Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 356: Secret Mechanical Research Institute

The sound of fighting raged for most of the night, and the flames of war burned throughout Hastlin, alarming hundreds of thousands of people.

This assassination was obviously premeditated. In addition to Vincent F. Van Gogh, one of the "Top Ten Bounty Hunters" and the "God Painter", there were also dozens of dead men.

Even a certain captain of the North Sea Fleet participated in the assassination.

That guy seems to be Lu Ying's secret agent. Taking advantage of the rescue opportunity, he gets close to Skati and deals damage.

Unfortunately, it failed in the end.

Marfa's mechanical army showed its amazing combat effectiveness. The "Frost Moon Princess" Skadi's **** army was one to a hundred. The hundred-man mechanical army just resisted all kinds of firepower output and explosions, and defeated that Her Royal Highness the Princess guards her like an iron bucket.

Even if the arena was blown into ruins, they were still safe.

The assassination failed, but the assassination of Princess Marfa was such a serious political event that it was natural to hunt for the murderer.

The assassins who took action failed to capture any survivors. King Oleg of the North Sea was furious and personally ordered a city-wide search.

Unfortunately, compared to the professional espionage organization members and well-trained security personnel of the two major empires, the professional abilities of the pirates are much lower.

The law enforcement system is not perfect enough, the pursuit and accountability system is ineffective, and the roundup efficiency is very low.

What's more, the pirate city is already a mixed bag, with various forces mixed in. No one dares to thoroughly investigate the wanted criminals, retired pirate bosses, and strange believers of God.

After searching randomly for a while, it was nothing in the end

On the other hand, Su Lun and Qian Jiao left the battlefield smoothly because they did not participate in the battle.

"Frost Moon Princess" was assassinated, the arena was blown into ruins, and it became inoperable for a short time. Kai was temporarily safe.

But in a short period of time, they probably have no chance to save people.

This assassination also made Su Lun's idea clearer, that is: it is absolutely impossible to succeed in the pirate city.

They still need a chance.

Qian Jiao arranged for someone to watch, and Su Lun returned to the "Shark Hotel".

He gave the petrified sample of Tani's mother to Dr. Banks for study.

I also bought a bunch of materials today, and Su Lun started working on making a mechanical octopus.

Just a few days in a blink of an eye

Because he bought enough materials, Su Lun hasn't gone out these days.

In order to facilitate communication, the two rooms of the hotel 205 and 206 were opened up. Both sides were the temporary laboratories of Su Lun and Dr. Banks.

At this moment, in room 205, there are various mechanical parts and forging equipment hanging everywhere. The coating instrument on the workbench on the table is working, coating the parts that have drawn runes, and the faint sound of "Kazkaz" can be heard endlessly.

On the wall of the workbench, drawings densely packed with data are spread all over the wall.

Su Lun did not raise his head, and was concentrating on embedding energy cores into the energy system of the mechanical octopus. He has memorized almost every detail of the drawings and can produce them perfectly without even having to look at them.

The most eye-catching thing is that in the three large glass jars in the room, the eight-armed spider spear is being assembled at the same time for three semi-finished mechanical octopuses.

Su Lun carefully connected the armor pieces painted with runes and coatings like Lego pieces, and assembled them into an octopus shape according to the drawings.

Each mechanical octopus has more than three thousand parts, which is a very labor-intensive task.

Even with the eight-armed spider spear + both arms, the progress is not fast.

Because there is no mold for mass production, Su Lun spent a lot of energy in the past few days to manually refine the mechanical octopus steel armor, piece by piece. Fortunately, he has the ability to multi-task, and his mental strength and concentration are far beyond ordinary people. He worked almost without sleep to get the mechanical parts of the three-headed mechanical octopus.

Fortunately, the quality of the hand-produced mechanical parts is carefully crafted, and the finished product will be higher than the three heads he captured.

Su Lun also comforted his "low efficiency" in this way.

At this time, he assembled the last piece of the octopus, and the octopus in the tank came to life.

He tried to control it with [Psychic Tentacles], and the octopus machine tentacles in the petri dish made various entanglement, adsorption, and strangulation movements according to the instructions of his brain.

After some operations, Su Lun found that one of the tentacles was slightly stiff.

He clearly felt the problem caused by the nerve signal feedback, picked up the tool and adjusted it a little, and it suddenly became smooth.

Su Lun also showed joy on his face.

The mechanical octopus that has completed preliminary testing will soon be used in actual combat.

After successfully creating three mechanical octopuses, Su Lun exhaled a long breath, unable to hide his fatigue, and sighed in his heart: "It would be great if there were a large-scale machinery factory."

In the past few days, thanks to the help of Dr. Banks, several of the live octopuses I purchased have successfully transformed into "immortal octopuses".

The [immortal cells] fused to Banks’ body are very special. When an organism is infected, as long as it can survive, its vitality will become very tenacious. This also solves the shortcomings of high death rate in "neuro-mechanical technology" transplantation from the source.

In other words, the three mechanical octopuses created by Su Lun are much stronger than the three captured ones in terms of materials and vitality. It is not easy to die and has super automatic healing ability after being injured.

Otherwise, it would probably take him several months to create these three mechanical octopuses by himself.

At this moment, Dr. Banks next door suddenly spoke: "Little friend Su Lun, are you free now?"

Su Lun stretched out his head, took a look through the hole in the door, and responded: "Doctor, what's wrong?"

"I have analyzed the sample you gave me."

Dr. Banks pointed at an instrument and said: "The petrification caused by Medusa's gaze is the transformation of the form of matter by the energy of the higher law. Theoretically, it can be completely restored by equivalent exchange through alchemy. . However, this requires a sufficient understanding of that kind of petrification spell. If it is reversed from a biological point of view, there is hope, but it may take a long time. What I am sure of now is to prevent the petrification from continuing to spread."

"Yeah. Okay."

Su Lun thought about the meaning of that sentence for a moment, then nodded.

It would be an ideal result to be able to prevent further petrification. Tani will be very happy to hear this news. At least his mother's life could be saved.

The life of the Naga tribe is very special. They have been petrified for decades and are still alive, and they are not in a hurry. If we can prevent further petrification, we can think of ways later.

Su Lun asked again: "Doctor, is there any hope of mass production of the [immortality tolerance drug] for octopuses that you mentioned before?"

Banks responded: "The probability is very high. The rich neuronal structure of the octopus itself is very resistant to immortal cells. I have split a part of the cell gene chain of the two and are doing fusion culture experiments. As of now, Judging from the progress, the effect is within expectations. The first batch of distortion-resistant agents can be cultivated in a month or two at most, and it should be ready for mass production by then."

Hearing the good news, Su Lun's fatigue disappeared, and his face showed joy, "Haha. Thank you for your hard work, Doctor."

Sure enough, having such a top biologist by his side brought him so many conveniences.

Su Lun had only thought of forced transplantation before. With that kind of mortality rate, the efficiency of the finished product would be very low.

Now that we really have the [Tolerance Potion], the speed at which the "Mechanical Octopus Army" takes shape is instantly reduced.

Moreover, the final product will be much better than the original version of Archduke Raphael!

Kai was imprisoned and there was no chance of rescue for the time being.

There have been people sent over to Qianjou to keep an eye on the movements in the arena.

They have to wait for their chance.

Su Lun stayed at the hotel and didn't go anywhere.

He and Dr. Banks have many common topics in research. Both of them can stay at home while doing scientific research, and time flies by.

According to Su Lun's idea, as long as there is nothing else, he really plans to stay until he gets rid of the mechanical octopus army.

It backfired.

One day later.

Su Lun was debugging the three-headed mechanical octopus he had just finished in the room. Suddenly, he sensed something and reminded him: "Doctor, the person from "Princess Frost Moon" is at the hotel again. ”

Banks frowned, "Again?"

The Shark Hotel is considered a mid- to low-end hotel. They chose it because it is remote enough and not noticeable.

Moreover, most of the residents now are locals, and few outsiders will come in.

One is to avoid being disturbed, and the other is to avoid those people in Marfa.

The 19th Division of the Fourth North Sea Fleet controlled by Dr. Banks was the group of members of the "Steam Party", one of the three major gangs in the outer city of Old Town.

The president, "Mechanical Butcher" Banner, is now the division captain.

They have "mechanical body-reproducing clothing" that is unique to Jiulingdun. No matter how high the technological level is, it is unique among Lu Ying.

The pirates of the North Sea Fleet could not understand these technologies before and had no interest in understanding them.

But now that "Princess Frost Moon" has married, a group of experts who are proficient in machinery have come. They are experts who really "know what they do."

Dr. Banks is afraid that someone will discover that there are some high-end technologies in this, which will cause unnecessary trouble. In particular, once "neuro-mechanical technology" is exposed, the consequences will be disastrous.

Unfortunately, even if they tried hard to avoid it, the name of their mechanical squadron was not small in the North Sea Fleet.

I don’t know through what channel, the people of "Princess Frost Moon" knew some of the situation of the 19th Division. In the past few days, people have come over to investigate and ask some technical questions.

The more you ask, the more you reveal.

But Banks and the others are still nominally directly under the North Sea Fleet and cannot go to sea without orders.

Some problems are unavoidable

Su Lun's soul perception can cover the entire hotel. He clearly sensed several groups of soul fire that he had seen before, and several mechanical warriors were the guards of Princess Lu Ying.

When I listened carefully, I saw that there was already a dispute downstairs.

"This is Dr. Bacher, the chief mechanic of Her Royal Highness the Princess, who is somewhat interested in your colonial equipment. Where is your captain? Call him out."

"Report to your lord. Captain Banner is still at the Queen's Baths."

"It was the same last time, and it's the same this time! Is your captain unable to get up from the woman's belly you soaked in? Go and call her back! The doctor has some questions to ask you."

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Su Lun frowned when he heard the other party's arrogant attitude.

Dr. Banks looked slightly solemn as he listened.

He pondered for a moment, and then directly used the communicator to send a message: "Tell them that Captain Banner is now a senior general with the rank of colonel. According to the latest decree issued by Prime Minister Zolas, except for His Majesty Oleg, No one can order him'."

Su Lun listened on the sidelines. This response was a bit tough, but it was normal.

In the past, there was no superior-subordinate relationship between pirates.

Even division captains and fleet captains have a relationship with ordinary members as partners, brothers, and friends.

In the aristocratic class, class concepts are very obvious.

Aristocrats are aristocrats and enjoy absolute rights, and civilians must obey them absolutely.

When "Princess Frost Moon" married, Mafa and the others also brought this habit with them.

Pirates are used to being lax, so they often have conflicts with pirates.

As soon as this conversation came out, there was indeed a fierce quarrel downstairs.

Not long after, the group of uninvited guests left in despair.

Calm returned to the hotel

The crisis was temporarily lifted, but Banks’ brows did not loosen.

This time, the other party named Banner.

He looked at Su Lun and said: "If we stay in the pirate city any longer, I'm afraid we will get into trouble. We have to find a reason to leave here."

"Yeah."

Su Lun also nodded, but leaving the port privately would also cause trouble.

He didn't think of any good solution for a while.

Recalling the conversation just now, Su Lun thought of something and asked: "Doctor, what is the origin of the chief mechanic? Why haven't you heard of it before?"

Dr. Banks responded: "There have been rumors before that Skadi, the "Frost Moon Princess", married from Marfa and brought an entire mechanical research team and even a secret mechanical research base. However, because it is confidential information, no one knows the specific situation. Now it seems that it is indeed true. ”

It’s no secret that Marfa has technical assistance.

Su Lun caught another key word and thought: "Mechanical research base?"

As soon as he turned his eyes, the relevant clues in his mind automatically connected together.

He suddenly thought of the scene where the mechanical octopus intercepted the Marfa submarine.

The route from Marfa to the North Sea is almost blocked by Lu Ying, making it almost impossible to reach any large research base from the water.

Could it be that secret research base, in a certain submarine?

"This is the only possibility"

Su Lun was determined.

In addition to technical support, there must be some equipment support.

But at the same time, a certain thought sprouted in his mind uncontrollably.

What are you really thinking about?

Su Lun was calculating in his mind, and bursts of dark light flashed across his eyes.

He currently lacks a large machinery factory, so many mechanical parts cannot be completed.

Fighting mechas and mass production of mechanical octopuses will be restricted.

Based on the current situation, if Marfa wants to raise the technological level of Beihai, it must bring mature technology and equipment.

Isn’t this the best goal?

If we can get specific information about the submarine, we can do something about it.

Although Archduke Raphael's neuromechanical technology is overtaking him in a corner, the mechanical level of the Marfa military is far superior to that of any organization in the world

Just like the structure and energy core used by the mechanical octopus, adding Marfa technology can improve it by several levels!

With this thought, Su Lun's thoughts started to wander.

He became very interested in the "secret mechanical research institute"

Su Lun's thoughts have already flown away.

And Dr. Banks is still thinking about the present.

He frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "Mafa probably found some clues, otherwise the chief mechanic wouldn't have come to the door in person. If that doesn't work, we can only let Banner hide first. Get up."

Su Lun felt that this was reasonable and nodded.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he added: "But I do think that the other party must know that we will hide. They should force Banner to show up"

As he spoke, Su Lun thought of something and said another meaningful sentence, "I think we may even have to prepare to leave the harbor to fight."

Dr. Banks: "Oh? How do you say this?"

Su Lun narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "That "Princess Frost Moon" is very scheming"

The marriage between Mafa and Beihai was done for profit.

That Princess Marfa obviously also has selfish motives.

Even if she guessed that "neuro-mechanical technology" was leaked in other ways, she would never give this news to Oleg.

The biggest possibility is to "eat" it secretly!

So, Su Lun was sure that she would never inform the top management of the North Sea Fleet because of her suspicions.

Otherwise, they had come to see Banner directly with orders from Fleet Captain Gar Popov, and they had no reason to refuse.

Su Lun's brain was working rapidly, he ruled out some possibilities, thought of the most reasonable situation, and said: "Super mechanical warriors have appeared on the battlefield, and the Marfa military must have some understanding. Banner has taken action. , it will definitely be noticed by someone who is interested. Now it seems that they at least suspect that Banner has some neurotechnology in his body. If I am not wrong, we will soon receive an order to go to sea and go elsewhere."

"It looks like it was really noticed."

After listening to Su Lun's analysis, Dr. Banks felt that it was reasonable and said: "Are you saying that Princess Naskadi will find an excuse to transfer us out to sea, and then do it by force?"

Su Lun's eyes became profound, "Yeah."

Listening to this, Banks looked very solemn, "Then we really need to prepare early."

Su Lun and Dr. Banks discussed for a while and then began to pack up the temporary laboratory.

No matter what the situation is, I can't stay in this hotel any longer.

As expected, not long after waiting, a messenger came to the Shark Hotel with a personal order from Fleet Captain Gar Popov, informing them that the 19th Division was preparing supplies and setting sail tomorrow.

I didn’t say what the reason was or what the task was.

Just keep it confidential.

This is unusual.

As soon as the messenger left, in the room, Dr. Banks, who was cleaning up the laboratory, looked at Su Lun and smiled, saying: "Little friend Su Lun's guess is very accurate. I'm afraid this 'secret mission' is to **** that person." "Princess Frost Moon" is ready to attack us. ”

If it is a cruise or robbery, as usual they will know some information in advance.

Su Lun shrugged noncommittally, his expression not relaxed, and said: "After we go to sea, we have to find an opportunity to break away from the large force before they take action. If we are not fully prepared, we will definitely be suspected. There may be a big battle. ”

The people in Marfa may be just skeptical, but they really have skills.

Once checked, it will definitely not be concealed.

Nothing was left to chance for either of them.

Banks also analyzed: "If Princess Marfa really wants to 'eat' us, there may not be many pirates traveling with the group. The main enemy we have to face is her mechanical guard army. ”

"Yeah."

Su Lun has already thought of the tactics in his mind, "I have a plan"

Now he has the secret weapon of six mechanical octopuses in his hand, and he has an inherent advantage in pursuing them at sea.

Although the mechanical armor is powerful, it does not have much advantage in naval battle pursuit.

They will most likely be able to escape.

Su Lun thought for a while and decided to inform Qian Tiao.

With her here, safety is greatly guaranteed. If the opponent has fewer people, there may be a chance to counterattack.

Coincidentally, just when Su Lun had thought of a countermeasure and was about to notify Qian Tiao, Qian Tiao took the initiative to contact him.

"Su Lun, we just got the news that Kai was taken away by the "Frost Moon Princess" Skadi's people. My people saw Marfa's quartermaster's ship preparing supplies. It seemed that it was going to sea, but it was unknown where it was going. What do we do now? ”

Su Lun was not too surprised when he heard Qianjou's summons, but suddenly thought in his heart: "It turns out that the princess really wants to leave Hastlin"

If you encounter an assassination, you also have an excuse to leave.

Tsk tsk

After hearing this information, Su Lun completed all the causal connections in an instant.

That princess may have taken a fancy to Kai's second level of talent awakening.

Kai's combat power is unparalleled, and he is almost 100% able to advance to the sixth level. He is not a direct descendant of Oleg, so this is the best target to win over. With the resources of the Marfa royal family, they will definitely be a strong player in the future.

He responded: "Sister Senjo, prepare to sail. We may have to do something big."

A large fleet is about to set sail, and the news can hardly be concealed.

Because a lot of fresh ingredients and water must be replenished on the ship, they will only be purchased when it is close to sailing.

Moreover, the royal family’s pomp is even greater.

The amount of supplies needed will be staggering.

After Su Lun asked Qianjou's people to confirm the supply, it was almost certain that "Frost Moon Princess" Skadi was going to sea.

Then the problem comes.

This means that if they want to escape from the princess's fleet, they will encounter more powerful enemies. That would be almost the entire Luying Royal Guard Corps.

However, good and evil depend on each other.

Su Lun also guessed a good situation!

When Her Royal Highness the Princess travels, in addition to the Mechanical Guard Corps, the "Secret Mechanical Research Institute" will most likely be traveling with her.

The relationship between Beihai and Mafa seems to be ambiguous now, but in fact it is a relationship of mutual use.

Even if it is a "dowry", the core technology is definitely in the hands of the princess herself.

If Su Lun guessed correctly, then the "Secret Mechanical Research Institute" is a submarine.

Maybe

The submarine is at the bottom of the ocean near Hastlin at this moment.

The princess is gone, so why not follow her?

Although Su Lun's attention from the research institute now is tantamount to pulling a tooth out of a tiger's mouth.

But you still have to have dreams.

He has the mechanical octopus, the "submarine killer", in his hands. What if there is a chance?

Thinking of this, Su Lun figured out another plan besides escaping

This time, maybe there will be a big one!