 1.67 million in debt displayed in the top right corner of the screen, this game was actually quite interesting.

Su Wen activated the multi-functional disassembly gun.
He rotated the view, found the right angle for disassembly, and then, amidst the loud, mechanical roar of an engine, he successfully removed the structural screws of the drone. He then pulled out the silver-gray casing to reveal a dark green motherboard with some damaged circuitry.

[Appraisal: G430 control board, partially intact, damaged during an electromagnetic storm.]
It could be salvaged.
He used the field traction gun to pull the control board and tossed it into the green precision parts recycling zone.

[G430 control board successfully recycled.]
[Reward income: 6,700 credits.]

"The valuation of this drone should exceed the amount deducted, otherwise, no matter how black-hearted or exploitative Schlot Heavy Industries is, the employees would lose all motivation. If that happened, no one would do this job; they'd be better off jumping into the sea."
Su Wen looked at the coastline just a few steps away and analyzed the situation calmly.
"Therefore, I must recycle those high-value parts as much as possible within the limited time."
He continued to watch the conveyor belt of the precision recycling zone, lost in thought.
After comparing and recycling a few more parts that the [Appraisal] feature deemed highly usable, he felt he was gradually getting the hang of it.

...
Just like that, with the "Time-Space Shuttle" game acting as the medium, the in-game time and real-world time were proportionally shortened.
Three hours of real time later, Su Wen had barely managed to finish recycling four pieces of discarded machinery.
Looking at his income, which had reduced his high debt to -1.578 million, he cooked a bowl of instant noodles, brought it to the computer, and prepared to continue experiencing this cyberpunk-style "Worker Simulator."

Continue.
Just as he was about to begin his fifth round of recycling, a new prompt appeared in the game:
[The "Time-Space Shuttle" game prompts you to begin preparations for the super hurricane "Aere."]
[Buildings requiring reinforcement have been marked on the map.]
[Tip: The scrap materials you have dismantled may be of some help.]
[Basic Modular Construction] (Available)

He clicked the "Available" button. A short tutorial video appeared on the computer screen.
The [Combine] operation was somewhat similar to the 3D perspective adjustments and modular circuit linking he used in industrial and physical modeling software like MATLAB-Simulink during competitions. There was also a function similar to the open-source multi-physics finite element software Elmer, used for stress simulation against storms and tsunamis. At the very least, the spatial adjustment functions and structural views were very clear.

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[Please configure the connection points.]
Following the system prompts, he looked at the two cubes on the screen and easily locked them together using the combination function.

[Modular combination complete.]
[You have successfully connected a basic unit.]
[Now, start building a magnificent structure that can be recorded in the annals of civilization.]

???
Su Wen stared at this sentence.
There were simply too many things to nitpick. It felt as absurd as a teacher explaining Maxwell's equations and then assigning a project to build an electromagnetic field acceleration cannon by hand.

"Forget it. If I could actually pull off Jiang Menghan's last competition topic, the difficulty would probably be no different from making a small electromagnetic cannon."
He looked at the pile of junk on the floor. He casually grabbed two pieces of the *Sionton Explorer* yacht hull that hadn't been sold to the smelter yet and linked their connection points.

[Combination complete.]
Accompanied by the system prompt, the two fragments of the hull were fused together without a single seam, as if they were two blocks stacked together in Minecraft.
"This is true black technology."
Su Wen didn't know how else to describe it, but after experiencing the dimensional folding function of the storage space, he felt that his perspective as a physics researcher should be more open-minded.

[Warm Reminder]
[Storage space size limit temporarily lifted.]
[You may freely store and transfer items.]

Through the field line links within the game, Su Wen could easily achieve the bonding of various discarded circuit structures. Moreover, this "Modular Construction" skill granted the combined object corrections for bonding, efficiency, and structural integrity restoration.
After the combination was finished, he tentatively tossed the combined structure of the two hull fragments into the pale green scanning zone.

[Scan: *Sionton Explorer* yacht diving chamber hull.]
Schlot Heavy Industries' scanning was nowhere near as good as the "Appraisal" skill of the [Time-Space Shuttle]. Consequently, the scan result was quite foolish:
[Recycling integrity 95% (Excellent), no need to deposit in the smelting furnace, can be reused.]
[Recycling complete.]
[Income received: 9,800 credits.]

After practicing this multiple times, a crazy and interesting idea suddenly struck him.
He sat at his computer desk and smiled confidently:
"Schlot Heavy Industries, you're finished."
[Application: *Sionton Explorer* yacht.]
[Application: Isaiah Technology small environmental purification drone.]
[Application:]
[Combine trash]
[Recycle]
[Your income has increased!]

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[Application:]
[Combine trash]
Just like that...
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He worked hard for another four hours, combining most of the discarded machinery into structures that even he couldn't understand the purpose of. Then, he tossed them into the precision recycling zone with flair.

...
[Collector ID SLT-3701, due to your exceptionally high recycling rate, your application permissions have been upgraded accordingly.]
[You may now apply for high-level, high-precision mechanical scrap.]
[Recycling complete.]

Looking at the constantly updating amount in the top right corner and the storage box filled with high-performance, usable materials, Su Wen revealed a satisfied smile.
"In this light, Schlot Heavy Industries isn't that evil after all."
That's right. He took the useless trash and combined it into "good products" to deceive Schlot's scanning machines, while keeping the high-quality parts for himself in his storage box. Not only did his disassembly efficiency increase, but his motivation for work also skyrocketed.
He was earning a fortune while simultaneously raising his credit rating as a recycler.
This was what you might call...
As he faced the exploitative corporation, Su Wen's flexible moral compass lowered itself to a "qualified" level.
He humbly muttered to himself:
"This is called a win-win situation—specifically, I win twice."

Of course, he could only keep this up for another two days at most. Besides the five mechanical scanning stations, Schlot Heavy Industries conducted two manual work audits every week. If anyone were to see these "post-modern art" recycling pieces he had created, which defied all human aesthetics, it would probably mean the end of more than just his career.

But Su Wen wasn't planning to stop here.
He had a major task to accomplish.
Using the mechanics foundation he had built up over years of competitions, paired with the powerful stress analysis of the [Time-Space Shuttle], he was going to use the mountain of "post-modern art" physics crystals piled up in his storage box to intercept the hurricane.
The super hurricane "Aere"!