Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 379: Ghost ship, siren, materials

"Colonel Fred, look, there are two ships over there."

"It's really Captain Barrett! Great, they are still alive!"

"Hey, that ship seems to be a pirate ship? Why is the leader on someone else's ship?"

“Those are the people from the ‘Dawn Group’! Oh my god, it’s really them!”

"Who is the Dawn Group?"

"That is the most sincere friend and savior of our ruling team!"

""

Half a day later, Su Lun and the others found a ship of members of the "Holy Judgment Group" drifting at sea.

As soon as the two groups of people met, the Liming Group immediately became lively.

This time Barrett and the others ventured to the Moros city-state to rescue people, and rescued more than 300 people from slave traders. Including the previous team members, there were a total of 500 or 600 people.

This is also the last direct descendant of the "Holy Judgment Legion", the ace legion of the Luying Empire that has been famous for hundreds of years.

These are the real elite knights of the Luying Royal Family, with extraordinary combat power.

However, there is no Judgment Team now, only the "Dawn Pirates".

Now the "Dawn Group" has instantly become a large group of nearly a thousand people.

Three battleships, almost full of three divisions.

Chief Senjo’s first team, Dr. Banks’ second team, and now Barrett’s third team.

This fighting force is among the top few among all the pirate groups in the North Sea.

It doesn’t matter if you just rescued him and you don’t have any equipment. There is a lot of equipment and supplies in the Dawn Regiment’s warehouse. Those were the trophies from the annihilation of several divisions of the North Sea Fleet, and it was more than enough to equip these hundreds of people.

Su Lun and the crew held a grand welcome banquet for the new friends. They presented the best wine and meat and the most sincere enthusiasm

This also moved the former royal knights of the Judgment Team to tears.

They have lost their relatives, their honor, their organization, and everything.

The whole world once abandoned them, but now, the Dawn Group gives them new hope

Su Lun and the others want to catch up with the "Bald Eagle".

I had received information before that the ship carried a national gift exchanged by the King of the North Sea for the Marfa Empire.

Now that we know that the "Alcatraz Treasure" incident is probably a conspiracy, that ship is even more special.

Dr. Banks accurately determined the location of the ship and found that the ship did not go back to the Marfa Empire, but actually went to Alcatraz Island.

This is obviously abnormal.

The three ships of the Dawn Regiment also pursued each other all the way, hoping to intercept the opponent before approaching Alcatraz Island.

On the three battleships, everyone is preparing for battle.

Repair ships, maintain artillery, familiarize yourself with equipment, and run-in with new team members

Barrett is worthy of being a professional senior general. He has very rich experience in commanding large-scale wars and military training. He completed the personnel reorganization of three warships in a short period of time. Everyone has determined a unified code word, command authority, emergency plan, and reward and punishment system

Su Lun looked at it and thought it was very good. The addition of professional soldiers like Barrett could be regarded as making up for one of the shortcomings of the Dawn Regiment.

Although it is not necessarily a copy of the Royal Knights of Luying, it can save the trial and error detours of the future development of the Dawn Regiment.

But in large teams, scientific management will make the team more cohesive and have a sharp knife-like combat effectiveness!

Although the Dawn Group is a pirate group that advocates freedom, it will become bigger and bigger in the future. These are the ways to go

Three warships rode the wind and waves on the sea at extremely high speeds.

"Mr. Henk, is there anything you need my help with?"

"Oh, no, Miss Kama, leave the hard work of collecting the cable to us giants."

"Mr. Tam, is there anything I can do? I can do it"

"No, Miss Karma. Washing the deck is a dirty job, just let us rough guys do it."

""

Kama’s first day on board.

She felt as if she had stayed in the cabin on the first day, which was not very polite.

On the deck, she is also helping to identify faces everywhere, hoping to integrate and become familiar with this new team as soon as possible.

After getting along, she also found that everyone on the ship looked fierce, but they were all easy to get along with.

Kama tried hard to get involved in some work on the ship, but everyone seemed to have their own things to do and she couldn't do anything to help.

Not many people are known to me, including the domineering Senjou-san, the mysterious Miss Pandora, the faceless Dr. Banks, the three giant brothers Hunk, and Captain Haguro

, Captain Somezaki

After saying hello, she found that everyone on the boat was very warm and kind to her, and their attitude was as gentle as family members.

Kama naturally knows that this is because he is a disciple of Su Lun.

My teacher’s status in the Liming Group is very special.

At this time, she saw Lolota practicing her sword on the bow of the ship.

Kama remembers that this is Sister Senjo’s disciple.

Perhaps because they are about the same age, Karma feels that she is easier to get along with.

They are all orphans now, but they were once minor nobles and have many similar experiences.

The two chatted for a few words and quickly became familiar with each other.

They sat on the edge of the boat, swaying their legs, with charming girlish smiles on their faces.

While chatting, the conversation came to Su Lun.

Kama felt that meeting Su Lun was the luckiest thing in her life.

But since last night, her shock has not stopped. In today's battle, she also saw how terrifying her teacher's strength was.

This is the puppet master in her mind.

But after boarding the boat, Su Lun could no longer see anyone, which made Kama feel a little uncomfortable.

She asked Lolotta: "Miss Lolotta, is the teacher usually like this?"

Lolota smiled and said: "Yes. Mr. Su Lun works very hard. As long as you are on the ship, you will hardly see anyone. But if you go to the laboratory to look for him, you will definitely find him."

After saying this, she pouted and said: "Mr. Su Lun is the kind of person who is already super powerful and works very hard. I always get knocked on the head by the teacher, saying that I am stupid and don't work hard."

Hearing this, Karma couldn't help but chuckle, suddenly thought of something, and asked again: "Are the teacher and Sister Senjo lovers?"

Lolota rolled her eyes, "Well, it's hard to say."

Kama was surprised: "It's hard to tell?"

Lolota didn't know how to explain it, and a weird smile appeared on her face: "The relationship between the teacher and Mr. Su Lun is quite special, and I can't explain it in a few words. Well, you will know it later."

Kama: "Oh"

At this time, Tani suddenly slipped down from the cable while hanging upside down on the mast observation tower, "Hey, Miss Kama, my name is Tani, nice to meet you!"

Kama was startled, "Ah, my name is Kama. The teacher introduced you just now, I remember your name."

Lolota was obviously very familiar with it. He rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "This is Mr. Navigator who loves to cry!"

Hearing this, a hint of shame appeared on Tani's face, "Lolota, can you stop mentioning the past?"

Lolota covered her mouth and chuckled, "No."

Kama also smiled and said nothing.

Three teenagers of similar age started laughing and communicating on the deck.

The crew looked at them with kind smiles on their faces.

The "Dawn" of their Dawn Group will grow up quickly and shine

After the welcome banquet, Su Lun stayed in the laboratory transformed from the captain's cabin.

Previously, he intercepted the 7th Division, stripped away the soul of Vasily Tirmidor, the "Thousand-Ji Puppet Hand", and gained a lot of puppet knowledge.

Although this guy is vicious and vicious, he murdered the master's family. But it has to be said that his talent in puppetry is indeed quite impressive.

Otherwise, he would not have secretly learned the secret inheritance of the Boyle family as a registered disciple, and also developed many of his own unique puppet skills, becoming a "puppet master".

Su Lun also had to admit that harvesting this wave of experience saved him from decades of hard work in skill training.

It also made up for his many shortcomings in puppet production, control, and techniques, and even opened up some new ideas.

Although the line of mechanism puppet techniques also comes from the line of puppet masters, it is more superior in the precision and functionality of the puppets.

For example, the stripped [Mysterious Thousand Hands] skill, this technique allows people to control puppets to a "subtle" level, more refined and precise!

Su Lun directly stripped off this skill that he had gained over decades of proficiency, and directly brought his puppet control to a big level.

Coupled with [Puppet Theater], the two arcane techniques complement each other, and the combat power of the puppet army will be very terrifying.

It's not just these gains.

A large number of inherited classics of the "lineage of Mechanical Puppet Masters" were found in Sulen Vasily's storage ring, including Mechanical Science, Puppetry, and Secret Techniques

In addition to the classics, there are also some inherited treasures of the Boyle family, and even two precious [surrogate dolls].

It would probably take Su Lun many years to digest those classics by himself.

But Vasily has been studying these classics hard before, and his memory is very rich in knowledge, which is also convenient for Su Lun. [Reaper]'s talent was directly stripped away, and the knowledge was directly digested in his mind.

This also directly accelerated the progress of another matter.

That is to repair the [Mechanism Puppet Heart] and release his other disciple Aback.

Originally, Su Lun didn't know much about mechanisms, and he wasn't sure at all if he wanted to repair such top-notch alchemy items.

Now I think it is very possible.

Su Lun gained so much that he needed a lot of time to digest it and integrate the knowledge into his own "knowledge tree".

So I was always in the cabin and didn’t go out

The speed of the "Pulsatilla" was a bit ridiculous. The three ships of the Dawn Regiment used the alchemy array to sail at full speed, and then barely closed the distance to dozens of nautical miles.

However, that was already two days later.

Su Lun was studying his puppet in the captain's cabin, when suddenly the observer's warning came from the deck: "Attention, everyone, there is a suspicious ship ahead!"

As soon as these words came out, the command from the commander on duty came from the communicator: "Everyone, prepare for battle!"

Su Lun glanced at the thick fog outside the window, and instead of staying in the cabin, he quickly came to the deck.

At this moment, the deck is full of people.

Su Lun walked to the bow of the ship and asked Qianjiao: "What's going on?"

Qian Jiao pointed forward and said: "There is a drifting ship in the direction of eleven o'clock. We have raised the flag, but they did not respond. It seems that no one alive was seen on the ship."

When Su Lun heard this, there was a hint of confusion on his face. He took out his monocular and looked in that direction.

At this moment, there is thick fog floating on the sea.

This is already a dangerous sea.

His eyesight was better than others, so he could clearly see the ship on the opposite side floating like a ghost.

The "Three Musketeers and Skull and Bones" flag was hung on the ship's flag, and Su Lun's mind immediately reflected the relevant information.

This seems to be a large pirate group called the "Silver Spear Pirates", which is not weak in strength. The leader is a fifth-level professional who has a reward of 110 million "Shark Sniper" Friedrich, and has hundreds of people under his command.

Su Lun seemed to have discovered something and jumped onto the mast. When he looked again, he immediately saw that there was no one on the plywood of the ship. However, if he looked carefully, he could find blood stains and a few traces of blood on the side of the ship. The fragments of a living creature's limbs. There are also signs of dragging the body.

But strangely, there were no traces of fighting on the ship.

Su Lun's pupils shrank slightly and immediately said: "Tani, pay attention to the movement in the sea!"

"Yes, Mr. Sullen!"

Tali did not dare to be careless and listened to the movement in the sea.

"Mr. Sullen, what should we do now?"

"The 'Steam Ship' and the 'Judgment Ship' stay where they are, let's move closer!"

"Okay!"

Now that we have encountered it, it is obviously inevitable to avoid it.

Su Lun and the others approached cautiously.

With Tani's ability and the mechanical octopus swimming quickly under the boat, even if there is a sea monster approaching, they can detect it immediately

Su Lun's ship approached the "Musket".

After more than ten meters, the stormtroopers jumped over first.

"Captain, no living people found! No monsters either"

"There were no signs of fighting in the cabin."

""

Perception professionals quickly confirmed that there was no sign of life on the ship. As they saw, it was an empty ship.

Su Lun and Qian Jiao also jumped over.

They observed overtime and then walked into the cabin.

The supply equipment in the cabin is still there, and there is no ammunition in the artillery. All signs indicate that there is no battle here.

But the cabin where the crew rested was in a mess. The quilts were lifted everywhere, and personal belongings were scattered everywhere. It seemed like the sleeping crew members were dragged out of their beds by something else. There was no peace at all. Resist.

No one spoke in the cabin, and a strange atmosphere filled the air.

Looking at the scene in front of them, everyone felt a chill running down their spines, as if they were being secretly targeted by some devil.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted at the bottom of the cabin: "Boss, a body was found in the bottom cabin!"

Su Lun and Qian Jiao looked at each other and walked away immediately.

The bottom warehouse is the storage room. A lot of tobacco, bacon and smoked fish are stored here, and the air is mixed with a strong strange smell.

Probably because of these strong smells, the monster ignored the corpse.

Su Lun glanced at the pirate "sleeping" in the cargo pile. This was obviously a sentinel.

The deceased was about 20 years old, dressed in pirate attire, and had no external injuries

Su Lun looked at it, then reached out and pressed on the abdomen of the corpse. There was no obvious damage to the internal organs.

He himself was proficient in forensic anatomy, but this strange way of death made him frown and show his confusion.

Seeing this, Senjo put one hand on the hilt of the sword and asked, "What do you think?"

Su Lun thought for a while and said: "The deceased did not have any external injuries. He should have been killed directly by means similar to spiritual attacks, and then the body was transported away. Obviously, the person who did it was not a human being, but a monster. They are only interested in corpses and have not touched any money or materials. This is the 'Musket Pirates', they are not weak, they can kill them silently, and the monsters that attack them are very strong."

As he spoke, he added: "Tell everyone to be careful."

Qianjou nodded as he listened.

The captains behind him also passed on the order.

At this moment, footsteps sounded again on the cabin, "I heard that a body was found?"

I turned around and saw that it was indeed Dr. Banks walking over.

Su Lun said: "The doctor came just in time. Can you tell the specific cause of this man's death?"

Professional matters should be left to professionals.

Dr. Banks nodded and said nothing.

He walked straight towards the body, observed it first, and then put his hand on the body.

At this moment, everyone watched as his dark arm seemed to melt, turning into streams of asphalt-like liquid, which penetrated through the mouth and nose of the corpse.

Although Su Lun knew that Dr. Banks’ method was a bit special, his eyelids twitched when he saw this.

However, the effect was excellent. Dr. Banks felt for a while, as if he had discovered something, and said: "The time of death was about ten hours ago, probably late last night. The corpse. His internal organs and blood vessels were ruptured, especially the intracranial tissue. This was the cause of his death."

Hearing this, Su Lun was surprised and said: "Isn't it caused by a mental attack?"

"No."

Dr. Banks said in a very affirmative tone, "Sound waves of certain special frequencies can cause such large-scale visceral resonance damage."

Hearing this, Su Lun immediately understood something, "You mean, the murderer is the 'Siren Siren'?!"

This is a kind of sea monster that usually only appears in legends and is rarely seen by anyone.

Because everyone I saw was dead.

Legend has it that it is a sea monster with a human face and a bird body. It has a singing voice like nature and likes to eat people. It usually appears at night.

The "Song of the Siren" that people pass down orally usually refers to this.

Humans will die in that beautiful singing.

In fact, the legend is very magical, but in essence, that kind of singing is actually a kind of "infrasound wave" that humans cannot hear.

This kind of infrasound wave has extremely strong penetrating power and can penetrate the atmosphere, sea water, soil, and obstacles.

Wooden ships, even steel ships, cannot block the propagation of sound waves at all. It is not easy to decay and is not easily absorbed by water and air.

As the infrasound waves of certain frequencies are close to or even the same as the vibration frequency of human organs, they can easily resonate with the human brain and organs. In mild cases, they may be frightened, crazy and restless; in severe cases, they may burst into blood and die on the spot.

Just like the way the corpse in front of you died!

The most important thing is that this kind of infrasound wave cannot be heard by the ordinary human auditory system!

Dr. Banks nodded: "Yeah."

Su Lun frowned as he listened, but he breathed a sigh of relief.

At least if the cause of death is clarified, it will be much easier to handle.

Ordinary humans cannot hear this secondary sound wave, so they are killed silently.

But some people who have awakened their hearing talent can hear it.

It just so happened that there was someone on their ship who had awakened the talent of [D-032-Hearing Enhancement].

Furthermore, even if the awakened person's abilities are not developed enough and cannot hear the songs of some high-level sirens, animals can still hear them!

Tani can communicate with animals in the sea, and common whales and jellyfish can hear various infrasound waves!

In other words, the "Siren Siren" is not a big threat to the Dawn Regiment!

Since there was no threat, Su Lun had an idea in his mind: puppet material!

Although the "Siren Siren" has a terrifying singing voice, its actual combat power is very weak.

But their vocal organs are very precious,

No matter how skilled the puppets are, things made artificially are far less perfect than natural ones.

This [Siren Siren's Voice] is one of the most ideal materials for making [Wailing Puppet] recorded in the classics of the Puppet Master lineage!

Dr. Banks analyzed the cause of death of the corpse, and suddenly it changed from a terrorist incident to a normal sea monster attack.

Everyone in the Dawn Group breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone is prepared to beware of the sea monster attack.

Users with [enhanced hearing] abilities are always on alert, and Tani is also listening intently to the sounds in the sea.

As a precaution, all sentries were replaced with double sentries. One had its ears sealed with red wax, and the other stood guard normally.

This is the legendary only way to prevent the "Song of the Siren" from reaching your ears.

Suellen returned to their own ship, with a thoughtful look on his face.

Qianjo looked at his expression and asked, "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

Su Lun pondered for a moment, then revealed his first move, and said: "We are chasing the Bald Eagle. But in fact, this is no longer the closest route to Alcatraz Island. Why? Will this 'Silver Robbery Pirates' be destroyed here?"

Qianjo just doesn't like to use her brain to speculate. When she heard this, she was keenly aware of something and said: "Are you trying to say that this 'Silver Spear Group' is also here for the 'Bald Eagle'?"

"Hmm. That's the problem."

Su Lun nodded.

His information came from Van Gogh, most likely from the Luying royal family, or from some big force.

Now on this "Bald Eagle", well-informed people all know that Oleg gave back the treasures of the Marfa Empire.

There will definitely be a group of people who will pay attention to this batch of goods.

He expressed his doubts: "If our guess is correct, this 'Silver Spear Group' is really coming for Marfa's batch of goods, then why are they still alive when they meet dead?" Continue sailing?"

Qianjou also thought along the line of thought and said: "If it is not a coincidence, then the people in Mafa may have mastered a method to avoid the sea monster, or prevent the sea monster from attacking? Even they Is this the next step?"

The people of the Marfa Empire are not fools.

It is impossible not to consider the leakage of intelligence.

And their intelligence system is not weaker than that of the Luying Empire, not to mention that this is the territory of the King of the North Sea.

Su Lun's eyes gradually deepened, and he had roughly connected all the logic in his mind.

He murmured: "Now that I think about it, it's possible that those guys spread the news deliberately, and then used the Kraken in this sea area to catch everyone in one go."

Qianjou was also amazed when he heard this, and sighed with emotion, "What a good method."

At this time, Su Lun said: "But it's not entirely bad news for us."

Qian Jiao looked over with doubtful eyes, "Oh?"

Su Lun stared at the sea in the distance and said meaningfully: "After all, you have to use real bait for fishing."

After a pause, his pupils suddenly froze: "There must be a valuable treasure on board the 'Pulsatilla'!"