Reboot: Mechanic

Chapter 20: Inspection

Hearing Krissie talk about Benmos’ wicked deeds and how he would violate the enemy’s woman, Shi Tian didn’t comment or show any reaction at all.

After all, everything was said by Krissie solely and Benmos- who was now a corpse could not retort any of her claims. Blindly believing in her was nothing Shi Tian was going to do.

Just because she said so, doesn’t mean it was the truth. And of course, some of her words might be the truth, but they can also be mixed in with lies from her perspective.

‘Nobody in this world can be trusted. Trust is such a ridiculous word in this messed up world.’ Shi Tian exclaimed inwardly.

Sometime later, the two of them arrived at the entrance of Gearits where numerous uniformed guards were patrolling the areas, inspecting each person attempting to enter Gearits.

The uniformed guards were covered from head to toe and carried assault rifles in their hands. They were all imposing a domineering aura, almost as if they wanted to tell the people attempting to enter Gearits to not try to do anything stupid.

And when each person was walking through the red line marked on the ground, they would be inspected. There were multiple inspection lines, but most of the guards asked similar questions.

“Have you been vaccinated?”

“Have you been contaminated with the air pollutant or harmed by mutated monsters?”

“Why are you entering Gearits and what is your purpose?”

All kinds of questions were asked to each person thoroughly without exception. The guards didn’t show any expression and were all professional. Not a single one of the guards was relaxed and easy-going.

Krissie wanted to line up right away, but Shi Tian stood in place and waited for about 10 minutes or so before lining up.

While Shi Tian calmly lined up patiently for their turn, Krissie was completely frightened when she saw how thorough the guards were. 𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗻𝐨𝐯𝗲𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

“Are you sure we should continue this?” Krissie asked in a low but subtle tone.

She wasn’t being a coward for no legitimate reason because she understood how severe the consequences were once they are caught deceiving the guards. The consequences would be something worse than what she had gone through with Benmos.

“Krissie, I’m just going to say this once. No matter the circumstances, so long as one has a confident demeanor in life would they succeed. If you can’t be confident in yourself, then how could others be confident in you?” Shi Tian stared at her and said, giving her some advice to stop acting so anxious.

If it wasn’t for the fact that he needed to use her to obtain entry into the Gearits city, then he would have dumped her a long time ago.

Sometime later, the lines started to advance forward and soon it was Shi Tian and Krissie’s turn to be questioned by the guards.

“Barcode scan?” One of the guards went straight to the point and asked for their barcode, with his hand holding a special device that is used to scan the invisible barcode.

Krissie swiftly extended her left hand for the guard to scan it, and only a few seconds were used before the special device flashed a green light, indicating that Krissie was fine to enter.

Of course, Shi Tian and Krissie had long anticipated that she would pass since it wasn’t her first protocol to enter Gearits. The main conflict was now whether or not Shi Tian’s plan could work.

Krissie stepped aside first and Shi Tian subsequently walked toward the guard with a calm demeanor. Not an ounce of fear or anxiety could be seen in his crystal-clear eyes. To deceive others, one must be exceedingly confident in themselves first to give others a false sense of impression.

“Your barcode scan?” The guard asked Shi Tian straight away the moment he stepped forward.

“Apologies in advance, officer. My right arm was recently sliced off by the monster, Tenceloras as you can see.” Shi Tian said calmly, revealing his missing right arm, and then glanced at Krissie to pull out the right arm of Benmos.

Normally, seeing an arm like that detached from any human would be terrifying and cause people to be petrified, but times had changed. The guard himself had seen numerous comrades being killed in action and long become numb to such things.

“It’s too bad that rules are rules. The barcode scan could only proceed when it’s within your body.” The guard said nonchalantly.

“Yes, I understand the rules, but how could I reattach my arm when I can’t even enter Gearits?” Shi Tian smiled bitterly.

He then proceeded to whisper, “We wouldn’t trust anyone outside here to be capable of attaching an arm, right? This isn’t some bribery or anything, but I just hope that the officer can be lenient about my situation and allow me to repair my body inside.”

And with that being said, Shi Tian instantly handed over 10 Source Crystals without any hesitation. It might be a bit overdone since Krissie had told him that each Source Crystal is extremely valuable and 10 was enough to last a person for 5 months minimum if they spend frugally.

The guard remained silent and merely glanced around his surroundings before snatching the 10 Source Crystals swiftly. His action was so fast that not a single person within the area had noticed it.

The guard then proceeded to scan the right arm that Krissie was holding,

Once it indicated a green light, the guard shouted nonchalantly, “Next person in line!”

It was as if there weren’t any foul play and Shi Tian merely nodded his head, not bothering to say anything else. Both were intelligent people, so this incident never occurred and they were just doing the procedure as instructed.

And just like that, Shi Tian and Krissie entered Gearits without a hitch.

“Ugh, I really thought we were going to be executed right there and then,” Krissie muttered, feeling the aftermath of the anxiety that she was suppressing.

“I doubt the guard would actually make a move since I have purposely chosen to line up on his inspection.” Shi Tian suddenly said, revealing that everything was under control from the start.