Chapter 13: The Wrestling Robot
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Chapter 13: The Wrestling Robot
This soldier seemed to be experienced in martial arts. After taking off his shirt, he revealed dark skin and well-defined muscles.
The soldier calmly approached Jiang Yuecheng's robot, adopting a horse stance with a low center of gravity, testing the robot.
Jiang Yuecheng's robot didn't perform feints; seeing the soldier's low center of gravity, it also lowered its stance, meeting the soldier head-to-head, with their arms on each other's shoulders.
The soldier observed the robot's movements for a moment, then suddenly stood up straight, pressing down hard on the robot's shoulders with both hands while pulling the robot towards his feet.
The robot lost balance for a moment, quickly stepping forward with its right foot to regain balance, and also straightening up. But it didn't realize the soldier's move was a feint.
The soldier swiftly crouched down again, reaching for the robot's right leg with both hands.
Seeing the soldier reaching for its right leg, the robot stepped back, but was slightly slow, and the soldier grabbed its ankle, lifting it up.
The robot quickly bent its lifted right leg, hooking its arm around the soldier's neck and pulling hard towards itself, then hugged the soldier's upper body tightly.
The soldier tried to trip the robot's left leg with his own, but the robot jumped over the soldier's sweeping leg by exerting force with its left leg.
The soldier tried several more sweeps without success.
Thus, the soldier held one of the robot's legs while the robot hugged the soldier's upper body tightly, and they remained locked in a stalemate.
"Stop, stop... Stop!" Xu Yuecheng (Jiang Yuecheng) commanded the robot.
Hearing its owner's command, the robot released its grip.
"It's a tie! A draw," said another soldier watching, clapping. "This robot is pretty good at wrestling."
"Indeed, not bad!" The soldier who wrestled with the robot also gave a thumbs up. "This robot has a high skill level!"
Back home, Xu Yuecheng searched online for ways to counter being grabbed by one leg. After finding the techniques, he went into the robot's backend, modifying and improving its program, then had the robot wrestle the soldier again.
Due to their frequent practice sessions, more and more soldiers were attracted, all wanting to try wrestling with the robot, leading to frequent repairs and part replacements for the robot. However, Xu Yuecheng didn't mind as he enjoyed playing with the soldiers every day.
Though he often wanted to practice with the soldiers himself, having only one arm made it impossible to wrestle them.
He thought, if he had a prosthetic limb, he could personally test his skills against the soldiers.
Before installing the prosthetic limb, Xu Yuecheng needed a hard alloy prosthetic base and a nerve interface chip implanted in his upper arm bone at least six months in advance.
The prosthetic base would serve as the metal foundation for attaching the prosthetic, with the metal buckle interface exposed. Once the prosthetic was ready, it could be directly attached to the metal buckle without needing another surgery.
The base's root needed to be embedded in the remaining one-third of Xu Yuecheng's upper arm bone, eventually integrating with it.
To avoid disrupting Xu Yuecheng's studies, Jiang Yu scheduled the prosthetic base surgery during his long summer break after junior high graduation. Following her old leader Wu Peiyuan's recommendation, she arranged the surgery at the best orthopedic hospital, Shanghai Zhongxing Hill Hospital Orthopedics Branch.
The surgery went smoothly, and Xu Yuecheng was discharged after half a month.
During the winter break of his first year in senior high, Xu Yuecheng went to Shanghai for a check-up. The doctors confirmed that the prosthetic base had fully integrated with his upper arm bone and was ready for prosthetic installation.
Jiang Yu went to great lengths to ensure her son got a satisfactory prosthetic limb. She selected the best nanomaterials for the prosthetic frame and embedded titanium alloy finger sleeves in the fingertips.
The entire prosthetic limb, equipped with a nerve interface chip, could receive Xu Yuecheng's nerve commands, making it flexible and powerful. The prosthetic hand's strength exceeded that of a normal human hand.
Jiang Yu also secretly installed two items in the prosthetic: a mini high-pressure air gun and a satellite message terminal, for emergencies her son might encounter in the future.
To ensure these items could pass through airport and train station security, she employed the most advanced material technologies available.
Initially feeling somewhat inferior due to his disability, Xu Yuecheng quickly regained his confidence after installing the custom prosthetic his mother had made for him.
His first major task with the new prosthetic was upgrading his wrestling robot with more robust components.
He continued daily sparring sessions with his robot and occasionally practiced with the soldiers.
Although he still couldn't beat the soldiers, he improved rapidly and learned many new techniques from them.
Time flew by, and soon, Xu Yuecheng graduated from high school.
He didn't want to attend college but preferred to work first.
Having reviewed college textbooks long ago, he found that the courses offered little value to him.
His knowledge of robotics already surpassed college levels, so he decided to work at a robot recycling factory called War God in Hangzhou to gain experience.
He often bought robot parts online from this factory, becoming familiar with the owner, Tang Junqing, who was in his thirties. Hearing that Xu Yuecheng wanted a job after graduation, Tang immediately agreed.
Knowing Xu Yuecheng's capabilities from their previous chats, Tang offered him a good salary, with a first-year internship wage of thirty thousand yuan per month.
Satisfied with the salary, Xu Yuecheng quickly rented an apartment near the factory using his phone, bid farewell to his teachers and classmates at Yonggan Island, and moved to Hangzhou.
Since Xu Yuecheng hadn't encountered any incidents for over three years, the organization agreed to Jiang Yu's request to lower his security protection level. Jiang Hui moved from Cang'er City to Hangzhou to take care of him, and he was allowed to resume using his original name, Jiang Yuecheng, with only other identity information changed.
To prevent enemies from tracking Jiang Yuecheng through Jiang Hui, her entire identity information was also altered.
After being separated for over three years, Jiang Hui was overwhelmed with tears upon seeing her grandson at the high-speed rail station. Ignoring the bustling crowd, she tightly hugged him and cried.
She thought about the hardships she faced giving birth to Jiang Yu and was saddened by the struggles Jiang Yu had endured. Despite their separation, they lived in constant fear.
The main work at the War God Robot Recycling Factory involved disassembling old robots, sorting and classifying the parts. Unusable parts were discarded as waste, while valuable parts were repaired, refurbished, and stored for sale as second-hand goods in the online shop.
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