The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Long time no see, both of you!" Leo greeted the two of them.

Lawrence nodded slightly to Leo, but did not respond.

"Long time no see, Mr. Leo." Jean Valjean responded.

Afterwards, Leo was not polite, and directly picked up the topic: "I came here for two purposes this time. One purpose is to visit the laboratory to see if there is anything that needs to be supplemented and modified. By the way, I can also see if I can help you. You solve some projects that have encountered difficulties and have not made progress, and another purpose is to ask you if Rupert Fitz is still alive."

After hearing Leo's words, Lawrence's expression didn't change much, but the slight flicker in his eyes had already revealed something, while Jean Valjean seemed a little flustered, and looked at Lawrence from time to time.

Emily, who was standing beside Leo, was taken aback for a moment when she heard the words, and then her face became extremely gloomy. She took two steps forward, walked to the front, and scanned the two of them back and forth with extremely stern eyes. And there was a very sharp wave of power emanating from his body, which instantly enveloped the entire platform and expanded to the entire mountaintop laboratory.

Leo couldn't help but look at Emily at this time, because Emily's strength performance surprised him a little.

He had already found out through the spirit net and other means that Emily's witch power was not outstanding in Sylvia's first witch group, and it was not even comparable to the top ten in terms of the magnitude of energy fluctuations.

However, now he found that his judgment was wrong. Although Emily's power is not particularly powerful, her power is very special. She can actually create an energy field similar to the spiritual energy field, and her power in this energy field It has not been weakened due to the expansion of the range, and still maintains the initial energy fluctuation, which means that her power is constant. If her mental power is strong enough, she may be able to create an energy field that covers the entire world, and in this She is like a god in the energy field.

Obviously, Sylvia should also know the characteristics of Emily's power, so she was sent to be one of the top managers of the laboratory, because as long as she opens the energy field, everything that happens in the laboratory Everything is under her control, including some accidents caused by failed experiments.

And now, the reason why she is so angry is probably because of Leo's questioning, which made her realize that her control over the laboratory is not absolute, and the other two colleagues have contacted the outside world under her supervision. It made her feel resigned.

At this moment, Emily's actions made the surrounding atmosphere tense. Although the guards in the laboratory not far away did not hear the words here because of the distance, they also knew what might be happening here, and they also hesitated. Do you want to go forward and do something, but in the end they still choose to stand where they are, and they don't even glance at this side. They know very well that they are not qualified to intervene in such high-level affairs.

Although Lawrence still seemed very calm, he also knew that there were some things that he couldn't hide, because based on his understanding of Sylvia, since Leo had come over to ask him in person, it meant that this matter had a lot to do with Sylvia. It is already a fact in Ya's heart, Leo came here not to know the answer, but to decide how to deal with this matter based on their response.

Faced with this situation, the only solution he could think of was to answer honestly. After all, this matter did not do any harm to the Dodd Group, nor did he betray Sylvia.

"He's still alive." After thinking about it, Lawrence calmly replied: "It's just that he didn't live very well. Jean Valjean and I didn't do anything for him, but because of our past relationship, we helped him make a body and Just made some potions."

Jean Valjean on the side also heaved a sigh of relief, and nodded cooperatively, saying: "Yes, we have a good life here, and we never thought of leaving here at all."

"Let's go! Let's find a place and talk about this in detail." Leo didn't show any thoughts, but just gestured to Emily, and then walked towards the laboratory.

Seeing this situation, Emily also withdrew her strength and followed, but just glared at the two colleagues as they passed by, while Lawrence and Jean Valjean smiled wryly and followed quickly.

Although this is the first time for Leo to come to this laboratory, he is no stranger to it, because the structure of this laboratory is completely built according to the laboratory construction plan in his notes, and even each laboratory The functional layout of the laboratory has not been modified, so even without Emily leading the way, he can easily find the meeting room in the laboratory.

After arriving in the meeting room, Leo asked Emily to get all the relevant materials of the laboratory's experimental projects from the beginning of its establishment, and then motioned Lawrence and Jean Valjean to continue the topic just now.

On the way to the meeting room, Lawrence had already thought up what to explain, so after hearing Leo's order, he naturally told the whole story in detail.

In fact, both Lawrence and Jean Valjean thought that Rupert Fitz was dead at the beginning, because they saw with their own eyes how Rupert Fitz and his guards were killed by a wave of mutated monsters. Swallowed, in their view, only the gods could survive in that situation.

Afterwards, Lawrence and Jean Valjean followed the fugitives to the Mozambique continent one after another, and were invited by Sylvia respectively to join the Dodd Group and take important positions in the laboratory.

Until three years ago, when the two went to Hope City to attend a routine meeting, they met Rupert Fitz's cronies and learned that Rupert Fitz was not dead.

At that time, they were very skeptical about the news, and it was not until they met Rupert Fitz himself that they confirmed the fact that Rupert Fitz was still alive.

It's just that Rupert Fitz's state is very bad now, he is the same as old man Rembrandt, even worse than old man Rembrandt, not only lost his lower body, but also lost most of his upper body organs, The normal operation of the body can only be maintained by relying on some special mechanical devices, potions and divine arts.

The purpose of his coming to Lawrence and Jean Valjean was not to make them his internal support in the Dodd Group, nor did he want them to leave the Dodd Group to join his current power, but just wanted them to use more De Group's current technology helps him make a body.

At that time, both Lawrence and Jean Valjean had leapfrog technological breakthroughs in their respective fields. For example, Lawrence almost perfectly restored the cloning technology and cell regeneration technology mentioned in Leo's notes through his own blood magic. He even cloned A common squirrel in the forest, although the squirrel only survived for a few days, this creation-like effect still caused a great sensation in the laboratory.

Even though the news related to it was blocked immediately, it was more or less leaked, and even this incident attracted the attention of the Church of True God, and they sent people to inquire about related matters, but all of them were blocked by Sylvie. Ya was blocked back.

As for Jean Valjean's mechanical manufacturing, he has also made a breakthrough. For example, he also found inspiration in Leo's idea of ​​steam-powered armament, and manufactured steam-powered armor similar to interstellar armor, and conducted actual combat tests. , and ordinary soldiers wearing steam powered armor can kill dozens of mutated monsters one-on-one in battle, and their combat power even exceeds that of ordinary aggressive superhumans.

However, this type of armor also has defects, and they are huge defects. One is that the parts are complex and not resistant to wear. Usually, after one use, nearly 80% of the gear parts on the armor will be worn to the point where they can hardly be used again. It fell apart during use, and with the current metallurgical level of the Dodd Group, it is simply impossible to manufacture mechanical parts that can handle such high-intensity operations.

Another shortcoming is that there is no cooling device with a strong enough effect. In the actual combat performance, only one steam armored soldier died in the hands of the mutated monster, and most of the others were directly steamed to death by the heat that could not be dissipated inside the armor. The death was very tragic, even in the roar of countless mutated monsters, they could hear their screams before death. For a long time, these screams became Jean Valjean's nightmare.

Just like Lawrence's creation, Jean Valjean's steam powered armor experiment also failed to completely suppress the news and spread out.

Obviously, Rupert Fitz should have heard these two news, so he came to find them, hoping that they could help him create a body.

Although the two are no longer Rupert Fitz's subordinates, Rupert Fitz did not treat them badly before, and they had some kindness, so it was not easy for them to refuse.

More importantly, Rupert Fitz was able to provide some precious materials that the two had been longing for for a long time. Although the Dodd Group had looked for these materials in the past, they had never found them. Now that Rupert Fitz can provide these materials, their research project can also make progress. In their view, this is also beneficial to the Dodd Group, so they also agreed to help Rupert Fitz create a body.

It is not a difficult task to create the body that Rupert Fitz needs. The real difficulty of this matter lies in the body organs, muscles and skin needs cultivated by Lawrence through blood magic, and the armored bones produced by Jean Valjean. Fusion together, this is the biggest difficulty they encountered.

There are two other difficulties. When Rupert Fitz provided Lawrence with tissue, he also provided the tissue of another unknown creature. He wanted Lawrence to fuse the two tissues together to form a new Tissues, and then use this new body tissue to grow a body's muscular internal organs and other organs.

As for Jean Valjean, he asked him to use an unknown metal ball to replace the steam power of the armor, and this unknown metal ball is far from the steam power engine designed by Jean Valjean in terms of structure and power output. Power machines are very difficult.

However, in the end these difficulties were all resolved, because Rupert Fitz also had some people who had already designed various plans to provide reference for the two of them, and the two of them also passed the references provided in these references. Some related technologies solved the problems encountered, and finally completed the body tissue required by Rupert Fitz.

After handing over the body to Rupert Fitz, their contact with Rupert Fitz has not been severed. Over the past few years, they still have some contacts, but every time they contact, they are exchanging technology, but Lawrence and Ran Ah Rang also knew the seriousness of the matter. The technologies exchanged were all technologies that the Dodd Group could disclose, and did not involve the secrets in the laboratory. At the same time, they also obtained some useful things from these almost exchanges, and then helped their own The project has made some breakthrough developments.

It is precisely because they did not see the harm of this kind of technical communication that they did not think it was a bad thing deep in their hearts, and did not take the initiative to cut off contact. It was not until they were questioned by Leo that they realized that maybe some problems.

After listening to the narration of the two, Leo did not express doubts about what the two said, nor did he repeatedly confirm the truth of the matter. Instead, he was silent for a moment and asked: "What did you give to Rupert back then?" Are the records of when Fitz created the body and the research materials exchanged over the years still there?"

Jean Valjean and Laurence glanced at each other, nodded, and replied almost at the same time: "They are still there."

Leo said, "Bring them here and show me."

The two of them turned around and walked out of the meeting room without asking why. When they left the meeting room, they happened to see Emily who brought boxes of research project materials with her, and she was severely beaten by Emily. Glared.

This made the two of them smile wryly, knowing that even if they passed Leo's test, they would probably be targeted by Emily in the future. Reasonably enough, she needs to bear certain responsibilities. Even if Sylvia and Leo won't be held accountable, the anger and shame in her heart will probably not be less, and the two culprits who caused her to be so dereliction of duty will naturally not Let her go.

However, even though they knew that they would definitely be targeted by Emily in the future, and they might not be able to gain the trust of Sylvia as much as before, they still did not think about leaving the Dodd Group.

Life in this laboratory over the years has made them accustomed to the current environment. They only need to submit the experimental project report if they want to conduct any experiment here, and they don’t need to think too much about everything after that, whether it Experimental assistants, experimental materials, etc. will be properly prepared according to their ideas, and in their minds, the current life is the most suitable life for them.

Even if other forces are willing to give them more power and more funds, they will not leave the Dodd Group, because they know very well that the cooperation of laboratories, experimental assistants and the accumulation of various related technologies are far from being compensated by money. Yes, it would only be a waste of time for them to leave here to rebuild a laboratory that fully matches them, and the final effect may not be satisfactory.