Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 27: Introduction to Alchemy

 You can tell by the sound of the gunshot that it is not an ordinary sniper rifle; by the sound of the head exploding, you can also guess that the bullet is also an alchemy bullet.

 The purpose is probably to ensure that the target can be killed with one shot.

Although Su Lun instinctively trembled when he heard the thunderous sound of gunfire, after a moment, there was not much excitement in his heart.

 Because he had anticipated the cause and consequences of the whole incident, he was sure that the sniper would not fire a second shot.

  After all, the gunman came here just to kill people and silence them, and he would never waste bullets killing "little minions" like them.

What's more, the current location of the convoy is not far from the Hessen Building, the headquarters, and the gang's masters can arrive in an instant. The longer the gunman delays, the slimmer his chances of escaping.

  ......

 “Damn, there are snipers, everyone, be careful!”

 The sudden attack frightened everyone on Green Street.

 The convoy made an emergency stop, and everyone found bunkers to hide in order to avoid being shot by snipers hiding on a certain building.

 Su Lun guessed the gunman's motive and no longer worried.

  He looked at the headshot corpse on the motorcycle ten meters away, turned his eyes, and jumped over "heroically". After rolling, he happened to hide next to the motorcycle with the corpse.

Su Lun doesn’t care about the conspiracies of the senior officials, nor does he care about the “insiders”.

 He only had eyes for the body on the locomotive.

 This is the corpse of at least a second-level professional. How could I have such good luck?

 In the eyes of others, it is a pile of rotten meat, but in the eyes of Su Lun, it is a pile of priceless treasures shining with golden light.

 However, his "heroic move" surprised the captain Kai and Sam, the veterans beside the car.

 Are all newcomers so brave now?

 Faced with a sniper whose location is unknown, you are not timid at all, but take the initiative to fight and share the pressure with the old gang members?

Su Lun also noticed that these people were looking at him a little strangely. Naturally, he could not say that he was here to [harvest] the fragments. He could only find an excuse and said: "The gunman is 1,300 meters southwest." On that tall building!"

 This is not nonsense. His current "basic firearms proficiency" allows him to quickly determine the location of the gunman through the ballistic traces.

 The blood of the corpse on the locomotive was spattered and scattered in the northeast direction, so the bullets must have come from the southwest. The penetrating power of the alchemy bullet was very strong, blowing the target's head, and even penetrated the motorcycle and made a hole in the ground. The angle of incidence of the bullet can be determined from the angles of the two bullet holes on the ground and under the car.

 Of course, the most important thing is that Su Lun's eyesight is amazing now. When he judged the location of the gunman before, he saw the figure on the tall building in the distance at a glance.

 “Southwest?”

 Hearing Su Lun's words, Captain Kai and the other veterans were stunned for a moment, and then they also reacted.

 They have been on the battlefield for a long time and naturally know how to judge the gunner's position. However, their minds were still in the shock of being attacked just now, so they didn't expect a newcomer to have already judged the result.

 At this time, because the distance was close enough, Su Lun was able to peel off the memory fragments of the corpse as he wished.

 "Obtain memory fragments of 'Vicent Isakov'*3"

 "You got some information: 'How could they not have imagined that the manuscript would be hidden there...'"

 “You have mastered [Introduction to Old German]...”

 "You have mastered some occult knowledge, alchemy experience +31"

 "Spirit +0.35"

 Su Lun had some small regrets about not stripping out the combat skills this time.

 After digesting all the "occult knowledge" in his mind, he realized that the value of this knowledge was no less valuable than a combat skill, and was even more rare.

 This is a world with all kinds of strange alchemy, and alchemy is everything.

 Even the "curse seal equipment", which is the most important for increasing the combat power of professionals, is just a conventional application of alchemy.

 The mysteries of alchemy are far more than that. Enchanting, gold-making, weapon refining, potions, plant equipment, spells...almost all fields involve alchemy.

 It can be said that alchemy knowledge is combat power.

 The law of equivalent exchange allows alchemy to exchange everything!

 This is why the old-school legal alchemists of the "Crow Gang" are full of disdain for the mechanical technology of the other two gangs.

 That's because so far, the combat power of the "new school" steam machinery is far inferior to that of the "old school" legal system.

 The higher the rank, the greater the gap.

 Why is the old school so strong, but robotic arms and steam equipment are everywhere on the streets?

 Because it is cheap, the entry barrier is low.

 In the field of low-end professionals, thermal weapons and steam machinery are very useful. But in the field of high combat, only alchemy is the truth.

Su Lun didn’t bother to argue about the strength of steam technology and ancient alchemy. After all, he lacked a lot of understanding of the world and was still groping.

 But the more knowledge, the better.

 As for [Old Niedi], Su Lun is not a complete novice. He knows that this is the basic ancient language that must be mastered to get started with mysticism. Almost all old school alchemy, ancient scrolls, and ancient books are written in this script...

 Without thinking too much, he looked at the two additional skills [Introduction to Alchemy] and [Introduction to Ancient Nieder] on the character panel and felt that he had gained a good harvest.

 Looking again, he also peeled off a fragment of memory from the corpse.

 "Manuscript? Is this what those people wanted to steal when they attacked the headquarters treasure house this time?"

Su Lun had some guesses in his mind.

 This was a fragmentary thought without any clue. He knew that the "manuscript" was hidden in an unexpected place...

 The specific place is not mentioned in the memory fragments.

 “Unexpected? It won’t be a ‘the most dangerous place is the safest’ kind of routine...”

Su Lun complained in his heart, but did not worry about what kind of treasure the manuscript was and where it would be hidden.

 It won’t fall into his hands anyway.

Think about Su Lun, if that thing is important, the gang's top brass will definitely try their best to find it.

  Found it, naturally it’s not his.

  And if the gang can't be found, he is alone, let alone hope.

 …........

 After waiting for a few seconds before the second shot was fired, Kai realized belatedly that the gunman was here to kill people, not the Green Street group.

 “Damn it, that gunman is here to kill people and silence them!”

 Captain Kai's face became a little ugly.

 The cadres had just given him the task. He turned around and walked out of two streets. The prisoner was killed in front of him. How should he deliver the task?

 "Sam you, you, and you... follow me! Let's catch the gunman!"

 Kai named several people, probably because of Su Lun’s previous performance, he also named him.

Su Lun didn’t care. Anyway, he thought that he wouldn’t be able to catch up.

 The gunman did not fire a second shot, which means that the guy is very experienced and will retreat after killing someone.

 If you run this distance, you will most likely miss.

 The group of people still ran towards the southwest building in a hurry.

 Not long after, as Su Lun expected, he returned empty-handed.

 With a dark face, Kai saw the gang leader "Night Angel" Goethe Amato who had arrived at the scene of the sniper killing.

 “Angel boss...”

Kai looked guilty.

 “It’s okay. I can’t blame you for this.”

Goethe looked at the corpse with a calm expression, as if it didn't matter that this "important prisoner" died.

  He also comforted Kai and said: "The president said that this is the case, you can go back first."

 “I...”

Although Kai wanted to make up for his "mistake", the matter had reached this point and could not be undone at all.

 Everyone in Green Street set off again "despondently".

 The originally festive atmosphere suddenly became very gloomy because of this sudden accident.

 No one on the motorcycle said anything. They all had dark faces, like children who had made mistakes.

Su Lun was in a good mood, but he didn't show it on his face.

 Although this trip was dangerous, his harvest was also amazing. After peeling off more than a dozen corpses, there was also a second-level professional whose proficiency in various skills improved a lot.

 Oh, there is also a bonus of 100,000 yuan.

 But when he looked at Kai, who had been unhappy all the time, a thought suddenly came to his mind: "No, I can think of a mole, so it's not something that the senior management wouldn't think of. Since they can think of it, how could they be so careless and let a group of people know it?" A rookie escorting such an important prisoner?"

 Su Lun immediately realized this thought,

 This is not carelessness at all, but intentional!

 "Could it be that the gang leaders deliberately wanted to lure people to kill people and then capture the mole?"

 Thinking of this, Su Lun suddenly realized that he might have guessed the truth.

 This is a "conspiracy" by the top leaders of the Cross Society.

 The traitor probably also guessed that this was a deliberate attempt to lure him out, but he had no choice but to kill him and silence him. Otherwise, if the prisoner really spits out his confession, he will still not be able to escape death.

 But Su Lun also knows that training snipers is difficult, and there may not be a qualified "sniper" among a hundred thousand gunmen. And the farther the distance, the more factors are affected.

 Hence, if you can shoot a headshot from this distance, you must have good marksmanship.

  If it was someone from within the Cross Society, it would not be difficult to identify the shooter...

 Thinking of this, Su Lun glanced at Kai again and shook his head slightly.

This poor captain still placed all the blame on himself and felt deeply guilty.

 Who knew this was part of the senior management's plan.

  .....

Su Lun rubbed his eyebrows and put the messy thoughts behind him.

 Whether it’s a conspiracy or a conspiracy, it’s none of your business anyway.

 He only cares about one thing in his heart, and that is to buy materials immediately when he returns this time and prepare to "take office"!

Who knows that unexpected events will happen on the first day you join a gang?

Who knew the danger level of this emergency was so high?

Although there was no danger this time, Su Lun was not sure that the next accident would be able to avoid danger.

 Hence, enhancing strength is the most urgent goal!