"Whew..."

Raymond wandered around the street, estimating that the time was almost up, and he ran back to the divination shop.

"What are you?"

Colin looked puzzled.

What does this guy mean by being away for more than ten minutes?

Gone in a hurry?

At this moment, Raymond mysteriously took out a boxy Rubik's Cube from the package, and said in a long tone: "I sensed its existence just now, and then found that it actually fell into the hands of a friend of mine... For this, I spent a great deal of money to replace it. ”

"It's... It's really 'Rubik's Alchemy Cube'! ”

Colin didn't believe in his friend who made something out of nothing, but he couldn't fake it in front of him.

The moment the Rubik's Cube was taken out, he clearly felt the "Hex Heart" in his chest stirring. The energy of the two swayed, as if echoing each other from afar.

Such a vision is definitely that legendary item.

"It's amazing!"

Colin looked ecstatic and exclaimed, "You really found it?!" ”

Raymond looked weak, sighed and knew, "Hey... It's not easy. ”

Colin twitched his cheeks, it's not easy to be a ghost!

I didn't know you went out for a run and came back?

However, in any case, the thing is in his hands, and his life is saved!

He took the Rubik's Cube and thanked sincerely: "Thank you." ”

Sure enough, this is a guy who always works miracles.

"Ahem, cough, cough..."

Fearing that he had forgotten, Raymond cleared his throat and reminded, "You can call me Captain Raymond... Of course, my current pseudonym is Nicholas Zhao Si. ”

“...”

The corners of Colin's mouth twitched, and he said, "Since I promised you, as a reward, I will also give you a boatman on your ship for a while." ”

After a pause, a flash of struggle flashed in his eyes, and he changed his words: "But... In the future, I will go to the Endless Sea, and I may be leaving. ”

"Ahh Why? ”

Raymond was stunned when he heard this, that's not what we said just now.

"I took such a big risk this time to break into the 'Ghost Fleet' to find Hex's heart, just to transform myself into the 'Alchemy Body of Kuruz', so that I can return to Hex City for revenge in the future. When the time comes, I will be the enemy of the world government, and staying on your ship any longer will definitely hurt you. ”

Colin explained, looked at Raymond apologetically, and said, "I'm sorry, I thought just now..."

He thought that he might not be able to find those few things, and he would die, and he didn't talk about revenge at all.

I didn't think about turning my face for only a quarter of an hour, and the peaks and loops turned, and I was pleasantly surprised.

Not only did he prophesy, but he also really got this legendary item that was only pure in the legends of ancient civilizations!

......

Hey... I thought it was a big deal.

Raymond listened to that, his expression changed slightly, and he raised his eyebrows and asked, "You say... Are you going to fight against the enemy world government? ”

Colin had a puzzled look on his face and said, "Hmm! The enmity of the teacher is not shared! ”

He had thought that saying this would scare Raymond.

Under normal circumstances, except for those pirates, no one wanted to be hostile to the World Governor. After all, it was the largest ruling force in the world of great exploration, and no one could compete with it.

Even if he is an engineering master, he would not be willing to take the fate of the whole ship to be buried with him.

"I'm sorry..."

Colin Gang also wanted to say that he would compensate in the future...

But at this time, he found that the god stick on the other side was not surprised at all, but looked excited.

"That's a coincidence!"

Raymond slapped his leg, as happy as if he had met a like-minded friend, "My purpose is also to overturn the world's mansion." Moreover, a boatload of us will be hostile to the world government! ”

In the future, I will fulfill the last wish of that Hayens, and destroy the descendants of the twelve sages... This hard steel world government is just an appetizer!

Colin looked at his excited look, not like he was delirious, and confirmed, "Are you serious?" ”

"Hmm!"

Raymond nodded very seriously, "Don't worry, our group is all wanted by the World Government, and your little target is nothing... In the future, we will be a super team on top of the world! ”

Hearing this, Colin still felt a little incredulous. He wasn't surprised that one of the "Endless Seven Emperors" was talking, but someone in this remote Black Sea actually said such a bold statement?

But do you still believe it in your heart?

He asked again, "So... How many people are you on board now? ”

"Plus you, four."

Raymond said, with a bit of pride: "There are navigators and ship doctors, and I, the captain. ”

“...”

Colin suddenly felt that something was wrong, and he felt like he was on a thief ship.

No! Maybe the thief ship is unstable or not...

He asked weakly, "That's... Do you now have a long-distance warship that can pass through the Winds of Chaos? ”

Raymond touched the back of his head and said truthfully, "For the time being... Not yet. ”

“...”

Hearing this, Colin suddenly felt a gloomy sense of the future.

I knew it was like this...

This guy just wants to empty the gloves of the white wolf!

Raymond didn't feel embarrassed at all, and said, "But... Isn't it coming right away? ”

"You're not going to ask me to build you one, are you?"

Colin looked at that look and was really speechless. However, he also realized that he was responsible for his position, and since he agreed to join, he was naturally responsible for shipbuilding.

Thinking about it, he said, "There's nothing wrong with building a ship... I happen to have a blueprint of a special battleship with world-class technology here. But... All my belongings are consumed on Ghost Ship Island, and if I want to build a ship, I'm afraid there will be a huge funding gap. ”

Hearing about the lack of money, Raymond had a bad premonition.

The pit of the gold-swallowing beast ship doctor hasn't been filled in yet, and now it seems that another boatman has come who is also burning money...

Battleship equipment, whether in the game or in reality, is the bottomless pit that burns the most money, and there is no one!

His momentum weakened instantly, and he asked tentatively, "The kind of world-class high-tech warship you are talking about... How much does it cost? ”

Colin made a rough estimate and said, "About 100 million." ”

"Whew..."

Hearing this, Raymond's expression suddenly relaxed.

He patted his chest and let out a long exhale, "Startle me." ”

The batch of potions before him sold more than a hundred million, and this one hundred million is nothing.

But suddenly,

He felt that something was wrong!

It is known as the world's top technology level, how can it be so cheap?

Sure enough, the next moment, he looked at Colin with a strange face and said, "I'm talking about a hundred million gold coins... And this is only the foundation of the battleship, and the weapons and coatings of the battleship in the later period are still a bottomless pit ...

"100 million gold coins? it... Isn't that a trillion quarks? ”

Raymond instantly felt weak when he heard this, and he said without confidence: "We don't need a large ship island, just a spacious sea ship..."

One trillion quarks, this is a huge number of a thousand that is impossible to raise at this stage!

Colin said: "I'm talking about a ship with a primary battleship displacement ... That kind of large ship, as far as the four of us in the regiment are concerned, we can't afford to build it, and we can waste it..."

After a pause, he thought that Raymond had never been to the Endless Sea, and he didn't know what a good ship meant, and persuaded him: "If you want to go to the Endless Sea in the future, and if you want to be hostile to the world government, a sea ship with good performance is absolutely indispensable." At least it must be faster than the main warships of the Navy, and the range of weapons must be longer than theirs, so as to ensure the safety of life..."

“...”

Raymond naturally knows what a good battleship means, if this thing is bad and goes to the Endless Sea, he may not be able to bombard people with one shot.

He also knew that the money had to be spent!

His original plan was to get a random sea ship and go to the Endless Sea, and then find a chance to change to a high-level warship. But now that there is such a grandmaster-level boatman, naturally his consideration is more reasonable. Now the ship is full of wanted criminals, and it is definitely not possible to take the navy's route out of the Black Sea, and when the time comes, you can only force your way into the chaotic wind belt, and if there is no good ship, it is estimated that everyone will have to feed the sharks in a big storm...

Thinking about it, he asked, "If we want to build that ship, how much will it cost at least?" I mean, you don't need weapons or equipment for the time being, but as long as you can run fast enough to be pursued by naval warships..."

"The level of materials in the Black Sea is limited, and many scarce metals are not available at all. My plan is to build the general structure of the ship first, and then go to the Endless Sea Lane after the artillery, defense plating, jet propulsion, etc..."

Colin roughly calculated and said, "In this case, it will cost at least 120 billion quarks." ”

"Whew..."

Although it was still an astronomical amount, Raymond was also greatly relieved.

I don't have that much money now, but Anna has it in her storage ring!

Her goal is to destroy the Salo regime, and she doesn't want to be the empress herself, so there's no need to raise the fleet and burn money.

Since watching the mighty Philip Collar fall step by step two years ago, Raymond has also realized a problem, if you want to destroy a country, you don't necessarily need absolutely strong force.

Moreover, even if the Golden Tooth Pirates are not destroyed, with the current national strength of Tianlan, the possibility of Anna wanting to overthrow the Salo regime by force is extremely low. Therefore, he actually had a better plan in his mind than a powerless conflict.

"Okay! Make! ”

Raymond gritted his teeth, still planning to spend Anna's small coffers first.

Didn't Anna say you could use it first? It would be nice to give it back to her later.

What's more, in this cargo, Anna is her own navigator, and hers is his...

After a moment of silence, he thought of another question and asked, "But... If we start building now, how long will it take us to go to sea? ”

It would take three or five years to build a steam-powered ship that could sail long distances. And a high-tech sea ship may need to consume more time, and he has no intention of staying in this Black Sea for another ten or eight years.

Colin: "The best shipbuilding skills in the entire Black Sea are in the Tianlan Royal Shipyard, and if my drawings were completely built by them, it would be impossible to complete the foundation framework in three or five years..."

"Three or five years? Still a basic framework? ”

Raymond frowned as he listened.

At this time, Colin smiled mysteriously, took the "Rubik's Alchemy Cube", and changed the conversation: "But with this thing, a few months is enough!" ”

Raymond couldn't figure out what this Rubik's Cube was for, and why Colin was so concerned. But thinking of the fact that he had lost thirty years of life before, he decided to warn his boatmen... Otherwise, with this guy's weak appearance hanging on half his life, he can't be sure to burp when he twists it.

Thinking of this, he said, "You want to open it?" I can tell you for sure that the last time my friend writhed it and lost thirty years of life. ”

Colin shook his head and smiled, "No, no, no... This kind of thing created by the gods is not used for that purpose. Only a fool would choose to open it! ”

“...”

Hearing this, Raymond's face was very strange, wasn't he that idiot?

Fortunately, he was witty and made a friend out of nothing.

"'Rubik' is the god of alchemists' beliefs, and this Rubik's cube created by the god also represents the true principle of 'equivalent exchange'... To an alchemist, this thing is comparable to an artifact! ”

Colin obviously understands the value and utility of this Rubik's Cube better than Raymond, explaining: "Generally speaking, the alchemist casts the 'equivalent exchange' through the alchemy array, and the whole process will have a very large loss, theoretically it is a one-to-one energy exchange, but in fact, the alchemist needs to pay more than several times, or even more than ten times the price, before the exchange can be successful..."

Alchemist is a very rare profession in this world, and it is also a rare hidden profession in the game, so rare that Raymond has never played a profession like a booster.

It's a complex class that sits somewhere between magic and science, and it's unpredictable.

Alchemists can use alchemy circles to throw materials or elemental energy into other worlds, and then summon them back and convert them into what they need.

This is what is done with the "equivalent exchange"!

For example, they can use the alchemy formation to instantly turn a piece of iron into a handy steam spray gun, like an engineering warlock; You can also transform a pile of stones under your feet into a stone wall, like casting an elemental magician...

But... This kind of alchemy array conversion with great loss is actually extremely money-burning, and in the game, except for the local tyrants who use it to pretend to be forced, there are no players who use it as a regular battle.

Just imagine, originally a piece of rare material that could make ten weapons, the alchemist wasted ninety percent of the materials in order to pretend to be handsome, and only forged one, and wasted ninety percent of the materials. And the quality of this only weapon depends on the alchemist's comprehension of the deconstruction of weapon engineering, the more elaborate it is, the more material is wasted...

Overall, the "Alchemist" profession is a profession that requires a lot of magic, money, and very high engineering skills to afford.

And this "Rubik's Alchemy Cube" perfectly solves the problem of waste of resources in the conversion process!

"This 'Rubik's Alchemy Cube' can make the alchemy array truly reach the theoretical equivalent exchange value of one to one!"

With excitement in his eyes, Colin said, "This is also one of the most important core components of the 'Kuruz Alchemy Body'..."

At this time, in order to demonstrate the role of this Rubik's Cube, the guy made a move that made people's scalps tingle.

"Click!" "Click!"

Raymond listened in horror. He looked at the guy in front of him, and actually directly removed the two ribs in his heart, then grabbed the necrotic heart and threw it aside, and then stuffed the metal Rubik's Cube into it.

Ni Coal... If you lose your heart, you will lose it...

At this time, the Rubik's Cube entered the body, and a magical scene appeared!

A complex eight-wheel overlapping triangular alchemy array appeared under Colin's feet, and the blue light of the formation was shining brighter and brighter.

The moment the formation lights up,

Raymond watched him throw away the sixth-order demon core in his hand into the alchemy, as if adding a handful of firewood to the flames, and the alchemy array emitted a dazzling brilliance.

Then, this guy threw away the huge iron counter in the divination shop with the light of the alchemy array...

In this blink of an eye, a magical scene appeared.

Raymond watched Colin float all over his body, and his severed right arm, after a burst of streamers, was like a 3D printer, condensing metal parts one by one, and turning into a new metal limb in a blink of an eye! A steam-powered steel arm with a punk look! The joints are like large nuts, and there are seven or eight pressure transmission pipes linked between the big and small arms, full of rough industrial style.

In the blink of an eye, the wooden foot of his right leg also turned into a metal thigh with a complex structure. And the rotting wounds on his body were also completely filled at the moment, and a metallic luster appeared.

"Snort~Snort~"

Valve exhaust sound.

Colin clenched his fist, and with a click, two puffs of white gas erupted from the steam vent at the steel arm's arm... This arm is completely like a movable iron pincer, giving people a strong visual impact.

He smashed his mouth, his eyes glinting, and muttered, "This 'Kakez Steam Power Arm' is barely in use now... Later, I'll find some good materials, and then I'll rebuild the whole body..."

"How else can an alchemist do this?" Raymond was also stunned when he saw this scene of limb transformation. This guy actually converted his body as an "object"?

This... Aren't alchemists all able to convert foreign objects?

Now what's going on?

Colin said with a smile: "With this 'Rubik's Alchemy Cube', even if this Black Sea lacks high-end machine tools, I can be sure that I can create the drawings and accessories in my head..."

"I see."

Hearing this, Raymond finally understood what he meant by his words before.

An alchemist and an engineer are a perfect match!

Rubik's alchemy cube was originally not used to screw, but to be used by alchemists as the "law of equivalent exchange"!

It turns out that this is what he said, which can reduce the time of shipbuilding to a few months!

If there is a high-level alchemist, it really doesn't take much time to polish and forge the delicate parts that take a lot of time to polish and forge...

"I've really picked up a big treasure." Raymond watched Colin's alchemy turn of decay into magic, and suddenly realized that he might have the best boatman in the world.

Still a little incredulous, he asked, "You... You've remodeled your own body as well? ”

So what kind of existence does his body belong to now? Flesh and blood? Or a robot?

Colin didn't intend to hide his secret, and said, "Well, the android 'Kuruz's alchemy body'!" The body of a man-made machine that has been handed down from the ruins of Hex... As long as I gather the remaining three things, the legend will have the power of a demigod..."

As he spoke, he looked at Raymond and said sincerely, "In the future, I will have to ask you to help me predict where the other three things are..."

“...”

Raymond complained in his heart, he got one of them and hit the shit luck, and he hadn't even heard the names of the other three legendary items.

He said unconfidently, "Uh... Well, I can't see where those things are right now... Maybe I'll find it later..."

You can only take one step at a time, the Endless Sea is full of people, and there may be a way to find clues to these things.

At least now that his life is in danger, Colin is not so anxious, and said, "I understand... I have only seen records of those three things in the materials handed down from ancient civilizations, after all, they have been separated by tens of thousands of years, and they may not still exist in the world. I'm so satisfied to find one..."

After a pause, he smiled meaningfully, and said, "I plan to sneak into the Tianlan Royal Shipyard to become an engineer first, where there are the most cutting-edge shipbuilding materials and equipment in the Black Sea, perhaps... It can also save a lot of money for our group..."

Borrowing chickens to lay eggs?

Raymond's eyes lit up as he listened.