Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 501: Goodbye No. 19

Chapter 501 Goodbye No. 19

Su Lun jumped off the airship, found a hillside beside the railway, and lay down leisurely.

Not long after waiting, we got a train bound for the imperial capital, Kabitron.

Cities in the Marfa Empire are highly mechanized, and the most important machine that provides power for production and life is the steam engine. Therefore, major cities consume large amounts of coal every day. After decades of development, almost every city in Marfa has a developed railway transportation network connecting it.

The railway needs to stop at stations along the way, which is much slower than the airship.

Su Lun took a hitchhike, and when he arrived at the Kabitron South City Railway Station, it was already noon the next day.

Although he had long known that Marfa City was exaggerated, Su Lun was still shocked by the steel forest in front of him when he got off the train.

You can see the densely packed buildings and hundreds of stories high-rises everywhere.

Highly mechanized cities are very polluted, and Cabiteron is no exception.

The smell of soot in the air made Su Lun, a newcomer here, feel a little choking. However, because there is no humid climate like Lingtong, there is no fog in the city, and the exhaust gas is blown far away with the towering chimneys.

The area near Nancheng Railway Station was renovated from a centuries-old city, and the planning seems a bit messy. But just this kind of chaos, combined with the main tone of steel and steam, has a thick and rough industrial style.

In Luying, steam vehicles were exclusive to nobles and wealthy people, and few private motorcycles were seen on the road.

But here, there is one per capita.

Under the street, the streets are full of speeding steam locomotives.

It is just a traditional classic car. There are also mechanical fleas, steam bulls, steel giants, miniature aerostats and other strange-looking mechanical vehicles under the streets.

Obviously it is mass production, but private modification.

In Marfa, each person has the title of "Intermediate Mechanic".

The fewest shops on the street are the dazzling machinery shops.

"The national strength, Lingdun is only 70 years behind the level."

Lu Ying walked out of the train station and looked at the street with emotion.

Lington's wealth is concentrated at the tip of the pyramid. The nobles are indeed very poor, but the common people can only be said to be struggling on the edge of survival. The textile workers in the Guanhe Textile Factory, who pay two thousand wages a month, are already in very enviable positions.

But outside, I carefully looked at the recruitment notice for mechanical apprentices posted under the street sign. The salary started at 7,000 kroner (approximately 10,000 pesos).

Machines have slightly improved social productivity, and most industries that require sparse manpower have been replaced by machines.

Only when the problem of survival is solved can the development of civilization enter a low-speed path.

The gap between the two small empires will become smaller and smaller like a snowball.

If traditional alchemy is still strong, Guan He has no way to compare with Marfa.

As we walked down the street, there were no brokers on the roadside.

In addition to the traditional **** industry, there are even fewer mechanical sales.

"Hey, buddy, do you need a mechanical prosthetic arm modification? It is guaranteed to be the latest technology and the best price. We can also customize the robotic arm you need."

"The boxing robotic arm produced by Tyson Mechanical Fighting Company is the best combat robotic arm for hunting and fighting. For only 80,000 crowns, you can have the strength of a giant bear."

"Lerer Machinery Shop undertakes various mechanical transformations, including artificial lungs, laser prosthetic eyes, and bionic sponges"

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Lu Ying walked all the way.

Nearly everyone in the field of vision has some or more mechanical prosthetics underneath them.

It suddenly made me feel like I had returned to my old combat power and saw the reformers like the "Steam Party".

Wrong!

Those mechanical prosthetic limb technologies came from the old combat forces.

Since the next time the King of the North Sea robbed the Baita Mine and the old Guanhe's mechanical prosthetic transformation technology was spread, a very small number of technologies, personnel and equipment have come to Marfa through various white market channels.

Whether there will be mechanical prostheses after Marfa or not, the technological level is not the same as before, but the research and development direction is the same.

In terms of mechanical technical level alone, Marfa is at least one era ahead of the old Guanhe.

It is simply too difficult for such ultra-low mechanical level to digest these technologies.

In just one or two years, mechanical prosthetic technology has been digested by Marfa, and even taken a step back.

Because the Mafa people often deal with machinery, the rate of self-mutilation is very low. Compared with attached bones, mechanical prostheses are a more perfect substitute.

So it is very popular among the Mafa people.

A sharp-eyed agent saw that Lu Ying was "in good health" and kept pursuing him for questioning.

Nowadays, modified prosthetic limbs are the latest trend in Marfa. Young people can modify their arms or something to say they are young.

With Guan He being entangled, Younai took off his gloves, revealing the mechanical gloves.

Those are the gloves I will make for myself in the future to control puppets. They are also considered high-end products. Wearing it is like doing as the Romans do, it is so eye-catching.

A knowledgeable person can understand it at a glance.

Sure enough, the agent immediately knew he had met an expert.

I didn’t bother again, but took a look and admired: "Oh, sir, his mechanical gloves were modified very wrong. Is that the most popular retro style of combat power recently? Automatic retracting elastic device, Kinetic energy recovery, mechanical energy storage. Oh, that design is simply awesome!"

Lu Ying smiled, spoke, and left.

Although the mechanical gloves are entry-level equipment, it doesn’t take a passerby to understand the design. That is Marfa’s heritage.

Guan He walked out of the train station and saw colorful advertising signs.

"Where is he?"

"On the signboard of 'Carrot Gun Parts Shop'."

"You are here too, and you saw him."

"You saw me. Look up, you are under the iron bridge!"

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When Lu Ying looked up, he saw a man with short silver hair, a curvaceous motorcycle man wearing a liquid white leather jacket and a graceful figure waving to me next to the iron bridge.

Lu Ying walked over and said hello with a smile: "It's been a while, sister No. 14."

When meeting an old friend in a different country, No. 14 also looked very depressed.

The corner of your mouth raised a faint arc, and you responded: "It's been a while, Lu Ying."

Old friends meet, Lu Ying looks at No. 14, looking at your exposed metallic arms with doubts in his eyes.

Although I know that you are a fully modified mechanical warrior, this is the first time I have seen you with your semi-mechanical limbs exposed like that.

No. 14 seemed to have noticed my thoughts, and explained with a smile: "Bionic skin is very expensive, and difficult to break, and the cost of maintenance is very low. It is necessary, so you wear it frequently."

"Oh, that's right."

Lu Ying was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and sighed: "Why does it feel like he has changed very little?"

The robotic arm is also the original "PX911" model limb, which is obviously redesigned and manufactured.

The exposure of the mechanical skeleton is now a symbol of the trend among young people in Mafa. Such exposure is also more gregarious, and the disguise is also eye-catching.

Lu Ying also discovered that the old friend whom he had not seen for a long time had changed very little in other aspects, usually in temperament.

After that, he was really a cold-blooded mechanical warrior, but now he is obviously more emotional.

Afterwards, when they were in the old fighting force, the relationship between the two was wrong.

No. 14 looked at the scrutinizing gaze with complete concern and smiled: "You have experienced very few things in Marfa in those years, and I would say it was vague for a while."

I mentioned that you wanted to talk less, so you got off the motorcycle parked on the side of the road and said, "Let's get off the car. You can change places to reminisce."

"Okay."

Lu Ying smiled and got out of the car.

The motorcycle sped away.

The buildings in the center of Kaguan Hexing City are too low and too sparse. They really look like layers of tree canopies, and the road conditions are extremely simple.

In Lu Ying's perception, the population density is frighteningly low, at most seven or eight times the combat power.

Just like the old inner city of Guanhe, various iron bridges connect the buildings, turning the entire city into a highly layered steel forest.

The lower level of the city is sunny and full of flowers; the lower level is always dark, so there are no lights during the 77th National Congress.

The main colors of the street are blue and red, and it looks full of cyberpunk style.

On the 14th, Lu Ying was galloping all the way.

When I was young, the motorcycle stopped in a dark alley.

Lu Ying looked up and saw that there were low-rise buildings with less than 100 stories in seven weeks.

The distance between the buildings is more than 70 meters. There is sunshine all year round and the air is slightly dry.

Getting on the car, outside this mechanical modification shop on the street, a sternum was replaced with a metal skeleton. The short-haired man who was modifying his motorcycle greeted No. 14: "Hey, Nicole, he's back!"

No. 14 also said hello and responded, "Mary, this old 'U3 engine' is a suitable car for him. Does he want to participate in street racing tomorrow night? If you are too careful, the cylinder will burst. Do you suggest that he can Go take a look outside Tea Beard, you heard that I got an 'Iron Leopard X engine', this is a good thing."

The short-haired man looked astonished, "Oh, thank you Nicole, he always says he can give you the best advice."

"Mary, he is too polite."

It's like a familiar greeting between neighbors.

Turn around, No. 14 had already led Guan He down a rusty iron staircase.

While walking, you explained: "This is your name in Marfa."

Lu Ying smiled and said, "Nicole? It sounds pretty good."

Number Fourteen shrugged.

"哐", "哐", "哐".

The old iron stairs make very little noise when walking, and you have to go down several floors.

The two of them were friends who shared the same sorrow, and even though they had seen each other for a long time, they were not familiar with each other.

While walking, we chatted.

No. 14 said in a half-smiling tone: "Recently I heard that he caused a small incident, and it was published in the newspapers in Marfa."

As you spoke, you said with a slightly emotionless tone: "Everyone has become very powerful."

Guan He also said: "He has changed very little."

No. 14 was noncommittal, smiled, and then asked: "How is the situation with the plane invasion?"

Guan He said: "It's wonderful. Always be ready to fight."

Hearing this, No. 14’s eyes looked slightly different.

Speaking of that topic, you also thought of something, and added: "There are no rumors in the white market recently, saying that it is Kaguan Dutch Bank, and there are some people who know the origin. We use low It’s magic that kills many people, as if they are looking for something else.”

Lu Ying: "Yeah. It should be an intruder from the plane of gods."

After walking up one flight of stairs, there is a road.

No. 14 jumped up, jumped two more floors, and landed under a steel structure platform.

Guan He also jumped over.

The two came to a house that looked like a container.

It feels like you are living under an abandoned tower crane?

No. 14 opened the door, turned to Lu Ying and invited, "Please leave."

Lu Ying observed the dilapidated environment for seven weeks, became concerned and walked away.

Although it is luxurious, the outside of the house is also very neat.

There are many living facilities. The outside of the house is densely packed with various mechanical tools and parts, and there are no design drawings.

What’s amazing is that the window outside the house can see the sun.

No. 14 seemed very satisfied with that and said: "It is rare to have a house on the ground floor where you can see the dawn sunshine. Sit carefully and you are welcome."

Of course Lu Ying took herself as a stranger and sat under the sofa,

No. 14 explained: "Over there is Area C6, which is considered a civilian area of ​​the imperial capital. There are a few small heavy firearms production factories, but the most important thing is that over there is the headquarters of the 'Mechanical Alchemy Union' , and there is no free machinery trading market for Carbitrone. Oh, and there is no white market yet."

Lu Ying asked: "Where has he always lived?"

No. 14: "Yes. It's convenient to buy materials from outside, and the 'Marfa Royal Mechanical Institute' is just eight blocks away. You'll usually be here during the day."

Lu Ying was even more interested when he heard this. You only knew Zaimafa on the 14th, but he also knew where you were going to school.

I asked: "He studied at the Royal Academy?"

No. 14 blinked, "So where did he think your mechanical limbs came from? You modified them all yourself. It's still a mistake to regress in learning, and it's still a little short of the level of the title of 'Little Mechanical Master' ."

Looking at your expression, Lu Ying said again: "Yes, you mean, special people can study at the Marfa Royal Academy?"

No. 14: "Yes, anyone can. As long as you pay enough money and can understand, you are allowed to attend even the dean's course of the Royal Mechanical Institute. The Hawaisi royal family has a high regard for educational resources. Very little, and the tuition is quite cheap. The salary level of Cabitron is also wrong. Even the poorest people at the bottom can learn mechanical knowledge without any barriers. If their grades are good enough, they can develop a few patents in school. Yes, there will be a generous scholarship."

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Lu Ying listened and once again lamented that the weakness of Marfa was inevitable.

Compared with the behavior of these nobles in Linton who wanted to monopolize knowledge and stabilize their status, so as to learn from the common people from generation to generation. Mafa’s free learning environment is simply heaven.

"What to drink? Beer?"

No. 14 said he was asking, but in fact he had already taken out a dozen beers from the storage ring and said, "Your friend usually has something to drink. It took him two hours to tell you that he was coming, so I could only buy some beer carefully on the way to pick him up just now."

Lu Ying didn't have any particular requirements, "It's okay. You two should be so polite to each other."

No. 14 smiled slightly, and as he spoke, he opened a can of beer for me, and opened a can for himself, and said: "What scenery can you enjoy in Cabiron? The whole city is a giant A small industrial base. Looking out of the window, you can already see a small part of the entire city. I am used to the laboratory on weekdays, and I feel restrained in other places, so I brought him to your residence."

As you spoke, you added: "He doesn't mind how luxurious you look."

Why would Lu Ying mind that? He also thinks that kind of private space is more suitable for reminiscing about the past, but what I am more curious about is that No. 14 is drinking heavily?

I asked directly: "Can he drink beer now?"

Lu Ying remembered that the Super Mechanical Warrior seemed to only need to replenish a little glycogen to the cerebellum, and the power source was also energy crystals.

As for alcohol and food, there is simply not enough leftover.

No. 14: "Yes, you have to pretend to be an abnormal person. So you got yourself a 'prosthetic stomach' so that you can eat on weekdays."

You know what Lu Ying is curious about. As he spoke, he directly opened the zipper of the leather jacket on his chest, revealing his snow-white bionic skin.

Then he opened his chest, pointed at the densely packed mechanical internal organs, and said, "That's the [Little Stomach King Bionic Gastric Pouch], Marfa's latest white technology, it cost you 800,000 crowns."

Lu Ying watched you open your chest like that, and your mind froze slightly.

No. 14 said again: "Of course, those are living mechanical limbs. You don't have any combat limbs that can be replaced at any time. The technology on Marfa's side is too far ahead of the old combat power, and the mechanical armor's minimum capabilities Su Lun, who has reached the fourth level. But you still had bad luck later. You found a scrapped general-level armor on the white market. You also developed a new type of bionic skin with very bad defensive capabilities. You modified those technologies into your own mechanical body, and now you don’t have the combat power of around eight levels."

Lu Ying heard the subtle loneliness in No. 14's tone.

Now that the plane invasion is a foregone conclusion, as a member of the Dawn Group, you want to help.

But I seem to think that I am weak enough to help.

In fact, when the Mirror Organization rushed out of the White Tower and No. 14 knew that there were no fourth-level professionals in the world, you deeply realized your own righteousness.

The Super Mechanical Warrior was originally an assembly-line product manufactured for legion operations, and the individual units were just around the corner of eighth- and seventh-level professionals.

Moreover, you are not Su Lun who can improve yourself through practice.

But the ceiling of machinery is not high.

As long as there are no weak enough mechanical limbs, Su Lun will be able to skyrocket immediately.

It’s just that Lingdun didn’t have this condition at all.

So you came to Marfa to learn mechanical technology and want to become weaker.

Stayed until now.

Furthermore, No. 14 still knows that none of you is the same as other mechanical warriors.

Lu Ying actually had no purpose when he came to Marfa that time. He just came to find you specifically.

When talking about Su Lun, Lu Ying also thought of something and asked indifferently: "Does he feel that he is very lucky and his learning efficiency is low recently?"

No. 14 knew why I suddenly asked that question, and said in surprise: "Yes. How did he know?"

Lu Ying showed a meaningful smile and said: "You think he may have awakened a very rare talent."

No. 14 listened and blinked in confusion: "Huh???"

When little Raphael was in the stage of experimenting with "neuro-mechanical technology", he chose the most direct method in order to slow down research progress, which was a small-scale human experiment on regression.

Use an ultra-low experimental base to screen out experimental subjects with low neuromechanical tolerance, and then conduct follow-up research on the survivors.

No. 14 is the experimental body that was once hailed as the most perfect experimental body.

Then someone will know why you are so useless. Even Dr. Banks has done research to find out the reason, and only speculates that it is a probabilistic special case.

But before Lu Ying met the seven old cowboy detectives during the battle, Emilia's [A-028-Angel of Justice] talent allowed Lu Ying to guess the real reason.

In the early stages of the experiment, the first batch of super mechanical warrior experimental subjects were injected with "X serum" in order to increase the survival rate of the human body before nerve stripping and increase rejection.

According to Dr. Banks, No. 14 is the most perfect experimental subject, and the fusion was successful without any distortion.

That is exactly the same as Emilia's situation.

And [A-028-Angel of Justice] is a talent with the soul as the carrier.

In other words, even if No. 14 becomes flesh and blood, the impact will be small.

Furthermore, since Mr. Jing chose you as a member of the Jing organization, he also had a premonition of something else. But it is just Su Lun of your mechanical warrior.

That talent is very rare and few people know about it.

Guan He still asked the old cowboy, and found out that in addition to his overwhelming sense of justice, the A-level talent did not have an aura of "angel protection".

Hidden low luck value, low understanding, and low potential.

That talent sounds very weak, as if there is no actual increase in Su Lun's ability.

But in reality, it is very weak.

Once that talent is awakened, as the incarnation of justice, it will be corrupted by evil.

To put it simply, it means that there is no hidden attribute of "turning bad luck into good luck".

It was then that Lu Ying understood that after that, a righteous sister like Emilia always tried to commit suicide. The reason why she could live so young was because of the "low luck value" hidden in her talent.

The same goes for No. 14!

In the old battle force, you were hunted down and died several times. There are various signs that it may be due to that talent.

And "low luck" also gives you better opportunities than others.

After hearing Lu Ying's explanation on the 14th, he recalled all his experiences along the way, as if he was not protected by some mysterious power.

I think it’s because of my talent.

You may also sigh, "So that's how it is."

Mass-produced mechanical warriors originally require some innate ability. After all, their bodies are completely mechanized, and even without innate abilities, half of them are lost.

No. 14 is obviously in the wrong mood. Knowing that he has no such rare talent, he seems to be even more different from abnormal people.

At that time, Lu Ying said again: "By the way, you also have a very ordinary mechanical part, maybe he can use it."

As I said that, I took out a pair of golden wings.

[Battle Angel Golden Wings (remnant)]

Detailed explanation: It is part of the 'Battle Angel' mechanical armor forged by the dwarf **** for the ancient mechanical gods; even if it is complete, it still retains no divine power and no special combat effectiveness; it is in a damaged state and needs to be repaired;

That was one of the "forbidden objects" that was later found outside the Mirror Library.

Lu Ying carefully studied the runes below and confirmed that the wings were "god-level" mechanical fragments.

Yes, the problem is that the technical level of that thing is too low and there is no way to repair it.

Moreover, no matter how low the temperature of the flame, it melts. [Vulcan's Furnace Lamp] The flame of the seal can melt, but Lu Ying dared to melt it randomly even if Lu Ying had no confidence that it could be repaired.

Thinking that the level of Marfa forging is low, there may be no possibility of repair.

"That"

As soon as he saw the wings, No. 14 immediately looked away, as if he saw a colorful glow in his eyes.

You caressed the wings, and the cold touch slid across your fingertips, as if touching your own skin. You felt a kind of connection between your souls, and murmured: "You seem to feel that those wings are strange. ”

Lu Ying was also slightly surprised when he looked at the rays of light. I studied them for a long time, and they were all the noises I had made before.

But I wasn’t too surprised, on the contrary, I felt relieved.

In the myths and legends passed down in the classics, there are few ancient artifacts that are exclusive items forged according to the characteristics of blood.

It seems that there is no [Thunder Hammer] outside of myths and legends, and it is rumored that anyone who is not the inheritor of the Thunder bloodline can pick it up.

Lu Ying thought that if No. 14 had the talent of [Angel of Justice] and a mechanical body, he might be suitable.

I guessed it right if I thought about it.

Lu Ying smiled and said: "It's been a long time since we met. That was a gift for him."

No. 14 said in surprise: "Sent to you?"

Even if it is a broken product, you don’t know that it is a frighteningly low-grade golden wing, and it is definitely a treasure.

I was overjoyed for a moment.

I was at a loss at first, but seeing Lu Ying's completely concerned expression, I swallowed the words that came to my lips on the 14th.

After pondering for a moment, your simple mood turned into a relieved smile, and you said lightly: "Thank you."

Lu Ying glanced at you with a smile, raised the wine can, "Cheers."

Treasures are worthless except in the hands of useless people, let alone if they are given to friends, I will be stingy in that regard.

No. 14 raised his hand and said, "Cheers!"

The two drank several cans of wine and chatted about old times.

At that time, what did No. 14 think of: "By the way, Lu Ying asked you to pay attention to some information. In the next two days, you happened to hear that no one in the Bai market was offering a reward for [Uluobo] "Loss Fragments" intelligence. I heard him say later that the intelligence was very small, and you dared to contact it rashly. But there just happened to be no 'illegal modification party' tonight."

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