Chapter 296 The Mysterious Scientist from Old Lington
Although Su Lun knew the situation in this sea area before, he was still shocked by the power of nature in front of him.
The "Devil's Sea" can serve as a natural barrier to the pirate city, so it is naturally extremely dangerous. Every year, dozens of ships are buried here due to improper operation. The largest sea whirl here is a thousand meters in diameter, and there are various reefs.
, even a medium-sized warship like the "Bald Eagle" was shaking wildly while sailing inside.
Fortunately, the navigators on the ship were experienced and the fleet passed through without any danger.
The fleet sailed through the swirling sea area, and suddenly everything became calm.
The sun shines through the thick dark clouds, like bunches of golden ribbons, illuminating a spectacular scenery.
"Hahaha we're in Hastelling!"
Everyone on the boat cheered...
Su Lun looked at the large group of buildings with unique styles in front of him, his eyes filled with excitement.
The sea area of Pirate City has warm ocean currents coming from the northwest. The climate in the northern frigid zone has suddenly turned into a subtropical climate with pleasant temperatures. Large expanses of green vegetation have also grown on the islands, and the scenery is excellent.
The sea is dotted with various islands.
Those islands have a very special shape, like huge stalagmites standing vertically. The roofs are painted in various colors, and wooden stilt buildings that look like colorful mushrooms are built on those stalagmites. There are also huge ships floating in the sky.
There is an animal skin airship, wooden buildings are connected under the airship, and various neon signs are hung, and it is a bustling scene of feasting and feasting. There is an antique-level steam train on the sea, whining and dragging a long white steam tail.
Between the islands, it’s like a fairy tale world.
The most exaggerated thing is the wooden water village building complex in the farthest corner, which is more than 30 stories high.
Su Lun didn't know how the people here used wood to build such exaggerated buildings.
It was almost evening when their fleet arrived. The fleet was slowly approaching and the sky was already dark.
When we were about two or three nautical miles away from the city, lights suddenly came on in the tall buildings in the distance.
Immediately, a shocking scene appeared before his eyes.
Rows of wooden buildings exude a bright orange light under the light, making the entire water village shine like gold. The lights are reflected in the dark blue seawater, as if there is a golden city in the water.
Looking up further, the sea and sky are all blue, so bright that when you squint your eyes, you can't tell which is the reflection and which is the real building.
"Thirty-three-story golden building, connected to the underworld at the bottom and the sky at the top"
Su Lun squinted at the "Golden City that Never Sleeps" in the distance and thought of the legend about the Pirate City.
Looking at it now, it is indeed well-deserved.
This is definitely the most refreshing architectural wonder that Su Lun has ever seen in this world.
Pirate City has existed for over a thousand years.
In addition to pirates, there are tens of millions of indigenous people here.
They are the descendants of people who were once exiled, retired pirates, fishermen, criminals, and believers of the four gods of Beizhou. There is a mixture of fish and dragons here, and even the people in the fleet under the command of the King of the North Sea do not dare to be too presumptuous.
But King Beihai's fleet still has some good cards.
Not long after Su Lun and the others established the Ninth Fleet, they were warmly welcomed by the merchants in the Golden City.
As soon as we entered the port, various brokers and pimps came to the dock and greeted us warmly.
"Hey, sir, there is a big performance at the Sun City Bathhouse tonight. Can I take you there?"
"Sir, a group of actors from the Royal Song and Dance Troupe of the Luying Imperial Capital have come to the 'Silver Knight Casino'. Oh, that is a beautiful dance that only the real nobles can enjoy!"
"Our 'Spartan Arena' has a gladiatorial match tonight in which fifth-level professionals fight against the Kraken. There are big bosses who open unlimited casinos, and there are uncles who like gambling and fighting. I guarantee your satisfaction."
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It is a pirate city after all.
Here is the most developed entertainment industry in Luying, which is full of entertainment and entertainment.
Pirates risk their lives to rob, and of course they come here to spend money. They will not be stingy with the money in their pockets, and they will be willing to get all their money in gambling stalls and custom houses.
After disembarking from the ship, the captain of the fleet, "Admiral Gluttony" Pei Weng, together with several squad captains and the newly recruited group of minions under his command, handed out some money and entered the city.
Because this is a newly reorganized group, everyone is not very familiar with each other, and there is no sense of friendship and loyalty at all.
The captain of Su Lun's 15th division did not intend to take his "brothers" to spend money. He divided the money and said: "The piers are the cheapest, and the best girls are always in the city. You can go if you have nothing to do.
Go shopping and broaden your horizons. Don’t forget to bring your communicator. The boss said there might be big action in the next few days.”
"Yes, Captain!"
Everyone had been on the boat for less than half a month, and they were already feeling very angry.
After taking the money, they entered the city gate one by one, arm in arm.
The treatment of the North Sea Fleet is indeed good.
The fleet commander waved his hand, and Su Lun, a grassroots member, received more than 10,000 yuan. In addition to the previous 50,000 yuan settlement allowance, it was enough to spend a while in the city.
Living in luxury and having fun in time is the reason why many people choose to become pirates.
Su Lun had something to do and had no intention of following those people around.
But at this time, someone tapped him on the shoulder, "Brother Johnny, what are your plans?"
When I turned around, I saw a young man with yellow hair.
This is the gunner in the cabin whom we met while playing cards recently, named Sharp.
His character is not bad.
This guy was originally not a pirate, but a city defense gunner in Blizzard City. He joined the North Sea Fleet purely because his family was too poor to get out of the way and his old mother was seriously ill. He fell in love with the help of housing funds, so he came here.
Su Lun thought about it and responded: "I plan to go to the geisha house."
When Sharp heard this, he was slightly bored: "Hey, don't listen to those guys from Martin bragging. I've heard people say before that geisha stuff costs money, so you can only satisfy your eyes and not eat the meat. Then
It's a place where rich big shots hang out. Our little money is enough to go there and have a few cups of tea. If you really want to have fun with girls, go to the custom museum. I heard that a group of wars have come from nowhere in the Pirate City recently.
Slave, your skin is as smooth as soap, shall we try it together?"
Su Lun smiled and shook his head: "Forget it. After all, I haven't seen it before. I want to find a cheap one to see what the legendary geisha is like and gain some experience."
"That's up to you."
Hearing this, Sharp looked bored, waved his hand, and quickly followed the previous people: "If anything happens, let me contact you through the communicator."
"Um"
Su Lun nodded with a smile and entered the city alone.
Entering the Golden City, the space here seems extremely three-dimensional and complex, a bit like the old Old Town, with dense and crowded buildings everywhere. It looks like a city, but crossing the border is like entering a forest of wooden buildings.
The streets are very narrow, and as you look up you can see a variety of spiderweb-like pipes and bridges.
Most of them are wooden buildings, but there are also some steel buildings and steam pipes. The architectural styles are also very mixed. They are not the mainstream Gothic buildings of Lu Ying, but various strange styles, as if hundreds of civilizations are mixed together.
The feeling of being together.
The most eye-catching thing is the pedestrians on the street.
A pirate like Su Lun can be recognized at a glance by his attire.
The costumes of the indigenous people are all kinds of, including ronin, monk, nun, missionary, Spartan, wrestler, adventurer, and all kinds of skin colors.
Moreover, the costumes of many aboriginal people have strong religious characteristics.
There were almost only alchemists in Luying, but here, Su Lun saw all kinds of believers of gods.
"There are hundreds of thousands of gods, so many beliefs mixed together in one pile"
Su Lun felt a little incredible.
Moreover, as he walked along, he sensed that the soul fire of some people was very strange. Among those believers of God, there were many strange people.
Su Lun looked at them, and those passers-by would also look at him with cautious and dangerous eyes. They would restrain themselves a lot when they saw the logo of the North Sea Fleet.
The identity of a pirate is something ordinary people would avoid elsewhere, but here, he is an ordinary person.
This is the "Sin City", a place with a high crime rate. Any passerby found on the street is a heinous criminal, but no one tolerates anyone, and his life is in danger if he disagrees. But usually
, everyone knows this, so they are very restrained towards each other. There are many assassinations in the city, but there are few open fights.
Su Lun has harvested many memories about pirate ships before, so he is not unfamiliar with the streets here.
He planned to go shopping for goods at the alchemy materials shop, and then go to the geisha house in the city.
He wanted to see a geisha performance, but he wasn't really interested in that form of entertainment.
It's because geisha is the official business of Yamagakure Country.
When Su Lun came to the Pirate City, one of the most important purposes was to learn about the lineage of rune warlocks. The "Old Rune Man" was in the Hidden Mountain Country.
Moreover, he is indeed now very interested in that civilization that is almost isolated from the world.
Su Lun was confused before. Senjo's kimono and swordsmanship were different from those of mainstream alchemists. Later, he learned that the old Lington was filled by slaves from various places. But Senjo himself couldn't tell the origin of those things.
Many of them are things passed down in the family.
But the problem is, if there is inheritance, there must be a source.
The habit of wearing kimonos has never been heard of in any major territory of Lu Ying.
Now that he came to the Pirate City and saw those ronin and geishas, Su Lun realized that Senjou's ancestors were most likely from the country of Yamagakure.
If you really want to go there, it’s always a good idea to learn more about it in advance.
Su Lun used the communicator to contact Qian Tiao.
The gambling-addicted young woman has been in Pirate City for a while.
According to her own words, after she came here, she felt an inexplicable sense of belonging and was investigating some things.
Now she seemed to be in a little trouble, she didn't say where she was, and she didn't plan to meet first.
Su Lun hung up the communicator, sensed that no one was paying attention, and suddenly changed into an inconspicuous adventurer outfit.
The sky has completely darkened, and the pirate city is brightly lit and increasingly lively.
The busiest thing in Pirate City is the entertainment industry, with all kinds of neon signs in red, green, and pink. These gold-selling caves also occupy the best locations in the city.
Pirates also have a place to ship goods, which is at the bottom of the village.
It's dark, damp, and there are all kinds of little ghosts who covet tourists' belongings.
The young man with his wicked eyes can tell at a glance the person who is visiting the Pirate City for the first time, and he will take special care of him.
Su Lun's harvest memory was not too detailed. After walking around the maze-like water village for a few times, he found the alchemy materials market.
It was a "city river" with sewage flowing across it like a sewer. There were a lot of small boats in the river, loaded with bags of goods unloaded from the port, parked in front of various shops. Some guys who hid their heads and faces were in the shops.
In and out.
Because it is a black market, there are no fancy signs like other formal territories.
It is normal for pirates to fight against each other, so for the sake of safety, pirates usually have their own familiar shops to sell goods.
Su Lun walked into a small shop, and in his memory, it was "Aunt Tang's Magic Materials Shop". The prices for receiving and selling goods were quite reasonable, and they generally didn't rip off people they knew.
He walked straight in.
The space in the house is not spacious. It is a store and a warehouse. The limited space is filled with various materials.
Behind the counter is an old woman who looks like a witch, holding a crystal ball and mumbling.
When a guest came in, she didn't even open her eyes.
On the side, a middle-aged man with a face full of tattoos was holding a ledger. He looked like the son of an old woman.
The brass bell at the door rang, and he glanced indifferently.
Su Lun took a look. These two people were obviously believers of gods, but they didn't know what gods they believed in. Their soul perception was a bit cold, like a black magician. He didn't look much, knocked on the table, and said:
"Wandering in the shadows of the tombs, blood gives fear to mortals."
A slang term among pirates that means they know their stuff.
The content of this sentence seems to be related to the beliefs of the two shop owners.
Hearing this, the tattooed man also knew that a regular customer was here, and finally raised his eyebrows, "What do you need?"
"I need some materials."
Su Lun said, taking out a list filled with dense materials.
The god of plague glanced at it and skillfully revealed the price: "Pink lizard bone marrow 800 per gram, devil mushroom 3000, purity VIII amethyst 150,000, a pair of three-tailed sea snake eyes 200,000, white phosphorus whale oil"
"no problem."
After hearing the quotation, Su Lun made the decision immediately and said: "The quantity of materials will be as per my list."
This is a price that makes him very satisfied.
If you had to buy these materials elsewhere, you would have to spend at least several times the price.
And it’s not necessarily possible to buy it.
This is the benefit of Pirate City.
The loot stolen from robberies will be much lower than in Luying's regular trading house, with an average of 40 to 50% off. Certain gold and dark gold-level rare materials are not only inexpensive, but surprisingly cheap, even 10 to 20% off the market price.
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After all, the pirates' skills and equipment are very common, and not many can use high-end materials.
Su Lun bought alchemy materials here that he had never been able to buy before.
With this batch of goods, he can make more high-level puppets.
The tattooed man said in a deep voice: "Some of the materials you want need to be prepared. Pay the deposit first and come back to pick up the goods after tomorrow."
"Okay, everything will follow the rules."
Su Lun did not hesitate to put up a deposit of one million.
He knew that his batch of goods was very miscellaneous, and it was impossible for normal shops to have all the goods in stock. But these black market merchants would lend goods to each other, and they could find whatever was available in the Pirate City.
This also saves Su Lun the trouble of searching everywhere in stores.
After paying the money, he asked casually: "Are there any good goods? Cursed objects, mechanical equipment, etc."
Su Lun's time in the Nineteenth Fleet was not in vain. Recently, he heard inside information that the Marfa Empire had indeed funded Oleg with many cutting-edge mechanical equipment. Not to mention the void colonization equipment.
Since it is a large-scale outflow, some of it may go out on the black market.
Moreover, the pirates have a lot of good robbed goods in their hands, and they might even be able to miss them.
Seeing that Su Lun knew the rules, the tattooed man didn't hesitate and touched his hand on the glass display case.
The cabinet that was pitch black before suddenly became transparent.
Su Lun glanced over and saw a bunch of small boutiques, a flag, a team of wrist guards, a compass, a quill, and some small objects.
He has the eye of omniscience, so he naturally needs no introduction.
[Columbus's flag] affects wind circulation and increases sailing speed; [Armitage's magic pattern wristbands (silver)], injects energy to provide shield defense; [Damaged compass] is useless
There are good and bad things, but they are all alchemical items with good effects.
Unfortunately, it was of no use to Su Lun. "Hey, I need really good products."
Watching him frown, the tattooed man looked exactly the same again. The glass shone and the things inside changed again. They were all mechanical parts.
A broken robotic arm, a 70% new steam power boiler, a broken steel plate with the TTR logo, and some small parts
When Su Lun saw it, he just asked casually to try his luck. Unexpectedly, he actually found something good!
He saw the remains of some Marfa mechanical armors in the display window!
And that steel plate is also Marfa's top-secret "Aardman alloy"!
The stuff is good, but the quantity is a bit small.
Being a puppet is not enough.
"How much do these items cost in total?"
"Seven hundred thousand."
"The most I can give is forty."
"Fifty."
"make a deal!"
Su Lun got the mechanical parts.
Then the tattooed man changed another batch, and Su Lun suddenly let out a sigh in his heart. Only then did he realize that those mechanical parts with unique styles were actually produced in Jiulindun!
[Frost Giant Mechanical Armor], some exoskeletons, neuromechanical parts
The tattooed man introduced: "This is a good batch of goods from the North Sea Fleet."
Su Lun naturally knows where these things come from.
Oleg's Fourth Fleet previously plundered Old Rington and brought out a large amount of underground machinery. There were also many good things with superior technology in that batch of goods.
He didn't behave too abnormally and just danced a few things that he was satisfied with.
Su Lun felt that he really came to the Pirate City this time and gained a lot of good things right from the start.
He continued to shop for goods, trying to escape from the shop with all the mechanical equipment, blueprints, and materials he was interested in.
But as he was scouring, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
As I sensed it, a very special fire of soul appeared not far away!
He sensed the "suspicious person" next to "Butcher" Banner!
"Okay, that's all."
Su Lun did not stay in the shop anymore, paid the money, took the things, and walked out of the shop in a hurry.
Banner is in the Fourth Fleet. Their fleet has to leave Blizzard City two days in advance. It is not surprising to meet him in Pirate City.
The "suspicious person" seemed to have come to select materials and stayed in the shop not far next door for a while.
Su Lun planned to follow him. He didn't necessarily want to find out everything at once, but he also wanted to feel the guy's bottom.
Most of the people shopping in the black market are dressed in cloaks and trench coats, and Su Lun is not afraid of being recognized. He has very good intuitive tracking skills and cannot be easily discovered.
Not long after, the "suspicious person" seemed to have bought the materials, walked out of a shop, and seemed to be planning to walk uptown.
"I came alone"
Su Lun observed for a moment and found no one else around this guy.
Instead of being careless, he became alert.
If this guy is really what he guessed, he is the "mysterious mechanic" who transformed Banner into a mechanical body.
Then Banner should focus on protection.
Now a person comes here either to keep his whereabouts secret or to have the ability to protect himself.
“It’s really getting more and more curious.”
Su Lun's whereabouts muttered.
Seeing the man turning into the box, he thought for a moment and followed him.
But before he could follow him very far, he immediately realized something: "Sure enough, he was discovered."
Su Lun could sense the soul fire, so he easily captured the opponent's abnormal counter-detection movements.
But he pretended not to notice and continued to follow.
When he thought about it, this mysterious man was most likely from Old Lingdun.
If so, the opponent's strength will roughly have a range.
Under normal circumstances, the mirror tissue is considered the strongest.
It would be difficult for this mysterious man to be taller than them.
Even if it is discovered, it won't be a big problem.
With Su Lun's current strength, if he wants to leave, even a fifth-level professional may not be able to stop him.
No, I just walked into the alley.
The mysterious man appeared behind Su Lun like a ghost.
Before Su Lun could speak, the other party asked immediately, "You smell like 'X serum'. Who are you?"
When Su Lun heard this, he was immediately shocked.
But at the same time, I caught a keyword and understood how I was exposed.
"Talent of smell?"
He can smell the medicine by smell, and he also knows that "X medicine" is 99% from Old Lington.
He instantly thought of someone.
My friend from the dungeon, the pharmacist Danny!
Su Lun's eyes turned, and there was a possibility that he thought was very bizarre, but he also opened his mouth to confirm: "Who are you from Danny Banks?"
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Hearing this, the mysterious man opposite him was startled.
Obviously, he was extremely surprised that Su Lun would ask this question.
