Chapter 64: The Living

The body index tends to be normal, the Geiger counter is stable, the flesh and blood show no signs of continuous expansion, and the driver is conscious......"

The white robe depicts the Tail Eater Serpent, and countless people walk back and forth around the black angel.

Lorenzo didn't have time to enjoy the joy of success, and after realizing that Lorenzo could control the Black Angel, the scientists who had hidden behind the bunker came out, holding all kinds of detector-like things, messing around with Lorenzo's body and recording various data at the same time.

"You are a miracle, Lorenzo. ”

The mechanical arm slowly descended, and Merlin grabbed the bulge on the side and appeared above the black angel.

"The previous test drivers were all dead, directly devoured and decomposed by flesh and blood, as if this armor had a sense of self, killing those people and using them as nourishment...... Maybe it's because you have the Holy Grail flesh in you, and it may see you as one of your kind. ”

"It's not a good thing to be recognized by demons as one of your kind. ”

A deep voice rang out from behind the plates, and Lorenzo didn't like the situation.

"The pressure is normal, it doesn't seem that the intensity of the erosion has been strengthened by its awakening, or rather, I am its kind and have some resistance," Lorenzo explained how he was feeling in Merlin's line of thought, "I feel a little itchy in my body...... I can't hold those levers or anything like that, I remember that the Armor of Original Sin relied on them for some of its functions, right?"

Lorenzo didn't have much experience piloting the Original Sin Armor, and he remembered remembering some of the controls when he read the weaponist's manual.

The Armor of Original Sin is essentially a demon fused with machinery, and the human will will replace its brain to dominate this evil body.

This is a huge and heavy armor, the main power is to rely on the power of the steam engine and the demon flesh itself, the pilot will be pierced by the nerve electrodes after entering the nerve to connect with the demon's nerves, the two life forces are linked, in order to use human consciousness to control the demon.

Therefore, driving armor is a very risky job, and in the process of contact, the consciousness is unreservedly exposed to demons, and ordinary people will not be eroded for long, and only the knights who have undergone specialization have a certain ability to persevere.

So manipulating the armor is not a technical job, when your consciousness is connected to the demon part, this armor will become an extension of your body, just control it as if you were manipulating yourself, but there is still a part of the consciousness that cannot be solved, that is, the machine used to bind flesh and blood.

The technology of the perpetual motion pump has not yet reached the point where it can directly control the mechanical part, so the mechanical structure on the original sin armor needs to be set up with some small lever buttons to fill in the already narrow cockpit, which is generally concentrated in the hand for easy operation.

"For security reasons, those features are temporarily offline. ”

Merlin said to Lorenzo.

"In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the Original Sin Armor, we have placed a lot of weapons on it, such as armor firearms, such as hooks, etc., but during the experiment, all these weapon parts were removed, and those button levers were temporarily useless...... But be careful not to press indiscriminately, some of them have to do with the steam engine. ”

Merlin said halfway, then warned Lorenzo.

"So what do I do now?"

Lorenzo couldn't help but ask, the environment inside the armor was really not very good, the viscous flesh wrapped himself, and some slime flowed, and what was even more strange was that Lorenzo could feel that his back seemed to be grabbed by something, not those electrodes, but more like the hypertrophic flesh and blood fused with it.

There was no time to think about what had happened to him in the Stasis Sanctuary after the [Gap] shuttle, Lorenzo just wanted to get rid of Merlin as soon as possible and crawl out of here.

"Wave your hand...... Try to control this armor, you may feel clumsy at first, and that's normal. ”

Merlin motioned for the others to stay away from the Black Angel, and after they retreated, Lorenzo tried to move his armor.

It was a strange feeling, Lorenzo connected with the black angel, it became an extension of the witcher's body, thinking of raising his arm, so the nerves gave muscle commands, pulling the bones to lift the mortal's arm, and the same command was given to the demon's flesh, and the twisted flesh pulled the steel body, lifting the arm full of feathered blades.

A strange feeling haunted Lorenzo, and since the gap in the visor was not large, Lorenzo's vision was narrow, and he could not see his own movements, but that strange touch was transmitted.

The feeling of each iron feather touching each other, these things are not external, but iron growing from this flesh, and the metal case is full of nerves.

"Don't move too much, you can just wave your hand, and you can cut us to pieces. ”

Merlin shouted again, but this time his voice was much farther away, and he climbed up the mechanical arm a few times, as far away from Lorenzo as he could.

Although Merlin's swordsmanship is barely outstanding among alchemists, it can only be used to slash and slash, and those crispy alchemists who have inhaled toxic substances in their bodies due to years of experimentation have no hope of dealing with the original sin armor.

Everyone watched all this in awe, this armor has been extremely ominous since its birth, in general, it has only had two drivers, three use records, Galahad was the first driver, and as a result, Galahad was eroded and unconscious in it, and he has not been able to drive the armor again, and he himself is deeply tormented.

The next successor is Lorenzo, and the next two activations of Black Angel are also so weird.

"Keep trying to exercise, a little bit. ”

Merlin said that he was experienced in the commissioning of armor.

Lorenzo complied, moving his arms slowly, the unfamiliar body becoming familiar until Lorenzo felt like one with him.

The glowing green light kept on, and everything seemed to settle down, Merlin recorded the time and continued.

"Your synchronization rate with the Black Angel tends to be 100%, and it should be fully usable. ”

"What do you mean?"

Lorenzo was a little curious about this new term, the original sin armor was a strange thing, but in reality Lorenzo didn't have much contact with it, the witcher was far more mobile than it, and due to its size and uncontrollable nature, it needed to cooperate with an efficient transportation system and a scavenger in charge of finishing.

This is the trump card of the Purifier, but after Lorenzo's appearance, the Witcher has a much greater utility than it, resulting in a lot fewer appearances of the Original Sin Armor.

At that time, the appearance of Lorenzo was still a bit of a big blow to Merlin, and the purification agency had been chasing after it for so many years, and the result was still much worse than the forbidden weapons of the Evangelical Church.

Fortunately, Merlin later figured out that the witcher has a strong individual combat ability, which is suitable for silent decapitation operations in complex cities, and compared to him, the original sin armor is suitable for use on a frontal battlefield.

"Just like the threshold of your secret blood, manipulating the armor is essentially the consciousness taking over the demon's body, and our consciousness has to gradually synchronize with the flesh and blood to drive it, but like you, there is also a danger, when the synchronization rate exceeds 100%, something very bad will happen. ”

Merlin paused and continued.

"Probably because the consciousness of human beings has been taken away by demons...... And this is erosion, but we don't know exactly what will happen, and in order to ensure safety, we never let the driver's synchronization rate exceed the red line, and after the red line is unknown to us. ”

"It's funny, it's different, but it's a bit similar to the secret blood. Lorenzo replied.

"That's right, Lorenzo, to be precise, everything that has to do with demons comes at a price......"

The machine turned, and the crane lowered the iron cable, and slowly fell to the vicinity of the black angel, although the view was narrow, Lorenzo could still see the approaching iron.

"Hold on to it. ”

Merlin said, "There's obviously not enough for you to stretch your legs and feet." ”

Lorenzo raised his hand with some hesitation, and the palm composed of flesh and machinery grabbed the iron rope tightly, and then the entire black angel was hoisted again, but this time Merlin also jumped directly, the black angel was covered with deadly iron feathers, he specially picked a safe place to sit down, and put one hand near the visor and rose with Lorenzo.

The entire Black Angel was merged into the rails, moving forward slowly, because the underground space was not consistent, and many passages were inaccessible in the size of the Armor of Original Sin, so he could only take this kind of cargo rail.

"Where are we going next?"

"The workshop, the space there is large enough, and the protection is tighter than here, so it can test more actual combat data for you, of course, if you perform well enough to ensure that you don't get out of control, you can also be sent to the surface mine. ”

Merlin's words were so lighthearted that Lorenzo was suspicious.

"How many times have you done this?"

"What? Do you mean the mines or the workshops? The process of the perpetual motion pump is like this, after the weapon is stabilized in the laboratory, it will be sent to the workshop for further experimentation, and after the workshop is confirmed to be stable, it will rise to the surface mine, anyway, the industrial area is so big, the experiment here will not leak out. ”

Merlin frowned, he actually got so close to test the strength of the erosion himself, after all, in terms of data, the black angel showed a lot weaker than the other armors, but judging from his current disgust, it was normal.

"But Lorenzo, I have something to ask you. ”

"You say. ”

Merlin glanced at the visor beside him, and after this steel was Lorenzo, if he had a sharp enough sword in his hand, he could easily pierce the gap between the armor from this angle, and kill Lorenzo with a single sword.

"You...... What happened during that time when I was in a coma?"

Merlin asked solemnly, just now in the experimental field, there were so many onlookers from scientific researchers, Merlin had a lot of worries.

After all, Lorenzo is essentially an uncontrollable psychopath, and he may do something crazy, let alone after activating this mysterious black angel.

Merlin didn't believe it was going to go so well, at least something must have happened.

"[Gap], [Gap] shuttle. ”

Lorenzo hesitated, but said it anyway, Merlin had knowledge in his mind that Lorenzo didn't know either, and instead of hiding it, it was better to see what kind of surprise this alchemist could bring him.

"That's Lawrence's ability. ”

"But I seem to be able to do that by using the Original Sin Armor, and I don't know why. ”

Lorenzo replied.

"And where did you use the [gap] to shuttle?"

Merlin began to realize that something was wrong, and he never expected this to be the result, but fortunately, Lorenzo had not been in a coma for long, and judging from his safe return, he should have done nothing wrong during this time.

"Stasis Temple. ”

"Quiet...... Stasis Temple?"

Merlin's expression froze, and then he was a little incredulous, "Wait a minute, you're back to the Stasis Temple?

"But it was so, and though it was far away, I arrived, and it was in ruins, as I had left on the night of Coming. ”

Lorenzo didn't mention anything about the new pope, and sometimes this information could be exchanged for something more valuable.

"After you fell unconscious, the Black Angel entered an eerie state, and its erosion expanded several times over, beyond our observations...... Is this a means of increasing the transmission distance?"

Merlin was keenly aware of something, but then he thought of something, and he immediately turned over and leaned close to the cold visor, trying to see Lorenzo's face through the gap.

"No, Lorenzo, you say the Stagnant Temple?"

The alchemist had only now reacted, and he almost pried the armor open, dragged Lorenzo out, and yelled at him face to face.

"You've arrived there?"

Armor Lorenzo also replied with some trepidation.

"Yes, [gap] shuttle requires beacons, it needs an erosion process, and I haven't eroded there, but I can return there......"

Lorenzo pondered it all.

"Unless my connection to it has existed for a long time, so the voice keeps echoing in my head, and I can trace my location through the silver bolt......"

"No, none of that matters, Lorenzo!"

Merlin was a little flustered, he had never done this before, he had thought that after Advent all the mysteries of the Evangelical Church were the Book of Revelation, but now it seemed that there was much more to it.

"Although we are not sure of the true principle of the gap, it is certain that the gap is based on a certain consciousness, and consciousness needs flesh and blood as the carrier.

Other words...... The temple of stasis is alive. ”

The sound roared, echoing in Lorenzo's mind, and he was a little dazed, and then remembered everything in the shuttle, which was so obvious, but he didn't notice that there were more secrets in the place of origin.

Evangelical Church ...... What exactly are they hiding?

If it was only a vague omen, then now Lorenzo really felt that there was a hazy veil in this world, which completely hid the real it, and now it has been lifted a corner.

Everything was so close, and then a light spilled down, and the guide rail led the two into the workshop, where the vast experimental field was covered by iron armor, and the lifting platform moved slowly, and endless light fell from above, illuminating everything.