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Chapter 790 Divine Ingenuity?
"What kind of monster is this?!"

Looking at the monster in front of him that the dean called "Androgenes", Lei Zhen subconsciously exclaimed, but his question was not answered.

Because everyone present was focused on Androgenes, no one wanted to look away.

“————————————————!!!”

As soon as it crawled out of the ground and stood firm, the monster named Androgenes roared loudly. The sound was like the cry of a newborn baby when it hit the ground, and also like the howl of a prehistoric beast when it broke free from its restraints. It even caused physical interference as if it were real, sweeping over like a storm.

In an instant, many people failed to react and were blown away by the sudden storm. Lei Zhen was naturally not like that. When the storm came, he quickly bent down to steady his body so that he was not blown away.

Although a little embarrassed, it was just that he didn't react in time. The person who was blown away quickly came to his senses. He was not an ordinary person and had his own ways to protect himself, so there was no need to worry too much.

After roaring, Androgenes had no intention of staying quiet and immediately wanted to attack the people around it, but its actions were quickly stopped.

What stopped it was not anyone present, but a huge magic circle in operation!

When Androgenes wanted to reach out to grab the person closest to it, its arm was just halfway there and just touched the edge of the magic circle.

"Qiang!!"

With a roar, an arc of electricity suddenly exploded at the point where Androgenes' arm touched the magic circle. Although it was only for a moment, it was not pleasant for Androgenes. The evidence was that its originally outstretched arm, at the moment it was hit by the arc, it subconsciously retracted it in pain.

From this, it can be seen that the existence of the huge magic circle is to restrict Androgenes, otherwise its effect would not be so targeted, and even caused Androgenes to not reach out again for a long time, but instead retreat a little.

After seeing that Androgenes was unable to break through the restrictions of the magic circle, the dean withdrew his gaze with relief and turned back to look at Raijin, or more accurately, Ye Ye who was still unconscious beside Raijin.

Lei Zhen's face froze when he realized the dean's gaze. Without caring about anything else, he stepped forward, blocked Ye Ye with his body and questioned the dean.

"What exactly is your purpose? The dean who is known as the 'strongest magician of the 19th century' shouldn't be afraid of a small pawn like me and not tell you."

"Oh, there's no need to use such a despicable provocation, Raijin-san. I was going to explain anyway, so you don't have to worry."

The dean did not pay attention to Lei Zhen's little trick, but continued to explain with a smile. However, the bigger the smile on the dean's face, the heavier Lei Zhen's heart felt. After all, it meant that the other party was full of confidence and had complete certainty, otherwise he would not look so at ease.

Regardless of Lei Zhen's mood at the moment, the dean did not stop explaining: "Androgenes, this is the name I gave it, what do you think of it, Lei Zhen?"

"........."

Lei really didn't want to answer, and he couldn't answer. After all, as a magician who changed his career, he really didn't know what "Androgynous" meant. ———— "Androgynous".

That is the earliest human form in the world described in Plato's Symposium - "Androgynous".

And the dean used this 'earliest name of mankind' to describe the monster in front of him?

If it is someone who is not aware of the situation, they will undoubtedly refuse. After all, no one would like to imagine that humans looked so disgusting a long time ago, let alone imagine that their own race was once such a species. Even if the magic power emanating from the other party is truly terrifying and that powerful force makes people yearn for it, I believe that not many people can accept this.

But except for Lei Zhen, no one else present felt surprised or expressed any objection to the dean calling the monster in front of them by this name. Instead, some even showed a hint of approval.

As for the reason, it is not difficult to guess. As long as you realize what this place is used for, you can see something. Lei Zhen, who is a spy of the Japanese military, happens to know some of these things and reacted quickly.

"... Could it be that? That monster is the Divine Machine!"

Lei Zhen, who had reacted, looked at Androgenes with an unusual look. He was still trying to break through the magic circle but failed.

Lei Zhen couldn't imagine that the divine ingenuity that almost the entire world was pursuing was such an ugly monster, but this was the fact.

After all, according to the information collected by Lei Zhen, this facility underground in the academy is exactly the facility used by the dean to study divine machinery. Now that Androgenes appears here, it must be related to the divine machinery. Even more boldly, it is natural to regard it as a divine machinery.

Unfortunately, this answer is not completely correct. At least, the dean said in denial: "No, that is not the divine mechanism! Although it is very close, there is still one thing missing."

"what?"

After listening to the dean's explanation, Lei Zhen's doubts were resolved, but more doubts also emerged in his mind at this moment.

The dean seemed to have noticed this as well, and perhaps because the plan was close to success, he was in a particularly excited mood, so he was very happy to explain to Lei Zhen.

"Raijin-san, even you should know that no matter what kind of automaton it is, it is composed of two parts: 'software' and 'hardware', right?"

Although he didn't know why the dean asked this question, Lei Zhen himself wanted to delay the time a little, so he didn't refuse to answer. He thought about what he had learned before and replied.

"Ah, yes, I remember what it should be. To make an automaton, you need a mechanical shell as the hardware and a magic circuit as the software. When the two are combined, an automaton is born. This is the most basic knowledge of mechanical magic."

"That's right, Lei Zhen, it seems that you have not been lazy in your studies in this academy, which is very commendable."

(End of this chapter)