The lengthy repair work continued for hours, and it wasn't until the Ice Bear Abyss returned that Catherine stopped her work. However, the first flying shield was only half repaired, and the damage on the surface was only initially repaired, and it was still far from being in the best condition.

Intrigued by Catherine's new weapon, the Ice Bear Abyss slashed at the Flying Shield. Unbeknownst to her, the old barbarian's tremendous force was transmitted from the flying shield to Catherine's arms, knocking her away.

Catherine knocked over a chair in a frenzy, but fortunately was not injured.

Seeing this, the Ice Bear Abyss shook his head. "Looks like you don't know how to use a shield at all. ”

Although the barbarian clan does not use shields in their way of fighting, the land of behemoths has been at war with the Belcy Empire for many years, and they are no strangers to the shields of human warriors.

The Ice Bear Abyss explained to Catherine the two basic defensive postures, standing and squatting, as well as several shield defense techniques.

Of course, the flying shield works on a special basis, and it is separated from the body by about half a meter, which is not exactly the same as holding a shield, but it does not prevent Catherine from being inspired by it.

The two then did several actual combat exercises, and Catherine's ability to resist hits has obviously improved. Although he will still be knocked back by the Ice Bear Abyss, he will at least be able to stabilize his body. Even in actual combat, Catherine discovered how to rely on adjusting the distance between the shield and her body to obtain an additional force removal effect.

"Actually, Ace is a good hand at using shields, but unfortunately I don't want him to teach me how to use shields now, I don't even know where he is. Somehow, Catherine felt a little emotional in her heart during the practice.

This little distraction almost made Catherine have no time to resist a side cut from the Ice Bear Abyss, if it wasn't for the Ice Bear Abyss to withdraw the knife in time, I'm afraid there would be an accident.

Catherine hurriedly stuffed her thoughts into the depths of her heart.

The Ice Bear Abyss simply put down the knife. "You're not a warrior after all, so take a break. ”

Catherine nodded and sat down in her chair. "Did you get anything out of going to the casting?"

"There are indeed some. The Ice Bear Abyss also found a chair to sit down, "I talked to him a lot. Cast has a desire to communicate, and he is very interested in things outside. ”

"Outside?"

"The place we came from, the real world, the Western continent and the Eastern continent. "Of course, I didn't go into detail with him, but just described the geography of the entire continent. ”

"Doesn't he know?" said Catherine, "isn't he from two continents?"

"He really didn't know, the memory was gone. Although after listening to me, he thought that he was probably from the Eastern Continent. The Ice Bear Abyss pointed to its head, "According to the casting, it has been hundreds of years since there has been an external fuel like ours. Now the semi-finished products in Gear City have been more or less discovered under the inspection of the city lord and have autonomous consciousness. Once discovered, the lord will return it to the furnace and rebuild it. Each reinvention causes them to lose a part of themselves until one day they become a qualified finished product. ”

Catherine was horrified. "Doesn't it mean that after the transformation, you can resist the inspection of the city lord?"

"Retrofitting is useful, but it can't be done once and for all. The Ice Bear Abyss sighed, "I asked about the casting, and the more thoroughly the transformation, the better the resistance, for example, the first transformation of the Iron Tooth Bar can guarantee that it will not be discovered by the city lord more than ten times. However, as the number of patrols by the castle lord increases, it will definitely be discovered after accumulating a certain number of times. This kind of renovation like Screw Alley can only be guaranteed three times at most. If you want to continue to resist the inspection of the city lord, the only way to do this is to further intensify the transformation.

"This will be better than the result of re-creation, because after re-re-re-creation, the autonomous consciousness will be weakened, and the union between the soul will and the machine puppet will be deepened. But the transformation itself is also a process of pushing yourself step by step towards the finished product. It is said that the owner of the Iron Tooth Bar, Iron Tooth, is no different from the finished product because of excessive transformation, and only a short period of time a day completely retains his consciousness, and the rest of the time his consciousness will fall into a deep sleep. He usually had to enclose himself in a special iron box so as not to be taken away by the lord of the city as a finished product.

Therefore, many semi-finished products voluntarily go back to the furnace for reconstruction. Although you will lose some of your autonomy when you rebuild it, your ability to resist the Castle Lord's inspection will be greatly improved. ”

"How much better?" asked Catherine.

"One refurnace can obtain a hundred years of time, and it can only be reheated twice at most, and the third time it will become a finished product. The casting has already been remelted twice, so he can only resist the inspection by transforming it now. ”

"In this way, whether it's the installation club, the iron tooth bar, or the screw alley, there are not many members. Catherine speculated.

"Hmm. Ice Bear Abyss nodded, "I have a question, the number of people in the Iron Tooth Bar is the largest, about fifty, there are more than thirty people in the Device Club, and there are more than ten people in Screw Alley." A hundred years ago, the three parties united and began to look for an exit from the box, when there were a total of two hundred people. ”

"It's been cut in half. Catherine whispered.

"Without fuel like ours, it's only going to get less. Ice Bear Abyss's tone was heavy, "If we want to go back, we must do it as soon as possible, the longer it drags on, the slimmer the hope." ”

"You can't get out in a short period of time. ”

"If you seize the opportunity, you can't do it. ”

"This is the opportunity to probe the exit?" Catherine replied, "This is the first time that the heavens have carried out their plan, and the risks must be very high. And even if you find an exit, it's just an exit from the box. ”

"As long as you leave Gear City, it is possible to find a way to leave this anchor world completely. Ice Bear Abyss said.

Catherine stared at the Ice Bear Abyss for a moment. "Why are you so sure?"

"Casting wants us to work with him. He chatted with me for a long time, revealing that the Device Club had ties to a force outside the box. He didn't say it explicitly, but I guess he was referring to the Nest of Steel. The installation club intends to use this plan to do something with that force, but it is not clear what exactly it is going to do. "The Black Shadow of the Iron Nest brought us into this box, and he left with ease. It can be seen that getting in and out of the box is not a difficult task for the Nest of Steel. The old wrench also said that the Nest of Steel kept in touch with him for technical exchanges. Communication should be mutual, and it can't just be the Nest of Steel sending the message. ”

"And you're looking for an old wrench for help?"

"Hey, it's not necessarily an old wrench, we can discuss how to do it. Ice Bear Abyss laughed, "I mean, the exit of the box is probably not a big secret. Since the Device Club and Screw Alley have long been connected with the forces outside the box, they probably have a good idea of how to get out of the box. ”