In Rin's understanding, as a mechanical life, to improve a high-level intelligence skill, there are only two methods.

First, improve intelligence through continuous self-learning.

Second, upgrade the intelligent chip with the help of other top-quality mechanical materials.

The former requires a lot of time, while the latter requires even rarer mechanical materials and superb mechanical technology.

However, Rin was amazed to find that its master only touched it twice, and its intelligence level was improved.

It simply couldn't understand this.

At the same time, what made it even more incomprehensible was the daily training reports from its master's pets, its other companions.

They completely didn't match the intelligence data it had analyzed.

A Ginseng Baby should honestly strengthen its life force and earth affinity, focusing on this training task, striving to evolve into a wood and earth dual-type "Ginseng Fruit Tree" with stronger vitality as soon as possible. This is the scientific training route.

As a result, researching reincarnation and transmigration concepts, what are those things, and what is the Time Fruit?!

Mechanical Rin found itself completely unable to understand what its companions were saying. After forcibly analyzing, it almost developed a fever…

"Ginseng Baby, heal me…"

Beside it, Shi Yu's weak voice came.

With a one-plus-one heal, in Mechanical Rin's confused gaze, its high-level intelligence level reached the mastery level from the initial entry level.

At this time, Mechanical Rin's avatar was still staring at Ginseng Baby and Shi Yu in confusion, still not understanding the mechanism of this operation.

Because Shi Yu and Ginseng Baby's "point addition and nourishment" combo didn't seem like a normal upgrade operation for a mechanical life performed by a mechanic.

"Still need to continue…"

Beside it, Shi Yu and Ginseng Baby's whispering voices came.

Add points, keep adding.

Mechanical Rin still didn't seem very smart.

"Yi!"

Soon after, as the high-level intelligence level began to rise from mastery to perfection, Mechanical Rin's gaze finally became less confused.

Gradually, it gained some clear cognition.

Mechanical Rin said, "〣(ºΔº)〣 Master, you… are you cheating?"

Shi Yu and Ginseng Baby paused.

It couldn't be said to be wrong.

"This is called point addition, you can understand it as my second Beast Taming talent."

"Second… Beast Taming talent? Unintelligible…"

"It's okay, you'll understand slowly."

"Wait, wait, wait, I need to check for safety hazards first," Mechanical Rin said nervously.

This sudden upgrade made it feel uneasy…

It stopped the point addition.

Beside it, Eleven silently gave a thumbs up.

Buggy, Chi Tong, Su Su looked at each other.

The hidden danger might be that it's easy to get addicted.

However, the fact that the new partner could calmly analyze the problem as soon as it was born was, to some extent, impressive.

"Okay, we'll take a break too," Shi Yu and Ginseng Baby breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yi…"

Next, Shi Yu planned to first increase Mechanical Rin's Shapeshift and high-level intelligence.

In this way, Rin could use Shapeshift to create various mechanical tools by itself for research and self-upgrades.

At the same time, it could also gain better learning and analysis abilities to assist Eleven and the others in training.

A moment later.

Mechanical Rin didn't seem to have found any problems.

And through self-analysis, it discovered that the so-called point addition was all benefits, with no disadvantages.

This shocked Mechanical Rin.

In the Rubik's Cube screen, Mechanical Rin hesitated for a moment, then slightly raised its head. After confusion, thinking, and analysis, it came to a final conclusion.

It looked at its mechanic with incomparable admiration and worship.

"Master, add points!"

It admitted that it had misjudged before. The master was indeed very excellent.

Now, add points, add points, add points. Only by quickly improving its intelligence could it better formulate plans for strengthening its master and companions!

Shi Yu: "…"

Eleven, Buggy, Ginseng Baby, etc.: "…"

"Awoo! Awoo!!"

At the same time, seeing that the new teammate had finally become smart and said the team's secret code, "Beast Tamer, add points!", the five little ones cheered and welcomed the new teammate into the team.

………

In the next two days, Shi Yu started another "seclusion" life.

"Cramming" and "rest and recuperation" coexisted.

Mechanical Rin's skill data also underwent a transformation.

[Name]: Rin

[Growth Level]: Transcendent

[Race Skills]: Shapeshift (Mastery+1), High-level Intelligence (Mastery+2), Wind Element Control (Entry)

Under Shi Yu's point additions, Rin's two high-level skills, Shapeshift and high-level intelligence, quickly reached the Mastery level and were advancing towards the maximum level.

Besides Shapeshift and high-level intelligence, Shi Yu didn't add points to anything else.

He did want to add the "Load" skill first to experience the feeling of merging with machinery, but the problem was, he couldn't add it.

He had copied a total of three mechanical skills from Xiao Shuang Legend's Blackwing Demon God, namely "Divine Network," "Load," and "Mechanical Space." Among them, only the "Divine Network" super-order skill was in a teachable state.

The "Load" and "Mechanical Space" skills both showed insufficient compatibility and could not be taught.

Shi Yu had roughly figured this out.

The compatibility requirement for mechanical skills might be higher.

If one didn't have corresponding "mechanical equipment," it would be difficult to learn the corresponding "mechanical skills." If Shi Yu wanted to teach Rin the "Load" and "Mechanical Space" skills, he would have to further upgrade Rin's race later, which would require upgrading the corresponding mechanical parts.

On the other hand, the description of Divine Network, a top-level intelligence, was only to split multiple intelligent brain domains to form a complex neural network system, which didn't require upgrading the configuration. It could be upgraded by adding points on the existing high-level intelligent chip.

Regarding this discovery, Shi Yu didn't feel any trouble. When Rin's intelligence improved, he would only need to provide materials and let Rin upgrade itself.

It really had to be said that after raising Shapeshift and high-level intelligence, Rin's changes were very great, so great that Shi Yu could have a good time now.

"Rin."

In the ruins space, Shi Yu held a Rubik's Cube. Under Shi Yu's command, the Rubik's Cube in his hand quickly changed with a tangled expression. In almost less than a second, it turned into a multi-barreled rotating Gatling gun, which Shi Yu held in his hand.

Cyan, very cool.

In the next moment, infinite wind elements gathered. As Shi Yu pressed the switch, the muzzle of the machine gun began to emit a sky full of air bullets compressed by the power of wind elements with the sound of "Tututututu"!

Tututututu——

After a minute, nearly 10,000 bullets hit the mountain in front, turning the entire mountain into a honeycomb.

This was not the end.

Shi Yu was having a great time.

"Master, I don't think this is meaningful…"

"Just transform."

"…"

In the next moment, Rin turned into a silver sniper cannon. Shi Yu held it in front of him. As the power of wind elements condensed and aimed, a single-target wind pressure cannonball with even greater power directly blasted the small mountain in front into powder with a "boom".

Gatling guns, sniper cannons… and mechanical swords! At this moment, Rin, who possessed Mastery-level Shapeshift and high-level intelligence, could quickly transform into all of them!

Of course, unfortunately, it was currently only "empty in form." Other than being able to better exert different uses of "Wind Element Control," the different forms had no other functions. In other words, it was currently just a showy display.

To truly upgrade these forms into strategic trump cards, it would be necessary to collect mechanical materials around these forms and carry out targeted upgrades.

For example, in the sniper rifle form, if equipped with abilities such as "Vital Point Lock," "Max-level Super Vision," "Load Combination," and "Energy Solidification," Shi Yu, holding the sniper rifle, could maximize its effect. It wouldn't be a problem to kill an enemy eight hundred miles away with a single shot.

Of course, these were just for fun. It was important to use intelligence for specific occasions. The most crucial thing was the "mecha form" with the most comprehensive capabilities.

However, this form was difficult to complete with Rin's current abilities. It wasn't that the intelligence level and Shapeshift level were not enough, but its main body was only a Shapeshift Stone. Without enough growth level, it didn't have enough volume to decompose and assemble into a mecha…

This was also the most difficult part of a Shapeshift Machine. To assemble into a larger mechanical life, it would be necessary to continue to fuse more Shapeshift Stones, which would cost a lot of money.

Of course, this difficulty was actually easy to solve for Shi Yu, because he could teach Rin the "Clone" and "Size Amplification" skills.

Therefore, as long as it had a construction diagram, it could still turn itself into a mecha after spending a certain amount of time.

However, the performance of this mecha was a matter of opinion. The mecha that was forcibly transformed would definitely be weaker than Xiao Shuang Legend's fully equipped mecha, which was all made of real Shapeshift Stones, in terms of combat power and endurance.

But it didn't matter if the configuration wasn't perfect or if it didn't have special abilities. It didn't matter if it was just an empty shell transformation. For now, being cool was enough.

As for how to become both cool and useful, that was the problem Rin should think about. Otherwise, wouldn't it be even more meaningless to add so much to high-level intelligence?

"Okay, today's gun test is over…"

"Continue to go back and add points."

"…"

Several days later.

Mechanical Rin's Shapeshift and high-level intelligence had been maxed out by Shi Yu.

At this time, the Shapeshift skill had become extremely precise. In terms of decomposition, it could already decompose its Rubik's Cube-sized body into countless super-small blocks that were invisible to the naked eye. Shi Yu didn't know if it had reached the atomic level, but it was difficult to judge the number of bodies after Rin's decomposition with Super Vision.

As for the assembly ability, it corresponded to the decomposition ability. It could simultaneously control these countless small blocks to quickly assemble into new objects.

Judging from the current precision, the new machinery it transformed into was definitely a leader among mechanical lives, belonging to the kind with a very solid foundation. After adding other mechanical materials for upgrades in the future, it would be difficult for defects and loopholes to appear with this precision as the foundation.

As for how strong the max-level high-level intelligence was, Shi Yu couldn't judge. Anyway, Rin could now complete "quick disassembly" and "quick assembly" of all the mechanical equipment he had bought and placed in the Mechanical Research Institute, like a legendary-level mechanic.

Moreover, judging from Rin's calm appearance, it was estimated that it already had some clues about the "Mechanical Phantom Beast Project" and the "All-Member Mecha Project."

Outside the Mechanical Research Institute.

Mechanical Rin, who was already in a big shot posture, floated in the air. It looked at the mechanical Tyrannosaurus rex running in the dragon circle and said, "Leave it to me, I will strive to complete the Mechanical Phantom Beast Project within three months."

"As for the 'Combined Mecha Project' and the 'Mythical Phantom Machine Project,' they may have to be after that."

"Why is it three months?" Shi Yu asked.

"Because three months later is the start time of the new Dong Huang National Mechanical Conference. If the ancient species phantom machine can be successfully researched, Master can consider whether to participate in this conference. If you can win the championship, it will be of great help for the next research on more difficult 'Combined Mecha' and 'Mythical Species Machine,'" Mechanical Rin analyzed. "The Mechanical Conference is like the Breeder Conference and the National Competition. There is some record of it in my initial data, but Master, you didn't notice it."

"Mechanical Conference?" Shi Yu was stunned, and then, his expression gradually became happy and said, "There is such a conference, then cheer up."

"Let's get a championship back conveniently first. At that time, if you get a mechanical illustration from the Fourth Bureau, it will be easier for you to upgrade yourself."

His archaeological illustration and breeder illustration recorded various high-end archaeological data and breeder data in Dong Huang. Then, theoretically, the Fourth Bureau illustration should record mechanical data, right?

"Yes," Mechanical Rin nodded.

In Rin's current difficulty assessment, ancient species mechanical phantom beasts are the easiest to research, followed by all-team combined mecha, and the most difficult is to transform itself into a mythical species phantom beast machine.

"I will work hard, but also please Master try to meditate. If you can sign a contract, my learning, calculation, and research abilities can be improved again," Rin urged.

"Okay, okay, tell me what mechanical materials and mechanical knowledge you need. I will help you buy materials and find textbooks," Shi Yu said.

"(✿◡‿◡) Okay."

"Currently, the basic mechanical theoretical knowledge is enough. All mechanical systems cannot be separated from the basics. There should be no mechanical theoretical data about mechanical phantom beasts now, so the current demand for other mechanical knowledge is not very high. What I need to do now is to deduce a new mechanical system, but during this period, I may need the help of Eleven, Buggy, Ginseng Baby, Chi Tong, and Su Su."

After reaching the max-level high-level intelligence and updating Eleven's data, Rin's understanding of Eleven and the others was not so difficult now.

Among them, Eleven as an armory, Buggy's phantoms, Ginseng Baby's time and life fruits, Chi Tong's soul exchange ability, and Su Su's mental purification ability, Rin felt that they might all be helpful in the process of researching the mechanical Tyrannosaurus rex, so it needed the teammates to provide some support.

"Okay!"

At this moment, Shi Yu was very worry-free.

Good.

The mechanical phantom beast project could finally make progress. If everything went well after three months, maybe he could win another first place or something, and he didn't have to worry about it himself. That was great.

He should have done this long ago. It seemed that his capitalist skills had not yet reached the level of perfection.

"Master, it's time to meditate."

"…" Shi Yu.

Shi Yu: _(´ཀ`」∠)_

"Principal Feng has something to ask me. Meditation, definitely tomorrow."

"Task list updated. Today's meditation task has been reasonably assigned to the next three working days."

Shi Yu: "Ah——"

…………

Principal Feng did have something to ask Shi Yu.

To be precise, it was Principal Feng and Jewel Cat who asked Shi Yu together.

"Hey, Teacher Ying, I always feel like this is a little unethical."

Principal Feng looked vicissitudes.

Gudu University currently had only two legendary-level resources, which were the treasures of the school.

This time, Jewel Cat used the power of the new totem and its old qualifications to apply for all of them.

Principal Feng and Totem Cat joined forces, and their right to speak was indeed not comparable to other core executives of Gudu University.

With a snap, Gudu University's family fortune was gone all of a sudden.

"There's no such thing. Those two legendary resources are just sitting there. Resources are good when they are used. When Shi Yu and Qingyi grow up, they will be worth it," Jewel Cat said with certainty.

Principal Feng had a strange expression. You, the Guardian Overlord, directly emptied Gudu University as soon as you broke through. No one else had done that.

However, after being bewitched by Jewel Cat, Principal Feng subconsciously stood on Jewel Cat's side.

The reason was simple. Jewel Cat was applying for legendary-level resources for Shi Yu and Lu Qingyi, the two most outstanding students of Gudu University in recent decades, and Principal Feng was optimistic about both of them, so he supported it.

Otherwise, relying solely on him and Jewel Cat alone, they would definitely not be able to decide the ownership of Gudu University's town treasures. Of course, the main factor was that Jewel Cat had been promoted to a totem. Even if there were five legendary resources, their value would not be comparable to a totem in its peak state.

"Cough, this is all for the good of Gudu University," Jewel Cat said again with certainty, not to say that this was to protect its jewel's top strategy.

However, these legendary resources were indeed useless if they were just collected. It was better to give them to promising new-generation Beast Tamers.

Gudu University initially collected three legendary resources.

All three legendary resources came from the secret realm of the Undead Battlefield.

A hundred years ago, Gudu University experienced an undead disaster due to the dual effect of the Undead Nether Phoenix going berserk and the appearance of the totem era secret realm. Although this disaster caused huge losses to Gudu, Gudu also harvested countless treasures in the secret realm. These three legendary resources were a part of what Gudu University obtained.

Among them, Jewel Cat used a necromantic gem for itself, wasting it…

Jewel Cat had calculated the remaining two necromantic legendary resources and planned to give one of them to Shi Yu.

In its opinion, this resource was very suitable for Shi Yu's Little Chi Tong and would definitely be useful.

[Name]: Bone Sword

[Attribute]: Necromantic

[Level]: Ninth Level (Legendary)

[Introduction]: A sword of the dead that can resurrect the slain life in a necromantic form and control its will.