Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 40: The reversal of the plot

People are dead.

At the end of the team, a few unlucky guys were cut off by the unknown space artifact that suddenly appeared, and their scarlet intestines flowed all over the floor.

Others didn't know what happened, but Su Lun felt the subtle spatial fluctuations.

At the moment when the attack just happened, his omniscient eyes keenly captured the disappearing figure of the monster. It was a silver-level strange creature that looked like a skinned human being. It had a sickle-like tongue, and it was identified as [Void Abnormality, Sickletongued One].

This is a monster that has never appeared outside of intelligence.

This monster is very fast and is good at spatial teleportation. It is a fatal threat to third-level and fourth-level professionals. Killing a few low-level slaves is not a problem.

Su Lun expected the attack, but he also had a doubtful thought in his mind: "It's strange, it wasn't the old dean who did it, but the weirdness in the laboratory itself?"

He just identified that the [Silly Tongue] monster is the monster transformed by the scientific researchers who died in the experimental accident in "Laboratory Zero".

Su Lun's logical thinking ability immediately came to the most reasonable conclusion: this was an accident

After a moment of panic, the crowd returned to calm.

After all, only a few slaves died, and no one cared about their life or death.

But the team also stopped. Everyone loaded their guns and showed great vigilance.

Dean Mason looked at the corpse, with a trace of sadness in his eyes, and persuaded: "Captain Tatina, I think it is best not to move forward. There are a lot of pollutants in this laboratory, even if I , and I’m not sure what’s going on inside. If this continues, I’m afraid it will be very detrimental to the safety of everyone in the investigation team.”

Hearing this, Major General Tatina spoke extremely coldly and interrupted directly: "Keep going."

The loss of a few slaves is nothing to the major general of the Royal Mechanical Guard.

Seeing her resolute attitude, Dean Mason looked at the corpse on the ground again, shook his head and sighed, but couldn't say anything else.

The team continued to move deeper into the laboratory.

Some people are starting to die, which means that more brutal killings may follow.

As Su Lun continued to walk with the team, he kept a close eye on the old man's every move, feeling extremely alert in his heart.

Those monsters can't kill him. The only one currently posing a fatal threat is the old dean.

Thoughts in his mind were racing, and Su Lun suddenly felt that something was wrong.

He carefully observed Dean Mason’s expression.

Logically speaking, since they want to find a place to kill people and silence them, they shouldn't persuade the investigation team to turn back.

Look at that emotion, it doesn’t look fake at all.

Drama queen?

Su Lun denied this possibility. He himself is an expert in emotions. This old man's extraordinary rank is above him, but he doesn't leak any clues about his emotions. This is extremely unlikely.

"Is it a reverse operation? The more it is blocked, the more people want to find out what's going on deep in the laboratory?"

Su Lun thinks this should be the case

As the investigation team went down, they were attacked by monsters one after another, and more than ten people died.

But because they were prepared, the group of people also killed several monsters that sneaked up on them.

Gradually, Su Lun looked at the leading Mason Dean, and felt more and more something was wrong: "We have gone so deep, so the old man still doesn't kill people and silence them? Why are he still hesitating?"

Now there are two key figures in this investigation team. One is Su, a person who has been to the fourth floor of the library, and the other is Major General Tatina who leads the team.

Su Lun felt that if he were the old dean, he would definitely try his best to kill these two people who were trying to get closer to the truth.

But just now Su Lun felt that there were several monsters killing people and there was a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters, but the old dean didn't take any action.

This is very confusing.

Now that some unimportant minions are dead, what is the old man waiting for?

"Is there any hidden secret?"

Intuition told Su Lun that there seemed to be something wrong with the plot he had deduced before.

A laboratory accident did occur here. What happened?

What role did "Herbert Hibbert" play in this accident?

Although Su Lun is sure that he is still alive, where is this man now?

While his thoughts were racing, Major General Tatina had ordered her deputy general to lead the hundreds of people into several teams to explore various parts of the laboratory.

The sound of gunfire can be heard everywhere, and it is obvious that monsters have also been encountered.

But it’s not too intense.

It shows that the monster is not too strong.

At this time, he suddenly realized something: "Hey, that's not right. This woman is too purposeful, and she doesn't have the hesitation and caution she should have when choosing multiple intersections. She seems to know the details of the laboratory in advance. Structure?"

There are intricate tunnels in "Laboratory Zero", as well as many forks and space restrictions.

Normally speaking, when exploring unknown and obviously dangerous areas, it is not wise to rashly divide your forces to explore.

But she, a major general-level officer with rich combat experience, did this.

This is very strange.

"Did they get detailed information from the NPC, the leader of the investigation team?"

Su Lun realized something.

At the same time, he was also curious about what was written in the document in the hands of Major General Tatina. Why did she insist on coming to this "Laboratory Zero"? What was she looking for?

At this time, the team probably arrived at the core of this underground laboratory, which is a huge space of several thousand square meters.

As soon as they entered the door, the first thing everyone saw was a variety of dense instruments, as well as void monster materials contained in glass vessels.

[Void Dragon Lice Skeleton (Silver)], [Black Flash Winged Dragon’s Demon Muscle (Gold)], [Dragon Lice’s Dark Demon Skin (Dark Gold)], [Loco Valen Insect King Brain (Legendary) 】,【Void Mantis' Thorny Scythe (Gold)】

The beam of the magic lamp shines through, and the various rare void materials contained in the glass vessels are all of the lowest quality, including silver, gold, dark gold, and even legendary materials.

The curse properties of these things are very strong. They are definitely top-notch void materials for refining and alchemy plant equipment, and their value is immeasurable.

Moreover, there are more materials in what is obviously a material warehouse.

Although this core area is in a mess, it has obviously experienced a fierce battle, and there are probably monsters hiding there. But it cannot hinder the excitement of these outsiders at all.

When they saw these things, the people of the Royal Mechanical Corps could still keep quiet because of military discipline, but the hundreds of slaves rushed in like crazy and ecstatically.

"Hahaha, we are rich this time! With these materials, we can get enough points to escape from slavery."

"Grab it quickly! Whoever gets it belongs to whom!"

"I touched this first! Whoever wants to **** it from me, I will beat him to death"

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The slaves have gone crazy and excitedly put various materials and treasures into the storage rings.

Carry large items on your back that cannot be loaded.

These high-quality materials can give them freedom and great wealth if they take them out almost casually. No one can stop their madness at this moment.

Not to mention those slaves who wanted to escape slavery alive, even Su Lun felt jealous after seeing these materials.

Materials are one thing. There are also a lot of experimental data, materials, manuscripts, and detailed reports of research projects that are of inestimable value.

But when others fell into madness, he became calmer and calmer.

There seemed to be no big dangers along the way except for the unlucky ones who died.

Moreover, people like Mafa behave very strangely.

That Major General Tatina did not stop the slaves from grabbing things. She probably thought that after they went out, they would be confiscated and they would not be able to escape.

Seeing this scene, Dean Mason's face turned ugly, as if it was difficult to understand the robbery behavior of the investigation team.

He warned everyone earnestly: "Laboratory Zero was once a research institute where the college's high-risk projects were concentrated. Many dangerous experimental subjects, specimens and materials were sealed here. Please be careful and try not to touch it, otherwise it may will be contaminated"

At this moment, Major General Tatina spoke up and made a very strange request: "Dean Mason, please give me first-level management authority. I want to go to the 'T11 Experimental Area' to investigate the situation. ."

As soon as he heard this, the face of the old dean changed suddenly, and he quickly responded: "The TII experimental area is very dangerous. The completely deformed monster is sealed inside. You can't go!"

Su Lun looked slightly sideways when he heard this.

This is information that he did not have. Apparently, people like Mafa found it from the files of the investigation team leader.

The old man's attitude was very firm. Su Lun thought that Major General Tatina would not insist, but unexpectedly, this woman's attitude was surprisingly tough at this moment.

She took out a parchment scroll with the royal crest and said in a deep voice: "Our investigation team has its own judgment and does not need to be reminded by the dean. This is a warrant passed by the parliament. Just give me the authority. !"

As soon as she said this, the dozens of mechanical warriors around her formed a faint battle formation, showing signs of taking action.

Permissions?

So this is the point?

Su Lun squinted at everything in front of him and thought to himself: "Are you going to be tough? Where do they get the confidence?"

At the same time, he felt that the old dean had a too good temper. In this situation, why not kill everyone?

Things are getting worse and worse.

The plot originally expected by Su Lun was that the old dean wanted to kill people and silence them, and then the "Bert Silber" who was hiding in the laboratory came forward, and the two sides fought fiercely

But now the old man has not raised any objections. Instead, these people from Marfa are asking for "first-level authority"?

Dean Mason's level of intelligence is very high, almost like a real person.

He was about to say something, but at this moment, a door closed suddenly sounded in the tunnel.

In order to prevent pollution from leaking, this "Laboratory Zero" has set up many defense measures. The corridor is also made of particularly strong materials, which can prevent energy leakage, and even has special barrier walls that can prevent spatial displacement.

Su Lun had made special observations before, but his chessboard had the highest authority and could be opened from the inside, so he didn't take it too seriously.

But now, someone activated the mechanism, and those doors closed like lightning.

"Winter! Winter! Winter!"

The sound of several doors closing came from far to near, and finally even the doors in the core area were completely sealed.

Everyone is trapped in this laboratory of several thousand square meters.

Dean Mason looked at the "investigation team" in the imperial capital with an expression of disbelief and asked: "Those of you just now, did you arrange for them to open the emergency safety device of the laboratory?"

Tatina did not mention this topic, but she acquiesced.

She emphasized again: "Please cooperate with the dean and give me the authority!"

Dean Mason didn't understand why she had to take the authority. He was stunned for a moment, and he suddenly figured out something. The blood on his face suddenly turned pale, and the majesty of a strong man burst out instantly, and he shouted angrily: "Oh my god, do you know what you are doing! This stupid behavior may even bring devastating disaster to the entire plane!"

After a pause, he added with an angry and sad expression: "I finally know why he wanted to lure you to the 'No. /

Su Lun had never seen this old man lose his temper before, and his heart skipped a beat.

He finally realized that things were different from what he expected.

People like Mafa are determined to get that "authority", and they seem to be doing something big.

Suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, and Su Lun finally understood why the time burst of the "Void Invasion" was different. He said in his heart: "No! That's what 'Herbert Silber' left behind. There’s something wrong with the clue itself!”

Looking at the sad and angry attitude of the old dean, Su Lun immediately realized that he had been misled by the clues in the notes, and that guys like Mafa were also misled by the clues in the files!

This old man is not the evil villain he expected at all!

At least, this guy had no intention of killing the investigation team to silence him from the beginning to the end.

Su Lun quickly analyzed in his mind: "According to the intelligence, if we do not interfere with the investigation team's actions, those NPCs will enter the plane channel every time. And soon after entering, the 'void invasion' will break out. Therefore, the monsters The real trigger of the invasion of the college was the investigation team’s entry into Laboratory Zero!”

"Now the investigation team files have been intercepted by people like Ma Fa. They got the information and came directly to find it! There must be some special information pointing here in that file, so that people like Ma Fa can find it. The emergency safety device of the laboratory was closed and the current action was taken."

Su Lun figured out some causal relationships in his mind.

But at this moment, Major General Tatina waved her hand, "Do it!"

At this order, the group of mechanical warriors behind her suddenly took out strange firearms. When they fired, a blue arc network condensed in the air.

This is a cursed space, not the real world. People like Mafa don’t have so many scruples.

Killing monsters, grabbing treasures, and breaking the cursed space are the ultimate goals.

Su Lun could have responded in advance, but after seeing the identified situation, he immediately chose to stay.

[Particle Energy Arc Gun], this gun has no lethality. Its only use is to disrupt the energy in the area, making it difficult to condense alchemy.

These guys trapped the old dean here, restricted the spatial displacement, and used such high technology. They were obviously here to ambush him!

"These guys are really ready to kill this dean"

Su Lun also understood their plan.

In the entire Void Alchemy Academy, there is only a closed environment in this laboratory where it is possible to kill this old man who can move space at will.

Although he hasn't fully understood the cause and effect of the matter, he will never let people like Mafa kill the old dean!

But just when Su Lun was about to take action, a strange scene happened

The waves of people who left before turned on some emergency safety device, which not only closed the door, but also released a very terrifying monster.

At this moment, a strange creature that looked like a mud monster in a sketch and was made entirely of black lines emerged from the cracks in the floor, and then formed in front of everyone a terrifying void monster that was nearly ten meters tall. .

Su Lun watched the monster's transformation process, unable to conceal the shock in his eyes.

【Void Diverte Aberration】

Detailed explanation: Herbert Silber came to fuse the marrow of the void mother insect to become a deformed monster. It is a void monster that can convert between two-dimensional and three-dimensional forms at will. It has the ability to reduce three-dimensional objects to two dimensions, which is extremely dangerous; it is also the 'mother worm' of the Void Zerg, and can activate telepathy and summon hundreds of millions of Void Zerg.

"Spatial dimensionality reduction?"

Su Lun was also surprised when he saw the identified ability.

It turns out that the laws of space are not only teleportation and imprisonment, but also the ability to reduce dimensions, which can be called a "magic skill".

But that doesn't matter anymore.

He looked at the word [Mother Insect] and thought of the top-secret files obtained by those in Mafa. Then he realized something and exclaimed in shock: "I finally understand that the 'Void Invasion' has been This guy Herbert directed and acted his own conspiracy! Just to let outsiders release it, and then intercept and kill the dean, seize authority, and completely open the void plane channel."

"But why did he do this?"

Su Lun thought about the words in the notes, and they didn’t look like they were made up.

Then Herbert Silber was an alchemist who loved the world.

"By the way, he was already distorted when he wrote this note! Part of the content in the note is true, and part of it may have been written under the control of his twisted mental will after his mental distortion."

Su Lun thought about the situation in Pestoya. (Mr. Mirror’s sister)

Her soul is one with that of the fallen angel, but she has no idea that she has another side. She had no idea what the fallen angels were doing.

This Herbert merged with god-level void materials and transformed into a monster. Could it be that certain actions were not under his control at all, but were the will of that "monster"?

"Herbert knew that the distortion could not be reversed, so he took the initiative to report to the academy and have himself imprisoned in 'Laboratory Zero'. After the complete distortion, the monster's will took over, and it knew that it had no hope of escaping. So we can only use this excuse to attract the Imperial Capital Investigation Team!"

Su Lun roughly figured everything out

After this monster appeared, the tentacles on its head kept trembling, as if it was sending out some kind of biological signal. The next moment, the laboratory suddenly shook violently like an earthquake.

The void invasion broke out as expected!

Seeing the complete reversal of the plot in front of him, Su Lun narrowed his eyes slightly.

The safest option is to run away while the two waves of SS are fighting, but all opportunities here must be given up.

Moreover, the plot of Cursed Space will proceed in its original direction, and there is a high probability that it will not be broken.

Su Lun’s thoughts were racing and he was quickly assessing the risks of various plans.

He found that things didn't seem that bad after all.

Although the process may be different as expected, the ending is the same, at least two big waves of SS are facing each other head-on.

This makes the second half of Su Lun's original plan also applicable.

It just seems that the one he wants to help kill now is the two-way monster, not the old dean.

The old dean looked at the monster in front of him and knew that things were irreversible. He said bitterly: "Herbert was once my best friend. He was also the most talented alchemist in the academy for hundreds of years. He was lonely. , persistent, kind, and loving life, but he was accidentally distorted because he researched some very dangerous projects. I always wanted to help him suppress it, but the distorted monster's will gradually thought that I wanted to harm him. He has "Void II" Xiang Li', I couldn't kill him, and I couldn't bear to kill him, so I could only seal him in Laboratory Zero. I didn't want to cause a big disaster."