Not to mention the conversation between the master and the apprentice in the sewer, Luke's days were busy and fulfilling.
His two-line operations became more and more proficient, and with the rational allocation of time, the efficiency of the division of labor and cooperation between the original body and the clone became higher and higher, and his life became easier than before.
Now he is not alone, as Ivan the Mourning Whip has "changed jobs" and works for the "big boss who sells everything".
Anyway, wages are piece-rate and bonuses are calculated separately.
However, apart from receiving tens of thousands of US dollars in cash, Ivan spent all the rest of the money he earned internally, directly purchasing raw materials and investing them in the research and development of his own armor.
Apart from paying attention to the progress of Ivan's armor research, Luke was too lazy to care.
This guy has no chance of making another mistake.
If he disregards the lives of civilians and engages in wanton revenge again, Luke will immediately turn him into experience points.
Luke's trust is valuable, even if it's only once.
As long as he doesn't touch this bottom line, Ivan can do whatever he wants.
Of course, this treatment is also based on Ivan's work attitude.
He took every task assigned to him very seriously, no matter how difficult or ordinary it was, even more seriously than making his own armor.
Luke later felt that this was a waste of time, so he simply labeled the work as high or low in importance.
Most of the products that Ivan outsources are low-grade, that is, accessories for low-end armor, so the standards don’t need to be too high.
Luke is not some rich young man. As long as the main performance is fine, appearance and style are not a consideration at all.
Thanks to Ivan's existence, some tasks that required neither high nor low technical skills but could not be completed by intelligent programs were finally taken care of.
Moreover, he has always had a mysterious love for whips, and the weapon of his new armor is still a whip.
Luke had no intention of interfering.
Weapons are best used when they are convenient for you.
He didn't choose any weapon, but that was because all weapons were almost equally useful to him and he just chose according to his needs.
Previously, Ivan's whip had quite interesting ion cutting and electromagnetic deflection capabilities.
Not all of them were adopted on Luke's armor, but he also tried to develop similar functions. Even if the main armor cannot be used in the future, it can be used on spare armor or external accessories.
The invention that really surprised Luke was not from Ivan, but from the weird inventor Bent Bennett, who was fired by the Ministry of Defense and could barely afford to eat.
This guy is really not suitable to invent for the Ministry of Defense because his inventions... are very "valuable".
Of course, this value does not mean that the product can be sold for a lot of money, but that a lot of money is invested in research costs.
When the Ministry of National Defense researches something, it mostly considers cost-effectiveness, and leaves room for benefits for both the buyer and the seller.
With a personality like Bent who wastes money recklessly, the things he develops are too expensive, there is little room for price manipulation, and even if they have unique performance, they are not welcomed by the Ministry of Defense.
But Luke didn't have this problem. He allocated a fixed amount of funds every month anyway, and any waste Bent made would be within this range.
Unless Luke finds that Bent's research direction is desirable in the synchronized backup research data, he will temporarily increase the amount.
Bent didn't know this at first. He thought the research lab was the same as the Ministry of Defense, where allocations were made based on noise, and if there was no money, just write a report.
As a result, in the first two months, this guy spent all his funding in less than ten days, and used another ten days to waste all the materials purchased with the funding. For the remaining ten days, he could only sit in the laboratory waiting for the materials.
He did not give up and sent several funding applications in succession. Finally, he received a reply: "Your grant balance for this month is 0. Please send an email again next month."
In this way, Bent, a senior researcher with a monthly salary of nearly 20,000 yuan, actually has the super treatment of working 20 days a month and having 10 days of vacation.
For most people, this kind of working environment is simply not good enough.
But for a geek who is addicted to technology, especially a geek who is only halfway through researching a technology and is stuck because he has no materials, this kind of torture is simply deadly.
It felt like a gamer who had finished halfway through buying a top-tier set and then there was a power outage for ten days.
After suffering losses for two consecutive months, Bent finally came to his senses in the third month and made a very simple work plan for the month. This reduced the number of days of vacation to the last three days - because the speed at which he used up the materials was still a little faster than expected.
He didn't know that Luke deliberately kept the limit low and didn't increase it temporarily, otherwise Bent would have spent all his money in it.
At that time, this funny technician might die from overwork, which would be a waste of talent.
Luke doesn't expect Bent to save the world. His role is just a technician who provides Selina with special equipment. There is no need to exploit employees like this.
In the past two months, Bent upgraded all the small inventions he sold to the research laboratory. This was one of the reasons why his funds were spent so quickly, because many of the things he had conceived a long time ago but had no money to tinker with.
Luke certainly didn't have much hope for these "toys".
But starting from the third month, Bent completed making up for the regrets of his "previous work" and changed his research direction. A few days ago, he just came up with a magical invention - the paralysis bomb.
You can call it shock bullet, stun bullet, or soul-flying bullet by another name. It has only one function - to paralyze a person and make him lose consciousness instantly.
Luke tried it on his clone, and the effect was terrifyingly strong.
Even the clone needs about 40 seconds to regain consciousness, and it will take more than 90 seconds to fully recover the ability to move.
This is just the power of a paralysis bullet.
If he were like Wade, who was hit by 10 or 20 bullets in one go, he would probably be packed up and sent away.
The strong effect is only one of the advantages of this paralysis bullet. The greater advantage is that it has almost no side effects.
Apart from possible damage from paralysis or falls, or possible heart or brain diseases in the victim, there are no other obvious side effects.
The specific principle of how to achieve this effect is too complicated, so Luke simply let the intelligent program sponge in the New Hope Laboratory continue the simulation calculation.
But for now, this paralysis bullet is already available.
Secondly, the core part of the paralyzing bullet is a dendroaspis venom, which can be processed and used on some cold weapons.
However, the surface of Luke's weapons is well treated, so the method of poisoning with just the tip of the knife will not work.
This paralyzing toxin is only used to subdue certain targets and is not suitable for killing. A batch of suitable darts can be modified.
Luke has no intention of selling this powerful weapon. Although it has a wide range of uses, it is too suitable for doing bad things.
People affected by this paralyzing toxin may even experience memory loss, as if the period of paralysis never existed. This is very scary.
Because of this invention, Mr. Bent has been put on Luke's protective watch list.
But in order to avoid Bent's suspicion, Luke will direct his interest to other projects, give him bonuses on the grounds of other projects, and by the way, let Bent blur the relevant memories and key data of the paralysis toxin.
Next year, Mr. Bent's annual salary and grant amount will be increased to a higher level, which can be regarded as the best compensation for this technical geek.