This isn't a souls-like game at all.

Ye Yiyi turned around quietly, trying not to step into the range of the fire.

Then he found a complete set of Eagle Claw Knight armor in a dark room that looked like a maintenance room.

"Damn it! It's hairy!"

Seeing the intact armor and protective gear for the first time, Ye Yiyi was so happy that he put away the armor immediately without even looking at the light curtain.

In addition, he also found an Eagle Claw Knight Axe Gun that had just been maintained, and a large iron shield that was half a person's height.

"Damn! I'm rich!!"

Ye Yiyi was overjoyed and put away his weapons and shield.

Dozens of minutes later, the [Silent] effect disappeared.

Add another magic and continue moving forward.

Leaving the Knights' headquarters, we entered a complex of wooden buildings.

This is the family compound for the smelting workers, and the environment is much worse than the previous residence.

As for how bad it is, just look at how excited the dung beetle is.

"You fucking piss and poop everywhere! When will these assholes clean up a bit?!"

Ye Yiyi rolled his eyes and took out the universal cauldron to replenish the supply of dung balls.

"Eat less human feces, it's hard to digest! I'll give you some animal feces later, that's cleaner!"

He held down the excited dung beetle and warned it earnestly with pheromones.

After leaving the family compound, Ye Yiyi finally arrived at the two factory buildings on the far right.

"There are guards there. They are soldiers from the Principality!"

Ye Yiyi hid in a bush and looked out stealthily.

Outside the two extremely large factory buildings, a small team consisting of several Duchy soldiers patrolled back and forth.

"It's not easy to get in." Ye Yiyi thought about it and simply headed west along the grass under the giant wall.

He planned to go around first to see if he could find another entrance.

Hard work pays off. When he approached the two factories near the west gate, he found a small open door.

The small door was very bright, and it was not the warm light of the fire, but a cold light that Ye Yiyi was very familiar with.

The soldiers patrolling here ignored the small door.

"What do you mean? Isn't this a trap?"

Ye Yiyi was a little confused, so he took out his staff, used his insect wielding magic to summon a fly, and ordered it to enter the door.

After a moment, the fly flew out and came to Ye Yiyi.

"No one inside? Sure!"

After receiving the fly's reply, Ye Yiyi no longer hesitated and quietly entered the small door while the soldiers were patrolling.

When he saw the environment clearly, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"How can this be?!"

Chapter 51 The Melting Pot

Ye Yiyi had imagined the situation inside the large smelter.

Workers were probably sweating profusely running around, raw ore was still being transported in by truckloads, and boiling magma was flowing in the rough huge crucible.

But he never expected that the scene that came into his eyes at this moment would completely overturn his imagination.

Ye Yiyi looked out through the yellowed and dirty glass in front of her.

Huge metal pillars rise from the ground, supporting the metal frame ceiling.

There are several huge lamps on the ceiling.

The cold white light that Ye Yiyi felt familiar with came from these lamps.

　On the floor of the factory, large metal structures were lined up in rows, almost covering the entire spacious floor of the factory.

These metal creations resemble enlarged oxygen cylinders, with a natural cylindrical shape.

In front of the cylindrical metal tank, there are transmission channels of different sizes.

These passages are metal and connect to a square container with an open top.

Next to the container was a pile of silver iron ore of roughly the same size.

And above the metal tank, there is also a metal pipe connected.

Countless metal pipes extend from the ground to the sky, and finally converge into a giant metal tank in the center of the factory.

Ye Yiyi looked at this scene and suddenly understood.

Why did the Principality go through so much trouble to transport the mined ore from the Fairy Mountains here?

"This is clearly an ancient site from the period of the land kingdoms!!" Ye Yiyi said to himself.

"No wonder they paved the outside of the factory with stones. It was for camouflage."

But this is completely different from the large smelter that appeared in the game.

That place is not an ancient ruins, but an ordinary workshop built by the principality itself.

"Sure enough, there are surprises everywhere..."

Ye Yiyi sighed, took a deep breath, and then looked around.

He was currently in a long and narrow metal corridor.

On one side of the corridor was dirty transparent glass, and on the other side was a metal wall without any decorations.

This is a different architectural style from that of the Weapons Museum, but Ye Yiyi is very familiar with it.

In the game, the land kingdom ruled by one of the ancient kings, the Heavenly Forger, is particularly fond of using complete giant metal structures for buildings.

Combined with the location of this large smelter, it is not difficult to infer the purpose of this ancient site.

"The Heavenly Forger is the metaphysical master of the workshop. In layman's terms, this king possesses the power of the abstract concept of 'forging'.

"For it, the world, or nature itself, is the best forge.

"So, if we want to use the Heavenly Craftsmanship to forge things, there must be a complex of buildings or workshops underneath the factory!"

Ye Yiyi thought for a moment, then confirmed his initial guess and walked forward along the corridor.

Soon, the glass curtain wall on the right was replaced by a metal wall.

Turning right at the end of the corridor, a door and a staircase leading to the underground appeared in front of Ye Yiyi.

The door was not closed. Ye Yiyi took a sneak peek outside and found that it led to the factory.

Not far away, there was an Eagle Claw Knight in silver armor standing around a metal tank, wiping the tank with a towel.

"It's fucking amazing! The dignified Eagle Claw Knight personally does the maintenance on the tank." Ye Yiyi's mouth twitched.

There are five Eagle Claw Knights in the factory, all of whom are maintaining and cleaning the tanks.

No wonder the Duchy soldiers patrolling outside didn't care. It turns out that all the heavyweights are inside.

Ye Yiyi retreated behind the door, added another [Silent], and then walked down the stairs.

The stairs led to a metal corridor. When Ye Yiyi arrived here, he immediately felt that something was different.

"The temperature is starting to rise."

The style of the corridor has also changed, and the lighting has disappeared.

Although the floor was still a solid piece of metal plate, there were many tiny holes on the walls.

A faint red light shone through these holes. Ye Yi took a closer look and immediately felt a burning breath coming through the holes.

"Now it's interesting."

Ye Yiyi walked along the corridor and soon arrived at a crossroads.

There are three roads in front of me, left, front and right, each leading to a different direction.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Yiyi decided to follow the convention of men walking on the left and women walking on the right and go to the left first.

Not long into the corridor, several doors appeared on the right wall.

This is a pure metal door with a round glass window on it.

"What's going on here? Group flirting with Jiulin V氵ba`"

Ye Yiyi went to the first door and took a look, and found that the glass window was so dirty that the surface was as blurry as frosted glass, and he couldn't see inside at all.

He tried to open the door, but unfortunately, the door made of pure metal could not be opened at all.

Try other doors, the same thing happens.

Fortunately, the door at the end of the corridor was open, so Ye Yiyi was able to get a glimpse of what was going on.

The room was small and there was no one in it.

Ye Yiyi looked around and found all kinds of strange metal objects.

These metal creations are a bit like machine tools, and their surfaces are very clean, probably because someone cleans them regularly.

On the wall of the room, there was some kind of metal facility that was about a person's height and recessed.

This concave shape is similar to the outline of a human.

Ye Yiyi frowned and immediately thought of something that was very common in ancient ruins.

"It's a skilled servant."

A skilled slave as tall as a person, different from the skilled slave Ye Yiyi saw in the weapons exhibition hall.

Ye Yiyi quickly came up with a guess.

"If this is a metal processing factory from the era of the Land Kingdoms, then these skilled slaves are specialized for maintenance."

A skilled maintenance servant, wearing thick armor to protect against high temperatures.

This skill minion is very, very tough, and its fire resistance is basically maxed out.

They have no weaknesses. If you want to destroy them, you can only use blunt weapons to attack them from a distance, or use magic with penetrating effects to directly destroy their internal structure.

"This is a bit difficult, the only blunt weapon I have is a claw hammer, and I can't use that.

"The only spell with penetrating effects is Magic Star Hail, which I don't have. The intelligence requirement is 22, and I added skills, but the stats aren't up to par..."

Ye Yiyi looked a little embarrassed.

"It's impossible to go back. It seems that we can only bite the bullet and move on."

He thought for a moment, then returned to the upper level and put the dung beetle down.

"If we go any lower, I might not be able to protect you. Go out and find some bushes to hide in."

The dung beetle was very sensible. It waved its tentacles to say goodbye to him, then crawled away slowly.

Then he returned to the empty room on the lower floor and changed into the Eagle Claw Knight armor.

【Eagle Claw Knight Armor】

Item Description: The famous Eagle Claw Knight armor.

Silver was added to the cast iron during casting, making it lighter.

It has a high physical damage reduction rate and is especially good at defending against sharp weapons.

The double-striped white cape, representing honor and sacrifice, is the symbol of the eagle with outstretched wings.

The Eagle Claw Knight is the talon of the eagle, and once fought against the curse together with the Spread-winged Eagle.

Now that the Eagle is gone, the Knights exist in name only.

"It's okay if it exists in name only..."

Ye Yiyi muttered, took a little time to put on the armor, and finally put on the knight's helmet with wing carvings on both sides.

"It fits well, but the viewing angle is a bit narrow."