Chapter 68: The Heart of the Machine

The old carpenter's face was calm, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.

This was followed by indescribable anger.

The whip in his hand was raised high, but in the end it was not waved.

The old carpenter said calmly: "This is the ninth time, you don't waste your efforts in vain, it will only waste your time and mine, it is meaningless, and one day, you will become like me." ”

"You were made by me, and you have been marked by me for the rest of your life. ”

Arnold felt that the wound was itchy, as if there were many small insects crawling around.

Then the holes he scraped with a scraper were automatically filled, and the scraped wood grew back.

Arnold was completely stunned.

The scraper in his hand fell to the ground.

It turned out that from beginning to end, everything I did was in vain.

......

After returning home, Arnold stayed closed for several days.

The old carpenter felt the need to give Arnold a moment to think.

Boom~ There was a storm outside the window, the wind was beating against the window, and the wooden houses on the border of the forest were brightly illuminated by lightning.

The sound of raindrops crashing against the windows was audible.

The old carpenter sat on the living room sofa on the first floor, smoking a cigarette pouch.

Click...

Arnold, dressed in a small white shirt with a white bow tied at the neckline, walked down from the second floor, the small white shirt was covered with red paint, and the big red paint flowed down the corners of the clothes, scratched the calves, knees, and some dripped on the floor.

"Arnold, I said you don't look good in red. The old carpenter's eyes were calm, and he knew that there were no red clothes at home, so Arnold deliberately dyed red paint.

"It's because you don't think it's good-looking. Arnold smiled.

The old carpenter was stunned for a moment, and his face gradually became gloomy.

"Arnold, what do you mean by that, learning to talk back?"

"I dare not be dissatisfied with you, you are my father, how can a child talk back to his father. Arnold lowered his head, his tone so calm that he couldn't make a wave.

"Then throw away your clothes and wash the dirty areas on your body. The old carpenter said slowly.

Boom –

There was a thunderclap outside the window. The clouds obscured the moon, and all that was left in the room was the flickering flames of the fireplace that tugged at the shadows in the room.

Arnold stood still.

"It seems that you have not yet realized your mistake!" said the old carpenter's chest heaved violently. "I'm all for your good!!"

"Are you really doing it for my good?" Arnold asked rhetorically, "You control my body, you control my laws, even my thoughts, and that's what you mean by my good?" Arnold muttered to himself.

"I'm from the past, I've been through more than you, you might think so now, but when you grow up, you'll definitely understand my good intentions. The old carpenter tried hard to persuade Arnold.

That's your answer. Arnold looked down at his toes.

"What do you mean?" said the old carpenter's face sank.

"This body is given to me by you, my life is also given by you, all these years in your house food, clothing, housing and housing are yours, as you said, I owe you nothing in this life, since I can't pay it off, how can I get rid of your control." Arnold wanted to cry, but he was a puppeteer and couldn't shed tears.

Poof.

Dangdang!

Arnold kowtowed three times in a row.

"Thank you for all these ten years as a father. ”

Then he got up and rushed to the fireplace without looking back.

"No! I won't allow you to do that! Your life is not qualified to be decided by yourself! It took me a whole year to make you, I spent more than ten years training you, everything you have is mine! You stand !! me," the carpenter roared.

But this time, the words of the hundred spirits suddenly failed.

Wow~~~

Arnold crashed headfirst into the fireplace.

The flames swelled and completely engulfed Arnold.

Burning in flames.

In the midst of the fire, Arnold finally shed the tears it had been wanting to shed.

The paint on his body was like tears, dripping down his cheeks.

In the flames, Arnold opened his mouth and made a silent sound.

The old carpenter saw what Arnold was saying.

"All returned to you. ”

"Don't you regret it? Why be so aggressive. In Arnold's consciousness space, Ren Wu looked at Arnold who was squatting in the corner in front of him crying with a complicated face.

"I regret it, but I don't regret it either, because it was my own choice, the first choice I made since I was a child. Arnold thinks he's won.

"I didn't do anything, I was trying to get the job done, but I failed. Ren Wu's face was complicated, he thought that the mission had failed, but Arnold took him to write an ending.

Arnold turned into a speck of light and dissipated into Ren Wu's consciousness in space.

This time the crossing was about to end, and Ren Wu also felt the call of the body.

"Arnold......" The old carpenter looked at the puppet boy dancing in the fireplace with a complicated face.

Suddenly, the world was spinning.

Everything in the town stopped.

Except for the old carpenter sitting in a wooden house.

The old carpenter picked up a crystal ball on the table.

Inside the crystal ball is a small world.

There are small towns, there are forests, there are rivers.

Falling threads descend from distant and unknown territories, strung together on every creature in the crystal ball.

"I want to raise you to be me with no regrets. The old carpenter took the crystal ball and muttered to himself. "But you still have your own opinions. ”

The old carpenter was silent.

Outside the window, thick silk threads run through the entire Sky Dome World.

The gears of the clock clicked.

......

When Ren Wu regained consciousness, a fourth talent mark appeared on the bronze door.

【Heart of Machines】

There are roughly three types of effects:

(1) It has a certain immunity to various charms and control effects.

(2) Improved affinity and control of mechanical items and abilities.

(3) After active activation, it can enter the absolute calm state and enter the mechanical calm state, and the control of every bone and muscle in the whole body can be perfectly controlled, and the microscopic degree of control is closely related to the strength.

Then the next moment, Ren Wu was cold.

In the space of consciousness, a mechanical book that seems to be made of gears, iron sheets, and chains is suspended on the side.

The cover of the book is very three-dimensional, with some microscopic structures such as gears, clockwork, and chimneys erected on it, and a large hollow semi-ring in the center, and a clock slowly rotating in the middle of the ring......

The moment he saw this book, Ren Wu also understood the name of this book.

【Book of Alchemy Puppets】

A very popular name.

But when this book with the name of the public suddenly appeared in the sea of his own knowledge, it was not popular.

The Book of Alchemy Golems contains various ways to make alchemy golems.

Everything from low to high.

But Ren Wu could only view alchemy puppets that were at most one level higher than his current level.

Thinking of the experience of this crossing, Ren Wu still didn't understand that this old carpenter was not a simple carpenter at all.

Ren Wu carefully examined his soul and found no secret hands, nor did he leave any hidden diseases.

Could it be that he thinks I'm Arnold?