Raymond wandered around the street, guessing that time was almost up, so he ran back to the fortune telling shop.
"What are you doing?"
Colin looked puzzled.
What does this guy mean by being absent for more than ten minutes?
Are you in a hurry?
At this time, Raymond mysteriously took out a square Rubik's cube from the package and said in a long tone: "I sensed its existence just now, and then I found that it fell into the hands of a friend of mine.
..For this reason, I spent a lot of money to replace it."
"This...is really 'Rubik's Alchemy Cube'!"
Although Colin didn't believe his friend who was made out of thin air, the thing in front of him couldn't be fake.
The moment he took out the Rubik's Cube, he clearly felt the "Heart of Hex" in his chest stir. The energy of the two swayed, as if they were echoing each other from a distance.
Such a vision must be that legendary item.
"Amazing!"
Colin showed a look of ecstasy and exclaimed: "You really found it?!"
Raymond looked weak and sighed: "Hey...it's not easy."
Colin's face twitched, it's not easy for him to be a ghost!
I didn't know you went out for a run and came back?
However, no matter what, he got the things and his life was saved!
He took the Rubik's Cube and thanked him sincerely: "Thank you."
Sure enough, this is a guy who can always create miracles.
"Cough cough cough..."
Raymond was afraid that he would forget, so he cleared his throat and reminded: "You can call me Captain Raymond... Of course, my current pseudonym is Nicholas Zhao Si."
"..."
Colin twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "Since I promised you, as a reward, I will also work as a boatman on your ship for a period of time."
After a pause, a flash of struggle flashed in his eyes, and he changed the topic: "But... I may have to leave if I go to the Endless Sea in the future."
"Ah...why?"
Raymond was stunned when he heard that, that's not what we said just now.
"I took such a big risk this time to break into the 'Ghost Fleet' to find the heart of Hex, just to transform myself into the 'Kuruz Alchemy Body' so that I can return to Hex City for revenge in the future. When the time comes, I will
If you are an enemy of the World Headquarters, staying on your ship will definitely cause trouble for you."
Colin explained, looked at Raymond with an apologetic look, and said, "I'm sorry, I just thought..."
He thought that if he couldn't find those things, he would die, so he didn't talk about revenge at all.
Unexpectedly, it took only a quarter of an hour to turn around, but there were twists and turns and surprises one after another.
It wasn't just a prophecy, he actually got this legendary item that was only found in the legends of ancient civilizations!
...
Huh...I thought it was something big.
After hearing those words, Raymond's expression changed slightly, and he raised his eyebrows and asked, "You said...you want to fight against the World Headquarters?"
Ke Lin had a tangled expression of loyalty and righteousness, and said: "Yes! The hatred of the teacher is irreconcilable!"
He thought that saying this would scare Raymond.
Under normal circumstances, except for those pirates, no one is willing to be hostile to the World Government. After all, it is the largest ruling force in the world of navigation, and no one can compete with it.
Even if he is a master of engineering, no normal person would be willing to risk the fate of everyone on the ship to be buried with him.
"Feel sorry..."
Ke Lingang also wanted to say that he would make up for it in the future...
But at this time, he found that the magic stick opposite was not surprised at all, but instead looked excited.
"What a coincidence!"
Raymond slapped his leg, as happy as if he had met a like-minded friend, "My goal is also to overthrow the World Headquarters. Moreover, all of us are hostile to the World Headquarters!"
In the future, I will fulfill the last wish of Heins and overthrow the descendants of the Twelve Sages... This hard steel world government is just an appetizer!
Colin looked at his excited expression, which didn't look like he was insane, and confirmed: "Are you serious?"
"Um!"
Raymond nodded extremely seriously, "Don't worry, our group is all wanted by the World Headquarters. Your small target is nothing... From now on, we will be a super team standing on top of the world." !”
Hearing this, Colin still felt a little unbelievable. He was not surprised that one of the "Seven Endless Emperors" was speaking, but someone in this remote Black Sea actually said such bold words?
But somehow, I still vaguely believe it in my heart?
He asked again: "Then...how many people are you on board now?"
"Including you, there are four."
Raymond said in one breath, quite proudly: "There are navigators, ship's doctors, and me as the captain."
"..."
Colin suddenly felt something bad, as if he had been on a pirate ship.
No! Maybe the pirate ship is not safe with or without it...
He asked weakly: "Then...you now have long-distance warships that can pass through the chaotic wind belt?"
Raymond touched the back of his head and said truthfully: "Not yet... not yet."
"..."
After hearing this, Colin suddenly felt that his future was gloomy.
I knew this was the case...
This guy is just trying to get away with nothing!
Raymond didn't feel any embarrassment at all, and said, "But... it will happen soon, right?"
"You're not planning on asking me to build you one, are you?"
Colin looked at that look and was really speechless. However, he also had the consciousness to take responsibility for his position. Since he agreed to join, he, as a boatman, would naturally be responsible for shipbuilding.
Thinking about it, he said: "There is no problem in building a ship... I happen to have a special battleship blueprint with the world's top technological level here. However... all my things have been consumed on the Ghost Ship Island. If I want to build a ship, I’m afraid there will still be a huge funding gap.”
When Raymond heard that he was short of money, he had a bad feeling.
Lulu's gold-hungry veterinary ship doctor's hole hasn't been filled yet, and now it seems like another money-hungry ship'sman has arrived...
Battleship equipment, whether in the game or in reality, is the most expensive bottomless pit, bar none!
His momentum weakened instantly, and he asked tentatively: "How much does the world's top-level technological warship you mentioned...approximately cost?"
Colin made a rough estimate and said, "About 100 million."
"call..."
Upon hearing this, Raymond suddenly relaxed.
He patted his chest and let out a long breath, "It scared me."
His previous batch of magic potions had sold for more than one billion, and this one hundred million was nothing.
But suddenly,
He felt something was wrong again!
It is said to be the world's top level of technology, how can it be so cheap?
Sure enough, the next moment, he looked at Colin and said with a strange expression: "I'm talking about 100 million gold coins... and this is only the basic construction of the battleship. The later battleship weapons and coatings are still a bottomless pit..."
"One hundred million gold coins? Damn it... isn't that one trillion quarks?"
Raymond's legs instantly felt weak after hearing this. He said without confidence: "We don't need a large ship island, just a spacious sea ship will be enough..."
One trillion quarks, this is a huge number of one thousand that is simply impossible to raise at this stage!
Colin said: "I'm talking about a ship with the displacement of a primary battleship... That kind of large ship, with the four of us in the group, we can't afford to build it, and it will be wasted..."
After a pause, he thought that Raymond had never been to the Endless Sea and didn't know what a good ship meant. He then persuaded him: "If you want to go to the Endless Sea in the future and be hostile to the World Government, a ship with good performance will be better."
Sea-going ships are absolutely indispensable. At least they are faster than the main battleships of the navy, and their weapons have a longer range than them, so that life safety can be guaranteed..."
"..."
Of course, Raymond also knew what a good warship meant. If this thing was defective and went to the Endless Sea, it would probably be destroyed with one shot.
He also knew that the money had to be spent!
His original plan was to get a random sea ship and go to the Endless Sea first, and then find an opportunity to exchange for a high-end warship. But now that there is such a master-level shipwright, his thoughts are naturally more reasonable. Now the ship is full of wanted criminals, so let's go
The navy's route will definitely not go out of the Black Sea. It will have to force its way into the chaotic wind zone. If there is not a good ship, everyone will probably have to feed the sharks in a big storm...
Thinking about it, he asked: "If we want to build that ship, how much will it cost at least? I mean we don't need weapons and equipment for the time being, but as long as the speed can outrun the pursuit of naval warships...
.”
"The level of materials in the Black Sea is limited, and many rare metals are not available at all. My plan is to build the general structure of the ship first, and then go to the Endless Sea to get the cannons, defensive coatings, jet propulsion devices, etc..."
Colin did a rough calculation and said: "In this case, it will require at least 120 billion quarks."
"call..."
Although it was still an astronomical figure, Raymond also breathed a sigh of relief.
I don’t have that much money now, but Anna has it in her storage ring!
Her goal is to overthrow the Salo regime, and she does not want to be the queen. There is no need to raise money-burning things like a fleet.
Ever since he watched helplessly as the powerful Philip Territory was being planned to fall step by step two years ago, Raymond also realized a problem. To destroy a country, it does not necessarily require absolutely powerful force.
Moreover, even if the Golden Teeth Pirates are not destroyed, with Tianlan's current national strength, the possibility of Anna trying to overthrow the Salo regime by force is extremely low. Therefore, he actually already has a better idea in mind than the powerless conflict.
plan.
"Okay! Make it!"
Raymond gritted his teeth and decided to spend Anna's small treasury first.
Didn't Anna say you can use it first? Just return it to her later.
What's more, in this case, Anna is his navigator, and what's hers is his...
After pondering for a moment, he thought of another question and asked: "But... if we start building the ship now, how long will it take us to go to sea?"
It would take three to five years to build a steam-powered sea-going ship that could travel long distances. And a high-tech sea-going ship might take more time. He had no intention of staying in the Black Sea for another ten or eight years.
of.
Colin: "The best shipbuilding technology in the entire Black Sea is at Tianlan Royal Shipyard. If my drawings were completely built by them, it would be impossible to complete the basic framework within three to five years..."
"Three to five years? Is it still a basic framework?"
Raymond frowned as he heard this.
At this time, Colin smiled mysteriously, took the "Rubik's Alchemy Cube", and changed the topic: "But with this thing, a few months is enough!"
Raymond couldn't understand the purpose of this Rubik's Cube and why Colin was so interested in it. But thinking about the fact that he had lost 30 years of life due to his cheap skills, he decided to warn his boatman... Otherwise, this guy would be the one now
With such a weak look hanging on half his life, I'm sure he'll be dead after just twisting it.
Thinking of this, he said: "You want to open it? I can tell you clearly that the last time my friend twisted it, he lost thirty years of his life."
Colin shook his head and said with a smile, "No, no, no...this kind of thing created by the gods is not meant for that use. Only a fool would choose to open it!"
"..."
Hearing this, Raymond's face was very strange, wasn't he the idiot?
Fortunately, I was smart and my friend took the blame.
"'Rubik' is the god that alchemists believe in. This Rubik's Cube created by God also represents the true principle of 'equivalent exchange'... This thing is comparable to an artifact for alchemists!"
Colin obviously understood the value and utility of this Rubik's Cube better than Raymond, and explained: "Generally speaking, when an alchemist performs 'equivalent exchange' through the alchemy array, the whole process will cause very large losses. In theory, it is one to one.
Energy exchange, but in fact, the alchemist needs to pay several times, or even more than ten times the price in order to successfully exchange..."
The Alchemist is a very rare extraordinary sequence in the world. It is also a rare hidden profession in the game. It is so rare that even professional power levelers like Raymond have never played it.
This is a complex profession that lies somewhere between magic and science, with unpredictable abilities.
Alchemists can throw materials or elemental energy into other worlds through the alchemy array, and then summon them back to convert them into what they need.
This is what is called “equivalent exchange”!
For example, they can use alchemical formations to instantly turn a piece of iron into a handy steam gun, like an engineering warlock; they can also recombine and transform a pile of stones under their feet into a stone wall, like casting elements.
magician...
But... this kind of alchemy array conversion with huge losses is actually extremely expensive. In the game, except for the wealthy people who use it to show off, there are no players who use it for regular combat.
Just imagine, a piece of rare material can originally be used to make ten weapons. Just to look cool, the alchemist wastes 90% of the material and only forges one weapon. And what is the quality of this only weapon?
It depends on how well the alchemist understands the deconstruction of weapons engineering. The more sophisticated it is, the more materials will be wasted...
Generally speaking, the "Alchemist" profession is a profession that requires huge magic power, financial resources and very high engineering attainments to be able to afford it.
And "Rubik's Alchemy Cube" perfectly solves the problem of resource waste during the conversion process.
"Now with this 'Rubik's Alchemy Cube', only the alchemy array can truly achieve a one-to-one theoretical equivalent exchange value!"
Colin's eyes flashed with excitement as he said: "This is also one of the most important core components of the 'Kuruz Alchemy Body'..."
At this time, in order to demonstrate the function of the Rubik's Cube, the guy made a move that made people feel numb.
"Click!" "Click!"
There were two crisp sounds, and Raymond was terrified. He looked at the guy in front of him, and he directly removed the two ribs in his heart, then grabbed the necrotic heart and threw it aside, and then gave the metal Rubik's Cube to
Stuffed it in.
Nimei...I just lost my heart...
At this moment, the Rubik's Cube entered the body, and a magical scene appeared!
A complex eight-round overlapping triangular alchemy formation appeared at Colin's feet. The formation's blue light shone and became more and more prosperous.
The moment the formation lights up,
Raymond watched as he threw the sixth-order magic core in his hand into the alchemy. It was like adding a handful of firewood to the flames, and the alchemy array emitted a dazzling light.
Then, this guy threw the huge iron counter in the divination shop into the light of the alchemy array...
In the blink of an eye, a magical scene appeared.
Raymond watched as Colin's body was covered with light. His broken right arm, after a stream of light passed by, solidified metal parts piece by piece like a 3D printer, transforming into a brand new metal limb in the blink of an eye!
A steam-powered steel arm that looks like a strong punk style! The joints are like large nuts, the fingers are like family armor covered with dragon scales, and there are seven or eight pressure transmission tubes connected between the big and small arms.
The rough industrial style.
In the blink of an eye, the wooden foot of his right leg also turned into a metal thigh with a complex structure. The rotten wounds on his body were now completely filled, giving off a metallic luster.
"Chi~chi~"
Valve exhaust sound.
Colin clenched his fist, and there was a clicking sound. The steam vents on the upper arm of the steel arm spurted out two streams of white gas... This arm was completely like a movable iron pliers, giving people a
Strong visual impact.
He smashed his mouth, his eyes flashed, and muttered: "This 'Kakzi Steam Power Arm' is barely usable now... I will find some good materials later and rebuild the entire body.
..”
"Can an alchemist still operate like this?" Raymond was also stunned when he saw this scene of body transformation. This guy actually treated his body as an "item" and transformed it?
This...aren't alchemists only able to transform foreign objects?
What is going on now?
Colin smiled and said: "With this 'Rubik's Alchemy Cube', even if the Black Sea lacks high-end machine tools, I am still confident that I can create the accessories in my mind..."
"I see."
After hearing this, Raymond finally understood what he meant before.
Alchemists and engineers are a perfect match!
Rubik's Alchemy Cube was originally not used for twisting, but for alchemists to use as the center of the "Law of Equivalent Exchange".
It turned out that this was what he said could shorten the shipbuilding time to a few months.
If there really was a high-level alchemist, those precision parts that would take a lot of time to polish and forge would really not take much time...
"I really picked up a huge treasure." Raymond looked at Colin's alchemy that turned decay into magic, and suddenly realized that he might have the most awesome boatman in the world.
He was still a little unbelievable and asked: "You...you also transformed your own body?"
So what kind of existence does his current body belong to? A flesh and blood body? Or a robot?
Colin had no intention of hiding his secret, and said: "Well, the artificial man 'Kruz Alchemy Body'! The artificial mechanical body handed down from the ruins of Hex... As long as I collect the remaining three
Something that is said to possess power comparable to that of a demigod..."
As he said that, he looked at Raymond and said sincerely: "I will ask you to help me predict where the other three things are from now on..."
"..."
Raymond complained in his mind that he was just lucky enough to get one of them, and he had never even heard the names of the other three legendary items.
He said without confidence: "Uh... well, I can't see where those things are yet... maybe I will find them later..."
We can only take a step forward and take a look. There are many capable people in the endless sea, and there may be ways to find clues to these things.
At least now his life is no longer in danger, and Colin is not so anxious, saying: "I understand too... I have only seen records of those three things in the materials handed down by ancient civilizations. After all, they are tens of thousands apart."
Years have passed, and it may not still exist in the world. I am very satisfied if I can find one..."
After a pause, he smiled meaningfully, and then said: "I plan to sneak into the Tianlan Royal Shipyard to work as an engineer. There are the most advanced shipbuilding materials and equipment in the Black Sea. Maybe... they can also help us...