Mechanical Alchemist

Su Lun jumped off the airship, found a hillside next to the railway, and lay down leisurely.

After waiting for a short time, I waited for a train to the imperial capital of Capitoline.

The cities of the Marfa Empire are highly mechanized, and the most important machinery to provide power for production and life is the steam engine. Therefore, major cities need to consume a large amount of coal every day. After decades of development, almost any city in Marfa is connected by a well-developed railway transportation network.

The railway needs to stop at stations along the way, which is much slower than the airship.

Su Lun took a ride, and when he arrived at Cabitron South Railway Station, it was already noon the next day.

Although he knew that the city of Marfa was exaggerated, when Su Lun got off the train, he was still shocked by the steel forest in front of him.

There are densely packed buildings, and hundreds of stories of high-rise buildings can be seen everywhere.

Highly mechanized cities are very polluted, and Carbitron is no exception.

The smell of soot in the air made Su Lun, a newcomer here, feel a little choking. However, because there is no humid climate like Lindton, there is no fog in the city, and the exhaust gas is blown far away with the towering chimneys.

The vicinity of Nancheng Railway Station was rebuilt from an old city that has been around for hundreds of years, and the planning seems a bit messy. But it is this kind of mess, combined with the main tone of steel and steam, there is a thick and rough industrial style.

In Luying, steam cars are exclusive to the nobles and rich people, and there are few private locomotives on the road.

But here, one car per person.

Below the street, the streets are full of galloping steam locomotives.

It's just traditional classic cars, and there are no mechanical vehicles with mechanical fleas, steam copper bulls, steel giants, and miniature airships under the streets.

Obviously it is a mass production, but a private modification.

In Marfa, the title of "Intermediate Mechanic" per capita.

The fewest shops on the street are all kinds of mechanical shops.

"The national strength, Lingdun is only seventy years behind."

Lu Ying walked out of the train station, looking at the street with emotion in her heart.

The wealth of Lingdon is concentrated at the top of the pyramid. The nobles are indeed very poor, but the common people can only be said to be struggling on the edge of survival. The 2,000-a-month textile workers in Guanhe Textile Factory are already very enviable jobs.

But outside there, carefully look at the recruitment notice for mechanical apprentices posted under the road sign. The salary starts at 7,000 kroner (approximately 10,000 kroner).

Machinery has slightly reduced social productivity, and the vast majority of industries that require sparse manpower have been replaced by machinery.

Only when the problem of survival is solved, the development of civilization will enter the low-speed road.

The gap between the two small empires will snowball, getting smaller and smaller.

If the traditional alchemy is still strong, there is no way for Guan He to be compared with Mafa.

Walking down the street, there are no brokers of all kinds on the side of the road.

In addition to the traditional sex industry, there is even less mechanical sales.

"Hey, buddy, do you need mechanical prosthetics? Guaranteed to be the latest technology and the best price. We can also customize the mechanical arm you need."

"The boxing robot arm produced by Tyson Mechanical Fighting Company is the best fighting robot arm for wild hunting and fighting. For only 80,000 crowns, you can have the strength of a giant bear."

"The Laerer Machinery Shop undertakes various mechanical transformations, such as artificial lungs, laser prosthetic eyes, and bionic sponges"

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Lu Ying walked over all the way.

In the field of vision, almost everyone has some mechanical prosthetics under their bodies.

That suddenly made me think that I had returned to the old battle force and saw the "Steam Party" and other explosive groups.

Wrong!

Those mechanical prosthetic technologies came from the old combat power.

Since the next time the King of the North Sea robbed the Baita Mine, and before Jiu Guanhe's mechanical prosthetic transformation technology spread, a very small number of technologies, personnel and equipment came to Mafa through various Baishi channels.

Whether or not there are mechanical prosthetics after Mafa does not depend on the level of technology, but the direction of research and development is the same.

In terms of mechanical technical level alone, Mafa is at least an era ahead of Old Guanhe.

It is simply too difficult for that kind of ultra-low mechanical level to digest these technologies.

In just one or two years, the mechanical prosthetic technology was digested by Mafa, and even took a step back.

Because Mafar people often deal with machinery, the rate of physical self-mutilation is very low. Compared with attached bones, mechanical prosthetics are a more perfect substitute.

Therefore, it is very popular with the Mafa people.

Seeing that Lu Ying was "in good health", a sharp-eyed intermediary kept chasing after her for inquiries.

Modification of prosthetic limbs is now the last trend of Marfa. Young people can change their arms or something to say that they are young.

Guan He, who was entangled, took off his gloves, revealing the mechanical gloves.

Those are the gloves that I will make for myself to control the puppets in the future, and they can be considered high-end products. Wearing it can be regarded as doing as the Romans do, so it is so eye-catching.

People who know how to do it can understand it at a glance.

Sure enough, the agent knew right away that he had met an expert.

I didn't bother again, but took a look and exclaimed: "Oh, sir, his mechanical gloves are very wrong. Is that the most popular retro style of combat power recently? Automatic retracting elastic device, kinetic energy recovery, Mechanical energy storage. Oh, that's an awesome design!"

Lu Ying smiled and talked, and left.

Although the mechanical glove is an entry-level equipment, it doesn't take a passer-by to understand the design, which is the essence of Mafa.

Guan He walked out of the train station and saw a colorful advertising signboard.

"Where is he?"

"Above the sign for the Carrot Gun Parts Shop."

"You're here too, I saw him."

"You see Ni. Look up, you are under the iron bridge!"

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As soon as Lu Ying looked up, she saw a curvaceous motorcycle man with short silver hair and a liquid white leather jacket waving at me.

Lu Ying passed by and greeted with a smile, "See you for a long time, Miss No. 14."

Meeting old friends in a country I don't use, No. 14's expression is also very depressed.

The corner of your mouth raised a faint arc, and you responded, "See you for a long time, Lu Ying."

Meeting old friends, Lu Ying looked at No. 14, looking at your bare metallic arms, with doubts in her eyes.

Although I know that you are a fully reformed mechanical warrior, it is the first time I have seen you with your semi-mechanical limbs exposed like that.

No. 14 also seemed to see my thoughts, and explained with a smile: "Bionic skin is very expensive, and it is difficult to break, and the cost of maintenance is very low. It is necessary, and you wear it a lot."

"Oh, that's it."

Lu Ying was stunned for a moment, and said with emotion: "Why does it feel like he has changed very little?"

The mechanical arm is also the limb of the original "PX911" model, which is obviously redesigned and manufactured.

The exposure of the mechanical skeleton among the young people of Mafa is a symbol of the trendy trend. It is more gregarious to be naked like that, and the camouflage is also eye-catching.

Lu Ying also found that the old friend whom I had seen for a long time had changed very little in other aspects, usually in temperament.

Afterwards, it was really a hot mechanical warrior, and now it is obviously more emotional.

Later, when they were in the old combat power, the relationship between the two was wrong.

No. 14 looked at this scrutinizing gaze, completely minding, and smiled: "You have experienced very few things in Marfa in those few years, and you will say it is vague for a while."

Just a word, you meant to say less, got off the motorcycle parked on the side of the road, and greeted: "Go, get off. You can go to another place to catch up on the old days."

"good."

Lu Ying smiled and got out of the car.

Motorcycles galloped away.

The buildings in the center of Kaguan Hexing City are too low and too sparse, really like layers of tree crowns, and the road conditions are extremely simple.

In Lu Ying's perception, the population density is frighteningly low, at most seven or eight times the combat power.

Like the old inner city of Guanhe, the buildings are connected by various iron bridges, turning the whole city into a layered steel forest.

The lower level of the city is sunny and full of flowers; the lower level is dark all year round, so there are no lights during the 77th National Congress.

The main colors of the street are blue and red, which looks full of cyberpunk style.

On the 14th, Lu Ying galloped all the way.

When I was young, the motorcycle stopped in a dark alley.

Lu Ying looked up and saw that the seven weeks were low buildings with less than 100 floors.

The distance between the buildings is more than 70 meters, the sun is seen all year round, and the air is a little dry.

After getting into the car, outside the mechanical modification shop on the street, a sternum was replaced with a metal skeleton. The man with a short hair who was modifying his motorcycle greeted No. 14: "Hey, Nicole, he's back!"

The fourteenth also greeted and responded, "Mary, this old-fashioned 'U3 engine' is suitable for him. Does he want to participate in the street racing tomorrow night? The big heart will explode. You suggest that he can go to the tea beard Look around, you heard I got an 'Iron Leopard X engine', which is good stuff."

The inch-cut man looked stunned, "Oh, thank you Nicole, he always said he could give you the best advice."

"Mary, he's too kind."

It's like a familiar greeting between neighbors.

Turning around, No. 14 has led Guan He down a rusty iron staircase.

While walking, you explained again: "This is your name in Marfa."

Lu Ying smiled and said, "Nicole? It's very nice."

Fourteen shrugged.

"Bang", "Bang", "Bang".

The old iron stairs make very little noise, and there are many floors to go down.

The two friends who have shared weal and woe, even if they have seen each other for a long time, they are not familiar with each other.

While walking, while chatting.

No. 14 said with a half-smile tone: "Recently, I heard that he made a fuss about a small incident, and it was published in the newspapers at Marfa's side."

As you said that, you said with a little emotion in your tone: "Everyone has become very powerful."

Guan He also said: "His changes are very small."

No. 14 was noncommittal, smiled, and then asked: "How is the situation of the plane invasion?"

Guan He said: "It's very exciting. It's time to prepare for battle."

Hearing this, No. 14's eyes were slightly the same.

Speaking of that topic, you also thought of something, and then said: "Recently, there are no rumors in Baishi that Kaguan Hexing has come. Some are 'insiders' who know the origin. We use low-level magic, Killed many people, as if looking for something."

Lu Ying: "Yes. It should be an invader from the plane of gods."

Walk up a flight of stairs and there is a way.

No. 14 jumped, jumped down two more floors, and landed under a steel structure platform.

Guan He also jumped over.

The two came to a house that looked like a container.

It feels like you are living under an abandoned tower crane?

No. 14 opened the door, turned around and invited Lu Ying, "Please leave."

Lu Ying observed the dilapidated environment for seven weeks, but she also cared, and retreated.

Although luxurious, the outside of the house is also tidy.

Whether there are many living facilities, all kinds of mechanical tools and parts are densely packed outside the house, and there are no design drawings.

It was amazing that the windows outside the house happened to be able to see the sunlight.

No. 14 seemed satisfied with that point, and said, "It's very rare to have a house on the ground floor that can see the dawn sun. Sit carefully, and you're welcome."

Of course Lu Ying would regard herself as a family member, so she sat under the sofa,

No. 14 explained: "That is the C6 area, which is considered a civilian area of ​​the imperial capital. There are not many small heavy gun production factories, but most importantly, that is where the headquarters of the 'Mechanical Alchemy Union' is located, and there are no The smallest free mechanical trading market in Capitoline. Oh, and no white market yet."

Lu Ying asked, "Where has he been living?"

No. 14: "Yes. It's convenient to buy materials outside, and the 'Marfa Royal Institute of Mechanics' is within eight blocks, so you'll usually be here during the day."

Lu Ying listened even more. You only know that Marfa will be on the 14th, but you know where you leave school.

I asked, "Did he drop out of the Royal Academy?"

No. 14 blinked, "So how did he think you got your mechanical limbs? You modified them yourself. The learning rate is still wrong, but at least it's at the level of the title of 'Little Mechanic Master'."

Looking at your expression, Lu Ying said again: "Yes, you mean that special people can study in the Marfa Royal Academy?"

No. 14: "Yes, anyone can. As long as you pay enough money and can understand, even the dean's course of the Royal Academy of Mechanics is allowed to attend. The Hawes royal family has very few educational resources. Tuition is quite cheap. Capitron’s salary level is also wrong. Even the poor at the bottom, as long as they want to learn mechanical knowledge, there is no threshold. If the grades are good enough, they can develop a few patents at school, so There will be a lucrative scholarship."

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Lu Ying listened, feeling again that Mafa's weakness is inevitable.

Compared with the nobles of Lingdon who want to monopolize knowledge and stabilize their status, they have learned the behavior of the common people from generation to generation. The free learning environment in Mafana is simply heaven.

"What would you like to drink? Beer?"

No. 14 said it was an inquiry, but in fact, he had already taken out a dozen beers from the storage ring and said, "You usually have something ready to drink. He didn't tell you to come until two hours later, so he can only come in On the way to pick him up, I carefully bought some beer."

Lu Ying didn't care much, "It's fine. It's just polite between you two."

No. 14 smiled slightly, and opened a can of beer for me and himself as he spoke, and said, "What scenery can you enjoy in Capitoline, the whole city is a huge industrial The base. Looking out of the window, you can already see a small part of the city. I am used to the laboratory on weekdays, and staying in other places is restrained, so I brought him to your residence."

As you said that, you added: "He doesn't mind your luxury."

Why would Lu Ying mind that, and think that kind of private space is more suitable for reminiscing about the old days, but what I'm more curious about is that No. 14 is drinking wine?

I asked directly, "Can he drink beer now?"

Lu Ying remembered that the super mechanical warrior seemed to only need to add a little glycogen to the cerebellum, and the source of power was also the energy spar.

As for wine and food, there is simply not enough.

Number Fourteen: "That's right, you have to pretend to be an abnormal person. So you made yourself a 'righteous stomach', so you can eat on weekdays."

You know what Lu Ying was curious about. When she was speaking, she unzipped the leather coat on her chest, revealing her snow-white bionic skin.

Then he opened his chest cavity, pointed at the densely packed mechanical viscera, and said, "That [Little Stomach King Bionic Stomach Sac], Mafa's latest white technology, cost you 800,000 or so kroner."

Lu Ying watched you open your chest like that, and her mind froze slightly.

No. 14 said again: "Of course, those are living mechanical limbs. You don't have any combat limbs that can be replaced at any time. The technology on Marfa's side is far ahead of the old combat power, and the lower limit of mechanical armor can reach quasi-four Su Lun of the first class. And your luck was still wrong afterwards, and you found a scrapped multi-level battle armor in the white market. You also developed a new type of bionic skin yourself, and the defense ability is very wrong. You put those The technology has been modified under my mechanical body, and now, I don’t have the combat power of about eighth order.”

Lu Ying heard the subtle loneliness in No. 14's tone.

Now that the plane invasion is a foregone conclusion, as a member of the dawn group, you want to help.

But it seems that I feel that I am weak enough, so what can I do to help.

In fact, when the Mirror organization rushed out of the White Tower, and No. 14 knew that there was no fourth-level professional at the lowest level in the world, you deeply realized your own strength.

The super mechanical warrior was originally an assembly-line product manufactured for legion battles, and the single unit is only the eighth and seventh-level professionals on the right and left.

Moreover, you are not the Su Lun who can improve himself through practice.

But the mechanical ceiling is not high.

As long as there are no weak enough mechanical limbs, Su Lun can immediately skyrocket.

It's just that Lingdon doesn't have this condition at all.

So you come to Marfa to study mechanical technology and want to become weaker.

Stayed until now.

Moreover, Number Fourteen still knows that there is nothing in you that is different from other mechanical warriors.

When Lu Ying came to Marfa that time, she didn't have a single purpose, just to find you.

When talking about Su Lun, Lu Ying also thought of something, and asked nonchalantly, "Does he feel lucky recently and his learning efficiency is low?"

No. 14 knew why I suddenly asked that question, and said in surprise, "Yes. How did he know?"

Lu Ying showed a meaningful smile and said, "You think he may have awakened a very rare talent."

Listening to No. 14, he blinked suspiciously: "Huh???"

In the stage of experimenting with "neuromechanical technology", Raphael once chose the most direct method in order to slow down the degeneration of research, which is a small amount of degeneration human experiment.

Use an ultra-low experimental base to screen out experimental subjects with low neuromechanical tolerance, and then conduct follow-up research on survivors before regression.

No. 14 is the most perfect experimental subject that was once hailed by the old Guanhejing.

Then someone will know why you don't use it so much. Even Dr. Banks has researched why, only guessing is a special case of probability.

But before Lu Ying got acquainted with the seven old cowboy detectives when he was in combat power, Emilia's [A-028-Justice Angel] talent made Lu Ying guess the real reason.

In the early stage of the experiment, the first batch of super mechanical warrior subjects would be injected with "X serum" in order to reduce the survival rate of the human body before nerve stripping and increase rejection.

According to Dr. Banks, No. 14 is the most perfect experimental subject, and the fusion is successful without any distortion.

That was exactly the same situation as Emilia.

And [A-028-Angel of Justice] is a kind of talent with the soul as the carrier.

In other words, even if No. 14 has a flesh and blood body, the impact will be small.

Moreover, since Mr. Jing chose you as a member of the Mirror organization, he also had a premonition of something else. Rather, it's just your mechanical warrior's Suren.

That talent is so rare that few people know about it.

Guan He still asked the old cowboy, only to realize that besides the overwhelming sense of justice, the A-level talent does not have an aura of "angel's blessing".

Hidden low luck, low comprehension, and low potential.

That talent sounds very false, as if there is no increase in the actual Su Lun.

But actually, very weak.

Once that talent is awakened, as the incarnation of justice, it will be eroded by evil.

In layman's terms, it means that there is a hidden attribute of "turning bad luck into good luck".

Only then did Lu Ying understand that after that, a righteous lady like Emilia would die all the time, and it was because of another reason that she was able to live so young, which was the "low luck value" hidden in her talent.

The same goes for number fourteen!

In the old battle force, you were hunted down and died several times. All signs indicate that it may be due to that talent.

And "low luck" also gives you better opportunities and opportunities than others.

Hearing Lu Ying's explanation on the 14th, he recalled all his experiences along the way, as if there was no protection from a mysterious power in the dark.

I think it's because of talent.

You also have a feeling, "So it is like that."

Mass-produced mechanical warriors originally needed some natural abilities. After all, their bodies are completely mechanized, and lack of talent is also a small loss.

Number Fourteen is obviously in a wrong mood, knowing that he has no talent, it seems that he is even more different from abnormal people.

At that time, Lu Ying said again: "By the way, you don't have a very ordinary mechanical part, maybe he can use it."

Saying that, I took out a pair of golden wings.

[Battle Angel Golden Wings (Disabled)]

Detailed explanation: A part of the "Battle Angel" mechanical armor that the dwarf god will forge for the ancient mechanical gods; even if it is complete, it still has no power and no special combat effect; it is damaged and needs to be repaired;

It was one of the "Forbidden Items" found outside the mirror library of Combat Power.

Lu Ying sloppily studied the runes below, and confirmed that the wings were "God-level" mechanical fragments.

Yes, the problem is that the technical level of that thing is too low, and there is no way to repair it.

Moreover, no matter how low the flame is, it will melt. [Vulkan's Furnace Lamp] The sealed flame can be melted, but Lu Ying dares to melt randomly if she is sure that it can be repaired.

Thinking about the low level of Mafa forging, maybe there is no possibility of repairing it.

"That"

As soon as he saw the wings, No. 14's gaze immediately shifted away, as if he also saw a colorful glow in his eyes.

You caressed the wings again, and the cold touch slid across your fingertips, as if touching your own skin, and felt a kind of connection with the soul, and whispered: "You seem to think that wings are very strange."

Lu Ying was also slightly surprised when she saw the vision of the glow. It was something I had studied for a long time afterwards, and it was all the movement I made.

But I didn't think it was too strange, but I felt relieved.

In the myths and legends handed down from the classics, there are very few ancient artifacts that are exclusive items forged according to the characteristics of the blood.

It seems that there is no [Thunder Hammer] outside the myths and legends, and it is rumored that anyone who is not the inheritor of the Thunder blood can use it.

Lu Ying thought that if No. 14 had the talent of [Angel of Justice] and a mechanical body, it might be a good fit.

I really guessed right.

Lu Ying smiled and said, "It's been a long time. It's a gift for him."

Number Fourteen asked in surprise, "For you?"

Even if it is a defective product, how do you know that the grade of the golden wings is frighteningly low, and it is definitely a treasure.

I was overjoyed for a moment.

Ben Wu was at a loss, but seeing Lu Ying's expression of complete concern, he swallowed the words that came to his lips on the fourteenth.

After pondering for a moment, your simple mood turned into a relieved smile, and said lightly: "Thank you."

Lu Ying glanced at you with a smile, raised the wine jar, "Cheers."

Treasures are worthless only in the hands of useless people, let alone giving them to friends, I would be stingy in that respect.

Number Fourteen raised his hand and said, "Cheers!"

The two drank a few cans of wine and chatted about old times.

At that time, what did No. 14 think of: "By the way, Lu Ying asked you to pay attention to some information. In the next two days, you happened to hear that no one in Baishi was offering a reward for finding [Ouroboros Fragment] Intelligence news. I heard him later say that the intelligence involved is very small, and you dare to touch it rashly. But it happens that there is no 'illegal modification party' tonight."

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