The headquarters of the mechanical union is in the district of Los, where the civilian working class gathers. ，

Both the Loes and Horniton districts are built along the Fregeren River, one south and one north, across the river from the Silver Star, and Wren's former apartment is not far from the Mechanics' Union.

The car sped all the way and arrived at the mechanical union in less than twenty minutes.

Pollock jumped out of the car without waiting for the car to stop, trying to rush in.

Wren and Frida followed.

It was the first time he had come to the Mechanical Union, and when he looked up, he saw a building with a height of nearly 100 meters, which stood out in the city of Longshande, second only to the Wizard Tower.

There are also several buildings at the foot of the building, all of which are large factories that are only one story high, and the sound of machines roaring from inside.

When Wren saw this layout, he immediately remembered the large manufacturing plant in his previous life.

At the gate of the union, two humanoid mechanical puppets more than three meters tall stood on the left and right.

They are all silver-gray, their shells are thick plate armor made of metal, and they hold a giant sword in both hands, which is majestic, heavy, and solemn, and extremely intimidating.

Pollock approached the door, the eyes of the two puppets immediately lit up with red light, there was a faint sound of gears turning inside, white steam spewed out from behind, and they raised their giant swords extremely quickly, striking each other, and with a "bang", blocking the way.

"Please stop. ”

"Show your identity. ”

The head of the mechanical golem has a stiff voice without a hint of emotion.

Pollock hurriedly took two steps back, took out his demon slayer identification card, and shouted loudly, "The demon slayer team is on business, get out of the way for me." ”

The mechanical puppet on the left turned its gaze and looked at the ID card, which seemed unrecognizable, and stood still.

Behind the gate hurried out a uniformed, guard-like transcendent.

Pollock tossed him his ID card and shouted, "Emergency, I want to see your president, open the door." ”

The guard only glanced at the ID card, and his face changed slightly.

"Yes. He didn't dare to delay, he took out a metal box from his pocket, pressed it on the box, and the two mechanical golems immediately returned to their original places.

At the same time, the doors of the mechanical union quickly opened.

Pollock quickly grabbed his card and rushed straight into the building.

Hurried footsteps rang out in the lobby on the first floor, attracting the attention of busy people, and Pollock pounced on the front desk and quickly asked the person behind the counter, "Where's Travic? Is he still in the union?"

Pollock was questioned by a young woman in her twenties, dressed in neat overalls and with a beautiful face, who was so startled by this situation that she thought something was wrong and almost turned around and was about to flee.

Pollock was helpless for a while, so he could only hold his ID card aloft again.

"We're from the Demon Slayer team, who knows Travic's whereabouts?" he raised his voice so the entire hall could hear it.

There was silence for a few seconds, and finally someone replied: "Mr. Travic left in the morning and hasn't come back yet." ”

Pollock looked at the man who was talking back and asked, "Are you sure?"

"Yes. The man was very sure, as if he was also a mechanic: "I saw him go with my own eyes, and it was not yet time to leave work, and he left early, so I was very impressed." ”

"!"

Pollock couldn't help but curse, and it was clear that Travic had sensed the anomaly and had fled.

A level 5 mechanic, concentrating on hiding in a large city with a population of millions, it is too difficult to find. ，

If this depraved person is not found in time, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"The fool of the security team, he can't investigate anyone in secret, not only did he not find out the problem, but he exposed himself. Pollock cursed at the thought of the dire consequences Travic could cause.

Wren next to him didn't mess up.

Travic's curse had been on for at least two months, and he must have been lurking for so long, he must have had some plan, maybe he used his position in the mechanical union to do something shady.

He can deal with the clues in the house, but not in the union.

He noticed the exposure in the morning, and immediately fled home, too late to deal with the clues in the union, and did not dare to make a big move, so as not to be caught by the mechanical union.

Wren looked behind the counter and asked, "Where is Travic's office?"

"On the fifth floor, the elevator came out and turned left to the first room. ”

When Pollock heard the conversation between the two, he immediately reacted and took the lead in rushing into the elevator.

With a bang, the door was slammed open.

In addition to a set of luxurious desks and chairs, Travic's office also has several large cabinets full of books and materials.

The three of Wren rummaged through the cabinets, hoping to find something useful.

"What are you doing?" a middle-aged man appeared at the door of the office, and was about to ask sharply, but his tone changed, "Wren, why are you here?"

"Mr. Kenegi. ”

Wren put down the drawer in his hand and quickly explained, "I am now a member of the Demon Slayer Team, Travic has cursed and become a degenerate, he has escaped, and we are looking for clues about his whereabouts. ”

Kenegi originally wanted to catch up with Wren for a few words, but when he heard this, his expression couldn't help but change greatly: "Travic has fallen? Are you sure?"

"More than ninety percent, we just came from his house, and there are no living people there. Wren replied.

"It's all something, it's useless. Pollock threw away the pile of books in his hand, he looked at Kenegi and asked unpleasantly, "Who are you, and what is your relationship with Travic?"

"I'm the vice president of the mechanical union. Kenegi maintained his demeanor, "Travic is my subordinate, and I don't know much in private, but I am familiar with it. He recalled for a few seconds and continued: "Five months ago, Travic was seriously injured while repairing a magic airship, and it took two months to recuperate. ”

The meaning of Keneji's words is clear, and Travich must have fallen in that story.

"Five months ago" Pollock was very dissatisfied, "he came back to work for so long from an injury, and you didn't notice anything wrong with him?"

Keneji spread his hands, "We're a mechanical union, not a demon slayer, and he's not having a problem with his work anyway." ”

Pollock was on fire, but he also knew that if a transcendent depravity deliberately hid, it would be difficult to be discovered.

The mechanical union has a certain responsibility in this matter, but it is not a major factor.

Wren hurriedly played the round and said, "Mr. Keneji, you are familiar with Travic, where do you think he will hide?"

"I don't know. ”

Keneji thought for a moment, waved his hand, and said, "But I have a way, you come with me." ”

The three of them followed Kenegi to the second floor and into a spacious room, where they were attracted by a huge machine.

The volume of this machine is very large, almost occupying most of the space of the room, with countless parts combined, gears, columns, rockers, connecting shafts, tens of thousands, each part is polished to the polish, flashing metal light, they are neatly assembled in rows, tightly bitten together, and finally become a complex and sophisticated mechanical instrument!

Wren recognized the mechanical instrument the moment he saw it.

"Differential, or analytical?"

In the past on Earth, a half-finished differential machine was built, which was displayed in a museum with several replicas, and the more advanced analysis machine only existed on drawings, but in Allenus, this mechanical computer entered the field of application.

Wren looked at it with wide eyes, and soon noticed that it was very different from the difference machine in his impression.

The instrument was not purely mechanical, it was connected to and powered by a steam engine that burned not coal, but some kind of expensive magic crystal.

The surface of the steam engine is covered with runes and lines, emitting magical energy.

This energy not only provided heat to the steam engine, but also split up and flowed along the pipeline to the huge machinery, for some purpose.

"A difference machine that combines mechanics and magic?"

Wren wondered what the machine could be used for.

Next to the mechanical instrument there is an operating table, and there are two people who seem to be operators, and in the soul you see, they are both mechanics.

Seeing Kenegi come in, the two of them stood up and said respectfully, "Your Excellency, Vice President." ”

"Well, sit down. Kenegi pulled out a white card from his jacket with a number of holes on one side and a profile of Kenegi's head and brief information printed on it.

He handed the card over and instructed, "Bring out Travic's work files for the last three months, including all the documents and travel records he handles." ”

"Yes. The mechanic took the card, the card slot in front of him.

His lips twitched slightly, as if he were muttering some incantation.

The voice was inaudible, and Wren didn't have time to listen carefully, but only vaguely heard a few words: "Ring the big bell to push the lever into life and sing in unison, praise"

Then, he pushed the stick on the side.

Buzz

The brilliance of magic shone brightly, the energy flowed, the steam engine roared, pushing the pistons to do work, the power was transmitted to the differential machine, the machine was driven, rows of large and small gears turned, parts engraved with numbers rolled and flyed, and huge mechanical instruments made a regular metal crashing sound.

Click-click

The sound is as dense as raindrops, it's not music, but it sounds strangely pleasant.

For a moment, the whole room vibrated slightly.

Looking at this dazzling scene, Wren's heart beat a few beats faster, and he inexplicably felt a kind of mechanical beauty, and his heart was a little intoxicated!

Not only him, but Pollock and Frida were also shocked and speechless.

Keneji saw the reaction of the three of them, and there was a bit of smugness in his eyes.

The mechanic pulled out a book, opened the pages, seemed to be looking for something, and then pressed quickly on the workbench and entered a series of numbers.

The machine ran continuously for more than ten seconds, and then stopped with a snap.

A bright magical light shot out from the console, shining on the opposite wall, forming a clear page of written records.

Wren quickly skimmed through it and found that it was all about Travic.

He was very surprised, it turned out that this magic difference machine output content in this way, which was more magical than he imagined.

"Input, Calculation, Control, Storage, Output"

"Aside from the fact that the calculations are slow and the operation is complicated, it's no different from a computer. ”

Wren was amazed.

The records displayed on the wall are numerous and complex, and they have been summarized very clearly, one item after another, one column after another, words and numbers coexist, densely packed, totaling hundreds of pages. This kind of database-like thing, for people who have not been in contact with it, is tantamount to a book from heaven, and ordinary people can't understand it at all.

Pollock looked at it a few times and felt dizzy, and his eyes were dark.

Frida was also at a loss.

Wren was all too familiar with these, his mind was spinning rapidly, his eyes swept over line after line, and at the same time turned on the camera function of his mobile phone, secretly taking pictures of each page, trying to find useful clues.

Kenegi told the mechanic to walk away and do it himself.

He looked at the records, pushed the lever every time he finished reading it, and the machine ran for a few seconds, turning the wall to a new page.

As the minutes ticked by, the room filled the room only with the sounds of machinery and magic.

Pollock frequently took out his microphone and walked around anxiously.

Just when he couldn't help but ask, Wren and Kenegie suddenly said in unison: "Warehouse 35 of the Port of Valen. ”

"What?" Pollock didn't understand for a moment.

Keneji looked at Rennes with surprise on his face and explained: "This is where Travic has crossed paths the most in the past three months, and he has taken advantage of his work to buy a lot of materials and send them to this warehouse. ”

Although he did it very secretly, it was still exposed under the statistics of the magic machine. ”

"Travic should be hiding in this warehouse right now. ”

Wren said in his heart, it turns out that this difference machine is called "magic divider", which is quite appropriate.

Pollock ignored these explanations, and only understood one thing, and that was that he had found Travic's whereabouts, and shouted, "We'll rush over at once." ”

Before he could finish speaking, he rushed out.

Wren took a step slower and wanted to say goodbye to Kenegi, but saw the other party stand up and said, "I'll go with you." Travic is a level 5 mechanic, the top talent in our union, very strong, I'm afraid you are not an opponent. ”

"Then trouble Mr. Kenegie. Wren did not refuse.

Kenegi sighed, "As the vice president of the union and his boss, it's my responsibility. ”

The two of them did not delay any longer and immediately went downstairs and set off.

The car of the demon slayer drove out of the gate of the Mechanic Guild, and Kenegi's car followed behind, speeding all the way to the docks of Port Valen.

This wharf is on the bank of the river in the Los District, where there are many factories and the mechanical union, so the throughput of the wharf is very large, and thousands of dock workers are busy, a prosperous scene.

On the way, Pollock had already reported the situation to Captain Davenlach, and reinforcements would arrive soon.

The two cars crossed the dock and quickly found warehouse No. 35.

The location is a little further from the marina and more remote, with very few people around, and there is only one road leading to the door of the warehouse.

Sitting in the car, everyone could already see that the door of the warehouse was closed, and it seemed that everything was normal.

Pollock pulled out his soul, turned back to his two teammates and said, "Don't alarm him yet, we"

Rumble!

The violent B flipped the whole car up, blasted it into the sky, and turned into a large ball of fire. 11