257: The mecha project has been secretly launched!

Holy cow! He actually gave it to me, without a moment's hesitation?

Su Yu looked at the message Xia Dahai sent on his phone and was momentarily stunned. He knew that this second batch of materials was entirely prepared for building a mecha.

Whether it was the quantity of materials needed or their rarity, they were more than one level higher than the first batch of raw materials.

The price was a full ten times higher!

This was already the lowest price Xia Dahai could get by using his company's channels to acquire the goods. If Su Yu were to get these things himself, the total price would probably be an additional 20%.

Su Yu hadn't expected CEO Xia to be so decisive.

He asked for materials worth a billion, and the other party agreed without hesitation, which caught him somewhat off guard.

Originally, Su Yu had only sent the raw material list with a 'let's see' attitude, wanting to see how much CEO Xia was willing to invest in him.

He didn't expect that trying it would be worse than not trying it, and he ended up committing himself.

Well, he promised to get the materials.

What else could he do? Even if he couldn't, he could only bite the bullet and continue.

Fortunately, Su Yu had planned to build a mecha from the beginning, otherwise, he would have ended up just staring blankly at the materials once he got them.

“Thank you for your strong support, CEO Xia!”

“Brothers and sisters in the live stream, the second batch of raw materials for building the robot is expected to arrive gradually in two days. We will continue to stream every day then, and this time, I will make sure everyone learns clearly and understands thoroughly!”

“However, Streamer gives everyone a warm reminder. The prerequisite for following along this time, besides preparing enough materials, is that you also need a robotic arm that can assist you.”

In the live stream, Su Yu suddenly smiled and waved his phone, playfully teasing the vast number of netizens.

As long as the materials are in place, everything else is easy!

Isn't it just building a mecha by hand?

Now that he has a Lackey to help, building it with a Lackey is no problem! Let alone by hand!

However, regarding the upcoming arrangements, Su Yu felt that he indeed needed to plan carefully in advance.

The successful completion of the Lackey also declared that the last piece of the mecha manufacturing puzzle was complete.

At this point, materials, technology, assistant, time—all conditions were met! He only needed to finalize the plan to formally put the mecha manufacturing project into practical operation.

However, considering that he was currently being watched by too many people, Su Yu, for the sake of caution, ultimately decided to keep the mecha manufacturing project under wraps for now.

Otherwise, given his current fame at home and abroad, as long as the things he made had a high technological content, he would definitely receive special attention from the uncles!

By then, before the thing was even made, the uncles would come knocking three times a day to check the water meter—who could stand that!

Just like the previous pen-modified stationery and the air umbrella, they were the best examples.

So, in the following days.

Su Yu consistently implemented two sets of plans.

After going live, he would openly 'cry' and work with the Lackey to research and build a new type of robot. The scene of one person and one hand deep in thought and hard at work even garnered a lot of concern from fans.

Some told Su Yu not to push himself too hard every day.

Some comforted him, saying there was no need to rush with the robot, to take his time, and that they would wait for daily updates.

Others even said that the Lackey was indeed not jarvis, as it couldn't even complete the independent design and manufacturing of a robot, calling it trash!

This angered the Lackey so much that it almost crashed and went on strike on the spot.

What did they mean it couldn't compare to jarvis? If it weren't for Su Yu deliberately acting, telling it never to expose the fact that it was secretly building battle armor in the live stream, it would shut up these not-so-smart netizens in minutes.

Of course, their official working hours each day were actually much longer than the time they spent acting in the live stream.

This made Su Yu feel a bit disoriented for a moment, wondering when he had transitioned from a Streamer to an actor.

The second batch of raw materials for the mecha arrived on time, and Su Yu began manufacturing on the evening of their arrival.

He was very glad that he had built the Lackey before starting the mecha.

Although this fellow chattered incessantly, as a robot that could work 24/7 without rest, its efficiency was countless times higher than his own!

After telling the Lackey the mecha manufacturing process and general principles, that evening, the fellow forged the ultra-high-strength alloy for the mecha.

If Su Yu had to do it, it would have been impossible without three days, and that's without any rest in between!

Recalling the hellish days of building hex technology mosquitos by hand, Su Yu couldn't help but shake his head.

Indeed, sometimes choice is more important than effort!

The ancients' words did not deceive me!

With a good start, Su Yu became even more proficient in making the other parts and technologies of the mecha. Every day, he only needed to tell the Lackey his planned schedule in advance, and this guy could help him with manufacturing 24 hours a day.

What's that saying?

Easy as pie!

That's right, the Lackey is the best personification of that phrase.

Because the physical form of the Lackey is indeed a mechanical hand.

Thus, one person and one hand acted in the live stream during the day and worked underground at night. Unbeknownst to them, the mecha's weapon system was already completely finished.

At this point, there was still one month left on the system task completion countdown.

According to the estimated time, the complete mecha should be finished in about a week... On this day, Su Yu, who was live streaming, prepared to test the finished robot under the cheers of his fans.

That's right!

The robot used to appease netizens and CEO Xia in the live stream was completely finished last night.

According to Su Yu's design, the technological content of this thing was actually not high, possessing only basic mobility and an AI chip far inferior to the Lackey's.

When attaching the chip, even the Lackey couldn't help but disdain it, wondering how such a trashy thing could come from its hands.

If it were to participate in some national robot competition and make a fool of itself, it would never be able to hold its head up in front of Su Yu.

So, at its strong request, the Lackey secretly made a stripped-down, low-spec version of a gundam mecha for the robot.

It replicated the mecha's design based on the most popular gundam movie online, possessing only a cool appearance, with practical functions less than one-tenth of those in the movie.

However, this thing's utility was better than nothing.

It was purely because the Lackey had heard that there seemed to be an appearance score in robot competitions, which piqued its interest.

As for this mecha worn by the robot, Su Yu had only heard the Lackey mention it once; he hadn't seen it himself.