Chapter 42: "Swordsman" and Black Technology
The streets outside Addermire Station were also cordoned off, as no one wanted to approach the area because of the Davidians' reputation.
And the shops that happen to be on the street, the shopkeepers can only consider themselves unlucky, and they close their doors one after another, and they don't know where to run - anyway, the business can't continue, and they continue to open waiting for those soldiers to come and rob?
But that's fine, it just gives Emily a chance to act.
When Mo Chen teleported to the roof of the station on the other side through the balcony of the apartment opposite, he found that he no longer needed to be particularly careful, and the interior of Addermire Station had been cleared.
Some of the smell of blood has become so strong that anyone who is close to the station will probably smell it.
It's just that no one here will approach easily, except for the fact that I don't know how often the Davids team will change guards. And because of this, even if the entire station of soldiers was cleared, it did not alarm anyone.
"Both...... Killed? ”
From the place where the glass skylight on the roof of the building opened, Mo Chen jumped directly from the three-story height and landed lightly, and found Her Majesty Emily carrying the body with a blank face.
"Yes...... There are too many people, we can't expose them, and it's not possible to use the Tyvia throat lock technique to slowly stun one by one, we can only solve them all as quickly as possible. ”
Her Majesty seemed to be a little depressed, and replied in a low voice.
"Ahem, it seems that Your Majesty has already realized enough, don't be discouraged. As an empress, it's your responsibility to make trade-offs and sacrifices. Mo Chen coughed and said pretending to be profound.
The game can be cleared without killing people throughout the game, because that is required for "achievement", so the possibility of completion and operation space are deliberately left. And even if it doesn't work, players can still read the file again and again.
But in reality, this is impossible, as is the standard of justifiable defense...... Just think about it, how many people can do it?
It may be possible to do it, but everyone only has one chance, and who would take the risk rashly.
"Sacrifice and ...... Choice? ”
Empress Emily nodded, her eyes becoming thoughtful, but she soon returned to reality and looked at her allies.
There was also a kind of bloody aura on the other party's body, illusory and weird, and it also made her feel a trace of danger and threat.
This guy has definitely killed people just now, or no less than emptying a station himself, maybe...... That Overseer's outpost is gone?
"After all, sooner or later, they will tear their faces, and besides, their behavior ...... Well, I'm not saying I want to be some righteous partner, but I just can't stand it. ”
Mo Chen explained casually.
"Whatever you want, I'm not in a position to dictate your actions right now...... This is the looted ancient rune? Emily looked away and looked at the bag that Mo Chen had just put down.
"There are also bone runes, we can pick out the ones that are more useful to us, and sell the rest on the black market, this thing is more precious than ancient runes...... "Mo Chen nodded, "There are fourteen pieces in total, I used seven pieces, and the rest is yours." ”
This is an upfront investment, and there is nothing to be reluctant to.
Mo Chen didn't hide anything, after all, Emily had a mechanical heart in her hands, and the option of lying was much worse than the option of being frank.
"I also got three ancient runes on the black market......," Queen Emily raised an eyebrow.
"It's okay, you can use them all, to be honest, you need their power more than I do now." Mo Chen didn't seem to need to think much about it, so he made a decision directly.
Even though his heart hurts a little, in order to maintain the "strength" he has shown, he naturally can't care about these details.
Moreover, this is also an investment behavior, waiting until Her Majesty the Empress in front of her regains the throne and regains control of the archipelago empire. At that time, your early investment will be hundreds of times more than huge benefits.
The most important thing is that the Outsider just said that he seems to be able to fully use the power of the ancient runes without the slightest waste...... He probably wouldn't be joking with himself or anything about it.
Therefore, as long as it wasn't a huge number of ancient runes, otherwise, Empress Emily shouldn't be able to easily open up the gap with the extraordinary power that Mo Chen mastered.
It's hard to even catch up.
- After all, he uses one ancient rune, and others may have to use two or three pieces to make up for it.
Moreover, Empress Emily has just started, and Mo Chen's enhancement has approached or reached the value of more than twenty ancient runes, although most of them are "swords going sideways", but they have indeed opened up the gap.
At least not a few pieces of ancient runes that could make up for it.
"Next, Your Majesty, you should go to the research institute first, and I will stay here and watch, lest any guards come over to change the guard and stop the supply of whale oil directly...... If nothing happens, you should be able to reach the institute in fifteen minutes. ”
After watching Empress Emily completely absorb the magic of the ancient runes and use them to improve her own strength, Mo Chen opened her mouth to discuss the course of action for her next plan.
"If everything goes well, I won't be able to go, and I will directly find a black shop to sell the bone talisman I just searched for and exchange it for our activity funds."
"That's fine." Her Majesty Emily thought about it and agreed to the proposal. "When the time comes, I'll let Meghan go back to the dock where she came ashore before, and you can wait for us there."
She really didn't want to risk it, because the railcars were powered by whale oil, and the power generation was right here at the station. If two people set off together, and someone cut off the power halfway through, they would probably be dumbfounded.
At that time, there seemed to be no other way than to jump directly into the sea and the plan of action was scrapped.
As for the possibility that the other party was retreating and didn't dare to go with him, Her Majesty the Empress hadn't thought about it at all - Mo Chen himself really didn't have that idea, he really didn't think it was necessary to go together, why should two people be together when one person could do something?
It could have been possible to act separately and let the other person do the other thing.
After the course of action was discussed, Empress Emily did not delay anything, and sat in the railcar and quickly walked away along the tracks amid the piercing roar of the rail car.
Only Mo Chen was left alone, in the empty Admire station.
He watched Her Majesty go away, then looked around, and then did not waste any time. He walked into the counter and sat down, and poured out all the bone talismans in the bag before, and poured them all on the table with a "bang".
Unlike ancient runes, the Bone Amulet is relatively valuable.
Because the former is said to have been created by an ancient civilization centuries ago, that civilization has disappeared for a long, long time, and many runes in the Gristo continent are rushed by the waves, so they are called ancient runes.
And the bone charm was already very popular before the establishment of the archipelago empire, and the popularity was quite widespread. Although later bone talismans were made of whalebone, the material of runes, it was because there were too many whalebones, and in the past, bone talismans were made using the bones and teeth of other animals.
The value of the ancient rune and the bone talisman is not equal, because the former is supernatural, but ordinary people can't use the power in it at all.
In addition to the holders of the Outer Demon Mark, even if they are like witches, they need to cooperate with magical rituals and mystical knowledge to be able to use the power of runes, which is very complicated and cumbersome.
However, the bone talisman is different, as long as it is genuine, then it only needs to be carried on the body, and it will definitely be effective.
There is no limit to the use of this thing, and ordinary people can also directly use the magical power to enjoy all the conveniences and bonuses it brings, so it is not ununderstandable that it is more marketable than runes.
Mo Chen plans to take out those types that have strategic value, that is, those types that can increase combat ability and magic ability, and the remaining bone talismans with subtle effects will be directly packed and sold in the black store after a while.
It took him a lot of time to sort them, and in the end, only four bone talismans remained, one of which was mutilated.
As for the other bone talismans, they all belong to the kind that can be sold directly, but Mo Chen suddenly felt that maybe it would be better to hand them over to Megan Foster in the future, and he had not been in contact with the black market, so it was easy to suffer.
But Meghan is different, not intentionally belittled, but she is indeed from the background of doing these dirty things, and she has more experience in contacting the underground world.
Taking out a bone talisman called "Swordsman" that he was carrying, Mo Chen looked at it carefully, and felt a trace of joy from the bottom of his heart.
The mysterious power is really unreasonable, and the intuitive increase in strength and speed can be understood, but even this type of type that can directly master the corresponding advanced skills as long as the corresponding bone talisman is equipped......
- Sure enough, it's still a bit mysterious.
This "swordsman's" bone talisman can allow him to directly start from the sword and reach the ability level of sword mastery, and it is fully and perfectly embodied in the battle just now.
So what if you find an upgraded version like "Sword Master", or some other type of bone charm that increases skill? It seems that I don't need to deliberately exercise any technical ability, at least there is an alternative shortcut to take in the short term.
Putting away the other bone talismans, Mo Chen walked to the back door of the station, although the front door was open, the back door was blocked.
Blocked by the Light Curtain Generator, but has now been turned off by Queen Emily. Mo Chen looked the light curtain generator up and down, and to be honest, the reason why he stayed was for this set of technological equipment.
It is an electronic gate powered by whale oil, and for security and isolation control, only those who have been identified in advance can pass safely, but anyone else who tries to pass through will be instantly wiped out.
The main body of the generator is two electronic coils, which are part of the gate and are mounted on both sides of the door.
Above the electronic coil is a rotating device, which is basically a sensor, and when activated, it emits blue light. If an enemy approaches, it will alert and flash red, and will give a low signal when someone tries to pass through.
At the beginning of each shift, the Tech Officer would come to each of the City Watch guards on duty. The technical officer will bring a charger unit that can adjust the light curtain generator.
The guard of each new shift had to put one hand on the charger, and everyone had to do that. Because when it's done, the light curtain generator "certifies" these people and doesn't hurt them.
This is also the reason why Mo Chen feels that the black technology in this world is a little terrifying, because if he is a certified person, if he is thrown into the light curtain after being unconscious, he will also be killed.
This is probably because the light curtain recognition actually relies on the brainwave frequency of each person or something, and the brain activity of unconscious people is completely different from that of awake people, so even if they are certified, they will still be killed.
In addition, considering that the steampunk-style automated robots of the Clockwork Warriors are more advanced than the intelligence revealed in the world over there, they can also automatically identify friend and foe......
It doesn't seem like it's impossible.
Therefore, the technology of this world is also a little too dark.