I am the God of Technology



Now that Dante had acquired his Bionics and Psionics, it was naturally time to test them out and learn more about these two power systems. After that, he would deal with what he had been excited to try ever since he received his information from the school, which was extracurricular activities to earn Supercoin! 

First, he used the teleporter to return to his residence and lay on his bed comfortably. He then entered the Quantum Network then straight to the Etraverse. He entered his Student ID and was able to access the unique VR worlds belonging to the academy, of which he chose the 'Testing World'. 

A pop-up appeared explaining the details of the Testing World, something which was complimentary with the entire service. 

[World Name: Testing World 

World Owner: Eternal Academy 

World Creator: Eternal Academy 

World Size: Small 

World Type: Instanced 

World Genre: Training 

Bionics Allowed: Yes 

Psionics Allowed: Yes 

Superpowers Allowed: Yes 

Requirements: Student ID 

Duration: Unlimited 

Description: This is the basic testing world created by the Eternal Academy for its student to use in order to test the effectiveness of their Bionics, Psionics, or superpowers in a virtual setting with any parameters of their choice.] 

Dante chose to enter and was brought into a large white room that had grids as far as the eye could see. His AI chip was then prompted to design the kind of scenario in which he wanted to test his various abilities, so Dante chose a random template. 

[You will be using the Terrorist Attack on Civilians template. Here, you are browsing through your city's large mall when the mall is surrounded by terrorists who are here to slaughter everyone and take no prisoners. Your duty is to either escape or incapacitate all enemies within the time limit and your efforts will be graded using an objective score. Continue?] 

Dante chose to continue and was warped into a cafeteria that was packed with people. From right to left, there were different vendors from the classic McDonald's and Burger King to even Panda Express and Hooters. 

He only had about three seconds to take in his surroundings before the entire area quaked as the sound of multiple explosions occurred. Everyone was thrown to their feet and screams abounded in the area. 

Dante could almost taste the panic in the air and his enhancements passively kicked in as soon as he detected the chaos. Immediately, the world around him changed in more than one way possible. 

Now, Bionics and Psionics were separated into different types and classes. There were Civilian, Military, Commercial, Private, Business, Government, and Student Bionics as well as Psionics. 

Due to the different categories, each type had different functions and increased your SDI in different ways. 

At its base, regardless of type, a Bionic or Psionic Enhancement could not turn you into a God. They worked with your natural SDI, so much like the various fictional transformations from popular shonen anime, the higher the 'power level' of your base form, the higher your final power level after transformation. 

This was what Xue Bing had warned Dante about that there were some aliens or even pure humans who had SDI with points above the double digits. Compared to him who had recently been boosted to 2 points in each field, he was like a bear cub before a dragon. 

Bionics were physical enhancements that multiplied your SDI values of Strength, Constitution, and Vitality by a factor of 2 for Civilian, by 3 up to 5 for Private, Business, and Commercial, by 5 to 8 for Student and Government, and from 10 and above for Military. 

Due to the focus, it made your muscles stronger and sturdier, made your body more impervious and resistant to damage, and then increased your recovery in terms of stamina and fatigue greatly. 

Taking into account the special nature of the Eternal Academy, Dante's identity as a student of the Unique Batch among others, his Bionics granted him a boost of 10 times. 

Psionics were mental enhancements that multiplied your SDI values of Agility, Dexterity, and Intelligence by the same factors per type as for Bionics. 

With its focus, it increased coordination, reflexes, reaction speed, balance, and acuity greatly. You might think that such things had to do with the body but no, they were more of a thing of the mind and the nervous system. 

The current Dante was experiencing the first taste of full activation of both his Bionics and Psionics. Many details had been documented and written about the first experience, calling it the greatest high that was not replicable ever again. 

Dante himself could not easily describe what he was going through in detail. Having your body filled with power, having your mind flow like it was a filthy pipe that had been washed clean, it was truly a high like no other. 

Dante was filled with confidence that he could not suppress at all. The world itself seemed to slow down around him and the movements of the panicking civilians behind him seemed to come from a far distance. 

Dante cast his senses out and felt the presence of over 50 hostiles equipped with laser weaponry slowly and methodically killing everyone in the mall. The guards and sentry robots were all disabled through some elite means that Dante did not know about. 

The enemies had spread out and covered every possible entrance and exit of the mall. After all, this was a lightning operation where they came to slaughter to leave a message or something else, then evacuate. 

Having people escape would ruin the purity of their operation on one hand and it might alert the authorities to send armed forces over much earlier than necessary. 

With these kinds of operations, the timing was strict and they all had watches counting down each second till they had to evac whether they were done or not. 

These men were likely equipped with either Military or Private Bionics, so their SDI boost could be between 3 to 10 times. One fact was that the base SDI of everyone in this instance was the same as him, or around the same range. 

Everyone was even of the same race, and the details had been crafted based on Dante's impression of a mall through the AI chip. This was to create a perfect scenario for him to test his abilities without making his foes impossibly strong or needlessly weak. 

Dante sucked in a deep breath and then bolted forward rushing out of the cafeteria area and into a nearby shop that sold perfumes and women's clothing. The attendant was also screaming and scrambling to hide under something, so Dante ignored her and rushed into the backroom. 

It would have been more logical for him to stay put with the masses and use them as body shields to escape, but this was not necessarily a survival mission but a testing one. 

Dante found what he was looking for in the fire kit, which had an extinguisher and an axe in a glass case. He smashed open the case and took the axe, twirling it in his arms. 

He swung it for a bit and was shocked. He was a normal civilian with no combat training whatsoever, so he had no skill in wielding an axe. 

However, when stats and ability reached a certain threshold, the casual act of one could replicate a seasoned master. Not in terms of true form, that required proper training, but the lack of clumsiness was apparent. 

Dante rushed out of the back room and send that the shooting and murdering had started in earnest as some of the men split into different shops to take down those within as quickly as possible. 

With their Psionics, they could sense those who were hiding with ease, so there was no point in doing that. In fact, they had already sensed Dante, but they could not tell how different he was like this. 

He just seemed like a brave but foolish young man who thought he could ambush one of them. The nearest one to him acted ignorant as he cleared the stores leading up to where Dante was, but Dante knew that his opponent was aware of him. 

An axe versus a laser gun? Not very good odds. 

If Dante threw the axe when the guy got close, with his level of enhancements he could easily dodge it and Dante would now be unarmed and dead. 

If Dante waited until he got close and tried to jump out, his foe would still easily dodge Dante's unskilled swing and then laser him in the face with the fellow's superior marksmanship training. 

The only thing that would work was a feint. Dante had to pretend he was doing one of these actions but cancel it at the last moment and then find a connecting move to get himself into the danger area of his foe for a takedown. 

Pretend to throw or pretend to hack at his foe? That was the question. 

Dante had little time to decide because the fellow had just dealt with the next store over and would be coming his way very soon.