Chapter 240: Mechanics and Magic
Hall of Stars.
Dressed in a golden dragon robe, changing his usual appearance as a gentle young man, Mu Yuan sat on the highest platform of the Star Palace, and below him were countless nobles kneeling on the ground.
He took a deep breath, suppressed the surging feelings in his heart, and said loudly, "Hello everyone, from today onwards, I will become the new emperor of the empire, and I believe you are all curious about why I, the prince you have never met, inherited the throne from me......
Nervousness or anything no longer existed, and at this time, Mu Yuan swore that he would become emperor in front of the nobles at the highest level of the entire Xingzhu Empire.
He also initially showed the composure he should have.
As he spoke, he suddenly remembered that afternoon five years ago.
The day he had just come to Star Bamboo City.
He was young and vigorous, and he came to the capital of the country with great ambitions, and he also saw a vague future, and he would get what he wanted in this land.
But when he first entered Xingzhu City, reality shattered all his expectations in one step.
He happened to meet the Fang family's recruiting customers, so he thought about finding a place to stay and went.
What awaits him is not a respectable protΓ©gΓ©, but a humble servant...... As an astrologer, he is no different from ordinary people except for a little astrological prophecy, and many people do not believe in astrological prophecies, believing that what astrologers say is less credible than the gods of the church.
Moreover, at that time, Mu Yuan's astrologer level was not high, and his ability was like chicken ribs.
There was no need to complain, Mu Yuan at that time could only do his best to do a good job as a domestic servant, otherwise he would not even have the capital to survive in Xingzhu City.
Because he was weak and sick since he was a child, Mu Yuan was able to do less work than other servants, so he was scolded every day and beaten from time to time.
At that time, Mu Yuan would often sneak up on the roof in the middle of the night, looking at the starry sky, and it would be a night in a daze.
He gave up his comfortable life in Autumn Maple City to come here, but he got nothing, he was tired like a dog every day, but he relied on other people's handouts to survive......
I want to give up countless times, I want to run away like this, escape back to Qiufeng City to be the son of a declining family, and spend my life ordinarily......
But there was still something unwilling in his heart, so he gritted his teeth and persevered.
When his mother died, his haggard appearance was heartbreaking, and he promised his mother to make the family name glorious again, to go to the largest Star Bamboo City, and find his father, who had abandoned him since he was born.
Mu Yuan has only relied on his mother since he was a child, and his family is in the middle of the road, and many families who originally had a good relationship with their family, and even had a slight blood relationship, have also drawn a line with them.
When Mu Yuan was five years old, the last old people of the family died, and only he and his mother were left in the originally very glorious family.
At the age of eight, now terminally ill, he sold all his family inheritance to buy expensive alchemy potions to keep his mother alive...... Eventually, the money ran out and my mother left.
And the most unforgettable thing is that my mother always sat alone at the door of the empty backyard, the yellowed leaves of the plane trees falling, and my mother kept looking into the distance, waiting for someone who had not returned.
So he knew that his mother loved his father very much, and he was full of hatred for his father, whom he had never met.
The turning point came one night three years ago, when a special man appeared in front of him who had returned late.
The man had a sea of stars in his eyes, strong enough to make anyone retreat, and the feeling of majesty would even suffocate people.
That person was his father, the emperor of the Xingzhu Empire.
Although he had never seen it, the emperor sensed Mu Yuan's identity with the sense of blood.
The process of father and son getting to know each other is not warm. His Majesty the Emperor has never lacked sons, and after knowing that Mu Yuan has his bloodline, he only gave some material compensation.
According to the emperor's own words, [I have traveled all over the world in my life and have been moved by countless women, just because I am the emperor of this empire, everyone flatters me in every way. γ
There are many illegitimate children like Mu Yuan, but in the end, only Mu Yuan came to the door alone. With the love debt that His Majesty the Emperor once owed.
Although I really want this alms bag to be thrown in the face of that self-righteousness...... But in the end, Mu Yuan accepted it silently, and then fled like a defeated dog.
Later, Mu Yuan used the money to decorate himself, and he incarnated as a first-class astrologer and entered the upper class of Xingzhu City, the aristocratic class.
Put on a false smirk and make connections with all your might.
It was two years after he met his father again, and Mu Yuan met with His Majesty the Emperor as the chief guest of the Wan family.
But the man was not surprised, as if it was a matter of course that Mu Yuan could do this.
Now Mu Yuan has finally become the new emperor of this empire, but suddenly, it seems that he has lost all power.
It was only the occasional terrifying picture that appeared in the dream that made Mu Yuan firm in his goal.
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Autumn Maple City.
In the cabin of the Murong family, Chen Rui was concentrating on fiddling with the square iron lump in his hand, the iron lump full of edges and corners was really not good-looking, but the inside of the iron lump, the precise bite of the large and small gears gave people a very comfortable feeling.
At this time, Chen Rui was carefully inserting a piece of blue copper into the inside of the iron lump, the blue copper had obvious engravings, but it was different from the traditional magic array...... There were very few strokes in this engraving, and even the simplest magic array was ten times more complex than this engraving.
As the blue copper sheet was slowly inserted into the card slot in the iron lump, the originally stationary gear suddenly rotated under the action of the "force" diffused on the blue copper sheet.
Chen Rui only let go of his tense heart at this time, but as soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, the friction gears became faster and faster, and finally in a piercing gurgling sound, the blue copper sheet suddenly bloomed with a dazzling white light.
Chen Rui hurriedly pulled out the blue copper piece, and looked at the iron lump that was completely destroyed due to the delicate arrangement of the high temperature with some depression.
Still can't do it...... Chen Rui sighed in his heart, the new magic theory was finally perfected...... But there is no tangible outcome that translates such results into reality...... Still no one will believe the theory that understands him.
Over the past year, Chen Rui has been constantly trying to use various machines from his previous life to make tools that can activate the complete magic array...... But it has not been able to succeed.
Even according to the mathematical model constructed by Chen Rui, there should not be a problem with such a mechanical operation, but after the actual production, all kinds of strange problems have emerged one by one.
"Xiao Rui, don't stay here all day. Murong Ling pushed the door in with some food, and looked at Chen Rui who was still fiddling with the machinery helplessly. "You can go out and find inspiration, and it's easy to lock your imagination in a static environment. β
"Got it, sister. Chen Rui didn't listen at all, his attention was completely attracted by the delicious food brought by Murong Ling.
"Hurry up and eat. Murong Ling sighed helplessly.
Chen Rui ordered him to hurriedly come over, and he devoured it after being hungry for most of the day.
"Eat slowly, it's all yours and no one will rob you of ......" Murong Ling slowly tidied up a mess of Chen Rui's hair.
"By the way, someone from the emperor will come here in a few days, do you want to go and see it, maybe someone will be able to understand your new theory......"
"The imperial capital ......?"
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