Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 80: [Javier’s Morgue of Resentment]

Although I don’t know if that “sir” is really interested in accepting the commission to forge spider plant equipment, it is at least certain that there is such a master in the outer city.

Su Lun also felt a little emotional, there was really a crouching tiger, hidden dragon in the black market.

As for the identity of the mysterious gentleman, he guessed that he probably came from the inner city.

After all, combat-type professionals can advance through fighting and understanding, but such a profession that requires a huge amount of professional knowledge can only be cultivated in a place like the inner city with a complete inheritance. For example, the Black Tower Alchemy Academy, or large organizations such as the "Alchemy Guild"...

Su Lun guessed that he was probably another powerful person with a shady background.

But it's better for him to stay out of the public eye, which means that the farther the inner city relationship is, the safer it is to deal with.

......

It was still early when Su Lun came out of the black market. He rode his motorcycle back to Green Street and plunged into the arena.

Recently, there have been professional death matches, and he came back just in time to catch up with the finale of the next few games.

I harvested a wave of corpse experience, and during this period I went to resolve several fights with Kai and others. The night passed like this.

In the early morning, Su Lun rode his motorcycle to Ginkgo Street.

He went to buy bread for breakfast, and suddenly thought of something, so he posted a note behind the mailbox at the door of Bellman Bread, No. 14 Ginkgo Street.

Su Lun wanted to contact the mysterious pharmacist to buy some more special potions. He found the [Aberrant Monster Repellent] that saved Reina last time very useful.

Keep some more on hand, they may come in handy in the future.

After leaving the note, Su Lun didn't go far and looked at the people near the mailbox from a distance.

Sure enough, a young man appeared soon after. He found the note behind the mailbox, looked around, then tore it up and threw it away.

Su Lun bit the bread in his hand, suddenly became interested, and followed him.

Although the half-year-old child looked back cautiously many times, he also ran into uninhabited alleys several times, showing a certain sense of anti-tracking. But Su Lun's [Advanced Tracking Skills] and the steel cables in the mechanical gloves made it easy for him to follow.

Finally, the half-grown boy came back and appeared on Camellia Street, four blocks away from Ginkgo Street.

This is a civilian neighborhood in the outer city. The streets are filled with dilapidated gray buildings and "iron box houses" stacked with containers and steel frames.

Su Lun leaned on the roof of a small three-story building with dark red tiles, watching calmly as the half-grown man who took the note fled into an alley, where he met several of his accomplices.

In an alleyway where sewage flows, a pale corpse that has been dead for an unknown period of time lies in the garbage. More than a dozen large gray rats are lying on the corpse to eat, making "chichichi" sounds. . They are not afraid of humans, and they stare at the few humans at the entrance of the alley while eating.

"Hey, Luke, aren't you supposed to go to Ginkgo Street to 'work' today? Why are you back?"

"Don't stand in my way, I have a mission from Brother Danny. I got the letter!"

"Oh~ Is anyone going to buy potions? I really hope that customer buys more, so we can have money to buy bread."

"Beta, don't say such things again. That will make Brother Danny very embarrassed..."

"..."

Su Lun listened to the conversation between several people and probably knew the name of the pharmacist.

The young man ran into a dilapidated and rotten building and never came out again.

Su Lun didn't follow him in anymore. He suddenly thought that there was no point in following him, he was just out of curiosity.

Then I am afraid that this line will be broken. If I need any special medicine, I can still find a door.

After finding the place, we returned the same way.

...........

Not long after, Su Lun returned to No. 88 Ginkgo Street and hired someone to move several large boxes into the small Western-style building.

No one noticed that among the pile of gifts, there was a box that looked like a cello bag, which contained a large black sickle.

A new resident moved into the "Haunted Mansion". He probably felt unlucky and had no neighbors to say hello.

Su Lun is also happy to see this.

After the mover left, he carefully checked the entire house for the third time and found nothing unusual. Then some small early warning devices were set up on the window sills, roofs and doors, and all the curtains were closed.

After doing all this, he plunged into the basement.

He installed several gun targets on the basement walls and moved down the sandbags and equipment used for training.

After a little decoration, the training room became a little more interesting.

The rent has been paid half a year in advance, and this small building will be his residence for a long time to come.

Su Lun knew that although he had the talent of [Death Reaper], his skills and knowledge in all aspects had improved rapidly. But the shortcoming is also obvious, that is, talent has almost no increase in physical body.

If he wanted his body to adapt to the explosion of skills in his mind, he had to practice **** his own.

However, there are a lot of black technologies in this world, and body enhancement is also close.

In several large boxes, there is a "steam energy ultra-low temperature physiotherapy device" that can help muscles recover quickly, and a "neuromuscular bioelectrical stimulator" that can accelerate muscle growth...

This is a good thing I found in a black market machine shop before.

These iron lumps were taken from scrapped armories in the inner city and sold on the black market, presumably with the intention of dismantling the parts and using them for other purposes.

After all, few people in the outer city know what these instruments are used for.

But after Su Lun peeled off the memory of the Black Tower Academy assistant in the cave, he learned that these instruments were "military-grade instruments" used by newcomers in the training department of large organizations in the inner city.

Although the model of the instrument is a bit older, it is indeed a good treasure to assist in strengthening the body.

Using these two instruments can increase the efficiency of physical training several times.

Su Lun fiddled with the instrument and found that it worked normally, so he didn't take any more care.

.......

After simply decorating the basement, Su Lun walked to the corner and took out the black sickle.

Ta Lun felt that it would be a waste if such a powerful weapon was just used as a tool for gambling with the enemy.

He wanted to try to see if there were other ways to avoid the backlash of the curse on the scythe.

As a puppet master, his first reaction is to use puppets.

Then, he actually controlled the puppet to hold the scythe, and drew a tiny space crack toward the wall.

I didn’t dare to scratch too big a crack, just as long as a fingernail.

To avoid backlash, he will die suddenly on the spot.

An hour later, Su Lun, who had taken off his clothes and stood in front of the mirror, preparing to give himself first aid, suddenly felt a chill in his butt, and a **** arrow shot out.

It's an embarrassing spot, but fortunately it's not dangerous.

"Sure enough..."

Su Lun sighed slightly, took the medicine powder and sprinkled it on the wound on his butt.

It failed as expected.

If it was so easy to get stuck, Su Lun felt that the previous owner of the black sickle must have used it to kill everyone.

"Ordinary puppets are useless. It seems that the curse of the sickle should be traced back to the user. It is most likely to target 'living bodies', 'energy sources', or targets with some other vital signs..."

Su Lun roughly thought of some of the principles of tracing the origin of the sickle's backlash, but he did not completely lose interest in trying it.

He further analyzed: "There are [substitute puppets] among high-level puppets that can transfer injuries to the main body, so that may be possible. Or it may be possible to directly control other people's limbs with steel wires and let others slash. Avoid the curse's backlash..."

As a puppet master, he immediately thought of these two methods.

But for now, he is not at his level to create a [replacement puppet]. As for controlling others to use the scythe, he still has a long way to go. Puppet control skills are just getting started, and there is still a long way to go before you can control them as you wish.

Thinking of this, Su Lun moved his hands and fingers frequently, and the two puppets in the room also danced happily in circles, habitually practicing puppet control.

He suddenly thought of something, and muttered to himself: "If I could peel off the corpses of a few puppet masters, my control skills would probably improve quickly... Unfortunately, puppet masters are a rare profession. You may not even be able to find a few in Jiulington."

.......

The multi-tasking skill allows Su Lun to control the puppet with both hands while his mind can be distracted from thinking about other things.

There was no way he could do anything else anyway, so his thoughts suddenly drifted away.

Looking at this house, Su Lun did not feel sleepy. Suddenly, he instinctively thought of the death in this house.

According to his experience of watching 800 horror movies, there must be something wrong with the "Haunted House" where people die in succession.

With this thought, Su Lun's mind became active: "Let me think about it, assuming there is something wrong with this house... Then besides the distortion caused by dark spiritual power, what other reasons are there?"

At this moment, countless scenes from horror movies flashed through his mind, and Su Lun's eyes gradually became deeper.

Then, he quickly analyzed several possibilities of death.

NO.1: The landlord pretends to rent the house, but actually lures the tenants to come to the house and seek wealth and death;

NO.2: There are undiscovered "dangerous sources" such as radiation hidden in the house, which can cause death invisibly;

NO.3: There is something in the house that needs to meet certain conditions to appear, such as "ghost species" and supernatural powers;

NO.4: Other reasons, such as thieves randomly committing crimes, seeking wealth and killing...

The first possibility was ruled out almost instantly.

Before renting the house, he had already revealed his identity as a member of the Cross Society, and it was unlikely that the landlord would dare to do so.

And he has the Eye of Omniscient, which allows him to read the body's data panel. He cannot hide negative magnetic fields or anything like that. The second option basically excludes this option.

As for the fourth option, it is possible, but unlikely.

Then, Su Lun used the elimination method and left the last option.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a little bit sick: "If there is really a problem with the death of people in this house, is it because there is a 'ghost species' in the house? It shouldn't be such a coincidence..."

.......

Su Lun never takes chances when it comes to matters of life.

After thinking about this problem, he immediately went to find the landlord Grandet, threatened and induced him, and asked about the previous tenants.

On hearing this, I discovered that three tenants in this house had died in the past year or so.

The first two are quite normal, probably the deformation caused death. One had a tumor on his head and died, and the other had deformed spots on his body and died madly.

But the third blind man is very strange.

From Grandet’s words, Su Lun captured several anomalies about the blind man: 1. Mysterious origin, not from Nancheng District, suspected to be from the inner city; 2. He seemed to be here to investigate something; 3. The doors and windows were closed, and the blind man suddenly disappeared without seeing the body; 4. The blind man was very powerful and could hear voices and identify his position;

When Su Lun asked for this information, he immediately felt that this house might not be as simple as a "haunted house".

The third blind man just left without saying goodbye, maybe he is not dead?

Maybe he died and his body was missing?

Whether it is random thoughts or cautious instincts, when Su Lun encounters such bizarre things, he will always look for clues to deduce some doubts about the incident.

It's like playing a puzzle game. You won't stop until you pass the level.

"Why did the blind man come to this house to investigate... looking for someone? There are no living people, but there may be ghosts."

"Or maybe there is a treasure in this house?"

Back in the basement, Su Lun looked at the surrounding cement walls, and a thought became clearer and clearer in his mind: "If you are looking for something, the Omniscient Eye has never found anything unusual. Could it be that this house has some special conditions?" A cursed object that was seen (triggered), or... a forbidden object?"

"Suppose the blind man died and the body disappeared. Either it was eaten by a monster, or it was taken away by the murderer, or the body is still hidden in a mezzanine of the house. Hey, this is an extraordinary world..."

"Maybe...this house is actually a man-eating monster?"

As soon as this thought came out, it seemed to have given him a psychological suggestion, and Su Lun felt more and more that there was something "strange" in the room.

His eyes focused unconsciously, scanning the entire basement.

And at this moment, suddenly!

A row of messages appeared on the basement wall where the Omniscient Eye had checked it several times and found nothing unusual.

[Javier’s Morgue of Resentment]

Detailed explanation: When you realize that it exists, it will exist; when you think about it, it will appear in front of you;

.......

"I guessed it right..."

Su Lun looked at the corners of his eyes and twitched.

Seeing the changing scene around him, he felt for the first time that it was a sin for him to like to think wildly.

This is not playing a game. Solving puzzles is fun, but it can also trigger some incredible things. Jiulingdun is an ancient relic, and "weird events" still happen from time to time in the city.

But I just thought about it... and this triggered it?

It's not the "ghost species" he guessed, but it's more outrageous than that.