The steel is staggered, and sometimes you feel like the whole perpetual motion pump is like a mechanical life with life, the heavy and complex mechanical structure is its organs, and in the tubes cast from metal, the current of blood surges.

The boy looked up at the metal ceiling above his head, and probably everyone who woke up from his illness had this in common, and when he woke up, he saw not a look of concern, or a salute flower that surrounded him, but a monotonous ceiling.

"You look good, kid, the armor protects you, otherwise you might never wake up again. ”

The doctor woke up and examined him, telling him what had happened during the time he had been unconscious.

The boy didn't speak, just stared blankly at the ceiling, immersed in his own world.

The doctor seemed to get used to this, and didn't care about the boy's reaction, just doing all the work for him, putting the new medicine on the other side.

He was the only one in the entire ward, and this was a custom-made room for him, a room that belonged to him alone.

As the doctor left, the room was calm again, perhaps because of the drug, the boy felt very sleepy, but he didn't want to sleep like this, he didn't feel anything in the second half, he tried to sit up with his hands, but the residual pain in his body made him unable to do anything.

"Yo, Ovis, I'm glad to see you wake up. ”

Suddenly, the door was opened again, and Merlin walked in happily, although his almost frozen face showed a little horror with a smile.

Merlin then stepped aside and helped Ovis to his feet, he looked young, young and underage.

"How do you feel this time? Do you still have nightmares?"

Merlin didn't care about Ovis's coldness, he was used to it, and continued to ask with concern.

"Yes, but it's vague. ”

Ovis finally spoke, his voice calm.

It is dangerous to be unconscious in the armor in the past, the power of the demon will continue to erode the driver, and in the coma, the driver's will is completely defenseless, which will accelerate the level of erosion.

It's been a long time since Ovis has been unconscious in his armor, but this time he has suffered a huge trauma, and it is a blessing to survive.

"What exactly?"

Merlin asked, as if he was doing some kind of research.

"It's vague...... You also know that people can't record dreams completely, I can only see false grays and obscure voices...... What are you asking for?"

Ovis looked at Merlin, he didn't usually ask about that.

Dreams are a wonderful thing, and often you can't remember how you got there, the weird world is chaotic, but it's like there's another force hinting at you, even if it's completely out of the laws of physics, but your brain will recognize it as a normality.

"We've got a new test driver, you've met him, Mr. Lorenzo Holmes, and to be honest, I'm also uneasy about the witcher test driving the Original Sin Armor. ”

"After all, every knight's first flight of armor comes with great risk. ”

"Everybody's first drive is fraught with risk. ”

Merlin uttered his uneasy point, and paused for a long time before he spoke again.

"You should remember that I told you about 'connection', this thing is right, the more you intersect with demons, the more you have been eroded, and the more you can feel something indescribable. ”

"Contact?"

Merlin nodded, and continued.

"I also asked Mr. Holmes about that strange feeling called a connection to darkness...... It's like you're going deep into a blue sea, and the deeper you go, the more terrifying you feel. ”

"This is something that I have only recently suddenly realized, after all, erosion interferes with our nerves, and all false illusions can belong to it, but the connection is different, as if your spirit is going to another world. ”

In fact, Merlin still has some words to Ovis, he is an alchemist, and in that ancient and mysterious art also has a name for the depths of this spirit.

Clearance.

"At first I thought it was just erosion, but I found that everyone who is eroded has a certain vague hallucination, and everyone has a ......"

The sound grew away, but then abruptly dissipated.

"Ovis, what did you see the first time you drove the armor?"

Merlin then asked, the alchemist was as if he had inspired himself, and he could feel something called excitement in his empty eyes.

Owis thought about it, it was his clearest dream, and it was hard to forget if he wanted to.

"That's ......"

But just as he was about to speak, a roaring alarm bell rang throughout the Perpetual Pump, and you could see that all the lights had turned red, and under the bright light, everything was bathed in a hideous layer of scarlet.

It's like a boiling and burning hell.

As if a demon had invaded the entire underground facility, according to the emergency measures, the steel gates fell and sealed one by one, and the electricity was turned on, and the security guards walked to the emergency passage with experimental weapons, and all the scientific researchers took emergency shelter.

"What's going on?"

Merlin tried to open the door to the room as he spoke, but because the entire perpetual motion pump was in a state of emergency, the door was sealed, and he screamed while looking for his key, he was the chief technician of the perpetual motion pump, and his key could open any door under any circumstances.

"Yes...... The armor of original sin, I can feel the erosion. ”

Ovis yelled from above, the looming erosion everywhere.

"Let me go out and prepare the original sin armor for me, I can subdue it. ”

"Shut up, you're going to die if you use that shit again!"

Merlin turned his head and shouted.

For a moment, the atmosphere of anxiety seemed to disappear, and Ovis sat on it and looked at Merlin in a daze, as if he couldn't believe it.

"You...... What are you talking about?"

"I said you can't use armor anymore!Lancelot, you can control armor perfectly, but that doesn't mean erosion doesn't exist!"

Merlin opened the gate and rushed out, as if afraid that he would come out, and he sealed the gate tightly again, leaving him to watch it all in disbelief, whether it was the danger of breaking free from his bonds, or anything else, it could not interfere with him.

......

Half an hour ago, the workshop.

"So you're trying for me to test drive this?"

Lorenzo asked Tesla as he looked up at the container that had been lowered from the rails.

After a series of examinations, the three mice were in good health, and a second-generation armor was debugged, and the first test drive experiment began logically.

The container was marked with a yellow marking, and the surface of the iron was covered with scratches, like some kind of beast dying in it, and as the container opened, the erosion descended, revealing the hideous armor.

Unlike New Hope, the second-generation armor is significantly smaller, cast with modern top-level craftsmanship, sophisticated armor and completely protected internal machinery, and intricate and magnificent patterns engraved on the shiny armor. Lorenzo looked at this second-generation armor and actually felt a little familiar.

"This second-generation armor is registered as the Weapons Division, and it was unveiled during Operation Endertown. ”

Tesla explained to the trio that it was made at the Borhans Arsenal and was urgently redeployed to Old Dunling during the operation in Endtown.

"I think a few of you should have seen it, when operating in Endtown, this is the armor driven by the shrike, in order to make the upper knights also drive perfectly, we have greatly reduced the proportion of demons on the second generation of armor, and the result is that the flexibility is poor, but the impact is not too much. ”

"I remember it should be better than it is now...... It's more dangerous. ”

Looking at the armor, there was always something different in the impression, and Lorenzo could only say it vaguely.

"You mean it's armed, codename Weaponist, it's positioned to use a variety of weapons to suppress demons, there are two large weapon racks on its back, and there are many external weapons and new armor, but after all, it's just an experiment, there's no need to be so heavily armed, right? ”

Tesla knocked on the sturdy armor, this ghost thing is extremely deadly even if it doesn't have a mission weapon, let alone carry it with full armament, once it gets out of control, this ghost thing may kill through the entire perpetual motion pump.

Walking around the original sin armor known as the Weaponist, it was like a sculpture from a single piece of steel, and there were no gaps for anyone to attack.

"So, where do I get in?"

Lorenzo walked around, not knowing where to get in.

"Here. ”

Tesla said and pulled the valve, the cable connecting the armor was energized, the steam engine roared slightly, and then the entire armor came to life.

There are two ways for the original sin armor to be activated, one is that the driver is already in the central frame, and the subsequent growth of blood will connect it to the loaded armor, and the second is that Lorenzo is now assembling the armor as a whole, and the prognosis is entered from the position where the armor is open.

The whole armor moved strangely, it knelt down on one knee, its head bowed, and the whole thing looked like a craggy hill.

Lorenzo thought it would open at the mouth like New Hope, but in fact it opened at the back of the neck of the armor where it was connected, and as the steam dissipated, the dark door opened to Lorenzo.

"Do I need to do anything when I get in?"

Lorenzo climbed the ladder and stood on the back of the armor, looking at the darkness inside, and he suddenly felt a little uneasy.

"Nothing, but you're connecting armor for the first time, and I don't know what to expect, especially since you're a witcher. ”

Tesla also felt a little uneasy, the witcher and the original sin armor, two extremely dangerous things together, no one knew what would happen.

Neither the Evangelical Church nor the Purification Institution has ever truly understood what demons are, because of the strange erosion, the scholars of Perpetual Pump have been troubled by this, and the scientific research cannot continue to go deeper, and the Evangelical Church can only explain everything in the name of God.

"I have only one thing to say to you, Mr. Holmes, to be sane, and to be absolutely sane at all times. ”

As he spoke, he began to step back, leading the remaining two mice to the platform, where they began to ascend to the safe area as the gears turned.

The whole workshop was up and running again, the gates to the outside world were sealed and energized, the Geiger counters on the walls of the shaft were flicked one by one, and the ritual of the ancient taboo was about to begin.

Lorenzo looked up at the flame of the dome, and then fell into the darkness.

He could clearly hear the sound of the steel around him re-incorporating together, and the warm sensation came from the surface of his body, and the touch was so soft that it filled the gap between him and the steel like blood, and finally started along the back of his neck, and the slender probe was inserted into his body, and began to connect with the blood of the demon.

Then a new heartbeat sounded, stronger than Lorenzo's heart, clearer and heavier than a war drum, and it hammered Lorenzo's mouth hard, giving strength to the steel man.

"How do you feel, Mr. Holmes?"

Tesla's voice rang in his ears, and from the high platform, Lorenzo was still on one knee on the steel altar after activating his armor.

"Please, try to move Mr. Holmes, we can't get any experimental data if you stay where you are. ”

"Mr. Holmes?"

Tesla's voice echoed within the narrow armor), but no one answered his call.

"Mr. Holmes, if you are still conscious, please reply to me immediately. ”

This time Tesla's voice became serious, and on the high platform, looking at the sculpture-like armor, he knew that the most dangerous thing had happened.

Suddenly, the armor slowly stood up, and unlike expected, dark red blood gushed out from under the armor, and the overgrown muscles twisted the entire armor into a strange demon.

Steel and machinery were mixed until the blood covered the visor completely, and finally it opened open, revealing a large scarlet jaw.

The Geiger counter let out a desolate scream, the lights of the entire workshop turned red, and Tesla stood on a high place looking at the bottom of the well, the original sin armor had no extra action, it just stood in place, with the occasional throbbing of blood.

Pressure, endless pressure came from above the armor, and although it stood in place like a sculpture, the insane erosion was spreading from it.

The index had reached its limit, and a rain of neutralizing liquid fell from the dome overhead, washing over the walls of the well and finally falling on top of the armor.

He ...... He's out of control!

The kestrel couldn't stop shouting, it was obvious that the blood of the original sin armor would not grow so vigorously under normal circumstances, it twisted and extended, and seemed to completely devour Lorenzo in the armor.

"No, it's not out of control yet. ”

Tesla gritted his teeth and said slowly.

The reflection of the body bathed in the neutralizing liquid was reflected in its gaze, and it just stood still, without any anomalous reaction, looking at the burning light of the dome.

"Stay sane, Mr. Holmes. ”

Tesla prayed one last time, and inside the armor, Lorenzo had closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he was sitting on a bench, surrounded by a howling cold wind, as if it were an ice field at the end of the world.