Su Lun looked at the sales information of the batch of mechanical equipment projected on the public screen, and it was impossible not to be greedy.
This batch of imported equipment from Marfa is the best of the best. If it really falls into his hands, it doesn't even need to be modified. With the high-precision equipment on the previous submarine, it can immediately fight the mechanical war in the small void world.
It is assembled into a mature industrial assembly line in the factory.
This will at least save several years compared to the previous plan to transform the old equipment into an assembly line.
It just so happened that the Thunder Cat Chamber of Commerce had received the batch of materials before, and there was no shortage of materials. Now with this batch of instruments, the mechanical puppet army can also form a group combat effectiveness in a short period of time!
Moreover, more importantly, after missing this opportunity, Su Lun did not think that he would have other channels to obtain such good equipment in a short period of time.
The New Dealers used imperial-level means to obtain such a batch of imported goods. Ordinary people, no matter how rich they were, had no channels.
Even if there are some smuggled goods on the black market, the quantity will never be large, with such complete functions!
For Su Lun, this was definitely a "big opportunity" for him to fall asleep and encounter a pillow.
The kind that is bound to win!
However, after being pleasantly surprised, Su Lun was not blinded by the good news of pie falling from the sky.
Instead, he smelled a conspiracy and thought more calmly.
Nowadays, the entire Luying machinery industry is very backward. These imported equipment that are decades beyond the current era are useless to others. They are almost only useful to forces who want to study mechanical armor.
Therefore, correspondingly, this special supply and demand relationship also screens out buyers.
There are many wealthy people in the Luying Empire, but not many are willing to be taken advantage of.
Therefore, this news feels like a directional bait.
Attract certain groups of people.
Once someone is interested in them, he can be sure that these instruments are useful to him, and they can almost certainly be used to make mechanical armor.
Except for Archduke Raphael, whose technological level is unknown, and people like Suellen who have the ability to build their own mechanical armor, probably no one is interested in buying such a bunch of "useless instruments" that are many times more expensive than ordinary equipment.
Suellen usually considers the worst-case outcome before making risky decisions.
Thinking of this, he thought in his mind: "Assuming that this batch of goods is bait for someone to fish, then there are two major forces with serious suspicions, one is Raphael's people, and the other is Marfa's people."
Su Lun has neuromechanical technology in his hands, and has also intercepted the "Secret Submarine Machinery Research Institute" that the Marfa Empire used as a companion to Oleg, the King of the North Sea.
Both of these forces are the masters of suffering.
But it is not ruled out that this information was learned by other forces, such as the Luying Military Intelligence Agency, or other forces.
After all, in the previous battle in the city-state of Moros, the information about the mechanical puppet army killing all directions appeared in the newspapers. People who know how to analyze it can roughly guess that he may have the ability to make mechanical armor.
However, Su Lun also felt that if this was really a fishing conspiracy, then there must be an enemy, and it didn't matter who it was.
But you must be prepared for the worst
Various possibilities flashed through Su Lun's mind instantly.
After thinking about it, the biggest uncertainty is not other people, but the organizer of this dance!
The "Shadow Lord" wearing a golden mask said a word from the beginning, and then he didn't speak again, sitting quietly in the shadow of the light.
He is like the director of a stage play, silently watching everything happening on the stage behind the scenes.
The Full Moon Dance was organized by him,
This man knows everything.
Because Su Lun knew that this was an old man whose life had come to an end, he also understood his indifferent attitude.
But this is also somewhat confusing.
It is impossible for the great alchemist to not understand his own physical condition. When a person is about to die, no matter power or money, it will be fleeting. So what is the purpose of this person who is still active in the dance?
Which force does he represent, or does he only represent himself?
This "Shadow Lord" made Su Lun feel more and more mysterious.
He didn't have time to understand these doubts for the time being.
Because the seller has made it very clear that if no one buys it, these sealed equipment will fall into the hands of Archduke Raphael, and it will be impossible to buy them back.
There is no room for hesitation.
The dance is still going on, and sweet classical dance music is floating in the banquet hall.
Su Lun thought for a moment and asked, with Dancing Sabina in her arms, "Is there a way to determine who sent that message?"
Sabina was very smart, and she naturally knew what her master was talking about, and responded softly: "Not now. But you can check, but the risk is not small."
When Su Lun heard this, a flash of thought flashed across his eyes, and he did not continue to ask.
Sabina's answer didn't make him feel embarrassed, it was just a casual question.
Because he knew very well that this method would not work.
Even if you contact the cargo owner privately, if this is a conspiracy, you still have to face the risks.
Even more dangerous.
On the contrary, if you contact us through the dance platform, there will be middlemen who can tell the truth.
He also wanted to use this to determine whether this "Shadow Lord" was absolutely neutral and how powerful he was.
After pondering for a moment, Su Lun added, "I'm going to take over this batch of goods. Just in case, when we get off the airship, be prepared to notify all your people to lurk."
Once there is a problem with the organizer, Sabina's disguised identity will be exposed, and most of the intelligence network that was finally established may have to be abandoned.
Sabina wasn't surprised at all and agreed without hesitation, "Yeah."
She had this awareness from the beginning.
After all, everything about her belongs to the master
Compared to what you get, the risk is totally worth the gamble.
Su Lun had already thought of a countermeasure in his mind. Without hesitation, he directly chatted privately with the person who provided the clues, then handed over two silver coins and reached an agreement.
The dance was on an airship, thousands of meters in the air.
For others, there is probably no place to escape.
But for him, saving his life is not a big problem.
Moreover, he also felt that even if the organizer was an accomplice in fishing, there was a high probability that he would not do anything on the airship.
Otherwise, the neutral character design that "Full Moon Dance" has been operating for so many years will collapse immediately. Losing such an important resource platform, even if it obtains technology, the price will be high.
What's more, Sabina's identity is inherently false, and no one is sure that they are the real owners.
You have to take action after getting off the airship!
As Su Lun expected, nothing unexpected happened after he reached the deal with the buyer.
The Full Moon Dance lasted for more than two hours.
Then they went back to their rooms. The airship landed somewhere unknown and was taken back to Ringtown by private car.
Not long after, Su Lun and Sabina were already in the special car they came in before.
In the sealed carriage, Su Lun took out the black umbrella to expand the range of perception.
Everything is normal.
No one followed except the driver.
From the time I got in the car before the dance, to the airship, and now, the communication signal has been blocked the whole time.
Now that he was down, Su Lun used space magic to open an opening for Sabina, and asked her to immediately issue a secret order to the people in her line who organized the mirror.
Su Lun thought about it, and just to be on the safe side, he pinched the surgeon's seal with both hands and shouted softly: "Psychic!"
The black pentagram formation lit up, the alien plane was connected to the void, and a thick aura of death suddenly hit the carriage.
After another look, a crow with shiny fur was channeled.
The psychological quality of professional intelligence personnel is naturally not bad. Even if she guessed that she might encounter danger, Sabina remained very calm. She looked at the extra black crow in the carriage, and her beautiful eyes lit up, as if there were too many A little fun: "Wow~ Master, is this your legendary two-way crow?"
The Moros city-state's ability to reduce dimensions in one battle and two directions shocked the whole world at the beginning. Now this suing bird is as famous as Su Lun, and is a real "big star".
Because of it, the price of crow pets in Linton has skyrocketed more than ten times.
Su Lun nodded, "Yeah."
"Wow"
Sabina read the introduction in the newspaper in detail, but she didn't expect that the bird of death, which was said to be extremely dangerous, looked quite cute and silly before it transformed.
She asked again: "What's its name?"
As soon as Su Lun said this, before Su Lun could reply, the black crow on his shoulder started calling: "Uncle Crow, Uncle Crow!"
"Huh?"
Sabina heard it was amazing and asked in surprise: "Can it still talk?"
Speaking is secondary, the key is to understand people!
"Um."
Su Lun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he explained a little more, "It's called 'Uncle Crow'."
Hearing this, Sabina Lek became interested. Although the name was cheap, it seemed very interesting!
She turned her crystal eyes and asked eagerly: "Uncle Crow, your feathers are so beautiful, can I touch you?"
The black crow tilted his head and looked at her coldly.
Su Lun explained helplessly: "This stupid bird has nothing to eat and doesn't like to talk to others."
"That's it"
Sabina thought about it, took out a piece of dried meat and tried it. Black Crow didn't even look at her.
Su Lun thought about it and handed her a piece of rotten meat and said, "It has a very picky mouth. Feed this."
"ah?"
Sabina picked up the beauty and found it more and more interesting.
She took the carrion from Su Lun's hand and fed it.
Sure enough, when he changed to the one he liked, the black crow swallowed it happily, and then said a few flattering words without forgetting to eat people: "Big beauty! Big beauty!"
Su Lun's eyes twitched when he heard it, and he glanced at it.
"Thank you~"
Sabina also felt happy in her heart. She laughed and responded matter-of-factly. She reached out and touched the black crow carefully, as if she were a human being, and responded politely, "Wow, Uncle Crow, you are one too." It’s a very handsome bird.”
Uncle Crow obviously understood that this was a compliment to him, and he fluttered his legs and jumped into Sabina's hand.
Look at its arrogant expression, as if it is saying: Uncle Crow allows you to touch it a few more times.
Sabina couldn't help laughing even more when she saw the vivid anthropomorphic expression.
Su Lun was a little surprised and complained: "You are still the first person this stupid bird will take the initiative to approach."
Sabina blinked and sounded very happy, "Really?"
The owner's pet naturally needs to have a good relationship with him.
The steam car drove Su Lun and Su Lun for less than half an hour, entering the city from the suburbs.
There were no problems in the first half, but at this moment, Su Lun suddenly sensed something, and his expression changed slightly.
Sabina was still teasing the black crow, and keenly sensed the change in Su Lun's demeanor, and asked: "Is that so?"
Su Lun said in a deep voice: "The driving route has deviated. We just turned into South Holt Street. This is not the way to Queens, but to Franklin."
Sabina understood something instantly after hearing this, and her expression became serious.
It stands to reason that this car will take them back to the designated place.
But now it has deviated.
This is a big problem.
She glanced at the serious-looking Su Lun and said nothing. Apparently her master had expected this.
The worst may have happened.
Su Lun frowned, recalling the spiderweb-like urban routes of Lingdun City in his mind, and clearly knew their current location.
The inexplicable turn just now could be understood as a temporary lane change caused by certain road conditions, but then there were several wrong routes without looking back, which finally made him sure that there was definitely something wrong with the driver!
"Is there really something wrong with the organizer?"
Su Lun's expression was very solemn, this was almost the worst situation.
Or maybe someone infiltrated Yuanyue Misunderstanding and bribed the driver?
But it doesn't matter anymore.
What is certain now is that there is going to be a fight!
There are restrictions in the car to prevent perception, so the driver most likely doesn't know that Su Lun has discovered the problem, and the car is traveling very fast.
But since it was determined that there was a problem with the line, Su Lun naturally couldn't watch the driver drive them into an ambush. Black Crow hadn't warned yet, which meant that there was no fatal danger around. It was still too late to take action in advance.
Thinking of this, Su Lun waved one hand, and a black scythe suddenly appeared in his hand.
He had no intention of communicating with the driver, and without hesitation, he slashed out with his knife, cutting off the upper part of the car and the head of the driver in the cab in front.
The cold night wind blew in, and the closed car suddenly turned into a "convertible".
There was a headless corpse in front of the car seat, gurgling blood.
Su Lun swallowed up the "gray mist" on the driver's body, then quickly jumped out of the car with Sabina in his arms.
Because the steam locomotive lost control, it crashed into a red brick house directly in front of it.
There was a loud "boom", the front of the car crashed into a wall, and it rushed in.
Su Lun didn't even look around, pulled Sabina and rushed into the alley: "Let's go!"
The time now is already after midnight.
Apart from a few drunkards who were unconscious, there was almost no one on the block.
After the temperature has dropped, this is also the time when the fog in Linton City is the thickest, with visibility only about 20 to 30 meters. In a neighborhood that is not a main road in the city, gas street lamps are very sparse. They can only be found half a street away.
The weak light in that corner did not give people any sense of security. Pedestrians walking on the street felt as if they were facing an abyss.
But this had no impact on Su Lun at all.
Even if the visibility is low, his spatial perception allows him to clearly identify the surrounding situation.
He jumped up with Sabina in his arms, and jumped to a tower not far away, just at this distance to observe the scene of the car accident from a distance.
Su Lun observed the movement in the street and digested the newly stripped memories. He was a little surprised and thought to himself: "It's not the organizer's instruction?"
But I was also relieved at the same time.
After stripping away the driver's memory just now, Su Lun discovered that that guy was also a long-term spy arranged by other intelligence forces at the Full Moon Ball.
But who exactly is behind the scenes? I don’t know who this guy is.
He was just following orders to drive the car to the fresh fish market in Franklin District.
Now that it was confirmed that it was not the mysterious "Shadow Lord" who was behind the scenes, the pressure was suddenly relieved by half.
Su Lun was not in a hurry and ran away.
He also wanted to see if he could find more clues as to who was setting the bait.
The noise of the car accident was very loud, and residents around him were woken up one after another, and some lights were turned on.
Looking at the nervous Sabina next to him, Su Lun motioned for her to relax and said: "It was not the party organizer who took action. You can temporarily inform your people not to be too nervous. Wait and see the situation before taking the next step.
Decide."
He knew that Sabina was still waiting for his judgment to issue the second order.
"Um!"
Sabina was obviously relieved when she heard this.
Then she quickly sent a secret message through the communicator: Stand by.
There are many people in the chain of her intelligence team. To avoid being traced and implicated, some key "hardware" needs to be erased.
Not sure who the enemy was before, Sabine issued an order for everyone to prepare to lurk.
If the second message is "Execute", or if the order is not received within a certain period of time, then all espionage personnel will immediately enter an emergency latent state, and each of them will be disconnected and "disappear".
Within a short period of time, even Sabina would find it difficult to contact them again, and some would even lose contact forever.
This is about the same price as losing an arm to save your life, so the loss will definitely not be small.
Being able to avoid losses now is certainly something to be thankful for.
Moreover, if the enemy is the party, it will be a real disaster.
Now that it was confirmed that it was not the case, the threat level was immediately reduced by more than half.
Sabina's frown finally relaxed a little. She pondered for a moment, then gradually showed a smile and said: "If it weren't for the organizer, Master, you might have been a blessing in disguise."
Su Lun glanced at her, "Oh?"
Sabina explained: "We had an accident on the prom car. It was obviously an internal problem within them. In this case, "Shadow Lord" will definitely compensate us. There has been a similar accident before, and someone
It broke the transaction rules of the dance and caused a huge loss to a member. But within two days, the "Shadow Lord" sent someone to handle everything perfectly. He made up for the member's loss and returned it to that person.
Sufficiently sincere compensation”
When Su Lun heard these words, he immediately looked up to the organizer of the Full Moon Dance.
With such courage, no wonder it can be done so well.
Thinking about the scenes at the previous dance, Su Lun also guessed that the compensation must be sincere enough.
But he felt that compensation could be discussed later.
Su Lun is more concerned about, where is that batch of goods?
After taking such a big risk, it would be a pity not to get the goods.
No matter how good the compensation is, he feels it is not as high as the value that the imported machinery currently brings to him.
Sabina obviously understood her master's thoughts very well. She arched her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Master, don't worry, if the goods really exist, they will be delivered according to the agreement at the ball. That "Shadow Lord"
The energy in Rington is terrifying."
Su Lun nodded as he listened, "I hope so."
Although it seems that there is no danger at present, this batch of goods is actually a gamble with his life.
If he hadn't discovered the problem in advance before, he might have fallen into the enemy's ambush now.
Since the other party dares to fish, he will naturally have the confidence to kill fish.
There are crouching tigers and hidden dragons in Linton City. Su Lun doesn’t think he will be able to survive in someone else’s trap.
The two squatted in the tower and observed for a while.
The car accident attracted some people to watch, including ordinary people and professionals.
Su Lun observed secretly, but did not wait for those who wanted to fish.
Those guys probably also know that they only have one chance to intercept and kill, and if they lose it, they have to quickly find a way to wipe their ass.
After all, the "King of Rington Gang" is not a kind person. If you dare to make small moves on his territory, you must be prepared for crazy revenge.
As far as the "cases" Sabina mentioned that happened before, everyone involved in the interception and killing this time will be found out immediately.
The consequences are definitely not something ordinary people can bear.
Su Lun was somewhat looking forward to it.
Because he guessed that the Marfa Empire or Archduke Raphael was behind this incident.
He also wanted to see how the "Shadow Lord" would deal with these people.
Before the patrol officers arrived, a group of mysterious men in trench coats arrived first. They quickly cleaned up the scene and took away the bodies and vehicles.
A car accident ended there.
Looking at the professionalism of the floor washers, Su Lun also guessed that these men in trench coats must be the ones sent by the King of Rington Gang to clean up the mess.
It is impossible to bring this kind of matter to the authorities.
The crisis was over, and Sabina was no longer nervous at all, but to be on the safe side, she didn't contact anyone.
The two jumped off the tower and wandered aimlessly on the streets of Linton filled with thick fog in the middle of the night.
The previous sense of danger of someone pointing a gun at the back of my head was gone, and it seemed like there was nothing important anymore.
Sabina held Suellen's arm affectionately, and the two of them walked slowly without being in a hurry.
There is a sign with the words "Tailor Street" written on the iron road sign on the side of the road.
It is surrounded by low-rise red brick houses. In the past few hundred years, tailors were the residents, which was also the lowest occupation in Rington. This is also one of the oldest neighborhoods in Rington.
The house is very dilapidated, and the white walls have turned into mottled gray and black over the years. The road is not flat, it is a stone slab that existed hundreds of years ago, and you will occasionally get bumped by raised stones when walking on it.
.
Because this is not a main road, there are no rail trains or even a few street lights.
Darkness, silence, serenity, harmony
This place has a completely different antiquity from Lingdun, but it gives people a different atmosphere of the city.
Walking through the foggy ancient streets late at night, neither of them spoke, as if their souls were soothed that they were as peaceful as the environment and fell into silence with the night.
The two of them walked from the street to the alley.
At this time, they had just passed by, and from the corner of their eyes, they saw the sign "73 Twilight Lane" hanging on the rusty door plate.
The house number doesn't matter.
The important thing is that this is a dark alley that is secluded enough that no one will pass by.
Suitable for doing some romantic things.
Here, even if the noise is louder, it probably won't disturb other people's dreams.
Sabina rolled her beautiful eyes and suddenly stopped. She said teasingly: "Sir, don't you think the environment here is very good?"
Su Lun was still thinking about what happened before. He was slightly stunned when he heard this, and his eyes instinctively focused on the dark street in front of him.
That's it???
But a moment later, Su Lun saw the charming smile in Sabina's beautiful eyes in the dark, and immediately understood.
The dim light illuminated the expression on Su Lun's face that he couldn't laugh or cry, and he said in an uncertain tone: "Isn't this not good?"
Sabina's charm was engraved in her bones. She was not shy at all. She took Su Lun's hand and went deep into her windbreaker, hinting: "Skirts are very convenient~"