Mechanical Alchemist

In the tower crane room, the two chatted while drinking beer.

"So, what you mean is that recently, in the black market, adventure union, and bounty union of Capitoline, people have put up high rewards, looking for that [Ouroboros Fragment]?"

"Yes! Just like what you described to me, a pattern of ouroboros with special stripes. The bounty is still very high. Just providing effective clues, the bounty is over one million kroner. The person who offered the bounty behind the scenes seems not afraid of being caught People noticed, very high-profile."

"Tsk tsk. This is obviously someone fishing."

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As soon as Su Lun heard that someone offered a reward for this [Ouroboros Fragment], he knew it must be a sinkhole.

It's not like he hasn't considered the direct method of offering a reward before.

The idea was later dismissed.

Because this may put yourself in a very dangerous situation!

The fundamental reason is that the grade of this fragment is very high, but anyone who can use this thing must be a top powerhouse.

Even the [Battle Angel Wings] that Su Lun gave to No. 19 just now, he can more or less see some ways to know that it is a piece of God-level machinery.

But Su Lun couldn't understand the fragments of the ring at all.

Even a professional like Mr. Jing can't understand the supernatural rules left on it.

But the all-seeing eye saw a trace of "the breath of the original material", from which it can be inferred that this fragment is definitely not an ordinary artifact fragment.

There are too many ancient treasures left on the alchemy plane, which is normal.

Whoever finds it will have a great opportunity.

But right now, the problem is big.

There are only two kinds of people who will directly offer rewards.

The first type is like Su Lun, who has fragments in his hand and wants to find other fragments;

The second type is people who know the function of this fragment;

But no matter what kind of motivation it is, as long as you find the reward offerer, you can immediately get the harvest of the above two choices.

That's why Su Lun didn't dare to offer a reward, for fear of being approached in reverse.

And because the current situation is more dangerous.

If it's just a certain big shot from Mafa looking for it, that's fine, maybe it's those "real goods" guys.

For example, the plane of the gods!

According to the current information, the main purpose of those who are invading the plane is to find the baby.

Moreover, they received instructions from high-level officials to find certain special "ultra-level treasures".

If it is as Su Lun judged, this [Ouroboros Fragment] is not an ordinary artifact.

Then the person who pays attention to this kind of thing may be a certain god.

Tsk tsk, being followed by a god is no joke.

Even if it was even possible, Su Lun didn't want to get involved in this cause and effect.

Hearing Su Lun's explanation, No. 19 realized the danger, and murmured: "No wonder you said not to contact him, so that's the case. In that case, no one will accept the reward."

Su Lun said again: "Not necessarily. After all, the fragments flowed from Marfa, probably from some ancient ruins. Some adventurers may know some information by accident, but they don't know the importance of the fragments .However, if someone is really lured by this bounty, I’m afraid it will be unlucky.”

Having said that, his thoughts became active.

Three quarters of the fragment was in his hands, and Su Lun also wanted to know where the rest was.

Before, I was afraid of being missed by others, so I didn't dare to look for it too much.

But now some people do things that they dare not do, and the operability is different.

Almost everyone at the top of the two empires knew the news of the plane invasion, and now that they were offering rewards so unscrupulously, there was almost only one conclusion.

That is the bounty offerer behind the scenes, almost 100% sure to be an invader from the plane of the gods!

It just so happened that Su Lun had enough accurate information about the intruders.

Judging from the previously dismantled information, it will take at least half a year before the space channel can withstand the arrival of the eighth-order professional.

In other words, the highest level of the invasion plane is now the seventh.

As long as you don't meet a divine patron like "Holy Son" Frank, it's not a big problem for Su Lun's current strength.

Thoughts were running fast in his mind, Su Lun immediately thought of a plan, and said, "I plan to find a chance to contact the person who posted the reward message."

Listening to No. 19, he also nodded: "Then shall we go to a rally tonight?"

Su Lun nodded: "OK."

To the east of Kabitron is the Endless Warcraft Mountains.

Wangjin Sentry is the last human town before entering the Warcraft Mountains.

This is a paradise for adventurers and speculators, and it is very lively all year round.

Just when Su Lun came to the Marfa Empire, an adventure group called the "Old Blacksmith Adventure Group" also returned with a full load.

Booker Ferguson, the young owner of the blacksmith group, and Claude, the old housekeeper, just handed in the task from the bounty union and walked out.

Walking on the road, seeing no one around, Booker happily shared his discovery just now, saying: "Oh, Claude, have you seen the most popular reward on the bounty list! My God, Someone actually offered a reward of one million crowns for information? Isn't that pattern exactly the same as the 'Ouroboros Totem' seen in the mountain dwarf tribe of Giant God Mountain?"

However, the old butler warned earnestly: "Master Booker, I think it's better for us not to participate in the reward. The leader has always told us not to disclose all the information about the dwarf tribe. Otherwise, it will bring trouble to the mountain dwarves." Yes, it will also affect our future business routes."

Ordinary adventurers will hunt and kill monsters when they enter the mountains, and complete some rare material collection tasks issued by the bounty union.

But what others don't know is that there is another way for the old blacksmith group to make a fortune.

Because the leader "blacksmith" Yale Ferguson accidentally rescued an injured dwarf in the Warcraft Mountains, he gained the friendship of the mountain dwarves.

From then on, their hunting group went to the territory of the mountain dwarf tribe, and they could always exchange some daily necessities for the precious ore of the dwarf tribe, as well as some well-forged armor and weapons. The profits are huge.

Because Ferguson is low-key enough and not greedy, this channel of making money has never been broken.

For more than ten years, the Ferguson Group has also earned a lot of money because of this, and only then has the now well-known "Old Blacksmith Adventure Group". .

Booker didn't care at all, his young face was full of ambition, and he held his neck up and said: "My father is just too cowardly! Dozens of barrels of beer worth less than 10,000 crowns can be exchanged for a bunch of beer worth hundreds of thousands If it were me, I would bring more things to those stupid dwarves, and exchange all the good things they hid in the cave. Before long, our blacksmith group will be rich. Not so many years , is still a small adventure group!"

The old butler shook his head and said, "The dwarves don't like to be in contact with humans because they think humans are too greedy. Young master, I don't think it's good for you to have such thoughts. The master said that the simplicity of the dwarves is not stupid. I don't like dealing with humans who are too smart. If you have malicious intentions, you will lose the friendship of the dwarves."

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Booker obviously didn't listen to the old butler's words.

At this moment, all he had in mind was the million-dollar reward.

Just a piece of news is worth millions, and if they are not allowed to take risks, why can't they make money?

In the evening, night fell.

Capitoline's sky can see a very beautiful sunset.

But for those living in the lower classes of the city, evening is night.

Because the ground floor has no sunlight at all, only a piece of gorgeous red and blue lights.

"Om Weng."

"Om Weng."

The steam boiler of the motorcycle roared, and the headlights were turned on.

Su Lun wasn't too polite, and just made it in the back seat. The modified motorcycle on the 19th was much better than the one he made himself.

He was not familiar with the road, so he simply felt at ease as a passenger.

With the center of gravity leaning back, the motorcycle galloped towards the distance of the alley.

The address of tonight's "illegal modification party" is in the outskirts of the wilderness, and it will take another hour for them to go there.

Su Lun put his arms around No. 19's slender waist and watched the street scenery all the way, but it was also leisurely. The key is to be able to free up your mind to deal with the work in the Small Void Realm.

Before extorting 600 tons of [activated silver] from the Moses family, he is busy all the time now.

If you want to make this batch of materials form combat power as soon as possible, you have to hurry up and turn the materials into gargoyles.

In just one night, the thirty gargoyles in the war workshop had already begun to take shape.

That's the benefit of having a war factory.

The mechanics saved Su Lun too much time.

The former gargoyle was purely handcrafted by himself, which took a lot of time and energy.

But now there is a mechanical assembly line, and on a set of Jingdiao molds, thirty gargoyles can be quickly formed almost without error. Moreover, most of the basic rune engraving, coating, and installation of mana components can be done by machines.

However, the most important high-level rune inscription has to be inscribed by Su Lun himself. Those compound sixth- and seventh-level runes cannot be completed by machines at present.

This is a time-consuming and labor-intensive job.

Not long after, the motorcycle had already driven out of the city.

The land outside was pitch black.

There are no roads at all outside the city, a muddy wilderness.

It's not that Mafa doesn't have the financial resources to build roads, but because the locomotive transformation in the imperial capital is too developed. No road can withstand the toss of those steel monsters.

If it is paved, it will rot, and it will continue to rot.

On the contrary, this bad road is even more attractive to those motorcycle modification parties.

Because it's time to compete in the performance of locomotives.

Not long after leaving the city, I saw more and more lights on the wilderness. It was the mechanics coming from all over the city to go to the party.

Drag racing is also a custom.

A group of people yelled and yelled, racing all the way across the wilderness, the speed was so fast.

Su Lun had heard that it was an hour's drive from the meeting place, but he thought it was dozens of kilometers away.

Only now do I know that my judgment was wrong.

According to the one-hour drive at this speed, at least two to three hundred kilometers!

The driving skills of No. 19 were very good, and the locomotive was well modified. Su Lun hardly felt too much bumps along the way.

However, the turbulence is not much turbulence, but the number of takeoffs is quite a lot.

The cliff of tens of meters, said to rush, and then the steam boiler jet cushioned, and landed smoothly.

Su Lun also saw the enthusiasm of Mafa and his group for mechanical modification.

Although this speed is not dangerous for him, those ordinary mechanics of the first and second ranks are very miserable.

What is the concept of a motorcycle crash at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour?

Even the mechanical body is a pile of patties mixed with steel and flesh.

Fortunately, as long as they don't die suddenly on the spot, it's not a big problem for this group of mechanical blasters.

This is also one of the most important reasons why mechanical prosthetic modification is so popular in Marfa.

Drove the car for half an hour.

Gradually, the surrounding lights increased.

All kinds of motorcycle parties, armored car parties, and traffic flow converge.

Wheel type, crawler type, Zerg multi-legged type, two-legged mechanical giant... all kinds of strange vehicles have appeared.

Su Lun really saw the level of Mafa's folk machinery.

However, the more shocking thing is yet to come.

In the distance, it looks like someone lit a "bonfire" on a pitch-black wasteland.

But as the locomotive approached, Su Lun saw clearly that the bonfire was the gathering place.

Dozens of large steam castles emitting billowing white smoke were pieced together to form a huge mechanical town.

A mobile city that is completely made up of mechanical castles!

The lights in the town are bright, and there are many figures, a bustling and prosperous scene.

Arriving at the destination, No. 19 parked the motorcycle in a special parking area.

There are already hundreds of locomotives parked here.

Su Lun looked up at the mechanical castles that were as tall as a city wall, with a height of 30 to 50 floors, and his eyes flickered.

The rusty steel plates are spliced ​​together by thick rivets. The huge turret looks like the ferocious fangs of this giant steel beast. The dense boiler pipes are billowing with thick smoke, and the roar of the giant steam boiler is manic. stop. On the other side of the ruggedness of these mechanical castles, they still retain the triangular spires in the traditional buildings of the Marfa Empire, which are very distinctive.

The name of the mottled paint sprayed on each mechanical castle [Nathan’s Moving Castle], [Wanderer’s Shelter], [Blackwater Adventure Group GT-003], [Thomson Chamber of Commerce’s Mechanical Modification Shop].

Seeing these names, Su Lun knew the origin and purpose of these mechanical castles.

He thought of his blueprint of [Sky Battle Fortress].

If possible, he would like to recruit a group of top mechanics for his war workshop when he came to Marfa this time.

Seeing that Su Lun was interested in mechanical castles, No. 19 also explained: "These mechanical castles belong to various adventure groups, non-governmental organizations, and chambers of commerce. Because there are many wanted criminals, wanderers, exiles, free mechanics, etc. Yes, it’s not convenient for them to go to the city, so they like to get together at this kind of party.”

Having said that, she paused for a moment, and said again: "Don't underestimate these folk mechanics, many of them are even masters. There are many top mechanics in the empire."

"oh?"

Hearing the first half of the sentence, Su Lun still felt normal, but the second half was unexpected.

This kind of folk gathering is lively and lively, and the specifications are not high at first glance. How can top mechanics come to patronize?

No. 19 looked at his puzzled expression and explained: "At this kind of gathering, there are often many good things that adventurers get from ancient ruins. So there are often high-level mechanics from the Mechanical Union to shop for treasures."

Su Lun: "Will people from the Mechanical Union come here?"

No. 19: "Yes, not everyone likes to fight. The Mechanical Alchemy Union is a union of free mechanics. This rally is actually organized by the union behind the scenes. The top mechanics of the union are not inferior to military mechanics at all. Many of the scientific research madmen are professors and tutors of the Royal Academy."

Although Su Lun knew some information, he was also surprised: "The mechanics are so powerful?"

"Yes. The Mechanics Union has a high status in Mafa."

No. 19 smiled, and introduced the historical origin of this phenomenon, saying: "The overthrow of the old Marfa Empire was actually led by two mechanical masters. One of them, Quinton J. Harris, was Mafa The founding emperor of the Mechanical Empire; the other is Grandmaster Lucien Pepys, the first generation president who established the "Mechanical Alchemy Union". The two are like brothers. Later, after the establishment of the empire, one went to govern the country, and the other He devoted himself to the purely academic field. So much so that the Alchemy Guild has a very special status in the empire and has a great say."

"oh."

When Su Lun listened, it suddenly dawned on him.

Most of what I came into contact with before was news from the Marfa military, but now that I look at it, I realize that there are so many interesting people.

No. 19 said again: "Let's go, let's go in and have a look. If you want to trade some extraordinary information, this is a better place than the black market in the city. And if you are lucky and have a good eye, you can find good things."

Su Lun nodded.

Although it is an illegal gathering, it is actually an official and default exchange activity for folk mechanics.

Not because of anything else, but because some freelance mechanics are just too dangerous.

With the existence of the mechanical alchemy union, the mechanical technology of the folk is not necessarily inferior to that of the military, but the direction of research is different.

In layman's terms, there are many "folk gods".

Some crazy scientists will modify their mechanical bodies with some very dangerous functions, and they like to conduct dangerous experiments that blow up several blocks at every turn, and they often break out due to transactions, and the movement is like a large-scale war.

There have been countless accidents in the imperial capital, and the lessons have been painful.

So the officials drove those dangerous elements to the suburbs.

But they also have the need to trade items, exchange scholarship and intelligence.

Gradually there were such gatherings.

No. 19 led Su Lun from a mechanical hanging basket and entered the interior of the mechanical town.

It's bustling and noisy.

Except for the narrow streets inside the mechanical castle, it is completely a lively town.

In the imperial capital, you can occasionally see normal people out of ten. But here, almost 100% are fans of mechanical prosthetic modification!

These people are dressed in a very punk style, with colorful cockscombs, lip rings and nose rings, smoky makeup, leather jackets with spikes, and mechanical prosthetics

Many women are very bold in their clothes, and those fully transparent raincoats can be regarded as clothes.

As rumored, Mafa's gender concept is also very open.

Su Lun sensed that there were at least tens of thousands of people in this gathering.

The two walked around together.

It is not forbidden to set up stalls in the machine town, and all kinds of small traders just spread a piece of cloth on the ground and put out their products.

There is everything for sale.

Mechanical limbs, blueprints, treasure maps, ores, fuel, Warcraft materials, firearms.

Su Lun walked all the way, and indeed found a lot of interesting things.

【TL-767 six-cylinder steam boiler】【Vulcan Ⅳ ejection robot arm】【Max fourth-generation laser-cut prosthetic eye】.

Any second-hand military obsolete goods are all high-tech that can crush Lu Ying.

It is also the most popular item in this market.

Because the quality of the military industry is high and stable, it is more suitable for transformation.

Moreover, the traditional professionals of Mafa have declined, so many treasures needed by traditional alchemy are neglected here.

Su Lun walked all the way, and found a lot of good things at very beautiful prices.

The assembly town assembled by the mechanical castle is not large in size, but it has more than ten floors and is intricate, and it can't be finished in a few hours.

In the steel cage in the center of the town, boxers with modified robotic arms are fighting, attracting shouts from all around.

Amidst the noise, No. 19 and Su Lun, who were mixed in the crowd, went all the way to an intelligence merchant.

Sure enough, they saw the million reward offer.

And the pattern on the reward is exactly [Ouroboros Fragment]!

The two walked around the intelligence merchant's place and walked down without revealing anything.

Walking on the iron stairs, Su Lun had a look of amusement in his eyes, and pondered in his heart: "It turns out that the complete pattern after the pieces are pieced together is like that."

Seeing the million-dollar reward, I became more and more sure that the benefactor behind the scenes was someone from the plane of the gods.

Because if he hadn't seen the reward pattern, even he wouldn't know what the fragments in his hand looked like.

Su Lun didn't want to take the initiative to expose, so he wandered around the market with No. 19, shopping.

He is not in a hurry either.

Because he guessed that since the people from the plane of the gods put up a reward that day, there must be someone nearby waiting for news.

As for the good deeds of "a million-dollar reward", there are absolutely no shortage of good deeds.

Regardless of whether the news is true or not, someone will definitely try it.

Those people from the plane of the gods will definitely come to deal with it.

Just wait.

as expected!

After waiting for a long time, two people wearing cloaks quietly entered the market and went straight to the intelligence merchant.

Almost as soon as the two of them approached the range of perception, Su Lun, who was digging things out at the stall, keenly sensed them, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in his heart: "It really is here!"

Mechanical warriors generally have very low ranks, and their soul fluctuations are generally at the level of first- and second-tier professionals. But magicians also have to learn spiritual power, so the soul fluctuation of a seventh-level magician is like a lighthouse in the dark night in this mechanical market, and can be discerned immediately.

No. 19 caught Su Lun's strange moment, and also guessed that she had waited for useful news.

The two of them didn't say anything and continued to stroll around.

Half an hour later, Su Lun sensed that the two had left the market.

He thought about it, and said to No. 19 beside him, "They're gone. I'll go."

This is a good opportunity.

Su Lun also wanted to know what information those Celestials had in their hands, and why they were looking for this [Ouroboros Fragment].

Listening to his tone, No. 19 seemed to want to go alone, so he frowned and asked, "Is the enemy strong?"

Su Lun said: "Two seventh-level magicians."

"Seventh step?"

No. 19 frowned upon hearing this, this is a very strong enemy.

At least, she felt that she had no chance of winning.

Let alone two.

This made her even more confused, and she asked cautiously, "Are you sure?"

Su Lun said calmly: "If the enemy doesn't have any special abilities, it's not a big problem."

Hearing this, No. 19 looked at Su Lun with a strange look in his eyes.

Although I read the news from the newspaper, I know that my partners have become very strong. But this understatement of "not a big problem" made her feel that something was wrong.

The enemy is two "seventh order"!

She asked, "What level are you at now?"

Su Lun said casually, "Level six."

Hearing this, No. 19 glanced at him, and his eyes became more and more strange.