Inside the workshop in the abandoned town, the environment was constant and enclosed.
The energy core provided a steady hum, and the air purification system worked continuously, completely isolating the interior from the corrosive environment of the external desert.
The space was filled with a unique scent, a mixture of machine oil, coolant, and faint ozone.
Osiris' dark red mechanical body was the active center of this space.
He was handling multiple tasks, but he didn't pay much attention to the feedback from Maine's crew about certain factions in Night City starting to become curious.
These trivial movements, sparked by speculation and greed, had a low priority compared to the technological blueprint he had planned, and were not worth allocating computational resources to for now.
His work focus was on more fundamental construction and more distant exploration.
Currently, his primary attention was on two parallel projects: in-depth analysis of the data obtained from the first dimensional teleportation experiment, and advancing and completing the treatment of Sasha Yakovleva, ensuring her vital signs were completely stable, and implementing subsequent treatment and customized prosthetic modification plans.
Undoubtedly, the former held absolute priority in his computational resources and logical core.
Beside the specialized medical bed, Sasha was in deep hypothermic hibernation, with her life activities reduced to the minimum level necessary for basic functions.
Most of her body was maintained by a combination of bioactive gel and precise mechanical support structures, and her face was peaceful.
Multiple tubes and implanted interfaces connected to her spine and main nerve clusters, continuously delivering nutrient solutions, stabilizers, and nano-units performing microscopic repair tasks.
Osiris regularly conducted comprehensive system scans, updating the data records.
Information on the holographic interface showed that Sasha's vital signs were completely stable, the most critical brain tissue damage had been repaired, and her neural activity baseline was steady.
"Major organ functions are stable, and central nervous system repair is complete. The current life support plan can continue until the next stage," his synthesized voice reported calmly, his optical lens scanning the constantly refreshing parameters: "Basic physiological treatment has ended; the next step will be the somatic functional reconstruction phase."
At this moment, Osiris was using commercial prosthetic components collected by Maine's crew as basic materials, subjecting them to deep modification and precise tuning for Sasha's body reconstruction.
The original designs of these products from the Night City market, in his eyes, were full of crude compromises: bloated and inefficient interface protocols, poor material biocompatibility, and excessive redundancy in energy transmission paths.
He used mechanical tentacles and specialized tools, like a master restorer dealing with clumsy imitations, to dismantle, purify, and rewrite their internal firmware one by one, optimize their physical structure, and treat key contact surfaces with self-developed dielectric coatings and neuro-waveguide materials.
In this world where the tech tree had branched incorrectly, mature prosthetic technology could indeed replace most of the body's native tissues.
However, this replacement was far from perfect, and its technical flaws—especially those root causes leading to nerve load accumulation and severe rejection reactions—were the objects of Osiris' cold observation.
As he precisely implanted the modified components, he recorded all data from a researcher's perspective.
In the Warhammer Universe he came from, which had more stringent standards and deeper foundations for "man-machine fusion," the phenomenon of "cyberpsychosis" caused by underlying technical flaws, leading to mental breakdown, was itself a valuable research sample.
He hoped to deeply analyze its inducing mechanisms through Sasha's case.
Of course, this research ran parallel to the commitment to treatment.
He incorporated Adeptus Mechanicus' unique technologies into the modifications, such as more precise neural mesh interfaces and sensor algorithms that could simulate nearly native tactile sensations, which would significantly enhance the performance and adaptability of Sasha's new body.
For him, the process of treating Sasha was also an excellent opportunity to deeply understand the limits of local technology and collect data on full-body modification experiments.
After confirming Sasha's stable condition, Osiris shifted his main processing thread to the core area of the laboratory.
It was quieter here, with only the necessary sounds of equipment operation.
A servo-skull projected complex data visualization interfaces nearby, displaying detailed information captured during the last teleportation experiment: the trajectory of energy release, the transient distortion of spacetime structure, and various readings of the teleportation unit at the moment of Crossing.
Osiris' mechanical tentacles interacted with the data stream, filtering, comparing, and calculating.
His processing capabilities were fully engaged in analyzing this information, which involved the underlying operations of physical rules.
"Pay attention to this energy decay pattern," Osiris pointed to a set of curves, "When the dimensional channel reached its maximum opening and began to close, the energy dissipation did not show the expected sharp decline, but instead maintained a very short period of steady state.
During this period, energy fluctuations were confined to a very narrow range, exhibiting resonant characteristics."
He called up multiple analysis models for verification.
"Our initial assumption might have been too direct, viewing teleportation simply as a forceful breakthrough, with high energy consumption and risk. But this resonance phenomenon suggests another approach..."
He brought up the detailed spectrogram of that phase for simulation: "Perhaps there is a more efficient method. If we can actively excite and control this resonant state, instead of blindly pursuing a larger channel aperture... it might be possible to maintain an extremely weak but stable interdimensional connection.
This is like opening a door a crack; although objects cannot pass through, it is enough for information to flow."
This was one of the key objectives of the first experiment.
The core command of that specialized servo-skull included an important task: after confirming arrival at the target coordinates (i.e., the ruins where Osiris left the Warhammer Universe) and being in a safe environment, at a predetermined time, send an encrypted confirmation signal to the departure coordinates.
The signal itself contained simple information, but its successful reception or failure was of great significance.
"Adjust the energy output parameters of the dimensional teleporter," Osiris instructed the servo-skull, "shifting the focus from pursuing peak output to controlling frequency precision, attempting to reproduce and maintain that resonant state.
At the same time, set our signal reception system sensitivity to maximum, continuously monitor the preset frequency band, and try to capture the specific encrypted signal coming from 'Coordinate Beta.'"
He knew that cosmic background interference and the dimensional barrier itself would bring a lot of noise, making it very difficult to identify that faint signal.
But this was still the lowest-risk and potentially high-value option currently available.
Once a confirmation signal was successfully received, it would not only prove that the teleportation path was basically feasible and the messenger survived, but also imply the possibility of establishing two-way low-bandwidth communication.
This would provide critical basis for subsequent decisions.
As a cautious researcher, he naturally also prepared backup plans.
If long-term monitoring yielded no results, or if the information returned indicated a critical situation in the Warhammer world, he would have to consider higher-risk options—a brief, heavily armed return mission.
But that would require more preparation, including accumulating additional energy, and possibly equipping locally manufactured combat units to accompany him.
To increase the success probability of this "listening" experiment, Osiris had already upgraded the workshop's energy and computing systems using newly arrived high-purity energy crystals and precision components.
The fusion reactor output was more stable, and the server array also enhanced signal processing capabilities to better extract potential valid signals from the noise.
The entire workshop was in a state of readiness, all preparations aimed at capturing that faint echo that might come from another universe.
The result of this attempt would directly influence his next direction—whether to continue safe remote detection, or whether he must once again personally venture into that dangerous and dark world.