The people of the Marfa Empire had obviously planned ahead. The few remaining mechanical warriors boarded the submarine. As soon as the hatch was closed, the submarine dived quickly, and then disappeared at the No. 7 Harbor Pier in full view of everyone.
"Put a magic mark on that ironclad ship! Get aboard! Chase!"
"Send tracking professionals here, we must not let them escape!"
"Notify the fleet to intercept!"
""
Submarines, a weapon of war, have never appeared on the battlefield between the two countries, which really caught everyone off guard.
The few mechanical warriors who were still on the dock were subdued and then blew themselves up.
The fighting in the city also subsided.
At the edge of the pier, several major arms dealers looked at each other in confusion, looking at the fleet group that was hastily chasing out of the port, with complicated expressions on their faces.
It was one thing for them to be shocked that an armored ship could submerge in this way, but they were more worried about how much variability this elusive method would bring to future wars.
No one knows how many soldiers the Marfa Empire transported to the hinterland of Luying in this way.
At the same time, in a luxurious building on the top of the mountain in the city of Kadurante, a purple-haired woman was watching the battle. She was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, silently watching the battle in the distance.
Watching the submarine disappear at the dock, she shook the red wine glass in her hand and took a sip with a calm expression on her face.
At this time, an old housekeeper came in and reported: "Miss, those people in Marfa have indeed escaped from the sea!"
Yekaterina was still looking at the bay in the distance, and said with deep eyes: "It must be by sea. Neither land nor air is feasible. This is the only way to escape... I thought they would use some special means.
Means. I didn’t expect that the information I got before was true. Those guys in Marfa really developed an iron-clad ship that can submerge in the sea.”
The steward said: "Our people have already started to take action. Even if there is a sneaking armored ship, they can't escape."
Hearing this, Yekaterina shook her head and said, "Forget it, just withdraw it."
"Withdraw this?"
Hearing this, the old housekeeper looked puzzled and asked: "Miss, we have so many arrangements, don't we just need those drawings?"
Before he finished speaking, Ekaterina added: "News just came from the Raigadi family, telling us not to interfere with the drawings. They have the means to lock the location of the drawings and have already sent people to take action."
"The Raigadi family?"
The butler's face was slightly startled, with confusion appearing on his face.
He also had a keen mind, and he immediately thought of something: "You mean, Regadi and Archduke Raphael got involved?"
"yes."
Yekaterina narrowed her eyes slightly, and her tone was a little complicated, "Before the 'Super Mechanical Warrior' showed off on the battlefield, I was thinking that Raphael has been running that 'mine' for a hundred years, and he has probably researched a lot of things that are surprising.
It’s incredible that he dared to show his strength. Now it seems that the entire Luying Empire has underestimated the upstart."
After a pause, she seemed to be talking to herself: "Haha, a nouveau riche who knows how to be patient and a group of conspirators who want to restore the country are a perfect match."
When the housekeeper heard this, his face showed solemnity and asked: "Miss, don't we want to get this drawing in hand?"
A trace of thought flashed through Yekaterina's crystal eyes, and she shook her head: "Forget it, I won't interfere. Let's see what their methods are like. Let me see what their hidden cards are."
After a pause, she said something meaningful again: "Besides, those drawings may not necessarily have gone to sea with Marfa and the others."
Hearing this, the housekeeper seemed to be awakened by something and was startled: "You mean?"
The words stopped abruptly in his mouth.
Seeing that his lady obviously had no intention of discussing this topic anymore, he didn't say much.
At this time, Yekaterina was not looking out the window. She returned to the room and asked, "By the way, where are those demi-humans?"
Thinking of something, the butler looked ugly and then said: "About this plan, there was a very strange news from the dock just now."
After listening to the housekeeper's report, Yekaterina showed a truly surprised look for the first time on her face and said: "What?! You mean, the guy who bought the demi-humans let them all go?
"
The butler frowned like chrysanthemums and said incomprehensibly: "Yes. I didn't expect it either. But the message from the dock has been confirmed."
The normal scenario is that whoever buys these slaves must use them or sell them.
Then when the time comes, they will find opportunities to rescue their people by chance and gain favor with them.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they left the auction house, they chartered a boat to let everyone go!
Not giving them any moment to react at all.
More money?
Or someone with the same purpose as them?
Ekaterina frowned slightly. For the first time, she felt that she couldn't understand this situation.
After thinking hard to no avail, she asked again: "Has the identity of the buyer been revealed?"
"Not yet."
The housekeeper shook his head and said: "There was news before that a subordinate of the arms dealer Carlyle Fisher had contact with someone from the Sea Serpent Gang, and it seemed that he was going to find the buyer. The informant at the dock also confirmed this
News, but there is no news back, and I don’t know whether it was killed or died in the previous battle.”
""
When Catherine heard this, she fell into deep thought.
The pier was in chaos.
On Lu Ying's side, almost all high-level professionals took boats and chased him out of the harbor.
The aftermath work of cleaning up and salvaging the battlefield is also slowly starting.
No one noticed that a figure took advantage of the chaos and quietly sneaked down to Pier 5.
The skill of [Diving Mastery] allowed Su Lun to dive into the water quickly and covertly, and then slowly sink following the direction in his memory.
Super high dark vision allows him to see clearly in the dark sea.
Soon, he found that special mechanical armor.
When Su Lun swam over, he clearly felt that the soul fragments had not completely dissipated. He peeled them off and got some information.
"Obtained memory fragments of 'Dies Fasse'*4"
"You got some information: 'Our mission is to be a bait. Even if we die in battle, we must definitely send the blueprints out.'"
"You have mastered some 'mechanical knowledge'"
"You have obtained information related to the 'Grand Colonel-level ship-killing IX-shaped mechanical battle armor'"
"Fighting mecha control experience +133"
"Spirit +1.1"
Although some of the soul fragments dissipated, Su Lun peeled away not much information.
But I also found out that this guy was a senior colonel officer of Lu Ying, and he controlled a fourth-level armor. He was the guy who used to chop down half a building with a ship-cutting knife.
This guy is a graduate of the "Marfa War Machinery Academy" and has solid knowledge of mechanical theory.
Even if his memory is fragmented, Su Lun has also gained a lot of useful mechanical knowledge. At least his understanding of Lumafa's technological level is not completely black. The most rare thing is that he knows a lot of open mechanical ideas.
For example, here is the general structure and design modification direction of this external mechanical armor.
However, the fragments of information about the phrase "we are bait"
Su Lun got the information, which was the content of the corpse's instructions before death. It sounds like these officers were also decoys?
What's the meaning?
Are the drawings no longer on their possession?
Darkness in Chencang?
However, the submarine had already gone to sea, and Su Lun did not go into detail.
He didn't stay in the water for long. He tied the armor with silk thread and pulled it, and finally put it into the storage space.
Sensing the heavy footsteps on the pier, he did not dare to go ashore. Instead, he swam between the boats at the other end of the pier, observed it, and then came ashore.
There are many people on the dock at this moment. They are cleaning the battlefield and looking for traces.
Su Lun didn't dare to stay longer, avoided people's sight, teleported several times and quietly entered the city.
Passing by Oak Street, which was in ruins, it had been blocked off, giving him no chance to fish.
But with the harvest of a mecha, he is already very satisfied.
A big battle made the quiet night in the city of Kadurante become noisy again.
However, for ordinary residents, the impact was not great. Most of them were confused and thought it was a pirate attack.
Even among the news dealers, not many people know why the fight started.
After all, even if it was done by the Lu Ying royal family, they would not dare to admit the interception of the Mafa mission.
The case may ultimately be settled as a pirate attack.
There were soldiers patrolling the streets, and Su Lun didn't wander around the city. He returned to the hotel where he had opened a room in the afternoon.
After entering the room, he set up a barrier and then took out the two-meter-tall [Colonel-level ship-killing IX-shaped mechanical battle armor].
Su Lun looked at the intact battle armor in front of him, his eyes full of burning curiosity.
I was thinking about getting a set of Marfa officer armor before, but by chance, I actually got one!
For Su Lun, this mecha is almost entirely brand new mechanical technology.
Mafa's external mechanical armor technology and the old Linton mechanical equipment are two completely different development directions.
Relatively speaking, this kind of external mecha is more suitable for puppets.
With the real thing in front of him, Su Lun took out a loupe and put it on his head, studying the armor carefully.
I was immediately immersed in this research.
"The blue inscriptions are fourth-level physical defense runes, the red ones are magic defense runes, and the purple ones should be energy transmission. It turns out that the rune language can also be modified in this way. Those changes are probably to make the runes suitable for machines.
Triple engraving is a very high-end technique. It seems that some of it is not artificially inscribed. With Marfa's technological level, can even such complex rune engraving be mechanized?"
As soon as he saw the runes, Su Lun couldn't move his eyes away immediately.
Fourth-level runes are the field he is currently researching, and he is not completely confused yet.
As he watched, his mind was automatically divided into sections, recording structures, inferring functions, and pondering doubts.
His super high brain development makes his thinking very sharp and his thinking efficiency extremely high.
While watching, I am mastering and learning these complex fourth-level runes.
Not only the runes, Su Lun looked at the coating layer on the mecha and was also amazed: "The coating technology is also very advanced. The super strong corrosion effect can avoid wear and tear. It's a pity that we can't get the coating."
formula"
Then, he looked at the weapon system, fiddled with the huge ship-cutting knife, and took out the instrument to test it.
"The alloy of this steam ship-killing knife is quite special. Without energy injection, the strength has actually reached level eight, which is similar to mithril blue steel. The main material is 'Dragon Blood Black Iron', which seems to be from Marfa."
Specialty metals from the interior”
""
Su Lun looked up and down for a while, the wonder in his eyes getting stronger and stronger.
Only those who know the industry know how complex and amazing the mechanical technology on this armor is.
Su Lun also understood more and more what Mr. Black told him at the beginning. On the journey of becoming an alchemist, the more he understood, the more ignorant he felt.
Su Lun didn't know what his mechanical skills were before, but now it seems that, at least in the Luying Empire, he can be considered a master.
But looking at the technology on this armor, I also feel a sense of dismay.
Only then did he realize that there were many unknowns that he needed to learn and explore on his own.
It took Su Lun more than an hour to read through all the runes on the outside of the mecha. The more he looked at it, the more he sighed: "The 'energy core' of this mecha is the real black power that can support such a complex mecha."
Technology. But how to open it?"
I thought about getting the body out first, but gave up after looking at it.
The full-coverage armor is tightly fitted, and even the joints have very precise mechanical protection, so water cannot get in.
He was in no hurry to dismantle the mecha.
This is a job that requires patience and cannot be rushed.
This armor has a self-destruction device. If the wrong part is disassembled, the self-destruction program will be triggered immediately.
Su Lun understands mechanical knowledge and has the eye of omniscience, so he can understand this armor faster than others.
After he studied the runes on the armor clearly and combined with the fragmented knowledge peeled off in his mind, he was still confident that he could completely dismantle the mecha.
"call"
After roughly studying the external structure of the mecha, Su Lun took a long breath and looked increasingly excited.
When he studied machinery, he naturally thought of his own mechanical puppet.
"Purely manual control system pursues ultimate defense, resulting in bulky armor."
Su Lun looked at it and smiled.
This officer's armor is very strong, but the thick armor also makes it look burly and clumsy. The plate armor under its feet is like wearing big leather boots.
Because he knew very well that in order to pursue the defense and functionality of armor, a certain volume was necessary.
The higher the level of runes, the higher the material strength requirements. If the strength is not reached, it can only be thickened; steam-powered equipment also requires a certain volume, including weapons and equipment, and cockpits.
But Su Lun is a puppet master, and there is no need to put a person inside his mechanical puppet!
There is no manipulator, and there is no need to fear any mysterious attack methods!
His "mechanical puppet" really needs these technologies.
Although it is said that the technology can be analyzed without getting the finished product, it is of great significance to him.
Runes, enchantment, structure, conduction, kinetic energy, weapon system
Every technology is cutting-edge military technology that cannot be found on the market.
You can't even buy it with money.
Moreover, the mechanical armor's shortcomings are obvious, and they need to be grouped together so that they will not be easily targeted.
Su Lun had witnessed a cooperative battle of elite mechanical warriors before, including shield battle, output, long-range, logistics, and engineering.
No matter how powerful a combat mecha is, it is impossible to be equipped with all the functions, but when several of them work together, they can completely form an offensive and defensive barrier and deal tons of damage!
Su Lun, a puppet master, happens to be good at cluster puppet control.
After he reaches the third level, and his distraction control ability becomes stronger, one person's reaction is not inferior to that of a group of people.
The mechanical puppet army is absolutely feasible!
The night has passed for this research.
When Su Lun noticed the light outside the window, he realized that it was already early morning.
At this moment, there are drawings everywhere in the room, with structural analysis diagrams of the armor drawn on them.
Su Lun's eight spider arms and hands worked all night, breaking down the runes on the armor layer by layer and copying them onto the drawings.
Nearly a hundred drawings were drawn for these external runes alone.
With this painting, what was in his mind became more concrete.
Not to mention mastering these runes, at least once he masters the three-level rune engraving technique, he can still copy the homework.
Mechanical puppets are rare, not just a certain technology, but the appropriate technologies must be brought together to forge a battle armor that can fight.
It can be said that if a certain mechanic is to research on his own, he may not be able to come up with such a set of armor in his lifetime.
It took hundreds of years of mechanical revolution in the Marfa Empire and the wisdom of countless talented mechanics to achieve these results.
Thousands of failed attempts, countless technical tests and improvements, and a polished template.
It also saved Su Lun a lot of effort.
As long as he fully masters these technologies, Su Lun can completely create lighter mechanical puppets.
"call"
He let out a long breath.
Su Lun held a pen in his hand, dragging his chin to look at the mechanical armor in front of him, and sighed: "However, there is no large-scale forging factory, and small workshops cannot produce large-scale forgings such as plate armor.
Ah. And materials are also a big problem. It would be great if I could get a few more armors."
Thinking of something, he smiled and shook his head.
He is lucky to be able to pick up such a complete armor. Otherwise, it is up to him, not to mention whether he can capture such a high-level mechanical warrior. Even if he can, he will not let him get it if he blows himself up.
Complete armor.
Su Lun was also very contented.
Do you have a chance to visit Mafa Mafa, the legendary mechanical holy land?
An idea suddenly came to his mind.
The Eight-Armed Spider Spear stacked up the drawings in an orderly manner, and he also put the mechanical warrior into the storage space.
After tidying up the room and seeing that nothing was missing, Su Lun walked out of the hotel room.
Because he made an appointment for the morning boat and planned to leave Kadurante for the Northland.
The fierce fighting last night left many traces in the city, and the blocks from Oak Street to the dock were devastated.
However, Jiadu Lante is one of the most important commercial ports in the north of Shandong Province. The daily traffic volume of people and goods is amazing, and the port terminal resumed normal operation early in the morning.
Su Lun walked on the street and listened to the people passing by talking about the battle last night.
But that kind of national-level struggle has nothing to do with the vast majority of ordinary people. It’s time to have breakfast. It’s just something to talk about after dinner. On the dock, the porters were busy and the sailors were also manipulating the sails.
Weigh anchor and set sail.
Su Lun had no intention of staying here any longer.
Although he had little to do with the battle last night, he was involved in the murder of Viscount Primo, and he also personally killed several members of the Sea Serpent Gang.
If you stay in the city, something might happen.
I originally planned to go to the Northland to see it, not to mention that there is now a "prophecy" from the Druids of the Daru tribe.
Although Su Lun was dubious about prophecies, he still felt that there would be no harm in going to sea early.
He came to the port, checked in casually, and found a merchant ship bound for the northern ice field.
The ride is free, and food and fresh water are provided on board.
There are many merchant ships going to the Northland from Kadurante every day, and the shipowners are also happy to give adventurers a ride on hunting monsters along the way. When encountering attacks by pirates and sea beasts, the adventurers can resist together.
Not long after, ten ships, large and small, met and set sail together.
Suellen was aboard a medium-sized sailing ship called the Maupassant. The owner of the ship was a rare treasure merchant who went to the North to collect magic cores, meteorites, rare ores and various gemstones.
In addition to the crew, there were nearly a hundred adventurers on the ship.
Su Lun was assigned to an eight-person cabin, and the other seven people in the same cabin were from a team called the "Night Cat Adventure Group".
There was only a dim oil lamp in the cabin, the ventilation window was small, and the light was very dim.
After Su Lun uploaded it, he read a book in the corner near the hull.
If nothing else, he will spend a long half month on the boat.
His night vision is very strong, which makes it easy for him to read. The dim light just concealed the fact that he was reading a fourth-level alchemy tome.
Those adventurers didn't pay attention to this guy who didn't say a word on board the boat and just kept reading a book.
After getting on the boat, everyone had nothing to do.
Except sleeping is just bragging.
This group of adventurers soon started chatting.
Su Lun listened to a few words and understood the relationship between these people.
The leader of the group is called Mark, a forty-year-old bearded man, a second-level "jungle hunter", and an experienced adventurer. This time he is leading the group to hunt monsters in the North to make money.
There are several newcomers in the team, who are from the eastern "Visota County". It seems that it is the first time to go to the Northland, and they are listening to the old people and group leaders bragging about how rich the ice sheet is.
"Captain, I was told that the ice field is bigger than our empire. Is this true?"
"More than just big? Ten times bigger, a hundred times bigger, simply endless! We humans have only explored a little bit of the coastline. Let me tell you, the Arctic Ice Sheet is not some barren land in the eyes of inland people. It's just that
We humans haven’t been involved much, we just don’t understand.”
"It is said that there are ancient ruins that have been frozen under the ice for hundreds of millions of years. If you are lucky and can dig out some ancient relics, you might make a fortune right away. Half a year ago, the 'Hydra Slave Group' went
When I was capturing demi-human slaves, I strayed into the depths of the Silent Forest and found an ancient temple. I found several powerful cursed objects and made a fortune."
"Captain, can we also capture slaves? Like ice giants, demi-humans, etc. I think one slave auction house can sell for hundreds of thousands!"
"Slaves are not so easy to catch now. The demihuman tribes are far away from the coast now, and they want to catch them deep into the ice fields. But there are powerful Warcraft groups there, and it's hard to say who will be the prey. There are specialties in the slave business.
Let’s not even think about the slave group, we can just hunt the monsters on the outside of the ice field.”
"Captain, have you ever encountered a sea monster? I heard that there are no-clothes Janna people on the sea. They are descendants of elves. They are all beautiful and graceful. They can also repay human kindness. When they meet good-looking ones, they will meet them at night.
Come on board, hey hey hey"
"Haha, you kid has heard too many fairy tales! If you really want to talk about the siren, you still pray that we don't encounter it! Have you ever heard of the 'Song of the Siren'? Hearing that thing means that the god of death is coming.
Knock on the door. Five years ago, I saw with my own eyes a ship floating on the sea. The bodies of the people on the ship were intact, but their souls were taken away. It is said that they encountered the siren."
"It's so scary."
"Captain, I heard that there are treasures everywhere on the sea. Are those 'Legends of the Pirate King's Treasures' true?"
"Of course it's true! Shipwrecks, treasures, there are so many treasures in this sea, and there are ancient underwater cities! Every year, I hear that those lucky navigators and explorers have found some. It's just that our route has been explored.
It's almost there. If you really want to find those treasures, you have to go to the unknown sea in the west. However, if you want to be an explorer, you must have strength and a good boat. Those terrifying sea beasts in the deep sea are not vegetarians."
"When I was young, I worked as a seaman on a large ship. I once encountered a super huge sea beast, which bit off half of the ship in one bite. I also saved my life."
"Have you ever heard of a giant dragon? Sometimes when the weather is nice, you can hear dragon roars coming from far away in the west."
"And the story of Snake Island"
"Let me tell you, the most famous legend at sea is the 'cursed ship'. I heard that sometimes on foggy nights, lucky people can encounter a ghost ship floating on the sea.
.The ship is full of gold and silver treasures, as well as fine wine and beautiful women. You can go up and take it as much as you want, and have as much fun as you want. However, those who go up must get down before midnight, otherwise they will never get back out. As soon as the ghost ship disappears, you have to go with it.
Becoming a ghost”
""
The boat sailed for most of the day and I heard a lot of stories.
Su Lun also listened with great interest.
I don’t know whether the stories told by these old adventurers are reliable, but at least they sound bizarre and full of storytelling.
It also let him know many legends about this sea area.
Unexpectedly, the story of "The Cursed Ship" was in full swing, and the supernatural and exciting atmosphere just filled the cabin.
Suddenly, the chief mate's shouting came from the deck.
"Oh, damn! There is such a thick fog in this sea area. Be careful, we have entered the foggy area, beware of pirates and sea beasts."
Upon hearing this, the faces of everyone in the cabin became strange.
Su Lun also felt that it was not such a coincidence that he encountered any ghost ship.
Because it's daytime now.
However, there is indeed something unusual about this fog.
Su Lun had lost his memory of pirates before, and now he also knew something about [Navigation Weather Identification]. He looked out through the vent, felt the air pressure and temperature, and found that this did not seem to be weather that could form thick fog.
Not long after, the sailors on the deck outside were heard exclaiming as if they had seen some terrifying monster: "Oh my God, what is that!"