Using production robots to distract the attention of major corporations in Night City will allow Luoqi to develop his mechanical army more easily.
This is why Luoqi didn't choose the Ghost Robot, a highly upgraded version of the Marvin Robot that is better suited for combat, nor did he choose other more powerful combat robots.
"Lao Wei, don't think this thing doesn't look much like a combat robot, but as long as you train it in combat skills, it can shine on the battlefield."
"Moreover, this type of robot can not only be used for combat but also put into production. You'll know once you build it." Luoqi explained with a smile when he saw that Lao Wei didn't have much confidence in the Marvin Robot.
Just like the multi-functional entity in its name.
Marvin Robots can be competent in various scenarios.
They can genuinely be used for production, not just for disguise.
Whether it's for mass production of weapons and equipment, transporting goods, or even basic construction, Marvin is a good hand.
For such a robot that can act as a worker and also pick up a gun and transform into a combat unit at any time, Luoqi couldn't find a reason to refuse.
Hearing Luoqi's words, Lao Wei couldn't say much more and could only start manufacturing the first Marvin Robot with some doubt.
And the entire manufacturing process was not complicated.
Blueprints purchased from the system could be synthesized into constituent parts through the workbench, saving a lot of time.
By selecting the recipe for the part in the workbench and adding materials, the corresponding part could be manufactured.
And when adding materials, Luoqi chose vibranium as the main material.
Since it was the first robot, Luoqi generously chose to build it entirely out of vibranium, making it truly indestructible.
As for future Marvin Robots, just mixing in some vibranium particles would be enough.
If all of them were built to the specifications of the first one, then Ascension Technology could basically declare bankruptcy.
Although the manufacturing process had been greatly simplified, the process of building the robot was still very long, affected by the output of vibranium and the speed at which the workbench processed vibranium.
It wasn't until the next day that Luoqi and Lao Wei fully assembled this robot.
In the laboratory, a brand new Marvin Robot was thus born.
To satisfy his own interest, Luoqi specifically painted this first robot blue.
In addition, Luoqi also installed a grappling hook component on its arm, and a space-folding storage device for storing equipment and weapons was naturally indispensable.
With the help of Power Excitement Agent, the now wealthy Luoqi had long since purchased mass-producible storage equipment.
When deployed on Marvin Robots, they would usually be harmless production robots, but when combat missions were needed, they could immediately fully arm themselves with equipment stored in the storage space.
Looking at the robot waiting to be started, Luoqi pressed the start button.
This robot was started for the first time.
The camera head lifted, and the screen on its chest lit up, but there was no further action.
At this moment, the robot looked not very intelligent; having not yet awakened self-awareness, it was currently just an ordinary robot waiting to execute set commands, not yet considered a mechanical life form.
And Luoqi didn't hesitate, opening the self-awareness awakening program provided by the system and selecting the Pathfinder template as the basic template.
The program activated, the robot's limbs began to twist continuously, and the screen on its chest flashed through various expressions.
Smiley face, crying, angry, sad, neutral, heart.
As the program continued to run, the expressions flashed faster and faster.
Finally, when the program was completely finished running, the expression settled on a smiley face, and the mechanical right hand gave a thumbs-up.
"What kind of pose is this? Did you set it for him? It doesn't look very proper." Lao Wei looked at the robot striking a pose in front of him and asked Luoqi with some curiosity.
"Uh... you could say so." Facing Lao Wei's question, Luoqi responded awkwardly.
Luoqi hadn't just explained to Lao Wei that he was awakening the robot's self-awareness. For Lao Wei to say that in front of the robot now was like speaking ill of someone to their face.
Just then, the robot nearby spoke.
"Oh, Mr. Victor doesn't like this pose? Although it's very sad, I can change it."
A mechanical electronic voice sounded, making Lao Wei feel a bit surprised.
Long before activating its self-awareness, Luoqi had uploaded various identity information to the robot's terminal, so it naturally knew Lao Wei's identity.
Knowing that Lao Wei was also one of its creators but didn't quite like its appearance, the robot seemed a bit sad, and the expression on the screen on its chest became dejected.
Seeing this situation, Lao Wei was instantly a bit at a loss.
Luoqi reminded him timely, "Lao Wei, this robot now has self-aware mechanical life, just like Lisandra."
"Oh, and also, his name is Marvin."
This first robot, built with the most luxurious top configuration, Luoqi also generously bestowed the name Marvin upon it.
Hearing Luoqi say this, Lao Wei also realized he had just said the wrong thing.
"Sorry, kid. I didn't mean that, don't take it to heart." Lao Wei quickly explained.
"It's okay, Mr. Victor, I'm fine."
And Marvin seemed easily appeased, immediately returning to a smiley face expression.
Luoqi, who was standing by, also showed a bit of helplessness seeing Marvin's slightly childish personality; he wondered if he should have chosen a ruthless killer template instead.
But on second thought, this didn't seem like a bad thing; the company already had Lisandra, the cool older sister type, so a bit more liveliness seemed good too.
If all mechanical life forms were like Lisandra, it would be too boring.
Furthermore, mature personality templates have less plasticity, and their ability ceiling will correspondingly be lower. They are suitable for mass-produced models, but for a special model like Marvin, gradually nurturing him is better.
It just so happened that Luoqi didn't plan to let Marvin go out and show himself so quickly; it wouldn't be good if other big companies discovered such a robot going on a killing spree in Night City.
Sending him to the factory for production would be a bit of a waste of his first-generation model's performance, so Luoqi planned to have Marvin stay in the laboratory.
With his personality, staying in the laboratory to accompany Lao Wei and act as his assistant or something similar would also be quite good.
He believed Lao Wei would like this new assistant.
"Alright, let's stop talking about this. Let's test your abilities first, Marvin." Luoqi spoke, interrupting the two.
"Yes, Father."
"Uh... you don't need to call me Father, just call me L."
"Understood, Mr. L."
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