The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 398 Puppet Army, Defense Secondary Artillery
Richard had "tasted" the Forerunner's armed puppet.

Excellent energy barriers, sturdy and reliable crystal bodies, powerful magic-breaking methods that can break through energy barriers in a flash... The excellence of these armed puppets is comparable to the best of the wizards' alchemical puppets.

Alchemical puppets of this level were usually jokingly called the Royal Guards by alchemical wizards. Even great wizards could only add a small number of such puppets to their alchemical puppet army to use as sharp knives.

And behind this crack, Richard actually saw thousands of such armed puppets.

The great joy gave Richard a sense of unreality.

Is this really reality?
However, reason soon regained control of Richard's mind.

He hurriedly entered the Star Fortress, and then immediately reported the matter of the armed puppet to the main controller.

"Master, how many armed puppets are stored in the fortress?"

[There are still 932 spider-shaped armed puppets in the fortress]

After getting the exact answer, Richard took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down, then continued to ask: "Can these puppets be used?"

[Mobilizing armed puppets requires approval from the fortress owner]

"...Hogg!"

Richard was so excited that he shuttled through the passage like crazy, and soon came to the passage where Hogg was. Hogg was frightened when he saw Richard's appearance, and his body unconsciously hid behind Ulises.

"Uncle Crow, what happened to the master?"

Ulysses flapped his wings and suddenly appeared beside Richard.

"Richard, what's the matter with you? What's got you so excited?"

Richard stopped and couldn't help but smile.

"There are still a number of intact armed puppets in the fortress. As long as Hogg agrees, we can take them away!"

"Gah?"

Ulises said in surprise.

There were quite a few armed puppets left in the ancient battlefield, and he destroyed quite a few on the way. To be honest, these armed puppets were really indiscriminate when dealing with ordinary level 3 creatures.

Even wizards can be killed by it on first sight.

If they had such a group of armed puppets, they could basically walk sideways in this plane war.

"That's great. Even if we encounter bugs on the road, we can still fight them."

Richard nodded and then submitted his application to the controller. After receiving Richard's application, Hogg naturally approved it immediately.

"Done!" Richard cheered, and then flew along the passage towards the warehouse at the bottom of the fortress.

To others, those armed puppets might just be puppets, but to Richard, they were just blueprints thrown on the ground.

Although fish is delicious, the fishing rod is more important than the fish.

Passing through the black crystal passage, Richard arrived at the lower level of the fortress. At this level, metal with gold patterns began to replace the black crystal.

Richard tried touching them twice and found that these things were just like the parts produced by the factory and had no value in refining.

Soon, Richard reached the lowest level of the fortress.

This level gave Richard a feeling of being in a slave cabin in a wizard's floating city. Wizards would place the slave army at the bottom of the floating city to consume the first wave of combat power of the natives.

The Star Fortress also has a bunch of armed puppets at the bottom. Does this mean that the Star Fortress was once used as an invasion weapon like a floating city?
The map detected by the reconnaissance array not long ago flashed through Richard's mind, and he became more and more certain of this idea.

In the warehouse, nine hundred and thirty-two spider-shaped armed puppets stood quietly in a corner of the warehouse.

Richard walked over to them and gently touched one of the puppets, and the Miracle Furnace quickly gave the puppet's information.

[Raw materials: Spider-shaped armed puppet]

[Information that can be extracted: Design drawing of spider-shaped armed puppet]

[Refining consumption: 250 mental power]

Looking at the information given by the Miracle Furnace, Richard's face suddenly lit up with joy.

This is not the incomplete technology of the past, this is a complete design.

If he could study this thing thoroughly, I wonder how many useful technologies he could derive from it.

However, Richard did not choose to refine immediately.

Firstly, there was no rush to refine this thing, as there would be plenty of time to refine it later. Secondly, according to Ulises, the Miracle Furnace used a spatial method to refine, and using it in this fortress would easily attract the attention of the main controller.

Richard was not clear about the rules and regulations within the Star Fortress, nor was he clear about the capabilities of the fortress's master controller. If the master controller discovered the refining process, it would cause more trouble.

The Pioneer's technology is profound and unfathomable. It will take a long time to study it thoroughly, so he doesn't need a few hours.

"Master, how should these puppets be used?"

[The new permission system is being installed. After the installation is complete, the puppet will automatically recognize the commander's orders]

As soon as the main controller finished speaking, several metal tentacles with crystals on top stretched out from the ground of Richard's warehouse.

These tentacles used the crystals on their tops to attach themselves to the spider-shaped puppet, and then a faint light like ripples began to flash inside the spider-shaped puppet's body.

Soon, the tentacles left.

The spider-shaped puppet lying on the ground stood up instantly, and the polyhedron crystal on the top shot a red light towards Richard.

[Commander confirmed, puppet qy9743 has joined your command sequence]

"New permission system..."

Richard noticed the special word used by the master. If there is a new permission system, there must be an old permission system.

Considering that the master controller once said that his system almost collapsed because the Supreme was erased...Richard's heart suddenly palpitated.

Is it possible that the giant floating matrix wandering around the ancient battlefield is killing everyone it sees because of a system crash?
If he could be given a replacement system, then he would be able to take that giant plankton mother body under his command.

Richard was deeply impressed by the giant floating matrix. Even a three-ring wizard would have no choice but to run away when seeing those large groups of floating cannons.

And you may not be able to run away.

If he were to take it, its combat effectiveness would probably be not much lower than that of the armed puppets in this warehouse.

With an idea in mind, Richard immediately asked the master controller: "Master controller, do you have any way to change the authority system for the armed puppets in the wilderness?"

[Yes, there are two options for you to choose from]

[Plan 1: Let the armed puppet return to the fortress and use the information transmission tentacles to replace its system]

[Scheme 2: Install the information transmission crystal into the armed puppet information interface and perform system upgrades directly in the field]

"I choose option 2." Richard said without hesitation.

There are a huge number of floating cannons around the giant floating mother body, and it is too difficult to lead it to the star fortress.

And the giant plankton mother body may not be attracted.

After all, as a ship positioned similar to an aircraft carrier, charging into battle is definitely not its strong point.

After receiving Richard's choice, the main control did not respond. Half an hour later, a metal tentacle emerged from the ground and came to Richard.

At the front end of this tentacle, a polyhedron crystal fell in front of Richard with a "click".

Richard caught the crystal, and news came immediately from the Miracle Furnace.

[Raw materials: information transmission crystal]

[Retrievable Information: New Permission System]

[Refining consumption: 10 mental power]

Richard put the crystal into his pocket, and then asked about the information of the giant floating mother body.

But this question seemed to have touched upon the main controller's blind spot, as the main controller only answered the location of the information interface. The main controller had no idea about the information of other giant plankton mother bodies.

This seems a little unusual.

"Master, where is your crystal array?" Richard suddenly asked.

[Non-fortress owners are prohibited from entering the main control array room]

"Even with permission?"

[No such application]

"Even the repairman can't do it?"

[The fortress master has enough repairman bees, no need to send additional repairmen]

Richard nodded slightly and thought, "It seems that the database is not damaged, but it is really not entered into the master control database."

He asked about the location of the main control array, not because he had set his sights on the main control array.

In fact, he was not very interested in the master control array.

His path is not to alchemize machinery, so the mechanical intelligence of the main control is of little use to him. Secondly, the wizard's tower spirit technology can be used as a substitute for the main control.

Finally, it is the most important point.

That is, if you look at the main control of the fortress, but cannot refine the technology due to consumption, it would be a bit torturous.

As the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind, Richard thought it would be better for him not to cause himself trouble.

After all, in addition to the fortress main control, there are still many things worth exploring in this astral fortress.

"Master, guide me to the passage to the fortress's secondary guns."

……

In addition to solid walls, defensive weapons are naturally indispensable for a fortress.

Although due to the damage to the energy pipeline, the fortress's main gun and most of its secondary weapons exploded in the battle that caused the fortress to fall.

But a very small number of weapons survived, such as the defensive secondary gun in front of Richard.

This is a beautiful creation made of metal and crystal. Its base is made of colorless crystal and is directly connected to the power supply pipeline of the fortress. On its base is a metal barrel that looks like an inverted trumpet. This barrel is connected to the base through a simple but reliable mechanical device, so that it can be adjusted up, down, left, and right.

In short, it is something like a turret.

The shape of this machine looks a bit out of place. Although the metal barrel is exquisite, it has a sense of complex mechanical beauty. The crystal base is natural and all the parts are integrated into one.

This is a somewhat contradictory creation, but after using it, Richard immediately noticed the special beauty it possessed - strength.

When this thing has all the functions, its power is as high as 10,000.

And this is just one of the most common and most numerous defensive weapons in this fortress.

Even the explosion caused by the energy pipeline failed to completely destroy it.

Even though he had seen the horror of the Forerunner's creations, after testing the power of this defensive secondary gun, Richard still sighed slightly:

"Ten thousand level ordinary weapons, what a powerful civilization."

(End of this chapter)