Mechanical Alchemist

Chapter 352 I intend to join you

Su Lun captured three mechanical octopuses. In the eyes of everyone in the dawn group, this was almost the same as capturing a few "alien creatures".

For members of the group who have never heard of neuromechanical technology, it is difficult to understand how there are steel monsters in the sea, and how they survive.

But looking at the silver-plated streamer, which can also change color and hide the alchemy-coated skin, Su Lun really felt that he had found a treasure.

It's not bad luck to encounter this, it's simply great luck!

Thinking about it now, Grand Duke Raphael's hand stretched a little too long.

The grand duke, who seemed to be excluded from Lu Ying's core power circle, was already ambitious, and he already had the strength to challenge Oleg, the king of the North Sea.

No, even the Lu Ying royal family.

In the past, the pirates robbed unscrupulously, thinking that the steel ships of the navy could not catch up with the fast sailing pirate ships, and they could not come to the pirate city.

Looking at it now, people simply don't bother to shoot mosquitoes with cannons, and are waiting for Mafa's high-tech submarine.

natural moat?

nonexistent.

Even the chaotic wind belts and sea vortexes surrounding the pirate city of Hastling can't stop these mechanical octopuses that can swim in the deep sea.

Qianjo watched Su Lun put the three-headed octopus into the storage space, and also saw some tricks. He was amazed, "This thing seems to be very good."

"It's more than good."

Su Lun was a little excited and explained: "In the sea, even if the professionals of the fourth and fifth ranks have no means of restraint, they may not be able to deal with them. Moreover, they are powerful weapons for destroying ships, and the clustered combat power is very terrifying. This is enough to change future wars Towards cutting-edge technology."

Qianjo didn't understand it, but nodded.

If it wasn't for their means to restrain the mechanical octopus, if these steel monsters were to get close to sea ships, even submarines could cut them, what do you think of the wooden sailboat ending?

A strong man like Qiantiao can be killed, but how many are like this, how about a few hundred?

The entire sea area is covered with boiling mechanical tentacles. The picture is terrifying even if you think about it.

Moreover, this is a "small" mechanical octopus with a body length of ten meters.

What about super monsters with a length of 100 meters or 1,000 meters?

The design concept of this era is that greatness is beauty. The larger the mechanical monster, the thicker the armor it can carry. To a certain extent, it is simply invincible!

Su Lun would not take chances, Grand Duke Raphael did not expect.

He even guessed that besides Old Lingdun, Grand Duke Raphael should have one or several "secret bases" dedicated to researching mechanical monsters and giant steel ships.

Su Lun had a premonition that now that Grand Duke Rafael and the Regadi family in the south have joined forces, the old stubborn people at the top of the Luying Empire might suffer a lot.

The storm is coming.

And the former "barren land" of Beizhou Four Kingdoms has really become lively recently.

And luckily,

The most critical "neuromechanical technology" is not only owned by the Rafael family,

Su Lun understands too!

Now that there are samples of mechanical monsters again, the direction of research and development in the future is clear, and he can avoid many detours.

Not long after, the sound of gunfire in the distance suddenly subsided.

The battle ended a little too quickly, far from a battle with a "commodore-level" mechanical armor that was comparable to a fifth-tier professional.

But Su Lun was not surprised at all.

This kind of soft mechanical octopus is extremely restrained to most of the Mafa mechanical armor.

Once glued, 100% of the mechanical armor's combat power will not be able to exert 20%.

Moreover, since the people of Grand Duke Rafael chose to ambush, they must be sure of success.

Su Lun heard that the battle was over, and originally wanted to go to the battlefield to see if he could catch any mistakes.

But if you think about it, it's okay.

Grand Duke Raphael has already stretched out his hand, so there may not only be a mechanical monster army deployed near the Rockman Strait, but also along the way to the Pirate City.

This is even an "encirclement" in itself.

Su Lun's top priority is to go back to the Pirate City to find Dr. Banks to treat the distortion, so as not to cause complications. Otherwise, once surrounded and the "Dawn" was sunk, the consequences would be disastrous.

Moreover, those guys who intercepted the Mafa submarine seemed to be very cautious.

After succeeding, the sea immediately became calm.

Probably thought that the three-headed mechanical octopus that had lost contact had already "exploded", and no one caught up to investigate the situation.

The dawn regiment sailed away smoothly.

For the sake of caution, the Dawn Regiment did not pass through the Rockman Strait as originally planned, but took a risky detour and changed its route. Although I encountered several extreme weather and real Kraken attacks, fortunately, there was no danger along the way.

For the next few days, Su Lun has been researching how to manipulate the mechanical octopus.

Huge glass jars are filled with seawater, and he occasionally feeds the octopuses to replenish essential nutrients.

He carefully analyzed every detail of the mechanical octopus, removed the positioning tracker, and gradually became proficient in manipulating it.

The octopus itself is very smart, with a highly developed and plump nervous system, the number of neurons is similar to that of mammals, and it has an IQ no less than that of many land and water mammals.

This is also one of the most suitable templates for making mechanical monsters that Su Lun thought of before.

This mechanical octopus has obviously been trained, facing different situations, it will have a lot of conditioned reflex-like combat reactions.

He guessed that among those who hunted submarines before, there should be professionals like "beast trainers". Their manipulation of the mechanical octopus is manipulation at the level of "spells". But that requires a specific secret method and a long process to get familiar with.

And Su Lun doesn't need such complicated things for the time being.

He directly uses [spiritual tentacles] to directly control the octopus limbs. As long as he knows enough about the nervous system of octopuses, he can manipulate them as perfectly as a living corpse.

Finally, they returned safely to the pirate city of Hastling.

After the King of the North Sea became king, the Pirate City became several times more lively than before, and the prosperity really looked like a large territory.

Countless newcomer pirates with dreams of getting rich have gathered here from various sea areas, mixed with dragons and snakes.

The most intuitive expression is that there are several times more pirate ships at the Golden Walled City Wharf than before.

There are densely packed pirate ships of various specifications, as well as all kinds of gaudy skeleton pirate flags. The ships that were almost free to berth are now charged.

The Dawn group is not well-known yet, and can only be squeezed in a bunch of "unpopular" pirate groups on the periphery.

They didn't care, they just captured three Mafa's mechanical octopuses and collected the flags, so it's good to keep a low profile.

"Sister Qiantiao, I'll go to Dr. Banks to deal with the distortion first. Be careful, there must be Duke Raphael's eyeliner in this pirate city."

"Um."

After the ship docked, it needed supplies, and the crew also went to consume and relax. Qianjo couldn't bear the thought of not gambling for many days, and all he wanted was to spend in the gambling stalls.

Su Lun was not with them, and the state of distortion was getting worse.

After bidding farewell to the big guys, he walked alone on the streets of the Walled City.

There are many more people in the Golden City, and the streets are full of people in various costumes. Before, almost all of them were sloppy pirates and sailors, but now, Su Lun actually saw some well-dressed and decent people in the crowd?

Merchants, nobles, guards, Marfa navy, etc.

Although not many, it was absolutely impossible to appear in Pirate City in the past.

Moreover, what is even more surprising is that there are lights and festoons everywhere in the city, as if a certain important person is getting married.

There is also a custom of hanging red lanterns for happy events in Pirate City, and these lanterns are everywhere in the city. Except for Oleg, no one dared to make such a big show.

"Oleg or, one of his children just got married?"

Su Lun looked at this specification and it was obvious that it was not a joke, and there were many high-ranking nobles who would have ostentation.

For example, when a high-ranking noble family gets married, they will throw coins to the common people on the street, and there will be professional musicians performing on the street for several days, and the celebration will last for a long time

"Could it be that the king of the North Sea married a certain noble from Marfa?"

Su Lun guessed in his heart.

Marriage is the most common form of political alliance.

In the current situation, it is impossible for the nobles from Luying to marry, only Mafa.

However, he did not inquire further, the most urgent task is to find Dr. Banks.

Su Lun went to the middle level of the walled city and found an inconspicuous hotel with "Shark Hotel" hanging on it.

After a while, there are some old acquaintances of the "Steam Party" in the hotel.

Go upstairs, room 206.

Tuk, duk, duk!

Su Lun knocked on the door.

The door opened, and a man standing there looked like a deformed monster.

Su Lun greeted politely: "Dr. Banks, long time no see."

The strange man also laughed and said, "Long time no see, friend Su Lun."

After a pause, he motioned, "Please come inside."

There was obviously an enchantment in the room, and Su Lun smelled a pungent strange smell as soon as he entered.

This is a temporary laboratory, filled with various bottles and jars and working instruments, and the bookshelves beside it are also filled with various manuscripts, classics, strangely shaped biological bones, and animal and plant specimens.

But he is also used to it, because Su Lun himself often conducts similar experiments.

Dr. Banks directly called him to the laboratory for a meeting. He didn't treat Su Lun as an outsider, and said in an apologetic tone, "I'm sorry, because I couldn't get away from an experiment, so I called you to the laboratory. Here a bit messy"

After a pause, he realized that Su Lun's expression was different, and he patted his forehead and said, "Little friend Su Lun, maybe you have to wear a gas mask. [The rhizome of Golden Mantle Grass] heating and extracting will volatilize a small amount of toxins, although It has no effect on me, but there is still a hidden danger of loss of smell for ordinary humans."

"Need not."

Su Lun smiled and shook his head, "I feel fine."

Apart from being pungent, this toxin has no effect.

Dr. Banks remembered something, and suddenly said: "Oh, I almost forgot, the body modified by the 'X Serum' can completely metabolize this level of toxin normally."

Su Lun smiled noncommittally.

He was interested in Banksy's experiment, and looked around the room, feeling a little greedy. Several of the devices were purchased by him that he needed but could not find a way to buy, so he said with emotion: "Dr. Banks has a lot of top-notch devices here."

Banks also sighed: "Yes, it was all collected with great difficulty during this period of time. Old Lington was robbed before, and a large part of the equipment was left in the pirate city. Fortunately, those pirates don't know the goods. We got these state-of-the-art scientific research equipment for a small price. Otherwise, now that the people from Mafa are here, all the good things will be taken away.”

Su Lun raised his eyebrows when he heard that, and the equipment in his hand came from the same way.

Thinking of something, he asked casually: "By the way, who is getting married in the city? It's such a big deal?"

Banks responded: "Emperor Marfa's thirteenth princess "Frostmoon Princess" Skadi Harris is married to Oleg's youngest son "Frost Troll" Gar Popov. A grand wedding was held in the city the day before yesterday. "

"Garr?"

Su Lun's expression was slightly different.

He had seen Nagar before. The guy was a mix of a troll and a Viking giant, tall with limited intelligence. For a normal human female, it's not appropriate at all. The real "Beauty and the Beast" déjà vu.

Who would have thought that the Marfa Empire would be so willing to spend money to marry a princess to a pirate?

No wonder I saw so many outsiders who were not pirates in the city before.

The two chatted a few irrelevant topics. At this time, Banks asked, "Little friend Su Lun, you contacted me before and said, is there any urgent situation?"

Su Lun nodded and said directly: "Yes. My body is deformed. I would like to ask you to see if there is any way to deal with it."

"distortion?"

Banks was very puzzled, and murmured: "As long as the X serum is successfully transformed, the follow-up state will be very stable. How can it be deformed?"

Su Lun seemed to find it a little troublesome to explain, and said, "It's not 'X Serum', but a special kind of dark energy. Hmm, have you ever heard of the monster legend of Shanyin?"

Banks frowned when he heard it, he probably understood something, thought for a moment, "May I take a look first?"

"Well. Sorry to trouble you."

Su Lun released a suppressed demonic aura, and gray-black spots appeared on his skin immediately.

"It's serious."

Banks just glanced at it, and his brows furrowed: "If it weren't for the X serum's strong tolerance and this degree of distortion, you should have died."

After a pause, he said again: "I need to do a precise examination to give you an accurate assessment of your physical condition."

Su Lun nodded.

Su Lun's body was connected to various testing instruments, and Dr. Banks also collected some biological samples and put them on the instrument for examination.

Sure enough, professional things have to be left to professional people.

Judging from what Dr. Banks means, it seems that there is no way out, only that more detailed data is needed to judge.

Su Lun also breathed a sigh of relief. Anyway, he has found the top biological expert, and the rest depends on luck.

Not long after, the results of the inspection came out.

Banks carefully analyzed the data, and his face was serious: "It's very troublesome. Your body has multiple signs of distortion, and it is still developing in an uncontrollable direction. Thanks to your strong physical fitness, you have persisted until now under normal conditions. , within a month, it will affect your life."

These words were very rigorous, and Su Lun also understood his situation after listening.

He asked directly: "Is there a solution?"

"have."

Banks didn't write any ink, and said: "I have done some research on distortion suppression before. With a little time, I can prepare a medicine that can suppress your distortion, but it can only be suppressed for a period of time."

"Um."

Su Lun listened patiently, nodding from time to time.

He had thought of this too, and it was also the most important reason why he found it.

Banks continued: "To solve the fundamental problem, I have thought of three solutions. The first is to inject the [Immortal Cell Serum] I am using now. The inclusiveness of the god-level blood of 'X Serum' is my I have seen the strongest gene sequence. Therefore, with this background, your probability of successful fusion will be much higher than mine before. But it should not exceed 10%. However, after fusion, the appearance of your body will also change like mine. I Think, you probably wouldn't consider this method."

As he spoke, he handed out a black potion.

Su Lun appraised it and frowned.

This is somewhat similar to "X Serum", both of which are agents for modifying genes. The effect is to suppress his current distortion and greatly increase the attributes, but the success rate is only 7.3%.

And there are 100% side effects, as Dr. Banks said, it will become his current monster form with compound eyes and jagged teeth.

Indeed, unless it is absolutely necessary, it will not be considered.

He asked with a wry smile, "Then is there any other way?"

Dr. Banks said: "The second is to advance as soon as possible and integrate the corresponding biological reproductive equipment to increase the upper limit of your body's distortion. In fact, we have talked about it before. The so-called distortion means that the biological body cannot bear certain Some heterogeneous factors have mutated. The energy that mice and elephants can bear is not of the same order. In the final analysis, it is because human beings are too weak to bear it.”

Having said that, he added with a serious expression: "But I estimate that using this method to enhance the body requires very high requirements for biological reproductive equipment to ensure that it can withstand this kind of distortion energy spillover. For example: giant dragons, ancient Giants, deep-sea giant monsters, or some other giant biological organizations refine the breeding equipment. The quality of the breeding equipment needs to be at least 'Legendary' or above. But this method may also cause some other problems. If you really want to try, you have to Let's see what happens next."

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Su Lun's eyes fell into deep thought.

This is a very reasonable plan.

Biological aberrations actually go both ways.

If you can't survive it, you will become a monster, but if you survive it, it will be a gain.

The human body is like a tree, the stronger it is, the more likely it is to "graft" other branches.

If he had a body as large as a giant dragon, this distorted negative state would probably be similar to a "small cold".

But now that he had a plan, the first thing Su Lun thought of was to find it.

He came up with an idea on conditioned reflex: "Giant breeding clothes?"

I can think of it, because he has met it before.

There is a volume [Isaac's Alchemy Manuscript] in the Luying Royal Library, which records a giant plant [Isaac's Giant Power].

Many people in the "Holy Judgment Legion" advanced before, and they all integrated this kind of official clothing.

And in Su Lun's hand, there happened to be a piece of giant material found from the Cursed Valley - [Arm of the Hundred-Armed Giant King].

Not surprisingly, with such a collocation, the refined breeding equipment can definitely meet the "legendary quality".

All he needed was to find the manuscript.

Banks glanced at him and continued: "The third is to look for some special mythical items. As you know, there are many treasures from the age of mythological civilization in legends, which have some incredible effects. For example, what overseas 'water of youth' ', the 'Moon Spring' of the elves, and the holy grail made by the dwarves"

After Su Lun heard it, the three options were not easy.

It can be prepared at the same time, but he prefers the second option.

He had already planned that if he had the opportunity, he would definitely collect the other volumes of [Isaac's Alchemy Manuscript].

Now there is one more reason to collect.

It happened that Mr. Hei and Sabina were in the Royal Capital of Lu Ying now, so Su Lun informed them through the communication and asked them to pay more attention.

But that kind of royal treasure is definitely not so easy to get.

Su Lun felt that he might have to go there in person sometime.

During the communication, by the way, I asked about the situation of Danny who was in the capital of Luying. He has also received the Distortion Suppression Potion. After taking it, my physical condition also improved.

As a father, Banks obviously relaxed a lot after hearing this.

The urgent need was temporarily resolved, and the haze that had been suppressing Su Lun's heart dissipated.

It took a long time to configure the "distortion inhibitor" in a targeted manner, and he chatted with Banks without leaving the laboratory.

"Mr. Banks, have there been any major changes in Pirate City recently? I think the city has changed a lot"

"Oleg has a capable person under his command. It is said that he was a politician from Luying before, called 'Zolas D. Andres'. The Pirate City and Beizhou countries were integrated without bloodshed. However, it seems that something happened in Shanyin Country, but it doesn't matter. If this trend continues, within three to five years, Beihai will be completely unified by Oleg. At that time, Oleg, the 'King of the North Sea', has really changed from a pirate to a king."

"Has there been any recent changes in the war between the two empires? Otherwise, why would Mafa suddenly send a princess to marry him? It's so urgent?"

"The war is still at a stalemate. I suspect that the urgent marriage between Mafa and Oleg is very likely aimed at the 'Void Ruins'."

"Void Ruins?"

"Well. The news that the North Sea Fleet has a large amount of void materials has spread, and now all parties are asking for information. Luying's, Mafa's, various arms dealers, nobles, intelligence agencies, bounty hunters, adventurers... Now the city is mixed with fish and dragons, and a lot of strong people have come. And I got some definite news from the fleet, saying that Oleg discovered the remains of an alchemy academy in the dawn era thousands of years ago, which used to be a place to study void monsters."

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Although "Mechanical Butcher" Banner is the captain of the North Sea Fleet on the surface, Dr. Banks is actually behind the scenes.

He also has a lot of first-hand information in his hands.

After listening to the information, Su Lun understood the current situation.

It turned out to be really lively.

He even felt that Grand Duke Raphael's exposure of his mechanical monster army this time might not only come to intercept and kill Mafa's submarine, but also to the "Void Ruins".

After all, the void material is too special, and if Oleg really wants to create a void corps, the threat is immeasurable.

Su Lun must find a chance to visit that ruins.

It's a pity that there is not enough information now, he needs time to collect information, and there is no rush for this matter.

The two chatted about the current situation, and then turned the topic to academic issues.

"Neuromechanical Technology", "Silver Hand", "Mechanical Octopus".

After all, he is not an outsider. Su Lun asked all the difficult and miscellaneous diseases encountered in the research recently.

He is not good at theoretical research, but better at applying those mature technologies to practice. However, Dr. Banks happens to be a top theoretical expert in the field of biology. This is a rare learning opportunity.

Dr. Banks did not hesitate to talk, patiently analyzed and explained those problems to Su Lun, and came up with solutions one by one.

When it comes to academic issues, time always flies by.

Su Lun also felt that there was not enough time. He always thought that it would be better if they could stay together more often.

Unexpectedly, Banks took the initiative to mention what happened last time.

When the two were studying the mechanical octopus, he suddenly said, "By the way, little friend Su Lun, I thought about the 'Dawn Project' you told me last time. I plan to join you."