Pandora City, this city that Dorothy watched built little by little five hundred years ago, has changed greatly after so many years of development.
Not only is the size of the city nearly a hundred times larger, but the architectural style of the city has also changed dramatically.
If the city was still a steampunk city in the early industrial revolution when Dorothy first built it, then now it is a cyber city with a strong sci-fi flavor.
Countless high-rise buildings rise from the ground, soaring into the sky. Colorful neon lights decorate the outlines of these buildings, dyeing the night sky with colors. Advertisements for the latest products are played on various screens above the buildings.
There will also be cool flying vehicles shuttled in the middle of the city, overlooking the complex overpasses that are wrapped around the city like light strips. The long traffic flow on the bridge is like a long snake...
This place has become a city that never sleeps.
At this time, a cool flying car was speeding at an obviously speeding speed, which attracted the attention of some autonomous machines patrolling the city. Suddenly, there were some octopus-like swaying tentacles floating in the air.
The self-regulatory police used their machinery to catch up.
However, these mechanical octopuses chased for a while, as if they had received some instructions together, and then slowly swam back and continued to perform their tasks.
The speeding car driven by the lawless maniac was still speeding along, and even broke away from the high-speed airway paved by the illusory guidance cursor, flying directly between high-rise buildings, and from time to time, it would perform too small sideways movements.
Lane, flying under the bridge and other stunts, this driving skill is really nothing to say.
Fortunately, in the end, the two flying cars safely arrived at their destination, which was the entrance to a heavily guarded experimental base on the outskirts of the city.
"Confidential and important place, private access is prohibited."
As soon as the flying car approached, heavily armed security personnel immediately intercepted it in front of the car. Even the autonomous artillery on the wall near the base had been aimed in this direction. It seemed that as long as there was the slightest abnormality, these artillery would attack it.
The car was torn apart along with the people in it.
In the midst of such preparation, the window of the float vehicle opened, and then a head wearing a clown mask poked out. Judging from the body shape, this was a woman, and she was holding a certificate in her hand.
Showed it in front of the security guards who came forward.
As soon as they saw the winged warhammer-like badge on the certificate, the security guards were suddenly startled. Then they stood at attention and saluted, and respectfully moved out of the way. The autonomous artillery on both sides also immediately lifted their alerts.
, the gate of the base also opened.
"Sir, please come in."
The guard, who was obviously also an armed witch, said this while saluting.
Dorothy nodded slightly and then drove into the experimental base.
Although it sounds like this guy who was racing around town just now doesn't even have a driver's license.
"Emm... something's wrong. I think this base is very well guarded. How could such an important thing be stolen with such intensity?"
The otaku witch asked Correa in the co-pilot while driving.
Although the pursuit mission was urgent, they decided to come to the magic network laboratory to investigate the scene first to see if there were any other clues.
But now, as soon as she arrived at the laboratory and looked at the cordons one after another along the way, which could truly be called an iron wall, she became very confused.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
This doesn't look like the guards were negligent in their duties. With such a strong defense, something could be stolen. So who on earth did the Kingdom of Radiance send to steal something?
For a moment, the otaku witch thought about some of the thief movies she had watched in her previous life. The protagonists in those movies could always use other people's well-guarded secret bases as their own living rooms to wander around. When watching the movie, she brought those protagonists into her mind.
Of course it's very satisfying, but unfortunately, the reality is that she was actually the unlucky one who was stolen, which is very embarrassing.
Or is it that these guards are actually temporarily added after things were stolen, and this is a face-saving project to repair the situation?
The otaku witch didn't understand for a while.
On the other side, Ke Liya also looked through the mission information again, and then she was also a little confused.
"Sir, this is very puzzling. The head of state has always been very concerned about the security of this laboratory. There are even heroic spirits and magic knights among the guards here, which can be regarded as the highest level. But
On the day of the incident, all the guards said there was nothing abnormal at all. It was as if the core of the Magic Network had just disappeared out of thin air, and there was nothing abnormal about the monitoring equipment in the base."
The Black Sheep Witch repeatedly flipped through the mission information in her hand, but still couldn't find any useful information.
In this regard, Dorothy was helpless. She had no choice but to step on the accelerator and start racing directly in this huge experimental base. Soon she arrived at the entrance of the core laboratory in the center of the base.
Then the car door opened, and a van's interrogation team got out of the car.
Ahem...Okay, the floating car she drove that looked like a coupe was actually Correa's private car.
Unexpectedly, this black sheep witch has a very trendy hobby now, and she likes playing with cars. The interiors of these two cars have been modified by her to some extent. Although it seems that there are only two seats in the car, but the trunk is
Once you open it, you will see that there is actually a large luxurious flat floor hidden inside, which is very cool.
It's just that the comfort and passenger capacity are nothing to say. When getting off the car, except for the two people in the front and passenger seats, the other passengers have to get out of the trunk, which seems a bit unelegant.
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But it's not a big problem. After all, everyone is now a bit more of a police officer than a special police officer. No matter how ungrateful they are, others don't dare to laugh casually, and they have to hold back their laughter no matter how much they want to.
Then...
"Pfft..."
An uncontrollable laughter came from the side, which immediately made everyone in the trial team who had just got out of the trunk look at him angrily.
Then I found a fully armed robot not far away covering the mouth of another robot companion, but this was obviously useless. After all, the robot's mouth was just a decoration, and the sound was all produced by the internal speaker.
"I'm sorry, sir, he just remembered something happy."
The robot that covered the companion's mouth was explaining to this side with some embarrassment. Unexpectedly, the voice played was a female voice. It seemed that it was a female robot.
Of course, normal robots definitely have no gender distinction, and those are just decorations, but these two are obviously not ordinary robots. Dorothy carefully looked at these two special robots, and from their
I felt a familiar scent on my body.
Well, this is the feeling of the mechanical body she made for the army of heroic spirits at the end of the first act. These are two heroic warriors.
Although the "Adam" army she left behind must have been out of date after these five hundred years and should have been eliminated long ago, but now judging from these two heroic spirits, the latest heroic spirit weapons are still the same as those she had back then.
The design has been upgraded, but the basic framework has not changed much.
But it's no wonder that these two robots dare not give them face. After all, the Heroic Spirit Arms and the Magic Knight are both aces of the Sorcerous Republic. They have equal status, and no one needs to coddle the other.
Moreover, judging from the personalities of these two heroic spirits, they might have also been magic knights during their lifetimes.
Beside these two armed heroes, there was a group of scientific researchers wearing research uniforms. These should be the staff in the laboratory. They should have received the notice from the guards and came to greet them in advance and cooperate with the investigation.
"Sir Knight, I am Bard, the director of this magic network research institute. Don't worry, we will fully cooperate with your investigation."
As soon as he saw the trial team, a middle-aged man with a Mediterranean hairstyle walked out of the crowd and said as if he had seen a savior.
This is normal. After all, he has lost such an important thing. When the authorities come to hold him accountable, he will definitely not be able to escape because of his abilities. The only people who want to get the core of the magic network back now are Dorothy and Dinisha.
Apart from these two leaders who know the importance, he should also be the director of the institute.
"Then let's go and see the scene first."
Dorothy didn't have time to chat with the Mediterranean director, so she spoke directly.
"Yes, yes, sirs, please come with me."
The director nodded repeatedly, then started to lead the way with his chubby short legs.
Soon, the group of people walked through the coded doors of the institute and entered a scientific research room deep underground.
As soon as she entered the door, Dorothy saw a huge transparent display shelf. It was supposed to contain something, but now it was empty and empty.
In response to this, the otaku witch turned her head slightly and gestured to the trial team behind her, telling everyone not to hide any skills they had and to use them as soon as possible. Then she also let go of her senses and began to search hard for this person.
There may be clues in the secret room.
However, it is a pity that even though everyone tried their best, nothing was found in the end. Dorothy even turned her perception to the maximum and started scanning with all her mental strength. In the end, Mao found nothing.
The director of the Mediterranean was also very sensible and promptly sent the surveillance images of the institute. Everyone had to suppress the anxiety of finding nothing and began to patiently look through these surveillance images.
However, everything is normal in these surveillance images. In the images, you can only see the core of the Magic Network that was originally placed on the shelf like the most dazzling gem. Suddenly it disappeared out of thin air. It was still there in the previous frame, but it was still there in the next frame.
It suddenly disappeared into thin air.
This is so damn weird.
"Illusion? Or is it the invisibility technique that someone uses? It can't be a space teleportation technique, right?"
Dorothy also frowned and fell into deep thought.
But she looked at the building materials of this scientific research laboratory, and then shook her head.
It can be seen that Dinisha really attaches great importance to the core of this magic network. She even uses magic-forbidden materials that are very rare and priceless in this era. It is basically impossible for anyone to seal it in this scientific research room.
Even under such circumstances, you can cast spells without leaving any traces.
So the question is, what is going on? It can’t be that it’s really a ghost, right?
Dorothy unbelievingly looked through the surveillance cameras again, this time she looked at them carefully frame by frame.
"stop...."
Just when the otaku witch was staring at the screen until she got sore, she suddenly discovered something and drank it quickly.
Ke Liya next to her also immediately pressed the pause button, and then looked at the screen, looking very confused.
"Sir, is there any problem with this?"
The Black Sheep Witch did not see any doubts in the paused picture on the screen.
Not only her, but also everyone in the trial team, everything seemed normal to them.
However, after hearing their words, Dorothy frowned even more, because in her eyes, in the current frame, there was clearly a little girl's figure outside the closed door of the scientific research room.
With.
"You really haven't seen it. There is obviously a little girl here. She is 1.2 meters tall and has black hair..."
She pointed at the screen and then confirmed it to everyone.
However, Correa and the trial team looked at the location pointed by Dorothy again, still looking lonely, and they could only shake their heads.
They wondered if Dorothy was dazzled.
"Oh, that's okay, you must be too good at it."
In response, Dorothy also nodded, and then said matter-of-factly.
She doesn't think it's because she is dazzled. After all, this is not the first time she has encountered this situation. The best example is now on her face?
Senior Fanny is usually visible only to herself and not to the other sisters. It is impossible that Senior Fanny is also her hallucination.
"So, senior sister, is this the same substitute as you?"
Dorothy asked the masked senior secretly.
Regarding this, Senior Sister Fanny, who had been pretending to be dead and had no intention of using a cheating device for her Master, could no longer remain silent.
"No, it's not the same as mine, but it's indeed a similar type. It requires a high enough level of inspiration to see clearly, otherwise she will be ignored unconsciously. This is the way of the devil. It's incomparable to me.
"
Senior Sister Fanny said slightly proudly. She was very dissatisfied with Xibao for using such low-level tricks to compete with her.
Fortunately, Director Mediterranean, who had been trying to think of himself as nothing, suddenly widened his eyes when he heard Dorothy's description. He seemed to know something.
"Are you hiding something else?"
The director's abnormality was keenly noticed by Dorothy and others, and everyone's eyes immediately focused on this mortal director.
"Um, my lords, I'm not sure, but if it's really a little girl with a height of 1.2 meters and black hair, then she might be a bad seed."
Facing everyone's gaze, the fat Mediterranean director wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then said cautiously.