The quagmire of death, which is mostly swamps and forests inside, and is filled with deadly miasma.

Legend has it that in the old days, this was once a lush primeval forest, and there was a hidden underground military base specializing in the study of biological viruses in the forest, but it was attacked by a nuclear bomb on the day of reckoning, and no creatures within a radius of dozens of kilometers were spared. The unique topography and radiation lead to the accumulation of dead gas and miasma, gradually forming a no-man's land. Later, the radiation combined with the leakage of biological viruses caused some shrubs and vines to mutate, gradually forming special forms of creatures such as mire walkers and ooze monsters......

Mire wanderers, poison gas ooze monsters, and all kinds of mutated insects are the main force of life forms here.

Although Link had not been here in his previous life, he had seen discussions on the forums about the quagmire of death.

Players in Faye and Dragon City received a hidden mission, asking players to return to the quagmire of death and find the biological virus agents left behind in the underground military base at that time to fight against the invasion of beast tides and dark forests. In the end, the player paid an extremely painful price and finally took out the biological virus agent from the underground military base.

After handing over the mission, they also learned the history of the underground military base from the NPCs.

The predecessor of Dragon City and Faye, it was one of the two superpowers of the old era. At that time, an underground military base was set up here because it was a crater before, and a large number of Kaz crystals were found underground. After research into the Kaz Crystal, it was discovered that its powerful inert ability to isolate and stop manic chemical reactions made it an excellent material for storing biological viruses, unstable explosives, and dangerous materials, and it was directly approved as a secret military base.

The quagmire of death is 60 kilometers away from the Shadu city, and if the air base and airfield on the border of Shadu are the starting point, it is only 40 kilometers away, which is not too far.

As early as the killing of Alonso, Link was thinking about when he would come to the quagmire of death.

The special miasma and virus environment have caused changes in the ecological environment here.

Conventional beast pets, with the construction of Biosphere No. 1 on the Gobi, Link will be able to synthesize a lot of them at any time in the future.

But the mysterious creatures with viruses in the quagmire of death have given birth to creatures that are completely different from the natural environment of Wasteland.

This has never been seen before in Link's pet "collection", and this is the perfect opportunity to expand the variety of pet storage.

With his hands behind his back, Link looked at the giant tokamak ring that was running in front of him and released energy, and said, "You don't have to worry about the raw materials, I'll take care of it." The next focus should be on the construction of a large-scale defensive force field, and strive to complete the construction and put into operation by the end of December. ”

Link's affirmation was the greatest compliment to the two, and Dave and Dr. Ludwig were both in high spirits.

"General rest assured, now the most critical energy problem has been solved, the manufacture and installation of a large defensive force field, as long as it has the strong support of the three places of Whistling Castle, Noxi Divine Tree and Shenmu City, we can guarantee that it will be officially put into operation before mid-December!" Dr. Ludwig said confidently.

Link heard Ludwig's voiceover, and the installation of Wuthering Castle and Shenmu City was not a problem. Due to the fact that the Noshi Tree is involved in the Moonshade Council, some of the installation actions will be linked to the destruction of the Tree in the Druid's opinion, so it will be difficult.

"Rest assured, the whole installation process has a green light, and I will communicate with the people in charge of the three places to ensure that there is no interference in the operation of the large defense force field."

With Link's golden mouth, Dave and Ludwig were both relieved, and the next thing left was to show their strength.

"To what extent is the data center built?" Link asked about another critical underground facility.

This project is also a joint project of Dave and Dr. Ludwig, once completed, in addition to storing critical data, the huge computing center will also become a distribution center for information and data analysis in Shadu, plus there is a tokamak device ring to provide energy, which can ensure 24-hour operation.

Together with the Military Intelligence Department and the Energy Center, they constitute the three most critical core groups in the underground of the Weeping Valley.

Dave replied, "The construction of the data center is 95 percent complete, and now there are only some finishing touches left, mainly waiting for core energy. Now that the tokamak device is officially in effect, it can be officially used as long as it has undergone final commissioning. At the current rate, the spy rats will be able to upload their data to the storage device within three days. ”

Link nodded after listening, and everything was going according to the plan.

When Dave successfully extracts the plans and data obtained from the Lab Building in Mechanical City, the Mechanics will be able to turn the technology of the entire Wasteland into an advantage for Sand.

After asking about work, Link asked a few more things about life: "Helen is still used to living in Shenmu City, right?" ”

At the mention of his granddaughter, Dave's expression gradually softened with excitement, and there was a little more happiness in his eyes.

"Thanks to the boss, she's doing well now! Every day, there is a fragrant pig feast to nourish the body, and all the sequelae in the nutrient solution over the years have been solved, and the body is growing and redeveloping every day. In just one month, I grew five centimeters taller! ”

"That's good, you're still used to life, right?" Hearing that the future Mother Mother Mechanic eats and drinks well, Link is very pleased.

But at this point, Dave's expression suddenly froze, and he looked at Dr. Ludwig beside him for help, and the doctor held his glasses and didn't know how to speak, and the atmosphere between the three of them was suddenly a little awkward.

"What's wrong, isn't it hard to say?"

Dave scratched his head, looking embarrassed: "Not really...... It's just that she usually stays alone in Shenmu City, but she doesn't want to, so she has to follow me, so I brought her to the research center...... Sorry boss! This matter is wrong with me, and after today, I will let her stay at home obediently, and I will never let her come to the research center. ”

Both Dave and Ludwig knew that Crying Valley, whether it was a research center or a data center, was a classified project.

Only Dave, Shadu First Laboratory, and Bonny, the head of the Lin Consortium in charge of the grants, knew about it, and the other departments didn't know about the underground plans in Weeping Valley.

Now Dave has brought his granddaughter Helen in without authorization, and according to the regulations, he will be punished, and the project may be leaked.

Link heard Dave's explanation, the expression on his face changed several times, and finally converged into one sentence: "What does she do in the research center?" ”

Dave looked flustered and quickly explained: "I didn't let her run around, so I copied an empty room for her, and then gave her some materials and books casually, so that she could pass the time and entertain herself." Then wait until after work every day, and then go and ask her to go home with you. ”

Dr. Ludwig on the side also spoke to defend Dave: "General, what Dave said is the truth. Helen never ran around, she usually stayed in the house, and only asked for some books and basic materials to spend time in the room. ”

Link raised his hand and motioned, "Let's go, now let's go and have a look." ”

Dave hung his head and sighed.

Dr. Ludwig was also helpless.

The two of them walked in front and led Link to the door of the room that was about to reach the end of the tunnel.

"This room was originally planned as a utility room. It's just that the research center has a small number of employees and has not yet been settled on a large scale, so it has been empty. Originally, I meant that Helen could be placed in a room a little earlier, but Dave declined the offer and placed Helen in this corner room. Ludwig is still trying to exonerate Dave.

Link raised his hand and interrupted him, "Now open the door." ”

Dave's shoulders were visibly stiffened, and his whole person's spirit was like a balloon.

Slowly opening the door, Dave saw Helen at a glance who was looking down and tinkering with the machine.

At that time, she did not react, holding the book in one hand and fiddling back and forth on the machine she had assembled.

Dave faked a few coughs to get Helen's attention.

"Grandpa, Uncle Ludwig...... Lin, General! Helen's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly put down the tools and books in her hands, and the smile on her face was like the sun in spring, enough to warm the ice.

Helen asked excitedly, "Why are you all here?" ”

Dave stared at Helen, his eyes were full of reluctance, but he couldn't bear to let Helen, who had just escaped from Machine City, know the cruel truth, and hurriedly said: "General Lin came to inspect the work today and knew that you were here, so I came to take a look." After saying that, Dave turned his head to look at Link with a pleading look on his face, hoping that Link would not announce his punishment in front of the child.

Helen nodded and thanked her: "Thank you, General Lin, for remembering me and taking time out of your busy schedule to come and see me." In addition, I would like to thank you for providing the fragrant pig feast, now my body has recovered very well! ”

Link stared at Dave, then turned his gaze to Helen and threw a detective at him.

Name: Helen

Race: Human

Level: Lv20

Occupation: Mechanical Department - Electrical Engineer

Health: 700700

Stamina: 600600

Evaluation: A talented electrical girl

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Seeing Helen's upgrade speed as if she was riding a rocket, Link was stunned.

When Helen was rescued from Machine City, she was only level 2. But just a month has passed, and now she is level 20.

This upgrade speed is completely abusing most players.

In Destiny, players level up with experience points, while NPCs level up with something called experience.

Helen spent her days reading books in the house, and with the help of tinkering with machinery, she accomplished feats that many players could not accomplish in a month.

It can only be said that there are accidental factors to become a mechanical mother god, but there are also inevitable reasons.

"I'm here this time, on the one hand, to see you, and on the other hand, ......" Link looked at Dave and said truthfully, "I heard that Dave brought you into a confidential institution like the research center without authorization, and broke the rules of the research center. ”

Hearing the words "unauthorized substitution" and "breaking the rules", Helen's face turned pale and bloodless in an instant, and she immediately said: "It's not like this, it wasn't grandpa who took the initiative to bring me here, it was I who had to pester grandpa to come over, he is not to blame for this, it has nothing to do with him, General Lin will punish me if he wants to punish me!" ”

What follows is a picture of grandparents and grandchildren having a good relationship and competing to take the blame.

Link watched the two of them keep excusing each other, and kept taking the responsibility on themselves, if it continued like this, I am afraid that both of them would not be able to help but commit suicide first to apologize.

"Dave, you have a great granddaughter!"

"After all, you brought people in, so you should also suffer this punishment."

When Dave heard this, his whole person became relaxed, and he responded with a smile: "No matter how the boss punishes, I am willing." ”

"Why?"

"Yes!"

"Then I'll punish you, teach Helen all the mechanical knowledge you have mastered, and let her join the follow-up research and development plan."

In addition to Link, Dave, Ludwig, and Helen were all stunned.

They never thought that Link's punishment would be this.

Dave's mouth opened slightly, and he tried to open his mouth several times, but he didn't know what to say.

Ludwig was also stunned, completely unable to understand the purpose of this punishment.

Helen, on the other hand, froze in place, staring at Link's dark and deep eyes, feeling like her secret had been spied on.

"Boss, are you kidding or ......"

Without waiting for Dave to finish, Link pointed to the workbench in front of Helen and said, "Before questioning my decision, you might as well find out what your granddaughter does every day when she is alone here." ”

Dave stepped forward, opened the book, and saw the object on the table, and his eyes widened and his eyes were split.

"This ......"

On the table was a palm-sized miniature tokamak reactor.

Dave picked it up and looked at it, and suddenly an electromagnetic force surged from his palm, flowing through the entire body of the device, and peeked into the structure inside.

Helen on the side was like a child who had done something wrong, lowered her head, twisted her hands together, and said timidly: "I just watched Grandpa and Dr. Lu not think about tea and dinner because of this thing, and couldn't sleep all night, watching them think about the blueprint all day long, I thought if I could help and share my worries......"

Dr. Ludwig confirmed that the blueprint had been in his hands and that Dave had been in the research center, and had not been taken out. The only chance Helen has access to each day is when she comes in the morning and leaves in the evening, passing by the laboratory bench to see the blueprint of the device for a few seconds.

"You just looked at it a few times and made it yourself?" Ludwig was shocked, at least the tokamak device, from the outside, looked like the giant device they had built.

Helen's chick nodded like a peck of rice: "But because there are no reactants, I don't know if this thing I made can start normally." ”

After a while, Dave's mouth opened slightly, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he suddenly asked, "Helen, have you modified the internal reaction ring of the tokamak device?" It's half a centimeter more than the blueprint standard, and there's a gap here, it's two millimeters more......"

Helen sighed: "Well, it's because the grinding tool in my hand is not accurate enough, but in order to allow the activated energy to pass through smoothly, the internal dimensions have been modified." I tried lighting it with electromagnetic power and found that it worked. But when the reactants are loaded, I don't know ......"

Dave and Dr. Ludwig looked at each other, only shock in their eyes.

As a fifteen-year-old child like Helen, without the interference of outsiders and with zero foundation, she only relied on the self-study and practice of this room full of books to solve the problem that even they were helpless and successfully miniaturized the tokamak device.

Dave's hand swells with electromagnetism, injecting energy into the device.

Immediately after, the ring of the tokamak device in the palm of the hand was lit up, emitting a blue glow of energy......

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