Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 44: The Peeping of the Mysterious Man
After the Tongzilou ambush, the turf war on Green Street also temporarily stopped.
Not only did the Steam Party admit their mistake and signed the armistice agreement this time, but more importantly, the "Red Devil" Gron became a cadre of the Cross, responsible for guarding several squads near Green Street. With such a second-level professional with super powerful combat power, the price the other party has to pay if they want to do evil again will be much higher.
As for the "scythe", the information left by the monster's memory fragments is different from human memory. It is vague and simple. There is only the concept of forks and turns, but no spatial concept of up, down, left, and right. Therefore, Su Lun knew how to find it from the entrance of the cave, but he did not know its precise location.
This means that if he wants to find it, he has to go down again from the cave in Tongzi Tower.
Before he had no power to protect himself, Su Lun did not fall down and went down again.
So, his goal is to find his suitable alchemy equipment as soon as possible.
He planned to try his luck on the black market to see if he could buy higher-end blueprints.
Unless absolutely necessary, he was unwilling to go to the gang headquarters to exchange for the silver drawing of the [Thousand Killing Wings].
After all, in that case, redeeming the blueprint would expose the fact that his body's containment value is very high, which might attract the attention of interested people.
Normal people know that, unless there are special circumstances, the higher the containment value, the higher the level of the breathing method.
As for the high-level breathing techniques, most of them are mastered by the top plutocrats in the inner city, and are even the exclusive techniques of some big families.
Su Lun felt more and more that the [Haigham Breathing Technique] learned by the original master was of a very high level and must not be able to see the light.
In the short term, he still plans to be his little transparent.
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The "Shadow Alley" black market holds an auction every month with a fixed time.
During the auction, hunters, mercenaries and professional thieves focus on selling goods. Black market shop owners will also auction off good things and collections collected from various channels, so there will also be many good things. thing.
On this day, Su Lun got the newly delivered "Old London News" in the hotel.
In the inconspicuous wide-angle corner, he saw a message.
[Recruitment information: Greenham Printing Factory is recruiting 12 workers, with a monthly salary of 2,180 liso, working day and night shifts...]
The translation is, Sunday and night at 12 o'clock. 2180 is half of the invitation code. People who frequent the black market have another code in their hands. Together they are the invitation code.
It is said that each force obtained the password from a different source, not just the same message in the newspaper. If something goes wrong, the organizers behind the black market can follow this code and find out where the problem lies.
It is worth mentioning that "cryptography" is an entry-level ability for alchemists.
The password in the newspaper is also the simplest application.
In the last era when alchemy was brilliantly developed (a thousand years ago), in order to prevent their research results from being stolen by others, and to conceal the secrets of some amazing research, alchemists would chop up their knowledge and scatter it. Go to many places.
The contents of almost all ancient alchemy scrolls that have been passed down are hidden in codes, which must be deciphered to know the contents. The purpose is to make the people who come into contact with them truly worthy of it.
So the phrase "one book opens another book" that Sir Isaac, known as the "Alchemical Demigod", often mentioned in his notes, has also become the motto of later alchemists.
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Su Lun asked Kai for a day off, saying he was going to the black market.
Because of Tongzilou's experience of suffering together, he now has a special relationship with Kai, and his request for leave went smoothly.
He planned to try his luck at the auction to see if he could find suitable planting blueprints, and also to see if he could get another rune gun.
After all, [Three-Headed Ghost] is so recognizable that anyone in the gang would recognize it as the gun of the killer "Ironhead" Ivan.
Taking the tram to the Bird Street intersection in North City, Su Lun arrived here two hours early.
After observing that there was nothing suspicious around him, he walked towards "Shadow Alley".
There is an auction tonight, so access control is installed.
A small window opened behind the iron gate, and the toll collector was a strong man with tattoos on his hands.
Everyone who enters needs to submit an invitation code and pay an entry fee of 5,000 liso.
She spent five thousand before buying anything, which made Su Lun feel a little distressed. But this is also to eliminate the vast majority of guys who just come to watch the fun.
This is not the first time Su Lun has come to the black market, and he is already familiar with it.
But when I came today, there were indeed many more people here than usual. Most of them were wearing big windbreakers and peaked caps that covered their faces, or hooded masks, or mysterious outfits.
Wearing a deerstalker hat, Suellen blended in and was inconspicuous among the crowd.
The black market auction does not have any specific hall. It is a bit like the "market" of the vegetable market in the previous life. Everyone finds their own place and waits for the auction to start.
It was still early, so Su Lun walked around the narrow streets built with steel frames. He found that the "Missing Person Notice" of the original owner was still hanging there on the notice board.
But today, in the most conspicuous position, there is a red missing person notice.
"If you provide information, you can get millions of liso?"
Su Lun became interested when he saw the long running bounty, and stopped to look at it for a moment.
The black and white photo shows a woman with exquisite facial features and a very capable temperament. She looks like a work photo of a white-collar worker in an office. From the photos, it can be seen that she has a completely different temperament from the common people in the outer city, and she should be from the inner city.
"This is comparable to the reward amount for S wanted criminals...What did the woman in this photo commit?"
Su Lun had doubts and didn't stay long.
Although a million-dollar reward is attractive, a high reward also means high risks.
As a bounty mannequin comparable to an S-class wanted criminal, he has no intention of becoming a bounty hunter, even if he actually meets the real owner.
Su Lun left the notice board, and at this time, he happened to pass by two men in black trench coats.
Judging from their body shapes, they appear to be a man and a woman.
As soon as Su Lun passed by, the man glanced sideways and muttered to his companions: "Hey... I think that guy just now looked a bit familiar to me. Although his face was covered, I'm sure I should have seen him..."
The woman in the windbreaker said calmly: "Half of the black market is wanted criminals, or people with criminal records in the organization. It's normal that it looks familiar to you. But this is not our territory, so it's best not to get into trouble. ”
The man in the trench coat withdrew his gaze and did not think about it further: "Yeah!"
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At the same time, Su Lun, who pretended not to know anything, continued to walk forward, but his face became solemn, and he murmured in his heart: "Has anyone noticed..."
After passing those two people just now, he also felt an invisible pressure. That is the level of pressure that can only be felt when facing high-level professionals like cadres.
His current super mental power makes his perception very keen, and also allows him to perceive some subtle things: such as other people's sight.
He was very sure that when they passed each other just now, the man glanced at him out of the corner of his eye.
"That guy must have some special recognition ability to recognize something, or maybe he is just curious..."
Su Lun doesn’t think that the bald and eyebrowless self he looks like now is much similar to the original owner, but in this world with extraordinary abilities, if you want to identify people, you will definitely not rely solely on your eyes.
I was alert at first, but after a while, the feeling of being watched disappeared, and Su Lun breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed like it was just a casual glance.
He didn't wait any longer on the street. He looked at the "Rosen's Alchemy Shop" sign on the roadside and dove in.