After listening to Xia Yanzhen's words, Earl Marvin snorted coldly, looking like he wanted to refute but couldn't find a suitable reason.
In fact, he knew better than Xia Yanzhen that bloodline, the medium of inheritance of power, no longer belonged exclusively to existing nobles like them.
In fact, everyone's bloodline has power.
No, not everyone, but many animals have it in their blood.
Don't forget, blood is a more perfect combustion material than water and everything else.
In the past, some people with extraordinary talents only needed some gestures and spells to guide the power in their blood.
But now, only by igniting the burning can it be possible to transform this power into another form and "use it for me."
Earl Marvin was a very enlightened old nobleman. He was not conservative and believed that steam technology was a heresy (even now, some old stubborns among the nobles still think so).
But this does not mean that he does not miss the greater glory of his ancestors.
"What is the name of the power you once had?" Xia Yanzhen asked.
"There is no name." Count Marvin said, "But our ancestors called themselves 'warlocks', bloodline warlocks. They are omnipotent."
"Can you live forever?"
"Uh... I can't. Maybe I could before." There was a hint of yearning in Marvin's tone.
Thousands of years have passed since the extraordinary era of warlocks and warcraft.
Everything about the Warlock, even a descendant of a long and ancient family like Earl Marvin, can only be "restored" through a few recorded words and his own imagination.
Imagination is always beautiful.
The old nobles all believed that their ancestors, former sorcerers, had the ability to fly into the sky and escape from the earth, and move mountains and reclaim seas.
"arrive."
As the two exchanged words, the carriage stopped outside a steel gate.
Xia Yanzhen saw that this was a real steel fortress. Even the outer walls were made of steel instead of stone and wood.
The gate opened and the carriage entered and stopped in front of the main entrance of the building inside.
Earl Marvin and Xia Yanzhen got off the car together.
He led Xia Yanzhen all the way through the building and to the testing field at the back.
The road was smooth and no one asked Xia Yan's true identity.
Everyone who met him bowed respectfully to Marvin, which showed his high status.
"Go, let someone drive the fourth-generation armor." When they arrived at the testing site, Marvin ordered the person.
"Okay." The staff member answered first and then asked, "Which model?"
"Is there any model number?" Xia Yanzhen asked.
"There will be differences depending on the emphasis." Marvin said.
"Come all."
"Okay." Marvin waved his hand.
The staff immediately went down, and about ten minutes later, there was a sound of scratching and scratching.
The door to the testing field opened, and three armors appeared.
"oh?"
Xia Yanzhen looked over and showed a very interested expression.
Compared with the third generation armor, the fourth generation armor does not become more body-fitting, but becomes taller.
And it doesn’t take the route of fully imitating the human body structure like the third generation.
Fourth generation armor, more than three meters high.
The color is black, and the feeling of heavy machinery is more obvious. Both the limbs and the body are quite thick.
The exposed link structures of the third generation have all been incorporated into the armor and are protected.
Only the head of the operator is still exposed.
If we talk about the third-generation armor, it is still centered on people and is "wearing" armor.
The fourth generation armor is closer to mecha.
The tall and thick armor, with the operator inside, probably only occupies this part of the body.
The limbs of the fourth generation armor are not completely "humanoid limbs".
The upper part of the limbs is normal.
The hands and feet have changed a lot.
The feet are a structure similar to tank tracks, which can glide on the ground and move like a human.
The forearm has nothing in common with the human arm.
Each of the three armors is different.
One of the "hands" has a shield structure, and the other hand is a black ball with short thorns on it.
"This is a defense model." Earl Marvin introduced.
A rectangular shield with a certain curvature, almost as tall as the armor.
Plus the armor itself.
A few more units lined up side by side with shields raised would be enough to form a solid steel wall.
Xia Yanzhen noticed that the legs of this model of armor were even thicker and had no more joint structures. There were some "deformation structures" vaguely visible next to the feet, which might be able to be fixed directly on the ground.
"Although it is a defensive type, it does not mean that it is less destructive." Marvin made a gesture to the people in the armor.
Along with the sound of some air valves and mechanical rotation, the ball in the other hand started to rotate rapidly.
Then, the arm is raised, and a basketball-sized ball is launched, connected to an "iron wire" as thick as a child's forearm.
The ball hit a stone in front, directly smashing the hard stone into pieces and sending gravel flying.
It falls on the steel plate around the stone and makes a sound.
The power of gravel is no less powerful than the bullets fired by gunpowder firearms of this era.
"good."
Xia Yanzhen praised him with a smile on his face.
"hehe."
Marvin also smiled, looking very proud.
He also contributed a lot to the advent of the fourth generation armor, although he did not provide technical support and help.
But in other aspects, without the support of his count, where would today's fourth-generation armor be?
It's a pity that Earl Marvin didn't know that Xia Yan was really complimenting him because he encountered the armor and information surfaced that it was equipment!
[Steam Armor Fourth Generation·Defensive Type (Locked)]
[Inver’s fourth-generation steam armor is a defensive type. It has strong defensive power and good destructive power. 】
[In Inver's steam technology, the best raw material is blood. When a person enters the steam armor, they can choose to extract their own blood to maintain the operation of the armor. 】
[Locked status: The owner’s death or consent is required before the lock can be unlocked. 】
[The owner of this armor: Inver Royal Steam R&D Institute.]
The owner is not a human being. If Xia Yan really wants to get this armor and take it out, he needs to get the R&D institute to agree to give it to him, or destroy the R&D institute.
It's not easy.
"Let's take a look at the other two." Marven said, taking Xia Yanzhen over and approaching the other two.
These two armors are both offensive models.
They are [Steam Armor Fourth Generation·Offensive (Gun) Type], [Steam Armor Fourth Generation·Offensive (Hammer) Type].
The gun type is not a long gun, but a steam firearm.
One hand has six Gatling-style gun barrels, which can fire bullets simultaneously or continuously.
If it fires one round at a time, with its loading and firing speed, it has already achieved one bullet per second, which in this era is enough to create suppressive firepower.
The only drawback is the limited number of bullets.
Therefore, the other hand of the gun-type fourth-generation armor is loaded with a big hammer.
When you run out of bullets, you can still transform into a killing machine.
The hammer shape is two big hammers, the only full melee form, compared to the defensive model of "Meteor Hammer".
The sledgehammer is "welded" to the "arm" and cannot be used for long-range attacks.
But without the fragile (relatively speaking) deformation structure, it can be even more violent when hammering.
"We originally imagined other weapons, but nothing was as direct as the hammer." Marvin said, "The offensive model represents the ultimate violence!"
"Try it."
Xia Yanzhen said.
"Okay." Marvin was about to order.
"To me." Xia Yanzhen pointed at himself.
"Are you sure?" Marvin asked.
"Come on, let's try the destructive power of the gun model first," Xia Yanzhen said.
He stood ten meters away from the gun-shaped armor and said to Marvin: "Stay away."
Marvin would not put himself in danger. He immediately walked to a safe area and then ordered: "You cooperate with him, don't worry."
Everyone, please go and try it soon.]
This Munster Xia is suspected of being a person who has revived the power of blood, but he is also a dangerous person.
If you die here, it may not be a good way to deal with it.
Six muzzles were pointed at Xia Yanzhen, and with the sound of the gas valve, the bullets were fired.
Xia Yanzhen did not use his hands this time, but chose to use his body to catch it.
The bullet landed on his chest, deformed and fell.
Its power was even more powerful than the blood bomb last night, but it didn't explode. With Xia Yanzhen's physical fitness and the Prisoner of Darkness, he could completely resist it.
If you simply pick it up with your body (normal state), you will still suffer some injuries - redness, swelling, broken skin, etc.
"Change to bullets that explode." Xia Yanzhen said.
The mechanical sound sounded again, and the bullets stopped for a few seconds. Then, an explosion sounded, and the flames engulfed Xia Yanzhen.
The flame lasted only a moment and then disappeared.
In the remaining firelight, Xia Yanzhen had already put on the hood of his coat to prevent his hair from being burned by the flames.
The robes flew in the shock wave and stopped as the surging air flow stopped.
The power of the explosion is about the same as that of a blood bomb.
Wearing the Prisoner of Darkness, the armored steam guns pose no threat to him, even if the number increases.
Even if it is a hail of bullets from a hundred gun-type armors, Xia Yanzhen can withstand it.
Don't forget, he also has a "not broken".
"Change the hammer." Xia Yanzhen said, stamping out the surrounding flames.
He walked up to the armor.
From this distance, you can feel the burning heat radiating from the armor.
Xia Yan could really see the frightened expression on the "pilot's" sweat-covered face.
"Do it."
Marvin's voice came from over there.
The driver just woke up from a dream and raised the big hammer.
"Maximum power!"
Marvin's voice came again.
"Kacha, kacha!"
"呲——"
The sound of mechanical rotation and air valve are connected together.
Behind the armor, a large amount of mist emerged, white with some red that was difficult to detect.
It was steaming blood and water vapor.
At the moment when water vapor bursts out.
The big hammer fell and hit Xia Yanzhen with a roar.
Xia Yanzhen raised his hand and placed it above his head.
"jump jump jump!"
Continuous cracking sounds were heard, and the huge force of the collision caused some mechanical structures inside the armor to break, making loud sounds.
"Okay."
Xia Yanzhen's arms were placed across his head, still a few centimeters away from his forehead.
Following these words, he suddenly raised his right arm forward.
The arm of the armor was forced to rise upwards, causing the entire armor to become slightly unbalanced and almost fall to the ground.