Cloud's visit gives Catherine and the Ice Bear Abyss more about Gear City, but as they get the information, their doubts also increase.

The Ice Bear Abyss decides to talk to the casting, and Catherine heads to the old wrench's lab again.

As if knowing that Catherine was coming, there were six delicate half-human-tall robotic puppets at the long circular table, stopping their workstations together. The metal mouth flew from the darkness, circled around Catherine, and said, "I've thought of the weapon you need." It's a defensive, and you'll have to undergo additional modifications to use it. ”

"What weapon?" Catherine looked at the several conical cannons on the long circular table.

"I named it Flying Shield. The metal mouth flew to the edge of darkness, "I'll show you how to use the flying shield." ”

Out of the darkness emerges a white-painted humanoid robotic golem, with two circular steel plates floating around him that are two circles larger than the palm of his hand. The outward-facing side of the round steel plate is very shiny and smooth, like a mirror. The inner side is carved with dense alchemy lines.

"These two pieces are flying shields, which are easy to control and very flexible. A metal mouth fluttered around the white humanoid robot golem, and two flying shields floated up and down with her.

"Let's start with a demonstration of defensive efficacy. The metal mouth flew back to the circular table.

Behind the long circular table, a half-humanoid robotic golem picks up a set of conical cannons on the table and attaches it to its chest. The dense sound of "da-da" lasted for less than ten seconds, and the steel shot in the conical cannon was gone.

Catherine saw the flying shield move high and low in front of the white humanoid machine puppet, and the sound of "dang dang dang" continued, resisting the attack of the conical cannon, and the steel balls were all over the ground.

"It's a normal attack, now with three conical cannons at once, and the ammo has been changed to a powerful steel pellet that can explode. After the metal mouth finished speaking, three more humanoid robot golems behind the long circular table each picked up a set of conical cannons on the table and installed them on their chests.

The moment the three conical guns were fired at the same time, a "crackling" explosion sounded on the opposite side. The flames of the explosion formed a curtain of light in the air, almost as tall as a person.

Catherine even felt a heat wave sweeping over her, and the blinding light curtain made it impossible for her to see behind the light curtain.

Perhaps because of the amount of ammunition that had been reloaded, the explosion continued for nearly half a minute before stopping.

Two flying shields still floated in front of the white humanoid machine golem, the shields were hot and red, and they had also become cratered. The ground was littered with slag from steel shots, covered with a large patch.

"The power of this attack is enough to pierce through a half-meter-thick metal wall. The metal mouth flew to the white humanoid machine puppet, "You come and take a look, there is no damage, all resisted." ”

Catherine walked over and looked at every inch of the surface of the white humanoid robot puppet, and sure enough, it was snow-white, without any traces, and there was no rubbing at all.

"Although you can't move as fast as you control the flying shield, it's more than enough to protect the vital parts of your body. "The flying shield can't be more than half a meter away from the body, so its attack range is only half a meter, similar to a melee weapon, now demonstrate the attack method." ”

The white humanoid robot golem took a few steps forward, and a humanoid robot golem behind the long circular table picked up a fist-sized metal ball from the table and threw it at him.

The metal ball was about half a meter away from the white humanoid machine puppet, and the floating shields on two sides blurred. The metal ball came to a halt in mid-air, then split into four pieces and fell to the ground, one of which bounced at Catherine's feet.

This cutting effect is quite powerful in melee combat. Catherine picked up a piece of metal ball at her feet, and took a heavy amount of it. The surface of the fragment is dark, and the two sides cut by the flying shield are very flat.

"It's the hardest metal alloy we can make so far, but it's not bad at toughness, I call it blunt steel. The metal mouth began to explain, "Because the blunt steel is too hard to carve the alchemy pattern on it, it is generally directly used to make parts that are easy to wear." It is also used on some weapons, such as the cutting edge of a cutter. The flying shield can cut through it because of the blunt steel used for the edges. ”

"The flying shield is a bit of a hassle to fix. The metal mouth brought the topic back to the flying shield, "If the side of the alchemy pattern is damaged, it needs to be repaired by professionals, and the repair of the defensive side can be completed by the user." Let me demonstrate. ”

I saw the white humanoid machine puppet walk to the long circular table, and the two flying shields in front of him were on the table. Behind the table, a half-humanoid robotic golem picked up a flying shield and held the striped side of the shield in his palm. After a while, the flying shield turned red and hot.

"There are some alchemy patterns on the flying shield that are specially used to repair the defensive surface. The metal spout flew above the ring table, "The way to fix it is to incorporate blunt steel into the worn surface. ”

The humanoid robot golem holding the shield reached out and took the blunt steel in Catherine's hand and gently smeared it on the shield's surface.

"It's going to be a long process, and you'll have to wait for the blunt steel to melt and fill in the damaged gaps in the shield. "Blunt steel needs to be always moving, and if you stay in one place for too long, it will cause both sides to stick together. ”

Catherine watched intently.

"Everything that should have been said in the demo has been done. As soon as the metal mouth spoke, the humanoid robot puppet stopped repairing it.

The flying shield cooled down after a few seconds, and it didn't look much different from before the repair, the potholes were still potholes, but the finish was slightly improved. It seems that as the metal mouth said, the repair process will be relatively long, and the short meeting just now did not have much effect.

"You haven't said anything about the makeover. Catherine picked up a flying shield and looked back and forth, "How much body modification is needed to control this East and West?" ”

"It depends on how much flexibility you want to achieve," says Metalmouth. Specifically, to control the flying shield, you need to use a special kind of contact, do you know the contact?"

"I've heard the mountain talk about it. ”

"Ordinary contacts require direct contact to work, but the contact that controls the flying shield is my latest research achievement. The metal mouth raised the volume a bit, "You don't need direct contact to control, but the distance between the contact and the flying shield should not exceed half a meter." ”

The white humanoid robot golem raised its left hand and used the fingers of its right hand to scratch through the white coating on its left arm, revealing a long finger-wide piece of brown metal. The surface of the brown metal sheet is engraved with dense alchemy lines, like countless ants.

"It's this kind of tentacle, what you see is just a small segment, but it's actually covered on the surface of the body. So the flying shield can fly around it in various ways. Metal Mouth said.